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vampsquerade · 2 years
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besties, is it weird for me to say that i am genuinely more attracted to Smoke because of the way he yells when he’s been friendly fired or is patching up a downed operator
SPECIFICALLY THESE FUCKING VOICE LINES RIGHT HERE
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itsohh · 6 months
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Hate is a Strong Word
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A/N: Female reader
Day 3: Hate sex
Word count: 1134
Warnings: smut
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Perhaps it was the lack of sleep that caused the throbbing in your head. Or perhaps it was the pure amount of work you did say by day. No, you knew what it was. It was the loud boyish voice behind you that had you at the end of your wits. His loud laughter was joined by the giggles of a new nurse. It made you regret ever becoming a doctor. There was a scowl on your face only noticed by your co-doctor in front of you.
He let out a little chuckle and took the piece of paper that was in front of you. "Frown any harder and you might actually kill them with your mind."
"Really?" You gave him a hopeful look and he barked out a single laugh.
"No. Why don't you go chase the nurse off and then take a lunch break. Maybe when you come back you will have an element of life to your eyes."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Alright I'll take a break, you gonna be alright here by yourself Ravi?"
"Sure will. Take your time, I got this."
You started to pack up your gear and washed your hands decently before you turned to head towards the door. Håvard and the nurse still awfully flirted with each other as you approached.
"Nurse, how's the patient in room 6?" It wasn't too often that the Nighthaven medical center had occupants. Most of the time you were doing research but on the odd occasion people would get injured in the line of work or in training.
"Oh uh-"
"Please go tend to him. I shouldn't have to ask you." She sunk down into her boots at your harsh voice and practically sprinted away.
"Ah, why you gotta chase her off. She's not doing harm."
"The pair of you were in my way. Besides, I'll not have a patient neglected because the pair of you are making googly eyes." You pushed past him and unfortunately for you, Håvard decided to latch onto you.
"Ah doctor, come on. Couldn't you go check up on them?"
"I'm going on my lunch break."
"I'll come with you." He invited himself and you let out a small groan.
"Fine. Just shut up for a moment." The pair of you started to make your way to the cafeteria.
"You love my voice though!"
"No. I don't. You make it impossible to work around you."
Håvard paused his moments for a moment and you continued walking. He suddenly ran up in front of you and started to walk backwards so his face was directed to yours. Something had clicked in his mind. Håvard gave you a smug smile that your annoyed expression became confused at.
"You know, if I was such a distraction… You could have just said so."
"You're a distraction and a pain in my ass. Try to be quiet when people are working."
He let out a laugh and grinned. "You don't need to play it off. I know it's hard to resist these looks." You stopped dead in your tracks and stared at him.
"Are you fucked in the head or something?"
"It all makes sense! You were jealous, don't worry babe there's plenty for me to go around." His eyes sparkled for a moment. "But if you’re so insistent I'm sure we can-"
You grabbed his collar and pulled him into the nearby supply room. It wasn't too big but it did comfortably fit the pair of you inside. "Look I don't know what the fuck’s gotten into your head and I've tried to be professional about this but Håvard, I hate you. I despise you with every inch of my soul. You're the annoyance that keeps on annoying. I would rather die than spend more than two minutes near you. The fact that Kali keeps you around is beyond my comprehension and if it was up to me I would have fired your ass the second you first walked through those doors."
You shoved him against the shelves as you fired off at him, your finger prodded into his chest with every word. A light pant settled over you and you took a step back. Håvard simply stared at you.
"You're really hot when you're angry, did you know that?"
Sirens went off in your mind and you lunged to strangle the man but he intercepted your action. He caught your body, pulled you in close, and before you could realise it, his lips were on yours. At first you went to pull away but your body betrayed you. You melted into his warm and soft embrace
His lips bruised on yours and you certainly had the strength to push him away if you wanted to. But you didn't. Your lips molded with his, his tongue darted over yours as he held you in that embrace. Håvard's arms were wrapped around your waist which secured you against him. Your entire body pressed completely flush against him.
Only when the pair of you needed air did you break away with a small pant. "I hate you so fucking much."
"You know what they say about hate. It's the strongest emotion next to love. The deeper the hate the deeper the love?" He cocked a brow with a signature smile and you stared at him for a second.
"Stop fucking talking." You lunged forward and smashed your lips against his once again. Håvard pushed against you and suddenly turned you. It took one step for him to push you against the bare wall with ease. He hooked his hands under your knees and lifted you up into the air. Sandwiched between him and the wall you clawed into his perfect blonde hair with a groan. His lips danced over your neck and you couldn't help but tug his hair, despite it all, he knew exactly what he was doing.
"We will never talk about this ever again." You breathed and you could feel the way he laughed into your skin.
"Whatever you like babe."
"God I fucking hate you so much." You pulled him against you as he grind his pelvis into yours. The friction was well met and you couldn't help but wet your lips at the thought and feel of his cock. You could feel it so distinctively through your pants and his.
You didn't know what was worse, his horrible flirting that he serially did or the fact he could back it up. Your legs wrapped around his waist and it gave him the support to let go of you with one of his hands. It sunk up between the pair of you and pawed at your breast through your white shirt. It started to flick at your buttons and you made a pointed look towards the man.
"We don't have very long here and you wanna spend it playing with my tits?"
Håvards brows shot up and his mouth parted for a moment in shock. It quickly changed as a sparkle entered his eyes. He let go of you and placed you on the ground for a moment. Håvard was quick to undo his pants and free his aching cock from its restraints. Before you could really move, his hand cupped your cunt through your pants and pressed his lips against yours. Despite his rough action and rubbing with his hand, the kiss was rather sweet and tender. The type you would share with a lover or partner. Not a one night stand.
It was easy to lose yourself in it, to melt into his embrace. Warm and inviting, you could almost imagine yourself at him. Almost. His fingers pulled down the zip of your pants and gave them a decent tug. They fell to the floor with ease and he picked you up once again.
His cock was warm against your cunt, a welcome friction that had you moaning quietly against his lips. "Don't worry about marking me up, I'm pretty good at makeup." He winked the second the pair of your lips parted and you couldn't help but roll your eyes at the man and your nails tug into his flesh.
"Oh if you want to give me battle scars to show off though.." He hummed at the thought and you pulled his face against yours again.
"Shut. Up." Your nails racked to the front of his chest and he aligned himself with you so he could easily push in. Håvard wasn't lacking in size and now that he had finally entered you, you could really feel the extent of it. His curved cock slipped into your wet cunt with ease.
You didn't want to make a sound, you didn't want to give him the satisfaction but then he started to move and that thought went out the window. In order to stifle your moans, you tore your lips away from his face and buried it into his shoulder. Håvard's strong hands bounced you on his dick with ease and you could hear the smile in his voice as he spoke.
"That feels good, yeah?"
Never had you ever felt so right, your mind grumpy with you but your body? In pure bliss. Håvard knew exactly what he was doing, he knew exactly how to fuck into you. That curved dick of his rubbing against that sweet spot just an inch inside yet gently caressing all of you at the same time. His hand pressed on your mound, his thumb on your clit making circles. It only made you tighten around you and whimper a little bit more into his shoulder. "Cum for me, do it. I've got you. I'm here." His voice is a little softer than usual. Not quite that usual brash and arrogant voice that you were used to.
A light gasp let your mouth as your legs trembled. His shoulder the cries of pleasure that left your mouth as your body came undone. You clenched down around him and his voice became a bit higher. Håvard bucked in and out of you as he came, panting in your ear, singing small praises that were surprisingly romantic and reassuring.
The pair of you stayed like that for a moment as your high slowly died down and the reality of what you just did dawned upon you. It was a heavy weight that came crashing down but for some reason you couldn't bring yourself to regret it. You tapped his arm to let you down and you slowly learnt how to stand again.
A couple of minutes later you had pulled your pants up and fixed yourself. Håvard had a dopey satisfied look on your face. "We will never speak about this again or else I will seriously hurt you. I don't want to see even a vague post on your Instagram, you hear me?"
"You follow my Instagram?" His eyes lit up and you mentally slapped yourself.
"Of course, someone has to tell Kali when you're posting shit you're not allowed to. I mean it. Post nothing-"
"Your secrets are safe with me babe." He winked
"And don't call me that."
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gloomiebearwritings · 2 years
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*rapidly approaching footsteps*
*crashing through the nearest window*
Can- Can I request Zero finding out his S/O was employed by NH? But like one day Kali just brings them along and Zero sees them and it's that one spiderman meme
Aye, sure thing, Anon! I hope this works for ya! ❤❤❤
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The two of you always left work out of the private life you two had, not wanting to be constantly stressed over things the other couldn’t help with
He never probed about what you did at work, respecting that it wasn’t really his business unless you wanted to talk about it with him
Though when you came walking in with Kali for a briefing regarding an upcoming competitive run in the kill-house he came to a complete halt, almost dropping the papers he had in hand. Kali barely noticed until he let out a blunt sounding request to speak to you after the briefing, saying it was an important but private matter. She looked at him funny throughout the whole thing as he seemed increasingly uncomfortable up to the end, where he quickly stole you away for a minute.
In the lackluster privacy of a break room he asked you what was going on, why were you with Nighthaven, and so on. When you told him you were just on the job he looked defeated, asking you why you joined them and if you had even heard the rumors of what Kali was up to. Though when you told him ‘no’ to the latter he ran a hand through his hair as he sighed, telling you that things were tense between Rainbow and Nighthaven- that the latter was much too secretive to be truly honest in their actions. He told you that he felt you were much too good to be involved with them, that you were an honest and kind person, two things he felt those in the group lacked.
This conversation continued all the way home later that day, where he kept insisting that you were too good to be in that PMC. He never meant to, but he sounded colder and more blunt than usual. All he really wanted was for you to be safe, and he felt you being involved with the PMC wasn’t the best for you, though he backed off bit by bit when you’d defend your position. Eventually though he convinced you to really think about it given that the group wanted to splinter off from Rainbow, which would strain your relationship- something he desperately didn’t want.
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miras-ash · 9 months
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Chapter 7 of "Just as the stars love the night"
Mira's pov
After Kali had told me everything about how she had been contacted by an anonymous person who had offered her to continue to deal with Rainbow she had accepted the invitation and had to find out who was behind it all, suddenly a lot of things made sense to me. I still didn't know who Deimos was, I just knew he was going to pay. All this time Eliza was with him, at his mercy, probably waiting for someone to rescue her. Had I failed? Should I not have given up so quickly?
Maybe it was crazy to trust Kali and Nighthaven like that but I had no choice and as she said she didn't need to make up something like that.
While we were still on the plane and flying to Nighthaven Base, we contacted the rest of her squad and held an emergency conference with Osa who would then inform and prepare the others, we had to hurry. The longer we took the more suspicion Deimos would have, Kali could buy herself just 24 hours to get back to him, before that we had to somehow manage to infiltrate his ship, get Eliza and catch him. If we missed the window, everyone was in danger.
"Round up the whole gang, even those who are on vacation or whatever, we need everyone! Also, please pull Grimm off the whole Nokk thing and if he has a problem about it, he has a problem with me. We no longer have a dispute with Rainbow. We have a new common enemy and if we do nothing it could mean the end of us all. Nevertheless, our top priority is to rescue Operator Eliza "Ash" Cohen."
At this, Kali looked at me for a moment, considered for a moment, and then turned to Osa again.
"Kick Ace's ass, tell him to get his act together. I need him and preferably Finka on a team along with Mira. The three of them will serve as an extraction squad to carry out the Scourge rescue. He will be responsible for the initial medical care. I'll leave the rest to you, it's best to always put together teams of 4-5 people. Kali over."
I felt transported back years, back when I was still in Spain and had worked for the police. We had some scourge takings and always I could avoid the worst but now it was not "just" a civilian, it was about a person I love, someone who was everything to me. I had to be fully focused on this, it was the most important mission of my life, failure was not an option.
Apart from that there was another problem, I was not allowed to serve another unit without reasonable agreement between our superiors that could bring me big problems especially Jordan and I didn't want that, for his sake.
"Kali, I think we'll have to see about me joining you in the field later. If we pull this off, they won't care up there why we were there. You guys are a private military service but I'm causing big problems back home with this."
She looked up from her laptop and nodded in affirmation.
"I've already taken care of that, I've drawn up a temporary contract for two years that recruits you to Nighthaven. There's no other way, but this way we can prevent any further inconvenience."
Briefly I had misgivings, but when I thought about it being all about Eliza it was absolutely worth it.
A few hours later we finally arrived. Immediately heading inside the base to get ready. I changed clothes, familiarized myself with a weapon and equipment issued by Nighthaven and followed the others to the assembly point. I was so happy when I saw Finka, not that I felt uncomfortable but it was nice to see a familiar face. I just wished it was a nicer occasion than this. Finka hugged me briefly and Ace gave me his hand, his face strangely serious. I didn't know him like that. No trace of the otherwise so terribly silly and conceited asshole he usually was. Obviously he was good for something in an emergency.
We were briefed on the rest of the plan. While the three of us would just take care of Eliza another small group would gather data that could be useful and the rest would comb the ship looking for Deimos.
Two large stealth helicopters were standing by to take us to our destination.
On the way there it was very quiet, only now and then you heard small snippets of conversation or radio messages. The closer we got to our destination the more nervous I became and that was not good, a cool head was the be-all and end-all of such a situation, so I tried to concentrate.
Osa's voice sounded through the little button in my ear, a final radio check and the info that we were there.
The helicopters were in stealth mode and it was pitch black outside, so no one should see us coming and if they did we just had to be faster than them. We rappelled down, split up and moved forward step by step, all a matter of years of routine, one unit, one goal, that's how we acted. Finka led the way, Kali had given her a map and the approximate route she could remember. Behind her was Ace with his backpack on his back containing everything possible for emergency supplies, and I brought up the rear. Quietly but quickly and determinedly we managed to pass the rear deck, we entered the interior and made our way through the narrow and winding corridors. If someone stood in our way, we simply eliminated him, we showed no mercy. One should never involve one's own feelings in such a thing, but that was simply not possible in this case. I wanted to see them all burn.
Finka looked one last time at the map and an escape plan hanging on the wall to compare them.
"So if I interpreted Kali's description correctly, we're almost there. Just around the corner and then the last door on the left."
We had to hurry, surely we didn't have much time left.
We reached the last room of the hallway as suspected and stood in front of a locked door which Ace kicked in with a firm heave.
Together we entered the room while Lera secured us from outside.
It was dark, cold and smelled unpleasant, I turned on my flashlight and looked around. On the floor were old worn bandages, on the table were untouched scraps of food that were definitely no longer fresh and at the other end of the room was a bed and on it lay something or rather someone. Now that I was standing here, so close to her, I was afraid.
What if I was too late? What if it was all for nothing, or if it wasn't her after all and Kali made a mistake?
So many things were going through my mind at the same time but my legs carried me towards the bed as if by remote control until I came to a stop in front of it. I shone my lamp on the bedspread and the first thing I saw was a tuft of red hair, it was indeed Eliza. I reached out and touched her face, it was cold, bloody and one side was swollen as if something heavy had hit her there recently. Briefly her eyelids fluttered as my fingers touched her cheek, she looked in my direction and in a shaky, scratchy voice said my name then her eyes closed and the corners of her mouth twitched briefly as if she were smiling.
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Another para I suppose-
"Did you accepted her offer?" Gorgon inquired, crossing her arms yet keeping her eyes on Finka's face.
An apprehensive nod was seen, confirming the woman's suspicions.
"Why?" 
Guilt was written on the Belarusian's features, "I need every chance I can get, I'm sorry. I don't have anymore options. I really don't."
Finka thought she would be furious and demanded her to stay but instead, Gorgon closed her eyes and her brows furrowed.
"Then...." The younger female mumbled, "I'll go with you. I did promise I will try to treat you, remember? I'm not gonna abandon my best mate out there."
It was Finka's turn to be surprised and she finally started to look at Gorgon in the eye, "What? What about Flament?! He wouldn't want you to join Nighthaven." 
"Like you, I have my reasons Lera." She glanced the dried blood in the gaps between her fingernails and instinctively wiped her nose before swiping her right hand on her pants, not wanting her friend to detect the crimson. "And I was about to ask you for advice as well."
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Worry
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Bonjour vous deux- Hello you two
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      “ I’m only asking so you can get it off your chest: do you hate her? For what she’s done?” 
Rouen immediately shook her head. “ Well-” she said right after, “-maybe a little bit. I understand why she left and everything, but-you’ve seen him-Lion’s a fucking mess and Icarus is upset and-” She shrugged before going quiet again. “ I was assigned to CBRN, I’ve been working with Lion-but I’m not Finka nor am I Gorgon so…”
“ Doesn’t make you any less important to the unit, and who cares how Lion feels about you compared to the other ladies anyways?” Luna asked, nudging the brunette’s shoulder with her own. “ You do your jobs-that’s what’s important. If he isn’t complying because of his mental state, then he needs to speak with Six. Or you should.”
“ You’re right, you’re right.” Rouen said as she nodded firmly at the pilot’s last statement. “ It’s just…” The image of a distraught Olivier appeared in her mind and she glared nastily at the floor. “ I understand why Gorgon joined Nighthaven-but she must know she broke Lion’s heart. Knowing she would do anything to reach her goal over-over being a part of Rainbow, she’s human like the rest of us. And Lion is too-so how could she just leave like that? I couldn't even hurt someone like that.”
It was Luna’s turn to shrug. “ I’m not Joshua, but as human beings, we all make different decisions.” She stated, her tone giving away the fact that she experienced a situation similar to the current one. “ I know this isn’t the best time to say this, but I’m glad you’re being so open about all of this. I couldn’t imagine you keeping it all pent up when so much has happened.”
Rouen could have made up a sorry lie and said it was because she was speaking to Luna, who had no issues absorbing Rainbow changing so much like it was nothing.
“ Oh-bonjour vous deux!” Hayat squeaked as she almost walked past the women. As per usual, there was some kind of machinery in her hands; she used to have her pad in her hands and her face buried near the screen, however with the learning of basic engineering and the opportunity to grow-the Frenchwoman was often seen tinkering around with Twitch or even Mira. “ This is a lovely hiding place-I hope you don’t mind if I borrow it some time.” 
She squatted down near the Canadians, who moved so she could sit in the tight space. Or at least, what was a tight space for them. 
Hayat set the computer board in her lap and folded her arms to get comfortable. “ What are we talking about? I witnessed the improvements Mira made to your net, Rouen-I think it suits you much better now.”
“ Well I hope so…” Rouen muttered, unable to keep from smiling since she still recalled the day she and Mira worked together. 
“ I also saw you working with Lion-I think the new suit looks good on you, I know that isn’t exactly appropriate to say but it’s true.” Hayat gestured with her head toward the awkward yellow and black hazmat suit the brunette was still wearing. “ Lion looks so sad though, he really tries hard to hide it, doesn’t he?” She continued to ramble. “ Augustin said that Lion is the type of person who tries to hide his emotions when he feels it is necessary or convenient-but he’s so emotional that he’s very unsuccessful at it. You can really see it in Lion’s eyes. Not that I look into his eyes that often.” 
Hayat paused when she realized what she just said, only to also realize she was talking quite a bit more than usual. “ I’m sorry, it’s been awhile since I’ve been able to chat with you guys.” She admitted. “ I really miss when it was just all of us at the base.” 
“ I second that.” Luna agreed, “ It’s hard not to get caught up in everything here.”
“ Ain’t that the truth,” Rouen commented, “ But we’re here now, aren’t we? There’s-” She felt her heart rise straight into her throat and almost couldn’t finish her sentence. “ There’s no point in getting upset about it. We make the best of what we can, I should’ve realized that in the first place.” 
Luna and Hayat mumbled in agreement with her. “ What’s that you brought with you? It looks like a really big computer board.” Rouen noticed, which successfully set off Hayat once again as she started going on about the experiment she was working on with Twitch.
The more the Frenchwoman spoke, the more Rouen thought about how she couldn’t simply make the situation with Lion her own problem; whether it was selfish or not, she didn’t care. But she tried hard to actually fix something that could not be fixed all because she felt she and Lion were more similar than she wanted to admit, somewhere in there she’d come to worry about him as if he were family-something Lion would be adamant that he was not. 
Except it wouldn’t be in the silly way the two insisted, not this time. Until she could get a hold of herself in the chaos, Rouen would worry about her new position in the CBRN unit as well as her own team. No matter how bad it hurt and no matter how much she wished Gorgon hadn’t left Rainbow.
Tag list: @poisonedtruth (with special mention of your perfect gorgeous Gorgon)
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parragone · 1 year
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super late WIP Weekend Monday Tuesday! WEDNESDAY
Tagged by @r6shippingdelivery earlier yesterday and just couldn't get to a long post until tonight.
This is semi-immediately after the comic where Fuze takes part in a NH training sim, and it's just me going 'huh, i wonder why fuze and alibi didn't join' so now i wrote another scenario, yeehaw
hints of poly spetsnaz toward the end of the wip but the full story is probably going to include a Lot More
Chalk had gotten into places he didn't think it could get. 
Fuze finished rinsing off and tugged his towel off the rack as he stepped out from the stall, the noise from the other operators an incoherent audible slog. Tonight had been a specialized exercise with Nighthaven, though only a select few operators had been invited to join the event. It had been chaotic and almost fun for Fuze, if only for the fact that Smoke had gotten bold with his nonsense. 
It would have been fine if not for the fact the team had been made up of three impulsive defenders and an enabler. Pulse, Alibi, and Smoke had decided to go on the full offensive and had successfully made annoyances of themselves; Mute had remained on the objective, since someone had to, as Wamai helped the other three play dirty. The end result had been a victory for the defenders, but as Mute sat in the corner of the locker room and held a cold compress to his jaw, the chalk-covered black balaclava still over his head and tinted glasses hiding his eyes, Fuze reviewed what had happened as best he could.
Fuze hadn’t seen what had happened, not really. He’d been too busy dealing with an overconfident Pulse, who had apparently forgotten that he was heavily outclassed by the Spetsnaz and SAS operators when it came to hand-to-hand, and a frustratingly bold Smoke. By the time the three of them had heard Alibi’s near-scream, he’d given Estrada a number of new bruises under the vest; he could remember clearly that he and Porter were about to do serious damage to each other when she had hit the emergency stop for the simulation. The fact that Porter already had a bluish-grey patch of skin under his left eye told Shuhrat that he’d swung just as hard as he’d intended to.
What he did remember was the crumpled form of the young engineer while Alibi called for Doc. Shuhrat had almost tripped over the man before Aria pulled him out of the walkway, and from a glance, he’d assessed that Jaimini had managed to hit him in the head. The impact had been enough to temporarily knock the sense out of him, though Shuhrat couldn’t blame Aira for thinking the rifle had done much worse. When Kateb had arrived, he’d shown a fury that Shuhrat could only recall being shown regarding Flament.
It had been Shuhrat who had helped the doctor get Mark to his feet and responsive. It seemed like he’d gone into some form of shock at the moment, and so once he was mostly responsive Kateb had cleared him to at least take a shower and get some rest. He tugged his clothes on as he tried to figure out what would have possessed Jaimini to aim for the head, training rounds or not. The temptation to ask was strong, though he was more than certain she would-
“Hey, you quiet bastard,” and just like that, Shuhrat’s train of thought was gone with a clap on his back and a startlingly loud greeting from Haugland. The Uzbek squared his jaw and closed his eyes as he took a deep breath in, the immediate instinct to deck the man in the face only alleviated by the fact he had just gotten cleaned up. He turned to face the specialist as he smoothed out his telnyashka and assumed his expression was as sour as his mood when the man winced.
“So, he’s not exactly chatty,” Håvard started.
“Wonder why,” Shuhrat said quietly as he folded his arms. He’d set most of his weight on one leg, and his gaze flicked to where the engineer had been only to find the seat empty before he met the Norwegian’s eyes again. 
“I - well, yeah, okay, so he’s got a bit of a right to be shitty,” the man laughed, albeit awkwardly as he reached behind his head to ruffle his own hair. “Look, I know it’s hard to believe, but she really didn’t mean to hit him where she did. Could you let him know? I get the feeling Chandar’s the sort of guy to just fuck off before you get the chance to apologise.”
Well, the man wasn’t exactly wrong, but that left one thing unanswered. “Then where did she intend to hit him?”
“She said she was aiming for the chest, as per the agreement. It was a misfire,” the blond explained with a sigh. “A really, really expensive misfire.”
“Hm.” Shuhrat closed his locker almost absently as he considered the request. After a moment, he shrugged and picked up his coat from the bench before he turned to leave.
“Is that a yes? A no? Give me something, Kessikbayev!” The tone of the man’s voice was almost pitiful, and it might have worked if not for the fact he’d learned an immunity to such things years ago with Maxim. Instead of a reply, he gave a half-hearted wave behind himself as he strode out of the locker room and listened to the disappointed groan Håvard gave in return.
He looked each way to try and figure out which way his teammate had gone before a different familiar face emerged from around the corner. Aria seemed to perk up as she saw him, and then gestured insistently for him to come her way; Shuhrat followed with little complaint, and soon enough he was walking beside the rather expressive woman. If her expression was anything to go by, she was in a mood foul enough to sour milk.
“Doctor Kateb took him for a minute,” she said once they were a fair distance from the locker rooms. “Said he wanted to get a picture for his bones, make sure there’s no skull fracture that he missed. I figured you would want to check in on him, at least, since Porter seems preoccupied. Can you believe she aimed for the head- oh, who am I kidding, of course you can-”
“Did you see?” Aria almost stumbled when he spoke, and so he made an effort to actually look at her when he tapped the hinge of his jaw. She paused before she shook her head with a sigh and an expression that was easily a cousin to shame. 
“No, I did not. Well, not the bruise. I saw him go down, it was… I thought she had actually killed him for a moment.” 
That stopped him.
She turned after a few more steps and blinked. It was a moment of odd silence before she spoke again, her eyes crestfallen as she tried to give him a reassuring smile. “I sometimes forget that you have been his teammate for nearly a decade and so have a different bond. I did not mean to scare you, if I did.”
“Explain.” He realized his tone was more curt than he’d intended, but he also realized that he was a much better person to tell than Baker. Who would, inevitably, find out that Mark had been injured due to technical friendly fire and proceed to have a word with Nighthaven over it. They began to walk again, following the path to the infirmary more out of habit than anything else.
“I think she was aiming for me initially, and Chandar got in the way,” Aria explained almost sheepishly. “I knew she took risks, but I guess I didn’t realize how much of one she was willing to take. He’s not that much taller than me, if she had hit…”
Risk was one thing, but blatant endangerment was a different and much more dangerous beast. Shuhrat rubbed at his jaw briefly as they rounded the corner for the infirmary and -
Timur grabbed them both before either of them toppled, and it was one of the few times he was grateful that he was not quite too heavy for the man; Shuhrat observed that he was barely dressed, as if he’d thrown on the first thing available, which happened to include Maxim’s nightshirt. Once they had regained their feet, he let the sniper hold his face, turn his head one way and the other, and gave him the freedom to check his body as best anyone could through the two layers of clothing he wore. Worry had etched into his eyes in a way that made at least some part of Shuhrat regretful that he’d taken part at all.
“I was told one of you got hurt,” the sniper said as he patted the Uzbek’s cheeks with a small sigh. “If not you, who?”
“Chandar took a bullet for de Luca.” Shuhrat looked up as Maxim caught up with their partner, equally disheveled though half as awake. He gave a look to Aria and motioned for her to head along to the infirmary, which she obliged with a happy - and perhaps slightly knowing - smile. 
“He did what?” There was horror in Timur’s voice as he rested his hands on Shuhrat’s shoulders. Maxim seemed to share the sentiment, though from his expression he was far too tired to vocalize it; he gave Shuhrat a befuddled look as he came close and lifted a hand. After a moment of hesitation and a nod of permission, the hunter gently cradled Shuhrat’s jaw in his hand and brushed a thumb across his cheekbone.
“Kali aimed for Alibi. Mute moved ahead of her, took the shot for her. I was not present - I was upstairs.” He shook his head slightly and, in a vain attempt to comfort his partners, reached up to touch their hands. “Impacted his jaw rather than his chest.”
“That hurt like a bitch,” Maxim mumbled, tone tired and concerned. “Are you both alright?”
“Besides the bruising on my knuckles, I am fine. Chandar was… disoriented, but he is in the infirmary now. You should go check on him,” he stated quietly, eyes on Timur as he squeezed the sniper’s hand. “I know he is your close friend. He will likely be all too happy to see you.”
“I will, yes, just - promise me you are truly not hurt and lying to me.” 
“Tima, when would I ever lie to you about my health?”
“Do you wish for that list in chronological or alphabetical order, Shuhrat?”
"I love you both," Maxim's voice sounded as bleary as he looked as he gently placed a hand on Timur's shoulder to urge him toward the infirmary, "But I am far too tired to deal with that conversation, so please go check on him. I will check Shuh."
The sniper looked between them both with a hint of skepticism as he stepped away. "Fine, but a single injury on you that isn't on your hands means I'll have you on the couch, you hear me?"
"Yes, ma'shuq, I hear you."
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I'm so glad you had answers for why there was such a switch to Nighthaven, that cinematic killed me honestly-like how could there NOT be conflict from that? And what do you think Six's "warning" or what it was could mean? This change of direction won't make sense, so how will he explain it? He did nothing to keep Nighthaven in one place right? Except when Ash brought in Flores to watch them? Is that going to be acknowledged again? Also, how do think Zofia will be affected over time by Ela joining NH?
It's hard to say where they're going with Harry's involvement in all this, because I said in a previous ask, his characterization hasn't been consistent. If be go just by that clip of him, though, what I got from it was:
- Harry brought NH in purposefully to test Rainbow
- He somehow is okay with having operators poached from Rainbow, and considers them not loyal - despite the fact this whole mess could have been avoided (after Kali disobeyed direct orders from her team captain, Ash, last year, she got rewarded by being team captian this year and picking sympathetic operators -we assume- for her team. While last year Ash got told she couldn't pick her ops and that was it).
- His warning about hoping their path is a righteous one, coupled with the stuff pinned on his board (rising tensions/unrest, human trafficking on the rise), it sounds like they want us viewers to assume NH is or will be involved in some unsavory operation (they are mercenaries after all, and will do anything as long as they get paid, so that's reasonable). So it seems to be hinting to a possible conflict where loyal Rainbow ops might have to face off against old comrades who are now in NH.
Will that actually happen? I don't know, I've stopped believing that this narrative makes any fucking sense or will take a direction that it's reasonable. After all, they can and will retcon lore to suit their needs at any given time.
As for what Harry did to keep tabs on NH, the answer is nothing. He wasn't the one behind Flores spying on them, that was solely Ash's initiative and something off-record, the other person who seems to be aware is Zero, according to audios from the Invitational.
I guess that Zofia will feel betrayed, if we go with the option that Ela really joined NH and it isn't an undercover operation to spy on them. After all, Ela is rejecting her and the family legacy (aka, that "father would be ashamed" and Ela shrugging it off). I'm not getting on who is the spurned party who was trying to connect with the other, cause the information from the CGI movie contradicts the info on the bios.
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infinitewhore · 2 years
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"Achlys?..."
Warning: mention of pregnancy and Cursing
Mentioned oc: Gorgon (@lethal-justice )
(Docs POV btw)
"Mon ami, everything alright in there?" I knocked on the bathroom door, "Achlys? Can you come out we've got work to do my friend" i knocked again, a bit harder this time "i-im Alright Kaleb!" Achlys used my last name wich isn't really common except for when its serious, "Achlys unlock the door or im coming in, mon ami" she unlocked the door, but she seemed upset, No not upset, Happy? "Achlys?"
"Gustave, i-im Pregnant! " she showed me the pregnancy test."What these are great new's!", i was Happy but, Confused? since in her medical files was written that her reproductive organs were removed during a Procedure. "Go tell Alexsandr, he'd be happy to find out Mon Ami!" She left with that leaving the positive pregnancy test behinde.
I Got to my office and dug into her medical file for the doctor's name. After a few days of search i found his number and called him "Bonjour sir, I have a few questions for you, if you have time of course" i said waiting anxiously, "Привет, i can awnser those questions of yours, but fast please i have work to do" he spoke with a friendly tone, "Well one of my frie- patients got a hysterectomy and she got pregnant a few days ago?" I spoke looking at her file since it didn't make any sense, "Name?", "Achlys Gromov, sir", he let out a Chuckle "Oh The Gromov kid whos Father wanted her hysterectomy, He said he'd pay me a huge amount of Money if i did it. I told him i would do it but once it was time for the operation, i put her under Anesthesia and just sat with her for a hour or so" he said, and i was Shocked, "How old was she?..", i said with a bit of fear of the Awnser, "I dont know Maybe 10? Or 13. It wasn't really my business to know said her father to me", i was now completely in shock. A father? Who wants a hysterectomy for a teen? "Thank you sir have a good rest of you're day, and i apologize for the inconvenience of calling", "not a problem im glad to hear about her, she was a very sweet child", i hung up, and went to bed for the day.
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Doc told me to go and tell tachanka but i ran to gorgons room first, i opend her door as fast as i could "Val!! Im Pregnant!" I screamed, but i immediately fell quite because i forgot, forgot she left us and joined those Bastards at Nighthaven. Tears fell down my face, why? Why would she join them, i dont undearstand, i left the room and went to find Alexsandr. He of course was in the gym with the rest of the Spetznas and a few other Operators such as Zero, Jackal, Montage, Lion and more. Tachanka was talking to fuze, so i sneaked up on him and jumped on his back, whispering to him "Im Pregnant, honey" i let go of him and he turned around looking at me with wide eye's, "Ты что"(you're what?) I giggled "я беременна александр" Fuze and Glaz who were standing near us looked at me in shocked, Alex hugged me and just laughed. i was thinking about Gorgon alot since the news, she was like my sister. And i really wished she would be there when I'd give birth. Deep in thoughts i didn't notice Alexsandr saying my Name, "Achlys!" His booming voice wich was filled with joy called me,"yes dear?" I giggled, he looked like a Toddler, grinning from ear to ear "Эта новость кричит о браке, не так ли!" (These news scream marriage, dont they!), "i suppose, но свадьба дорогая"(but marriage is expensive), i said with a worried look, he put his hand on my cheek with a reassuring smile, "Money isn't an Issue, My sweet принцесс"(princess).
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Its been a month since the news of my pregnancy, me and Alex are going to get married in a few weeks. I wish you could be there you know, i miss you and so does Oliver the Cheeky bastard. He isn't as joyful and silly as before. He's become so dull since you left Val. Henry gave Eliza the Permission to give us access to you're files. I guess i have you're reason for joining nighthaven now?. Still i wish you'd talked to me, asked me for help, and not accept Her offer to join them. Im writing this so i can maybe give it to oliver for him to give it to you since.. i dont want to talk to you anymore, even if you'd return to us. I miss you and i always will.
But now.. Were Enemys.
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"Wait, Youre Pregnant?!" Yelled dokka looking at Me, and i nodded with a smile." Chul! Were going to be A Aunt and Uncle!!!" She grabbed onto Vigil's shoulders and jumped, he Chuckled at her. "Calm down Grace" he said trying to get a hold of her, "who else knows?" He asked. "So The Spetsnaz, you guys, Jackal and Mira, Doc and Rook, Thunderbird, Moz and Gridlock, lion, sledge and Thatcher these old men know everything, Thermite, Ash and Jäger" these were the people i told about my little one, "well we have training so we'll talk later" said vigil grabbing dokka by her arm, "Oh by the way before i forget you're invited to the wedding" i yelled after them, dokka waved goodbye and so did Chul.
I started walking to lions room, we've became friends over the time of gorgon leaving. He's a nice guy, i knocked on his door and he immediately opend it with a smile, it was one of his first smiles since val left." Why so Happy Oli?", he dragged me inside and made me sit down on his bed, "So! I thought about a few names for the little one!", he grabbed a Notebook from his desk. "I have samuel?" He said looking at me, i shook my head No. "Avylnn?", No again, "Ako?", nope, thr name thing went on for a few minutes. Until.."last two i have Achlys, Enzo and Novel?",i looked at him and then smiled, "Those are great names for twins, if i have any. If not one is going to be a middle name" i stand up and hug lion,"thank you Oliver, i Appreciate the support from you" i looked at him with a smile and left.
Guess id be off duty for a while huh?..
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smash-interrupted · 3 years
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Siege is like that one ex you can't get out of your head, and no matter how many times I shelve that bitch, I always get excited when the Invitational rolls around again. Probably because of the cinematic.
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Definitely because of the cinematic.
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The Playbook was gorgeous, just like The Hammer and The Scalpel and The Tournament of Champions. The CGI and characters always blow my mind to the point where I nearly forget how stupid it is that people who are part of special forces units or who were known to have gone undercover in the past are supposedly running around on national TV with their dicks faces out, shooting each other with SIM rounds that can apparently puncture walls, yet respectfully refuse to penetrate clothing / skin.
Unless you're Ash's ear.
Like, did you see Pulse fall like an angel when the floor EXPLODED underneath him?
Anyway.
I really liked this cinematic, though I did have a few questions about it like;
Why was Caveira stalking off the field in the beginning? (The Stadium didn't look like swiss cheese at that point, so it's hard to imagine there was another match before this one unless Harry employs a cleaning team that's as magical as his optimism.)
Why is the announcer telling everyone (including the enemy team) that Team Ash breached the Stadium?
Why didn't Pulse put his phone on silent?
WHY IS THERMITE HARD BREACHING A SOFT WALL?
Why am I getting Deja Vu from Thermite getting his arse kicked? (Oh, right. It's because Hibana did a very similar thing to Pulse the year before. These Americans are really starting to become a liability.)
Why is Finka rushing the objective? (Like Finka is IN THE OBJECTIVE and Thermite is fucking around breaching a soft wall somewhere random in the building? Is this Casual?)
How did Finka die?
Why is Kali cosplaying Widowmaker?
Why is Kali jumping around like Widowmaker?
Why is Kali bringing a massive sniper rifle to a close-range gunfight?
But as much as there were things that annoyed me, there were good things to.
Like, for one, literally everyone is gorgeous. Everyone. Even Harry, and Kali (and admitting that burns worse than holy water on a demon).
I also loved the side-eye Zero is giving Harry. Like Zero knows Harry is being willfully naïve but won't say it. Then there was that shot of Harry with the toy soldiers near his computer, and it was almost like Ubisoft was becoming self-aware. Because Harry has always slapped like a starry-eyed, kid-in-a-candy-shop, hero-worshipping little shit.
Dokkaebi with her Let's go fishing that is 100% Thatcher's influence and you can't tell me otherwise.
Finka being badass and looking amazing as all Hell while doing it.
The fact that it was Mozzie nabbing Dokkaebi's drone which got Thermite clapped.
How coordinated the defending team was and how good they were doing until Kali went rogue.
And of course the rivalry between Ash, and Kali. The way the cinematic opens with Ash battling an internal conflict, and the way the match unfolds. She's trying to be a good leader, coordinating her team, and knowing that she won because Kali pulled some absolute, cold-hearted bullshit that wouldn't fly in any other situation... that doesn't sit right. And the moment that gets me is how Ash steps into frame and lowers her gun, while Kali shoots through past her. It really underscores the difference.
I've never liked Nighthaven's inclusion in Ubisoft's lore and I still don't like the characters (regardless of how attractive they are). I never thought they fit, and I always imagined they would twist Rainbow into something it isn't supposed to be, and I love how that's both shown and acknowledged (even if it's annoying that Nighthaven was in the cinematic while some of the OG operators have sat unloved for a long, long time).
Because as much as the Tournament is (the stupidest) game, what's the point of it if you're not strengthening how you're working as a team? Rainbow is (you would assume) still doing their day job outside of this ass-kissing bullshit, and Kali's play did absolutely nothing other than win a meaningless (compared to the real world) game. Her tactics wouldn't work out on the job, and even if they did, she'd get her shit packed in for pulling it.
Kali so totally deserved to get punched in the face and it was legit the highlight of the whole cinematic.
I am also so incredibly on Ash’s side, and I loved the ending conflict (though I had mixed feelings about the split).
Like, the way Thatcher turns away from his conversation with Thermite to shake his head at Kali as she's bragging.
The way everyone moved out of Ash's way when she stalked into the room (including Thatcher).
How Ash belts that smug look of Kali's face.
The look of absolute shock on Wamai when Kali goes flying back.
The way Mozzie is so calm and tries to tell people to cool it (Steady, now).
Thatcher saying Are you off your nut? - not after Ash punches Kali, but to Kali and co. when he's helping to pull Ash back the second time.
How Thermite appears in front of Ash, and how Sledge shoves him back (I maintain that this was Sledge doing crowd control. Thermite's stance was intimidating and as soon as he'd removed Thermite, Sledge cooled it).
The way both Caveira and Blitz are telling Sledge off for shoving Thermite (Caveira pushing Sledge and Sledge literally not moving was kind of adorable).
How Finka threatens to eat Pulse for breakfast (I'm just putting it down to her being sore after what happened in the match).
How Mira, Thatcher and Doc are behind Ash in support. Like I know they're not all OGs but they're definitely characters with specific positions in Rainbow and it's nice to see some of the good moral compasses standing together.
Though with that said, I’m not going to put too much stock in how that split at the end happened. It was a heated moment and some operators (probably) just fell on either side by virtue of where they were standing when shit got real. Also;
Thermite is reacting to people coming at Ash (who in canon is like a sister to him).
Sledge backed off Thermite almost immediately after shoving him (like I already said, it was probably crowd control).
Thatcher is trying to keep Kali and Ash separated.
Wamai is trying to keep Kali and Ash separated.
Caveira is trying to push Sledge back after he shoved Thermite.
Mira, Doc and Dokk aren’t really engaging.
Pulse was reacting to Finka (and I don’t know why she’s getting heated really)
Hibana nudged Pulse back to avoid more conflict
Blitz seems to making placating hand gestures (after telling Sledge off for shoving Thermite)
Mozzie called for calm before it got more heated and was probably doing the same
It’ll be interesting to see how they build on this. Fuze is already looking to be a traitor. I won’t be happy if I see more of my OGs joining Nighthaven. But overall, the cinematic was ❤.
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A/N: Female reader, posting the first part so I have motivation to complete this, cause this prompt has been stuck in my head for a while now for someone not in r6 but idk how to write them so I’m FORCING this idea to be about doc.
Summary: At the end of a mission you end up going AWOL much to Rainbow and NZSAS's despair. After discussing the matter Rainbow agrees to take the lead on the situation. With the help of Tania, Gustave heads to America in order to track you down to figure out what went down and why you went AWOL.
Word count:  2569
Warnings: None
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Sombre expressions were held all around. Sam leaned on the table, his face staring down while the weight of the situation held heavy on his shoulders. Next to him was Harry, seated at the table. Harry was the only one who sat normally while Tiana sat on top of the table, one leg touching the ground slightly while the other was suspended in the air of her side sit. Their eyes flickered to the door as the last member of the group joined the room. Gustave. He was met by their serious expressions, after some consideration they had decided to pull him in on the situation yet kept it a secret from the rest of the operatives. With the dying tension of Nighthavens absence, Rainbow had started to recover. New bonds were formed in the place of destroyed ones of the past, something like this wouldn't help. It would only be a constant reminder of the bad. Someone Harry didn't want.
Sam looked down at the table, he knew Harry would be best to bring the doctor up to speed, he was the best diplomat out of the three of them. Taina gave Gustave a half smile only for a second, one of greeting and perhaps a little of pity. Gustave's brows narrowed as he examined the three before he slowly took a seat in front of them. "I assume something bad has occurred." Not a death, they wouldn't broach such a subject like this.
"Exactly three days ago K was declared AWOL." Harry knew Gustave wouldn't care for beating around the bush. To straight up tell him of the situation was the far better option. It was kept professional and on topic, a level which allowed Gustave to focus on the situation rather than his almost deafening heartbeat that raced in his head.
"Yesterday NZSAS contacted us with this information in hope to continue their investigation into the matter. One in which we have agreed to take over the primary responsibility of the investigation." Gustave's eyes hardened as his hand clenched ever so slightly.
"As you are probably the person who's closest with her on base-"
"Perhaps even off base." Sam interrupted with a mutter which Harry continued to speak, the commend undiscussed.
"We agreed that your insight would be highly valuable, both in terms of your professional opinion and we'll your more personal opinion. This matter is one officially on the books." Harry's eyes flickered to Taina and then back to Gustave's. "But it's still one to be kept on the down low. Aside from those present in the room, only Meghan is aware of the situation."
If someone were to overlook Meghan they would have found her tucked away in the privacy of her dorm room, away from prying eyes. While they talked with Gustave about the situation she was on her laptop and making calls, there was a lot of possible CCTV footage to sift through. "Now the specifics of the situation, Sam if you would please." He nodded to Harry at his queue and pushed off the table.
"She was expected to report in at their base at 2000 hours. After a day went by they checked the civilian fight she was meant to take. The ticket was never checked." He gestured to the map of America behind him. Now Sam had moved out of the way, Gustave had a clear view of the board that had been built up behind it. On it had a large map that took up a quarter of the board. There were pins in your last known locations in green and then where you were supposed to be in red. There were three red pins. One at Auckland airport, one at the NZSAS base and one at IAH Airport in Houston. The red thread lead to the green pin out in the middle of nowhere where it jumped around a few spots before dragging back to IAH Airport.
Next to the map on the board were a couple of pictures, one of the Ford that you had been assigned, a portrait of your face and what you had been wearing that day. Under that was a small picture of an American agent who had been the last to see you. Next to his portrait was a long note of the report that the NZSAS from him. In the bottom right-hand corner they had information about what you had been doing there. "She hadn't been in America for long, two days. They had a joint operation with the FBI about a planned attack against her country. She was there to oversee the apprehension and gain any further intel. From what we heard the mission was a complete success."
"From what we know, nothing would have set her off during the situation. Agent Banks reported she seemed completely normal, in fact, she was credited with keeping the situation calm and reducing the tension." Harry's eyes flickered to the portrait on the board. There were small yellow notes placed, some just added information or questions that both Harry and Sam had made. On the white post-it notes, there were a couple of notes that Taina had made. Gustave's eyes glanced at the small picture of himself, one that had a note about your relationship. Domestic problem? It was Sam's handwriting on the note.
"You want to know if we fought," Gustave spoke up, his eyes making contact with Sam's.
"We want to know if she told you anything if anything at all happened." Taina had her arms folded and Gustave nodded slightly understanding the situation.
"She didn't mention anything. I haven't noticed anything off about her. Nothing bad happened between us, we are doing great really." Taina leaned back and looked away as she absorbed the information.
"So either this wasn't something planned-"
"Or she hid it from Gustave as well." Tania hummed. Gustave's brows narrowed and he swallowed before he spoke, trying to not sound overly defensive.
"Perhaps her absence is not one of will."
"There's been no distress signals, her phone, car, everything dropped off the grid." Sam explained.
"However the drive does take her through an area without reception and CCTV. The possibility that something happened to her hasn't been ruled out." Harry gave him a reassuring smile.
"We haven't ruled out anything at this point." Taina informed him, glancing at the two men.
"From what we know she has a safe house in Texas which we are planning to send Taina to investigate." Harry looked towards the woman as he spoke before looking back at Gustave.
“I know the one.” Sam glanced at Harry at Gustave's comment. “I’ve been there, once a few years ago.” He clarified, why he had been there wasn’t something he mentioned.
"More the reason to… well we wish to send you with her. In the odd case that she is there, we hope your presence could help the situation."
“Of course.” Anything to resolve the situation peacefully. It wasn’t what he said, but its what he thought. The meeting afterwards didn’t run too long, Gustave was thankful when it finally finished.
In the safety of his bedroom, he sat on the bed with a sigh. His heart thrummed ever louder as his body dipped down on its soft surface. He knew you, he knew you weren’t the type to abandon. Something screamed off about the situation and until he found any proof of the situation he was going to presume that something bad happened. You wouldn’t have abandoned your team, wouldn’t have abandoned him.
The flight to Texas was one of pressure and silence. Taina and Gustave spoke little about the situation, it wasn’t until they received a call after their landing did they finally speak with each other. On the side of the road Tania pulled over, the sedan was parked out of the way while Gustavbe brought up the shared laptop in the middle console. There as the call went through they were greeted by both Sam and Meghan. “So what do you have for us?” Tania asked, her hand supporting her head while she leaned on it. Meghan sent through several files that Gustave promptly brought up on the screen, covering Meghan's face ever so slightly.
“So the car she was assigned did get pinged, at some point she got off course and started to go South away from Houston.”
“This is on the way towards her safe house.” Tania noticed and Meghan nodded in response.
“Exactly, we have CCTV going through an intersection as well.” Gustave found the video file that had been sent through. While it didn’t have any volume they could easily identify the license plates in the black-and-white video.
“Hmm, rewind a little.” Taina asked and Gustave followed her instructions, the car had been speeding and when they paused her brows furrowed. “Do we know what state the car was in when she left her mission?” Meghan looked towards Sam and he paused.
“We weren’t told of any damage to the vehicle but I can get confirmation.”
“The front of the car, it's damaged, you can see how it's out of shape, the driver side door as well.” She pointed, Gustave had to look forward, it wasn’t the largest of videos but after a moment he could see what she was talking about.
“That brings up the possibility someone could be after her.” Gustave turned his face to Taina as he spoke and she nodded in agreement.
“While her file is classified we do know she has had extensive work in America, it’s why they sent her in the first place.” Sam explained.
“Which means a decent amount of enemies.” Tiana hummed.
“Then why would she go off course? Wouldn’t she have made contact and arranged for extraction then?” Meghan asked and they all paused, it was logical thinking.
“A mole perhaps? Not trusting the Americans?”
“There's too much going on to properly speculate at the moment.” Sam huffed, but he agreed trying to figure out your mental state was a priority and would change how they approached the situation.
“There's one thing to note, this was pinged about three hours later than when it should have been if she were to be continuously driving.” Meghan explained. A lot could happen in three hours.
“She drives rather fast as well.” Gustave hummed.
“We'll continue our way to the house, call if you find out anything more.” Taina said goodbye, Meghan nodding in response before the call ended leaving Gustave to pull the laptop onto his lap while Taina started the car up again.
It was night when the pair of them arrived. The house was rather quaint, the first thing they both noticed was the car that had been abandoned on the front lawn. The area was rather bare, in the middle of nowhere one could see for miles, any element of surprise would have been lost in the day. Thankfully the darkness of the night concealed the car as it slowly rolled in, its headlights off. The house was one story, with a garage to the right, a typical house. The car turned into silence as the pair of them left it, the dust settled around them on the gravel road. Taina's hand felt the metal hood of your assigned car for a moment. “Cold.” Up close they could see the damage, the car had certainly taken a beating, dents covered the front of it added with a spray of bullet- it was obvious you had been in some type of fight.
Their footsteps crunched on the ground as they approached the dark house. Gustave paused at the front door, his knuckles against it as he looked over his shoulder to Tania. She nodded, her hand going to his pistol, they had no idea what they would get when they opened the door. The sound of his knuckles echoed out, joining the sound of crickets. “Mon amour, are you there?” He paused waiting for a moment but there seemed to be no answer. His eyes flashed to Taina and he took a few steps.
The slam of her foot against the door would have kicked in any normal door, but the frame didn’t budge and she let out a sound in annoyance. It was reinforced. Brute force wouldn’t get them through the door rather quickly. She went to one of the pockets of her pants, fishing out a small lock-picking set and got to work. A few minutes later a grin spread across her face and the door clicked open. Gustave flicked his hands on the light switch and he stopped at the scene in front of him. Blood trickled on the ground, a trail which had the odd bloody hand print on it, Tiana suspected if she went outside during the day she would see a similar sight originating from the car. It seemed you had set up shop in the large lounge that built up most of the building.
A chair had been dragged out by the dining room table. There was a plate next to it with what looked like to be medical disinfectant, a pile of bloody cloths and a bullet in the middle of the plate. Tania started to sweep the idea while Gustave made his way to the area. On the table, his hand brushed over the remnants. “All clear!” Taina's voice echoed through the building. “Gustave, come here for a moment?” She called and his head lifted up, leaving the mess and making his way to the origin of her voice, the bedroom. His hand hovered over his gun as he crept up, his shoulders falling when he saw she was safe.
The room was far more of a mess, the wardrobe had been ripped out, clothes decorated the floor while the bedside table was also open. What made Tania pause was they weren’t your clothing. “These are the clothes I left here.” His eyes looked over them, it wasn’t many but you had convinced him that in the odd case of emergency it would be nice to have a set there. You had been looking for something, what it was though, he didn’t know.
“Why would she be looking through them?”
“I don’t know, there wasn’t anything in them.”
“She's certainly not here but her car is still here, do you think she went out on foot?”
“She might have taken her Toyota, I remember we didn’t use much it while we stayed here but there was one in the garage.”
“Do you remember the plates?”
“Non. We were rather busy.” He coughed and looked away much to her roll of the eyes. He moved on to what he discovered about the living room to catch her up. “I do know it’s been at least an hour since she was last here, her blood is dried. I’ll send Meghan a notice about her car, it’s a Japanese import so I double there would be too many on the road.” He let out a sigh, you were injured and alone, and he couldn’t help but worry. “There's a spare room down the hall. We should rest for the night, hopefully, by then Meghan will have something for us.”
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Epilogue of "Just as the stars love the night"
Ash's pov
One year later...
I strolled with Yumiko through the parking lot of the stadium. In front of me I pushed the buggy in which Estella babbled and next to it ran Maho who was very amused about it. They both grew up so fast, I remembered exactly how small they used to be, time passed so quickly and soon we would welcome dwarf number three in our midst. Yumi was heavily pregnant with Jordan's child, they were supposed to start their planned trip around the world months ago but that plan was promptly scrapped when they found out about their blessing. I was so happy for them, they deserved all the happiness in the world. As for me, or rather Elena and I, our family planning was complete. With Estella and work we had our hands full. It took us a long time to adjust to a normal everyday life again but with the help of our friends it worked out.
Together we entered the stadium, it was a hot summer day and we had spontaneously decided to visit our loved ones at the training. The Tournament of the Champions was in a few days and everything was running at full speed. This year Lena would still be competing for Nighthaven since she was still under contract and even though it seemed strange to me I was cheering for Kali's troop this year. She should just not get used to it, next summer she would have no more chances should I be released for the service and participate again. I hoped so much, I loved being a mother but I wanted to get back in the saddle and work but I wasn't quite out of the woods yet. Sometimes nightmares and panic attacks still plagued me but with time it became less and less.
Yumiko and I crossed the lower area, past the changing rooms and entered the interior of the large dome. We walked the familiar path along the side to the benches where the various teams sat. I got Stella out of her stroller and put her on the grass, there she could crawl in peace as she wanted without anything dangerous lying around. Maho got all jittery, she had hoped that Jordan was already done and took her to the training building where she was allowed to drive around with a drone as long as it was not one of Twitch's, the last time she had zapped Mozzie with it a few times who did not find it as funny as the rest. She kept an eager lookout while playing with Estella.
Yumi sat down on one of the benches and stroked her round belly. She was beaming like the sun.
"Oh Liz, are you sure you don't want another one? You're such great mothers and I'm sure Stella would love a sibling. Maybe we can even get pregnant at the same time then, imagine that."
Her eyes shone with joy at the thought and she seemed to have her head in the clouds.
I looked at her and raised my eyebrow.
"No for the last time, you know how I feel about it. I love my daughter and wouldn't trade her for anything but I also want to finally do something for myself again. I want to get healthy and start back at Rainbow, I miss it so much. Besides, she already has a sister and soon a brother. We all spend so much time together that she will never feel alone. And another thing you douche, both of us pregnant at the same time? Our partners would leave the country. We're bad enough as it is."
She shrugged and replied "Well maybe I'll talk to Mira, she might see it differently."
Suddenly a voice sounded behind us "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Elena was standing there, she had already changed her clothes. Apparently she had finished her workout and had gone to take a shower while we waited. Jordan also appeared next to her, which did not escape Maho's notice. She ran up to in and let him lift her into the air.
"Hi Dad!!! Can we go?"
She had started calling him that over the last few months and Jordan couldn't have been prouder. Together they went off to play with the drone.
Mira picked Estella up and then joined us.
"So what about me?"
I rolled my eyes and said "Yumi thinks we should expand our family."
Elena laughed "Why, she's already doing that for us with Jordan or is she talking about a dog?"
She earned a nasty look from Hibana who got up and waddled away. Someone should have told her that she couldn't be taken seriously like that.
We amused ourselves for a while, then Mira changed the subject.
"So what do you say? Do we have a chance against Rainbow?"
I snorted, she knew how to draw me out.
"They don't stand a chance against you guys. You'll flatten them."
Never would I have thought to root for Nighthaven, I guess I was more mentally unstable than I thought.
The rest of the afternoon passed quietly. We went for a walk as a large group and family and then ended the evening without children in a restaurant. I had missed that so much, to lead a normal life without being on the run or having to fear for my loved ones. But now everything was finally good. I had people around me who loved me and for whom I felt the same. When I think about it, I had everything I ever wanted and needed. I was happy.
The end.
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Tis the season
     Rouen didn’t dare turn around. She knew the boys were smiling because of how red her face was.
“ This is silly-why are you even getting invested in-in me being nice?” The question came out all wrong, but it’s all she could manage until the embarrassment wore off. “ You know what I mean!”
Joshua cracked up first, and it didn’t take long for Augustin to join him in the laughter. “ You see, Rouen, this is how we know you have a horrible crush on Ngoma.” The former pointed out. “ Giving a gift isn’t difficult for you, but if it’s for someone you love-”
“ I don’t love Néon!” Rouen hissed loudly and bitterly at the boys. Her eyes grew at what she just did and the brunette removed her glasses so she could cover her eyes. “ Why can’t you two just let me be miserable?”
“ Because you’re getting embarrassed and upset over something that is perfectly human,” Augustin answered, his voice carrying some fierceness as well. “ Joshua, me, Hayat, Evangeline-everyone knows you-you care about Sens more than you’d like. We want this to happen for you and we know you’ve been making your own efforts to get close with them anyway.”
“ They’re some very sad efforts, so I decided you earned yourself a B plus for trying multiple times.” 
Augustin glared down at Joshua, his eyes narrowed to remind the Irishman of the conversation they had earlier. “ Okay I know the joking doesn’t help-” Joshua said to correct himself, “-but can we all agree that there’s an easier way to go about getting close with someone instead of having multiple, short conversations about small details?”
Rouen had half of a mind to ask how long Joshua watched her approach Néon and lose nerve before she could say something important to them, the realization that they were being quite patient with her struck her. “ You’re right.” The brunette muttered as she leaned against the lockers. “ But giving Néon a gift-that’s really bold, and you know the rules about being buddy-buddy is around here.”
A loud “Ha!” escaped the boys at the same time. “ Don’t you worry about that, Rouen-we got the dirt about Pulse and Hibana being ‘buddy-buddy’!” Joshua announced cheekily. “ We heard that Mr. Sunglasses split with Hibana before he joined Nighthaven; how she feels about that-I couldn’t get-but that’s not important. What is important is that you have a chance.” 
“ Okay-” Joshua placed a hand on Rouen’s shoulder and they sat down on the bench together. “ How about we start small first? You invited Ngoma to the holiday dinner-we’ll host it on the twenty-seventh and then see about New Years, how’s that sound?”
“ The twenty-seventh? I can’t ask Néon for that-”
“ Of course you can.” Augustin cut in. “ Think about it: when’s the last time someone joined us in one of our celebrations? I think Six would certainly approve of the arrangement. And who would Sens be to say no?”
Rouen put her glasses on and let out a very tired sigh. Who would she be to back out of an opportunity to get closer to Néon? Especially when she had so much support? 
“ Just do me a favor…” The brunette requested. “ I’ll ask Sens to come to the dinner, but you two better let Evan know about this. The last thing I want is to have to explain myself in front of everyone-do you guys hear me?” 
Joshua sat up straight and saluted his friend. “ Understood, Ma’am!” He stood up and motioned for Rouen to hurry up. “ Now c’mon, c’mon! You’ve got a lovely Belgian person to ask out to dinner!”
“ Don’t say it like that!” Rouen chastised, her face immediately flushed again. 
While Joshua went to fulfill his end of the bargain, Augustin and Rouen went to fulfill the latter’s end and tried to look for Sens. 
They found the Belgian operator speaking to Melusi; they both still wore their Wolfguard uniforms, so it appeared they just finished training together. 
“ Those uniforms have grown on me-” Joshua quietly revealed to Rouen, “-especially those blue colors, I guess I was so used to what Nightmare was doing that the color choice seemed-I don’t know-bold? It certainly looks nice on Ngoma though, doesn’t it?” He patted his friend firmly in the middle of her back. 
Rouen rolled her eyes. “ You keep your mouth shut unless you’re absolutely positive you’re gonna say something helpful, got it?” 
“ Hey I’m the best wingman-” 
The brunette shushed Joshua before she tried to force herself to approach the two Wolfguard members; she paused upon noticing Sens already spotted her, watching as they and Melusi went their separate ways and they approached the two Nightmare members.
Feeling a sudden boost of confidence and determination, Rouen decided to dive head first into the conversation. “ So we were wondering-I was wondering but we were wondering too-there’s gonna be a dinner…” She paused, trying to think of how to make sense of all the babbling she just did. “ It’s going to be at my place this year, we-Nightmare-we try to do it every year and-and it’s fun and there’s food there. If you’re into that sort of thing.” 
She went quiet for a moment after noticing the humored smile that appeared on Sens’ face. “ I’m very into eating food for the holidays,” They said, “ are you asking me if I’d like to go?”
From behind Rouen, Joshua gave the Belgian a thumbs up. 
“ Yeah, I’m pretty sure I am…” The brunette confirmed, knowing her face was horribly flushed. “ If you can’t go, that’s fine too. I-uh-I know I don’t exactly see you as much as I should. I mean like talk to you when I see you-but I know you’re busy and all so-” Her chest felt so heavy, she wanted to fall to her knees and curl up in a ball. But Rouen knew she wouldn’t regret asking Sens to attend the dinner, this would be the first step of her attempt to make it known that she liked them.
“ Augustin and I are cooking this year too,” Joshua spoke up from behind the Canadian. “ We’re pretty damn good cooks, if I do say so myself.”
“ Oh, well if that’s the case-how could I refuse?” Sens said, shrugging their shoulders as if that comment sealed the deal. 
Rouen’s mouth fell open and she glanced back at her friend. “ What-are you two working together or something?” The question came out a little more sour than she wanted, and only Joshua knew that. 
Sens’ eyes grew a little, recognizing that the brunette clearly didn’t mean like being co-workers, but that they had agreed to play some nasty joke on her. “ Rouen, I wouldn’t just go to the dinner party for the food…” They put a hand on Rouen’s arm. “ I would like to go because you invited me, I was only joking about the food part.” 
They offered the brunette a soft smile. “ So, when is the dinner?” 
When Rouen clearly seemed to be speechless, Joshua stepped in for her again. “ The twenty-seventh! We’ll pay for your flight, Buddy-so don’t you worry about that!” 
Sens acknowledged Joshua with a joyful grin-a typical response to his silliness-but before they had to go, they gently squeezed Rouen’s arm and wished her and Joshua well. 
“ I swear-” Rouen mumbled as she turned to face Joshua, “-I’m gonna die, J. Please help me.”
“ Oh no-there will be none of that, not before you confess your feelings to Ngoma.” Joshua reminded his friend. “ Then you can pass out, and-you know-it’ll be one of those scenes from the movies. They’ll pick you up and their face will be really close to yours and-”
“ J!”
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I can’t judge, I straight up orphaned one of my works when it was halfway done cause my ADHD got so bad I couldn’t write so I feel ya there! I love your works so much, maybe one day I won’t be super shy and will come chat with you (I’d love to hear more on Kali if you want to share?). I was very briefly in a discord with the main author for a while and they did chat about how they hated their first characterisation of Ash so I know for a fact we’ll see some changes with her. If you read some of thier other fics that Ash is in she’s completely different so I’m hoping we’ll get a serious by the book upgrade to her. Either way I’m just happy to share the siege love and buzzed that you liked it. I think the author is on tumblr but I could never find them, probs a good thing 🤣 Keep up the good work, can’t wait to read what you come up with next ❤️
Oh sweet, I'd love to see how Ash is for them now cause yeah Ash is very much a more secluded trust issues sorta person, I wonder if their role will be given to someone more outgoing. #ADHD buddies, I have uh like two big fic's I was working on, one for ffxiv and the other for RE8 that I just... haven't updated. The RE8 one cause I got block and then the FFXIV one cause I forgot what I had and hadn't put in and couldn't be bother rereading my writing to edit properly XD.
Ah I feel you about being shy tho, I've joined discords for writing before and spent like 1 day there cause I'm too shy to talk lmao which is pretty funny cause I'm the Overshare Master 3000™ in rl.
But you see now you have me talking about Kali. So Kali is such a grey character. Because unlike someone like Ash or Mira she's not super black and white in terms of her actions and views. We see in her psych report that it's unknown how she feels about her country, especially with her born wealth. She's someone that's always gotten what shes wanted so to be refused to be deployed because that fact shes a woman, I imagine it would have been very frustrating and pissed the fuck outta of her. That being said I can't think imagine its the first time shes experienced sexism of course that leads to her in Nighthaven.
There must be some level of morality inside of her, to stay as a PMC rather than fully going underground- the fact she even applied for the military must mean something. I don't think it was out of the kindness of her heart though, shes not like that. Perhaps it's because of her love of combat. Shes careful to stay within the laws, adapting her PSC to become a PMC, she's known to be amazing at negotiating which is why it's so almost odd that they would be so easily caught in what's currently going. It just doesn't seem like them, for Nighthaven to take in Rainbow Operators then directly work out in the open with criminals, it doesn't quite add up.
Sure she's one for money and ultimately Nighthaven is a business but I can't imagine her putting it at such a high risk without proper motivation. Kali gets a lot from her deals as written in her biography right? So something this big such as putting everything shes built up on the line must have a high reward if she's doing criminal activity.
Kali is cocky, shes arrogant but shes not dumb, the fact that she planned out everything and got almost everyone she wanted recruited shows her talent for her leadership, shows her skill. But shes also still human, her support for Osa isn't something driven from manipulation, they wouldn't be so close if it was. In Osa's bio we know that Kali supported her through her transition and the pair of them are pretty much like sisters at this point. I imagine she has sympthay for Osa's struggles, Kali sure has been given a lot of things but shes certainly had to fight for a lot aswell. So shes not cold-hearted, she does care about someone else.
Now, shes a bitch. It's obvious, she taunts Ash, there's no need for it, but it makes me wonder if the same situation would have happened under Kali's command. Shes an advocate for doing anything it takes to get the job and for risks such as friendly fire so long as its non-lethal. In her interviews as her as captain she does mention that she doesn't want people to die, least her team. The entire situation is interesting because she went rogue when she used Ash as bait so I wonder if it was more in her control, would she have communicated to her team what she was doing? There was a disconnect in trust in a team that was designed to fail. In Nighthaven how does she lead? In such a situation you have to trust your leader, what does Kali do to keep that trust when she's an advocate for well shooting your team in the back (lowkey) Kali doesn't have the charisma, shes far too arrogant, perhaps it's her knowledge, she knows the battlefield well and her risks are calculated. Kali knows her skill level, shes good and knows it. So far we haven't seen her overstep that boundary unlike Grim (get dunked on idiot)
Anyway, Kali also has this one line in game when u kill (headshot?) someone which is 'bow before me' and every time my gay ass brain restarts. Waman pretty hot.
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