Metro Exodus: Artyom X Male Reader

chapter 7

Heeeeeeeey I'm back
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"I wasn't expecting that"
Y/N wheezed, crawling out from underneath the car, Artyom helped him up as Damir had helped the two with the Humanimal hord

"I spotted you two playing in the sand and decided to help out with the situation"
Damir joked, Y/N was too busy spitting out sand and didn't feel like countering with his minor insult so he let it go and instead took to looking at the van

"And it seems like you two now have your car as well"
Opening the door to the car he sat down on the makeshift seat and looked over at the two, Y/N was looking at the map, Artyom shrugged his shoulders as he held the 'key' in his hand, Damir slid off and closed the door, holding his firearm in hand he began walking towards the crumbling restaurant.

"The old man put me on patrol, hey if you head near the waters edge you'll find the satellites, it might be nearby where the lighthouse is, anyway I'll leave you two on your adventure, it may be a good idea to use the car"
Y/N marked it on the map before grabbing Artyoms wrist and stepping a bit closer to the car, he grinned at the other before letting go of his arm and making his way around the back of the van to the passenger seat

"Come on Artyom lets test out your knowledge on driving, plus it'll be better than walking"
Artyom looked down at the key in his grasp before using it to open the driver side, Y/N was already sitting in the passenger seat, he got into the van looking at the 'steering wheel' which looked as if it was crudely made he stuck the key into the ignition which fired up the van, Y/N had gotten a bit excited as he was looking around the car before noticing the radio

"You ready to go yet? Or is your excitement gonna cause you to jump out of the van while it's moving?"
Artyom signed in a joking manner which earned him a soft punch to his shoulder by the male seated next to him, it was a bit of a bumpy ride due to all of the rocks and debris littering the area, the roads weren't easy either from them being old and crumbling, they passed by old ships and oil springs, the sea had dried up completely as it once was large was now at the edge near the lighthouse, Artyom was driving or well more like attempting to as the car wasn't that well built and it was a pain in the ass to drive, Y/N looked over at him with a half-smirk half-smile as he watched Artyom struggle a bit, he then looked at the hood ornament.

"I think we're growing close to the lighthouse don't you think?"
he asked whilst looking out of the cracked windshield and over to the lighthouse, soon their radios crackled to life

"Artyom, Y/N, miller here, we have been contacted by the owner of the lighthouse, a woman by the name of Giul, she's agreed to help us find the satellites if we help her so you two better get to the lighthouse and help her out of the situation she's in Miller over and out"
The radio crackled back into silence except for the occasional splatter of a Humanimal on the windshield and Y/N pen scribbling on the map marking the area

"Alright Artyom we're here"
Y/N spoke looking up at the lighthouse which stood at the top of a cavern area but that didn't stop the two from getting out of the car, stepping into the cavern which was pitch black except for the glow of a glow stick which laid on the cavern floor near the ledge of the cliffside, the two rangers slid their night vision goggles on illuminating their surroundings and letting them see the pair of bandits who were on fire just a few feet away on the other side of the cavern were an old bridge had collapsed due to age or it had been collapsed on purpose but that didn't stop the bandits from creating a zipline from one end to the other, Y/N had hooked his harness onto the zipline with Artyom doing the same, they watched the two bandit corpses collapse onto the ground scorched beyond recognition as they ziplined to the other side planting their boots onto the pole holding the zipline tight they unhooked themselves and snuck down the cavern being careful as to not attract others, the two ended up crouch walking into another cavern where a tribal or a slave was pulling the dying charred body of his master