Broken Valeria Garza x oc

Part 3: Hassan

Everything in bold italics is Spanish.

Graves went on to capture Hassan. It was dark by the time we met up with Graves who had Hassan. Graves was setting up a laptop so General shepherd and Kate laswell could see the interrogation.

Graves: alright ya'll got a clear picture?

Shepherd: Crystal.

Laswell: all set.

Graves: alright we are live folks.

I didn't mind laswell in fact I admired her so it wasn't the fact that Graves and Shepherd were American that annoyed me about them. I don't trust them. For some reason my guts are screaming at me not to trust them. I always listen to my guts and instincts so I stood my ground and kept guard. I was tense and Alejandro knew this. He walked to me and put a hand on my shoulder.

Alejandro: Relax Hermana. We're safe now.

Alejandro started messaging my shoulders while I thought of how I could communicate with him. I'm not sure who speaks what language here and I don't want to risk it. I dragged both of his arms to my waist and started tracing letters into the skin on his hand. "I" "d" "o" "n" "t" "t" "r" "u" "s" "t" "t" "h" "e" "m" "G" "R" "&" "S" "H"

Alejandro looked at me and nodded his head understanding. Alejandro always trusts my judgement. In his words I have never steered him wrong. He knows I trust my gut and my gut feelings are always right.

Alejandro continued massaging my shoulders in an attempt to sooth me down a little. I watched the interrogation carefully. Things started escalating.

Kate: General. Killing Hassan is an act of war. Keeping him is illegal. Right now, he is too hot to hold.

Graves took the military grade laptop to the side asking the General if he could finish Hassan off.

General shepherd: Laswell is right we can't hold him without proof. Take him back to where you found him.

Soap put the bag over Hassan's head and led him to a car where Graves could take him back to where he got him. I got into the back seat with Ghost and Soap. Alejandro and Rudy were up front.

Carmen: I don't trust them.

Rudy: who?

Carmen: Graves and Shepherd. I trust Soap and Ghost but Graves and Shepherd throw me off.

Ghost: why do they throw you off?

Carmen: I don't know but I have a feeling we'll find out sooner or later.

We drove back to Alejandro's base to get some rest for the night. I know if today was stressful tomorrow was going to be even worse.

~morning~

I didn't sleep much. Knowing that graves was on this base didn't give me enough assurance to sleep. I put on my suit that was cleaned thanks to Rudy. I grabbed my guns that were holstered and walked to the meeting room. I stood by my seat and started strapping my holsters to my thighs. I pulled it tight so they wouldn't move and then I clipped them to my utility belt. I knew Graves was watching me and I wanted to install fear into this man's head. I grabbed the knife I used to kill that man yesterday and innocently looked at it.

Carmen: shit I forgot to clean my knife.

I looked at the knife closely and grabbed a tissue from the table. I pumped some hand sanitizer on the tissue and stared straight into Graves eyes as I cleaned the knife.

Rudy: stop intimidating the man Carmen.

Carmen: fine! I will kill you.

Graves: I don't speak Spanish sweetheart.

Carmen: I know and don't call me sweetheart cabrón

I sat down and huffed. Rudy shook his head at my passive aggressive behavior and I swear I heard Ghost laugh a little. Alejandro walked in through the doors and stated what our next mission would be.

Alejandro: we're capturing El Sin Nombre tonight. There is an event. Carmen you will do what you do best and go undercover. We'll give them what they want. Intel. Carmen and soap you're on the inside tonight.

Graves: they're going to want proof. Give them this.

Graves ripped off his shadow patch and gave it to soap.

Alejandro: alright let's get ready and move out.

I stayed behind with Rudy and he moved closer to me.

Rudy: I know you don't trust Graves, but you have to at least be nice. If he does have bad intentions then we need to be ready, and you being mean won't convince him that you trust him.

Carmen: fine I will be nice, but my threat stands strong Rudy. I will kill him.

I walked out of the meeting room and went to my room.

I took off all of my clothes except for my undergarments and looked at myself in the mirror. I ran my fingers over the needle marks in my skin. And the various scars along my tummy from being shot or stabbed. I remember getting stabbed multiple times by a scientists to test if a drug could make me heal faster. It didn't work. I was rushed to get stitched up and now I have a pink scar where that was.

I needed to look fresh for this event. I needed to look my absolute best. I quickly got to work at covering all of my scars. I used a little bit of liquid latex and silicone pieces to cover up my more puffier scars on my waist and abdomen. I finished covering up my scars and looked into the mirror at myself. I couldn't help but tear up while looking at myself. I couldn't believe how normal I look. Withought my scars I feel like my past was fake. Apart of my imagination or something.

I didn't realize it but Alejandro walked in the room.

Alejandro: hermana it's almost time to go.

I looked at Alejandro and he looked at my teary eyes. His face quickly went to concern. He closed the door and walked towards me.

Alejandro: hermana what's wrong? I can see the tears in your eyes.

Carmen: I look normal. Without my scars I feel invalid and like my past didn't matter and that it was all a fake.

Alejandro: hermana don't say such things. You are amazing and I guarantee you that you and your feelings are completely valid. You look beautiful even without your outfit on and I bet with your dress on you will look even more gorgeous.

Carmen: thank you hermano.

I hugged Alejandro and he wiped my tears from my face. I fixed my makeup and made sure I looked presentable. It's go time.