BLEED/HAVEN

[XVI] LEO

Returning back to the main colony was a blur of turning in the expeditionary combat gear and filing paperwork. The crew made the point to refrain from giving information about the underground laboratory. Instead they said the extra sweep they made was spent making sure there were no stragglers left behind. It was not really a lie, as that was exactly the purpose in them checking out the second layer. They reported nothing significant to report. After the excruciatingly long process, the team was finally released. The group met in the main lobby, a familiar face sitting behind the desk, doing nothing more than watching video on one of his monitors while he sipped a cup of steaming liquid. Leo gave a nod to the man, Bryant, to regard him. The man nodded back with a smile before rising and speaking,

"Lieutenant Commander, how did your debrief go?"

Leo approached the desk and replied,

"Exhausting as they come, but what else is new?"

His comment incited a warm chuckle from the man as he went to sip hs beverage again, Leo spoke again,

"Coffee? They have you burning the midnight oil huh?"

The man made a grunt as he went to reply,

"Tea actually, and not that they don't usually have me doing this, but I'm actually covering for a coworker, something important came up and I decided to just take the overnight shift for him."

Leo nodded,

"Well that's nice of you. Hope that they are treating you well and you can get some rest soon."

Bryant chuckled and held his hand out for a shake,

"I appreciate that sir, but like they say, no rest for the weary."

Leo agreed and walked back over to Jet as the rest joined. Jet went to speak when they all gathered,

"Good work once more everyone-"

"The usual."

Charnita shrugged and made everyone else chuckle. Jet nodded and continued,

"We're on call for the rest of the week as usual, keep your phones charged. This weekend is off duty so see you all on Monday otherwise."

Setton signed something and Jet shook his head before answering,
"Next Monday, it's like midnight for Monday of this week man, get off my back. This coming Monday I will see you all again alright?"

Tina interjected,

"Unless, we all go to the Lunar Ball hosted for Roakon by Roakon on Friday night. I believe drinks are in order to truly welcome our rookie."

Set nodded with a devious grin on his face. Charnita did not look very convinced, giving no more than a shrug before Tina threw her arms over the woman's shoulders and she replied,

"Isn't your ex boyfriend going to be there? You really want to show out around him?"

Tina rolled her eyes and continued their chat as they walked to her car while attempting to convince her. Set waved before walking out of the building. Jet turned to Leo and waved him on,

"No worries, if it turns into something substantial, someone will give you a call."

With that, they hopped in Jet's car and took off into the skyway. Once again the pair was listening to more of Jet's classical music, navigating along as if they had still been coming from the pizza parlor. Leo started to make small talk, commenting on the architecture of the city,

"Sometimes I forget that there is a ground. Get so lost up here in the sky."

He was referring to driving around in the high class flying cars along with living in the high skyscrapers. Jet understood, and commented,