Human Kid (II)

3.

"Good morning LIN!" Ashley bowed shortly.

Alex patted her head as he walked by. The rest greeted him with less vigour, Andrew way less than others.

"I suppose you are Squad 10, aren't you?" he looked at them.

"Yup! That's us all right!" Ethan affirmed.

Alex adjusted his glasses and smiled, "Okay then. Let's get down to business, I have somewhere else to be."

Suzanne moved a little closer to him.

Andrew rested his chin on his palm.

Alex then had on a serious expression.

"Squad 10! You have been assigned a class C mission file!" He brought forth the file he was holding.

Ashleys' eyes glowed with pride. She and Ethan exchanged excited looks.

"All five members are needed for the total completion of this mission. A report on the mission must be made by dusk today," Alex went on.

Suzanne's eyes widened.

This was it; their first mission.

Andrew wished the man would hurry it up. He glanced at his wristwatch and sighed. Ryan was also paying close attention.

It seemed he was the only one bothered.

He shook his head. I really shouldn't bother about annoying subjects like this. He thought inwardly.

"What's a class C mission file?" Ethan asked a bit puzzled.

"Quiet Ethan! Let him finish!" Suzanne snapped at him.

Aiden shot them a nasty look and the both sat down and looked the other way.

Alex glanced through the open file. "Ah, yes, where was I?" he muttered.

"A class C mission file is a mission that earns money for Hero league, since you're just entering E-rank I picked out a simple one for you."

"Make money for Hero league?" Suzanne questioned, confused.

"Ah yes, like err...." the LIN turned to look at Aiden for help.

Aiden rolled his eyes and addressed Squad 10, "It means you do casual things. Nothing too serious."

"Nothing too serious! That's not fair!" Ethan protested as he got up.

"Sit down, Ethan," Gwen told him calmly.

"Anyway, that aside; your first ever mission is to--" Alex flipped over the file he was holding.

Ashley looked on with googly eyes. It can't be that simple now can it? She thought with glee.

"It is to find Mrs Paulina's dog, Patches," Alex read aloud then looked up.

"That's it? To find a missing puppy?!" Ethan exploded.

"No way," Ryan looked at Alex unbelievably.

"We need more information on the looks of the dog and the last whereabout it was seen," Andrew asked in a cool bored tone.

"You're just gonna roll with it?!" Ethan asked, sharply turning to Andrew.

Andrew flickered him a bored look before returning his eyes to Alex.

"But we trained so hard to get to E-rank! You can't just push us aside like we don't matter!" Suzanne protested vehemently as she also stood up.

"Who names a dog Patches anyway?" Ashley wondered.