Can't Sleep (Abner Krill x reader)

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As if seeing red, you flung yourself over Cleo and made yourself visible again. The gun was barely touching your forehead.

"(Y/n)?" Peacemaker was taken aback. How did you find them? How much did you hear and how much did you see?

"Don't you dare fucking touch her."

"Move."

"No!"

"Don't make me do this." Chris looked as if he was holding back tears. He's known you for forever and considers you a friend who he loves very deeply. Maybe too deeply.

Cocking back the gun, Chris whispers, "I'm sorry," with as much emotion he can fit into it as Cleo cries below you. Luckily your knight in black combat gear arrives on a stacked level of floors. Taking a moment to see what the fuck he was looking at-Peacemaker pointing his gun at you as you shield a crying Cleo-Bloodsport whipped at his gun and shot without hesitation. Peacemaker shot at him at the same time, however it was so fast that for a second you thought you had gotten shot for a second time. Once you registered what happened, Peacemaker dropped to his knees.

"How..." he wheezed.

"Smaller bullets."

You and Cleo scrambled to get up as Peacemaker dropped to the ground, dead. Robert made his way over to check on the both of you. You stared at Peacemaker with conflicting emotions.

"He killed Colonel Flag," she cried. "He wanted to share this," she revealed a hard drive to you, "with the press. It's proof the American government was behind Project Starfish the whole time."

Robert took the drive from Cleo as you covered your mouth in horror. Chris killed Rick? You didn't have much time to process this as Harley, Abner, and Nanaue made their way over. Abner made his way directly to you but was almost thrown off his feet by the violent pounding of... what? You didn't know.

"I think it's trying to get out!"

"What?"

"Starro the-" A giant limb of some sort broke its way through the wall. Some debris hit your bad side as you turned to run, so Nanaue lugged you over his shoulder as he made his way out of the building. Managing to look up, you saw Starro the Conqueror in all of his glory.

'They couldn't have named Project Starfish something less conspicuous?'

"Disparos! Disparos!"

Nanaue gently puts you down in time for thousands of little starfish aliens to fly towards you.

'Great.'

The soldiers around you started shooting but the bullets seemed to do no damage. Once the first starfish found its host, chaos followed. People were panicking to try to protect themselves, but no such luck.

"Cover your faces!"

You looked over at Cleo to see she was wearing her gasmask. Not taking the chance of trying to think of a better idea, you quickly morphed your face to dawn a matching one as well. It seemed to work since all the starfish that tried grabbing onto you were unable to do so. After about a minute of screaming, gun fire, and crying, everything fell silent. You dared to look up from your crouched position to find that only the people in your team were standing. Morphing your face back to normal, you found that wouldn't be the case for long.

"Woah."

"What the fuck is that?"

The infected soldiers were all starting to rise again. You sought out your favorite colorful teammate as he was currently spinning around in terror. If anyone asked, you would lie and say that you were holding his hand for his comfort, not yours.