Arknights: Operation Archosauria

Prologue - Big Ambitions, Bigger World

- Sargon, Acahualla Rainforest, 7 Years Ago -

It was blazing hot in the rainforests of Acahualla, the different tribes roaring with excitement as the Mahuizzotia festival rages on, with contestants duking it out to see who will hold the title as the next Great Chief, contestant after contestant falls to the might of a certain Archosauria and her Pythia rival, until eventually only they were left standing

"Looks like it's only us left Zumama, so ready for that beatdown I promised ya?"

"A bit too confident there, aren't you Gavial? You sure you'll win?"

"Oh please, my Son's watching me, ain't no way I'm losing this one"

The final contestants: Gavial and Zumama bicker as they start circling each other, waiting for one to make the first move, a few seconds pass, then a minute before both fighters suddenly charge at each other with Gavial landing a hard punch to the face which sends her rival flying.

However she quickly got up and retaliated with a flurry of punches and kicks before ending with a tail swipe that sends her opponent sliding across the arena, Gavial attempts to regain her posture by spinning around and balancing herself, after which she launches herself at Zumama and tackles her, before hoisting her up in the air and slamming her back down to the ground

*THUD*

With a loud thud and a cry of pain, Zumama is struggling to get up from the ground, Gavial rushes towards her downed opponent, taking this opportunity the downed Pythia side sweeps Gavial's legs which causes her to fall and allows Zumama to pin her down in a chokehold and wrap her opponent with her tail.

"Give it up Gavial! I'm winning this!"

"Shit... Can't... Breath-!"

"MOM! GO AND BEAT AUNT ZUMAMA UP!"

"HEY!"

As Gavial was losing consciousness she heard a young voice from the crowd, her son Gharian. She smirks and pries herself from Zumama's grasp and proceeds to deliver punch after punch onto her opponent, eventually landing a heavy blow that knocks Zumama out cold.

Still staggering from the chokehold she got up and raised her fist as the crowd erupted in a wild cheer, and her son jumping up and down in joy from her victory

"GAVIAL! GAVIAL GAVIAL GAVI-"

- Sargon, Acahualla Rainforest, 4 Years Ago -

"Gavial! Are you and Gharian really leaving?"

A voice called out with a tone of sadness, as Tomimi watches Gavial and Gharian packing their things as they prepare to leave their home.

"Yeah we are, sorry about this Aunt Tomimi..."

"Oh come on you two, we've been over this already!"

Gavial sighs as she continues to watch her son and her childhood friend hug each other, with a familiar Pythia approaching them from nearby

"Where are you two headed?"

"Not sure yet, we'll be travelling as mercenaries for a while until we can find a proper place to settle, GHARIAN COME ON! WE'RE LEAVING!"

As the two rivals finish their conversation the Archosauria calls over her son, with him finishing his goodbyes to his aunts as he ran after his mother, as they we're walking towards the clearing they we're greeted by a familiar face

"Aunt Inam? What are you doing here?"

"What? Can't I see you two for one last time?"

The woman named Inam replies with a chuckle, she pulls Gharian in for a hug and rustles his hair, much to the boy's displeasure before turning to his mother

"Take care of yourselves out there, alright Gav?"

"Hah! Do you expect any less? We'll be fine Inam, I promise"

Inam lets Gharian go and sends the two of them off with a smile, watching the two of them until they left her field of Vision, wiping a few tears from her eyes, she turned around and started heading back to the Tribe

- Siesta, Outskirts bordering Victoria, 2 Year Ago -

"Huh? You want us to Join Rhodes Island mom?"

Gharian asks as he is busy preparing lunch for the him and Gavial, who on the other hand was checking their gear and making sure they are all well maintained

"Yeah, we've kind of hit an impasse here, there isn't much for us to do here so It's better for us to take our chances by joining Rhodes Island, and besides you might finally be able to make some more friends, y'know?"

She laughs as her son deadpans, which was slowly replaced with a smile

"Then we'd best finish up here and head out yeah? I think they have an office here in Siesta so we could probably sign up there"

"Sounds like a plan kiddo! Lets finish up our food and head over there fast!"

The pair quickly finished their food as they packed up their belongings and started walking back to Siesta.

The cogs are in place and the gears are turning, and the story... Is only just beginning

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A/N: And that's the prologue done, please don't expect any high quality writing, I'm not really that well versed with this as of now, I do not own Arknights or It's characters, those belong to Hypergryph studios, I only own Gharian with him being my Original Character, a big thank you to Doctor_Kaiser for being an inspiration to write this, do check him out as his stories are a real treat!