Snippet #953289

It was a long ride in the chopper and she was given a copy of the operation plan. She glanced through the report quickly. It would be a search and destroy in elven lands to make a hit on a hidden rebel crystal cache. It looked like a simple enough mission, get in, blow it up, get out. But as she knew, plans never went according to the papers. That was why they had The Green Bastards. She felt a slight childish thrill go through her. They were legends and she was actually going to be joining them. She didn't let it show and killed it quickly, if the stories were right she was heading into what would at first be a pretty bad situation. Some soldiers would link it to hell itself but, she had lived in hell, this would be nothing. She rechecked her armor and made sure all of it was in ship shape order and began applying her paint for the mission when she was about an hour out. After that she still had about 20 minutes before landing and she used that time to reapply her ice spells on her combat knife, further empowering it till the metal was cold to the touch and had taken on a blue color. With the release of energy she felt much better as the helicopter landed. She waited for awhile, about 10 minutes but it wasn't long before Captain Holt was coming her way and he looked pissed.

He got closer and she began to pick out individual pieces of his description, memorizing his looks for future reference. She felt almost like a giddy little girl meeting this legend in person, though she knew what to expect of him. He actually looked slightly amused at having what he must think, a child, in his platoon. She stood at attention and gave him a salute as he came by and readied herself for a mouthful.

"Captain Heinrich Holt, leader of the 3rd platoon in the 7th infantry regiment. And you must be...Private Kanade. The alchemist attached to my platoon. My apologies, but i find it hard to believe that a child would be in the army, yet of all...A Half bred one. What qualified you to be with the The Green Bastards? Can you go three days without food? Can you fire a gun under suppressive fire of the enemies? Do you have any experience with real battles? I doubt it, so listen up. I'm the captain of this platoon, and you better do what me and my sergeant says, do what we order you to do, and stay out of our way, understood?"

"Sir yes sir" She said still standing at attention. in front of him. Truth is she could answer all of his questions really easily, on top of that three days without food was nothing, try two and a half weeks with only some bread and a little soup at the end.

"You can answer my questions on the tour, and I'll answers yours"

That was interesting. He had questions about her. Maybe it wouldn't be as bad as she thought. She climbed into the blackhawk after him and took her place. The squad members stared at her, she could feel their eyes digging into her, some were questioning, most were hateful though. They were all looking down on her but she was looking straight ahead and meeting the gaze.