"Welcome Home Soldier" A Jacob Seed X OC fanfic

Chapter Twelve

Ellana's POV

I was leaning against the counter in the kitchen of the veterans center drinking a cup of tea when Jacob seed walked in the door. I smiled at the redhead "hey". He walked up to me without a word, wrapping his arm around the small of my back and pulling me close, kissing me gently on the lips and slightly smiling after "morning, pretty lady".

I awoke, suddenly "what the hell". I didn't know why I was dreaming about Jacob, especially after he was a complete ass at dinner last night.

I rolled over and grabbed my phone, wondering what time it was, "ugh, 5:30" after looking at the time, I noticed a text. 'Be at the veterans center at 8 o'clock, don't be late.' i didn't recognize the number. I thought perhaps it could be Jacob Seed, but I never gave him my phone number. Plus, why would he want to see me? He made it very clear the previous night, he didn't trust me.

I heard a whimper at the end of the bed, "hey boy" Boomer wagged his tail, panting. I spent a little over an hour killing time until it was time to head to the veterans center and to find out who the mystery number was.

~~~~2 and a half hours later~~~~

I arrived at the veterans center at 7:57. I climbed out of my truck, walked past the armed peggies, and to the front door "it's 'bout time you showed up. Brother Jacob isnt a patient man, ya know" the peggie guarding the door informed me, 'so the text was from Jacob' "I was told to be here at 8, and I'm here".

the peggie didn't say anything, he just motioned for me to follow him. we walked through the center, there were no people anywhere to be seen, but if you listened closely, you could hear screams. eventually, we made it around the back of the center, to what looked like a training camp. 'Nick said Jacob was in charge of training recruits. I guess this is where he does it.'

I looked around, there were cages scattered around the yard with sometimes 1, or even 4 people inside. "Boss!" the 'peggy' shouted beside me, causing me to jump a little, which he noticed. "pussy" he whispered under his breath. "what was that?" the peggy was the one jumping now, at the sudden sight of the tall redhead rushing up to him, and standing nose to nose. "I'll ask again, what was that?" the peggy quickly lowered his head "n-nothing sir" he then nodded his head and scurried off.

"You're late" was all Jacob said before heading back over to the trainees he was overseeing. "Late? the message said 8, I was here at 7:57!" I defended myself. "7:57? You're a soldier, you should know that 8 means 7:45" he spoke without even a glance, "I am NOT a soldier, not anymore" I retorted, "really? Because last time I checked, you were about to fight a war, you know who fights in wars? Soldiers" he begun shouting orders which told me I lost this argument.

I decided to drop it and change the subject, "why am I here Jacob? How did you even get my number?" he finally turned his gaze to me, and suddenly the dream I had last night came to mind, causing a chill to go up my spine. "How did I get your number? really? you called me, stupid. And even if you didn't, you really think I couldn't get your number if I wanted it?" well I couldn't argue with his logic, as much as I wanted to, "i-i'm not stupid" I said, crossing my arms.

~~~~JACOB'S POV~~~~

"I-i'm not stupid," she said, crossing her arms. 'She's kinda cute when she's pouting and not spitting insults at me, or calling me a bitch'. "You are here because we need to train, or to be more specific, you need to train." "Me? you realize I have military training too, right?" she spoke, bringing her eyebrows together.

Before she knew it, I had used my foot to pull her ankle out from under her, putting her on her back in the dirt, and pulling my knife from my belt and pressing it gently on her throat, careful not to cut her. "You have military training, yes... But you need Eden's gate training, if you hope to defeat Joseph, you need to think like a Seed, and thinking like a Seed means fighting dirty." She was listening carefully to every word "you know the problem with you Seeds? You really like to hear yourselves talk" and with that, she kneed me in the abdomen, causing me to lower my guard and allowing her to get the upper hand. She quickly grabbed my hand that was holding the knife and grabbed the opposite shoulder, pushing forcefully and flipping me over, so that she was now straddling me. "I'll accept your training, Seed, But don't for even a second, think I don't know what I'm doing, you understand?" I didn't say anything, I simply nodded to show my understanding 'she thinks I underestimate her, that's her problem, she thinks everyone underestimates her, and it's what's going to get her killed someday. When the time comes, Joseph will not underestimate her, he doesn't underestimate anyone, he's always ready, always one step ahead.' "Are you going to get up?" I hadn't noticed but in the time I was lost in my thoughts, she had gotten off of me and to her feet, I didn't say anything and simply got to my feet within a second, causing her to step back, sometimes I forget I'm 6 foot and well over 200lbs.

"You're not gonna get very far if you're scared of me, so grow a backbone"

~~~~ELLANA'S POV~~~~

"You're not gonna get very far if you're scared of me, so grow a backbone." 'Are you kidding me? Grow a backbone?'

"What in the absolute fuck is your issue? You were just a regular asshole to me, up until last night, and ever since then you've been a complete dick, and saying I'm going to betray you when I have given you no reason to believe that!" I was over his shit, and at this point, people were starting to look, which wasn't a good thing.

Jacob grabbed my arm forcefully, and dragged me away from prying eyes. "What the fuck are you doing? Are you trying to blow our cover?! And I don't care if you haven't given me a reason not to trust you, until I know you're not a danger to John or faith, I will never trust you. Do you have any idea of the responsibilities I have on my shoulders? Do you even have a family?" I could tell he regretted it the moment he said it, but it still stung. "Just forget it, we have training to do" that was obviously the last of it, for he immediately headed back for the training grounds.

~~~~FOUR HOURS LATER/ELLANAS POV~~~~

'God it feels like I'm back at basic training, I'm a lot better at holding my own now than when I first joined though.' I stood in the kitchen of the veterans center, drinking a nice cold bottle of water straight out of the fridge.

I was looking out the window at the many soldiers training when I heard heavy footsteps enter the room behind me, I turn around, already knowing who it was.

"You gonna make it?" the ginger asked nonchalantly. "I served in the military for 10 years Jacob, I'll live." He took a seat at the small dining room table in the corner, I grabbed another bottle out of the fridge and began walking over to the small table, I offered him the spare bottle which he gladly accepted before I sat down across from him.

We sat for a few minutes, not speaking before he decided to finally break the silence... "So where is your family?" I was slightly taken aback by the question. "My family? My family is... gone. My mom took off with my baby sister, Kara, when I was only 7 but I remember it like it was yesterday. I was raised by my dad from there on, he died when I was 18, only three months after I got accepted, and well I've been alone ever since."

A minute or two passed without any speaking, it felt like ages, before his thin scarred lips finally parted, "so you haven't seen or heard from your mother or sister since?" I shook my head to indicate no. "How old was your sister? Maybe the reason she hasn't contacted you is that she doesn't remember you" he was trying to make me feel better... why? "she was 3, I've already figured out that she probably doesn't remember me, but my mother on the other hand, has no excuse."

"It's sucks, I know, I was in the army for over 20 years and was alone for all of it" his normal emotionless eyes glistened with sadness for only a second before he shrugged it off. "That's enough training for today, be here at the same time tomorrow" and with that, he walked off.

Well would you look at that, chapter 12... And it only took a year and a half. A lot has happened since the last update, and I mean A LOT.. I moved, I got a new job, I got out of an extremely toxic relationship and dug myself out of a deep hole of depression. I then got into a relationship that made me happier than I've been in a long time, and then he broke my heart, so now I've been recovering from that, and slowly but surely I am recovering, all while living through a pandemic of course. So tell me, what have you all been doing with your lives since march 2020? Please comment, I'm interested to know!

Also! I can't promise this is going to be a frequent thing, I'll probably just work on chapters here and there. Thank You!