The Few

Drinking with the Few

The four new recruits just stood there with their mouths open. "Is it really that shocking?" Red replied with a laugh. "I thought that it was rather obvious, we've made it our mission to kind of throw you off the trail until now." She added wrapping her arm around his back. 

"You two are married?" Max replied.

"Yeah, nearly 3 years." Blue said smiling kissing her on the top of her head. "Where's Cleo?"

"Outside Cap called her." Red replied nodding to the window. "Do you want anything to drink you four?"

"Yea, through that open door is the kitchen help yourself, there is well...a lot." Blue replied.

"Cap and Axel are coming we need a heavy supply." Red said with a smile letting go of Blue's side. With that there was a knock on the door. "If that's Cap and Axel, who is Cleo on the phone too?" Red said smirking. 

"Is she seeing someone?" Blue asked hopefully.

"I don't think so." Red walked to the door and opened it. "Cap! Axel! Come in." The first man that walked in was Lance. Followed by another man. He was dark skinned, very well built and tall. He had no hair, covered in tattoo's from hands to face to head and down with arms. He had black trimmed facial hair tat was almost as dark as his eyes. This must be Briggs. 

"Mona!" Cap took her into a deep hug, "ready for this its been a long two weeks." He said then prancing over towards Blue and wrapping him in a deep hug. 

"You've already been drinking Cap I see?" Blue said laughing.

"Maybe." Lance replied. "Let me formally introduce myself to the new members, Cap, Cap Lanais." He dipped into an overly dramatic bow. "Please to finally make your acquaintance!" He joked then taking Rue and Abi's hands and giving them a light kiss on the back of their hands. "And this is my partner Brigg's, Max you have met him before."

Max nodded and gave him a half heated wave.

"Please if there isn't any new-be's around and we are not on a job call me Axel." He said with a smile. "Axel Myers." 

"Nice to meet you I'm Jet Moss." Jet replied holding out his hand.

"Ah, your Jet, Arro seems quite taken with you." Axel replied.

"He reminds me of myself when I was young. Except taller and good at design." Blue said taking a long sip of his beer. 

"I am Abi, Jet's twin sister." Abi replied smiling walking up next to her brother.

"Nice to meet you Abi. So that would make this Rue?" Axel said nodding towards the only unknown face in the room. "You look like your sister that's for sure," Axel replied with a nod.

"You knew Bre?" Rue replied quickly.

"I found her." Axel replied. "She was good, very good. I took the call on her, sad when she didn't come back from her mission. But sometimes it happens. Did they re-activate her?"

"Yeah, she's like a different person." Rue said, "she lost all of who she was before. She...she isn't Bre anymore."

"Live-wire. That's what she was called down here. Fitting too." Lance replied.

"Yeah, well she's not anymore." Rue replied. 

"Beer?" Red said trying to raise the mood.

"Absolutely." Axel said walking into the kitchen. 

"I need a drink too! Oh Marvel, beer?" He turned back to look at him as he ran towards the kitchen with his partner.

"Erm, yeah sure." Max said cautiously. 

"Picasso you?" Lance yelled entering the kitchen.

"Please." Jet yelled. 

"I will grab yours and we will then get the ladies a drink, we are gentlemen after all." Lance replied from hidden within the kitchen.

"There is one thing that can never be put in the same sentence is Cap and Gentleman." Blue replied kissing the top of Red's head. "Abi, Rue what do you want?"

"I'll have a beer." Rue replied.

"Yeah same?" Abi said confused.  Blue walked into the kitchen just as the doors to the balcony slid open. 

"Decided to join us Cleo?" 

"Sorry, it was my psycho of a partner. Cap called and the moment I hung up she called..." Cleo replied. "I can't stand Rai."

"No one can." Red replied, "do you need another drink?" Cleo shook her head, "is Rai coming, if so I need another drink."

"She may 'stop by' later."

"When Cap is drunk and she has a chance with him she means." Red said laughing. "I better get a drink then."

"I think I need something stronger than beer to deal with her and a drunk Cap. There's Vodka right?" Axel said handing two beers to Jet and Max. 

"Vodka, that all?" Cleo joked. "Some hard core drugs." She paused as she said that taking a glance towards Red.

"You are allowed to Joke you know. I've been clean 5 years now." Red said smiling. "Don't worry." 

"Mona?" Blue yelled from the kitchen.

"Yeah?"

"Is Rai coming?"

"Maybe later." Red replied rolling her eyes. 

"Okay, I've text her to bring a bottle of Vodka when she comes. So we can drink these two so she is at least tolerable." Blue said carrying two bottles of beer in his hands and a bottle of vodka snug under his arm. "Cap's bringing glasses, I guessed we'd be playing a game to get to know the new-be's a little better, and for them to actually get to know us."

"s*x, Drugs and Rock and roll?" Red said smiling, "you know that is my favorite drinking game."

"Because you win." Lance said coming out of the kitchen balancing glasses. 

"I'm sorry," Red replied cockily. "Who always comes second?" 

"Fair." He replies putting the glasses down on the coffee table. "But I am not being paired with Axel, I need to challenge." He replied, "and you can not be paired with Arro or Cleo we all need a chance to win too." He said pushing a glass into Red's hand. "I'll take Max." He said joking. 

"I'll take Jet." Blue said smirking. "We do have one extra person to new-be's."

"I am fine sitting out." Axel said laughing.

"Not happening." Cleo said smiling. "You are amazing when you get targeted on this. "I know exactly what to do." Cleo said flipping her phone from her pocket and dialing a number and walked away from the group. 

"I hope she's calling Rex." Red says, "it's been a long time since we hung out with him." 

"Rex is coming up!" Cleo said ecstatically. "And I will be paired with him."

"Abi do you mind having me as partner?" Red asked.

"Erm, I guess not but I don't really know how to play."

"That's fine we will explain it. Axel you're with Rue then." He nodded and smiled. Within a few minuets there was a knock on the door. A short man with light brown hair came to the door. He had a pair of thick brown glasses on that magnified his chocolate eyes. He was tanned skinned and had the usual mark of the Wings tattooed on his neck. He was wearing white, unusually. Perfectly clean and ironed. 

"Rex!"Cleo exclaimed, "it has been so long! You need to take some nights off more often."

"I know, I know but what can I say everyone wants me." The man called Rex said laughing, "and as it has been the first night off I have had in 3 weeks I need to get smashed off my head to celebrate. And I heard you need another player for s*x, Drugs and Rock and Roll? Here I am." He said smiling.

"I have lost my chance of winning now." Red said laughing. "There is no one more qualified to winning this game than you."

"That's why I love playing." Rex said laughing. It was clear to everyone who saw Rex, he was gay. Very flamboyant and charismatic, he was the center of the party when he walked in. But he never took attention away from Red. Maybe because she was also the center of attention. "So who am I with?" Cleo just grabbed his hand. "Oh s**t, that's perfect, this wont be fun."

"What do you mean?" She said almost offended.

"If they start targeting us with Hetro s**t we're goners!"

"Ah f**k, what a shame a Gay and a Lesbian what will happen if we start asking you about straight shit." Lance said laughing. 

"The rules are simple. You are in pairs, you sit across from you partner with a glass full of lets start with beer lets not kill the kids off straight away." Red said smiling. The room sighed but nodded. "Each person will pick a team to ask questions on, based on s*x, drugs or rock and roll. The partners have to guess what the other person will answer. If they are wrong they drink. If they are right the person who asked the question and their partner drinks, get it?" The four kind of half nodded. 

"Blue you start." Lance said, "baptize Jet with fire man." Blue laughed.

"Okay... Jet pick a team," Blue said pouring himself and Jet a glass of beer. 

"Erm, Cap and Max." Jet said confused. Blue then poured them both a glass of beer. 

"s*x, Drugs or Rock an Roll gents?" Blue asked. 

"What do you think partner?" Lance asked.

"s*x of cause!" Max asked.

"My guy, you heard the kid." Lance said smirking. Blue looked over at Jet and smiled.

"Got one, trust me?" Jet just nodded. "Magic numbers." 

"What does that mean?" Max asked. 

"You have to guess how many people I have slept with and I have to guess yours." Lance said looking at Max deeply.

"I imagine he was a little player in school, but some girls can be holding out until they are on...3." Lance said smirking.

"I think... 10." Max said confidently. 

"So Max whats your number?" Blue asked.

"1." He said shyly. 

"f**k! Mines over 30 so we both have to drink!" Both Max and Lance drank their glass of beer down in one. "Okay our go now, Max pick a team, you can't pick who chose us...yet," Lance said in a jokingly aggressive manner to Blue. 

"Red and Abi?" He said quizzically. 

"I have the perfect question. If they choose sex." Lance said loudly.

"Abi its your choice," Red said.

"Yeah lets go with it then. What is your perfect question?"

"How many women have you slept with?" Red locked eyes with Abi.

"I don't think she has got that far yet." Red replied.

"That's true." Abi said Red pushed her full drink to Lance. "One?" Abi said unsure.

"s**t, no 4." Red replied, "you got to drink hun," she added solemnly. Abi and Lance tipped the beer back into their throats fast. "I will let you pick now Abs."

"Rue and Axel."

"f**k sake," Axel said under his breath tipping some beer into his glass and Rue's. "You pick kid."

"Rock and Roll." Rue replied unsure of what that meant.

"Hmmm... how old were you when you got your first tattoo?" Red asked casually. 

"Well she has 2 I can see, and she's how old now?"

"That's not how the game works." Rex said smirking.

"s**t, I don't know 16." He asked.

"17." She answered, "I bet you were 18."

"17 as well." He replied. "That means we both drink, shit." They both took the drink down like it was just water. "Pick a team." He said.

"Blue and Jet," Rue said glancing over to the pair. 

"Jet choose one." Blue asked.

"s*x," Jet said locking eyes with Rue.

"Where is the weirdest place they have had s*x before?" Rue asked.

"I can't imagine where a kid would go now that things are so overly monitored. But I bet, art studio at school." Blue replied confidently.

"Well, I have never had s*x but I have got a hand job in the computing lab at school."

"My turf really!?" Abi replied slapping her brother on the arm. "I f*****g hope you get this wrong now."

"Thanks sis." Jet replied looking at Blue. "Your office." He said. Blue breathed in heavily.

"Well to be fair, we have had s*x there." He said glancing to his wife, "but probably the strangest place would have been... the roof."

"Not the elevator?" Red added.

"Oh yeah, that was... yeah elevator." He said blushing. "Looks like we both drink." He said throwing back the liquid as Jet did the same. "Well Rex and Cleo I think it is only fair we ask you both."

"Drugs?" They both said at the same time.

"Have you ever stolen drugs from the hospital?" Jet asked. Almost all of the members of the Few laughed. 

"I am going to guess that Rex has most defiantly stolen drugs from the hospital."

"You go girl, you know I have. Perks of being a nurse." He said laughing. "And I would say you have not, because you just get them from me." He replied.

"Oh you are right." 

"f**k, we have to drink again." Blue said filling their glasses up. "Ready?" As they flicked back the glass.

"Now, vodka." Rex replied laughing.