A Ranger's Journey (PGR x Male Reader)

Asslam

'Thinking'

"Speaking"

"[Intercomms/Radio Transmission]"

*noises*

======

Babylonia - Armory
Lucia - Gray Raven
0810 Hours

"Hey, Lucia." Liv said in a hushed whisper, her eyes glued to their commander in the rifle section loading his magazines with armor-piercing 7.62x51 rounds. "Did you notice something odd with Commandant?"

Lucia, who was busy checking the condition of her sword, stops for a moment, and looks at (Y/n) with slightly narrowed eyes. "Nothing in particular. Why?"

"He's quiet." Liv noted. "He would usually talk to us before going to missions..."

Lucia sheathes her sword. "The air around him feels different, too."

"He's still probably angry about yesterday." Lee chimed in, placing his pistols on the table. "The Ascendant managed to escape, Selena got captured, and Ayla was severely damaged. That was enough to tick him off."

Lucia frowned, watching the Ranger put on his custom-sized plate carrier then placing the magazines on the pouches. "If we were just a bit faster at eliminating the core yesterday, we could've helped Commandant..."

"There's no use dwelling on it. What happened, happened. Let's focus on the present." Lee quipped.

(Y/n) went to his team after he was done with his own preparations. His weapon of choice for the mission is the HK417 12" 'Assaulter' with the same configurations he had back at City 019. This time, he carried an M32A1 grenade launcher, with spare ammo for it on his pouch and backpack. "Are you three good to go?"

"Yes, Commandant." Lucia said.

(Y/n) nods in reply and went to the Peregrine docked nearby. The three Constructs followed without a word. "Raven 1 to Falcon 1-1, wheels up in two."

======

Troop Carrier Spacecraft "Peregrine"
Commander (Y/n) "Ranger" Schmitt - Gray Raven
0818 Hours

"One minute!" Bellowed the co-pilot of the troop carrier.

Gray Raven took the cue, rising from their seats, weapons in hand. The bay door opened, letting the light and wind fill the interior, while also showing the dry, dusty wasteland they're about to enter. The Asslam looms closer as the Peregrine goes near. The target train wasn't alone, however, as another train rolled along beside it, and on top of it was a large cluster of Corrupted mass. It didn't take them long to figure out that it was the remnant of the Heteromer core that mutated into the thing that they're seeing right now.

"There's our target." (Y/n) said to his team, getting the grenade launcher ready.

"A hideous appearance, indeed." Lee remarked.

"Thirty seconds, Gray Raven!" The pilot bellowed.

Asslam's onboard laser cannon turns to aim at the Heteromer. It charged up for a few seconds and fired, sending a powerful blast towards it. A chunk was peeled off, but it appeared to only annoy the Heteromer, prompting it to jump off from the train it was previously at and land on top of the eternal train, crushing the cannon and causing tremors in the structure and making the occupants panic at the sudden jolt. It fused itself with the car, making itself into a rail heterozygote.