10. You can't

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So, I imagine Marina and Eight kind of together in this one-shot. Maybe not officially but they both know their feelings for each other and have kissed several times before, but they're trying to concentrate in the war and not each other - to be more efficient or something- :)

This battle isn't any different from any other. There's chaos and ashes and Mogs. They are attacking and there are many of them. That's why we decided to split up, so we could attack them from different points. Divide and conquer.

I got paired with Marina, we make quite a team, but there's only one problem with that: I don't know where she is.

I feel anxious. I would never forgive myself if anything happened to her. She's capable of taking care of herself, I know. She has gotten so much better at fighting that the girl I met in India would be amazed by her future self. But, you know, what if.

There's a huge weight that lifts off my shoulders when I see her running to me.

"Are you okay?" I ask.

"Yes, I'm fine." She says exhausted. "I saw the opportunity and I took it." She looks down embarrassed.

I grin proudly. We are trying to teach her to be more impulsive in training and it's great that she did it in the battlefield, too.

She sees my grin and it makes her smile. But all good things must come to an end (and I hate whoever thought of that phrase). I hear a gunshot, one of many, but Marina's face contorts and she cries out in pain. It makes my heart shrinks and hurt. I feel dizzy, this can't be happening. Her hands are on the wound as she falls down but I rush forward to catch her. Immediately, I transport us somewhere else. It's not really far but enough to get her away from there, in case it might happen again.

"Marina, you okay?" I manage to ask. "I mean, can you cure yourself?"

"I- I think so." Her hand is still pressed against her side where blood is pouring out.

Marina's eyes are full with tears and my shrunken heart breaks. I notice mine are wet, too, when she shakes her head and looks away.

"It's not working." She mutters.

"What?"

"I can't heal it."

No.

"We need to find, John." I say. "I'll teleport us to John."

"You don't know where he is."

"He and Six are by the lake."

"I know." She tries to smile. "But they might have moved."

"Then we will find him." I tell her. "But you're not dying. Not now, not ever."

"You will get tired." She breathes. "Of teleporting."

"I don't care."

"Eight-"

"No. We're going to get you help no matter what." I look into her eyes because I need her to understand how much we need her. Words aren't necessary, not with her, but they still rush out. "I will do whatever I need to." I say touching her cheek tenderly. She smiles even though the pain doesn't leave her expression.

I teleport us both to John. Well, I need four tried before we spot him fighting several meters away. If it weren't for the need to help her and the adrenalin rushing through my veins because of that, I would love to take a long nap. After sitting Marina down carefully, I make my way to John, but I never stop watching her from the corner of my eye.

"John!" I shout.

He turns his head and earns a blow in the stomach.

"Sorry, but I really need your help. Please, it's Marina." I practically beg.

"Eight." He says while dodging an attack. "I'm a bit busy here."

"I'll cover you. Just, please, help her." I say desperate. "She's over there." I point at Marina who is still sitting but barely.

I try to keep the Mogs busy and manage to kill the ones there. I let all my frustration and fright on those Mogadorians. I get wounds myself but nothing too bad; they don't even hurt, I barely feel them. Of course, they weren't going to leave us alone, more Mogs come my way, but I would never let them get through me. Six comes soon, since she was paired up with John and that means she was near, and she helps me. She has no trouble, so I take that as a chance to go to Marina.

I run to them and knee next to her.

"Is she okay?"

"I'm doing what I can." Four has his eyes closed to concentrate.

"Do more."

"Eight" Marina takes my hand and tries to smile, "it's okay."

"No, it's not." I whisper. "You can't, okay?" I can't bring myself to say the word again but I know she knows what I mean. "Please."

"He's trying." Then she turns to John. "Calm down, John. You can do it." She closes her eyes at a new wave of pain. Her head falls gently on my shoulder and she leans on me, so John has a better access to her fatal wound.

"Eight." She says softly again. "I- Tell Ella that I'm proud of her and- that she is really- strong."

"Don't talk like that." I frown.

"Shh, listen." She barely smiles. "If anything goes wrong, I need you to tell her. She's young- and has seen so much death. Tell- Tell them all to never give up. We will win if- we work hard and- together."

"Marina, you won't die. You can't, okay?"

"Don't cry. Your eyes- they're so beautiful."

I smile but it's sad and broken. We lock eyes. Her eyes are beautiful, who cares about mine? I can't bear to see her like this, with those pretty eyes losing their light. Her hand comes to my cheek and she touches it with care.

"Eight."She smiles a bit. "Joseph." This is important. "I- I aaaaahhh." She gasps and immediately turns to John. "It's working."

"Yes, it is!" He grins happily.

I don't know how to begin to explain the relief I feel. I can finally breath again. Marina smiles widely in relief herself and when she's fully cured (which happens really quickly compare to how much time Four needed to start), she moves to him and gives him a kiss on the cheek.

I feel weird inside.

"Hey, what about me?" I can't help but grin as happy as ever.

She faces me and her smile widens. Without any kind of warning she basically throws herself on me. And let me tell you, best thing ever.

We end up laying on the grass hugging. But that's not all.

She kisses me. A full hard proper kiss on the mouth. My hands are on her waist and her travel from my neck to my chest. I hug her closer, if that's even possible and feel one of her hands in my hair now. She smiles into the kiss.

"Ehem." I barely register John's voice. "Guys, this is not the time." He sounds awkward.

We pull away and Marina is blushing. I have this stupid grin on my face; one of those that would make Nine and Six laugh at me. Marina stands up and helps me up, but she's not meeting my gaze.

"You know," I tell her already standing up, "I like our thank-yous." I grin smugly.

She looks at me trying to hide a smile and I swear I see her cheeks even redder.

"Don't push your luck."

"Been doing that since I was born." I say. "And you know what?" I lean in to steal a little kiss. "I'm not gonna stop now." I laugh and walk away.

What a day.

Well, how was it? I actually really like this and I hope you do too! Please review and tell me :)

(I think Eight is especially hot when he's worried about Marina. It's like, he's a funny cheerful guy, but he has suffered and you see he doesn't want to lose anyone else.)

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Sonia