Reaper's First Drop: Chapter 4
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We sat in the barracks that the Gen. Harrison had given us. Echo squad had our own lading pad, barracks, armory the works. The report had gone well and we had put in a request for our Head Tech Forrest, a replacement for Trigger and a temp for Jess to be shipped over. I looked at my newly fixed up armor. Forrest had had a fit when he had seen my beat up helmet and Jess's crumpled left shoulder pad. He had replaced them and started fixing the ship we had brought in. While he was at it I asked if he could upgrade some of the systems and plating. You can never be to protected when you have Matt flying.
We had three days left of our rest before we had to head out again. I was still contemplating how we were going to blow up two battle ships and cripple and aircraft carrier all while capturing a North Korean Captain in charge of heading up the fleet off the Japanese coast. I looked out at the ocean and then the ship. It was then that I had a stroke of genius.
I walked out to the pad and looked at Forrest under the belly of the penguin. He had painted the white parts red and put the Reapers insignia on the doors and the front. It was a skull and cross bones but instead of bones it had scythes. I grabbed his leg and pulled him out.
"Can you make this thing 'water friendly'" I asked
"yeah I would have to (Hey Brandito can you put some of what you told me about here.) and then......."
"No idea what that means but I take that as a yes" I said as Matt walked up beside me.
"Why do I not like the way this sounds." He said
"Because nothing I do is safe" I said
"Oh no those two are cooking up a plan" I heard Holly our temp yell across the yard.
"We are all dead" Erick, Triggers replacement said.
"Yeah, Yeah, Now litsen up this is how its going to go" I said
