Love in the guard

Chapter 1

Main guards man:2nd Lt Max Decanus

Sister of Battle: sister Lycheria

Guardsman best friend: 2nd Lt luke ericson

Mentor: PL Sgt John Nash

Sister of Battle best friend: Hospitallar Caterina

Commissar: Ivan Ilyanov

Max commander: Cpt Zerkovich

Sister superior: Celstine/Sister superior

As the transport landed in our firebase I saw something I had not seen for a long time. Among the Adeptas Sororitas that exited the transport wearing their power armor there was a girl who looked young and fresh out of the advanced training academy just as I was. The platinum blonde hair that was barely poking out of the power armor brought me back to when I was 16 and about to graduate from the Schola and head to the officers academy.

It was the last field test before the departure to my assigned advanced training school. The exercise was a two day survival mission in the jungle on one of the moons orbiting the schola's planet. The class was dropped into the jungles via grav-chutes with minimal water and a combat knife.

I had always performed well during field exercises but there was always a chance you could injure yourself badly in the jump and left to be eaten by the wild life. Luckily I wasn't injured in the fall. I began my search for shelter and potable water. After about six hours of hacking my way through the jungle I heard something. I turned towards the sound and began to creep towards it slowly. As I got closer it sounded like someone was in pain and was whimpering. As I finally crept to near the source of the sound I could see a clearing.

In the clearing I could see another one of the cadets. They had their head in their hands and they were crying. All I could see was platinum blonde hair and their pale hands. Then a twig broke under my boot. The person in clearing looked up and revealed soft and angular female features. She called out and said "who's there." I stepped into the clearing and asked her "what's wrong and why are you still sitting there wearing your grav-chute." She burst into tears again as I spoke. I couldn't help but feel sorry for her so I walked over and sat down as I offered her my canteen. She stopped crying and eagerly gulped down a few mouthfuls of water. As she drank more of my limited water I asked again"whats wrong." She whimpered as she gestures towards her leg. I look at it and ask "may I take a look." She whimpers an affirmative answer. As I roll up her pant leg she recoils at the touch. When I finally get the pant leg rolled up to her knee I can see some really bad bruising around the center of her lower leg. I walk over to a nearby tree and cut to branches which I cut further down to be two identical poles about the length of her lower leg. I turn the two poles into a rudimentary splint for her leg. Once I'm done I ask her if she wants a hand up.

She nods and I help her up and support her by draping her arm over my shoulder and supporting her weight. We start walking in search of water and a spot to rest for the night. As we walk I say "what's your name" she responds with "Lycheria, my name is Lycheria." you mull the name over in your mind a bit and say "I like that name Lycheria." She looks up at you through her emerald eyes and asks for your name. "My name is Max, Max Decanus" as you say this you notice a small cave nearby and move to investigate it. Upon investigation of the cave it is empty except for a small cool and most importantly clean spring. The spring allows you to refill your canteen and offer more water to Lycheria. After drinking your fill of water you stand up and begin to leave the cave. As you're moving towards the mouth of the Cave Lycheria jerks her head in your direction and asks in a slightly panicked voice "wait Max where are you going." "I'm going to look for something for us to eat and maybe some firewood, why?" you respond coolly "Oh I was worried you were just about to leave me here" she says in a relieved tone. "Don't worry Lycheria I'll be back soon with something to eat." She nods as you turn and leave the cave.

After several unsuccessful attempts at stabbing game animals with a bayonet you settle on some edible berries you remember seeing from the briefing. With a makeshift shirt basket full of berries you return to the cave. Lycheria stille being injured, was in more or less the same spot in the cave you left her in and she seemed very interested in the berrys you were carrying. "Max what kind of berries are those?" she asks, "they are rascon berries they are high in nutrients but not much else." she popped a view in her mouth and said" They're better than nothing."

As the berries were finished off the sun dipped below the horizon. With the sun going down you settle in for the night near the back wall of the cave.

You open your eyes as something wet keeps moving across your face. As you open your eyes you realise it's one of the moon's native large feline species. As you see it you slowly draw your combat knife. You hear Lycheria scream. When the lion hears Lycheria scream it immediately goes to pounce on you but you're able to move your legs into a guard quickly. As the lion is struggling against your legs in the guard you sink the blade deep into its skull with a chunk. With the knife the lion just stops and flops over dead. You turn and say "Lycheria are you okay." "Yeah I'm fine" she says as she refuses to look you in the eye. You lay back down and settle in to get a few more hours of sleep.

As the low light early hours of the morning gave way to a bright sunny morning, you sat up and stretched. You feel something tug at your waist. You look over and Lycheria is hugging your waist. You decide to stand up and move away from her before she wakes up. After about ten minutes of staring out the mouth of the cave and drinking filled water from your canteen Lycheria wakes. "Morning Max" she says with a yawn "how did you sleep." You respond with something along the lines of fine or okay. "Come on, let's get you up, we have an extraction point to get to." After about 3 hours of you supporting her weight while she limps alongside, you finally reach the extraction zone and waiting for you is a valkyrie. The drill abbott standing next to the door of the Valkyrie rushes over when he notices the two of you walking out of the bush. As he gets closer he notices the rudimentary splint on her leg. "Cadet Decanus is your work" He says as he points to the splint on lycheria's leg. "Yes sir, he put the splint on there and really helped carry me from where he found me with my leg injured to here." Lycher says this before you can give the Drill abbott your response. The DA leads you and Lycheria over to the dropship and it returns to the schola. Lycheria is rushed off to the medicae to have her leg looked at.

Two days later you leave the schola and head off to the officers academy. You didn't see Lycheria after she went to the medicae. But you can't worry about her now you have 6 years of officer training to worry about now.