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BlazeFire Saber

She walked across the large, open army ground. The soldiers were all on the grounds. They stood in four groups: twenty in a group, five standing behind five standing behind five and so on. The Guardian Corps of Bodhum were preparing for the yearly march past.
"Move it Soldier," Lieutenant Amodar in the front ordered, "Your troop is waiting"
"Yes lieutenant" she started running
Today she was going to get her own weapon and she excited about it. It was simple; sergeants got their own weapon. It showed skill and disciple as well as commitment and duty to the people.

Lightning stopped in front of the armory. She took a deep breath and entered.
"Lightning what took you?" Weapons officer Gale Mercer asked
Gale Mercer was a beast. 6ft3 290 pound of muscle, bald cut with dead green eyes. He was in charge of the armory. All the troops were scared of him. The man had a temper. He wouldn't hurt a fly; he would pull its wings off, laugh at it and then step on it. He did have a soft side though.
"I walked"
"Oh sorry to take you out of your busy schedule" Gale joked, but soon turned all business "So you ready to get your weapon?"
"I am," she said
She was getting shaky but she controlled it pretty well. Years of training she figured.
"Okay Farron" Gale walked towards a wooden door, Light followed "Picking a weapon can't be rushed. You need to feel the weapon, be comfortable with it. You're not going to get a second chance at picking a new weapon"
The two walked into a huge warehouse filled with weapons.

The warehouse wasn't special, tile roof and a white tile floor and white concrete walls. The weapons inside made it special. Light had been in here once and that was a long time ago. Weapons upon weapons lay before her, from sword to axes to guns to bigger swords. Light whistled
"Impressive, no?"
"Very"
"Okay Farron" Gale walked towards the sword section "I always figured you to be a swordsman err…swordswoman"
"Maybe"
She followed.
"How's the sister?"
"Fine" Lightning said, "Dating an idiot but fine"
"Good times" Gale stopped "Okay see anything?"
Lightning looked at the large collection of swords. She would pull out a sword, hold it at arm's length shake her head and put it back.
"Nothing here you want?"
"No" she said "Do you have something new? Something special. Modern"
"I do"

The two walked back to the front of the armory
"So this idiot your sister is dating. You want me to take care of him?"
Lightning gave a small smile "No I can handle it"
"You call me if he's giving you trouble"
"Will do"
They moved into a new selection of swords.
"These boys should please you"
Again Lightning went through the swords picking one, holding it at arms length and then putting it back.
"Nothing?"
Light shook her head
"You know your being a woman now"
"I am a woman"
"Now you're telling me something," he said smiling

They walked to the end of the armory.
"These are not so new but the should do the job"
She went through the sword. That's when something caught her eye. It lay in the back accumulating dust. It had a red halt but a long halt. The silver blade wasn't the longest she had seen on a sword with such a halt but it had length. There was a small button on the halt.
"Oh man I forgot about that," Gale said
"What is this?"
"It's a Gunblade. That's the Blazefire Saber"
"Gunblade?"
"Press the button on the halt"
She did. The top part of the halt split and folded out. The blade slid in between the open halt parts. The lower part of the halt curved down. A trigger appeared at the curve.
"Now this is nice," she said
She held the weapon in her hands.
"Here"
She looked up at Gale. The beast had disappeared while she was inspecting the weapon. He gave her a light red holster.
"This goes with the saber"
She took it "Thank you"
She looked down at the Gunblade and smiled.