No Fear

Chapter Forty-Three

No picture today, @/myfavoritenumberis13 has been busy lately and I don't want to bother him with drawing a picture. I don't know when I'll have the heart to ask for a picture, so don't expect any soon :)
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Third Person Pov:

Red didn't know what to make of the dream, it all felt so incredibly real. He wants to ignore it, but it felt too much like it meant something. So after waking up from the dream he didn't go back to his slumber, he instead did research on the people he could barely remember the names of.

He writes down different details of the people he saw, but the more time he was out of the dream, the more he forgot their appearances. He tried to write it all down, but he had already wrote down all the details beside their faces and he now forgot their appearances completely.

Red spends all night at his desk, trying to decipher the dream and figure out what was going on in it. All he can remember is one man named something he's heard before, but he has forgotten the other's name and just knows that it's familiar... But then he starts to think, where has he heard the unfamiliar name from?

"Tord?.."

He flinches at his seat, it's already 8:00 am and he only just remembered where he has heard the name before. He writes down the name, but spells it wrong and writes "Todd" instead since he's already beginning to forget again. Then he says to himself, "But.. but how would Tom know that name? If Tom knows the name than that couldn't have just been a dream! I knew it had to be more!"

Suddenly he hears a knock at his door and it opening, he turns his head to it to see Paul standing in the doorway and looking at him. Red goes to put on his voice manipulator, but Paul says, "Don't bother with it, I don't care what you sound like." which Red slowly nods hesitantly and puts the collar back down on his desk.

"What do you need me for? I leave for the base at 10:00," Red asks his second in command and a very unnoticeable smile comes on to Paul's lips, he missed that voice.

"I'm here to tell you about a celebration the british have starting today, they call it "Musical Week" and it lasts for seven days, basically it's a week long dance party. We were invited to one and I was wondering if you'd like to cancel your visit to the base to go there for the day," Paul says to Red, which little does Red know that Paul actually has a scheme in mind for if Red says yes.

"Uh.. sure, that's fine. Since I have my suit and mask the virus will probably not get to me, I could also really use the break. I've been working my ass off to the point it isn't healthy," Red says and Paul calmly nods while inside he's actually quite excited.

"I'll prepare a ride, it starts at 8:00 am so if you could get ready early that would be great," Paul says and Red nods, Paul then closes the door and walks away from Red's room.

Red sighs as he looks down at his paper, some of his long hair falling in his face. He holds a lock of it and looks at the color, he still hasn't looked in a mirror even though there's no way he can get punished with General Winston in the state he's in...

Red then whispers to himself, "I need to know..." Red stands up from his desk and gets dressed into his suit and mask. He opens his door and walks out of his room, he clenches his fists as he confidently walks to General Winston's room.

Red arrives at his leader's door and puts his hand on the doorknob, but then a hand places itself on his and he looks up to see Paul stopping him. Paul motions with his head to the ceiling, so Red looks to see a security camera zoomed in on them.

"If you walk away, he won't care," Paul whispers and gives him a serious look, he may not see Red's face but he can tell Red is nervous. Red pauses for a moment before taking his hand off of the doorknob and Paul pulls his hand away.

"Mm.." Red hums as he looks down, he just wanted to use General Winston's personal bathroom so he could see himself.. is that really too much to ask?

"We should get going Red Avenger, if we leave now then the party will have just started when we arrive," Paul says and Red nods slowly, Paul begins walking away and Red looks to the door one last time before following right behind him.