Reconstruction: Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Red vs. Blue: Reconstruction aired on September 15, 2008 as the 124th episode overall.

Synopsis
As the Reds are busy with an attacking Hornet, Washington goes to Blue base, knocking out another guard before he can shoot Church. Church dispossesses the guard, who then faints, and then he explains that Tex is like him. Washington reminds him that they've all lost people, and then berates him for slowing his mission down. Going back outside, Washington singlehandedly takes down the Hornet by shooting an explosive barrel and sending it to a crash route using the gravity lift. The Reds however wish to back out of their mission to infiltrate Project Freelancer, so Wash trades them a favor to get them to join the mission. This results in Grif being demoted back to Private. Caboose then comes up with a plan to infiltrate the Project Freelancer Operational Command Center. Washington and Church will drive into the facility in a Warthog, and the Reds and Caboose hide inside of a tank and go in behind them. As they do, they are unaware that the Meta is hanging on to the back of the tank.

Transcript
Director: Dear Chairman.

Fade in to the jeep being chased by the gunship

Director: Sir while I appreciate your concern, allow me to correct you in one area. I value all our subjects' well being, but I revere above all else our ability to continue as a species; our ability to survive. And no committee, no bureaucrat, will ever convince me otherwise.

Grif: Hey I have a question, why do we agree to come along on these things if we're just gonna be the decoy the whole time?

Washington: Looks like you have it under control. I'll be right back.

Cut to inside the base

Church: Tex? Tex are you here? Tex come on. Tex! Allison?

Dramatic gun cock

Guard 2: Alright, freeze.

Church: Ahw, what?

Guard 2: They told us to be on the lookout for someone acting odd, and you're acting odd. So hands up.

Church: Hehey, buddy, come on. You don't need to be like all...

Wash enters behind the guard and knocks him out.

Church: ...knocked out.

Asshole I just said that

Church: Thanks Wash.

Washington: Church, is that you in there?

Church: Uh yeah, one sec-

Church appears next to the guy he was previously inhabiting

Church: There.

Guard 1: What happened? I feel kinda...

Guard 1 falls over

Washington: What do you think you're doing in here?

Church: I had to see Tex's body I uh, ...she's like me Wash.

Washington: I know all about her Church. Come on, you're not gonna find anything in here.

Church: But where is she? She should be here right? I mean, shouldn't she?

Washington: We've all lost people Church. What's important, is that you remember her. And what's even more important is that you don't slow me down while I'm in the middle of a mission!

Sound of explosion

Washington: What now!?

Cut to Wash and ghost Church standing outside the base watching the chase

Washington: What is going on out here?

Sarge: What does it look like?

Grif: We're running from the stupid plane!

Washington: Well, we need to leave. We have a Warthog at Blue Base. We'll take that and you follow me.

Sarge: What about the ship!?

Washington: Well, take it down!

Sarge: Not that simple!

Grif: If it's so easy, why don't you do it?

Washington: Fine.

Wash fires at the ship to get its attention, and starts running, in a gunfight with it

Church: Should we help him?

Grif: We could, or we could take bets on how long he's gonna live. I got ten bucks that says it's less than a minute.

Church: I'll take that action.

''Wash manoeuvers himself up on a cliff and shoots a barrel in to the throwing thing Church rode on earlier at another base, which throws it at the ship, and he blows the barrel up next to it, bringing it down. In well under a minute''

Washington: Okay, now can we go?

Cut to everyone gathered outside the blue base

Washington: Alright, I need suggestions. The Freelancer Command Facility is an underground complex of secure bunkers and fortified chambers. Let's put our heads together and see if we can figure out a way to get in there.

Grif: I have an idea.

Washington: And "let's not do it" is not an acceptable plan.

Grif: Oh. Well you probably should have said that before you asked for suggestions.

Washington: Next idea.

Simmons: Why don't we call Command, and ask them what the proper procedure is for invading their headquarters?

Washington: Next.

Sarge: How about we build a makeshift nuclear device, and blow the entire place to kingdom-

Washington: No. We have to get in there.

Simmons: Why?

Washington: 'Cause we need to unlock the Alpha.

Simmons: The what?

Church: It's the main A.I. from Project Freelancer. You know all the A.I.s that we've been dealing with over the years? It's where they were all copied from originally.

Simmons: You can't copy an A.I.

Grif: The main one? Fuck that. Those things have caused all of our problems. Why would we go looking for the main boss one?

Church: That's a good question. Agent Washington? Do you wanna answer that?

Washington: You'll understand everything soon enough.

Simmons: We're not going.

Washington: What? You have to go.

Simmons: Not really.

Washington: We can't infiltrate Headquarters with just three people. You're coming. That's an order.

Grif: Order? You're not our Commanding Officer. We don't even know what rank you are.

Washington: I'm a Freelancer!

Grif: Not a rank dude.

Simmons: The other Freelancers never gave orders, they just offered to trade favors.

Washington: Okay, then let's bargain. What do you want.

The Reds conference, with random mumbling between the real words

Grif: Three words guys,

Sarge: New base-

Grif: Gold plated vagina.

Simmons: Shut up.

Sarge: Lasers.

Simmons: Always with that.

Grif: Nudie mags.

Sarge: Robots and lasers. Lasers, and robots.

Grif: Milkshake.

Conference over

Sarge: Alright, we talked about it, and we figured out what we want.

Washington: Alright, let's have it.

Sarge: We want you to demote Grif.

Washington: Done.

Grif: What!?

Simmons: Another wasted opportunity.

Washington: Congratulations. You are now Private Grif again.

Sarge: Got anything lower?

Washington: Private, Junior Grif?

Sarge: I was thinkin' something with an insulting adjective, or... maybe a demeaning adverb...

Washington: How about, Minor Junior Private Grif, negative first class?

Sarge: Heh heh, I like the way you think.

Grif: You realize you just doomed us to certain death just so you could insult me, right?

Sarge: Hey if we do get killed at least we'll go out on a high note. Well everybody but you. That's to be expected, you haven't had a high note in five years! Why break the God damn streak.

Washington: We still need to figure out how we're getting in there.

Caboose: Mister Washington? I have an idea.

Washington: I really shouldn't even bother asking, should I?

Church: I don't know, Caboose? An idea? I think he's bluffing.

Caboose: No uh, it's a really good idea. We drive there.

Church: Yeah, he was bluffing.

Caboose: We're going to Freelancer City, right? The place where Freelancer's from. And this is a Freelancer car! If they think that we are Freelancers, because we are in their car, they will just let us right in!

Washington: But you don't look like Freelancers. Or Recovery Agents.

Caboose: They can't see inside of a tank.

''Cut to Project Freelancer - Operational Command Center. Wash and Church are in the car, everyone else is in the tank''

Church: There's no, way, this plan is gonna work.

Washington: Just stay quiet. Follow my lead.

Sarge: Grif! Get off me, you weigh a ton.

Grif: Stop pushing me! Ow!

Simmons: Okay guys, it's hard enough to fit in here ohl! Whll- Who did that?

Grif: Alright, whose hand was that? Is Donut in here?

Caboose: I can't breathe.

Guard: Alright. Uh, story checks out. Looks like there was a new incident at Outpost 17B. Glad you fellas made it out okay.

Washington: Yeah, thanks.

Church: Yeah, it was crazy. We lost a lot of good men. Especially Joe, Joe Johnson. He was a great guy. I remember he had a girl back home named... Fritzy.

Washington: Stop embellishing. They already believe us.

Church: He also had a dog named Mister Chomps. Anyway he's dead now, it's sad.

Guard: You're clear now. So drive on to Building 3.

Washington: Understood. Thanks Soldier.

Church: Can't believe that worked.

Washington: Yeah. Seemed like it was too easy.

Church: Wash, you're gonna learn when you work with us, there's no such thing as too easy. You're just being paranoid.

Washington: Yeah. You're probably right.

As they role into the compound the Meta is seen hanging off the back of the tank