We Came, We Saw, We Conqured

Elites Are Assholes

Later that night, I was lying in bed when I heard what sounded like someone puking. I got up and went down to bathroom to check on the person. I pushed the door open a bit more to see who it was. I found Tucker hunched over the toilet.

"Hey," I said softly.

He just groaned. I walked into the bathroom and over to him. I knelt next to him and felt his forehead.

"Your hands are cold," he said.

"I'm sorry. I'm just trying to see if ye have a fever."

"I don't think so. Probably just a stomach bug."

"Probably. Come on. Let's go get something to settle your stomach so you can sleep."

He nodded and stood up. I waited outside the bathroom for him while he cleaned up a bit. I headed to the kitchen to make some peppermint tea.

"Here," I said handing him the warm mug.

"Thanks," he replied accepting it. He took a sip them looked to me, "Peppermint tea? Where did you get this?"

I sat down on the couch next to him, "Donut."

"He just gave it to you."

"No. I took it. Along with some other stuff from them. They probably won't even notice."

"What did you take?"

"Donut's tea and one of his scented lotions." I pulled at the shirt I had on. "This shirt is Simmons's. I stole some food from Grif and some ammo from Sarge."

"And you think they won't notice?"

"The tea and food were in the back of the cabinet. The shirt was in the bottom of his trunk. The ammo was in the back of the closet. As for the lotion, that man has like five bottles of the same damn scent. They won't notice."

He chuckled, "You're sneaky."

"Yeah. So, how ye feeling?"

"A bit better. I probably won't be going back to sleep though."

I glanced to the clock. It was four-thirty in the morning. I sighed, "Same. I guess I could get some work done." I reached over a grabbed my datapad.

"Do you care if I put a movie on?"

"No, go for it."

When Church got up a few hours later I was still sitting on the couch working with Tucker asleep on my lap. Church arched a brow at me but didn't say anything. I wrinkled my nose at him.

"You want something to eat?" he asked as he walked into the kitchen.

"What're ye making?"

"Pancakes and sausage."

"Yeah, I'll take some." I tapped Tucker's cheek, "Hey, ye want some breakfast?"

He mumbled something.

"I'll take that as a yes." I looked to Church. "Tucker will take some as well."

"He okay? Heard someone throwing up this morning. Figured it was him."

"Yeah, I found him a few hours ago. He's puked a couple times since then. Might be a stomach bug."

"He's was like that since the swamp," Caboose said walking in.

"Swamp," I questioned, "you guys were in a swamp?" Church had filled me in on everything but the quest the boys had gone on.

"Yeah. It was dark and swampy. I wasn't scared at all."