Final Space Oneshots

I Will Carry You

Request by Sujs
Gary, during a fight, sacrifices himself to save Avocato's life. Avocato is left realising how valued his friendship is with the human, and vows to tell him. That is, if he can keep him alive.

Another blast pieced the metal container next to Gary, and he yelped in surprise. He quickly risked looking out from his makeshift barricade (behind a large storage container, squashed in between boxes) to find that the enemy was coming closer, gun raised.

It was only meant to be an innocent supply run.

It was his idea – after all, he and Avocato hadn't left the ship in a while, and the Ventrexian needed some way to relax and take his mind off his son for a few hours. So when HUE announced that they were running low on petrol, Gary seized the opportunity to drag Avocato to the small town of Naciresso.

And he really was enjoying it, and so was Avocato. Heck, he'd even seen his friend laugh six times within the first hour. The laugh made his heart feel warm, glad that the Ventrexian was getting some shred of the joy he deserved.

Now, as he rolled to the container beside him, Gary realised that it might have not been the greatest idea in hindsight. He and Avocato has created a name for themselves, and with that, a lot of enemies. Today it was bounty hunters.

Another bullet was too close to his ear, and Gary ducked, reloading his gun. He cast a glance at Avocato, who was shooting and yelling violently. Gary grinned as two more bounty hunters went down. They could do this.

The rain of bullets stopped as the enemy began to reload, and Gary knew this was his chance. With a yell, he jumped up from behind the metal, shooting down two more bounty hunters with his pistol.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Avocato shouted, another three falling in front of him.

Only the meanest, toughest bounty hunters remained. Gary quickly ran to Avocato, flashing him a grin.

"I'd say there are four left of them." Avocato smiled back confidently. They ducked in sync as more gun fire assaulted them.

"To think this was just because we wanted to into a sweet bar." Gary replied. Avocato shook his head, chuckling.

"You wanted to. I knew it was a bad idea." He replied. Gary wiggled his eyebrow.

"Yes, but that small sip of a drink was worth it." Gary shot a few times before taking cover again.

"I didn't even get a drink!" Avocato countered. The gun fire paused again. He and Avocato exchanged a look, grinning.

"Once this is over, we are going back to that bar. I'm getting you a drink." Gary announced, jumping over the boxes. He heard Avocato laugh beside him, but after that all he could hear was the sound of his own gun firing at the hunters.

Avocato was yelling next to him, taking down a bounty hunter with ease. Gary shot another in the legs, kicking the gun away from them.

He scanned the surroundings, searching for the last bounty hunter. Avocato had almost beaten the third, and for a moment he thought the last had fled.

However, nothing is ever that simple.

As Avocato defeated the third bounty hunter, as the Ventrexian gave him a huge smile, as Gary was about to say a well placed joke, he saw them.

The final bounty hunter had a target aimed at Avocato's back, and Gary knew that, even if he shot the guy now, it would be too late. The trigger was about to be pulled.

"Avocato!" Gary yelled. He did the only thing he could to in that moment: push him out the way. He didn't have time to consider the fact that he was now directly in the line of fire. No – he could only think that this was not the way for Avocato to die, his son was relying on him.