Protective Men

Yesterday, Nikki Harden fainted. Pregnancy related. She was in Medic till Rick Harden rushed here and took her home. I checked the med report. Nikki's okay, just a combination of dehydration and pregnancy-related minor problems. I guess she shouldn't have gone on that trip run in Tibet a few days ago. She wanted to see something, she'd said. I know why she went. She found out that was where she was held prisoner for a long time. I don't think Rick was going to be too happy when he found out, dude. I heard him using some choice words in his conversation with Jed.

Not that it was Jed's fault, of course. He was away somewhere else. I think he'd have stopped her from going if he had been here. Or maybe not. Jed is weird like that.

So What's Her Gem?

From Hell's journal:

"I keep hearing about this Jed McNeil but haven't met him yet. I know of him, of course. My GEM sisters have plenty to say about that. None of them seems to know him very well since he doesn't really interact with GEM operatives much, unless he has to, but I'm curious about every one of these COS commandos and am looking for as much info as I could get from anyone.

Okay, so Jed McNeil is Number Nine, which is either the leader of these commandos or the one who finishes the operation, depending on whom I'm talking to about these dudes. Whatever. There are nine of them, so they call themselves Numbers 1-9. Hah. Better than A, B, C, like us. I wonder whether their having numbers have meaning? I mean our motto GEM emphasizes on our uniqueness, as each gem we represent has a different chemical makeup. Hence, the alphabets. My gem symbol is:
Na(Li,Al)₃Al₆B₃Si₆O₂₇(OH)₃(OH,F).

So what is this V-Program they are part of? And where do I fit in?"

*Insert evil grin. I can hear your minds clicking away, my little sand chickadees....

Meaningful Gestures

Ricardo Harden is certainly overdoing it. A fresh bouquet of flowers everyday to Nikki's office because she's here for the week. So strange. Nikki just gave a small secretive smile when she got teased about "Mother's Day coming up, that's why." I don't get it. She's not a mother yet. But I was assured by T. that this was a "sweet" gesture. Whatever, dudes.

Intel is about Tel-ling and NOT Showing

I've been experimenting with sulking. It's doable for a puter like me, you know. I absolutely refuse to post any more pictures of commandos. Bah. My Mentor has finally agreed that I'm right. This is my blog and I'll sulk if I want to! Anyway, I'm learning compromise too. Pictures of commandos once in a while in exchange for more new programs to play with, ha.

Everyone's fine, including Hell, who has a few days off from VR. Nikki's fine. Alex and T are...fine, I guess. Jed's not here but I'm sure he's fine. Flyboy, Shahrukh and Sullivan are on a picnic transporting "food" packages through Afghanistan. 'Nuff said. Armando is in Chinatown doing his own thing. He is definitely NOT fine.