Chapter 3

We get a better intro to Charlie

     The man Capricorn had left Charlie seemed a bit off, being a skysight after all, it wasn't a surprise. A skysight looked like everyone else, except for his eyes, fluorescent pale blue. Often they were treated badly and committed suicide after so long in any social settings. This boy looked about nineteen, tall and lanky, he seemed to slump in on himself. Jones, who had never seen a skysight, gaped openly, while the rest tried to be polite. Madison turned out to be the most friendly, offering his hand and saying, "Hello! I hope its not too much trouble for you, being pulled away from your duties just for us."

     The boy shrugged, and shook Calvin's hand limply, "Not really." He didn't look up from the ground, his hair fell around his face, almost depressingly. "Oh? Well thats good to know. I'm Calvin, nice to meet you...." The boy sighed, "Roberts, they just call me Blu." He dropped his hand, his arm swinging back down to his side like a old doll's might. "Come with me." Blu was dressed in an over large t-shirt and baggy pants, his belt strap was pulled as tight as it could go, but it was still too big for the boy, the end of it hung down to his knees. He had to be starved to be that thin.

     "The food here any good?" Madison asked as they walked through the once town, the houses were mostly in ruin, but the ones still intact were used as homes for the men, storage buildings, and even barns to keep the animals. Roberts nodded sluggishly, "Yeah, but everything taste good to me so I'm not a good judge. As long as you don't call the cook a girl, he will not spit or poison it, so its safe to eat."  They four were a bit shocked, "Why would anyone call him a girl?" Jones asked

     Just as he asked, a petite sixteen year old walked passed him, hormones and simple stupidity, Jones was in love. She had shoulder length hair, and big eyes with long eyelashes. Her lips were pale pink, and her cheeks looked as if she were blushing slightly. She nodded to Roberts, "Evening Blu." He nodded back, "Hi Collins." Her voice was unisex, it was at that pitch where is could be a young guys or a girls. As she went into another building Blu looked back at team Charlie, "Thats why, he looks like a girl, but really Collins is a dude."

     Jones's jaw hit the sand, "But.... that was the prettiest girl I've seen since leaving the base." Roberts looked mildly concerned about that, "The last two men who came in thought he was a girl to, tried the grab his but and everything. Finally he dropped his pants right there in front of them to prove he was a guy." Jones dropped his head into a position that mirrored Roberts earlier stance. Brody fought a smile and Madison covered his mouth to keep from laughing at the youngest's mistake. After a minute or two of walking like that Jones stood up straight scowling, "Alright then, it's official, I'm homosexual." twenty pairs of pink-purple eyes and one pale blue suddenly turned to look at Jones.

     Richard scowled at the boy, that swatted him upside the head with a ball cap Jones had been wearing, "Don't just randomly decide s**t like that." Everyone slowly went back to what they were doing. Roberts pointed to a halfway decent house, "Thats the barracks for the leaders." He looked at Richard, "You're the leader here right?" At his nod Roberts motioned for him to go, "You'll stay there with Remington, Derringer, and Capricorn." He pointed to another building, "Thats were you three will be staying, with me, Collins, Diablo, Simons, Angel, Green, Gold, Silver, Red, Mike, Charger, Patterson, Darin, and Kuro." 

     Brody had to ask, "How many rooms are in that house?" Roberts studied the structure, "Theres two regular rooms, the master, the attic, the basement, and the back room. We put a bunk bed in each of the normal bedrooms, two in the basement, one in the attic, one and a normal cot in the master, and one in the back room. So the house should hold around fifteen, but Red, Green, Gold, and Silver really are homosexual and share the two bunks in the basement, and since their room mate, it all works out."

     Richard shouldered his pack and strolled away to his quarters, "Good luck!" He waved to them without turning around. Jones scowled at his back, "B*****d, just leaving us alone." Madison smiled and punched Jones in the back of the head, "You shouldn't talk that way about Second Lieutenant Rodriguez." Jones could practically see Madison's dark aura around him, and thought, 'He really is the evil one!'

     Blu didn't seem too disturbed by the exchange, they were getting the feeling nothing phased him. Without a word he lead them into the house, and unlocked the door. "Ask Patterson about where to sleep." Leaving them inside, Roberts closed and locked the door. "Du du du duuuuuuuu." Jones murmured the dramatic tone under his breath. Madison was still smiling his closed mouth smile that told Jones to "Shut up or die."

     The Charlie soldiers looked around at the living room, there was an old beat up couch, a recliner, and a few dining room chairs to sit on. A mini fridge was tucked into a corner, beside it was an upside down box making a squeaking noise, a cord ran from the bow to the fridge. At one end of the couch was a milkcrate on it's side, a beer can sat on top of it and a blanket was piled inside it. Jones moved to the box and was about to lift it, "I wouldn't do that if I were you." 

     Jones bolted up straight and froze, he didn't dare to make another move. The man in the doorway that lead to the kitchen laughed. He was a young twenty, his dark hair chopped short in the back and sides letting the front grow and brush around eyes that were half closed in an arousing way, his half smile making him seem playful. His shirt had wide sleeves and loose around his torso, his pants too were loose, making it hard to see if his slimness was just natural build, or mussel training. Brody was willing to bet training,

     "Hello, you must be the boys from Point Red, Charlie wasn't it?" His voice was smooth and warm, "Nice to meet you, I'm Jasper Kuro." He extended his hand to Madison, who took it smiling. Training, it was definatly training. Behind his back he closed his fist to tell Brody, who nodded. "Wonderful to get such a nice greeting, I'm Calvin Madison, these are Jay Brody and Denise Jones." Kuro raised his eyebrows, "The Calvin Madison? As in Calvin Gunman? You were a cold blooded killer, what are you doing here?" Calvin shrugged, "I got reassigned, it happens to the best of us." Kuro nodded, "I'll show you to your beds, Patterson is out right now and normally he would do so, but I'm the next best thing."