Girls' Frontline Fanfiction: Tsar of the Mountain

Escalation of Force

"It's just a summer cold! He doesn't need-!" It began with a cold summer.

.̷͎̬̓̐̀̑̉̑.̷̖̮̒̈̂͝.̶̪̓͒̓̈N̷̔̓͑͘ͅo̶͍̯͖̳͐̒͐́̓̕v̷̧͖͚͕̞̈́̂͝ͅe̸̞͚̾̅͠ṃ̷̡̠̟͖͉̓̎̊̈́͠ḅ̷̣̀e̷̻͖̬̼̤̽̉̓͝r̵͎̮̩͐̓̏́͝.̶̧͔̠̩̬̰̍̽͆́.̷̜͚̽͗̊̇.̷̣̼̫̱̟̍̃͛̑Z̶̧̨̧̳̬̞̓͊̅͆ě̶͕̯r̸̗̰̙͆͒̃̎̔ô̴̺͚̂̀̓.̵̢̡̗̘̽͌̕͝.̷̡̮͋̎̔̆.̷̪̞͌F̸̙̞̱͔̱͛͂͝͠ì̶̲̈́̽͠v̴̨͍͓̯͓͖̂͝ė̶̗͖̀͠.̴͔͕̞͉̇.̵̺̞̟̠͔̩͂̌̌͘.̸̖̻͔̣̻͈́̊͘Ǎ̴͈̙̰͐l̷̢̘͉͑̏͑̀͒p̷̤̞̞͍͎͍̀͊͆̇̎h̶̝̩̐͆͘a̵̧̾.̷̦̖̪̟̱̠̏͐̿̏.̷̯̥̻͠.̷̨̭͗͗͑̂͜

"Put him in that bed! Contact Valeriya back at the Mountain and see what she knows about treating the early stages of ELID infection! Commander?! Stay with me Comman-"

.̴̳̈́̀̌̈.̸͈͚̰̲̦̀̊̅̒.̷̙͇͊Y̴͖̓a̵͇̘̕n̸̛̖̣͎͌̃͋̀k̶̨͔̬̀̋̋̚͘̚ẽ̵̛͚̟͇͉̬͉̽͋͐̚e̷̪͕͔̳͉̓̓͐.̵̬͔͔̃̀̓͛̇̽.̸͓̪̳̩̔́̽̕.̵̡͇̠̔̊̓͂̆͘A̴͇͓͈̱̘͒͌̎l̸̞͚̑̊̑͛̈́͘p̶̧͈̩̯̋h̶̘̻̮̊͋à̵͖̭̩͊̀͐͋.̷̗̙͉̦͇͛.̶̣̺͓̹̯͉̀͆̈́.̷͔͌Ẑ̶̨̘̟̪̘̲̄̊̈u̷̍́͐̀͜l̷̢̦̬͚̤̄͌̐̇̉͜ư̵̳͍͒̈̍.̷̡̭̥͓̮͌̕.̵̺̪̬͝.̵͇̯̱̄͌͊͒͆Ṫ̶̨̳͉̣̥͆͗h̴̫̙̭̗͐̏̔̋̊̈ṙ̷̫̩̤̲͐͜͝e̷̮̼̟̿͘ę̵̩̟̝̞̅͛̓̄.̷̧̳̟̹͗̌̅.̸͎̩͖̰̃̈́̽͒̑̊͜.̷̝͔͚͎͆̔̄͌̕͝

"I got really sick one winter to the point I was bedridden for a whole week. After-" It festered into a warm winter.

.̸̣̰͈̖̞̯̅͐͌͗.̴̝͓̜͓̱̈́̄̊͌̾͛.̴̧̛̞̬̮̽̃̋Ḿ̴̡̛̀̅͌ḯ̵̡̘͕̯̘̭̄̋̚͠k̸̘͗è̷̤͍̻̠͋͋͊̑̚.̵̗̬̆̋̓̌̍̋.̷̪͑͌ͅ.̵̘͈̪̜̀̕ͅO̵͎̲̦͔̩̊͗̅͘̕ṅ̶̬̓̽̋̀ë̴̢̝̤̪̜̏̅͝.̵͇̘̯̇̚̚.̶̡̪͎̗̓͜.̴̳̳͋̾Y̶̛̩̟̩̺͉͇̿͛a̴͚͈̥͍̓̈́͌͝n̴̲͗͛̈́͝k̵̨̝̝̥̘̜̋̆̍̎͘e̶̯̬̣̹͙̓e̷̹͐̒͌͊̅.̷̛͔͎̀̂̐̃̆.̸̨̛̲͌̈͒̽͘.̶͍͂̈́͂̈́͠͝A̷̦̜̺̳̩̟̅l̷̘̀̇͆̂̓̕͜ͅp̶̹̂ḧ̷̭̦̫̠̣͙ą̷͈̺͖͕̔̏̌̾͠.̶̢̖͈̅̔ͅ.̵̜̠͎̜͙̃̑͊̇͑̕.̵̖̄͗̋̌

"His vitals are stable, somehow... Valeriya and the medical staff are standing by when we pull into sub-level four. All t-dolls are to head to the repair bay when we get back. As for you, Scarecrow-"

N̸̞͇̣̿̄e̸͎͈̹̰̓͌̄̈́ǵ̶̝͎̟̭͑̑̄l̶̛̮̼̀̇i̵̻̓͜g̴̤͔̚e̵̢͉͂̎̅n̶̖̣̄c̶̙̙̖̑̃̔e̷͚͈͆̇̃͝,̸̡͙͍̣̈́̚ ̷͉͚̺͘ȏ̴̭̫̲͉̔h̵̥̤̠͑͌ ̶̛̮̩͓̐V̶̻̄͒͗ạ̷̠̟̓̎̒͠n̸͇͆̈́͠y̸͕͆́a̷̛͈̝͝,̷̲̿ ̵̡̫̊̈̊͘ͅa̵̼̒́̇͜l̵̫̿̋̿͘w̶̧͒̒̋͐ả̸̙͐̎y̶͓̏̔͑͜s̷͈̒͑̂̎ͅ ̸̢̡̣̝͌̈́̄͝ẏ̷̼̝͖̎͘̕ȉ̴͔͙͔̬̑ẽ̸̠͎̭͓̽̈l̶̟͋͆̚d̴̢̻͆̓̓͝s̶̟͈̞̞͒̃̚ ̵̛̞͚̳̾͌͐ͅa̶̙̔̓͑n̷̛̺̻͇̔̚ǹ̶̞̮̞̾͠͝i̷̧̡̥̻͠͠h̶̡̘͕͔̅̏̆̔i̷̜̗̎́̀ḻ̴̬͇̀̊̂a̸̞͙̞͂t̴̨̞̟͒ͅḭ̴̡̮͍̔̌̇ȍ̴̘̣͍̉̂̇n̵̙̙̓̀͗͝.̷̞̙̱̙͛̀

Z̷̧͔͔̔́͋e̴̱͙͛͠l̸̻̚d̵̩̹͆͑r̴̥̱͝ȉ̴̭̫̖,̴͓̮͒ ̴̧͋́e̸͔͈͋̈́ṉ̴͝s̴̨͖̔̓ŭ̵̙̬̘̈́͒r̵̳͋̃̇i̸̛̟͋͌n̴̲̣̦̎̀g̵̛̖͖̃̓ ̴̫͌̓m̶̭͊͒y̸̥͔̟̐̎͆ ̵̺̃ḽ̶͖̌́i̴̡͕͗̑̒n̶͍̪̒͝e̵̮͈̐̇͌a̶̦̅ͅģ̸̮͆e̷̡̩͔͝͝ ̵͔̩̾̊ÿ̶̞͍ĩ̶̢̕e̷̝͖͎̋l̴̬͒̀͂d̴̰̃́̌s̴̟̉̇͊ ̶̼̎̑a̸͚̫͒̈̕͜s̷̝̊̈́č̸̙̯̗̏̂e̵̛̪̹͑̚n̵̺͋s̷͍̫͗̏͝î̸̖̞̥o̷̧͙͍̍́n̸̯͈̦̓̿͗.̵̜̉̑̑

"Have I captivated the heart of a soldier? I am still shingle and ready to mingle, you knoooow~?" Will spring be any better?

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"...?" As Zeldri's mind returned to him, he was woken up by a beeping sound next to him. He forced his eyes to open and found himself in the familiar light blue room of the Mountain's medical ward. A vitals monitor beeped next to him. "...I'm back." Zeldri noted that his voice sounded extremely hoarse so he looked around to see if there was some water nearby. But, instead of water, Zeldri found A-545 lying next to him on the bed. Her hood was pulled up and her eyes seemed vacant as she was in a standby state.