His New Wife

༺ ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝔼𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕟 ༻

"Yes...General."

    Edd smiles as Mona and Patryk enter the room again. "Hey guys, have a nice chat?" Mona nods, smiling. "Yes! Though, with what I've been told..." She absent-mindedly messes with her long hair. "...I believe a haircut is an order." Matt gasps, grinning. "Oh! I can do that for you! I cut Edd and Tom's hair all the time! Tord's too before he left." Mona smiles. "That sounds lovely Matt..." She looks at Tord, frowning. "Will you be alright here?" Tord smiles, taking Mona's hand gently. "I'll be fine, min lille blomst. You go on and catch up with them." Paul smiles. "We'll stay here with Tord for a while. I'll give you a call when we're ready, yeah?" Mona leans down and kisses Tord before looking at Paul and Patryk. "Okay, but please please don't hesitate to call me if you need me." The two right hand men salute, smiling. "Yes ma'am!" Mona lets out a sigh, a smile on her face. She waves as she leaves the room with Edd, Matt, and Tom.

   Mona talks idly with Matt in the backseat, Edd driving and Tom in the passenger's side. "So Edd...how exactly are we going to pull off this whole rebellion thing?" Tom asks, looking over at the brunette. Edd frowns, eyebrows knitting together. "I'm...not really sure. My first guess is to contact those we're close to and invite them somewhere to discuss this. But y'know, contacting those we know aren't the happiest with this situation." Edd purses his lips. "Eduardo is at the top of this list. So is Mark." Tom looks at Edd in bewilderment. "But there's no way in hell they'd work with us! Especially since we're working with the man who killed their friend!" Edd sighs. "We'll just have to be honest with them, then. That's all we can do. But I'm sure if it means an end to whatever higher power is working here, they'll join. But that's hoping." They arrive back at the apartment complex and go inside.

    "Oh Matt, this looks amazing!" Mona squeals, admiring herself in a hand mirror Matt handed her. "I thought the layered bob would look phenomenal on you! Low maintenance since I'm sure there's a reason you wanted to chop off your beautiful hair." Mona sighs, sitting the mirror down. "Yeah, actually. Patryk wants to go ahead and start my training. It was something that Tord wanted to put off for right now but...with this whole uprising we're doing..." She shakes her head, shuddering a bit as the ends of her hair tickle her exposed shoulders. "It wasn't even going to be the training I'm going to have to do...but I'm going to have to fight. It's the least I can do." Matt frowns. "What do you mean?" Mona messes with her hair. "...When we get back to Norway...I'm going to be trained as a soldier. Patryk and Paul are overseeing it while Tord will be handling the army." She stands, helping Matt clean up their mess. "This is not only to ensure that I can defend myself...but I want to contribute to this cause too...I'm going to be his wife. I need him to know I'll be there with him through anything." Matt stops Mona, eyes worried. "That doesn't mean you have to risk your life! Mona, you're getting into something huge!" She simply smiles and goes back to cleaning. "You don't have to risk your life either, Matt. Neither does Edd or Tom...but here you guys are, risking yourselves and others for my soon-to-be-husband's cause." She frowns. "I am my own person too. And I want to help you all however I can. That just happens to mean I will become a soldier." Matt sighs. "I guess you're right..."

   Edd paces as the line rings, Tom sitting tensely on the couch. "What do you want, loser?" Eduardo's voice makes Edd jump, but he quickly recovers. "Eduardo! I'm glad you picked up...can you and Mark come to my apartment in a few? It's important." There was a bit of silence before a long sigh. "Fine, but you better not waste our time. We're still unpacking and we want to finish this as soon as we can." Edd smiles wide, nodding. "Of course! It won't take long! Thank you Eduardo!" He hangs up and looks at Tom. "They're coming over!" He cheers but Tom keeps his grimace. "That's well and all...but that doesn't mean they'll listen to us when they get here...or call her Majesty's Government to come get us all for treason." Edd lets out a laugh, but it was laced with worry. "C'mon Tom! Quit being such a pessimist! I'm sure this will go over fine!"

    "So, what do you want to talk about?" Eduardo asks, sitting in Edd's living room. Mark sat beside him, taking a sip of tea that Edd was kind enough to make. Edd nervously messes with his hoodie strings, not being able to look the Hispanic man in the eye. "Well...I have a question. About some current near-world events and your feelings on them." Eduardo glances at Mark curiously before looking back at Edd. "What about them?" The green clad male looks up, brown eyes serious. "You've heard of the Red Army, right? The organization terrorizing most of Europe? Currently on its way here to England?" Mark sits down his tea cup, eyebrows knit together. "Yes we...have heard about them in the news lately. What are you going on about?" Edd sighs and looks out the nearby window. "What if I told you we knew how to take them down? We just need help." Eduardo narrows his eyes at Edd. "What the hell is that supposed to mean? I told you not to waste our time—" "I'm being serious! But...there's a problem." When Edd didn't speak, Tom took the opportunity to. "Not only will we need a large organization of our own but...we will also need help from the inside." "Like a spy?" Mark asks and Tom shakes his head. "No...we're going to have to fight with someone from the army." Eduardo's eyes narrow. "What the hell are you implying?" Tom looks up at Eduardo, jaw set and aura serious. "I'm not implying shit. This is a necessity for what we need to do." Silence before Mark finally speaks. "So...what are the parameters for this plan to work?" Tom looks at Edd, then back at Mark.

"We have to work with Tord."