Crisis

"Erase Memory"

Tom's p.o.v.

What the hell? Ha! Seeing that bastard so helpless is hilarious! Although that lady looks like she can be pretty damn scary when she wants to be. I couldn't help a small chuckle, but man did I regret it.

"So who's this, hm?" The older lady dressed in red from head to toe walked around me, as if she was examining me. She looked at my googles in confusion.

"It's the Red Armys greatest weapon." Tord answers.

"It is, is it? Well, I don't see any restraints." Tords hard expression cracked, I could tell he was worried. So imminently I was worried. "Take off your shirt." I stumbled back, like hell!

She walked closer to me and slid her hand up my chest, I imdeintly stiffened. Her fingers crawled up, without a second thought I grabbed her hand in anger, I yelled, "Who the hell do you think you a--"  

       Slap.

  A hard slap punched me in the jaw, there was no question that it's going to bruise. She grabbed me by the collar and pulled me to her face, "Who the hell do you think you are? Hm? If I was in charge here you'd be dead. Your actions have consequences, that mouth of yours will not be tolerated here." I heard a sharp metallic sound, in a split second I was desperately trying to keep in a scream. HOLY PONY EATING MACARONI, THAT HURTS!! D-Did that pysco seriously just freakin stab me? I slowly looked at the knife sticking out from my shoulder and the red liquid surrounding it. I gritted and clenched my jaw, the pain was crippling. A sinister smile spread across her wrinkled, ugly, stabbing-old-lady-face. She let go of me and pushed me down on the hard cold floor.

  Tord's p.o.v.

I watched as Mrs. Adamson pushed Thomas down, I wanted to help him- wait! Am I going soft? Damit, no! "So I'm going take that as a no. He doesn't have any restraints does he Red Leader?" She questioned.

"I'm afraid not, he's broken everything we have."

"And he's not too obedient either?" She scoffs.

"No ma'am." I hesitantly answered looking at Thomas' agonizing expression. With her there was no knowing what she was going to do with him.

"Well, I'll been staying for a few more hours, in that time I want to see this weapon in it's form and I'd like to use a new device. It's a behavioral device, brainwash is a harsh word. It's more like somthing that changes your state of mind." She smirked, I had an uneasy feeling about this.

Paul and Pat took Thomas somewhere, though I wasn't told where. I can only assume it was to the 'device' she was talking about. We walked down the halls in silence, we reached my office, I opened the door and she took a seat.

"So, you two used to live together right?" I quietly nodded, she mumbled, "I never thought you were really that type."

My cheeks reddened, "Not like that Mrs. Adamson!! I-It was me him and two others, we were all friends.."

"Friends? Isn't that just where you were temporarily staying till the base was done? So what is this about friends?"

"I-uh-well it's not like that! We just hung out together sometimes, they weren't really friends!"

"I believe you, after all with that incident that happened with the robot I believe you. Plus you even managed to capture one of your 'friends' and managed to make them part of your army, a weapon for God sake! No matter how disobedient it may be. The Red Armys leaders couldn't be more impressed! I have to warn you, your two caretakers have informed me about your attack on the rebellion. I must say that's a bit of a cocky move Mr. Red Leader. But also a smart one, I know your capable but you can't hesitate. I took it upon myself to dig a little deeper, the rebellion leaders were you roommates, no?"

"Yes Mrs. Adamson."

  "Edd Edwardson and Matt Matthews. Or otherwise know as the Green and Purple Leader. The council and I will be moving on, we have thousands of other businesses we must attend to. So I'm trusting that you will be one of the strongest leaders our army has ever seen."
   She paused for a moment. "Tord, I remember when two young men whom were rasied in this army brought to me a baby. A baby found within the ashes of cold and bloody war. They were 18 or so. We found them just like they found that baby, so of course they were imdeintly attached. They said they weren't leaving until I told them they could take the baby with them, but the army didn't have time to babysit. So I made them a promise, if those two young idiot's could raise the baby for one year I'd let them keep it. Of course I never thought it was possible, why they could barely take care of themselves!"
    She laughed, I smiled, "Once a year came I was shocked, but I course I kept my end of the bargain. After a couple more years the baby learned to become a toddler, then a tiny child. A child who was being trained by the two men now. I was impressed, very impressed. The boy was cunning, slick and highly skilled, he was very gifted. Our army was on the verge of losing there Leader, it was time the baton was passed off to the next generation. On the way to look at all we had to offer he saw the boy, he was in the middle of a training session with his caretakers.

I know where shes going I think with nostalgia.

The Red Leader didnt hesitate when he spoke, "He's the one, he said. He called in Patryck and Paul, the boys not caretakers but now they were his guardians, it was set in stone they would raise him to become the next great infamous Red Leader. And so they rasied the boy they called Tord, and he followed in their footsteps. For idiot's they did a pretty damn good job. The two are inseparable you know? You know, when we found them they were on the verge of death, after a war the two found eachother, complete strangers but they acted as if they were brothers to help eachother survive. They're families were slaughtered in front of them, they even beheaded every member of Paul's family just for the fun of it. The black armys a brutal one. When they found you they just saw themselves, they're not that stupid when you get to know them. They have a strong brotherhood with eachother."

"I-I, they never told me any of that . . . I guess they never went in to detail. All I knew is that they took me in."

"Yes well now you know. Don't take them for granted boy, they're the most loyal soldiers I've ever and will ever have. Even the Red Leader before you thought so. Anyways I just want you to know, everything right now is laying on you. We can't afford taking risks, the whole army is now in your hands and your hands only. It's yours to deal with. You were raised for this so I know you can do it, the Red Leader chose you and my husbands never wrong!" Something beeped, she looked at her wrist, "Would you look at that? I must be on my way, give Pat and Paul my gratitude. I wish you luck Red Leader, I know you'll make the right choices. Oh, and don't be getting soft any time soon, especially be careful around those freinds of yours. I don't want to see this great army fall. Farewell then!" I waved goodbye and lime that she was gone. I know what I have to do, no more times for games.

  I ran down the stairs, "Where is Thomas?" I asked a soldier, he pointed to some cube looking machine. I opened the door, inside was a single chair and a single person. I grabbed his shoulder, "Get up now."

"Yes sir?" He clumsily walked out. I faced him dead in the eye.

"I want you to delete all Memory you have of Matt Matthews, Edd Edwardson, and...T-Tord. Delete Memory. That's an order."

  Tears freely slid down his cheeks, imdeintly he responds, "Y-Yes sir." Tears kept falling as 'loading' read across his screen.

"I'm sorry Tom. But I can't afford any risks. G-Goodbye." I walked out of the room to my office. I locked the door and fell on my bed, I can't afford any risks. Thomas shall no longer know his freinds, not even his rival Tord. The only name he'll know now is Red Leader.