Arknights: Operation Archosauria

Trial 2 - Grim Consequences and Home

- Ursus, Chernobog -

"Great going back there kid, that remote belonged to W didn't it? How'd you even get your hands on it?"

"Oh... Uhh... I have my ways"

Gharian nervously replied, this raised a bit of suspicion with Ace but decided not to ask anything else, they decided to stop by a dilapitated building as they have been running for a while now.

"We should be safe here, all operators rest up, we'll continue on after 10 minutes"

"Yes Instructor!"

Min-Min collapses on the floor, panting heavily as Guard walks over to check up on her, meanwhile Ace and Dobermann went outside to patrol the surroundings, the rest sit down and breath a sigh of relief

"Are you alright Doctor? Do you need any water?"

"I-I'm fine Amiya, I just need some rest, and thank you for the rescue miss... Nearl i believe?"

"Indeed, it is of no concern Doctor, I am happy to be of assistance, speaking of which allow me to introduce myself once again, Margaret Nearl, the radiant knight at you command"

Margaret bows as Isabella smiles and bows as well before turning their attention to the newcomer Archosauria, who was currently snacking on what appears to be rice crackers

"Mmm? Want some?"

"Gharian... So where did you split off to? Last time I checked you we're with the main rescue group, how did you end up off to the side of the reunion forces?"

He froze at her question and was contemplating on what to say, he looked at the three of them before replying

"Reconissance, I guess? I had this bad feeling when we set foot on Chernobog so I went to investigate and lo and behold I found big sister W and her squad of reunion soldiers"

Nearl nods as Amiya smiles, thanking him for the close save earlier

"Ah yes! I forgot! Doctor, this is Gharian our resident Logistics worker as well as a very reliable field operator, he joined Rhodes Island along with his mother who is currently one of our companies medics"

"Oh, hello there Gharian, i'm Isabella, and that's all I can remember... A-Am I really this 'Doctor' you all say I am?"

She asks, still confused about this entire situation, Nearl is a bit stunned as she had no idea that the Doctor had amnesia, just as Amiya was about to say something Gharian shoved a rice cracker in the Doctor's mouth

"Doctor this, Doctor that, so what if you don't know if you are the Doctor? It's just a title! Or a position? I don't know, your name is Isabella, not Doctor, got that? Who cares if you don't remember your past, just move on towards the present, it's a way better option than struggling to remember a forgotten past"

He finishes his speech with a huff, everyone in the room looked at him in awe as tears started streaming down Isabella's face, she started crying as Gharian hurriedly tried to calm her down, only to be grabbed and hugged tightly by her

"Oh you lovely child you! You're so sweet!"

Nearl and Amiya tried to hold their laughter at the sight of Isabella tightly hugging and nuzzling Gharian

Dobermann enters the building to inform them that they will be moving again, though she does stare a bit at the sight of Isabella treating Gharian like a child

"I... I won't ask what transpired here but it's best we leave now, Ace and I will be waiting outside"

The rest nodded as they gathered up their Items and left for the rendezvous site, on the way they come across the various bodies of the victims of Reunion, adults, Ursus Soldiers, and even... children, the more they continued the harder it was to stomach it