Sharp Shooter

Twenty Questions

"Looks like your not the only one who got instinct and behavior traits from Shepard's", I said nudging Raji.

"Looks like", Raji answered as we walked up to a group of older Hounds who were sitting around a radio. The oldest looking hound there, a red and black male, struck me as the leader of the group. I remembered the training groups in Basic, so maybe it wasn't to far fetched to believe that the Hounds had a pack like mentality, maybe a gene from a wolf or something.

"Hey Cobra", a female in the group said in Arabic, it had been a long time since I heard that language being spoken calmly, "look."

The male hound looked up.

"Holy shit", he said standing, "your Raji Vyper."

"I am", Raji said.

"I'm Cobra", he said, "I heard about you in Basic, they said you went rouge and joined the Infidels, guess they were true."

"It was Allah's will for me to join America", Raji said, "otherwise I would be dead. Anyway, I came over here to ask how you all feel about The Winterheart, she'll be your commanding officer in the upcoming battle with the KA."

Cobra sighed, I couldn't see his eyes under his sunglasses, but I assumed that they would match a look of mixed feelings.

"It's mixed", Cobra said, "as long as I have some space, I'll complete any order she gives me", he turned to his teammates, "what about you guys."

"Same with me", the female said, "as long as I've got space from her, I'll be fine."

Another male nodded, "I'll be fine as long as I have space. She scares me."

The final male looked at us, "honestly I'm not scared now that she's on my side."

"Alright", Raji said, "thanks guys."

"No problem", Cobra said laying back down.

Raji and I continued to walk around the Dog Houses, talking with all the Hounds we could find, getting almost universally the same two answers "now that were on the same team, I'm not scared" and "as long as I have space I'm combat effective."

"Well I'll admit I didn't hear what I was expecting", Raji said.

"No kidding", I yawned, the sedative still had a little bit of a grip on me, "I expected a lot of "keep her away from me period."

I looked at my watch, it read 4:09 PM.

"We still got four hours until curfew", I said, "hey Raji, wanna go meet Jace?"

"Sure", Raji answered, "lead the way."

I started from the Dog house and into the main building in A 51 where Jace's office was located. Raji had to push open the big door for me since I wasn't heavy enough to trigger the sensor. I walked inside and Raji followed me. I walked up the big flight of stairs in the lobby to the second floor that over looked the transformation chamber. Once again, I saw the big brown and black Ferals, along with a dark purple and black female that was with them speaking to the new recruits. I guessed they had to be older recruits into the project, maybe Val knew who they were. At the end of the long hallway was Jace's office. Inside, I could hear him talking with someone. When I knocked on the door, two scents hit me that I had come to know pretty well.

"Who is it?", Jace asked.

"Specialist Raziel", I answered, "I got someone out here who wants to meet you sir."

"It's open Ren", Jace called.

When I stepped inside, Uncle Tommy and Syren were standing there. They were both dressed in Multicam battle fatigues and had a full combat load.