Fenrir in the 501st

I will not be O'hare

As I touch down on the runway the engines on my unit cut out one final time. I crash into the ground and roll a good distance before coming to a stop. I hear the other strikers land and pull up to me. Their yelling stops me from sleeping here and now. Slowly pushing myself up, I look around to see some people running out of the hanger and the three girls I was with getting out of their strikers and running over to me.

Hikari - ' Ashley! Are you okay? '

Shimohara - ' Ashley! '

Georgette - ' Ashley hold on, Ill heal you right away. '

I warm ticklish and ichy feeling comes over me, the pain slowly dissipating. The pain that was keeping my awake dulls enough that I feel my eyes shutting. I still need to report about the Neuroi using new tactics, something that never happened before. Using the clouds and swarm tactics like piranhas, aiming for my back at all times. As my thoughts become more clear from the lack of pain. I let my magic run through my body, forcing myself to stay awake. I slowly stand up, and try to take a step for it to almost cause me to fall. I feel someone catch me.

Rossmann - ' I got you. '

Ashley - ' I have to report. '

Rossmann - ' You can do that when you get some sleep. You were with them in the blizzard. '

Shimohara - ' What do you mean, she returned to base when we fell from the sky right? '

Rossmann - ' No she never came back... Ashley, what were you doing yesterday? '

Ashley - ' I was looking for them. '

Rossmann - ' Did you even rest? '

Ashley - ' No, there was a blizzard, I was worried for the others. So I kept looking. '

Rossmann - ' Shimohara when did she find you? '

Shimohara - ' This morning. You're telling me she flew in the blizzard all day and night looking for us! That's insane! Even for a former 501st member, flying like that is suicide. '

A large amount of gasps from all around suround me. I could feel all their gazes locked on me.

Kanno - ' You mean to say this lazy person was a 501st member! Is that a joke? '

Rossmann - ' She was one of the most important witches in 501st, she handled all repairs as well as modifying the units to preform over their intended limits without problem. She also a capable fighter. '

Kanno - ' Then, why won't she join us on patrols or fights, she sits at base all the time! '

I can see Krupinski, Rossmann, and Pokryshkin turn their heads away. Then a voice with authority and monotone speaks out before Krupinski could say anything.

Rall - ' She was heavily injured in a fight, she protected Major Sakamoto from a Neuroi beam. '

Kanno - ' So what we have dead weight now? '

Krupinski - ' Kanno, the injury she got. If any of us were to have gotten the same one we would not have gotten back up, not even Nippa. I seen the scar, she should have been the first K.I.A in the 501st if a Miracle didn't happen. '

Kanno - ' You telling me, she almost died? '

Kanno's voice goes dimmer. She was processing all the information she received.

Ashley - ' Actually I did die, for about a minute I had no pulse. '

This get everyone to snap their heads to me. Rall looks at me and raises an eyebrow, as if asking for an explanation.

Ashley - ' It seems my records were tampered with again. Sakamoto was losing her magic, her gun exploded because of a certain hyper optimistic witch made Sakamoto extend herself with out her wingman. I was close by and blocked the shrapnel from then gun for her and me. The Neuroi we were fighting got behind me, it's beam already charged. I had no time to move or make a shield. It got me. '

I slowly raise my shirt to show everyone the wound. Gasps of horror all around. I look at my scar that covers most of my stomach. After a minute I left my shirt go back down. I feel someone hug me from behind. I turn my head to see Hikari hugging me with tears in her eyes. I shift myself around so I can hold her. Slowly rubbing her head, I comfort her. I turn my head to Rall.

Ashley - ' They set an ambush using a large Neuroi. A large swarm of Small Neuroi were hiding in the blizzard, I managed to glimpse a sight of one of them, thats what alerted me. I focused on the swarm when the other went for the large one. After the swarm pulled away the blizzard started moving towards here. I spent the rest of the day and all night searching for the rest of the team. I only found them late in the morning. We then fought the Neuroi again. The large one was destroyed. Then we came back to base. '

Winded from speaking so much I clam down to catch my breath, Rall silently goes over the report I told her. Hikari clams down enough and lets me go.

Hikari - ' You were apart of the 501st? How are they? They are the best of the best, right? '

I glance over to Rossmann to see if I should crush her dreams or not. Rossmann looks to me and shakes her head. I let out a sigh.

Ashley - ' Yeah, I was a member. No I still am, we are family after all. Everyone is unique in there own way, home was always lively. We were the ones to liberate Galia. I should really get some sleep now. '

Rossmann - ' Right we kept her here long enough, let her get some sleep. She been flying none stop for over a day in a blizzard. Let get back to our duties. '

As everyone walk off, I slowly shuffle my way to my room, not even making to my bed I just fall onto the floor and go to sleep. I need to be prepared for more changes that might happen, no Will happen.