Chapter 15

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"What on earth is going on?" Abigail asked as she walked into the gym.

"Oh, Jesus!" Fanboy shouted.

"Nope just me" Abigail answered back.

"Why did I get a message from Phoenix that says Come to the Gym asap?" Abigail asked.

"Because I am currently wiping the floor with your brother at Just dance"

"Expensive high-end gym equipment and beautiful running trails and ya'll choose just dance as your option?" She asked "And why is Coyote on the floor?"

"It's fun and it works also Coyote has two left feet for dancing" Jake shrugged

"I had hand-eye coordination problems as a child!" Coyote defended.

"Wanna join us?" Bob offered.

"As tempting as that sounds I'm not dressed appropriately for that nor do I have the time, Cyclone called a meeting" Abigail smiled.

"Another one?" Jake asked, "It feels like all you've been doing for the past week is meeting after meeting".

"Well, half my job is in fact meetings and the other half is yelling at people in those meetings".

"What's this one about?" Fanboy asked, "If you can tell us".

"I can and it's about specialised training and leave time after the mission because I'm still arguing to give you each a month minimum"

"I won't need a month to recover, It took barely a week for me to be back to working order after the uranium mission" Jake argued

"There's so many flaws in that statement but I'll only deal with the three big ones" Abigail sighed "Firstly you are not the only one that is going on this mission, there are three other people putting their lives on the line with you, secondly this isn't the uranium mission, That was impossible, this is suicide and third after this and the uranium mission, I am highly suggesting and my highly suggesting is basically demanding that you all and I do mean all, are put into mandatory counselling sessions afterwards"

Jake scoffed rolling his eyes "Don't do that, I know you have your I'm a man, I'm in the navy I can deal on my own but let's be honest everyone has a breaking point, now if you'll all excuse me, I have a meeting to get to" Abigail said turning on her heels walking away

"I hate when she lawyers us" Rooster spoke up.

"You get used to it" Hangman told them.

"Right, up you get Coyote, it's Phoenix's turn to pick"

"I'm tapping out" Bob announced pulling on his hoodie

"Oh come on Bob" Phoenix whined "I was going to pick timber"

"I'm sure Rooster will make an excellent fill in Panda for you" Bob laughed as he left the gym

"How much do you bet he went to check on Abigail?" Rooster asked

"My entire life savings and my left kidney" Phoenix answered

"Why your left?" Rooster questioned

"I'm less attached to it then my right kidney" Phoenix shrugged

"Fair"

"Abby! Abigail wait!" Bob called after Abigail

Abigail turned around "You don't need to check on me all the time Bob, I can handle my own"

"I know, just don't keep beating yourself up with things out of your control" He said

"If it's out of my control I'm using everything in my control to make it my control"

"You do that and you'll be the first person I know to be an admiral without being part of the Navy" He joked

"What is wrong? You're worried about something"

"Meetings, Meetings, meetings and more meetings, I'm just done with it all, I want this mission over and I want you all back safe"

"And we will be Abby, I promise, we'll be okay and you'll know you'd done everything you could to keep us safe " Bob said

"My all isn't enough"

"Maybe not, but your all, Admiral Kazansky's all, Cyclone's all and Maverick's all, as well as everyone on the squad's all, will be enough, this isn't just on you" he said "And take breaks, if your work ethic is anything along the lines of Jakes you won't"

"If there's one thing Jake is good at it's overworking himself" Abigail chuckled, stepping forward hugging Bob "Thanks Bob" She smiled

"Actually, tonight the squad are playing dogfight football again if you want to join, you don't even need to play, you can just sit on the side and cheer" he told her pulling back with a dopey grin

"honestly Dogfight football does not seem like my thing so I'll make sure to bring my pom poms and be your own personal cheerleader" She smiled

"Please tell me you don't actually have pom poms because you were a cheerleader in high school"

"Well you'll just have to find out Floyd" She answered turning on her heels and leaving 

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