ATF oneshots

Archie X Child Reader

"Red man!"
Archie X Child Reader
Semi Angst. 💘
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You shut your eyes, whimpering.
Gunshots, screaming, chaos all around.
You scream as you are picked up. You try to open your eyes, but you're blinded by a stream of your own tears. The stranger holds you close to their chest, best hugging you.

The battle of craterview rages on, mutants and humans running past, colliding into each other in a torrent of fear and anger.
You realize you can't breathe.
The stranger has their arms wrapped around your throat, and you look up to see a green skinned man, his eyes glowing yellow.
You gasp for air, when a gunshot echoes throughout your ears.

A warm, sticky and salty splash of red liquid covers your face, and you scream. You are pulled away again, and set down near a crate.

You wipe your face off, looking up to see someone kneeling beside you. "You alright?" You nod, but suddenly the person is flung backward. You peer up, seeing a red man in what seemed to be a SEAL suit.

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You are Archie.
You've killed so many innocent people, children, teenagers, infants, adults...
But this was different.
You loom over what seemed to be a child, about 6 or 7 at least. They were alone, cornered, and most importantly, afraid. Yet, to you, this was the exact reason why you were hesitating. It just didn't seem fair. The urge to kill fills you again, and you forget all earlier regrets.

You bring down your metal fists upon the child's skull.
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It is dawn upon craterview. The mutants relish their victory, while the injured lick their wounds. A child lays in an allyway, it's skull bashed open.

Archie stands in the centre of craterview, reminiscing. He thinks about the child, and what he did. He clenches his fists, shaking his head. He denies it, but despite not knowing the child....

He misses it.

(321 words, woo! This is my first major oneshot, so I thought I might as well make it short. Sorry if Archie is OOC, or its a bit crappy, I'm fairly new to the oneshot business. Anyway, this is @HalfLifeMan , signing out. Have a lovely day.)