Wolf and Cat

A Second Colonel

"He's waking up" shouted an officer. "Get the machine running" shouted another. "Does this shit always gotta happen after I get knocked out?.." thought Nick. Opening his eyes, he was strapped inside a machine. Some kind of brain reading tech was placed over his face. Strapped by his hands and legs there was no way of easily escaping, Nick had seen this place before. wandering around he'd almost seen the whole of bridgehead. This is where they interrogate you. Look for signals in your brain to see if you're lying, or telling the truth, even what exactly you're thinking about. Looking in front, there was a platform equipped with a hologram pad. Standing on the platform was the asshole  responsible for this mess. Waving at the scientist on her desk to start up the machine, Clark looked back to the wolf, he grinned as if he was so pleased. This pissed the dog off. "I'm gonna rip you open from the inside out" growled the wolf. Clark chuckled, stepping back.

On the top of the machine, the lights turned on glowing green. Slowly they started spinning, getting faster and faster. The pressure closed in almost like it was squeezing his skull. This is where the hell began.

"Disobeying my orders it was the dog I wanted to speak with, not you Colonel" snapped Ardmore.   "I understand that General. But he was injured so I sent him to med" said Quaritch. "Unless he was dying, I expect you to follow through! A recom squad is dead and I don't even have the key witness here".  Quaritch kept silent, he couldn't say it was because he cared about the wolf's well being. Not without making it a personal matter.

"What were you doing the two days of your capture?" Asked Clark. "Get me outta this' ' growled Nick. "Did you kill project Phoenix?!".  "I'll kill you".  "Were you running from RDA?!".  The wolf began huffing, tensing from the machine he tried jolting to break the straps holding him in. Blood dripped down both of the wolf's nostrils, his eyes becoming almost bloodshot. A nurse came running over with her hologram tablet, "sir he's breaking down, we need to take him out" she says. "He'll be fine" said Clark, "your a tough guy aren't you".

"What do you mean an officer took em out?" Snapped Quaritch. "He went with Colonel Walker somewhere" said the nurse. "I haven't heard about a second Colonel. You're sure?" At this point Quaritch was thinking a hundred miles an hour. "Did he run again? Who the hell is Walker?.. fuck!.." too many situations went on inside Quaritch's head. "Colonel" said Lyle handing over his tablet, "dude got promoted when he got down here, recognise em?". It took a moment for Quaritch to realise the man, he hardly forgot a face he didn't like. "I'll be damned.." he muttered. Taking the tablet back, Lyle pressed his coms with a scowl on his face. If the Colonel was pissed, so was his second tail.

Turning and turning, the humming of the machine faded away only leaving the shattering sound of broken eardrums. By this time the wolf was losing consciousness, his eyes rolled into his head. "Feels like my skulls gonna fucking break.." only muffled shrieks and groans were heard from the wolf strapped inside the machine, Clark knew he wasn't in any condition to speak. He didn't care. This was his payback for the embarrassment he felt back in space. "Think something nice Nick.. T-t.."...

"Nick..".  "Nick!".   "Sorry sorry, what's up?".  "Do you need help setting up the tent?".  "Nah, should be all good, why? You  need something to do?".  "No..".  "Ace. I can see by the look of your face somethings bothering you".  "Hah.. you know me that well?".  Taking Ace's hand, Nick lead him into the tent pulling over the leather door. Ace held onto Nick's hand, without words he made it clear he didn't want to let go. Keeping his eyes on their hands held together, the recoms tail swished. "Do you remember that night in the barracks.. when I told you I was gonna go back to America, you said you wanted me to stay." He spoke softly, for the first time in a while Ace was serious. "I remember.." replied Nick. Holding his hands a little tighter, Ace slowly stepped forward keeping his soft gaze down at the wolf. "You said we'd continue a different night.." said Ace, breathing heavily from his nose. Gulping down, Nick didn't know what to say. He didn't object, a part of him wanted it but.. was it right? Leaning down Ace stopped himself just before their lips touched, looking down to Nick's lips, then up to his eyes. Intentions were clear. "Can I?" He breathed. Nick squeezed his hands as a sign of approval. A little smile grew on Ace's face as he pressed himself closer. Keeping his body still trying to stay calm, Ace closed the distance between them. Their lips met, a surge of electric energy coursed through their bodies. The kiss was tender yet passionate. Ace had waited long enough to share this moment, his pulsing heart rate proved that. For he was excited, he wanted more. The kissing intensified, their bodies pressed together as they tightly held hands. Huffing out, Ace couldn't stop himself from devouring Nick's mouth, so much so that when Nick leaned back for a breather, Ace bit his lip. A little groan escaped the wolfs mouth as he put his hand up over his sore lip. "Sorry.." huffed Ace, stepping back. "It's okay" reassured Nick, obviously not wanting to stop. "I need to help Max move some boxes.." said Ace throwing up the leather door of the tent walking out. "Ace"...