Fallen Angels: A Short Story

Charlie is warm and comfortable for the first time in weeks when she hears Bass talking. "What's wrong?" she asks, instantly awake. "It's not time for us to be up yet." Bass takes a moment to shake his head. She has the eeriest internal clock he's ever seen since Miles. He watches as she lets him out of his bonds of hair and limbs. "It was Greer. James and Scott are overdue." "Shit." she hissed sitting up next to him as they pull their boots on. "They're already putting packs together for us. You'll carry the first aid. I'll carry the explosives." She raises an eyebrow as she leans back to look at him her jaws clenched. "This is my mission, General." "And I just overruled you, Captain." "You can't do that, Bass. It's not fair." …show more content…
He's going over the map with Greer when she catches up, circling the area on the map that Scott and James had been planning on searching. He hands it over, pointing to the area with his finger as he finishes giving last minute orders to Greer who will be in charge of the men from Austin while they're gone. Riley appears with their packs just moments later as Bass points out key areas to her. He's already decided on an ingress, egress, and a fallback spot if either of them are injured or separated. She keeps her mouth shut and taking her pack from Riley heads out of camp. Bass catches up with her a few minutes later his longer legs eating up the distance between them. "I'm