LOVE AND DEEPSPACE Oneshots

Promise (Sylus x Reader)

!TW! some blood and wounds

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Tara tosses a full bottle into my direction. I catch it, screw it open and take a long sip of ice cold water.

We are both working a night shift at the hunters association. It's 2 in the morning and unusually calm, nothing was going on that needed us to leave the building, so we were mainly rotting here doing office stuff, finishing and sorting paperwork, browsing through old archives, all the tedious things that also needed to be done.

I was just trying to focus on a deadly boring article, when Tara rolls up to me with her chair, nudging me with her foot to get my attention.

„Soooo, when are you going to tell me more about your boyfriend?" Her voice is teasing, but it carried a hint of curiosity.

I blush. Sylus and I celebrated our first aniversary last week and everything was going perfectly. I loved this man in and out, but there was no way I could tell her who my partner is, since it would cost me my job and my reputation.

I knew this was a restirction I had to accept in order to together with the love of my life, who, unluckily, is the most wanted criminal in the region.

„Not now!." I chuckle. „We need to get this done!"
„Come on!" She whines like a little kid, straightening her posture and looking at me with a pleasing look on her face.

„I know you are as bored as I am! Let's talk! And pleeease tell me who your partner is! I'm dying to know!"

„No, Tara! Come on, or Jenna won't be happy!"

„Only if you tell me!"

We countinue to argue playfully, when suddenly the alarms go off. The lights take on an agressive shade of red and I hear the sirens through the speakers.

We look at each other in shock. Then, Jennas voice crackles throught the room.

„Attention to all hunters! This is a five-stage emergency. A large group of criminals is loose in the city, wreaking havoc and triggering accidents across Linkon. They must be neutralized immediately. Additional intel is on its way."

The announcement hasn't even ended as we already burst out the door to the stairway, heading to the garage. My veins are full of pulsating adrenaline as we thunder down the stairs, the sounds of alarms and the distant rumble of the city calling through the building. Soon we reach our bikes, we swing onto them, starting the engines leaving a dark cloud behind us as we break out onto the roads.

Then we're off, streaking into the night.

Just like my tires on the road, my thoughts are racing like crazy. They are overturning themselves, one tripping over the other.

I knew it was him. I knew that Sylus had something to do with this. What happened that is escalated so bad? Was he doing this on purpose? He probably is, since Sylus has always everything under control.

I wonder if he's hurt, but I force myself to push this thought to the side. Of course he isn't! This is Sylus, he always plans ahead and always regards every possible outcome. He should be okay, no, he is okay. I just can't understand why he allowed this chaos to soar to the point it affected my safety, he knew I was at work today.

Still sunken in my thoughts, I suddenly see a shadow from the corner of my eye, ripping me back into reality. I know what and who this is and I know that I should follow it. I signal Tara that I'm parting ways and after receiving a confirming nod from her I crash my foot onto the break, abruptly slowing down and take the turn the shadow just went.