Reverie 》Bob Floyd

Chapter 9

Unfortunately, the punches didn't stop after Bob and Natasha were discharged. 

Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky had succumbed to his cancer. 

A funeral was quickly arranged, with everyone on base required to go, along with a number of people coming in for the final farewell. 

While Malina didn't want to let Bob out of her sight at the moment, she didn't have a choice. He was getting ready when he made the suggestion. 

"Why don't you call Reyna and hang out with her and Mari today? That way you aren't alone. They had fun yesterday, and Mari seems to have taken a liking to the dogs." 

It was perfect. So Mal did just that. After setting a time, she went to grab Carter. "Up and at 'em Cal. We are meeting Rey and Mari for lunch." 

The man groaned, enjoying his limited time off by sleeping as much as humanly possible. "I don't wanna," he whined into his pillow. 

Mal only smirked. She knew how to get him up. She left the room, letting Carter assume she gave up. But really, she went to the dogs, grabbed their favorite toy and threw it into his room. 

Carter was then, unceremoniously, woken up by two fully grown German Shepherds leaping onto his bed. He let out an "oof" before Nala realized he was there and began locking his face. 

Carter finally got her to stop. "Okay, okay, I'm up, girl! I'm up!" 

Malina was in the doorway, filming it all. She just gave him a shit-eating grin. He rolled his eyes, flopping back onto his bed. 

Just another morning with these two.

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The four met up at a little cafe, not far from base. There was some outdoor seating so the dogs could join as well. 

"Oh," Malina said, as she went for her phone. "I finished editing those photos from the other day. Take a look." 

The sisters scroll through the photos on her phone, each more amazing than the last. "I wish I could see the world like this," Mari comments, in complete awe. 

Mal smiles. "It's a good way to see the beauty in the world, even if so many are determined to show the ugly." 

Carter claps his hands. "My best friend, the poet." Mal shoves his shoulder. 

The sisters laugh at the friends before Reyna brings the mood down just a bit. "We could use that right now." 

Mari looks down, not meeting anyone's eye. 

The friends look at each other before Malina speaks. "You don't need to tell us, but does this have anything to do with what brought you here in such a state?" 

Reyna looks at her sister. She wouldn't say anything if Mari didn't want her to. After all, it affected her more than it did Reyna. 

Mari took a breath before looking up at the two adults. "So I got into karate recently. It's kinda always been pretty big back home but it recently resurged in popularity. My best friend actually grew up learning it, as her dad is one of the big sensis in the area." 

Mal and Carter could tell this was difficult for her. Reyna was quick to grab her sister's hand, giving her all the support she could. 

"Long story short, a karate war started, people keep getting hurt and it's now out of control. My boyfriend kinda went off the rails for a little while and just came back to his senses. But his old dojo wanted revenge, even with a sort of cease fire called between the three main dojos."