I heard the door open sometime later and stood defensively. Reaper returned to the room and pushed right past me. I knew something was wrong, something was bothering him, he was beyond pissed. Gritting my teeth, I moved after him.
"Reaper, what's wrong?" I asked but he ignored me. Quickening my pace, I caught up to his side and touched his arm but he shoved it off. "Reaper? What's wrong? What has you so bothered?" I asked a bit more worried, but he slammed his hands on the table, hunching over, silent otherwise. I let a moment pass before I moved a bit closer touching his back just lightly. "Talk to me, I only want to-" He suddenly swung around, I wasn't sure if it was his open palm or fist that collided with the side of my face, but it sent me down to the ground.
He tensed up standing there, staring at me, "Phoenx, I didn't..." He trailed off as I brought a hand to my face and rubbed my cheek just slightly, the best I could with my helmet on.
"You told me, a few months ago, we were in this together. We would work together, share information...help one another." I said softly and spit out some blood on the floor. "I see now that is incorrect." I moved to a knee and bowed. "I am still but a servant to a dark master. Forgive me for overstepping."
"It isn't like that." He growled but I kept my head low.
"Forgive me for worrying. I will excuse myself." Standing, I turned my back on him and walked towards the door. He called my name, but I ignored him, leaving the building completely. I found the highest roof of the building and flew up to it. Removing my helmet, I set it down on a vent and continued walking across the rooftop to sit on the edge. I threw one leg off the edge and set my foot on the edge to wrap an arm around my knee, my other hand made it to my mouth where I felt the wound and healed it up.
With a sigh, I spit out some blood and made a disgusted face a second before turning my glance towards the full moon. A minute or two passed and I felt something wet on my cheek, hesitating a moment, I brought my free hand up to it and looked at my finger tips. "What a waste of tears." I growled under my breath then used my forearm to wipe them all away, still I couldn't stop softly crying. Was I that hurt by his actions? It was justified, he wanted to be alone and I pushed him, his reaction was completely understandable. So why was I crying? I felt a chill run up my spine and sighed softly, closing my eyes.
"Phoenix, let me explain." He said from behind me and I didn't move, nor respond, neither did he. For a long while there was no movement or sound between us, I refused to even turn to look at him. "Phoenix, I..." He stopped again and I kept my eyes towards the ground below. "Are you alright?" He asked, causing me to smirk, he knew I could heal, it was a stupid question. "Of course you're alright physically, I know that much. Mentally, are you alright?" I lifted my head slightly and lost my smirk. No, I wasn't, but I wouldn't tell him that. "It was wrong of me to hit you, you were only concerned for my well being. I shouldn't have-"
"Don't." I growled and he silenced for only a brief second.
"Do not tell me to silence." He hissed and I turned my head just barely as if to turn my attention towards him. "I know what's running through your head. You think what I did was justified, that I hit you out of anger I could not control. Whether you believe it or not, hitting you was not right, you did not deserve my anger for I was not mad at you. Is that clear?" I bowed my head and turned it away. "I thank you for your concern and I apologize for hitting you."
Slowly, I stood and stretched out my wings, long and wide before folding them on my back and resting a hand on my hip. "What am I to you?" I asked.
"What?"
Turning, I faced him and met his eyes, even through his mask, I knew where to look. "What am I to you?"
"What kind of question is that?" He asked and I moved my hand off my hip before folding my arms across my chest. Letting out a long sigh, he looked away from me, as if thinking a long moment. "You are my partner, you are my equal, you are..." he trailed off and hesitated. He knew that wasn't what I was looking for. "Only you." He said softly then turned to look at me, then unclipped his mask lowering it to his side. "It is only you, it's always been, only you." He walked towards me and with his free hand, ran a hand over my cheek. "You are my friend, my companion, a warm body at my side, the light in my darkened life. My one and only, forever, lover. You are not my servant, you never have been, you never will be, is that clear?"
Smiling softly, I nodded and leaned up to kiss him softly. After I pulled back, I stared at him a long moment before I opened my mouth to say something.
Instead, he cut me off, "what bothered me?" He asked and I nodded. "I was tracked down by some Omnic, who weren't interested in fighting, they wanted to deliver a message."
"A message?" I asked and he nodded.
"They offered me rule over the humans, under their command, if I turned you in." Tensing up, I pulled away from him and turned my back on him.
"They offered you, everything you have ever wanted, at the simple request of bringing me in?"
"Yes."
A long moment of silence passed before I chuckled and turned to look at him. "Do it."
"What? Are you insane?"
"It will bring you right into the base, you can find the mainframe and destroy it. Then, blow up the base."
"But, what about you? I can turn you in, destroy the base with no issue but, if I don't get to you in time, you'll-"
"Destroy the mainframe, destroy the base, don't worry about me."
"And let you die?!" He snapped coming closer.
This caused me to smile, turning my head to look up at him, "You can't kill me Reaper, I'm already dead. I will revive myself after the main explosions and use the fire to escape, the omnic will burn, the mainframe destroyed, there will be no army to command, the Omnic will be freed."
"This plan has a horrible downside. You might revive but that doesn't mean you'll get out safe. You could die, permanently."
"Yes, I could, that is true. But what is one lifes sacrifice to save all of man kind? You will be the one to stand above it all, the one who saved all life on earth. In the end, wasn't that what you wanted?"
"With you there!" He snapped, gritting his teeth.
"Then I will make it out of there alive, don't worry. What is important is that we have found a way inside the base with little fighting. You get in, make your deal, as you leave, slip into shadow mode, find the main reactor, plant some explosives, done. They have given us an opening, a weak spot, so let's take it!"
"They won't believe it, they know how close you and I are."
"Then we walk in, like nothing is wrong, guns drawn as if we are going to fight. Get in there, hit me with your gun, knock me down, offer me up, continue on as planned."
"You're okay with this?"
"Yes." I said simply. "It's my choice to put myself up for risk, I am willing to take it, are you?"
He stared at me a long few seconds before he sighed and nodded, "alright, let's do it."
"Right, there should be an extra jet laying around here somewhere, locate it. We will travel there and get this over with."
"Tonight?" He asked and I stared at him curiously a long moment. "No. We will wait until tomorrow. Tonight we will rest."
Chuckling, I bowed my head, "Of course." I said softly and he grabbed me suddenly pulling me close, shadows wrapped around us before he teleported us back into the main lab and stepped away from me. I heard him open his mouth, breath as if he was about to say something, but I smirked, spread my wings and took off from him.
"Phoenix."
"Reaper~" I said in a sing song voice hanging by the door to the hallway.
"No games."
"Oh, yes games." I blew him a kiss then disappeared down the hallway. Sighing, he followed after me. He stepped into the room at the end of the hall, a large barracks, and looked around, only to find my armor was sitting neatly on a table and I was sitting beside it spinning my staff around. He chuckled darkly to himself and approached me, shedding himself of his armor.