Forming Trust- An Ela X Reader Fanfiction

Lion's Pride

"Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer."

June 5th, 2022

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"The hell is everyone?"

"Not a clue."

Ela and I were sitting in the cafeteria eating, waiting for the rest of our squad. Olivier had told us to meet him at 7, so we were just sitting there. Ela and I sat idly in the nearly empty cafeteria for a little under five minutes until Timur arrived. He sat next to us, a plate chock full of french toast and eggs in hand.

"So, Y/n, the hell is Olivier, Eliza and Lera? I've only really talked to Lera, but I at least know who the others are... and none of them are here, and..." He took a quick look at his watch, "He told us all to meet here by 7. That's in 25 seconds."

I shrugged in between bites of hashbrown. "Not a clue. Maybe he's setting something up?"

Timur responded after he finished shoveling a spoonful of scrambled eggs into his mouth. "Doubt it. There's already a CBRN room setup in the secondary underground building. I went and checked yesterday, so unless he's setting up a surprise party or something, I doub-"

Timur was interrupted by the doors of the cafeteria swinging open loudly. There was Olivier, dragging Eliza by the hood into the room. He was well groomed and wearing a dark yellow hoodie, headphones resting around his neck, whilst Eliza had messy hair and seemed as if she had just woken up. Olivier let go of Eliza's hood once they made it to our table, and she quickly ran off to go get food.

"Sorry about that. I went to each of you all's rooms to make sure that you were ready, but dumb-ass over there was still asleep. Oh, and if you were wondering about Lera, she already ate. She's on a run, she should be here shortly."

With that, he stood up and went off to go get himself some food.

Ela, Timur and I chatted for a bit until both Eliza and Olivier sat down at the table, this time with plates full of food.

Olivier quickly finished his breakfast so that he could begin speaking.

"Good morning, how are you all?"

"Fine."

"Decent, I guess."

"A bit tired."

"Pissed you dragged me out of bed."

Olivier chuckled at the final mark before popping some bubble gum into his mouth and returning to talking.

"So... we all know why we're here. I've been put in command of all of you, as a CBRN raid unit of some sort for when our fellow operators discover where and what the masks are doing with all this gas. I've already informed Lera about this, but I'd like to tell all of you that... I have absolutely not a clue in hell what I'm supposed to do. I know... that you all have minimal chemical disposal and combat training, but, just... I'm in the dark here."

He sighed and took a deep breath before continuing.

"Essentially... what I want to say, is that I have no idea what we're going to end up going against. That means I'm going to train you all for everything that I can think of might happen in a CBRN situation. Defusal, containment, proper breathing, equipment... everything. I hate to be a hardass and sound like an AP course teacher... but this is going to be much harder than your normal training. None of you were specifically trained in CBRN, only Lera and I were. You are going to be learning completely new things, and I apologize in advance if I'm going to be an asshole; I tend to be much tougher training then out of work."

He sat back down and blew a bubble. Timur, finally done eating his breakfast, spoke.

"Sounds great. I'd actually like to get some practice with CBRN; seems like chemical warfare is making a comeback, and I'd hate to be on the receiving end unprepared. Also, I'd like to have my skills tested."