OPEROSE | Neteyam X Reader (18+)

CH23 Operation Flight (Part 1)

Okay, maybe I can take advantage of Vi taking a shit so I'd be unguarded then after I'll run to my Avatar body then somehow get pass every soldier in this area, reveal myself to Neteyam, and we both leave unscathed.

Good enough?

Ofcourse it's not.

The next day came as fast as I feared. I can honestly say that I had never used my brain as much as I had for the past couple of hours—constantly trying to devise a plan and then scratching it because of how impossible it is to be implemented. As time passes, the plans had become much more unrealistic and perhaps along the way, I had lost hope and was just trying to feed into my delusions that I can free Neteyam.

"Earth to Y/N!" I hear Vi suddenly yell. "Girl I've been talking for minutes. What is it that's been bugging you? You've been out of it since this morning." She looks at me expectantly while I only glance at her from the side before looking back again to my computer.

"Come onn, spill it! I'm sure that's because of what happened yesterday. Oh. Speaking of, you know that I still haven't forgiven you for leaving me in the training quarter," Vi pouts.

Yesterday after leaving the tent with my body sweating and my hands shaking, I immediately ran to my bunker to release my frustration—like yelling into my pillow because what else is there that I can do? Cry? I've been doing that for the past months and it would be an understatement to say that I've gotten exceptionally sick of doing so. After all, what's needed to get out of this mess is a plan, not tears, not any more unnecessary bullshit.

"Don't you have nothing better to do?" I ask her, my eyes remaining on the screen.

"Nah. But tonight I do. So you behave tonight when I'm gone, alright?" She quirks an eyebrow.

Oh?

Great fucking timing.

"Really? Where you going?" I ask, trying to act unbothered.

"There's a small party for admirals tonight. They say that it's a 'thanks for the good work' and such. Plus, Zade's gonna be the star of the night for sure especially with his feats lately—you know, capturing you and—"Vi stops herself as she was just about to utter something.

Capturing me and Neteyam?

So she's been hiding his captivity from me as well. It's not really that surprising since she's one of the leaders but maybe, somewhere deep down, I'd hoped that she's not like them—that she's on my side—although it's too good to be true.

She then clears her throat and continues. "Anyway, it sucks that it's gonna add more fuel to his already enormous ego,"

I fake a small laugh. "Right,"

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At night.

"Do I look good?" Vi twirls on my side, showing off her red sparkling peplum dress.

"It's nice," I reply.

"Nice my ass, you haven't even looked at me since I entered" She complains. "Whatever. I'm gonna be late so I gotta go,"

"Alright," I say as she takes her leave from the computer laboratory.

I let a few minutes pass after she left before standing up to peek outside the door, checking if anyone's nearby.

No one's here.

"Maybe they were all dismissed since the admirals are not around," I mutter to myself before closing the door.

I lean on its frame and close my eyes.

What the fuck am I gonna do now?

I'm pretty sure that I'm capable of beating the guys inside the tent Neteyam's held in since Zade isn't there. The problems are deciding if I'll do all that shit in my Avatar or human body and if we can even leave hell's gate at all. I'm pretty sure that the gates going outside are still heavily guarded. They won't just let the place become defenseless for some party.

Fuck it.

My priority is Neteyam's safety which is why 'll do this in my human body since if I go to my Avatar, the risks of getting disconnected from it will be an issue— and I don't want anymore issues. And somehow I'll convince Neteyam that I'm the same Y/N he knew.

So, the only thing I can do right now is to trust.

I open the door as quietly as I could to avoid anyone knowing that I'm leaving the computer laboratory. I then went on to sneak into the training quarter because it's the only place where I could steal a weapon.

I reach the said quarter and before entering, I open the door slightly just enough so I could peek inside.

There's only a few people here. Most that I know of are rookies. I could take anyone here head on if worst comes to worst.

Feeling complacent, I enter the room as normally as I can and went to the nearest weaponry nearby—the archery. I grab one together with a few arrows and pretend to check up on it. After, I sneakily walk to the door to leave.

"Hey! Where are you going with that? It's not allowed to be taken outside without permit," I hear a male voice say, making me stop in my tracks.

I gulp and turned around to find the person who spoke. It was a guy I knew. He's not that new but he's old enough to know the rules by heart. I think I can get through him. I know the rules better than anyone.

"I am my own permit, mister. I'll be using this for research purposes," I say, about to turn around to leave.

"You sure talk big. Who even are you?" He asks, making me halt once more.

"It's Y/N L/N, but you can call me intelligence operative Rose," I utter.

"O-oh! Sorry to be in your way, operative Rose. I didn't know," He scratches his head.

I only nod and give him a light smile before finally taking my leave.

As soon as I stepped outside, I let out the breath I didn't know I've been holding.

Shit that was close.

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A/N:
I'm so sorry for the really late update. I kinda didn't know how to continue the story so I was unmotivated for a good bit😔 I re-read the book also and I realized that the pacing suuuucks. Everything's happening too fast. Anyway, even if it's ass thank you guys for still giving so much love😭 If you're still hanging til now, thank you!