Unlikely Love (OC's x Reader)

Evacuation

Aya POV

Some new Spartans were deployed alongside us, and a PMC that apparently owe Redd a lot. The 5 new Spartans who were deployed are called Dylan Foster, Michael Munrowe, James Holden, Annie Goldyoung and Matthew Hystics. The PMC however I haven't met their people yet, but I've heard of them, Crimson Company, a group set up on a planet harsher than any other, at least any other habitable planet. The people living there are hardy and unpredictable. I heard that the equator of the planet is just a radioactive cesspit and the poles are pure desert. Kind of scary.
But yeah, it's been a while since we first deployed, I think 3 months now. At this point I was used to the gunfire in the background, the screams of injured soldiers, even the dread when I woke up in the morning. "Lost in thought Cookie?" I hear Redd say from behind me, as he sits down next to me, I was currently on watch again. "A bit I guess, also Cookie?" I ask him, the nickname caused me to blush a bit under my helmet. He just laughs a bit, god, the butterflies in my stomach just went mental. "Yeah, Cookie, for an adorable girl who's also TAF." Marcus said to me, I clear my visor up, letting him see my confused face. He just laughs again. "Tough As Fuck, Cookie." He says and I laugh a bit. "Now I need to find you a name that isn't Cherry or Strawberry." I say, causing him to laugh once more, and because of this I grin. "I'd kick anyone else's arse if they called me that. See, you do get privileges." He says. I then hear a laugh and someone saying shut up from behind us, when I look I see the 3 Musketeers, also known as Ace, Alaska and Aidan. Ace was probably the one who laughed, and Alaska was probably the one to say shut up. Redd got up "Why are you fucktards up here?" He asks, in a joking voice, those 4 are seriously best friends, they act like brothers. With Redd and Aidan being the oldest. Add me into the mix and we are a perfect team, I got moved into a sniper role and it fits me perfectly, Ace is our pilot, he is seriously the best one in the TNR, Alaska is our explosives expert, we always rely on him to deal with vehicles and doors that can't be kicked open, Aidan is the support and the 2nd in command, with his shotgun and SAW he can both suppress and push hostiles who are dug in and deal with them quickly, then there's Marcus, he's the leader, duh, and the pointman, being the CQC expert and pointman he is always first in and last out, he won't have it any other way, and of course me and him are officially a couple, so it makes him worry about me more. "So Marcus, the reason we had to interrupt you and your soon to be, is because we got another report in." Aidan says, I felt my face go bright red. "For fuck sake Aidan, it's been 3 weeks. Leave the girl alone." Marcus says to him after giving Aidan a light hit on the helmet. "Oh fuck off." Aidan said to him, again the brotherly relationship shows. Redd starts reading through the datapad and Ace comes over to me. "Hey Aya, how have you been?" He asks me, I hadn't seen him since he got shot in the raid 3 weeks ago. I quickly reply back. "I should be asking you that, you got fucking shot." He laughs a bit then puts a hand on his stomach. "Don't make me laugh, it hurts like a cunt." I laugh a bit and I look back at Marcus, Aidan and Alaska who were now talking amongst themselves. "So, you and Marcus huh?" Ace says to me. I blush a bit. "Yeah, asked me in the middle of a firefight, pretty romantic huh?" I say, Ace just chuckles a bit. "Yeah, that sounds like how Marcus would do it, never seen him relax more than when bullets are whizzing past his head." Ace says and he looks at me. "You know, he's more protective over you than his own damn kids." Ace says. I go to reply back when Marcus cuts me off. "Okay, we have good news and bad news. Good news is, ONI just fucking surrendered, we killed a shit ton of them and leaked info on their bases and what they've done, they won't be a problem anymore." Marcus says. I gulp. "And the bad news?" I ask. Marcus looks at me, I can almost feel his look soften. "We need to evac the city, information from our scouts say they're gonna blow it up. We lost this battle." Marcus hands Aidan the datapad back and he turns his comms on. "Okay everyone, listen up, we're evacuating the city, get the civilians in the pelicans first then we're leaving." Marcus then turns his comm off and he looks at me. "Better go find that kid you've basically adopted. You'll be leaving with her since you're her caretaker now Aya." Marcus says and he turns to walk downstairs. "Wait, what? I can't just leave with civilians while you all stay here in a red zone." I say, Marcus then turns around again quickly. "Sontoro, get your arse on a pelican and get back to the Vengeance. We aren't arguing about this." Marcus says to me in his officer voice, I sigh, knowing I wasn't going to win. "Yes sir." I say and I go downstairs to find Amy, I eventually find her alone in a classroom, though when I open the door she turns around. "AYA!" She shouts happily and runs to me, hugging my leg. "Hey Amy, listen, we're having to leave." I tell her softly before I pick her up. Her head perks up. "Where to? And what about mummy and daddy?" She asks, I tense up a bit. "Amy, I'll." I stop talking, my confidence leaving me, I take a deep breath. "Amy, I don't think... I don't think we're going to find your mum and dad." I say, her face made my heart drop, it was one of sadness, she then bursts out crying and hugs me. I wrap my other arm around her, even though my armour was on I had to try comfort her. "Shhhh, it's alright." I say. After about 5 minutes I hear someone clear their throat, though Amy hadn't stopped crying, I turn around and see Marcus with his helmet off. "Come on, it's time to go." He says, I can hear the pain in his voice. I nod a bit and I carry Amy to the pelicans and take a seat near the front, some civilians look at me, some with concern for Amy and others of sadness. I pull my helmet off and I set it down on my lap. Amy had stopped crying at this point but was still upset. I kept hugging her the whole trip back to the Vengeance.