Rosa Annerito ch. 1: Non Ogni Rosa Ha Una Spina
A/N: I do not own gunslinger girl only my OCs and I hope this story is good. Any comments and reviews are appreciated
Laying on her belly, the hot desert winds tearing at her uniform and making her skin turn a nice shade of bronze, a young lady looked over at her friend clutching an ARX-160, before gluing her eye back to the scope on her G28 patrol model, its gunmetal silver suppressor and 8x sight searching for the threats that ended the lives of those closest to them. As she locked eyes with her comrade Ellie, Rose sang feeling like those two were sisters, all the while rubbing her Glock 22 she had chambered in .45 acp and her M45 MEU, both with the laser sight and improved iron sights
"Weren't your mommas only boy but her favorite one it seems, she began to cry when you said good bye and sank into your dreams" and as the two lined up on the men who killed their parents, although they had been separated, Ellie sang out
"Poncho met his match you know in the deserts down in Mexico, nobody heard his dying words but that's the way it goes" and as they went to pull the trigger the Mexican marines, hired by the man and pissing the hunters off Ellie sang, not knowing that would kick off hell
"All the federales say they could have had him any day, they only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose" and they all saw the guns go and Rose rolled over and screamed before the shooters started opening up on them. Unloading with the G28 and the ARX both started to fall back knowing a few seals were waiting to take them to the cyclone.
"Hey comrade it is time to run" and as soon as they hit the Zodiac, they heard a luetiant say in a texas drawl
"Why hello you to keep all limbs inside of the bull ride at all times" and as they hit 30 Ellie caught the wave and slammed down under water lost as the crew had to escape leaving one of their own behind, despite roses threats to kill the crew of the zodiac.
Walking down the misty streets with her bruised and battered red and black backpack slung over one shoulder feeling sorry for herself and the ones she had left behind or lost, a drunken Rose, whose raven black hair was always getting in the way, wandered to the school and she stopped and pulled it into a pony tail, using a jet black hair tie and then pulled out a cobalt blue mp3 smiling as the music played. Walking toward the high school playing summer of 69 she heard a laugh saying
"Well sis when they said Cassidy wore the pants in the relationship I figured it was because you only had a skirt to deal with those huge balls you have although I never pegged you as the boy type" and she threw a roundhouse kick that Nick quickly threw his hands up to block but still getting shoved backwards. Grinning with her grey eyes sparkling in the light she said smirking
"I'm called the shadow killer and I will live up to that name" before the two took off running toward the high school that they were ten minutes late to and Rose threw the last shot saying
"I know they say anime girls give boys unrealistic expectations but damn it you don't need to follow Revy to a T you drunken raging bitch!" As he just rolled his eyes the two turned toward the door and tried to open it but Rose didn't make it as the world turned a muted grey of red gold and blue before going black as a pipe bomb was remote detonated at the same time as a car bomb and the automatic fire split the still humid silence almost in the flash back of Mexico. As the world erupted into pandemonium Rose locked onto the sight of her younger sister Amanda, although she didn't know for a fact, and realized that the men attacking her were Italian and Mexican so she yelled
"Hernandez I am going to enjoy killing you" and used the preciously crucial seconds to set her mind right. Snapping back to the current clusterfuck as the rocks around her were being shredded to shrapnel and gravel Rose hollered out to Amanda, whose blonde hair and green eyes were clouded with dust, blood and fear
"I will cover you now fall back", before she started calmly reaching into her thigh holster to brandish a battle worn .45 caliber handgun before smiling as she unloaded the magazine causing the attackers to jerk and drop only for two more to pick up arms and take their place. Feeling a searing pain in her side Rose tried to ignore the warming growing crimson stain, and she muttered
"Well now I know what Gibbs had felt like when I was down in Mexico" until Nick hollered, his voice barely audible over the din of the clatter of brass, the whizzing of the bullets and the wounded's cries mixed with the equally eerie silence of the dead,
"I swear I will send you all to hell!" with the booming report of a shotgun resounding his intentions and Rose muttered
"That slide being slid into the rear of the gun is the most calming sound I have ever heard" before he staggered and dropped as the full force of the revolutionaries were turned onto the threat who dared to fight back. As Rose felt the blood she heard more gunfire and the yell of
"We have wounded get the medical team in here now! CORPSMAN!" and a hand squeezing hers saying
"Helps on the way sweetie" before she collapsed into darkness.
Slowly walking up to her hand being squeezed Rose woke up and saw her bed was covered in sweat and she asked, not knowing that Eleanor was listening
"What the fuck was that. I mean I have never had any nightmares like that before, although I doubt they were nightmares because I remembered thinking of Mexico during the fight and no I wasn't drinking margaritas and sun tanning" and she smiled and said, the feeling not conditioned into her sister as they were blood relatives
"Well sis I can talk to the doctor and your military skills saved your life because they found a tourniquet on your leg made from your belt and no one knows how it got there so come on Ranger lets go get lunch". Getting up Rose was happy to see her favorite black stallion t-shirt and black cargo pants and the belt that she knew had a knife in the belt buckle, which she quickly threw on before polishing the boots and pulled them on before blousing the pants into her boots looking like the solider she once was thought of. Standing and walking slowly Rose muttered, the pain leaking out of her voice
"Sister walking hurts so much, how long ago was the bombing?" and she said
"About a month ago and our brother for some reason doesn't have a handler just like Claes" and Rose stopped and asked
"Um who's Claes because you know I just got out of bed rest right?" getting Eleanor halting before spinning on her heel before casually remarking
"Claes is a girl from the agency and you remember having been here but I don't think you had met many of the girls as you were drifting in and out of consciousness muttering about Nick and Cheyenne" and she just was quiet before trying to open the door and having Eleanor throw her a jacket saying
"It's a little chilly outside and I know you tend to get cold easily squirt". As that gave her a glare Rose walked to the cafeteria and felt a hand on her shoulder and spun around out of fear and saw that it wasn't a threat but it was Rico. Looking at her Rose asked
"Hey um Rico was it? How are you doing and what you want?" trying not to appear to be cold as she had heard that Elsa was cold and didn't want to look like that. Smiling at that Rico said
"I wanted to know if you wanted to eat lunch with me and the others" causing Rose to smile replying
"Yeah I am looking forward to that" walking back toward the group and sitting down with her meal all the while making eye contact briefly with Triela hoping that she didn't see the desire in her eyes. As the two locked eyes Henrietta saw the emotions the two were sharing and they all saw Rose zone out.
"H-hey are you okay? You seem to have zoned out" and Rose looked at them all, especially Henrietta and Triela, before choking out holding her head
"Yeah I-I just had a head ache and I am fine" looking around with all of the girls outlined in blue, all except for Triela, who was outlined in gold. As they all locked eyes Rose smiled and ate, joking with the girls until Jean hollered
"Girls we have a mission and it will have Triela and Hillshire as well as Rose and Elenor dealing with kicking in the door". As the two pairs of fratello locked eyes Rose smiled and nodded before walking over to her room. Grabbing her sister Rose said, the smile across her face,
"Hey sis I have my HK417 and trusty 1911 so I am ready to go" before Rose booked it with her guitar case and HK rifle and handgun to her Mustang. As Ellie smiled saying
"Hey sister we are going to have a major fight on our hands so you had best be on you're a-game" Rose nodded and walked over toward the car before Jean stopped her and said
"Why don't you grab your sniper rifle because you may need to help provide over-watch when we breach" and Rose just gave a smile before snarkily replying
"Gee what would you have me use? My M110 or my DMR? Oh wait I know you want me to use my dragunov to be like the blonde hair" and Rico smiled saying
"My names Rico by the way and my rifle is a dragunov. The others are Etta, Elsa, Claes, angelica, Petra and Triela" and Rose smiled saying
"I remember vaguely meeting you all when I was first brought in but thank you for the reintroduction now back to matters at hand, Jean what should I use?" and he replied
"Your M700 or more to the point your B51 Kate" and Rose stood and called to his retreating form
"Since you know it what is my real name?" and Jean said calmly
"The rifle is the truth on your shortened first name because I read the file rose is your middle name". After tearing the mustang down the road at unnaturally high speeds Rose set up hoping that she could spend time with Triela and as Eleanor watched she heard her sister sing quietly
"Daddy's come around to momma's way of thinking no more staying out all night drinking he finally figured out he had something worth keeping" and Ellie replied
"Good song and maybe you can see Triela and another good one is this" and she started singing two lines
"I can't believe what the judge had to tell us I got the jeep and she got the palace" then smiled saying "That aint my shadow on her wall, lord this don't look good at all that's my girl my whole world but that aint my truck" and as Rose, who had pulled her hair back threading it through an Raven black and navy blue ball cap, slid her crosshairs over Triela saying, a blush at her thought
"She's a flatliner and doesn't know she's beautiful" and seeing the flowers on her targets porch muttered
"Why didn't I think of that" before the shots rang out splitting the silence. Snapping out of a daydream Rose saw a young man brandishing a shortened M240 light machine gun and a twelve gauge shotgun with a foregrip pump and skeleton stock/pistol grip and quickly deemed him a threat. Sliding the crosshairs over his neck resting gently at the base of his skull Rose called over her radio to Triela, Etta and Elsa
"Hey girls I hate to be the bearer of bad news but move your asses and check your six because there is someone behind you" then activated her dark eagle vision and saw where all the enemies were, outlined in red and their fields of vision and her comrades in blue except for the mystery man and Triela, a mix of Blue and Gold proving friendly and protectees. Quickly swiveling and engaging the threats to her friends and especially Triela and the new kid Rose asked
"Who is that man?" before he and another figure took off like bats out of hell and Eleanor said, her long gold hair and piercing chocolate brown eyes glistening in the setting sun
"Well sis I am surprised because they should look familiar to you" and as the two rolled in the dirt with the mystery man winning the wrestling match, they got up and Rose saw the brown almost black hair and green eyes of someone from her past and the blonde hair and green eyes of someone who she could swear she knew, not knowing Triela was having the same thought. Switching back to the targets and squeezing off three more shots each time working the bolt kicking the brass into a pile next to her, Rose fired one last round as her eyes flashed a target third floor hiding in a bath room in gold. Passing the information along to the others with Rico and Triela coming over the radio
"Understood and you can leave if you want because we have the target captured" and she quietly muttered
"Thank god" and quickly policed the brass she had laid on before running with a low crouch as she had committed the snipers biggest cardinal sin, as her instructor had said, and fired more than two shots from one position. Getting into the car panting from the effort Rose looked at Ellie and asked her sister
"So what do I do for the training including those damned memories of both boys and Triela because I think I like her" and Eleanor passed over the pictures of Pinocchio, at the time known as Alexander, and her older brother Nicholas, who the girls all knew as shadow, an infamous assassin who had just started work for the agency. Thinking to what Rose said Eleanor replied
"Simple sis you tell her how you feel" watching her turn red.