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After Action Argument, Part 2 || A Trent Sawyer and Full-Metal Oneshot

This is part 2 of this story. Co-written by @bravo-four-seal-team

A/N: Soooo, this is becoming a multi-chapter fic, friends. Felt like I needed to get this out and then i’ll work on requests.

TW: talk of deployment, talk of landmines, talk of death, talk of suicidal ideations

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27 hours and another successful mission later, they all were on the plane home from deployment. Tension was still high between Trent and Metal, but everyone had managed not to bring it up so they could have a peaceful flight home and be in their own beds.

Well, almost everyone.

“So Trent, Metal, what the hell has the two of you so worked up that you’re barely speaking to anyone, much less each other?” Ray inquired, tired of being out of the loop. Trent was across from Ray, while Metal was beside Jason. Sonny was on the corner of the bench, and Mandy was peacefully napping up top. Everyone around them groaned, and suddenly hating his guts, because the pair just picked up where they left off.

“What?” Ray asked the others, confused as to what was happening. He was trying to help the team’s dynamics, especially if Metal was gonna roll with them while Clay was out of commission.

“I still don‘t understand why you thought it was a good idea, Trent. I know what you claim is your reaso-”

“It is my reasoning, Metal.”

“That’s bullshit then, T. It’s flawed in principle-”

“Flawed in principle, really?”

“Enough, you two. We don’t need an encore of yesterday,” Jason attempted to order them into silence, but Full-Metal was already angry and he was taking none of that.

“No, Jason. Fuck off,” Metal shot back, before turning back to Trent and continuing the conversation.

“HEY. I meant it, knock it off,” Jason said louder, trying to get ahold of the two men’s attention so they can go back to the peace.

“Unless we are in the battlefield, on your team’s op, I don’t have to listen to jack shit Jason.” Metal spit at him, standing up and pacing.

Jason stood, and got into Metal’s face, “When you are on the same team as me you will do as I order you to do." Both Master Chiefs were in a pissing contest for dominance now, Trent just puts his head in his hands, trying to wipe away the frustration and exhaustion plaguing him.

"Ops over Hayes! Ain't doing that great if one member thinks it's better if he dies to save another,” Metal spoke with venom in his voice, pointing to where Trent’s sitting, looking Jason straight in the eyes.

“I’m sorry, what?” Ray asked, turning to Trent to see if it was true. Ray was never the greatest at reading him, but he could swear it looked like the man wanted to punch Full-Metal. Sonny, Brock, and Ray turned and looked at each other, all three surprised at what Alpha’s Master Chief just said about their medic.

“Who are you to question how I’m leading MY team? And why do you keep volunteering to help us out if you don’t think I’m doing my job?” Jason sneered, not registering exactly what Metal just told him about one of his team members.

“Did you not just hear me? A member of your team would rather be left behind to die alone than your 2IC dying. How the hell is your leadership if one of your brothers would want that?” Metal paused, letting Jason take in what he just told him. He still didn’t seem to get it though. Everyone else, except Mandy, who was still asleep upstairs, had formed a circle encompassing Trent so they could talk to him about what they’re hearing.

"Alpha is your backup on each mission! I took an oath the same one you took, to protect my team, my brothers! You should have told Sonny to nip it in the bud when he cracked damned jokes! Your medic would rather die than be saved, Hayes! Is that getting through to you yet?" Metal finished, finally looking around at everyone and glaring at Sonny.

Ray was trying to wrap his head around what he was hearing. He looked at Trent, who just looked exhausted, and said, his voice raised, “Trent, what the hell? Rule number one of the military, of this team, is never leave your brother behind. You know that! We drill it into every member of this team the second they’re selected,”

“That’s enough!” Blackburned yelled. Everyone went silent, and looked at him waiting for order, “I understand that this is a warranted and needed conversation, but lower your voices. Not everyone on this plane needs to hear about Trent’s life or decision making,” They all nodded, and tried to calm the storm of emotions this conversation has caused. They just couldn’t understand how Trent, a valuable member of this team, could think that at any point this was okay.

"The sane answer at the time was to have the others go, work on getting to Ray, and let me work the problem. He has a family to get home to, so does the others. Them dying with me was not something I was willing to accept,” Trent just wished this conversation was over, and that he was home in his bed.

“Trent I swear to god if you use that family line one more time I’m going to smack you. You have a family at home, Amelia at home, who would be equally as devastated if you didn’t come back to them,” Metal emphasized, and while the team was still confused as to who exactly Amelia was, they decided to table that conversation for another day.

Metal looked at Jason, wondering when the hell Hayes was going to say something, to try and get into his medic’s head, but he remained silent. Metal sighed, about to start trying to talk some sense into him again, but Ray picked up the fight, “Brother, I love that you think about my family when I’m in trouble. But sacrificing yourself, our only medic, wouldn’t have done anyone any good.”

“Ray me being on the land mine was what slowed us down from finding you. We probably could have had the HVT and gotten you if I hadn’t stepped on it. Them going off to find you without me would have saved everyone time, time you could have used to not have gone through what you did,” Trent was pinching the bridge of his nose, trying to make the headache go away. He would gladly die for his brothers to live, he doesn’t see why that’s an issue all of a sudden.

“Trent, we’re all alive but that’s because we worked the problem together. Any one of us could have stepped on that mine, it’s just shit luck that it was you. You wouldn’t have left us behind if it was reversed,” Metal sighed, not wanting to get emotional or too deep into whatever the hell is brewing beneath the surface in Trent with the other guys around, but the can of worms was opened so they might as well go there.

“Gotta agree with Full Metal, Trent,” Sonny interjected, looking back and forth between the two men. He’d crack a joke if he didn’t think Full Metal would kill him.

"But I rather have all my brothers alive, rather than being saved and then attend a funeral, Trent you gotta understand that,” Ray cut in, looking into Trent’s eyes and trying to find any semblance of understanding. He was met with a blank look, though, as Trent was trying to recede into himself to stop from talking about this any further.

“If you all had left me there, I would have figured it out, we could have got Ray, and gotten the HVT. That way Shaw wouldn’t have tried to break our team apart. We almost lost our team, guys,”

“You’re not God, Trent. Leaving you there wouldn’t guarantee that Ray would have been safer, and you know damn well you would have died had we left you to your devices.” Brock interjected, and everyone took notice. Trent is usually the quiet one, but it’s even rarer to hear Brock speak unless spoken to.

“Jase says all the time that mission success comes first and that he trusts us to work the problem. That’s what I am trying to get across to you, I would have worked the problem.”

“That’s bullshit, Trent. HVT and the mission comes second to our men, especially our medic. I may say it a lot but that’s so you keep emotions out of the field and focus on what’s at hand. There was no way we were going to leave you to deactivate a bomb, even if it took time out of the mission,” Jason spoke up, and Metal looked at him and nodded as a thank you, maybe Trent would listen to him.

“You don’t get to just conveniently forget about your own family, T. The fact is all three of those headstrong women you have in your life would murder every single one of us if you didn’t come home. What am I supposed to tell them the next time you’re crazy enough to pull this, and for some god awful reason they let you?” Metal laid into him, trying to make him remember that his family loves him, because he has amnesia or some shit.

“Metal it’s not-”

“Don’t. I won’t talk about how fucked up your mind is when it comes to that with everyone here, but you matter more than you let yourself believe. You’re an uncle to Ray’s kids, to Jason’s, you think they won’t grieve you as if you’re family?”

“It’s not that, Metal. Those kids need their Dad’s to come home to them, what would I have said to Naima, Jameelah, and Ray jr. if Ray had died out there? If Jason had died with me in the field, who would take care of Mikey and Emma?”

“Trent, you need to understand, that everyone on this plane would rather use time to make sure their brother is alive and can get out safely. We'd rather lose the HVT and get chewed out for mission failure, than to leave you. I’m trained to survive, to find an area to get to exfil safely, which I was in the process of doing. That’s why they ingrain it into us at BUD/S, at selection. Don't think for a minute your brothers will abandon you, no arguments we'd do it the same way each time, no matter who was in that position,” Ray attempts to get through to him, but Trent’s just shaking his head.

“Listen, guys, that’s enough for now. You all can pick up this conversation another time if you’d like, but you all need rest before we touch down so you can see your families and be well-rested for the funeral tomorrow.” Blackburn cut in, and made sure they followed it to the letter. He then told Trent to see him in his office before he went home when they landed. Trent internally groaned, he just wanted to have some peace and quiet at home, in his own house.

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The rest of the flight was pretty quiet, and when they land they all went to the tarmac to see their families. Naima was at the hospital, but Davis, Clay, Emma and Mikey, and Amelia were all there, waiting for their respective seals and teammates to come home.

The team all hugged Clay and Lisa, and then Full-Metal and Trent went to the car to hug the short, long-haired brunette that the rest of the team doesn’t recognize.

“Hey sailors, looking for a ride?” The brunette asked cheerily, glad they they’re home safe. She notices something’s off, though, as Trent’s smile didn’t reach his eyes.

“Ames, how did you even know we were coming home today? I was gonna surprise you at work,” Trent asked, wrapping his arms around the woman, thankful to finally see her again.

“Scott called me, asking me to pick you all up! Still mad you didn’t tell me you were coming home, but I’ll let it slide because I missed you both. You want me to drop you two off at your homes or do you want to eat first?”

“I vote for eating, Mellie. It’s been a long flight, and a long ass deployment, and I want food and my warm bed with the kiddos,” Metal quipped, putting his bags in the back of his sister’s car.

“They’re cats, Metal, not kids. I also vote for eating first, but I won’t be ready to go for another 20 minutes. Gotta go to Blackburn’s office for a bit,” Trent shot back, before putting his bags in the back of the car and kissing Amelia on the forehead. He knew that look she gave him, she has spidey-like senses for when things are wrong with him.

“Everything okay?” Amelia asked, her hand immediately going to the locket her grandmother had given her before she died. Inside was two pictures: one of her and Trent, and one of their group, which consists of her, Trent, Metal, and Ashley.

“Yeah love, everything’s fine. I’ll be back as soon as I can, okay?” He asked, lying through his teeth. She sighed and nodded, then her and Full Metal sat on her hood, watching the planes go by.

“What’s going on with him, Scotty? He has that same distant look in his eye he had after that mission Adam died in. I know he has a hard time adjusting when he comes home, but he usually looks at least happy to see me.” Amelia says, not looking at her brother and fiddling with her locket around her neck.

“You mean, besides Clay getting blown up in the bar explosions when they were off-duty?”

“Yeah, I mean besides that. You and I both know he doesn’t go that dark unless someone died beside him or the nightmares are coming back.”

“He did something stupid in the field, got a lot of us on his ass for it, which is why he’s meeting with his commander. I don’t know what’s going on in that head of his, though. Something snapped this deployment, Mellie. He’s different, and I don’t know how to help him.”

“Is that what he’s talking to your Commander about? In all of the deployments I’ve picked you up from, I’ve never seen your Commanding Officer ask to speak to anyone before they go home,” Amelia turned to look at him as she spoke, and met his eyes. He sighed and nodded, a mix of concern and anger spread across his face.

““If i had to guess, probably. Don’t tell him I told you any of this, though. Pretty sure he wants to keep you and his life as a seal separate.”

“You and I both know it doesn’t work that way, Scotty. It takes him a while to get his head out of work-mode during a easy deployment, but after this one?”

“If anyone were to get through to him, it would be you, Amelia. He’s crazy about you, you do realize that, right?”

“I know that I love him, and I don’t like seeing him in pain. I also know that you all have him 300 days out of the year, and he can’t forget what he’s seen as easily as the others can.”

“He’s the medic, Mellie, I would be worried if the duty he carries didn’t affect him. He’ll get through this, especially if he knows you’re n-”

“I’m not leaving, Scott,” she interrupted him sharply, taking a deep breath before sinking her face into her hands, “I just don’t want to fail him.”

“Amelia Rose Carter, look at me,” Full Metal ordered, waiting to see her sapphire blue eyes meet his before continuing, “Trent is going to be fine. He just needs time, and you being there as support while he works this out. You won’t fail him, because this is something he needs to do himself.”

He watched tears fill her eyes, before he sighed and pulled her into a side hug, letting her shed some tears on his grey t-shirt for a few minutes before she pulled away, carefully wiping her eyes as to avoid completely ruining her makeup. “So, Scotty, you find love in the Philippines?” she giggled, causing him to throw his head back and laugh. They kept on joking, making each other laugh to pass the time until Trent came back out. Thankfully, their sibling banter made them feel better, brightening the mood so they can take care of what they needed to later.

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mevenreviews · 6 years ago

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Lost S2xE13 “The Long Con”

Coming off the high that is episodes 11 and 12 of this season of Lost, “The Long Con” is one of my favorite episodes of my favorite tv show of all time. You are stressed because the mystery of the Others start to loom over our heroes from “The Hunting Party”. And also, you are mad at some of the survivors, Locke, in particular, because of the events of “Fire & Water”. But everything starts to erupt and leads to the big bang that is the second half of season 2 of Lost.

First thing is first, this is a Sawyer episode. It’s pretty standard at this point, that any episode with Run in the title is a Kate episode, and Sawyer starts his own tradition with Con. With this episode you get a really good feel for the real intelligence of being a con man, and Sawyer himself. You also get to see bits of his character that show where his loyalties lie and how he gets along with people who he is stuck with, or are stuck with him.

So let’s go over the plot, so I can go into his character and other characters in more detail. After the events of the Hunting Party, Jack and Locke decide to keep all the guns they have locked in the armory. So someone can’t just grab a gun when they want to, and run out into the jungle, looking for their kidnapped son (Michael!). Both agreeing it’s for everyone’s best interest, however, you still see the typical Locke/Jack dynamic of not seeing eye to eye, so Locke almost leaves without giving Jack the combination to the armory. This is an important moment because we are now shown that Jack still doesn’t 100% trust Locke, and Locke is perfectly content being completely in charge of everything inside that hatch whether Jack likes it or not. But what really starts this episode off is that Locke advises Jack to lock the medicine in the armory, which leads Jack to take back meds that Sawyer stole from the hatch. Sawyer warns Jack, he can just walk away and give him the meds back, but Jack refuses, and Sawyer begins making a plan.

Later on, we see Sun get grabbed by “the others”, and nearly escape. This creates a panic. Jin wants a gun to protect Sun, Kate begins to question Ana Lucia’s motives about the “army” she and Jack and making. And Jack is stuck right in the middle. Ana Lucia seems happier that people are scared about “the others” because now they will listen. After more panic and questioning with maybe a bit of jealousy, Kate then assumes Ana Lucia is making a play for the guns in the hatch. We are led to believe Kate’s assumption because earlier in the episode, Ana Lucia asks Jack for the combo, then plays it off as a joke because Jack clearly won’t give it to her. Fully confident in Ana Lucia’s plan, Kate makes Sawyer go warn Locke of Jack’s gun raid, to ensure that Ana Lucia doesn’t get the guns.

Sawyer, now in the hatch has a funny discussion with Locke, warns him about Jack, and Locke comes up with the great idea to move the guns out of the hatch so Jack can’t unlock the armory to start handing them out. Leaving Sawyer in the hatch, Locke hides the guns, Jack finds out they are gone, and Sawyer “gets the high score on Donkey Kong”. Jack pissed that Locke moved the guns without his permission confronts John on the beach.

What comes now is why this episode is one of my favorites in the series and why is it is my favorite Sawyer episode. Sawyer shoots off some shots and enter the camp. Has a great speech, and you start to understand that he planned the whole thing. He planned to use Locke/Jack against each other, using Kate to manipulate Jack and spread suspicious using Ana Lucia. And as we see later, he enlists Charlie’s help to take the guns away from Locke. Earlier in the episode, Sawyer references the episode prior dealing with Charlie and his struggles with the camp over the safety of the baby. Charlie meaning well but coming off crazy, completely allows us to understand why we would try to sabotage Locke, who recently punched him out and made him feel very foolish. More importantly to Charlie’s character, we understand that he didn’t do it for the heroin stash that Locke took either.

This episode I feel is beautifully constructed even down to the name, because of the flashbacks that Sawyer has paired in this episode. This is the first episode where we meet Cassidy. A recurring character in Sawyer’s storylines. Cassidy is the long con, he pretended to con her the first time for a chance at her big money she had tucked away from her divorce, played her, taught her cons, until he was forced to con her for real by his partner, Gordy. So the Long Con in the title refers to the con played out in both storylines, and just how good Sawyer is at creating these schemes and manipulating the people around him. Which we see a glimpse of when Charlie asks Sawyer how we came up with the whole thing, even the part with “kidnapping” Sun, which we found out was Charlie as well. He responds with “I’m not a good person, Charlie”

As a final point that I would add to this laundry lists of things I enjoy about this episode. I enjoy the two sides of Sawyer we see here and how one feeds into another. As the episode ends and everyone starts putting all of it together, we are shown Kate, upset with the manipulation she was just put under and comes to the conclusion that Sawyer only did it so the camp would hate him again. Because in his mind, he doesn’t deserve the praise. Because you can’t get attached, because when you do, you get burned. Then we are shown how the storyline with Cassidy turns out and we see that Sawyer, in order to save her life, has to con the woman he loves. And he doesn’t win, he got too close and got burned. So you start to understand why he does what he does on the island because that’s what he has learned. It shows a lot of Sawyer’s character growth, from flashback to island.

Speaking of character growth, I will end as the episode actually does with the plot line between Sayid and Hurley or Plot B. Hurley is trying to cheer Sayid up after he has just lost Shannon, and he figures that Sayid fixing the radio that the Tailies had would help. It does end up being kind of a dud of a plan, it does help Sayid a bit, maybe. The main problem I have with this plot line is it isn’t fleshed out enough. It’s two scenes, Hurley suggests something, Sayid says no, Hurley leaves the thing, Sayid does the thing, and you don’t really know if Sayid did it out of guilt for being mean to Hurley or if it was an actual attempt to cheer up after losing Shannon. Harmless subplot, but just irks me

“The Long Con” is one of those episodes I look forward to in a rewatch because the ending is just so satisfying even when you know what’s gonna happen, just Sawyer’s speech at the end, makes it all worth it. It also serves perfectly to accompany and follow the last two episodes that I usually always watch them, all three back to back to back. Though has it’s problem of the weaker Plot B, this is a prime example of an episode done right with both plot lines, flash or otherwise, and having fantastic character moments.

#lost #TV show #jack shephard #john locke #kate austen #hurley #sawyer #james ford #the long con #season #2 #episode #13 #sayid jarrah #charlie pace #mevenreviews #review

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