God of War - Atreus x Reader - A Forgotten Link

Chapter 25

Atreus and (Y/N) found a vantage point by their edge of the settlement. They looked down at the amount of rebel Light Elves in the area.

"So, where should we start?" Atreus whispered, kneeling on one knee. 

(Y/N) scanned their view before pointing at a small group of three Elves, distanced somewhat further from the other rebels. "There. Let's get a bit closer." 

Atreus looked in the direction she pointed. "Alright." They stayed low as they made their way closer to the small group. They crouched behind a small bush-like plant.

"See that one?" (Y/N) nodded her head at an Elf sorting food by a barrel. "Shoot an arrow by that stack of crates." She pointed at a half-wall of unopened crates. "It should distract them, and..." She looked at his knife. "Could I borrow that?"

Atreus nodded and handed the knife to her. She nodded in thanks. "While they're distracted, I'll sneak up on them." (Y/N) slowly moved a bit closer, hiding behind a thick structure that acted as an entryway to the settlement.

Atreus readied his bow before releasing an arrow at the crates. As planned, the rebel lifted their head before walking slowly towards the crate. (Y/N) quickly got closer while the rebel's back was turned. 

Using Atreus's knife, she swiftly swung it up and into the back of the rebel's head near the base of their neck. She used her other hand to cover the rebel's mouth as the life in its eyes disappeared. (Y/N) rested the corpse on the ground before making her way back to Atreus.

He held his hand up to her and she high-fived him as she crouched by his side. "Good job." he complimented quietly.

(Y/N) showed the knife to him. "It's a good knife."

They kept up a steady pace of taking out rebels, one by one. It was the same thing for each Light Elf; Atreus would shoot an arrow to get their target away from sight so (Y/N) could sneak up on them and use the knife to stab them in the neck.

As for the bodies, they disappeared after a few seconds of being dead. It was like when Atreus would travel with his father and the bodies of monsters they would kill would just, disappear into nothing. He and (Y/N) didn't question it though, as it allowed them to not worry about the dead rebels being seen.

They were beginning the advance closer to the center of the settlement. They could see the others taking out rebels as well. There were no residents of the settlement seen so far, (Y/N) guessed that they were all inside the various shelters and burrows.

After taking out another Elf, Atreus and (Y/N) crossed paths with Osaniel and Quena.

"How are you doing?" Osaniel asked them quietly, as the four remained crouched behind a large supply wagon.

"Great, Atreus's arrows distract them quite easily. And the knife I'm borrowing works really well." (Y/N) said, holding the knife for them to see.

"This has been real fun and all, but we still have more rebels to deal with." Quena whispered harshly. "Can we save the chit-chat for after we kill them all?" She grabbed Osaniel by the shoulder and pulled him further away from them, but still stayed behind the wagon.

Atreus and (Y/N) exchanged a look as they picked out their next target. Shortly after finishing that, they started looking around, checking to see if there were any left. Freya and Kavas could be seen, walking normally, towards them.

Slowly, they stood up, assuming there were none left. The six of them gathered near the center of the settlement. "I think we got all of them." Kavas said with a shrug.

"I will double check to be sure." Osaniel said as he lifted off the ground to fly above.

"We should find the residents." Quena announced, marching towards a shelter. She raised her hand to knock on the door.