[b]Titans Base[/b] Ron pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head from a corner of the room. Bask Om's office echoed with some very angry yelling while the Titans captain paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. Karako stood in proper posture and giving him the most bored look anyone had ever seen. She was completely and utterly done with him at this point. She was a lieutenant of the Earth Federation so she didn't see why she had to answer to this assclown. "I want to know every detail of what happened back there. No bullshit. I want to know why part of the academy is now a damn crater." he demanded, "and I also want to know what made you think you were allowed to pilot your mobile suit without orders from the control center." "You know, I already told you what happened but you don't fucking believe me despite other witnesses being present." "Humor me, lieutenant." "An unidentified mech appeared while one of your muscle-heads was taking care of a terrorist. I had rescued a hostage and Art went after the terrorist. Then the other mech appeared and pulled a mountain out of it's ass and then dropped it on top of the terrorist. The mountain caused the crater. You will get the exact same story from anyone else who had been there." "I am asking YOU, lieutenant." Bask snarled, "And I do not believe this story of yours." "There were witnesses to back me up, including one of your own pilots." "Again, I am asking you." "And I am telling you what happened and you are refusing to believe me for whatever goddamn reason." "Now what about your students? You left them in the hands of your supervisor while you piloted your mobile suit without authorization." "There was no one in the fucking control tower to authorize it." Karako said sternly, "I sent out a communication to them and it was so fucking silent on their end that I could hear the crickets chirping." "That doesn't explain why you left your students in the care of your supervisor." "I was doing my job by keeping terrorists far away from them. I am here to keep them safe and that is what I did. If you don't like it then you can blow me." "Watch your tongue, lieutenant." "And you should watch your head so you don't get it stuck while it's so far up your own fucking ass!" "I will not have you disrespecting me!" Bask angrily stopped his pacing and turned on his heel to face Karako. He raised his hand to perform one of those good old "corrections". He would have succeeded if he hadn't been dealing with Karako. She grabbed his wrist the moment it was raised and gripped it tightly, holding it still. She tilted her head back slightly, staring down her nose at Bask. "Correction or not, I will defend myself if threatened, Captain." Bask gritted his teeth and swung his fist at her. Karako stepped back to dodge it before stepping forward and slamming her knee into the Titans captain's groin. She stood over Bask while he slumped to the ground, cursing about the lieutenant's insubordinance. Ron looked on in horror. "I refuse to get involved in this fucking circus you're trying to run here. Ask the other witnesses what happened. I'm transferring to an actual Federation base. You better hope I never run into your sorry ass again or it will be straight up Thunderdome: two enter; one leaves." Karako turned on her heel and walked out of the office, Ron scrambling behind her. "Karako! Okay look, I know you disagree with the captain but the way you handled tha-" "I don't want to hear it. He's turning this place into a mad house and I'm not going along for the ride. I'm transferring." "That's the thing....the Federation is kinda dissolving into the Titans. You will just be transferring to another base with Titans personnel." "God dammit...ugh is there anything else? Anything is better than this Titans bullshit." Karako muttered, "Hell, I'll even join Zeon at this rate." "You're not joining Zeon, Karako..." Ron rolled his eyes. * * * [b]Later...[/b] Karako was waiting in one of the main complex buildings for Captain Bright Noa's arrival. Word was that Bright worked independently of the Titans in the same way she'd originally thought the Federation was. If this was the case, Karako wanted to work with him. She stood near one of the building's exits, side-eying a group of Titans officers who seemed to be awaiting the captain's arrival as well. She was starting to hate them more and more by the minute. A blue haired boy bolted down the halls with a dark haired girl following him closely. "Kamille! You're probably not going to be able to see him!" the girl yelled. Kamille ignored her and kept running, skidding to a stop once he reached the entry. The girl rushed in after him. "Kamille!" "I heard you, Fa. Stop it." Kamille muttered. One of the Titans officers, Jerid, turned around to look at the two teenagers. He quickly put two and two together and realized that Kamille was the boy. "Heh. I heard a girl's name but that kid looks like a boy." he said. Karako looked up, rolling her eyes at the asshole blonde. Leave it to the Titans to act like complete dicks to anyone they could. She looked over toward Kamille and found the boy appearing to be seething with rage. He dropped his binder and pushed Fa aside as he approached the group of officers. Karako felt like she was about to witness a car crash and couldn't stop watching. "Kamille, stop!" Fa called out after him. It was too late. "Don't make fun of me!!" Kamille shouted, lunging at Jerid and punching him right in the face. The situation began to spiral from there. Kamille was fighting various Titans officers who were trying to restrain him. Karako decided it was time to step in with some A+ lying. "OI! KAMILLE THERE YOU ARE WHAT THE HELL!!" she yelled as she approached the brawl. A few of the officers paused and looked toward Karako. "Is this brat with you?" Jerid asked. "Yes, he is one of my students. Is there a problem?" Karako crossed her arms. "Well, he attacked me for starters..." "I would have kicked your ass, too, you little shit starter. He's still wound up after the terrorist attack yesterday. Now cool your fucking jets and let him go. Now." Jerid glared at Karako. Karako gritted her teeth. She was done playing nice. Kamille was completely lost as to what was going on right now but from the looks of the lieutenant he decided to keep his mouth shut for the time being. It was pretty obvious she was trying to help him out. "Alright, I'll play your little asshole game, then." Karako growled Karako shoved past Jerid and yanked Kamille away from the other officers. Still confused, Kamille kept quiet. "You can't do that!" Jerid shouted. "I just did, sucker!!" Karako grabbed Kamille's hand and ran out the exit. Fa and the Titans officers just stood there dumbfounded. That was until Jerid cracked the whip and got the officers scrambling to alert the base.