ᴋʀᴡʟɴɢ ɪɴ ᴍʏ sᴋɪɴ--ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴡᴏᴜɴᴅs ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴇᴀʟ

[CrimsonMoon]

He flinches and glances at the mech," Ye-yeah...! Ho-how are you??"

[Light]

The mech waves its arms, "I'm good--all good!" The cockpit opens after a moment, and the commander climbs out of it, "Sorry about leaving ya, forgot I had guard duty,"

[CrimsonMoon]

" It's ok... But is this really the refugee camp? I mean.. It's a prison," he mumbles, looking at the big building with a frown

[Light]

"That? The general confirmed that the Engloo had infiltrated our ranks after an attack yesterday. So, we moved them to a safer place till we can sniff them out," he scratches the back of his head, looking at the building.

[CrimsonMoon]

"... I... I just don't think it's right..." He mumbles

[Light]

"Isn't right? You really are new," his laughter fills the air, "Has hanging around in that hangar and the mechanic made you forget that war isn't right?"

[CrimsonMoon]

" War is a means to progress, you realy think we would've gotten this far with texhnology if we hadn'ttried to use it to kill our neighbor?" He counters," But still... Look-" he points to a young mother holding an infant, she sat cross legged on the ground as she rocked and sang to the child who cooed happily,"... We shouldn't treat these people like animals..."

[Light]

His lips curl in a smile, "Oh yeah, you're right," tapping his chin, he suddenly snaps his fingers, "Alright then--you and your squad can take over this mission! Then you can do this how you want; I'll tell the general, you go tell your team," he claps his hands, and the mech by the door with a pilot still in it starts to walk back towards the hangar, "You'll be called in for briefing," he starts to trot back towards his mech, leaving the redhead there.

[CrimsonMoon]

" Wa-wait!" He calls and falters," I... I don't have a squad... I'm not even a commander," he squeaks, looking a bit overwhelmed as he slumps. But Crimson sighs and walks over the the young mother, kneeling in front of her,"... Whats her name?" He asks gently as the civilian hold the child a bit more protectively

"... Isabella," the young woman relplies softly, not looking at him

" That's a good name for such a beautiful little girl," he smiles slightly

[Light]

The other mechs and the commander clear out from the building. Like Lucy had said... he wasn't on their side. A few others poke their head out of the building questioningly, whispers coming from the few adults.

"Why did they leave...?"

"What are we going to do now?"

[CrimsonMoon]

Crimson sighs and stands, the young woman smiling at him with teary eyes. He speaks to her quickly, she stands and rushes back to the building an soon new whispers spread:

" New security systems? What does that mean?"

" It means we're under surrveilance... But the mech's are gone so... That means that-"

" They trust us... Is that wise?"

As these new whispers spread, Crimson called in quickly to the base's security station... As the civilians spoke and poked their heads out of building, each face was being captured and identified... If someone did not check out... The Base's footman security teams would move in.. Already a few soldiers were escorting several people away for 'Vaccinations' which translated into 'Interrogations' for Crimson..

[Light]

"Hey!" Lucy's voice comes from behind him, the news of what happened already reaching the Hangar. "Crimson, please tell me that you didn't," she slows down, not used to running the distance she just did, "--but I guess you did. I demand an explanation, for why this," she holds up a medal, similar but different to the one the commander had; a single gold arrow, "was given to me to give to you. Only commanders under the general get one,"

[CrimsonMoon]

" What? I-I didn't..." He trails off, his eyes never leaving the civilians, letting out a sigh of relief when the young woman and her child we not one of the Civilians taken, he looks at the medal,"... Sonova- that a**h*** planted it on me!"

[Light]

"Right now-- you're both a**h***s to me! No squad and a meeting with the general!" She jabs a finger at him, "I told you--and you know what, I refuse to do anything else until you make this situation look better to me than it does--" she smacks the medal forcefully into his hand, "Commander!"

[CrimsonMoon]

He puts a hand to his ear peice for a moment, his frown slowly turning into a smile," You want good news? How about seven spies caught?" He snaps, flicking her forehead and tuning to look back at the Civilian Block,"... How was this procedure not used before?" He sighs quietly... It was so simple with the technology they had at their finger tips

Crimson blinks when he spots the young woman, rushing to her. They shared quick words, the youg woman grinning tearily and sobbing with joy... The 'commander' looks at Lucy while gently embracing the woman, his gaze clearly stating 'screw your protocal, miss'

[Light]

Lucy raises her hand angrily before dropping it back down. "No more!" she seethes, spinning on her heel, "I'm tired of you--Do what you want, cause you have since forever!" crossing between the mech coming and going out of the compound, purposefully tossing her holopad under one of its feet, the small machine smashing into hundreds of pieces.

[CrimsonMoon]

He huffs and frowns, pulling away

[Light]

His earpiece beeps with a message, the line immediately starting without being received, "Commander Crimson, report to the General," the robotic voice says before cutting off, returning to the original line he had been connected to.

[CrimsonMoon]

He sighs and calls back," The original platoon guarding the civilians is absent, If I may stay here and protect them i would be greatful, sir,"

[Light]

"Commander Carter failed to report that." A loud voice interrupts what the teller was going to continue on about, "The General is on his way to your location then." the voice sniffs, the clicking noise of keys being pressed in the background. "Any complaints can be taken up with him--goodbye, Commander." the line beeps off again.