First time
You shouldn't be here. And you didn't mean lying on the ground, bleeding and waiting for help to arrive, no. You shouldn't have been on the mission, to begin with. You were an Eternal of lesser powers, which means you were not a warrior. You were young, and there was room for improvement, but you didn't have Thena's abilities or Gilgamesh's strength.
Your powers were related to nature, specifically, water and animals, with whom you could talk. But the deviants were not normal animals, they were wild beasts with whom you could not dialogue so that power was useless on the battlefield.
Usually, you stayed behind on the ship, alongside Phastos and Ajak, simply waiting for your friends to return and helping them recover if necessary. So what made you think you could help out in battle? You weren't sure, maybe the subtle way Ikaris hinted you were useless, or Ajak's look that promised otherwise. Whatever it was, you had made the mistake of going out. Maybe you should have stayed when your leader asked if you were sure you wanted to go. She had given you a chance to stay, but while you trusted the woman wouldn't scold or tease you, you couldn't trust the rest of your teammates not to. So you went.
And of course, it had been a huge and miserable failure. You knew from the beginning that you would be a hindrance to others, so you made a mental note to stay out of it, only protecting as many people as you could. You weren't used to all this chaos, your reflexes weren't as fast as everyone else's. And that made you an easy target. You didn't even know what had happened, you just felt a strong blow to your side and suddenly you were flying through the air.
Your head received the worst when you hit the ground hard. For a few minutes, you didn't know what was going on around you, there was only a thud in your ears. Then you thought you heard a buzzing sound and something moved quickly next to you. A warm hand touched your face and you could see Makkari's figure when you slightly opened your eyes. You didn't know what she signed before quickly disappearing, but you were hoping she would go for help.
You looked up at the sky, which was beginning to turn dark. And the last thing you thought before losing consciousness was that the stars looked beautiful.
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"Y/N, can you hear me?"
You grunted a bit as you struggled to open your eyes. You felt something warm around you and it took you a while to realize that someone was holding you. Your head didn't hurt anymore and if you were honest, you felt pretty good, just exhausted. You opened your eyes and met Ajak's worried gaze.
"What happened?" you asked confused
"I'd like to know" she replied "We almost lost you. If Makkari hadn't acted quickly-"
The way she interrupted herself and pulled you closer to her chest worried you. Ajak was a woman who knew how to stay calm even in the worst situations. You and the others could always count on her serenity. But listening to her like that terrified you. You thought you had just been knocked out, but be on the brink of death?
"You will not go out to the battlefield again" she told you firmly "At least not until you have trained"
"Maybe not even then," you muttered, "I've had too much action for a couple hundred years from now. I think I'd rather stay on the ship with you."
You noticed how the woman blushed slightly before clearing her throat and forcing a smile.
"Glad to hear it. You will still train with Thena, at least you will be able to defend yourself in an emergency"
You could have mentioned that as eternals, it was very difficult for you to be in "emergencies", especially if you didn't get off the ship. But you could feel that this was important to her so you just nodded.
You could feel that her powers were no longer affecting you. You were cured, but the prime eternal had not released you yet. You were fine with that, because she was warm and you felt safe, but you made a mental note to remember how protective she was holding you.
"Ajak?" you whispered after a while
"Yes?"
"Would you watch the stars with me?"
The other woman blinked in bewilderment. She definitely didn't expect you to ask that, especially not after you almost died. But she wouldn't deny that it was a tempting idea. Anything that allowed her to spend more time with you was.
She was about to accept when you heard someone approach and Ikaris appeared after a few seconds. Your time together was up for the moment.
