Chapter 50: 50
I finally picked a local song and I sang my heart out. They laughed at the few off-beats that I made. I took lessons but it doesn’t mean that I’ve learned all of them perfectly. We each took turns as we let the time pass quickly, a few songs after and we’re all exhausted from the singing and I saw Kaley’s eyes dropping slowly. We decided to sleep now as I helped them to their rooms. Morning comes quickly as I was woken by Zeus licking my face.
Day 5
“Morning Zeus, you just came in huh? I forgot to close the door huh? Come here.” I said as I pulled him to a hug. His tail still wags as I hug him closely. I looked at the time and it reads 6:00 AM. Like clockwork my radio buzzed.
*bzzt*
“Sky? You up? A lady is here. She said she was sent here, hello?”
*bzzt*
*bzzt*
“Oh right, this is Allan.”
*bzzt*
I answered the radio and I said I’m coming down. I equipped my usual loadout and I headed down with Zeus. I walked up the catwalk and I saw a HUMVEE outside the fence though it’s painted black. A woman older than me by a few years, with an athletic figure, long legs, blonde hair on a bob haircut with blue eyes, dressed in a leather jacket, camo pants and tactical boots is standing outside just staring at me from below.
“It appears that you are Sky, correct?” she said.
“Russian?” I said to myself as I detect a faint accent.
“Yeah, that’s me. You are?” I said.
“Smirnov, Tatiana Smirnov.” she said.
“Ishiyama, Sky Ishiyama.” I replied.
“Very well, can I come in Mr. Ishiyama?” she asks.
“Sure, wait a while yeah?” I said as I walked over the fence to open it so that her vehicle could pass through. She parked her HUMVEE perfectly and she takes a quick look around the place and her eyes landed at me.
“You are the leader here, correct?” she asks.
“Yeah, I-” before I even get to finish my sentence, I saw a heel coming towards me. I saw her lifting up from the ground then she spun around, kicking with her right heel.
*whoosh*
I leaned my head backwards and dodged it though I feel a gust of wind from it.
“That’s full force!” I said to myself.
After she landed, I made a sweep with my foot but she quickly somersaulted forwards and her foot is aiming for my head. I quickly rolled sideways while I lifted myself with my hand as I make a diagonal slice from below with my leg.
*swish*
She bends her body in an impossible angle as she dodges the slice. She followed up with an elbow from my left side while I countered with a right straight. I caught her elbow with my left hand while she tilted her head as I scratched the tip of her ear. She gives a grin and I saw her right knee going straight through my groin. I was about to block the blow with my right knee but she suddenly jumped and she wrapped her body on my right arm and her legs locked on my neck while holding tightly on my fist.
“F.u.c.k!” I exclaimed in my head.
She hung on my body as she began to try to straighten my arm to lock it so I had no choice but to flex my arms hard to prevent it from happening. We held the position for a moment as we lock into each other’s eyes. I began to push her with my weight towards the ground. She’s slowly losing the strength-check so she let go and then she stands with her hands and she twisted it hard so that her legs would perform a motion of a helicopter with four kicks. I jumped back to gain some distance and I stretched my sore arm while she stands in position. She’s just grinning at me from the distance.
“I’ll show you something…” I said with a grin.
I lifted my fists up in an orthodox position while my legs are planted on the ground. She quickly moves in and when she’s close to the range of my right foot, I did something that she did not expect.
If you’re on the orthodox position, theoretically, people would think that your weight is on the left side if you’re going to kick with your right foot. So, I led her in thinking that. As she thinks she’s still out of range with my right, I shifted the weight to the other side of my foot in a way that’s unnoticeable and kicked with my left.
*knock*
A quick upwards kick hit the tip of her chin cleanly and she started to wobble after a few seconds, it won’t do much physical harm like a bruise but it would definitely knock you out by rattling your brain. After a moment, the stance she held was broken and she fell to the ground unconscious. I sat down as I was exhausted and not expecting that fight out of the blue.
“That’s why he said ‘be ready’.” I remembered the words of the president from the call yesterday.
The people watching us just managed to exhale as they were holding their breaths the whole time.
“Damn, kid. What did you do?!” Oscar runs towards her and he tries to wake her up.
He opened a small bottle and he let her breathe it in. Once she opened her eyes, she tensed and quickly looked around. She saw me sitting on the ground with a smile as I wave at her. She gives herself a disappointed look as she looked at the ground.
“I apologize for attacking without warning, I just wanted to make sure I’m in the hands of a capable fighter and a strong leader. You’re also in the Army, correct?” she said.
“No.”
“Ah, Navy?”
“No.”
“I see, Marines?”
“No.”
“CIA?”
“No.”
“MI6?”
“No.”
“… Where are you from then?” she asks curiously
“No military affiliation, I’m just a civilian. Oscar there is a veteran though, US Military. I did have basic training for half a year.” I explained.
She looked at me in shock. She checked my face if it would change expression or would end a long joke but nothing.
“No, you must be kidding, correct?” she still tried to confirm.
“Incorrect, I’m not kidding at all but thank you for the compliment.” I said with a straight face.
“Impossible! The way you moved! I can’t even remember how I got knocked out. Secret Service?” she confirmed again.
“Hah! It’s possible to be just a regular guy though, I just trained a few things here and there and I assure you I’m not whatever you think I am. It would be really cool if I am though.” I said while I scratch my head.
She’s still holding doubts in her mind but I just smiled and I helped her stand up by offering a hand. She gave a firm grip though her blue eyes just keeps on scanning me.
“She really thinks I’m from somewhere, I’ll just have some fun with it.” I said to myself.
“Army? Russia, right?” I said as I let go of her hand.
“Correct. We came from a ship; the rest of the team were mainly dispatched in your other island group while a few of us we’re deployed here.” She said.
“I see, how many of your team are in this region?” I asked.
“We are four in here, one of us is sent to scout the camps that are running while two are tasked to infiltrate the camps that have gone AWOL. I was however, sent to this place, the commander-in-chief said I will be accompanying a person from a special unit where a person named Sky is in charge. The rest of the group is in Davao City.” She explained.
“What do you think of the place so far?” Oscar asked.
“It’s different. I thought of a more militaristic or covert base but this place feels like… a home.” She said.
“I did tell you I’m a civilian, so, why did they send you here? Any missions? Goals? We could help if you tell us.” I said.
“Umm, your president actually told me to follow your orders sir, he said to do anything that you asked and never leave your sight. He said that you’d know what to do.” She said with a straight face with a hint of concern.
She can’t see Oscar but he’s giving a look that he won from a lottery. I really do hope that she could be an ally. The rest finally woke up and I saw my aunt signaling me that the food is ready.
I looked at Tatiana and I said, “Okay then, first order of the day…”