Chapter 15

                                    

                                          
The mall?" I look up at the Engineer and mumble as he's leading us to what he said was the garage. Scout walks ahead of him and the Sniper sulks behind the group. "What are we going there for?" 
"Well, I reckon you don't want to be wearing other people's clothes all the time. While you're here, you might as well wear your own stuff." Engi chuckled to himself as we enter the large garage that is Engi's workspace. 
"Besides, this is a great opportunity to test out driving this big ass truck you've brought us." My back straightens. I didn't think that he'd get it working so soon, especially because of how new of a model it is in their eyes. I look over at Sniper, who has my keys and is looking at them in confusion. 
"Where the bloody hell is the key to this thing? All I see are buttons, no car key." He brings them to me and I show him that the key to your truck is actually the button he was holding up. 
"Here I'll start it up for you." I press the big start button on the Keychain and the headlights of the truck come on, and it revs up accordingly. The men in the room gasp, curse and jump back in shock. I try to hide a cheeky smile, as I knew it might startle them. 
"Holy... you did that y/n? From where you were standing?" Scout looked at the button in my hand with stars in his eyes. Sniper nodded and pulled from his cigarette. "Damn, that's crazy." 
"WHOOWEEE!" The Engineer took his goggles off and looked inside of the driver's seat on the truck. "I've never seen a pickup as crazy as this one, I'll tell you what!" The mercs all got an eyeful of the inside of the truck, Sniper hoping in the front seat. He hit his head on the roof, as my seat was a little too close to the wheel and too high for his comfort. 
"Do you want to drive?" I ask him. He shakes his head in disbelief. 
"Drive her? Am I able to?" He's genuine curiosity and excitement is laced in his voice, no matter how stoic his face looks. I smile and nod. 
"Sure, it's an automatic, so it won't be hard. You can go ahead and adjust the seats if you want." I point to where he needs to move the seat back, and when I pull a lever, it automatically moves back for him. I did this so that he wouldn't pull on it as hard the first time he tries it. He moves around in the car seat until he's in a comfortable spot. Absolutely bewildered by the futuristic vehicle, Scout is playing around with the touch screen on the dash, Engi watching as well. I decide to let them play around with it for a little bit while I go to the storage in the back of the truck to rummage. 
About ten or so minutes later... 
"What are we sitting here for, let's get this baby on the road!!" Scout yells as he slaps the top of the truck. "It's about time we get'ta go on a trip to the mall! I haven't been there since like three Christmases ago!" Scout races to the back and hops into the trunk. "This truck is HUGE! You could fit the whole team in the back of this thing." I rush over and try to calm him down, as he was hopping around like a monkey. 
"Hey hey! I technically don't own this truck just yet! I don't want it any more damaged than it already is." I hold out my hand to pull him down, but he grabs me and pulls me up into the truck instead. "Scout!" You yelp and you cling onto his shoulders. He tumbles back, but the truck's rear panel catches our tumble. I realize I'm leaning into him and back away. I couldn't help laughing. "If you bent the back panel with your butt, you owe me." Scout giggles and sits down on the truck bed floor.