Samantha Witwicky, AT-5 Interlude 3 Epps and base gossip
Prologue I Part 1 I Part 2 I Interlude 1 I Part 3 I Interlude 2 I Interlude 3 I Part 4 I
«Have you seen the new guys?» One of the soldiers in the room asked.
«Kind off hard not to the way they dress, and when they have the bots shadowing them. Not to mention their dogs.» A second soldier snorted.
«Yeah, they do look kind of emo dressed in all black. But I'll admit it makes the chick look hot.» That comment made most of the men present snicker.
«If I were you I would be careful who I said that to. She is not only a captain, but the Sam Witwicky to boot.» The first soldier warned.
«Who?» One of the new men asked.
«I am sure you have heard all about our first and second encounter with Megatron, right?» Soldier #1 waited for the confirming nod from the newbies. «Samantha Witwicky is the first human that encountered the Autobots. She is the one that killed Megatron with the AllSpark in Mission City. And then two years later she earned the Matrix of Leadership and resurrected Optimus Prime.» The storyteller, that had been there during the battle in Egypt, told them a bit more about what had happened there and what Sam had done.
«Wow. What happened after that?» The newbies wanted to know.
«We don't know. I think the plan was that she would stay here on Diego Garcia under NEST protection, but something happened. When we arrived here a Colonel and a bunch of Marines were waiting and they took Witwicky away. She told the Major that he had forgotten to tell her which base she needed to stay on. He and the autobots have tried to find her since that day, but with no success. That is until now. Our prodigal daughter has returned.» Soldier #2 sheered dramatically.
«Yeah she has returned. Did you see the happy faces the Major and Top made? Or the Autobots?» Soldier #3 asked.
«They've missed her. They first met during the incident in Mission City. And I think the Autobots think of her as one of their own. But I wished I could have seen the new guys faces when they saw the Bots for the first time.» Soldier #2 said wishfully.
«I was there.» Soldier #4 hadn't said anything yet, instead he had listened to his comrades. «I was there and they hardly reacted. Not even the mathematician when Bumblebee and Ratchet ran towards them and grabbed the Captain.» The other soldiers in the room looked at him doubtfully. «I swear. I am telling you the truth. They looked a bit weary and alert, but didn't even take a small step back.»
«I heard that they are her team. But how does an Air Force Captain get teamed up with an British SAS Lieutenant, an Army Ranger Captain and a civilian mathematician?» Soldier #3 asked after a pause.
«I have no idea. And have you heard how they address her? They call her Boss. I could have understood it if it was only the civilian that did it, but the Scot and the Ranger do it too.» Soldier #2 put in his two cents.
«It looks for me like they have no discipline.» Soldier #1 stated. «The only times I've seen the slightest hint of it is when Witwicky is interacting with either Major Lennox or Optimus Prime.» The gang all agreed to that.
«But how did they get here?» The same newbie that had asked who Sam Witwicky was, voiced the second question from that group. «There were no planes or boats arriving that day so how did they get here?»
Epps decided that it was best he intervened before anymore questions were asked. They were good questions and observations; things he had been wondering about, probably things Will would be wondering about when he started thinking rationally again.
«The question that is bothering me the most.» He started as he quietly made his way inside the room. «is when did the soldiers under this command become gossiping little girls?» The soldiers were all looking at him with guilt in their eyes.
«Sorry Top. It won't happen again.» Soldier #4, the soldier with highest rank, answered.
«It better not. I am expecting better from you. You should just be happy that the Autobots are happy, 'cause I do not want to be around when they aren't.» Epps grinned, taking the edge of the reprimand.
«Yes Sir!» the men said in union with grins plastered on their faces.
«And I better not hear anything bad about the Air Force from any of you. I am proud that Sam chose the Air Force.» Epps looked at them mock stern and the grins on the men's faces grew bigger.
«Of course not Top. Air Force rocks.» was the reply he got.
«And you better remember that.» Epps warned before turning around and leaving the group of NEST soldiers to themselves again.
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