Hey! So, here's a fanfic...hope you guys like it! I only own my OC, Ruby!

"Let's rock 'n roll gentlemen." I slipped my knives out of their proper places on my upper thighs and held them firmly.

"Ruby, go!" Colonel yelled. I nodded and jumped from the moving car, rolling and getting to my feet. Instantly I was attacked but I easily incapacitated the men. I ran my way through the men, slicing when I needed to. I sprinted into the house and found Roque leading children out.

Some of the kids looked up at me, happy to see a woman. I smiled gently at them. "Vamanos chicos." I held out my hands to two of them. We jogged to Jensen and Pooch who had gotten a big yellow bus. I rolled my eyes at them as we started lifting kids into the back of it.

"Señora." a little girl whimpered to me.

"¿Sí chiquita?" I looked down at her kindly.

"Mi oso de peluche es en la casa." her bottom lip trembled as she pleaded with me.

I bit my lip and nodded. "Un momento chiquita." I climbed out of the bus and sprinted back to the house. I could hear Jensen, Cougar, Pooch and Roque yelling for me to come back, but I kept going. I skidded to a stop and looked around the room where the children had been.

"Ruby! What the hell are you doing!?" Clay yelled as he ran past me.

I snatched the ragged teddy bear from the floor and sprinted back to the bus, leaping in as Cougar slammed the door shut after me.

"Had to get the bear." I panted as I handed the stuffed animal to the small girl.

"Gracias señora." she smiled at me. I grinned at her.

"De nada chiquita." the bus lurched forward and I grabbed hold of the girl before she could fall. I held her and another little girl tightly as Pooch kicked the bus into high gear to get out of the blast radius.

I could feel the flames engulfing the bus as we flew down the hills finally coming to a stop in the mud. The children all giggled and we started to help them out. I picked up the girl who's bear I had ran inside to get and started walking the kids to the extraction zone.

"¿Como te llamas chiquita?" I asked her.

She smiled shyly and said, "Esmeralda."

I gasped and smiled widely at her. "¡Oye chiquita! ¡Tu nombre es muy hermoso!"

She giggled and softly questioned, "¿Como te llamas?"

"Ruby." I answered simply. She gripped my shirt tightly as I trekked through a particularly muddy area.

"Me gusta tu nombre mucho señora." she blushed at me. I giggled as a young boy who was holding my hand, agreed excitedly.

"Gracias, Esmeralda." she nodded and fell silent.

I glanced at the men and children behind me, Cougar caught my eye and smiled at me. He walked quickly to catch up with me.

"You're good with kids, Ruby." he whispered. I shrugged and held the girl closely as I saw the chopper start to descend.

"They're just so sweet." I chuckled. He nodded and smirked at me, eyes twinkling from beneath the brim of his hat.

The children ran towards the chopper happily. "There's not enough room for your team and them." the pilot yelled over the noise.

Clay thought for a moment and said, "Then it's them." we helped load the kids onto the chopper. Esmeralda clung to me when I tried to put her in the chopper.

"Oye, chiquita. ¿Como estás?" I asked gently.

She looked up at me with tear filled eyes. "No me gusta." she cried.

"Oh, Esmeralda. Chiquita, por favor." I asked her sweetly to get on the helicopter. She nodded sadly and hugged me tightly.

"Esta bien." I smiled. Backing away from the chopper as the pilot slid the door shut.

I waved to the kids as the helicopter slowly took off.

"Those were some cute little buggers. Hope they make it to the court marshall." Pooch said. I half smirked as I stopped waving.

"What's that? You hear that?" Roque asked, squinting up at the sky.

Jensen fiddled with his COM, "Guys, this is bad."

A voice came over the COMs, "Max, Cobra One, Bandit Locked." I looked to Jensen in confusion.

"What? What's that?" I asked, a slightly panicked tone in my voice.

"Understood." a second voice stated monotonously. "Cobra One. Kill Bandit." my eyes widened as I saw missiles speeding towards the helicopter.

"NO!" I screamed, sprinting at it. I could hear the others running behind me, yelling.

I reached out as the chopper was blown to pieces in the sky. I felt strong arms pulling me back, keeping me from getting crushed by the flaming wreckage.

"Shh." I looked up to see Jensen holding me.

"No." I sobbed, we slid to the ground. I turned in Jensen's arms and cried into his shoulder. He held me tightly and rubbed my back, soothing me.

I could hear Cougar praying for the children in Spanish and I heard Roque and Pooch cursing. I sniffled and wiped my eyes, slowly standing. Jensen let go of me carefully as if he was making sure I wouldn't tumble over.

I walked to the burning wreckage and stood next to Clay. I saw him looking at the teddy bear of the young boy he had saved.

I glanced down into the flames and saw I glint of metal that obviously wasn't from the chopper. I reached in quickly and grabbed it.

It was a simple silver necklace with a silver circle. I flipped it over and saw a small "E" engraved in it. I put a hand over my mouth to hold back a sob. I could feel hot tears leaking from my eyes.

I could vaguely remember the small girl wearing a thin silver chain around her neck, but it was mostly hidden under her baby blue dress. My bottom lip quivered as I tried to fasten it around my neck.

"Hey, hang on." I heard Jensen whisper to me. I felt him take the necklace and slowly fasten it around me, his fingers brushing against my neck. He lingered for a little while before backing away.

"That was supposed to be us." Clay muttered.

I watched as the boys ripped their dog tags off and handed them to the colonel. He walked over and stood in front of me.

"Ruby." he said softly. "I need your tags."

I nodded numbly and tore them off, placing them in his open palm.