Corsair// C!Techno x OC

Part 13

TW: blood, toxic arguing, mentions of death

~Lyra's POV~

"We should start heading back soon, the sun's setting" I say, putting a bird Techno just shot in my bag.

"Alright." Techno smiles.

We turn around and start walking back down the path.

"Is this gonna be enough?" he asks, holding up his bag of fruits.

"Should be." I say, feeling the flower in my hair to make sure it was still there.

"This was a pretty good first adventure." he smiles, looking at me.

"I'm glad." I look at him and smile as well.

"Any idea what's next?" he asks, still looking at me.

"Nope. Jasper needed to talk to me though so that's promising." I scoff, looking away.

Techno chuckles and we keep walking. Once we get to the exit of the forest, I take a breath of relief when I saw the ship still there.

"What?" he asks, walking towards the ship.

"Nothing, just grateful to see we haven't been abandoned." I chuckle, waving at Puffy.

She walks over with a slight frown on her face.

"What's wrong?" I ask, setting my bag down.

"Jasper. I just talked to him and I think it's best you go talk to him as soon as possible." she sighs, staring at me with a worried expression.

"Is everything ok?" I ask, taking her hands.

She shakes her head no and looks over at Techno.

I look at Techno and he gestures towards the ship.

"Go ahead. I'll stay out here with Puffy." he nods and smiles softly at me.

"Is he in his office?" I ask, placing my gun on the sand and taking a deep breathe.

"Yeah." Puffy says.

"I'll be back." I start walking towards the ship.

I practically sprinted to Jasper's office before knocking on the door.

"Come in" I hear his voice say.

I take a deep breathe before walking inside.

"You needed to see me?" I ask, pulling a chair up in front of his desk and sitting down.

"I wanted to talk to you about our next mission." he smiles slightly.

"Why me?" I ask.

"Because you're close to Technoblade." he puts his hands on his desk and raises his eyebrows.

"What does Technoblade have to do with this?" I ask cautiously, my leg subconsciously starting to shake.

"He's a key part in this." he says, pulling his map out.

"If he's so important, why aren't you talking to him?" I ask, picking at my cuticles and looking down.

"Because he can't know yet." he unfolds his map and stands up.

"What's this about." I ask, frowning.

"Look." he points at Techno's land, which was circled.

"What about it?" I stand up and look at him.

"I want it." he taps the land and smiles.

"What do you mean you want it?" I ask, feeling the blood trickle from my cuticles and onto the floor.

"I mean I want it. I want to take any resources I can." he says.

"Why do you need me anyway?" I ask, dumbfounded by his plan.

"I need you to distract Technoblade." he smiles, clearly expecting me to be ok with it.

"Jasper, you can't just take an entire land because you want to. What about the citizens?" I scoff, raising my voice slightly.

"We kill them." he looks at me, eyes narrow.

I felt my heart drop to my feet.

"Techno's family is there." I shakily say, picking at my cuticles once again.

"So what? Don't tell me you've grown soft for him." Jasper groans, putting the map away.

"Actually I have. And you should have too! He's a good person and part of your fucking crew. Don't you care about your crew? Or are you too self centered that you don't care about anyone else but yourself." I yell, tears starting to form in my eyes.

"Don't talk to me like that. I practically raised you." he snaps, slamming his hands on the table.

"Raised me? I raised myself. I taught myself how to crawl, walk, speak, read, write, hunt, fish, cook, sew, and take care of a crew, all without your fucking help!" I yell, tears streaming down my face.

"I should've killed you when I found you on that street, just like I killed your mother." he growls, glaring at me.

"Maybe you should've." I say quietly, wiping my tears.

He stayed silent, but he had already said enough. He had gone too far.

"Fuck you Jasper." I say, walking out of the room and slamming the door behind me.

I walk up the stairs and run down the ramp, looking for Puffy.

"Lyra." Puffy says softly, coming up behind me.

I hug her and sob quietly. I was upset, angry, confused and just regretful. But most of all, I was just sad.

"He's awful." I cry into her shoulder.

"I know. It's ok." she whispers and rubs my back.

"Where's Techno?" I ask, pulling away from the hug.

"He went to go read. Do you wanna talk about it?" she asks, holding my hands.

I nod and we walk over to the shoreline.

"He's sick. He's a sick, twisted excuse for a human being. He wants to take over Techno's land and kill his family and friends. And he wants me to help him." I say quietly, drawing shapes in the sand.

"He told me the same thing." Puffy nods, looking at the horizon.

"You're not gonna help him, right?" I ask, looking at her hopefully.

"Of course not. I wouldn't dare." she smiles softly.

"He told me he should've killed me when he found me." I say softly, tears forming once again.

"Oh Lyra.." Puffy pulls me in for a hug, holding me tight and not letting me go.