06th March 2031
01:19
Bravo Squad House, New Eden
Mitali exclaimed, "That was awesome. You guys really had some fun adventures here."
Sohel replied, "Can't deny that."
Sohel adds, "But at last let me welcome you to the squad again, Mitali."
Gen. Ahmed interrupts him, "Uh. uh. Not so fast. From tomorrow she will be attending a nine-month training camp to turn him into a SNA operator that can work with specialists."
Naomi noticed the curious look on Mitali's face and said, "Even though you're already trained by the BMA. you still need to learn about the technology, fighting styles as well as medical knowledge. Or else you won't be good enough to join a specialist squad."
Mitali asked, "I don't understand. How are operators and specialists different?"
Sohel answered, "Well, there are a lot of similarities like, We work in 5 men cells where normal squads are 9 men cells. They're the ones who fight in the frontline while we have to go behind enemy lines. We also get many benefits like this squad house and a VTOL jet etc. The biggest difference is specialists don't live long. Either they lose their life on the field or they lose their mind from the PTSD."
Mitali gets scared while hearing this but before she can say anything Ge. Ahmed says, "Sohel, you forgot to mention one thing. All 10,000 members of the SNA are operators. But only 10 of them are made Specialists or Special Operators or spec-ops."
Mitali calms down and says, "So, if I'm joining the Bravo Squad does that mean I'm going to be a specialist too?"
The general negatively nods and says, "I'm sorry but we already have 10 specialists."
Mitali again gives a curious look. Seeing this the General says, "Well, you've got four of them in front of you, There are five of them in the 3rd Delta squad and the last one was the leader of the 1st Bravo squad. He's a lone wolf now."
Sohel says, "From that, Where are the Delta Squad? I don't think I've seen them even once in these three years."
"That's normal. They don't like to stay in New Eden. They're either on a mission or in a SNA safehouse somewhere. Like now, They're cleaning up your mess."
"Huh??"
"The uranium you lost. They're the ones looking for it."
"Ooh."
Naomi calls out to Sohel, "What am I supposed to do about these two?"
She says while pointing towards sleeping, Annabelle and Jacob.
Sohel sees that and says, "I was wondering why it was so less chaotic for a while. Take Annabelle to her room. And for Jacob, Let him be."
Naomi laughs and says, "OK then. I'm dropping Annabelle in her room and going to sleep. You guys should sleep too."
Naomi picks Annabelle up on her shoulder and goes to Annabelle's room.
He turns to Gen. Ahmed and says, "It's time for us to sleep and for you to leave. There's the door to the outside."
"Hey. Let me stay here for today."
"I'm afraid we don't have any free space for any middle-aged man."
"Hey. I'm your General. Give me some respect."
"Not now. You're not and after this, you are smart enough to understand how mad I'm at you. Now get away. Shoo, shoo." says Sohel while pointing toward his missing left arm.
Gen. Ahmed gets up and leaves while saying, "Kids these days. They don't respect their elders at all."
Mitali and Sohel also get up. Sohel says, "I'm looking forward to you joining us."
Mitali replies, "Me too."
They say good night to each other and go to their rooms.