When they came down to join the others for brunch, it was close to ten a.m. Mike had arranged for this to be in one of the Thayer Hotel’s private banquet rooms with less than half of the many guests from the previous night being invited.
Missy sensed everyone was there except for her brother John and Tracy. Yeah, she knew they were surely enjoying some activities similar to what she and Mike had just enjoyed. Her brother Patrick was seated there with Lila at one table with Missy’s parents while her sister Heather and Donald were at another table with their twin girls, Wendy and Wanda. Her granddad was seated with Tracy’s granddad over at another table with Tracy’s parents.
She greeted everyone as she and Mike made their way to an empty table. Thanks to her incredible senses, she couldn’t help but notice that Patrick and Lila had enjoyed shower sex just prior to their coming down. Ahh, well! They too were bonded as soulmates now and she could sense Lila’s witch powers were growing exponentially because of that. More kudos to the Fabulous Fates.
When a waitress approached, Missy ordered coffee and orange juice and said she would choose from the buffet that was available. Mike said he would do the same. Then Missy told the waitress two more would soon be joining them and they also would be wanting the same. She then got up and went over to fill her plate with some food, stopping at various tables along the way to again thank people for coming.
Mike waited for John and Tracy so they would know where to sit. Just as Missy returned with all the breakfast items she had selected, John and Tracy did make their appearance. Mike got up and waved at them to join him in filling their plates over at the buffet. Soon, all four were seated with their food back at the table and conversation about the previous day’s events quickly began.
Tracy said, “I’m still trying to process the fact that we really have graduated and are now second lieutenants. Commissioned officers. Ladies …”
“Wait …ladies?” asked John in a teasing manner before Tracy could continue any further.
Missy chuckled and answered, “Of course, John! Just as it’s common knowledge that a man becomes an officer and agentlemanwhen he gets commissioned, likewise a woman becomes an officer and alady. It’s official now. Tracy and I are ladies now! Welcome to our world!”
John looked at Mike and shrugged. He said, “I guess we’re gonna just have to accept this, at least when we’re out inpublic. Of course, as long as it doesn’t change how things are inprivate, I don’t see that as any problem.”
Tracy giggled and said, “Don’t fret … I’ll continue to role play with you when we’re alone. I know how much you enjoy it when I wear that angel/demon costume.”
Missy laughed and said, “Good grief! I saw that video you made down at Fort Rucker with some of my werewolves acting as hell hounds. Are you saying youstillhave that costume?” The two terrorists who had watched all that play out had been so thoroughly convinced Tracy was a demon that one of them had even pissed himself.
“Of course I do,” exclaimed Tracy. “It’s one of John’s favorites. So many costumes, so many roles, so little time!” She giggled and gave John a naughty glance.
“Aaaaannnnd, back to our beingsoldiers,” exclaimed Missy. “I’ll be teleporting over to Turkey tomorrow. I’ve packed a few belongings for Mel to bring back for me but there’s not much since I’ve already managed to accumulate quite a bit of stuff over there.”
Tracy nodded and said, “Yeah, fatigue uniforms, combat boots, steel pot, rifles, scopes, pistols, knives, parachutes … all the basics! Of course, you also have all those expensive dresses and jewelry in your luxury apartment over in Moscow.”
“And, that’s where I’ll be next weekend when the rest of you are celebrating John’s graduation,” explained Missy. “I do plan to spend less and less time playing my role as Yury’s mistress while increasing my appearances at whatever public events will give me access to important officials in the regime over there. Now that I’ve established myself as a Russian celebrity in my own right, I don’t need Yury quite as much.”
Mike grumbled, “My worry is you’ll be spending less and less time with me, now that you are full time with Team Twenty-Two. Between your spying in Russia and whatever combat missions you’ll participate with on the team, I might only be seeing you back here for your full moon celebrations with your pack.”
“Aww, don’t despair, Mike!” said Tracy. “Missy will be back here for our big double wedding next month, followed by wherever you two will go for your honeymoon.”
“All true,” agreed Missy. “And, since Mike’s medical school classes at Tufts don’t begin until September sixth, I’ll bring him back with me to Turkey after our honeymoon. We will have lots and lots ofqualitytime together.” She giggled and now it was she who gave Mike a naughty glance.
They continued to chat about their future plans while they enjoyed eating their breakfast and, after their empty plates had been cleared away by the waitress, while drinking some more coffee. Their family, friends and guests gradually approached to both again congratulate Missy and Tracy and say their goodbyes.
Eventually, they went up to their respective rooms to grab their suitcases. They had arranged for late checkout from the hotel and once they did so, they drove away in separate cars. John and Tracy, of course, headed down to John’s apartment near Fort Tryon while Mike and Missy headed north back to Mike’s place in Massachusetts.
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Monday, May 23, 2022
After being with Mike all day on Sunday as well as going to bed with him Sunday night, Missy got up at five a.m. in the morning, gave him a quick kiss and a hug goodbye and then stepped back from their bed a few steps. Once she vanished in a shimmer of light, he rolled over with a deep sigh and went back to sleep.
Missy teleported over to Turkey, stopping every five hundred miles at one of her anchor spots where she would materialize into her cat form and spend a few minutes before again Shifting to her spirit form and continuing on with her journey. Thus, it took about two hours for her to arrive. With the time difference, it was two p.m. local time when she finally materialized in a burst of energy in her room at Izmir Air Base, the current home for Team Twenty-Two. This was several hours ahead of when Major Grimes and the other team members who had attended her graduation at West Point would arrive since their flight wouldn’t get them back until later that evening.
The team reported directly to General Hingham, the EUCOM Commander based in Stuttgart, Germany who was a four-star general in the Air Force. The team was both EUCOM’s Quick Reaction Force (QRF) as well as the Army’s only supernatural unit. The latter, of course, was due not only to having Missy assigned but also to the missions which it might deal with. All its members had been cleared to know all about supernaturals.
After getting dressed and going out to the Operations Center, Missy was pleased to see a huge banner was hanging there saying, “Congratulations to Lieutenant Missy McCrea!” There was a cake on the large conference room table as well. Obviously, her teammates wanted to party and celebrate.
Staff Sergeant Luis DeMarco was the first to see Missy enter and he immediately called out in a loud voice, “Attention everyone!” This not only caused those in the room to stand and give her a salute but brought other team members rushing in to do the same. The word quickly went out and soon everyone had crowded into the room and was congratulating her. Missy was very moved by their warm welcome.
After spending the day getting caught up with everyone and everything, Missy was reunited with the remaining team members when they arrived. Major Grimes had somehow managed to obtain and bring back several videos showing the West Point graduation ceremony and these were played on the large screen in the conference room so those who had not travelled back were able to watch. When Missy made her appearance in one of those videos, walking up to receive her diploma, there were several loud cheers.
Once Missy finally retired to her room for the evening, she was very pleased. She did not sleep, however. Instead, she separated her spirit form from her body and teleported over to Moscow to spend some hours checking on things over there. Her duty assignment had now begun in earnest.
Chapter Two
