Rain poured down through the trees as he made his way through the forest. The crescent moon was thankfully obscured by the terrible weather, which made it easier to go unseen, even if it pissed him off. In front of him he saw the vantage point that had been designated before in the pre-op briefing by Richard. Gar sighed, thoroughly disappointed. Though honestly, he didn't know what he had expected. This job was rarely cushy.

"Titan zero four, in position." Gar slid under the fallen tree on his stomach, ignoring the cold mud. He pulled out his binoculars, and focused on the complex ahead.

"Titan zero three, in position." He felt Raven settle next to him, and unsling her rifle.

"Good. Wait for my mark." Came the reply over the comms.

Reaching into one of the pockets on his vest, Gar pulled out a chocolate bar, and silently tore open the package. He broke off a piece, and tapped Raven on the shoulder, offering it to her. She looked over, saw the piece, and glared at him. He shrugged and made to move his hand away before receiving a punch to the shoulder. Raven took the chocolate from him and popped it into her mouth before continuing to set up her rifle. Gar grinned, popping a piece into his mouth as well, and went back to looking through his binoculars.

From their position he could see two shadowy figures run up to the guardhouse at the entrance to the complex and crouch outside. One stayed in the shadows while the other one crept around to the doorway. Just then a guard stepped out, but before anything could happen he was pulled to the side by the shadow. There was a quick motion, and then the guard lay still. The shadow quickly stepped inside the guardhouse, the other one following behind. Good, they made it inside the guardhouse. Now we wait fo–

"Mark."

Raven fired off three suppressed shots in quick succession, each bullet finding a guard patrolling the rooftop of the main building. At the same time the two shadowy figures, Richard and Kori , began sprinting across the open ground towards the building. Gar didn't wait to watch the rest, but quickly stood up and began climbing a nearby tree to prepare the zip line launcher. Below him, Raven began speaking into her headset as she picked up the spent bullet casings.

"Zero three, and zero four en route to position Bravo. Down in," She glanced up at Gar. He looked down and held up three fingers. "Thirty seconds."

"Copy that."

KA-thwump. Gar fired the launcher, and watched the line silently unravel, the anchor embedding itself in the rooftop of one of the smaller buildings. After securing the line around the trunk of the tree, he knelt down to help Raven onto the branch. Wrapping his arm securely around her waist, he latched the handle onto the line and pushed off. The combination of the speed and the wind rushing through his hair was exhilarating, and he couldn't help but laugh. This was shortly cut off by an elbow to the gut from Raven. Seconds later they landed on the rooftop, sliding on the rain slick concrete to a stop. They both dropped immediately to their stomachs and crawled to the edge.

"Zero four and zero three, in position." Gar whispered into his headset.

"Well done. Titan leader, and Titan zero two moving into position."

Vic's voice finally joined in. "Titan zero one, ready to go."

"Blow it."

A few quiet seconds passed, then all the lights went out. Immediately the main building was abuzz with activity, Gar could see flashlights turn on and sweep around different rooms. He switched on his night vision in time to see Richard and Kori sneak into a side door of the main building.

"Question." Gar said, addressing everyone on the line. He heard Raven sigh next to him, as well as everyone else over the comm.

"Kinda trying to be stealthy here, zero four." Richard replied. They only referred to squad members by their designations when on mission.

"Right, I get that, I do. But why am I, the close quarters combat specialist, out here with the sniper? Instead of, you know, in there?" Gar said, watching Richard and Kori search the building.

Another sigh. "Because for this mission, zero three needs backup and a spotter. And for a sniper team to work there needs to be a certain amount of trust, and zero three doesn't trust anybody on the team more than you."

"Is that right?" Gar grinned.

This time it was Kori who spoke up. "Did you not know? I thought that would've been obvious given your situation." She said in her light European accent.

"Ignore him." Raven replied. "He just likes hearing other people say it."

Gar's grin spread even wider. "I just want everyone to know that–"

"You're in a relationship?"

"You bumped the uglies?"

"You finally had your first kiss?"

Gar let out a single laugh. "Yes to all. Though that last one is a little late, since I kissed Katie Maple back in the eleventh grade." He felt Raven reach over and punch him, again. "What? She bet me I wouldn't do it. Also, are you seriously jealous of an eleventh grader?"

Raven leaned down to look through her scope. "You don't want to see me jealous."

"Um, guys?" Vic's voice came in over the comms. "I don't want to alarm anybody, but I think they managed to contact reinforcements. It sounds like they'll be here any minute now."

"Great, just great. Zero two and I haven't found the target yet. Where the fuck could he be?" Richard muttered over the comms.

"Did you check under the beds? Or in the closets?" Gar asked.

"There are no beds, and I seriously doubt that he'll be in the closet, zero four. This isn't a game of hide and seek."

"I disagree."

"What kind of fucked up game of hide and seek involves firearms?" Vic interjected.

"What kind doesn't?" Gar replied with a grin. "I'm telling you, check the closets."

"I'm not going to check the fucking cl–"

He was interrupted by bursts of gunfire and shouting that could be heard over the comms. The fight didn't last long, only a few seconds. It was silent for a few moments before Richard spoke again.

"Goddamnit. God fucking dammit."

"Everything alright there, boss man?" Vic asked.

"The target was hiding in the closet of what appears be his office." Kori said, noticeably trying to hold back a giggle.

Gar had to cover with his mouth with one hand to stop from laughing out loud, the other hand pounding the ground in a fist.

"We're extracting the target. Zero three, cover us. Zero four, not another word." Richard said.

Gar and Raven saw them exit a room on the third floor. From their position they could see the entire hallway that Richard and Kori would be heading down.

"Contact. Far end of the hall." Gar said to Raven. She fired once, dropping the soldier. "Hey man, I wasn't gonna say anything."

"I said not another word."

"My lips are sealed, dude."

"And yet you're still talking." Said Raven next to him.

"Well, I kinda need to talk. Communication is key when on mission." Gar replied. "Two more, other end of the hall." Raven fired off two more shots.

"Just shut up. I can hear your stupid face grinning." Richard muttered over the line.

Gar grinned even wider. "You can hear me grinning?" He asked jokingly.

Kori interrupted before Richard could reply. "Please don't antagonize him, we're under a lot of stress right now."

"Stress? I thought that's what– " He began.

"Garfield, if you say any more than that, I will shoot you." Raven said quietly.

That shut him up. Raven had shot him before, back before they started dating. It hadn't been that bad, as far as bullet wounds go. But it still hurt like hell. Actually, that might be why we started dating in the first place. Gar watched Richard, Kori, and the target reach the stairwell at the end of the hall, and begin descending.

"Five contacts, second floor, heading for the stairwell." He noted meekly to Raven.

She fired her rifle, killing three of them before the last two jump behind cover.

"Titan zero one, where are we on extraction?" Richard asked as they continued down the stairs.

"I'll be pulling around the east side shortly." Vic replied.

"Good, we'll be there in forty."

Gar noticed something, and cleared his throat over the comms. "Uh, can I say something?"

"What?" Richard answered, obviously annoyed.

"I think the bad guys may have locked onto your position, because there's, like, fifteen of them blocking your path on the first floor. They look pretty angry."

"Shit." Richard said. "Change of plans. Zero one, pull around to the west side, zero three, how many on the second floor?"

"Just two." Raven replied. "One against the wall under the windows, the other in the rooms to the right."

"Good."

Richard burst from the stairwell firing his weapon, Kori dragging the target behind them. He quickly eliminated the two soldiers that remained, and they began sprinting to the other end of the hall.

"Zero two, would you kindly improvise an exit for us?" He asked Kori when they reach the end.

Kori handed off the target to Richard, and knelt down by the wall at their end of the hall. A moment passed before she quickly got up and pulled Richard on the target into a nearby room. There was a loud explosion, and the wall their end of the hall was blown away. At the other end of the hall soldiers began pouring out from the stairwell, and Richard had to cover Kori as she tried to move the target.

Gar turned Raven. "You see how gentlemanly he was when he asked her to do something? That's bullshit, I call bullshit."

Raven stood and picked up her rifle. "People do that when they're in a relationship. Now, would you kindly shut up? We need to be moving." She slung her rifle across her back, and began making her way across the roof.

Gar quickly caught up to her. "Aww, you do care." He said, and gave her a quick peck on the cheek.

"Moron." She said, rolling her eyes. Didn't deny it though.

Meanwhile, Gar saw that Richard, and Kori had to force the target to jump with them from the second story to the roof of the Humvee that Vic had commandeered. They were currently trying to stuff him in the backseat. He keyed in his headset.

"Zero three and I are on our way to the side gate. So, whenever you're ready. No rush." He said.

"We'll be good to go as soon as this motherfucker realizes that he's just as good to us even if his arms and legs are broken." Richard said, clearly agitated.

Silence.

"We're on our way." Kori said merrily.

The Humvee pulled away, and began picking up speed as it approached Gar and Raven. Small arms fire could be seen and heard from the main building as the soldiers gave chase.

"It doesn't seem like we have time to wait, so I'm only gonna stop for a second!" Vic yelled over the comms.

Raven raised a hand to one ear. "Wait, we're not on the ground yet."

"Well, you can either get on the ground, or get left behind!"

She gave an exaggerated sigh. "Fine. We'll just figure something out."

Gar leaned over the edge of the roof, looking down. "It's not that far down."

Raven joined him, and also looked down. She gave another exaggerated sigh. "Just once, I'd like to take the stairs."

"Where's the fun in that?"

Below them, they heard the Humvee grind to a halt. Gar grinned at her.

"That's our cue." He said, extending a hand. She grabbed it, and they jumped off.

They landed on the hood with a heavy thud, and immediately rolled off. They each grabbed a handle and pulled open the back doors, jumping in with Kori and the target. Vic stomped on the gas, and the Humvee sped away.

"Are we worried that they'll follow us?" Raven asked.

"Not really." He replied. In the distance, multiple explosions could be heard.

Gar leaned over to speak with Vic and Richard. "I thought I called shotgun." He pouted.

"Everyone knows you can't preemptively call shotgun. Those are the rules." Richard replied.

"Fine. Then who's the fat bearded guy?" Gar jerked a thumb at the target. "He smells."

"You'd know if you'd pay attention during the mission briefing."

"His name," Raven interjected. "Is Thomas Clark. World-class hacker, and wanted by the American government for a multitude of things, mainly cyber terrorism."

Richard looked into the backseats. "He's the guy we were paid by the CIA to extract. Alive. Though they didn't say in one piece, so it's really in his best interest to cooperate." He glared pointedly at the fat man. Thomas whimpered, and a large dark spot began spreading from the crotch of his pants.

"And that, I'm assuming, is why he smells." Raven said as she moved her booted feet away.

Gar crossed his arms, and fixed a disappointed look on his face. "Classy, dude. Real classy."

I know, I know. I should be working on my other two stories, one of which I haven't updated in little under a month. But I had this idea, and it just kind of flowed from me so naturally. Sue me. I promise I'll update the other stories ASAP, but romance is definitely not my strong point. Also I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to writing, so if I don't like it, it won't go up. Read, review, and if you have the time check out my other stories; The Things We Hide, and If I Wasn't Broken.

-Mocha