Fragile Soul (Tactical Article x Land of the Lustrous)

Chapter 7: True Piece Of Mind

Arctic's POV

Welp... That little gem thinks he's going places, still... I admire the determination he has. Anyways, I turned around and decided not to rest as I wandered back outside and looked at the corpses of the fallen AAHW units... yeah... I'll give Red Beryl the clothes... and I'll take that ATP Mask... Ok... and. I'll throw them into the ocean. Besides, their soulless units... it's fine for now. I then grab two agents and begin dragging them toward the edge of the island... and it took a solid forty minutes to long haul them... Ugh, this sucks... I removed their tuxedos and wear before tossing them into the ocean where it tainted the water red for a moment. But it soon faded away... Alright, now just give me a long grueling hour... I now had to walk all the way back to the other two bodies back in front of the school where thankfully no one saw the bodies, how and why I don't know but I am thankful. Now I had to drag these two as it took fifty minutes because jeez it's tiring... none the less I pulled through and removed the clothes off them before tossing them into the waters where it was a mix of red and yellow. I stared into the ocean for quite some time as I watched the waves slowly take the bodies deeper into the ocean... taking away these violent creatures from this innocent world. Hopefully I never have to see them again... but knowing the way my luck is (and the author for plot reasons)... they might be back. Anyways I finally looked at the clothing and within them were Deagle bullets and shotgun bullets from the engineer and Deagle agent. That is amazing. But it still ain't much... would maybe last me a few weeks. I then grabbed the Deagle off my back and began to reload it, cause you practically have to and now...

Arctic: Yeah... that's way too long of a narrative... I'll just...

Third Person POV

Suddenly Arctic felt someone grab his shoulders and in the greatest panic, he grabbed this person's arm and tossed him over his shoulder and into the ground centimeters from the cliff and the gem yelped.

Diamond: WAIT!

Now realizing it was Dia, Arctic slowly pulls him back as he looks Diamond in the face to see a shock of pure terror.

Diamond: PULL ME BACK! PULL ME BACK!

Arctic then slowly laid Diamond down next to him as he uncomfortably had sweat run down his face.

Arctic: You ok Dia?

Diamond: I am... but please don't do that next time.

Arctic: Sorry... I'm just not the best when it comes to people

Diamond: Nervous?

Arctic: No... just lonely... But hey... let's not let this get sad...

Diamond: Right?...So what are you doing here anyways...

Dia asks a little suspicious, causing the Merc to stiffens up as he slowly turns to the ocean where thankfully the bodies were dragged away by the waves. He slowly turns to the suspicious Gem and holds up the ATP Engineer clothes.

Arctic: I made uh... new clothes... yeah, I was gonna give them to Red Beryl.

Diamond: OOOH, Can I see them?

He nervously handed the ATP Coat over to Diamond as he started to inspect the uniform for a moment and soon put it on.

Diamond: It's got a little side pouch, that's cute.

While Diamond was fangirling over the outfit, Arctic was just staring at that yellow blood that stained the collar of the coat from when the engineer had its neck shot and Thankfully Diamond never seemed to care.

Diamond: Can I please keep this Arctic? PLEASE?!

Diamond started to beg Arctic for the coat as he eventually caved in to diamonds adorable face.