Various One-Shots and Stories

An Unforgiving God

Sarah stared at her bloodstained hands as she backed away from the body in front of her.
"I'm sorry," she whispered as tears silently ran down her cheeks. "I'm so sorry!"
She couldn't believe what had happened, what she had done. She just killed her own husband. It had to be a dream, right? She knew Rallen was strong enough to fight on his own, yet here he was...lifeless in front of her.
"R-Rallen...why...?" she sobbed. "Y-you said you'd die for m-me...b-but I wasn't ready to lose you!"

Just then, a male ran over to her. "Sarah?! What happened? I heard-" he cut himself off when he saw Rallen. "...I...Sarah...what happened?"
She then threw herself at the male. "E-Exodus...Rallen...h-he's dead..."
"How...?"
She sniffed. "H-he...he protected me..."
He then hesitantly ran a hand in her hair. "...can you please explain what happened so I can go and kill the bitch that did this?"
She nodded and began to tell him the story.

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Sarah had a smile on her face as she laid next to Rallen. "That...was amazing."
Rallen ran a hand in her hair. "Of course it was. You always say it is."
"Well it's true," she said with a giggle.
Rallen sighed slightly. "Well with you, I wouldn't doubt that."
"...can we just stay here for the rest of the day?" Sarah then asked as she looked at him.

He thought for a moment and then shook his head. "I'd love to...but we should really go and do some training. Especially with you leaving for your mission in two days."
She pouted slightly. "Fiiine..."
Rallen chuckled slightly. "But I'll promise you this. Once we're done doing our training, you can rest all you want, okay?"
She nodded as she began to sit up. "Sounds fair to me."

About ten minutes later, the two arrived at the training field, which was practically empty.
"Where is everyone?" Sarah asked as she looked around. The training field currently reflected a warehouse, having all sorts of stacks of boxes and crates.
Rallen shrugged. "Beats me. ...anyways! Lenos V4, suit up!"
As he spoke, his suit of armor came out and set itself on Rallen.
Sarah giggled a bit. "I always love watching you do that. Now...are we going to start with this form or my Umbreon form?"
"Let's start Umbreon," Rallen said with a nod. Sarah nodded in response, and closed her eyes and transformed into an Umbreon. "Ready when you are!" she told him telepathically.
"Lenos V4, Blaster," Rallen then said as a blaster materialized in his hands. "...also, make the shots just stun," he added on.
"Shots from the blaster will now only stun," the suit replied.
"I'll give you thirty seconds to hide," he then told her.
Sarah nodded and began to run off.

What Sarah was doing with Rallen right now was improving her stealthiness as an Umbreon. Sure, she was already pretty stealthy, but for the mission she was about to head out on in two day's time, she'd need all the stealth that she could get, so Rallen invented a game. The objective was simple. It was like hide n' seek, but if Rallen found Sarah, Sarah could try to run away and hide again before he 'shot' her. Sometimes the exercise could go on for hours, other times no more than twenty minutes.
Keeping all that she had learned so far in mind, Sarah went to a crate quite a bit away from where they had started that had caught her eye, and slipped into the shadows.
Not even five seconds later, Rallen called out. "Ready or not...here I come!"
Sarah snickered silently. Whenever she heard him say that, she always felt like a little kid playing hide n' seek. That was kind of the case, but a more extreme variant of the game.

Sarah had been in her hiding spot for about ten minutes when she heard something that caught her attention. It almost sounded as if something had hit the ship they were on. Normally, she would have run out of hiding to see what was going on, but Rallen would usually use that ploy to try and lure her out, so she stayed put.
Little did she know that this would lead to the events to come.

She eventually heard footsteps that she knew to belong to Rallen, and as such, sunk a bit further into the shadows, as she wasn't ready to be found.
"...Sarah? Are you here?" he then asked in a hushed tone. "...you need to stop hiding, now."
Sarah remained silent, yet again thinking that this was one of his ploys to lure her out.
"Sarah...this isn't a game anymore. The TF has been invaded. We need to go and fight off the invasion. We need to get out of the training room as soon as we can. The people who invaded the ship...as soon as they find me, they'll likely disable my suit's teleportation abilities. ...if that happens, it'll be a long fight... and you could end up getting hurt. I don't want that. Sarah...please."
She was silent for a moment as she processed his words, and froze when she realized that he wasn't lying. She then ran out of the shadows and changed back. "...Calian V3," she said as her armor came on before looking at Rallen. "...why didn't you say something sooner?"
"I was-" he then stopped mid-sentence.
Sarah gave him a look. "Rallen? What's wrong? I...is everything okay?"
He slowly shook his head. "Sarah...I...this is my fault. They're already here."
She hugged him. "Rallen...please...! Let me fight with you...this is my fault! If I hadn't been stubborn, we wouldn't be in this situation!"
He then tightened his grip on his blaster. "...Lenos V4, restore normal capabilities."
"Blaster returned to normal capabilities," the suit replied.
He then pushed Sarah away as he placed the blaster to his head, falling to his knees at the same time. "S...Sarah...I'm so sorry I wasn't able to do more....but they won't stop until I'm dead, and that's all they want, I swear. If you let me do this now...everything will return to normal...I swear."
Sarah shook her head, falling to her knees as well. "R-Rallen! No! I-I refuse to let you kill yourself! I love you too much...! Please...there has to be another way... we have to be able to fight through this! I'll fight with you...even if I die. I love you too much..."
Rallen then began to place his finger on the trigger. "Sarah...once I'm gone...I'm entrusting everything that's mine...to you. Including TF."
She began to cry. "Rallen!! Please! I don't want you to kill yourself!"