Guns For Hire | {E.Aster Bunnymund x Fem! Reader}

Prologue: Beam of Hope

"The time is coming, my love. We must try again."

"How can we, my dear? We have been doing this for far too long..."

The woman looked to her husband with concern, eyeing him as he switched between telescopes. He was burly and thick waisted; with a large, rather obese but still muscular and heavily built figure. He possessed bright golden eyes, red hair, and a thick beard braided long enough to hang over his bulging stomach. He had broad shoulders, wide girth of arms and hands, and a large neck that went down to his massive chest. His belly was round like a barrel; packed full of tightly packed muscle underneath.

His wife was almost completely opposite of him: she was beautiful; with blue tattoos on her arms and neck as well as blue eyes--which were so bright they seemed to glow in the darkness. Her most prominent quality is her ankle-length braided hair which fell down past her waistline into waves around her face when she turned around or moved around too much (which she did often).

"My love, we have to find them. We have to."

The large man pulled away from the circle of telescopes as he held his wife's hands and stared up at her. "Hyperion will never-," she began, but then stopped and looked up at him with tears in her eyes, "It's been 3000 years..." she said softly. "Even if they were still with us, the time-shift barrier would never let the signal out."

Gaan let out an angry growl and threw his arms up in the air before returning to the many telescopes he had been studying earlier. "But what if there was an opening? One that- that we could find!" He threw his hands in the air again, returning to scanning through all available data on Hyperion's surface. He flicked through hundreds of holograms, searching as franticly as possible, "We only get this chance once every few hundred years. We just have to find it!"

"I-"

"Mother. Father."

Both Gaan and Yara ceased their argument as a young man made his way onto the rooftop of their home. His hair was the most beautiful colour of red, and was tied back down into a long braid that reached his backside. He resembled his mother far more than that of his father, but still had his fiery hair.

He was tall,with broad shoulders and a muscular build. His eyes were blue, just like his mother's, but it seemed like they had taken on a more hardened look than those of the woman he had been raised by. He dressed in warm clothing, the constant, piercing chill of the deserted planes rolling across the sands. Faux fur dressed his sleeves and collar, providing substantial heat.

"Caeyeden? What are you doing up so late?" Yara asked, slight panic in her voice, "did you make sure all the lights are on? Are your sisters asleep? Did any fearlings get in-"

"No, mother," he sighed, grasping her hands, "I came to look for father. We've picked up something."

Gaan's face instantly lit up at the boy's words, and Caeyeden smiled. Without moments to spare, the two begun to peer through each telescope, adjusting them to certain degrees and settings, before they were each pointed at a certain spot.

Meanwhile, Yara's gaze remained fixated on the stars. The expanse was simply too beautiful to ignore. The galaxies, the planets, and all the wondrous star formations seemed to fill her heart with warmth and wonder, which quickly turned to awe as she soon realized that all the celestial bodies that filled her view were in fact real. A smile formed on her face as she continued to take in the sheer grandeur of it all.

"Ekko noticed a small tear in the barrier," the boy pointed to sky, aiming at it through the telescope, "if we shoot the signal straight through it, I'm sure we can reach the outside."

"We've been off the map for so long though? The barrier renders us all invisible to other planets," Yara held her finger to her chin, pondering her words, "what if...what if people really think we're all gone?"

"Shooting the signal off will answer your question, my dear Yara," Gaan smiled, "we could have our son and daughter back. Or get help from other planets."

She sighed, "what if they catch us? The fearlings have been tightening security even more so recently..."

Gaan stood his ground, holding his wife's shoulders gently, "I will take the blame, let them kill me; if not our daughter and son, then surely someone else will pick up the signal."

She turned away from him for a moment as she considered his words. She knew that he was right--she also knew that if they were caught by the fearlings, they'd be killed... she would never see her children again. It was an awful thought to consider, but it was one that needed to be considered in light of their situation.

She couldn't think of the words she wanted to say as she held her husband's large, burly hands. She looked to the ground shook her head, "alright...Do it."

Caeyeden instantly nodded, and peered through the telescopes once again. The small glove wrapped around his hand began to glow with holograms. He flicked through each; flipping switches, pressing buttons, and adjusting the course of which the beam would fire.

The small glove began to glow with holograms as Caeyeden adjusted it, flicking through each one until he reached the last one. He pressed a button on the end of it and watched as it floated up over his head and into position above his left eye.

"Get the girls down into the bunker, Yara," Gaan said, picking up some bags and resting them in her arms, "Caeyeden, as soon as the signal shot fires, follow your mother."

"But what about you, Father? If the fearlings come-"

"They won't stand a chance against a warrior like me," he interrupted, lifting a large, double sided battle-axe from the ground, "we have the turrets set up, as well as the electric fencing. It'll hold em off."

Both Caeyeden and Yara sighed in response, no longer pressing him further. As soon as the signal would fire, it would draw the nightmares right to them.

"Are you ready, boy?" Gaan placed a hand on his sons shoulder. He nodded in response, hovering his finger over the button on the hologram. Gaan smiled, "fire."

With a simple click of the button, the ground beneath the house begun to shake. Caeyeden instantly ran to his mother and held her upright, before leaping off the rooftop and descending down into the house.

Gaan stopped and stared. The ground rumbled, and a large opening appeared in the desert ground. The sand sifted down into the earth, and a missile-like device shot up into space. Within milliseconds, it tore right through the rip in the barrier, sending soundwaves as it disappeared amongst the stars.

The man sighed, splitting his axe into two and holding one on his other hand. Already, nightmarish drones buzzed in the distance, drawn to the blue beam. Gaan could only hope for help to arrive. 3000 years, and they've been wiped off the solar system.

As he watched that beam shoot across the sky, he felt something in his heart. He could feel another pair of eyes staring at it, watching it disappear. Deep across time and space, following the blue beam, Earth stood in all it's glory. It shot past quickly, lighting up a southern continent. The light filled the sky like a shooting star, passing over the top of a hidden world filled with hope and harmony.

Little eggs bounded with wonder at the sight, scratching at the door and climbing atop the stone sentinels. It flashed in the sky, and instantly, like a moth drawn to a flame;

Your eyes opened.