Darkness. She was surrounded by it. It wasn't an unusual occurrence for her. She knew that she was dreaming. This time, she would be only capable of hearing voices. The darkness no longer deceived her, she used to be frightened by its mere presence. The things that it brought her. The fear that was instilled in her.

She was used to it.

"Ah, Marco," Came a male's voice, a voice that seemed so familiar yet indistinguishable at the same time. Like most dreams, she couldn't move. She couldn't feel her muscles. She could only listen to whatever was happening and attempt to decipher them.

"You're on time, what did Adriana feed you this time?" The same voice added in an amused manner. Chuckles filled the room as she heard chairs being pulled, despite how gently it was being pulled, she heard them scratching the floor.

This time, another voice made itself known, it was a female's, "Believe me, Luke, it took a lot of effort just to get him to wake up. He slept through his alarm, if I had not noticed, we wouldn't be here until tomorrow, no?" She assumed that was Adriana, her voice was smooth as silk, almost seductive if she may add. She dismissed the thought upon hearing groans of complain.

"You are embellishing things, amore." A baritone voice, one that she assumed belongs to Marco, reverberating through the darkness. Followed by a soft chuckle, like rolling thunder billowing across dark skies.

She didn't know the voices, but she was reminded of something. She couldn't put her finger on it but it was on the tip of her tongue, tugging at her to remember what it was. The voices leisurely chatted as she drowned herself in thoughts. Unable to understand why she was dreaming of this.

Another woman's voice joined in. She was smitten by how lovely the voice was, a velvety voice that was lax and calming. Another voice that was familiar but she couldn't understand why. "I suppose that we have the same woes, Adriana." She heard the laughter of both women and dissenting groans of males.

Who were these people? They didn't seem to be teenagers, their voices and speech pattern proved otherwise. Despite the way that they were acting, she had a feeling that this would be something of great importance.

"Now," Came Luke's voice, the carefree tone he had earlier, expiring, replaced with one that was somber. She swore that the room grew tense as well. "Shall we begin with Project Cesser?"

'Project Cesser?' She questioned as she heard papers being shuffled, pens scribbling on the said paper.

"Ah, of course." Came Marco's deep voice. "We received the files that Alice sent the other day. What was stated there, was conducted 7 years ago, right?" He questioned, "That was when-"

"The infection began." The soft spoken woman from earlier cut in. She assumed that she was the Alice character.

There was a brief silence, "It's amazing how you were able to put the disregarded Bias Factor to good use. Imagine how this will benefit Fenrir's defenses! We could even use it to stop the Aragami's Oracle Cells from reforming if we apply this to the God Arc that we have now." Adriana spoke, with excitement in her voice. Brynn was finally able to put the pieces together.

Or so she thought.

"True, however, the last report that we made was rejected by Fenrir. They claimed it to be a freak accident. Something out of sheer luck." There was silence again.

"But imagine the possibilities!" Luke continued for Alice. There was desperation in his voice, "We can convince the higher ups, somehow. There is a way."

"They see you as a threat, Luke." Alice reminded, her soft tone was gone, replaced with a sad and firm one.

"I know, but…" He paused for awhile, "The both of you will help us, right?" They were once again consumed by silence.

"Of course!" Came the male's deep voice, "Anything for the future generation to have a better future." His voice trailed off, but she heard the determination in it.

Another hummed in response, they continued to discuss things when Brynn was shaken by the loud explosion that was near them. She heard walls collapsing and screams, a fearsome roar caught her attention.

"What's this?! An Aragami?!" More screams were followed by that, crashing and stomping of whatever Aragami that was. Followed by a woman's heinous laughter.

"Vice Captain!" Her eyes flung open, revealing her wide eyes as she took in the azure sky. Her palms were sweating and she could feel her heart beating loudly on her chest. She was panting, she wasn't tired by it was as if so much adrenaline had been pushed into her system. She began to realize where she was, she was lying against the tree, beside her was a certain Silver-haired girl who was looking at her with concern.

She had been trying to awaken the girl from her sleep. She was thrashing and constantly mumbling things that she couldn't discern. Worry had been etched on her usually calm face. "Are you alright?" She asked, finally finding her voice.

Brynn looked away, was she okay? She wasn't hurt anything. She was just confused. Extremely confused by the dream that she just had. Who were those people? And what plan were they talking about? Project Cesser? She knew what that word was, it was French. Roughly translating to Cease.

Why did she feel like she had something to do about it?

She looked back at her companion and gave a slow nod, the crease between the younger one's eyebrows was disappearing along with the sigh that accompanied it. She sat up, straightening herself against the tree. "Probably just tired." Her stomach rumbled. "And hungry." She added with a small blush on her face as she averted her gaze once again.

"Ah, Nana asked me to bring you this." She turned back and saw the said girl's favorite food, the Odenpan. Reaching for it appreciatively, she gave a quiet thanks and reminded herself to thank the Boost Hammer wielder when she would see her. She took slow bites, while her companion observed her. They were both now seating against the tree in complete silence.

The moment that she finished her food, she dismissed the dream that she had earlier and fixed her attention on her companion, "How are you feeling, Ciel? Do you want to talk about bullets?" She sincerely asked and chuckled the moment that girl nodded shyly. It was obviously the younger ones favorite topic.

It wasn't the first time that they spoke about it, in fact, it was usually their conversation starter. It was the only time that Ciel would willingly speak with Brynn listening with sincere interest. She would pick up a thing or two and would apply it to her own bullets. She didn't have much time to work on her own bullets as she was busy working on her melee skills. And missions that she was usually drowning in.

They began to chat about the said topic, Ciel suddenly stopped and gave a sheepish look to the older female, "I never got to ask you, Vice Captain, have you tried using the bullet editor?" All this time, she would constantly pester the older woman but not once did she ask if she actually knew how to use the bullet editor. She felt a bit ashamed regarding that but she waited for the other to respond.

"Actually, I have. I'm not that good at it however." She added humbly, most of the bullets that she used were customized by her. But she never saw them as anything special or extremely powerful. Just enough to distract or catch an Aragami's attention. Except for a couple of special bullets. Ciel nodded in response.

"Bullet crafting is an intense subject that tends to put off many God Eaters. I know that many say that it is above their pay grade," Brynn chuckles at this, "Which I am almost certain is a joke."

Brynn could attest to that, one would need to know the basic components of a bullet, kind of bullets, functions, even the angle of the bullets. It would cause frustration when bullets clash and you'd have to check everything again. One would need to be extremely meticulous about this, and would need to have patience.

"At the same time, it is too exciting to ignore! We can change trajectory, elemental effects. It gives us greater options when attacking at range." Brynn stopped her eyes from widening at the usually composed girl's excitement. The way her silver eyes lit up, the small smile that found itself to her lips, the way she clasped her hands together in excitement, she couldn't help but find herself staring.

Ciel took the stares the wrong way, she spoke fast and her pitch was higher than what it usually was, she turned to the side, her eyes dropping on her lap before she apologized, "I'm sorry… I got a bit excited." She attempted to hide the faint blush that was finding its way to her cheeks.

Her friend remained quiet, she was beginning to feel embarrassed, about to apologized again, she was beat to it, "Don't apologize, you're just so…" She braced herself for whatever words were about to come.

"Cute!" She found herself in the older woman's warm embrace. "You should show this side more, Ciel." The chagrin that she had from earlier had faded away, she found herself melting into the embrace. Feeling the older one's soft skin and how she gently squeezed her. She began to realize how Brynn was the only person that would be so casual with hugging her. Not that she minded, it soothed her.

Ciel felt the warmth disappear when she let go, Ciel's face seemed troubled urging her to ask, "Anything bothering you?" There was concern on her face, now she was worried that she may have made things awkward or her comrade uneasy.

"I was just wondering… If you aren't busy, of course…" Ciel trailed off again, still unsure of how stay say it, "If you could accompany me during my next experiment. I made a bullet that you might like." She waited with bated breath, hoping that the other would say yes.

She created a bullet that was for her leader's Blast Gun. She noticed how the other would rarely use her gun and figured that if she made that bullet, it might make range combat more enjoyable for her.

"It would be a pleasure." Brynn gave a slight bow, causing some of the barks of the tree to stick to her coat, she groaned upon noticing it. Ciel giggled at the other's dismay. She wasn't leaning against the tree, so her clothes wouldn't be as dirty.

"Wonderful! Thank you so much, this will be great!" She excitedly said, a bright smile appeared on her face, she quickly rose from where she was sitting, "I'd like to perform the test as soon as possible for optimal effect. Would you be ready by tomorrow?" She asked, taking into thought how Brynn just got out of the Brynn and probably needed some time to get used to everything.

"What about right now?" Her response took her by surprise. "I mean, only if you're ready." She added. She originally was supposed to eat, but since the odenpan had filled her up. She was free to do anything, she wanted to let out some steam anyways. Sitting around wouldn't do her any good.

"Are you sure? You might need to rest?" Ciel had a worried look on her face, although she yearned to be able to test those bullets at once.

As a response, Brynn stood up, she knew that if she stayed that dream would keep bugging her and distracting her, "Yeah, give me some time to restock. I'll meet you at the lobby, do set the mission with Fran." Ciel frantically nodded before rushing towards the elevator. Brynn chuckled and followed, they needed to head towards the same floor anyways.

Brynn stood in front of the terminal, suddenly recalling a certain doctor's words. She took note of the new option that she had in the menu which was labeled, 'craft'. Out of curiosity, she clicked on it and was met with multiple categories; melee, guns, shields. She hummed and decided to give it a go since her companion wasn't ready yet.

She opened the Melee category and was met with multiple weapons with different names. Her eyes widened in surprise upon seeing unfamiliar weapons that she could craft. After a few minutes of pondering, she went with a Wild Sword: Yang. Upon confirming, there was a pop up box that said, 'It will be completed in two days.'

She wasn't quite sure how that would work, where would Auricle go? She'll probably ask the doctor that requested her to try crafting. Just as she was about logout, the electronic letter popped up at the upper right corner.

She grew pale upon seeing who it was from.

From: Nessa Volere

Subject: Crafting Equipment

Message: Doing great, Eos! So you're finally deciding to listen to me. Hehe. I mean, after that dream you had earlier, I'm certain that you won't be able to resist. Am I right? Of course I am! Anyways, here's the thing. I'm sure that you're probably wondering what's going to happen with your precious Scythe the moment that you change into that mini Chi-You wing. Basically, you have a special storage that has been designed by your favorite doctor. It will be sent there and maintained there for the meantime that it is inactive. Don't worry about it getting damaged, defective or anything. Just enjoy using your new weapon!

Anyways, that's it. You're getting close to knowing everything. Did you have fun with Hyperion and Theia? Well, that's it for today. Until we meet again!

Your favorite, Nessa

'What the fuck?' Creeped out was an understatement, she couldn't even think and dream in privacy now. She couldn't believe how messed up everything currently was. Shaking her head, she logged out and began to make her way towards the storage area.

She needed to let release some steam. A lot of steam.

"DAMN YOU!" An angered scream erupted from her the moment that the Gboro-Gboro released a condensed ball of water at her. It narrowly missed her, she dodged just in time. She heard the water exploding behind her.

She ran, her scythe hanging by her side. She was charging for a cleave fang, her legs were running towards the beast at pace that was faster than a regular human. With her teeth clenched together, she swung the scythe, a trail of black and red following in it.

"I'll tear right through you!" She swung multiple times, managing to break through the amphibian's scales. She raised it above and brought it down quickly, twisting a bit to earn a bit of momentum, she dug her heels into the floor and pulled the blade backward. Earning a screech of pain from the Gboro-Gboro.

Brynn's eyes widened in response as the Aragami rammed at her, knocking her to the side. It was about to chomp down on her, its large teeth threatening her as she stared into its black hole of a mouth. She scrambled to get up, to move to the side to avoid the attack. There was something heavy on her leg, she cursed loudly when she saw that a rock had landed on top of it.

She was trapped.

Bracing herself for the impact, she clenched her eyes and thought about how ridiculous was the way she was going to go. Instead of the aragami biting down on her, she saw it flail wildly as multiple bullets rammed into it.

After a couple of seconds, it gave one last roar before dropping to the ground dead. Behind it, she saw Ciel with her God Arc in its gun form. She rushed towards her with a look of concern on her face.

"Vice Captain, can you stand?" She asked, kneeling down in order to examine her comrade. She gasped upon seeing the rock that had trapped one of her legs. She moved over to it and pushed it away.

Brynn nearly panicked, believing that she had been stolen of the ability to stand. The moment that she tried, she nearly fell but was supported by the younger girl. With the help of Ciel, she got back on her feet, albeit a bit wobbly.

"I apologize for arriving so late." The two had decided to split up in order to cover more ground. Brynn shook her head and scolded the girl, "Don't apologize, it was my fault for being careless. You arrived in the nick of time." She gave a gentle smile.

Upon requesting for a ride back home, the two of them decided to stay by one of the safe places in order for Ciel to check on her bullets. The younger one had been looking at them for quite some time now and it was worrying her.

"Are you alright?" Brynn asked, crouching down to Ciel's level. She noticed the different bullets that the other had in her hands. She assumed that the other was probably feeling unwell.

"I'm fine… It's just that the bullets, they seemed strange, but they weren't?" She vacillated, giving Brynn a glance before looking back towards her God Arc. "I can't quite describe it, it was unusual, but in a good way, I suppose."

Brynn took a closer look, there was nothing different about the bullets. They seemed pretty normal. "I honestly can't see anything wrong about them, but knowing you, you'll figure it out sooner or later." She gave a supportive smile and placed a hand over the other's shoulder. "We could go out on another mission to test them out." She offered, earning a smile from the other.

"Alright, thank you for coming out to help today. I really appreciate it." The two of them both stood up, getting ready to head back to Friar.

Brynn recalled the email that had been sent to her earlier, the strange names that accompanied it, as well as the project that had been mentioned in her dream. She found herself, lying down on her stomach, in a certain black haired man's bed.

"And you're here because?" Gil asked as he sat on one of the couches, a can of beer in his hand while he shot the girl a questioning look. He figured that she had forgotten that he still wasn't down scolding her yet.

Brynn continued to type on the laptop that belonged to the male. She hummed before responding, "Because you have a laptop and I'm stuck with the terminal. I want to lie down while making reports, dummy." She insulted him which earned her a grunt. The other continued to sip on his beer can while casually observing the girl.

She was clad in clothes that were once again different, she had the habit of crafting clothes that differed in style. It wasn't that they didn't do that as well, they all changed into different outfits each day, however they did have favorites. Brynn was a different case.

She had something new to wear everyday.

"Maybe if you saved up for a laptop instead of buying clothes, you wouldn't need to sneak in here." This earned him a glare from the other, he was unaffected by it however.

"HEY! That's why I have you and Julius, so that I can spend my money on clothes instead." She grunted and turned back to her report, "Plus, I'm certain that you want me here anyways." She snickered upon hearing the other cough. Probably choking on his beer.

"If saying that helps you sleep better at night." He rolled his eyes upon recovering from what the other said. He didn't mind Brynn's company but the way that she said it, he took it the wrong way. He brought down his cap to hide the faint blush that was creeping on to his face. Fortunately, the other was busy typing away on his laptop.

The two stayed in silence, only the laptop's keys could be heard. Gil stood and reached for something that was hidden by the side of his terminal. Brynn looked up upon noticing the movement that she made and she gasped in excitement.

The guitar was a Gibson Les Paul, crafted with heavy wood that felt just right in Gil's hands, tones were rich and full.

"You can play?" She asked, completely ignoring the laptop that she once was busy with. Gil mumbled a reply.

"Only a few songs." Instruments were rare nowadays, he was lucky that he managed to get his hands on one. A guitar that once belonged to his father who had passed away not too long ago. He settled back on where he was previously sitting, he noticed the curious stares that his younger teammate gave him.

"What?"

"Play something." Brynn demanded, he sighed. Thinking of a song to play. When he said a few, he meant more than 50. He didn't seem like it, but he was someone that was fond of music, he would often play songs whenever he was alone. Unfortunately, his Vice Captain had barged into his room to steal his laptop.

A smirk found its way on his face as he began to pluck the nylon strings. The sweet refrain spoke a musical language that appealed to the two in the room, the strumming and plucking sound had hypnotic quality that brought Brynn into a state of pure bliss. She gasped upon realizing the song.

"I met you in the dark, you lit me up.

You made me feel as though I was enough.

We danced the night away, we drank too much.

I held your hair back when, you were throwing up."

She began to sing the first few lines, her eyes closed as she found herself drowning in the guitar's melody.

"Then you smiled over your shoulder, for a minute, I was stone-cold sober.

I pulled you closer to my chest.

And you asked me to stay over.

I said, I already told ya,

I think that you should get some rest."

Gil half focused on the guitar as he was at awe with the girl's voice. It wasn't those voices that were loud and overbearing. It was smooth, clear and quiet, yet powerful. The song that he chose had clearly matched the kind of voice that she had.

"I knew I loved you then,

But you'd never know.

Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go.

I know I needed you, but I never showed.

But I wanna stay with you until we're grey and old.

Just say you won't let go.

Just say you won't let go."

The two of them continued until the end of the song, Brynn couldn't help but sigh in relief. It's been quite awhile since she felt the kind of peace that music had brought her. That song was something new to her as she heard it in the Norn. It didn't take her long to memorize the lyrics of the song as she constantly listened to it.

"You play well." She complimented with a grin, going back to finish her report which was half finished.

"You sing well." Gil replied, he continued to play and even sing a few more songs with Brynn humming along to it. She needed to finish the rest of the reports before she could allow herself to get carried away.

"You know," Brynn began after pressing save on the last report, she sent it to Julius. "You could be an artist or something, instead of being a God Eater." She chuckled a bit, not noticing the sad look that appeared on the others face. He began to think of how if that happened, he wouldn't have been forced to kill her.

Gil quickly removed that look on his face, dismissing the thought and gave a gentle and rare smile. His deep voice resonating throughout the room the same way his guitar did, "Maybe." He stood up and placed it back on its stand, Brynn began to question how she had not noticed it earlier.

Brynn stood up and slumped against the couch that the male was sitting on, she grabbed the half empty beer can that was on the table and took a swing. Gil stared at her with disbelief the moment that he sat down. "You really have no boundaries." She shrugged her shoulders before shooting him a cocky smile.

"Scared of my saliva?" She teased him, earning herself an eyeroll.

She nearly fainted at what the other had said, "I wouldn't be scared even if it came straight from your lips." She nearly lost her composure upon hearing that, the other taking the opportunity to steal his beer back.

"I was just kidding, Vice Captain." He called her by her title, bringing the beer can to his lips as he noticed her faint scent had lingered on it. He couldn't help but smirk as she saw her jaw drop with his side glance. "Aren't you the one who's scared?" He mocked her which caused her face to burn even brighter. She cursed and stood up, stomping towards the door.

"I hate you!" She walked out and slammed the door. Gil let out a series of chuckles after processing the girl's reaction.

That certainly wasn't the reaction that he was expecting from the girl. So it was pretty easy to get on her nerves after all.

Extended Ending:

Julius was walking back towards his room when he heard the strumming of a guitar and a girl's voice coming from Gil's room. It had piqued his interest, so he slowly made his way towards the room and with enhanced hearing, listened.

It was Brynn. What was she doing in his room. He couldn't help but clench his teeth and grit it in annoyance. He continued to listen in a bit, taking in bits of their conversation.

Despite how cold he acted towards the girl previously, he couldn't deny that he was growing somewhat attached. She was a fun and interesting personality, the fact that she was in another's room had brought him great annoyance.

Especially since it was Gil, someone who he considered to be too close to the girl. Of course, he kept quiet about that. He wouldn't dare tell anyone about that. He prioritized being professional over silly and trivial feelings.

"Scared of my saliva?" His eyes widened upon hearing what the girl had said. What were they doing?

"I wouldn't be scared even if it came straight from your lips." He felt his blood boil, he was this close to barging inside the room, completely ignoring the last few exchange of lines. The door had slammed open, he was met with a fuming Vice Captain.

"A-Ah! Captain, you didn't hear anything, right?" He noticed how flustered the girl was, he shook his head in denial, a bit to quickly if he must say.

"I was just heading back to the room." He felt a blush creep its way to his face. "G-Goodnight, Vice Captain." He turned and began to walk away. He mentally cursed himself for stuttering.

"Uhm! Just saying that it's probably not what you thought it was." He heard the girl shout as he slid inside the room, he sighed in relief.

He certainly needed to do something about what he was feeling. He couldn't be jealous, right? He was just concerned about the Vice Captain.

A/N - I don't own GE2RB or the song 'Say You Won't Let Go'. I couldn't think of another song. LOL. Anyways, I can't be the only one who badly ships the protagonist with Julius, right? I mean, he did refer to her/him as "My Vice Captain", *spoiler alert* technically hold hands during the time he was going to battle the devouring apocalypse, and he was saved by the protagonist. Fdklfj. I'm sorry, I just think that they're a perfect pair.

Shout out to Daemon of Crawling Tentacles for being the first person to review! I sent you a pm regarding your questions. :D