Author's Note: Hello! This story will contain Artemis's past. And as a warning, it WILL be bloody. But hopefully it won't be very graphic. Enjoy!
Scars
It was late at night at the Triet Renegade Base. All the renegades were asleep in their rooms while two Seraphim were quietly reading in an office. Who are these two you ask? Well, one was an auburn haired, red-eyed, cold but soft hearted mercenary that went by the name of Kratos Aurion. The other was a cobalt haired, green eyed, sarcastic, Renegade leader whose name is Yuan. Yeah that's it, just Yuan. Anyway, the two were reading while in the room next to theirs, a young girl no older than 7, was tossing and turning with a thin layer of sweat forming on her forehead. This young girl is Artemis Aurion, a gentle, kind, quiet, girl who was nearly killed by Yggdrasill, the Cruxis Leader. Yggdrasill had attacked her a year ago and gave her a multitude of scars on her small, pale body, most of which formed a strange seal that resembled a demonic sigil. Artemis's breathing was fast, as if she were running. Suddenly, she woke up with a cry that was loud enough to only alert Kratos and Yuan of the young girl's awakening.
"Artemis!" they both shouted when they came into the room. Artemis was sitting up in her bed breathing heavily, eyes wide open and her scars eerily glowing red.
"Artemis, are you alright?" asked Kratos, worried at both her cry and the glow of her scars. "We heard you scream." Yuan said.
"…I…had that nightmare again…" Artemis murmured.
"Ah…" the seraphim nodded, remembering the incident that took place a few days after Artemis received her scars.
Flashback
It was a cloudy day, something quite rare to see in the desert. But the sky seemed to for shadow something dark. Artemis was in bed with a dangerously high fever and a damp towel on her forehead. Kratos and Yuan were in the main office looking up how to lower fevers since healing magic would have no effect. Suddenly Botta ran into the room looking panicked.
"Sir, some scouts have reported that a large group of sandworms are headed this way!" he shouted.
"What!? Why would sandworms gather into a group? Botta, gather as many renegades you think we need to fend them off!" ordered Yuan.
"Yes Sir!" saluted Botta.
"All able renegade soldiers report to the entrance and get ready to attack!" Yuan shouted over the intercom. Kratos stood up.
"I'll go check on Artemis." Yuan nodded.
"Alright, but afterwards meet us at the entrance, we might need help." Kratos nodded and ran to Artemis's room to check her fever.
"…Damn it, the fever isn't going down." Kratos cursed to himself. "But this will have to do for now. I need to help get rid of those sandworms." Kratos murmured while rewetting Artemis's towel and placing it back on her forehead. And he left.
Outside was chaos. It seemed the renegades as well as Kratos and Yuan were having trouble with the large group of monsters. Inside Artemis's room, the young girl was sweating profusely, scars glowing a deep red, and her breathing erratic. Artemis's eyes slowly opened, pupils turning into slits, and her eye color changing to crimson. She got up and went outside, her expression was cold. Through all the chaos, no one noticed the small child going to the middle of the battle field. Her scars still glowing red as Artemis raised a thin, pale hand and whispered, "Death Sentence."
The sandworms were immediately hit with fatal cuts and the renegades were given heavy wounds. The only people who weren't hurt were Kratos, Yuan, and Artemis. The two Seraphim were staring at the scene with horror. It began to rain. Not water, but blood, the blood that was spilt by both the renegades and the corpses of the sandworms. Artemis staggered. She quietly groaned and placed a hand on her head.
"W-what happened?" she muttered. "…!" she gasped. "Wha…when did this…?"
"Artemis…" Kratos started. Said girl was now looking at her hands with a terrified expression. The scars on her body stopped glowing after the attack dissipated, but the scars on her hands were still glowing and were covered in a thick layer of blood.
"Why are my…and everyone's…AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" she screamed. She began to cry, horrified at the scene.
End Flashback
"After that, you became scared of the rain, didn't you?" Yuan asked.
She nodded, pulling her legs up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them.
"Artemis, you know there's nothing to be afraid of." said Kratos, "It's not going to rain blood again. Yuan and I will make sure of it. Now go to sleep, it's late."
"Yeah little kids need their sleep." Yuan explained.
"I-I am not a kid Uncle Yuan!" Artemis protested.
"Sure, sure, just go to sleep and don't worry about that incident anymore 'kay?" Yuan said. Artemis sighed, "Okay, goodnight Father, Uncle Yuan."
"Goodnight Artemis." The two angels said in unison and they went back to their reading.
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Artemis was still awake in her bedroom.
'I know Yuan said not to worry about that incident, and Father said that it won't happen again but what if it does? I still haven't learned how to control the seal.' She thought, and she fell into an uncomfortable sleep.
End
Author's Note: yep that's where it ends. Thank you for reading! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!