Ester ran out of the plane, quickly followed by her teammates. It was only 3:30 p.m. which means that she has an amazing entrance ready to use for when she sees her twin. Sure, she is only wearing her tank top army shirt and cargo pants, but both are white, her dog tags clearly showing. Ester turned to her team,

    "I gotta run, but let me know the address!"

    They all laughed as they watched the excited 20-year-old sprint away. Quin smirked,

    "You do realize that we will have to deal with an angry Slinger when he comes,"

    Nikki smirked,

    "Yeah, I do,"

    They all dispersed to get their luggage and a taxi to get to their new apartment.

With Ester

    Ester ran into the tennis club and was thrilled to see Chris.

    "CHRIS!"

    Chris looked up and was shocked to see his best friend. He immediately got up and hugged her.

    "Oh my god, you are alright,"

    Ester laughed and nodded,

    "Of course I am, can't get rid of me THAT easily, army or not,"

    Chris laughed and nodded,

    "Go surprise your brother,"

    Ester laughed and nodded,

    "Who is in the pro shop? I gotta find out if he is in the rose garden,"

    Chris smiled,

    "Greg is,"

    Ester smiled and nodded,

    "Thank you! See ya later,"

    Ester walked away and into the small pro shop. Greg looked up and had to do a double-take when he saw Ester.

    "Ester?"

    Ester smirked and nodded,

    "The one and only,"

    Greg smiled and walked around the counter and hugged her,

    "We were all very worried,"

    Ester chuckled,

    "I mean, MIA is not a good thing,"

    Greg laughed. He took a good look at the adult and saw the scars littering her body,

    "I'm proud of you Ester, for what you have done,"

    Ester smiled brightly,

    "Thanks, Greg, so where is Mass so I can give him a heart attack?"

    Greg chuckled,

    "Justin is with him cleaning up the pool, just head over to the rose garden,"

    Ester smirked,

    "Ah...most amazing time to appear,"

    Greg chuckled,

    "Just get over there,"

    Ester laughed and nodded. She walked outside and sprinted to the rose garden, she was hiding her face with her cap that she just put on. She finally got there in a minute, thank you army training! She walked into it and saw a blonde roll his eyes and walk up to her.

    "And who are you?"

    Ester immediately, on reflex, straightened up stiff.

    "And that is none of your business, know your manners,"

    Derek glared,

    "Someone clearly did not teach you your manners, you can't just come in here with no agenda Miss,"

    Ester felt anger start to come up inside of her.

    "You clearly do not have any brains mister, look at what I am wearing,"

    Derek looked at her closer and felt some slight horror strike him when he saw the army tank top and dog tags.

    "U-um...sorry,"

    Ester rolled her eyes,

    "Sorry don't cut it, sir,"

    Lee walked up to Derek and pulled him back. Lee took a good look at the teenager in front of them and immediately smiled,

    "Oh my god!"

    Lee hugged Ester and Ester laughed,

    "Woah, you guys are so slow now-a-days,"

    Lee laughed and looked at Alexa, Alesia, Nick, and everyone else.

    "It's Ester!"

    Everyone gasped and took turns hugging the girl. Derek was horrified at how rude he was to Massimo's sister. Ester laughed,

    "How long will Mass be?"

    Alexis smiled,

    "He should be back soon with Justin, you haven't seen Justin in two years, right? And Massimo for a bit over a year?"

    Ester smiled and nodded,

    "Yeah, I managed to say bye to Justin before I left. The last time I saw Mass was for Christmas the first year I was out, this year I was supposed to get time off for Christmas but a mission came up and my team and I were deployed."

    They all nodded. Ester smirked,

    "Sooo...who gonna help me prank my brother?"

    They all nodded and Ester smirked. She hid behind the counter,

    "Okay just tell him y'all need him to get something from behind here,"

    A few minutes later, Massimo and Justin finally came back. Lee smiled

    "Mass, can you take out the bug spray?"

    Massimo rolled his eyes playfully,

    "And you can't because?"

    Lee rolled her eyes,

    "I don't know where it is,"

    Massimo laughed and nodded,

    "Alright, I'll get it,"

    He walked to the counter and then Ester popped right up,

    "BOO!"

    Massimo screamed and fell backward. Everyone laughed while Justin was shocked and so was Massimo. Massimo looked up at his twin sister.

    "Ester?"

    Ester smirked,

    "Obviously,"

    Massimo quickly got up and pulled her into a hug. They both smiled and held onto each other tightly. Massimo smiled,

    "I was so worried,"

    Ester smirked,

    "Well, I'm alive so don't worry,"

    Massimo laughed and nodded,

    "I'm glad that you are finally home...wait...are you for good?"

    Now everyone looked at the commander in curiosity and hope. Ester smiled gently,

    "I'm on a leave along with my team. We may be called in if they need us but only in worse case scenarios."

    Massimo sighed but smiled,

    "At least that's something,"

    Ester smiled and nodded,

    "Yeah...might have been because the dude in charge did not really love me that much,"

    Everyone laughed. Ester walked up to Justin,

    "Heyyy!"

    Justin chuckled and smiled,

    "Welcome back Ester,"

    Ester smiled,

    "Actually good to be back,"

    Justin gave her a brief hug and Ester smiled brighter,

    "Woah, Mister I don't do hugs gave me a hug, must be a momentous occasion,"

    Everyone laughed. That was when they heard,

    "Ester Anna Randor!"

    Ester immediately recognized the voice and turned to see Javier Nickson with his arms crossed and glaring at her. Ester winced and walked up to him, everyone was staring at them in confusion. Ester scratched the back of her neck,

    "Heyyyy Javier,"

    "You suck at making plans up on the spot sometimes,"

    Ester shrugged,

    "It got us out alive,"

    Javier rolled his eyes,

    "You could have died,"

    Ester smirked,

    "But I didn't,"

    Javier smiled,

    "You scared the living shit out of me Flare,"

    Javier pulled Ester in a hug and Ester laughed and hugged him back,

    "It's my specialty Slinger,"

    They broke out of their hug. Massimo glared at him,

    "Who is this?"

    Ester chuckled,

    "Guys, this is Javier 'Slingshot' Nickson, one of the annoying members of my team,"

    Javier rolled his eyes,

    "Hey now, that's not fair,"

    Ester smirked,

    "Are you sure?"

    Javier sighed and rolled his eyes,

    "I am not gonna even try with you right now,"

    Ester laughed. Justin looked at him, feeling some form of jealousy. Massimo stared at him,

    "Sooo...what do you think of Ester?"

    Javier's eyes widened and he immediately scratched the back of his neck while Ester smirked. Javier smiled,

     "Uhh...she's strong and very fricken stubborn, umm...kind I guess,"

    Ester shoved him,

    "Bitch please,"

    Massimo laughed and nodded,

    "Do you like her?"

    Javier was confused by the question while Ester facepalmed. Javier shrugged,

    "Yeah,"

    Ester facepalmed even harder and slapped his arm,

    "ты идиот, он имеет в виду, что мы встречаемся или если ты влюблен в меня!" (Translation: you idiot, he means like are we dating or if you have a crush on me!)

    Javier's eyes widened,

    "ой (Translation: Oh)! Um, no I don't love Ester! Um, she is my best friend,"

    Everyone stared at the two. Lee looked at Ester,

    "When did you learn another language?"

    Ester scratched the back of her neck,

    "Oh, you see...I know like a bunch of languages now since we needed to learn a few languages to talk to people, plus we all learned Russian to talk to each other cuz like no one really knew Russian so we would just shout out in Russian during battles as our code,"

    Javier nodded,

    "Yeah, so the enemy wouldn't understand what we were saying, and we would mess with some words just in case they tried translating. If they did, they would get such random shit,"

    Ester laughed,

    "Yeah, remember the weird looks we would get when we would talk in front of Russians?"

    Javier burst out laughing,

    "One person legit asked us if we needed to go to a mental institute,"

    Massimo chuckled,

    "Well, Ester might need that,"

    "HEY! Unfair!"

    Javier laughed,

    "Come on now, don't be like that Flare,"

    Ester rolled her eyes,

    "Your fault,"

    Massimo laughed, Justin was slightly happy that Javier did not like Ester like that but still was a little bit jealous. Massimo looked at Ester,

    "Wait, so what do you plan on doing?"

    Ester smiled,

    "Well, I'm moving in with my team, we all decided that we should stay together since we all gotta stay alert just in case somethin happens, plus it just works out better,"

       Masimo shrugged and nodded,

        "Alright, but how many boys will you be with?"

        Ester blushed and Javier laughed,

        "Awwww she blushing,"

        Ester glared at him and when Javier tried poking her cheeks she grabbed his arm and judo flipped him. Everyone looked at her in pure shock while Javier groaned,

        "Jesus...who would think that sand is softer than concrete."

        Ester laughed,

        "Bro that was way too easy, you better step up your game,"

        Massimo looked at her,

        "So?"

        Ester looked at him and sighed,

        "Alright finnneeee...so we have Nikki 'Ace' Jackson as you know, Javier, Damion 'snipes' Sanchez, Billy 'climber' Wilson, and Quin 'Cannon' Rodriguez,"

        Massimo and Justin did not like the fact that there were so many boys, the girls were ecstatic for Ester. Massimo glared,

        "That's a lot of boys,"

        Ester facepalmed, Lee smiled,

        "Any cute guys?"

        Javier gasped,

        "Ouch! You don't think I'm hot?"

        He flexed jokingly and Ester shoved him, Alexa smiled,

        "I'll rate you a 7,"

        Javier shrugged,

        "i'll take it,"

        Ester laughed,        

        "Shut-up Sling,"

        Massimo crossed his arms,

        "So do any of them flirt with you?"

        Javier laughed and Ester glared at him. Javier smirked,

        "You should see Snipes fl-"

        Ester shoved him,

        "Shut-up!"

        Alesia smiled,        

        "So that's a yes?"

        Ester shook her head,

        "No no no-"

        Javier smiled,

        "Snipes and Cannon playfully flirt with her all the time! You should see them on mi-"

        Ester punched him in the stomach,

        "OUCH!"

        Ester glared,

        "Shut-up Slinger!"

        Javier chuckled.

        "Alright, to be fair. It's only playful. You shoulda seen what we did to this one gu-"

        "SLINGSHOT!!"

        Javier laughed and dodged her punch. Justin and Massimo looked at each other for a solid second before turning back to see Ester glaring at Javier. Massimo rolled his eyes,

        "We will have this talk later."

        Ester sighed and shrugged,

        "Fine..."

        Javier laughed,

        "I think Ace wanted us to come back soon, I gotta head out and get some ice cream before heading back, go have fun with your family Spitfire, See you later?"

        Ester rolled her eyes,

        "Get the good ice cream!"

        Javier chuckled and smirked,

        "When don't I?"

        Ester glared at him and he raised his hands in surrender,

        "Fine fine fine,"

        Ester laughed and they did their handshake and Javier left. Ester turned to her brother,

        "Okay, so we heading out?"

        Massimo smiled and nodded,

        "Yeah,"

        They said bye to everyone else and walked out. Lee turned and smirked,

        "Damn, I'm happy for her,"

        Nick nodded,

        "Yeah, she really found herself, it's great,"

        Alesia smiled,

        "Justin, I never asked you since we all never got a chance to say bye to her before she left, what did she say to you?"

        Justin scratched the back of his neck,

        "Well, she said that she was joining the army, that she was going to be away for a while but she will try to come to visit whenever she can,"

        Alexis smiled,

        "What do you think right now?"

        Justin shrugged,

        "Uh...I guess shocked that she is back,"

        Lee smirked and nudged him,

        "Oh please, you were totally staring at her,"

        Alesia smirked,

        "Did you see the way he was glaring at Javier?"

        Everyone laughed while Justin blushed. Alexa patted his back,

        "Don't worry Justin, you only have soldiers as competition,"

        Everyone laughed while Justin rolled his eyes.

        "I don't like her that wa-"

        Alesia rolled her eyes,

        "Oh please, we saw the way you were looking at her,"

        Alexa nodded,

        "Yeah, and the way you would sometimes look at her before she joined the army,"

    Justin rolled his eyes,

    "I don't know what you guys are talking about,"

    Everyone chuckled and rolled their eyes at the boy. Ester was pulled into a hug by her parents and the four celebrated her return and success. She was obviously embarrassed when she was given the talk about living with so many boys. Ester talked to Greg and she will be helping with camp tomorrow before she has this event with her squad to attend for some new recruits to make sure that they knew what they were getting into.