Code name: Siren

Not alone?

We didn't really wanted to wait long.
But it was the start of summer.
And I highly declined to a summer wedding.

I hated it too hot.
And Simon did too.
So we agreed on late fall.
The time till then seemed to last forever.

Noctis grew quicker than we could look.
The K9s did an amazing job.
He was such a sweetheart but so well trained.
I had the biggest fun with sending him after Soap and Roach.

Till they all went on missions Noctis was bound to me. We were inseparable.

Noctis and Moon loved each other.
Much to Simon's dismay.

The fact that James kept flirting with me made him furious.
And I started to get more and more annoyed with James.
A man that flirted with a taken woman was disgusting. But a man that kept flirting even when she was engaged?

I really had lost the last respect I had for him.
I avoided him where I could.
But he seemed to be everywhere.
Sometimes it was even creepy.

At some point I had to speak up.
He approached me as I left the k9 fields.
He slipped his arm around my waist and held out some flowers to me.

„Hey pretty lady. I got you something"

„What? What for?"

I asked confused and tried to regain distance.
It was weird, as if he had waited til Simon was on a mission.

„Oh just because you're so beautiful"

he grinned and tried to pull me back closer.
I finally pushed his arm off and stepped back.

„Alright James this is too much.
You know damn well I'm engaged.
I love Simon.
And this is really inappropriate"

Even Noctis notices my tense behaviour and sat down directly in front of me, not letting James out of his sight.

„Oh come on. What do you want with a man that's always gone? A pretty lady shouldn't be alone.
In a big apartment. All by herself."

He smiled sweet.
I eyed him up and down.
I had never told him anything about my apartment. This was weird.

„I'm not alone. I have Noctis. And you need to stop!"

With that I quickly turned and left.
I felt weird.
I had a really bad feeling.
I could feel him staring after me.

I sighed relieved.
Two days.
That was not so much.

After work I packed my bag and left my office and walked to my car.

Simon had got me a little truck for my birthday because I couldn't transport Noctis on my bike.

Noctis was weirdly quiet.
And I felt why.
I felt watched.
Maybe it was just the paranoia.
But I hurried and packed Noctis in my truck.

The whole drive home I looked if someone would follow us.
But nothing.

At home I locked the door behind me.
All of the sudden it felt really weird alone in my apartment.
This night I let Noctis sleep in my bed.

He usually wasn't allowed in the bed but when Simon wasn't there I sometimes made an exception.

I felt watched and followed the whole two days.
I kept Noctis close.
I didn't brought him to training.
I kept him with me at practice and in my office.

I tried to convince me that this was nonsense and no one was following me but the feeling stayed.

And it would become reality sadly.

The day before Simon would return I came back home late.
I locked the door as usual.
But I noticed an envelope on the ground.
Someone must have slipped it under the door.

I picked it up and inspected it.
It didn't looked dangerous.
I put down my bag and let Noctis sniff the envelope.

Nothing.
So I opened it.
And my heart stopped.
It was a bunch of photos.

From me.

They were taken all over the base.
Little hearts drawn around me.
And when another person was in the picture they were crossed out.
I came to one photo of me and Simon.

It would have been a cute photo.
I smiled up to him as he ran his fingers through my hair.
But Simon was aggressively crossed out of the picture.

I panicked.
This couldn't be happening.
I suddenly felt really unsafe.
I closed all blinds and made sure like 5 times the door was properly locked.
I camped on the couch holding Noctis close.
I couldn't sleep.

And I couldn't reach Simon.
He would arrive in the morning.
But on the way they never had any service.
I didn't even dared to watch tv.
I was so tense.

This was all so weird.
What did James think?
I knew it was him.
But why risk it now?
Why go this far?
He must knew that I knew it was him.
This was so confusing.

The next morning I was so tired.
I hadn't slept any minute.
The first thing I did was to pack my bag and hurry to my truck.
Luckily I had to pick up Simon really early.

When he was back everything would be better.
And as soon as we would arrive back I would report James behaviour.
This was too much.

I arrived early to the military airport.
I took a round with Noctis till the time passed.
I watched the guys get out of the plane.
They all looked tired.

I hugged them till I was pulled back and lifted up.

„Mmmmmmm how I missed you"

Simon squeezed me tight.

„My love. I missed you too"

I giggled.
He turned me around and caressed my cheek.
Then he stopped.

„What's wrong? You look like you haven't slept"

his concerned voice let the others look over.
I hesitated but his piercing look made me weak.

„It's him. He went to far"

I could see Simon's eyes boil up with rage.

„What happened?"

I pulled out the pictures.

„This was slid under our door last evening"

I sighed.
Simon looked through the pictures.
König had aproached us and looked over his shoulder.

„Was zur Hölle"

he muttered.

„This little peace of shit"

Simon spat.

„Please Simon.
At least I have now something I can really report.
They will deal with him"

„Oh and I will deal with him too"

Simon muttered.
I knew this wasn't good but I also knew I wouldn't be able to stop him.