VALORANT: Stories

Recombinant 004 (Various)

Recombinant 004
Pairings: Viper x Killjoy / Reyna x Sage / (Mild) Fade x Neon

Being compromised on a mission didn't happen quite as often. Personal info, history, physical and digital footprints that an individual unknowingly left behind them, those were things that were usually forgotten or kept well under wraps. Shoved deep into a corner that no one should ever dare look into, even. Race against time was considered nearly impossible, so a race against your own past became more and more likely to become feasible to overcome.

For what felt like a long time, things became more tumultuous in headquarters. Security was tripled, operations were massively delayed and the members of the Protocol were forced to raise their guards up and practically sleep with one eye open.

It took a toll on everyone, but not as much as those who possessed bigger and living responsibilities.

Luthor and Yu Zyn were never let out of anyone's sights. If neither of their parents could watch over them, there was always one or more VALORANT agent assigned to accompany the children. As much as their parents would have preferred to look after them personally, they had their hands full with all the tasks they needed to tend to in the facility.

Tasks that was necessary to be done to keep any possible threats that may pose to the children.

Brimstone kept Sage and Viper with him most of the day, and while Reyna was usually sent out with another agent handpicked by the big man, Killjoy was mostly stationed all around headquarters. She added one upgrade after another in their system, tightened cybersecurity alongside Cypher and heavily assisted in tracking whoever it was that chose to target the VALORANT Protocol.

Past stories, records and many other personal details about the lives of the agents were plastered all over the screens of the command center, while the rest of the monitors found across the facility displayed a smoke-accompanied eye-like image with the colors of black and red taking over the remaining spaces of the screens.

While Cypher and Killjoy finally managed to shut it all down, the problem still remained to be completely dealt with. They needed to find whoever it was blackmailing them. Take whoever it was down and hopefully drag them in for a serious interrogation.

Between Reyna and Sage, it was the former that was utterly vexed at the threat the blackmailer presented towards not only her and her fellow agents, but to the newly adopted children as well. The two kids might not have been mentioned, but the duelist was most definitely not waiting for it to be said first before making a move.

As for Viper and Killjoy, it was surprisingly the techie that was more openly affected and infuriated that someone dared to threaten the pair of little ones, especially their son. Due to her past and how she tragically lost her parents, Killjoy wanted nothing more but to keep Luthor from experiencing such trauma.

The boy has been through enough, and with him already becoming closely attached to her and Viper, Killjoy wanted nothing more but to show him he would be protected and that she and Viper would never give him any semblance of abandonment for the rest of his life.

Yu Zyn and Luthor never slept alone in either of their parents' quarters, not only for security reasons, but also because their own quarters were under construction. The children would always have someone they're cuddled with. There were already so many instances the others agents and some soldiers here and there that have spotted the pair's parents sleeping with them all snuggled in their arms.

Luthor slept mostly at Killjoyʼs lab, where either the techie's jacket would serve as his blanket, or Viper's lab coat whenever the scientist checked in on the German for any progress. Because of this, they eventually learned that the boy had grown fond of using their coats as his blankets, regardless of where he rested and slept or if there was an actual blanket for him. He said it made him feel safe, and who were they to deny him that feeling of assurance?