Asa has me biting the tip of my tongue so I keep the blank look on my face. The little VP is funny and too smart for these mere mortal Brothers. The gunner doesn’t know Asa at all, telling me he isn’t well versed in his new Club. Donna is the Commander of the air base here, she’s going to love this one. I watch and commit everything the hoser says for her. We meet at the Club a couple times a week and tonight is a ‘show’ night for us.
“You not Badass?” Asa growls out, which I‘ve never heard, or at least not the month I’ve been on his detail. I have seen the little Badass arm cross and glare.
The hoser freezes. “I got the app but don’t have a sponsor.”
Asa’s head swings from side to side. “You volunteer to me for sponsor?”
Now the jerk smiles. “They said I’d meet Brothers who can sponsor on the outreach jobs. I picked you for outreach.”
Asa puts a hand up to stop more from the gunner and looks at me. “He no see more than him. No vision to more, no understand to more not always more. I no give work to dumbass.”
I lift my head to nod just as Asa’s face changes to surprise in a split second as he’s snatched up by the pissed and clueless gunner. My body moves automatically. The gunner is on the side of me so my knee comes up and foot slams down and sidewayson his knee. Asa shoots him with the laser as he pushes off the worthless jerk that’s on his way down to the ground with a high-pitched yell. The quick yell and sudden silence, caused by the seizure-like tremors Asa shot into him, draw attention, but my thought is on my package.
My arm reaches to catch Asa before he lands on top of the vibrating gunner. “Good job, Brother.”
He holds on to me, but I don’t waste time and set him down, bending low to scan his face, then arm. “You okay?”
“Yeah, thanks, Boss Sophie.”
“What happened?” Seth draws my eyes up but Asa still has his hand on my arm so I don’t stand.
“Dumbass come to get sponsor. No vision to future, argue to me like I kid not know basic human instinct.”
Seth has a Brother just coming up the trail behind us secure the gunner.
“I disabled him. He grabbed Asa, Boss.”
He focuses on me, then right back on Asa. “He put hands on you, Brother?”
Asa nods and pats my arm. “Boss Sophie move fast. I shoot she catch me.”
I nod a confirmation for Seth. We don’t do reports here if higher officers are with us.
“Good job, Sophie. Why’d he put hands on Asa?”
I guess he needs the details. I don’t get the reading and why they don’t know some things but know others.
Seth smiles. “Different types of readers get different information.”
Righty. He got that perfectly. “He was making an argument for how new technology is better for everything and will get us living on the moon or mars faster. He did that by explaining it to Asa as if he’s five. Asa asked if he was an Honor Brother, getting the answer that he showed today because heneeded a sponsor and Asa was the outreach to get that. Asa said he had no vision and he wouldn’t give him work. The gunner grabbed him.”
He stops me with another nod. “I got it. Thanks.”
I didn’t have anything else to say so I turn back to Asa. “Your arm okay?”
The little Badass smiles like a Badass angel with his mohawk and earring. “I good to go. We have meet at Rescue, no time to whine.” He points at the whining gunner.
I smile at the little VP. “Nope. Let’s finish this and get to Rescue.”
“You staying at Rescue or back here tonight?” Seth asks Asa.
“Rescue I meet Boss Anchor for circuit board, bring to Alpha meet, then Bravo for night. Pres Kristos have it.” The little VP knows his shit and is always prepared before he makes any moves.
Seth nods. “Send this to Alder. I’ll get with VP to let Donna know what happened. He’s out as soon as they drop him at the gate.”
Asa nods and let’s my arm go so I stand. I think for Seth and hope he reads it, ‘I’ll stay close later and see if he has a bruise or mark.’
Seth’s head turns right to Asa. “Mucimi is going to meet you at the pool later. He’s got Akai and Alta working on something.”
