Settling Their Differences

The time was now 3 PM and the gang were now currently checking most of the gear that they got. Among the group, Michelle noticed Jeff and Rodeo checking the gear and they were still not talking to each other. 

"Okay, you know what. That's it! These two need to talk NOW!"

Annoyed, Michelle immediately approaches the two and asks them, "Look you two. You have been silent towards each other since morning and believe it's not healthy. So please can you talk to each other and settle your differences?!" She said in an angry tone.

The two looked at her and soon looked at each other for a moment before continuing checking the gear. 

Dumbfounded, Michelle didn't expect they would ignore her, in silence, she called out to the bird Stand, "...Carlos, give me a wrench."

Throwing a wrench at her, Michelle catches it and whacks both of them in the head. Both were now lying on the ground face first with an anime bump on their head. 

"WHAT THE HELL MICHELLE?!"

Ignoring their complaints, Michelle grabs the two by the leg and heads towards a door, dragging them along the ground and leaves the lab. 

"Should we be worried?" Spy asked as he watched them leaving.

"Hmm... I think they'll be fine." Evan shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, I hope so. Pray that it isn't an excuse of them fucking." Jacob said, his words caused Evan to jerk his head in his direction.

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Yeeting the two into a storage room, Michelle soon spoke to them. 

"Now you're staying in this storage room until you two talk with each other and settle your differences. Even if one of you tries to escape the room, I will whack you again in the head and give you a mental breakdown. Do you understand?!"

The two nodded and she closed the door. The two looked at each other and immediately looked away. There was silence between the two until Rodeo decided to say something. 

"...Jeff, I understand the fact and accept the fact that I, choosing some people or just straight up interacting because they did good things or acted nice, you're right that I can't trust everyone and I need to be careful with whom I talk with since I'm now an MTF leader. I'm sorry if I made you mad and didn't try to understand you." He said truthfully.

"...I might have been betrayed by my friend, Rodeo and kept everything to myself. I joined you guys because I thought I could trust you and after site-19, seeing you and the rest win. I only started to trust you more and the Foundation as well. But after Gustav, I started to see that history was repeating itself again but instead of being blamed for a crime you never committed, you were gonna get killed instead. Rodeo, this is the Scp world, if you make one wrong move or if the enemy is many moves ahead of you, you lose your life. Why do you think I am telling you to be careful with your choices and the ones you trust, because I don't want to see any of you dead." He said in a truthful and honest way. Rubbing his forehead, Jeff lets out a sigh. 

Patting him on the shoulder, Rodeo says, "I appreciate your concern Jeff and I promise you that, no one is gonna get hurt and I'll be careful with who I trust. Ok?"

Bringing out his right hand, Jeff shakes it and nodded, "Ok man. You're a nice person, Rodeo... and a dumbass but I'm still sorry for what happened in the morning."

"No Jeff. You had every right to yell at me, and you had a good reason behind it as well."

"Thanks." As Jeff rubs the back of his head, he grunted in pain, "Ow! I cannot believe she whacked us with a wrench."

"Well that's what we get for not listening to her."

"Yep. Remind me not to pissed her off again."

"Agreed, comrade."

But then, the door opened, the two immediately turned to see it was Michelle. 

"Huh, I expect you two will be started fucking in this 7 minutes of heaven."

"What the hell do you ever think that!?" Jeff and Rodeo asked with dumbfounded looks.

Michelle chuckled, "Nevermind, I was joking. So did you settle your differences?"

"Yes."

"Yeah totally."

"Good. Now let's head back to the lab. Also Rodeo, did you think of our MTF team's logo? We still don't have one."

"Actually I do. To the lab!"

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Going back to the Lab, the team were now standing around a table, in the middle of the group, Rodeo placed a picture on the table which showed a golden skull with ears and two daggers on its side. 

"This will be our MTF team's logo." 

"Well it looks cool not gonna lie." Evan said.

"I approve of this, amigo." Miguel accepts.

"I agree as well." Michelle follows.

"FEAR SHALL TRAVEL THROUGH THEIR VEINS!" Psycho Kreig added.

"I think this logo shall work perfectly in striking fear in the hearts of our enemies." Spy agreed Kreig's statement.

"This logo, I accept." Jeff said while Carlos behind him simply nods in agreement. 

"Jacob?" Rodeo asked, staring at the red dude among the group.

"What's there to say other than the fact that this logo is perfect for our MTF team."

"Then it's settled then. This shall be our MTF logo. Now come on, let's place this logo on the armor."

Everyone nodded except for Spy and they all started to place the logo on the armor. 

Once they are done, Spy approaches Rodeo and calls out to him. "Rodeo."

"Yeah?" 

"Look, you're 20 years old, and since you are our leader, your decisions on the battlefield need to be the difficult ones and must be precise as well. I'm just working with you because of the contract and since it's my job as a gun for hire, so we're only colleagues to each other in my profession. Not friends."

"I get it Spy and I respect that. I'll do my best to lead this team."

"You better boy. Otherwise I'm not sure what will happen in the future." Spy finished his talk and walked away before sitting on a chair in the distance. 

'I got a lot of stuff on my hands and I need to do all I can to carry this team forward.' Rodeo thought as he stares at each of his team members in the room.

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A/n: Wow, this is a short chapter, but hey, in the next chapter, that will be the best part, hope y'all enjoy :)