Kal'tsit's eyes widened, but kept their gaze on the man before her.
(Y/N) remains silent, while Amiya couldn't help but utter, "Mister Patriot..."
He looks at the cautus girl beside him, the saddened look on her face making him swallow all the fear lingering in his mind, and take a single step forward.
"Frostnova," he started, hesitation present in his voice. "She's alright. She's safe."
Blaze, Meteorite, and Franka. They are only some of the operators behind (Y/N) right now that held meaningful, serious gazes towards Patriot.
"Hey, I'd really like to know, what happened with them before..." Onyx whispers to Silesia.
"No." Patriot's loud voice sends the Doctor one step back.
"No more." he repeats, not as loud as the first time.
Kal'tsit is eyeing, or glaring at the Doctor over her shoulder. She turns her head back to the wendigo. "Do you seek vengeance on Rhodes Island, Patriot?"
The man went silent for a moment, before explaining himself. "No, Dame. Not vengeance. Why take, vengeance, for her, actions?"
Kal'tsit doesn't answer right away, she could have a sensible answer for that, but allows him to continue anyway.
"That was, her path. She chose. No matter where it ended. No matter, how it ended."
"What am I to say to him?..." (Y/N) asks himself, speaking up with a half knee jerk of a statement. "Frostnova fights for the infected, her path didn't end anywhere, she simply chose to side with"—
"Quiet." Patriot cuts off (Y/N).
The Doctor frowns, "What...?"
Patriot speaks again, as if reminiscing. "She's, so young. Only knows, blind trust.
"The truth, we believed, in the end, is exposed. Only a few, wolves, in sheep's clothing." he added.
"YOU!!"— (Y/N) shuts his mouth, keeping the next words to himself. "Arrogant... man. Bastard."
"Mister Patriot!" Amiya called. "Miss Frostnova gave her life, her Arts, everything. It's for the infected cause. Miss Frostnova is willing to leave everything behind if it meant having another day to fight for the infected!"
"Enough." the wendigo grumbled, hitting the road with the bottom of his halberd.
Amiya and (Y/N)'s foot retreated behind the other, and their operators held their weapons tighter.
The Doctor immediately raised his arm, gesturing for them to stop.
"YOU'RE SUCH A STUBBORN OLD MAN!" Blaze screamed. "Actually, I wouldn't be more surprised now if I find out you and your bunny daughter are real, blood related family!"
"Not your place, to say." the man continued, ignoring the feline.
"Oh..." Amiya uttered, her ears drooping.
Meteorite steps forward, in front of Amiya, pushing the girl behind her. "You weren't even there when the battle happened. Can't you bear to listen? By the looks of it, you are viewed by many as a man of justification..."
Kal'tsit glares at her. "Operator Meteorite."
"and yet you refuse to hear our side. How is that justified?!"
(Y/N) grabs the sarkaz's shoulder, "HEY!"
Patriot looks at the angered woman in front of (Y/N). "What, do you know?"
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Bent Fate (An Arknights Fanfiction)
FanfictionDoctor Y/N is one of the leaders of Rhodes Island, specializing in commanding his operators in battle. After an unexpected outcome on Lungmen, the war Rhodes Island had with Reunion became far from over. But what if it turned out that way for better...
