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Welcome to the book Callsign Wraith.
Before you read it here is some background info to get ya more equated with the story.
1. The IMC and Militia are still in the midst of a civil war.
2. Wraith can't portal or at least yet...
3. The IMC are heroes... right?
4. The legends are pilots for the IMC for both titans and normal planes (to an extent)
5. I suck at summaries and I barley update. I dropped a class so I will probably upload more. Now here goes.
Captain Renee H. Blasey (Callsign Wraith) Location: IMC Pilot Training Barrack's.
"Renee help me please... it hurts so much. I can't breathe. Why are you just standing there?!?! Ren!!!!! Please... my mom can't lose another one.", a young man with light brown hair begged. Having a data knife stuck in his chest with his blurred. He kept extending his hand towards her.
Renee was confused on what she was witnessing... remembering.
But this unknown man kept shouting her name and pleading for help. And clawing out for her.
However, without skipping a beat she reached for him.
But whatever she was seeing soon disappeared and was drown out by something else.
"Ren... Renee...RENEE!", a voice of a young woman rung out in Renee's head.
She then felt shaking on her leg and tore her eyes open to see Natalie (Callsign Wattson) standing in front of her.
"Nat... what time is it?", Renee mumbled out as she rubbed her sore eyes. As she rubbed her eyes, she felt... a tear?
"It's o'five hundred. Commander Williams wants us up early today. We have a new recruit today.", the corporal responded as she passed Ren her slacks.
"Terrific... more people I have to baby sit.", Renee groaned as she got dressed as Nat just shook her head at her when she saw the tear marks.
"Are you ok Captain? Your eyes are red. Did you have that dream again?", Nat attempted to get the young woman to open up much to her own avail.
"It was and it was just a nightmare is all... nothing to it. So, what's is new rookie like?", Renee deflected and changed the topic making the electric engineer shake her head. But grew a grin when she saw some of the interest over the rookie pique Renee's eyes.
"I heard he was electro-cute. Or at least as rumors go. And really friendly as in friend. Mon ami (my friend) you need more friends or maybe more.", Natalie teased her friend as she finished getting dressed.
"Pfffft... yeah fat chance. I would never date a newbie. And I have Anita and you and that's all I will ever need.", Renee commented as she rolled her eyes and a silent giggle.
"Please can you at least give him a chance? Please Ren?", Nat pleaded to her superior who crumbled underneath the puppy dog eyes that Natalie possessed.
Renee then clicked her tongue and begrudgingly agreed, "Fine but no promises. I'll see how it goes."
"Yaaaa. Thank you, Ren. I'll see ya at the mess hall for the meeting.", Natalie thanked as she grabbed her work boots and ran towards the mess hall.
Renee with a smile nodded her head as she tied up her hair into a bun.
"Alright Renee let's try to make a friend today.", She told herself in a mirror as she splashed some water in her eyes.
Shortly after her lil' spa day Renee then made her way over to mess hall as she sat next to her friends Lieutenant Anita (Callsign Bangalore) and Natalie. Alongside Natalie's current boyfriend (Corporal) Tae Joon Park (Callsign Crypto).
"Ahhhh nice of you to finally to make it Blasey. Did ya get lost in one of "those" dreams again?", Anita question as she lightly punched her in the shoulder.
"No but I was dreaming about how I beat you in our sparring match yesterday.", Renee joking glared at her "rival".
"So do you have any idea who this new recruit is Tae?", Renee asked as Tae perked up from his drone he was tinkering with.
"Hmmmmm... no but I did find out he was sent here after he was court martialed from the front lines. Due to him needing to be retrained or something like that.", Tae commented as he went back to his drone.
Renee then heard a large thump coming from infront of her as a large man named James (Callsign Forge) McCormick sat in a chair infront of her.
"Hello loves. Anybody want to give daddy some sugar?", James sleazily asked as he laughed making Nat feel uncomfortable.
"Listen McCormick keep making those jokes and I'll rip off your other arm.", Anita threatened as she bit into her breakfast
"Heh bitch you forget I am superior plus you dad would send your ass to the brig bud ya tried.", as James smacked his metal arm on the table and chortled.
"Doesn't stop me from leaving your ass on a mission.", Renee sneered as she looked towards Tae who looked just about ready to jump him.
"Well, that's too bad because you would have to look for a copilot that is good enough to keep up with ya.", James pointed out as he is smacking on his food.
Before Renee could respond the commander walk into the room yelling, "ATTENTION!!!!!"
"YES SIR! GOOD MORNING COMMANDER, WILLIAMS!!!!", the pilots harped back to a now smiling commander.
"At ease. As you all may know we have a new recruit who will be joining us for the time being. That being said I would like to introduce our newest recruit and his name is Elliott Witt Callsign Mirage.", The commander announced as a young man came walking in with his arms cuffed. And his mouth bounded.
"Captain Renee this is your new copilot and show him around. And if he tries anything funny let me know. Forge you have been demoted to secondary squad with Revenant.", The commander told the group much to James's chagrin.
"But wait commander I can't be on a team with that freak. He nearly killed his last copilot. Plus, I am way better than that level.", James argued as he stood up from the table to confront the rookie.
"James, you sit your scrawny ass down or I'll let my daughter break you like she has begging to do. And as of the reason this man is replacing you. Is he being simply better in every aspect. Plus, he actually has something you don't have. Experience and wit.", Commander Williams responded matter-o-factly.
James just sat back down and glared at the new recruit. Renee at this moment was in a conundrum while she was happy to get rid of that big oaf, she isn't sure how much experience this man has or what kind.
"Anyways that is all for today. Now Blasey please raise your hand so Witt can find where you are at and Park, he is also your roommate.", The commander addressed the group as he unlocked the recruits' cuffs and took out his gag.
Witt than grabbed his stuff and sat by the Renee's group and directly next to James.
"Sorry about your spot big guy. I didn't want to be here anyways.", Elliott apologized genuinely.
"What's your story Witt?", Anita asked as she passed him a piece of bread and some water.
Elliott stared at her for a second but ultimately took the water and food.
"I was part of the 83rd IMC division and I was an engineer. And now I am here.", Elliott told her quickly as he scarfed down his food.
Renee looked at his wrist which swollen due to how tight the cuffs were.
"We were ambushed by a militia unit, and I dawned my armor and went to fight alongside my unit. What we didn't know is that we had a traitor in our ranks. Our commanding officer was the first to go and was shot by the traitors. And most of the other commanding officers were killed in the crossfire. So, I had to lead the men to fight back and then I came face to face with the traitor.". Elliott continued as he ate his food.
"This traitor was close to me... and I hesitated and let him go. But I led the rest of the militia men had either been killed or driven off. So now... I am here. Given either the choice of prison or go back to training.", Elliott finished speaking as sipped the last bit of his water.
"Well honestly if I was the commanding officer, I would have had you killed for aiding a traitor.", McCormick jabbed as Elliott was starting to get up from his seat.
"McCormick shut up for once. If anyone of us were a traitor, you wouldn't have the balls to pull the trigger. Plus, you weren't there so why comment on it.", Renee pointed out getting a nod out of Witt.
"Why are you defending this cunt, Renee? You literally just met him!!!!", McCormick yells out and gets in the young woman's face.
"It's simple really it's because he is my copilot and you aren't.", Renee rebutted which made McCormick go silent and shake out of pure frustration. But he didn't say anything because he knew she way she was right.
"Alright fuck y'all then. I am out.", McCormick said as he walked out of the mess hall.
"Thank you. To be quite frank if he didn't shut up, I was going to go lay him out.", Witt told the table as he thanked them.
"You are welcome. And as much as I would love to see that happen, we can't pay a finger on each other outside of sparring. If we do its self-isolation for a week.", Anita told Elliott as he nodded in understanding.
"Oh yeah what's your guy's names?", Witt asked as he started to fumble his thumbs.
"As he said before my name is Captain Renee Blasey. You can just call me Renee though.", Renee told him.
"I am Tae Joon Park.", Tae answered shortly as he got elbowed by his girlfriend.
"Sorry about his attitude. My name is Natalie Piquette. You can call me Nat if you want.", Natalie answered with a wide smile.
"And I am Anita Williams. As you might have guessed I am the commander's daughter.", Anita told the young man who just nodded.
"Nice to meet you all. Now do any of you guys have any lotion the marks on my arms are hella itchy.", Elliott asked the group.
"We are not allowed to carry lotion. Which especially possess me off cause my father knows about how we ashy our family is.", Anita admitted with distain in her voice.
"Oh, it's alright I will check with medical later.", Elliott replied thankful for the information, nevertheless.
"So why did they close those cuffs so tightly?", Tae asked as he started to rub his wrist after such a sight.
"Cause after the guard put them on, I said, "Ooooooh kinky." He didn't take to fondly to that. But honestly it was worth it just for the look on his face of pure anger. And he also gags me for similar jokes as well.", Elliott laughed out and caused just a look of pure astonishment on his company's faces.
"You are in idiot.", Renee commented with a slight smile on her face.
"Yeah, by the way Captain, teammate, my new ride or die, or whatever... there is a solid chance that I will be getting into a lot of trouble with my jokes.", Elliott spat out so jumbled like it was almost incoherent.
"But why?", Anita with a look of confusion on her face just amazed by the pure stupidity she just heard.
"Oh, simply because this already bleak enough with the war that is going on and people constantly dying. I just like to have lil' bit of a lighter air around me.", Elliott truthfully spoke with a look of only regret and loss in his eyes.
"And that my friend is words to live by. Sorry to ease drop on this moral quandary but I wanted to greet ya and sorry for your loss mate. The names are Walter Fitzroy, but you can call me Fuse.", Walter extended his metal hand out to the "newbie".
Witt at first caught off guard by the arm grabbed it enthusiastically with a sign and joked, "Where is the other one? A trophy cases?!"
Fuse got a right laugh out of that one and walked off to his copilot Bloodhound.
"There seems to be an interesting bunch here.", Elliott laughed out.
"Don't get too comfy though newbie. Not all are too nice. Especially those who help traitors regardless the reason.", Anita informed in an honest tone.
"Mhm... I can tell. No promises that McCormick may or may not disappear though.", Elliott commented with a cryptic look on his face.
Renee just looked at him for a second longer before getting him to move.
"Anyways I need to show you around so grab your stuff Witt."
"Sure, things lead the way captain.", Witt replied as he grabbed his luggage and followed with a grin.