Sprayfire

Chapter XVI - Out of the Ordinary

Previously, on Sprayfire...

The Elite Team was finally all in one place, after Elizabeth escorted him back to EASE. The two had stayed in Craze's room, where they rested and regained their strengths. Not long after, they were called by Dr. Adrian for a meeting at the Garage. Upon entering, the Elite Team claims their brand new weapons and heads off to the Practice Area to try them out.

What new adventures await our brave Elite Team? Will they come back alive?

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It's been approximately seven days since the whole Elite Team had stepped foot into the Practice Area like to try out our factory-new metal machines. Although, what's really concerning is that throughout that period of time, EASE hasn't received a single notification, announcement, alert - nor news report - regarding any EASE-level threats. No missions or any operations whatsoever on any level and degree have been carried out by EASE. All we could do was just... chill in base, and just wait for orders, y'know..? I was in the Tech Lab with Adrian, Joe and Jaydee at the time, and they were just casually going over their to-do lists...

"Hey, guys...", I said, as I called their attention. "...don't you find it weird..?", I asked them, as I took a sip of my hot chocolate.

"What do you find weird..?", asked Jaydee, as he hammered his old battle shield into a fine, flat sheet.

"Haven't you noticed..? No missions are flying out our doors..! Something's been going on lately, and I'm curious as to what may have happened...", I stated, as I placed my cup down, crossed my legs, and started to ponder.

"Aye, lad...", Adrian said, as he looked up from his newspaper. "It could be just because we've recently come back from a serious fight... Besides, the government might just be concerned about our stats or something, reason why we're not getting any reports...", he added, as he took a sip of his iced tea.

"Yeah... I mean, I get that there's no missions coming out, but maybe it's just really because the government's trying to provide us some cover or something, no..?", Joe said, as he looked up from his book.

"Yeah but...", I stuttered. "Eh..! Whatever! I'm gonna go find the others - see what they're up to...", I disappointingly stated, leaving the Tech Lab.

I walked outside and felt the cool breeze on my face. I slid my hands into the pockets of my hoodie, and started walking down the hall. Frankly, I knew in myself that I had no clue as to where I was actually going; I just ended up trusting my gut and just wandered off to different places, to see where everyone currently is. My first stop was at the Practice Area; where I saw Russ, Fiona, Roni, and Bayonette.

"Heh-ey! Way to burn down those targets, Sheriff Rainbows!", Fiona teased, as she fist-bumped Russ. "But... still not good enough.", she added, as she snapped her fingers and winked.

"How about you, Roni? Don't you wanna try out your mean metal machine..?", Russ asked.

"I already tried it out...", Roni replied. "But I decided to try it out - again - last night... Brought back a kilo of venison after taking it for a spin out in the woods...", she added.

"Hey guys!", I said, as I entered the room. "Mind if I get your opinions on something?", I asked.

"Yeah sure!" "No problem!" "What's up?" "You got it!", all four responded.

"So, you know how we haven't been receiving any word about any missions, right..?", I asked. "Don't you guys find it weird how we're not getting anything - and I mean, anything at all..?", I added, as I scratched my head.