Chapter 13, The offer
"WHOO" In a spacious room with no windows and only a rusted metal bed, Lance awoke getting to his feet immediately
Scanning the whole room of anything nothing caught his eyes and he sat back down
He could hear water along with some other noises; there was an air vent and nothing else
Calmness was in him because of the fact that nothing was here and he wasn't particularly wanting to do anything at the moment
'Seems like I am still in the ocean, wonder what happened to the other guy'
Lance didn't consider himself in any danger as he could shoot heat vision out of his eyes and absorb energy of some kind
Laying down on the metal bed that had rust and some flies in the room, hours passed by and he just hummed a made up tune
Considering that he was not doing anything, Lance noted that he was not bothered by time much and patience was trivial to him
In all honesty he expected for him to be this good
While in the room that he was in when he woke up with no remeberance of anything whatsoever, a mirror was in the room and what he found was something phonemenol
Black eyes that even he could not see the depths of, deep black hair and biceps
He truly could tell he was handsome in all aspects and he liked what he saw
The narcissism was indeed real, he didn't consider himself having narcissism though just confident
Steps were heard outside the metal door and Lance stopped his thoughts
Someone whom Lance recognized stepped in the room with two more people as the rusted metal door went ajar
Admiral McCarty carrying a large file in hand sat upon a chair one of the guards that were with him put
With his scar and white hair he would be old but his face looked quite youthful
"Your first name is Lance correct?" McCarthy saying this had a skeptical expression on him as he opened up the light brown case file
'Nothing wrong with this, nothing at all...'
"Yes, Lance is my first and Cross is my last name" He said this and the admiral has a moment to think and nodded
The Admiral was silent for a few minutes reading and as he read Lance could see his eyebrows raising
"Intriguing to say the least." Admiral McCarthy was visibly shocked cold and happy at the same time
Sitting on the cold metal chair, McCarty tapped his finger on it constantly and stopped sometimes
Gripping the file harder and with more intensity, he glanced at Lance then at his guards
"Do you mind if I test something?" McCarthy asked Lance who just said yes
Grabbing a gun from one of the guards and pointing it to the chest of Lance, he pulled the trigger
*BANG*
The bullet pierced the chest and clothing of Lance and went past the wall
Lance being hit by the bullet crumpled to the ground in agaony for ten seconds and the pain went away
Bullet went in and bullet went out, couldn't believe what he was seeing McCarthy shot at him once again and saw the same thing
The wounds that should have been there were not there only bullet size holes in the clothes
Lance was especially astonished at this as even he did not know of this
'A regenerative healing ability?! What don't I know about me...'
Helping him back up to the metal bed, McCarthy sat back down and closed the case file
"It says here you have long term amnesia and only know your name and common knowledge, showed up in the space station and helped the crew with the creature on board..." Glancing at Lance again from the corner of his eye, he paused and continued
"We have found you do not have the mutant gene but still have these abilities, high regeneration, heat vision, and resistance to the heat and cold..." Lance could hardly believe what he was hearing, first that there something called a mutant gene then that he had these abilities
He didn't know what to think of any of this
"You Lance Cross are in the United States of America and are with the U.S Navy, there are eyes everywhere even on me, SHIEL..anyhow you are an illegal alien crossing on American boundaries and have no viable identification, so." McCarthy pulled out a few things from his uniform and placed it on the metal bed
"The president is informed of this as am I so we have decided to give you an offer.
Gain citizenship by enlisting in the Navy and do BUD/S to become a Navy SEAL TEAM 6 DEVGRU Operator, you will be conducting classified military assignments and given proper training.
In addition to this you will be given a bonus pay and free housing even getting special benefits if you meet the criteria." McCarthy steadily said this with concise explanation and placed some pictures of the United States
Lance hearing this and seeing the U.S flag and other pictures was clearly interested
He has nowhere else to go other then nowhere
"This is a one time offer from myself and the president to you, Lance." Lance knew that he had to decide fast when McCarthy said this
He knew somehow most knowledge of earth and this country so he knew that they were serious telling him this
Thoughts raced in his mind as the Admiral sitting stared at him awaiting his answer
"Yes, I will do it"
Admiral McCarthy hearing this from Lance got up and went to him, patted him on the shoulder and with a smile said this
"Good choice son, now that you are an official citizen of the United States you'll do your country proud." Patting him on the shoulder smiling, McCarthy said this to Lance who was feeling good of getting out of the room
'Lets just see where this takes us, I'll serve and fight their wars but I am by no means letting anyone dictate myself'
McCarthy as the highest ranking officer in the Navy had helicopters ready on standby
Now being in the Navy a uniform was given to him and currently he was wearing green camoflouge fatigues with blue jeans, military boots and a cap
Exiting out of the room from the large naval vessel he was in a large platform came in view
It was wide very wide and there were helicopters in one corner of the area and all the other parts of the strip was taken by...jets?
Knowledge about that came and he knew those were military fighter jets
'So this is a Aircraft Carrier'
Walking in the strip Lance payed close attention everywhere since this was an area where Aircraft landed
He spotted the Admiral speaking to another man who had lean muscles and a mustache, Caucasian too.
"Sir, I am fully ready to accomplish BUDs and serve" Admiral McCarty responded with a salute when Lance saluted him and nodded
Lance figured that he being in the military should respect higher ranking officers, he had no problem with it as it is just a show of humblness
"GET ON NOW, WE DON'T GOT ALL DAY SALTY" Lance was shocked at this but recovered just as quick and got on the Blackhawk helicopter
McCarthy gazing at the helicopter taking off had a certain feeling
The Navy would get an upbringing like no other.
In the helicopter, Lance being shouted at by the lean buff man instructions was already enjoying this