BitterSweet

New rifle

On the ship you noticed your pulse rifle was severally banged up from the evening, you were pretty sad about it. You went back to your room and put the broken rifle next to your bed, you had taken the photo off of it and you had gotten a frame the other day so you placed the beaten up photo in the frame and placed it next to your bed. You took your rifle in your hands again,  your fingers moved over the worn down engraving "Welcome to Blackwatch y/n -Gabriel Reyes" you sighed before sliding the gun under your bed "You will still always be by my side Gabriel" you whispered to your self. You looked down at your hands that were still covered in dried blood, you decided you needed a hot shower. 

 You walked into the steaming hot water. You aching muscles relaxed under the water, you looked down as a mix of your blood and Reapers blood melted off you. You kept thinking about the moment when a crazed serial killer saved your life, it was such a weird feeling, why didn't he let you die you thought to yourself. 

You stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around your hair and body and walked back out into your room, you sat down next to your laptop when you heard a knock on your door. You didn't bother getting dressed so you answered in your towel. Standing there at the door was Reaper, he made a little growl and you had no idea what he was looking at because of the mask, "Do you um..need something Reaper?" you tilted your head, you soon backed up as he walked inside your room. He walked over to your bed without saying anything and from his cloak he pulled out a pulse rifle that looked similar to your broken one and set it on the bed. You turned to him in slight confusion "I figured you needed a rifle, you did mention yours was broken on the ship" he growled and began to head towards the door, you stopped him before he could leave. "Wait, Reaper" you darted between him in the door.  You paused and then continued "Why did you save me, when the ship exploded you didn't even think you just shielded me," You said with a soft voice that you never thought you would use around this man. He took a long pause before answering "good soldiers are hard to come by" he grumbled but deep down you felt as if it was a lie. You gave Reaper a little smile before stroking his mask on the cheek with your fingers "thank you Reaper." Reaper grumbled a little and continued out the door, you figured that was his way of saying your welcome.

You walked over to your bed and looked at your new pulse rifle, it was a very plain and generic rifle but it should get the job done. You decided to take it to the test range to get a feel for it even though it was nearly four in the morning.

The gun range was a decent size, it had both long range and short range targets. You started with the close range targets to see how the spray was, you then started to burst the long range targets followed by a helix shot, the rifle had a higher fire rate then your Blackwatch one had, you couldn't decide if that was a good thing or not. You didn't realize that Reaper was watching you through the window with a smile under his mask, he watched you for an hour before leaving still while you were unaware of his presence. 

You decided you had a good feel for your new companion and you were confident that you could use it well in upcoming missions. The old rifle breaking and getting a new one was a sign that your new life had begun you thought to your self as you headed back to your room to catch up on much needed sleep.