Chapter no 1:
The wind is blowing hard with small flakes of snow. It is one of those usual cold sunrise scenery in Colorado. There is ton of snow outside the certain house where all the exSeal members after serving in military, lives.
It is about 4:45 am in the morning when a car is driving on the road in this cold weather. The car was on the road that leads outside the town. In the car, there was a certain someone, who was cursing loudly about him being disturbed from his 'slumber' and forced to go out and bring fuel for the generator of their ski-resort and the certain house connected with the same ski-resort that is currently under a "blackout". The certain man inside the car is cursing loudly and once in a while hitting the horn or the accelerator. But there was some sort of excitement in him which he just couldn't put a finger at.
Least did he knew what awaits for him after this annoying journey.
Dex's POV:
"what the hell! Why the fuck do I have to travel in this cold weather! Argh its so fuckin cold and I wanted to sleep too!! But no my team members just had to fuckin choose me for this trip!!! What the actual fuck! Ahh so cold! Damn it"
I was driving in the early morning just to get fuel for our electricity generator which any of the other guys would have done as well but no! THEY ALL HAD TO CHOOSE ME! I should have protested more that I don't want to travel.....but everyone just said such strong reasons , I couldn't protest at all!!
----------------------45 minutes ago----------------------
*Thud* *rustle*
"---ck you! STET!" I heard Dyle's loud cursing voice as the first thing when I woke from my slumber.
"SHUT UP DYLE!" I heard Stetson's loud reply as well.
"lemme sleep please!! Noah shut them up!!..... Noah?!.....he is not here??... Captain! Wake up ! Dylen and Stetson are fighting again! I cant sleep!! Shut them up.....please!" I faintly heard Flynn waking me up.
*rustle*
'what is happening?.....its so loud in the morning...wait who is kicking me?' I woke up and sat to see what is going on.
"hmm what.....is...going....on?" as soon as I woke up I noticed Flynn kicking me to wake up.
"captain....please shut these two up!! I am trying to sleep but they wont shut up!" I heard Flynn complaining about his sleep and faint voices of Dylen and Stetson arguing. My mind was still a lil hazy because of suddenly waking up but I tried understanding the situation a little and finally I comprehended that
no 1: Dylen did something that caused Stetson to wake up and
no 2: maybe Stetson said something to Dylen that caused him to get angry.
But this is a common thing between them since they are always arguing and getting cool after an hour and acting normal.
"you should have carefully put the alarm and if you do put a alarm on your phone then put your phone ON YOUR OWN BED DYLE!"
As soon as I heard Stetson yelling the first thing that came in my mind was 'Ah so this is the reason why stet is mad.'
"well my fault Mr. All perfect, I was too sleepy to notice so it was a mistake! I chose 'am' instead of 'pm'. Anyone can make that mistake in fatigue Stet "
"well you should have used your glasses then four-eyed douchbag!"
And there is the reason why Dylen is mad.
"Dex!!! Make them quite, I want to sleep!!!"
I again looked at Flynn who was sleeping on the bed opposite to me and was kicking me right now while laying in his warm bed. It is both surprising and weird on how he can reach to my bed, with one foot to kick me while still keeping himself on his own bed. He is truly the definition of 'lazy'.
We all have different room with big beds but we like to sleep together in one room since it feels nostalgic and warm.
"Captain!!!"
"ah...right... BOTH OF YOU SALUTE!" as soon as I said it, both of them stood up together and saluted me. I knew this was the best method to shut them up since this habit of taking orders has engraved in them.
"......."
"captain can you not use this method? I am trying my best to take these habits out of me" I looked at Dylen and his expressions screamed 'why would you do that?' I was going to reply to that but before I could even say anything,
*poof*
All the lights in the house went out!
It was a complete blackout in the house, not only in the house but the resort's lights were all turned off as well. 'what is going on?'. I searched for my phone to turn on the flashlight but Stetson already turned it On from his own phone.
At the same time Noah came in the room with his flashlight and told us the reason for the blackout.
"Guys I checked the generator, the fuel for the generated has finished. The employee responsible for getting it is sick from the last 2 weeks..."
I looked at his expression and he somewhat looked very tired as well. "Noah are you okay?" I asked him being genuinely worried but he just flickered his hand in his ash blonde and shrugged off saying 'I am fine'
"One of us have to get the fuel from Exxon, the petrol station in city...and its going to be a long ride...so ....who will go?" it was Stetson who suggested it so we all looked at each other like a silent way to decide who will go. And finally we all decided to choose by majority ranking. And guess what? I was chosen by majority since everyone had reasons like they are sick or sleepy etc.
And it was as if luck has just dropped my side and today the weather was even more colder than usual.
"....." I looked over at Flynn's bed but to my surprise he was already snoring??. How is that even possible?? He was just awake a second ago...
"best of luck for the ride 'captain Dex'" Stetson wished me but I was too annoyed right now so I only glared back at him and got in my car to go to Exxon petrol station in the city.
-------------------back to Dex riding the car-----------------
"Why do I always have to do all the work!!!! ACK it's already so cold"
''why am I driving to get the fuel right now" I was already out of the town. It was really cold but the scenery was very beautiful. Snow reflecting the rays of sunlight and giving a beautiful reflection. And I started to think about my life now.... It was perfect.....it was a peaceful life right now unlike how I had spent all my childhood...with my alcoholic father, who just used me like a punching bag and tortured me whenever he felt like a loser. I still have many scars from those painful memories which reminds me of those horrifying days of my childhood.
I took his torturous treatment for my whole childhood and finally my saviour General Henry, the General of U.S army saved me and offered me to join the military. At that point in my life, I was very lost and broken. So when General Henry offered me the helping hand, I devoted myself to serve him and my country, to become a hero. It was then, that I met my team members and together we formed the Seal orb team and became sworn brothers.
At first I was very ambitious but slowly on my missions, when I had to annihilate the enemy, was when I realised that....the world is too cruel and there is no right or wrong in this world. It was on our last mission together that my team all finally decided to retire from military and have a life of peace. We started our business of a ski- resort from our savings.
I have seen so many people mourn for their loved ones that now I am very afraid of loving anyone. I fear, that I will become my father and hurt the people I love like he hurt my mother years ago. But why am I feeling giddy today?
"Hmmm why do I feel like.....something great is going to happen"
I drove for almost 1 more hour and I finally reached the fuel station with the huge sign "EXXON" on it.
"Hey Oben! Load me some fuel." I asked the guy who we have contracted to buy the fuel from, Oben, he is a great and kind man.
"Ohh what great have we done to have you here Mr.Dex?" he asked me with a slight bow and I laughed a little.
" hahaha We are completely out of fuel and the employee who came to get here has fallen sick. It's a total blackout there." I explained it to him and he sympathised about the employee a bit started to fill in the fuel tank.
"sure! I will load it for you" he cheerfully said it.
"Thanks" I knew that the fuel loading will take almost 30 mins so I decided to walk around a little.
I walked around the town a little and saw little kids playing around and having fun. I watched them for a while, grabbed some coffee and was about to go check the fuel since it had been almost 30 minutes but somehow I stumbled upon something or more like someone extremely peculiar.
It was a girl around her mid 20s standing outside the most famous university in Colorado springs "the university of Colorado Colorado springs". A woman or more like a heavily drunk woman standing outside a university with the board " save yourself" and yelling "don't enter this shithole if you want a bright future and save yourself" to every stranger passing by.
I was completely stunned by the bold act of that woman. She was wearing extremely flashy clothes which showed she went to a party last night. Maybe. Her face was a complete mess with messy lipstick, smudged eye make up and complete mess hair and clothes. She looked like a real mess with her extremely unpresentable looks.
Normally I would pass this kind of situation but for some reasons I couldn't leave that place or more like my feet were glued there. I was still looking at how much of a mess she was when I looked at her face and saw that she was staring dead straight in my eyes and for the first time in my life I felt as if my breath completely hitched and the way she was looking straight in my eyes I felt as if my heart would burst by thumping so loud, but all I could do was stare back at her. All that my mind was screaming "MINE!!! MAKE HER MINE!". And that was only the start of my desire for her.