So maybe I will continue this one... Bah.
Okay, so I don't know where the heck this is going. Whatever. And no, I haven't stopped! This fic ISN'T DEAD! It'll only die if I die, so ha! I'm just... Very, very slow. Nothing up there, ponts to her head, is working right. They're all dead, I tell you - DEAD! D-E-D!
OH! OH! NOTE! I have not played any of the games of which Axl makes an appearance! I... Haven't really played many X games, at all, really. Mostly the Zero ones, but, eh, whatever. If Axl appears to be OOC, this is why. Even though he only appears in this chapter for like what, one sentence? ...
And if anyone DOES notice any OOC-ness, point it out if you want - maybe... Give me some personality pointers or something?
Bleh. This is why I never play original, series-born characters when roleplaying! Anyway, before the authors note-thing becomes larger than the chapter itself...
When we last left our disgruntled... Victims... Zero had dispatched a maverick and left our two favourite (or not) rookies on their own.
Well, now that attack is over.
Long over.
As in, months over!
About three.
It was strangely peaceful after a sleu of rather hard, tough, action-packed missions that I won't bother to describe or tell about here because I'm just that evil.
The two rookies were now walking side-by-side in the halls, chatting it up with one another about this-and-that. Mainly about Valk's little escapade in what they both now called, simply, The Room, and the maverick attacks they had been having the past three months.
They failed to notice anyone else until Valk abruptly bumped into someone. Further inspection lead to that someone being someone she had hoped to never bump into for a long, long while.
Zero, the blonde guy that we all know, but not nescessarily love, stood very, very still, peering at the grey-loving rookie as if she were the most vilest thing ever. "Watch where you're going!" The hot-headed, saber-totin' reploid walked around and hurried down the hallway, away from the two rookies.
The two rookies of which were staring after him. One of which, Ethil, was making fairly screwed-up faces at his back, coupled with a few odd gestures that earned her a few equally odd stares from a few not as odd passers-by.
Grabbing her friend by the arm, Valk yanked Ethil away from the oddly staring people. Even so, Ethil did not relent the whole making-faces-at-Zero thing until she couldn't see him anymore.
Valk was grateful that he didn't look back to see her friends strange, odd, yet... Amusing face-making.
The two walked along, giggling to each other, until once again, Valk bumped into someone.
"Watch it!" Both Valk and the reploid she just bumped into said the two words, both at the same time. They both stared at each other for a moment, Valk smiling sheepishly and giggling, the red-head reploid laughing.
She had come to recognize this one as Axl over the months she'd been in the Hunter HQ. And she thought he was kind of cute. And... She was kind of... Stalking him. A little.
Ethil rolled her eyes, grabbing Valk this time instead of the other way around and waving shortly to Axl before pulling her friend along. Axl watched them go, one brow raised in a curious expression, before continuing on.
When they got out of earshot - and sight - Ethil stopped, smiling smugly at her friend. "Valk has a crush on someone, now, doesn't she?"
The grey-loving reploid Valk simply blushed, then glared at her friend for a long moment. Finally, she shook her head. "Do not!"
"Oh-ho-ho! I know you well enough - we've only been partnered in everything for what... Oh, I lost track of time, but since our creation." Ethil shrugged, poking her friends forehead. "I know you well enough, and I saw how you were staring at him. All doe-eyed and-"
"GAH? I was... Staring... Like... That? And he was staring back..." Valk's blush deepened, before she reached out to violently shake her friend. "Did he notice!"
Ethil reached up and pried Valk's hands off of her shoulders before shrugging. "How should I know? I was observing you. You're the one who was staring at him - so, did he notice?"
Valk shrugged as well, biting her lip and fidgeting. "I hope not..."
Putting an arm around her friends shoulders, Ethil began steering the grey-clad reploid off towards the cafeteria. "Don't worry. I'm sure he didn't!"
End chapter Siiix.