hey everyone its ya boi, Austreaus. quick shout out to my teacher Mr. Martinelli, cause hes chill. i have no idea what this message is supposed to mean to be honest. but clearly, the norm is to make a passage at the beginning of your stories.

The biting cold of the dark storm sent shivers down the fireteam's backs. The sunless sky gave a gloom to the city, no one to be seen in the fog for miles, upon miles. Snow littered the streets, and the smell of gunpowder permiated the air.

Hiro sat behind the concrete barricade, holding his Howa Type 89 service rifle close to him. The black haired man wore flektarn camoflauge clothing, and a kevlar vest. The camoflauge didn't work very well in the urban enviroment but it would have to make do, as it was his only pair of clothing anyways. Hiro took out a pendant from one of his pockets. With the sound of a click it would open and inside a picture of Zero Two. He stared at the picture, her bright smile alone was enough to make the man tear up. His sanity was being degraded, slowly. He looked over to his childhood friend Goro, and he was proned looking outwards with his M24 sniper rifle, scanning the area. Hiro wiped his eyes and looked up at the sunless sky. He took a deep breath until he noticed that there was stomping in the distance.

"Two MK2 PALADiNs, one T14 Armata, six infantry, and it seems... One resupply truck. Probably going to resupply troops at the southern front, nearby Khabarovsk." Goro broke the silence and softly spoke as he scoped the enemies.

"Well, we have two fireteams here, aswell as two SI units." Hiro replied, only to be stopped by Goro.

"Take out your binoculars and look at the situation." Goro spoke, not looking away from the scope.

Hiro would open his rucksack and pull out his binoculars. He scanned for the targets and looked carefully, taking in all the information he can.

"Approximately 600 meters." Goro stated, then continue. "Look at that there, the clock tower. Any sniper or LMG that perches up there and our allies are supressed for the whole fight."

"Well, we can't just let them resupply their troops now can we?" Hiro questioned his friend. "Letting them past would be problematic."

"You're right, but we can only use the SI units if we were closer, and that T14 will not be a good mix to this." The sniper replied.

"Well... Shit, how are we supposed to deal with this? We're running out of--" Hiro was cut short, as a bullet whizzed by Goro's head. He quickly grabbed Goro and pulled him into cover, adrenaline filling his veins.

"Shit!" Goro shouted as he touched his helmet to see if he was hit. "How did they fucking spot us?!"

The conversation was cut short by multiple rounds being fired off. Gunfire rang throughout the isolated town, the stomping of two massive machines getting closer. Hiro quickly pulled out his radio and pulled up Fireteam Six and Thirteen's frequency.

"This is Lance Corporal Hiro, Fireteam Thirteen, we're currently under fire, we need a call check now!" Hiro shouted into the radio.

"Sergeant Calem, Fireteam Six, alive, currently firing at the enemy over!"

"Private Taki, Fireteam Six, alive, in need of assistance, Private First Class Johnson has been hit by a round, we need a medic down here!"

An explosion was heard from a nearby house, and the stomping would become louder.

"Captain Parker, Fireteam Six, alive, tryin' to hold off these damn russian bastards!"

A few moments of gunfire exchanging was passed, only for Hiro to speak up again.

"Where's Fireteam Thirteen? Fireteam Thirteen speak up!" Hiro would shout, and that shouting merited a reply.

"Major... Fernando... Lopez... Dying... Fireteam Thirteen has been hit... by a shell..." The major on the other line was out of breath, gasping for air. The lack of oxygen didn't stop him however, he continued to speak. "Private Ambers... Corporal Rakoto... Private Everret... Dead... Tell my wife... Tell my kids... I love them."

Coughing was heard and the radio cut itself. "Major! Major Lopez! Hang in there, we're coming... We're fucking coming!" Hiro would shout into the radio. "We have to go Goro, we need to get down there!"

"Fuck, now how do you think we fuckin' will!? Look, we only have one SI unit with us, and there's two Striders. How are we supposed fucking move!?" Goro replied angrily, trying to dodge ricocheting rounds.

"Ah... Fuck, Fuck!" Hiro tried to think. "Fuck it!" Hiro peeked over the barricade and fired a few rounds at two enemy soldiers, some how hitting both of them.

"I got two of them out of them fight!" Hiro would gasp for air. "Fireteam Six, we need isolation on the T14!"

There was no response.

"Fireteam Six! Can we get a reply here!?" Hiro would shout again.

There was no response.

Hiro looked around for any signs of Fireteam Six. Luckily enough he did, however it wasn't the sight he wanted to see. Captain Parker's slumped body was up against a wall. Hiro popped his head back down and punched the barricade he was behind.

"Fuck!" Hiro shouted. "Fireteam Six is fucking dead! We're the last fuckers here!"

"God da-" Goro spoke only for a bullet to enter his chest. Hiro's friend fell back from the shear force of the round, his words being cut off. Hiro screamed, rage and agony filling his voice as he picked up his rifle and fired rounds back at the enemy.

"Darling." A voice spoke out.

"Darling." The voice got louder. It was a familiar voice. A lovely voice, that was music to his ears. A voice that would be his paradise from this setting of death and destruction.

Hiro opened his eyes, he was sweating. He looked up to see Zero Two staring in his eyes. His eyes started to tear up and he hugged his beloved wife. She was taken back from the sudden movement, but under the circumstance she assumed he had a nightmare, so she squeezed her arms around him.

"It's okay Darling... I'm here for you..." Her soothing voice would entice more tears.

Zero Two stroked Hiro's hair, holding him close. Only one phrase was needed to calm him down.

"I love you, Darling."

yaaaaaay back story. if you guys didnt really enjoy the ah... "dream" id like to hear the feedback and why you think it doesnt work. of course this is just to create more character for this universe's Hiro, so dont assume its linked to anything in the actually Darling in the Franxx story, cause it isnt. stop being a theorist ya dam theorists.