Overwatch And Blackwatch.

Smoke And Mirrors.

The morning was cold and dark out, they had gone into a mission thinking it would be easy but, well...they ended up in a town they evacuated and were still fighting it. Jack was with him and so was Jesse. They were originally with a bigger troop but, they were separated after the crash of their ship. Most of the people were dead and the ones who survived booked it trying to find safety. Gabriel found jack and then Jesse before they left the scene holding their weapons that had scattered before they found them. Jack was asleep again a pillar still and was twitching in his sleep as if he was having a nightmare. Jesse was asleep on the other side again a corner with his cowboy hat on over his face as he snored lightly. Gabriel kept smoking and blew smoke a bit before he walked over. Jack was covering his head and trembling over a nightmare that was related to all the things he went through. "Geez...your hopeless Boyscout.." Gabriel sat down and slowly placed his hand on his shoulder before rubbing it as he smoked a bit. Jack awoke and glanced up at Gabriel whom had a annoyed look. "Morn....morning..." Jack squeaked and Gabriel noticed that quickly. "I have that face again don't I?..." Gabriel asked and sighed before looking away. Jack slowly sat up and looked down at his hands. "Yeah... you did.." jack said and both went quiet still coming to terms with how this all happened. It all felt so...surreal. "did you check on the kid?.." Jack asked eventually and Gabriel looked over at Jesse as he snuffed his Cigerette. "He's fine...I checked with him after you fell asleep..." Gabriel told Jack and looked over at him, he saw his blue eyes concerned in Jesse and worried posture. "Alright..I... I'm sorry this happened..." Jack told Gabriel whom went to pull out another Cigerete from his black bag on his side. "It wasn't your fault. You didn't know this was going to happen." Gabriel simply said and went to light his cig as jack glanced at him.  "And you smoke again...great." jack sighed and looked away from him. "Don't nag. Your the one to gamble again." Gabriel argued back and instantly got jack to go quiet. "Sorry...that was low...just...I'm on edge and being stranded in a dead city without any really big resources.." Gabriel sighed and nudged him a little before he lit the Cigerete an offered one. "Gabriel...I don't smoke." Jack spoke softly and turned away still feeling a little attacked still after Gabriel always went for something that hurt. It's something that made the two distant over time, originally they could joke but as soon as Gabriel found out he gambled well...he went for that when ever he was pissed or in need of a laugh.

Once Jesse woke he could feel the tension between the two, jack was standing and fiddling with his visor while Gabriel was walking back an forth, smoking his Cigerette and checking out the perimeter as he was in a vigilant mode. Jesse stayed quiet examining them and suddenly perked up. "Did I miss something while I was out?" He asked them and caused their heads to turn to look. "Nothing.." they both said at the same time before going back to normal leaving Jesse to be alone in silence. He pushed his hat up as he stood and checked his pistol to do something. "We should head out and look for a place to grab food..." Jack suddenly said and broken the silence between the three. "Yeah...good idea." Gabriel mumbled and turned to look at Jack. 'he is definitely hurt...damn it I shouldn't have snapped at that again. I don't even know the family problems.' Gabriel sighed and glanced at Jesse before tilting his head twice to the right as he walked out the back spot of the broken building. Jack walked along side him and Jesse followed behind them. "So what is gonna happen since the ship ain't around?" Jesse asked them after they went down the stairs and jack kept fiddling with his broken com. "We try to contact overwatch and get a evac ship. By then we won't be strong enough to stay." Jack told Jesse who nodded and Gabriel agreed. "If we don't do it soon we could very well be ambushed and slaughtered..." Gabriel told them and was a tad gloomy earning a quick smack to the side by jack. "Don't make the rooky freak asshole." Jack snapped and Jesse sighed himself as he started to think jack an Gabriel were a thing which was untrue. The two were friends but, their friendship status was going down and slowly turning into a big hate relationship that returned little to no affection in anyway. Either way there was discourse and slight arguing for a bit before they were on the streets.