Childhood could be the most memorable time of ones' life. Whether its good, terrible, or insane is up to the person. Warning, there will be cursing in this story from this point on.
Premonition
"Fia, are your scopes ready yet?"
"Okay, Daddy, this is HARD to do when my hands are shaking."
"Well, you'll never get the shot if you don't steady up."
"It's cold, Daddy. Couldn't we get some coats, it's snowing!"
"You will feel the cold and let it sink into your skin. You'll live it, you'll become it, you'll love it."
"But, Daddy-"
"Quit your bitch'n and take the shot."
"Should we really even be out here, Daddy?"
"Heh, the Aragami shit themselves whenever I cross the Anti-Aragami Wall. And no one would dare stop me."
"Daddy, I hate when you get that eat-shit-grin on your face."
"Enough stalling, take the shot."
"But Daddy this thing's half my size and the shot won't do jack against an Aragami."
"You better take the shot, little lady, it's getting away."
"Daddy, I'm telling you there's no point to this."
"It's getting away, along with my expectations of you."
"This is just going to get it angry, Daddy."
"Oh no, it's leaving with a piece of Daddy's love for you."
"Ugh!"
"Hey, Fiaaa! Take the shot, Fia!"
BAM!
Plop
"THERE I TOOK THE DAMN SHOT! ITS HEAD'S GONE AND THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE!"
"Oh you are just Daddy's Little Helper."
"!" Fia had shot up out of her bed, covered in sweat. She always hated dreaming about her past, it always made her feel that her dad was just over her shoulders like a Bloody Mary in the mirror. It just gave her a chill up her spine, going on 18 and she was still scared of Daddy. Maybe the dream was a warning of days to come. But that couldn't be, he was far away... making Aragami shit themselves on another continent. Ugh, she'll never be able to go back to sleep after such a dream. There was only one thing for it.
*** The Next Morning ***
Soma had woken up, feeling warmer than he usually did under his covers. They were in the middle of winter so the temperature shouldn't have risen so much. He tried to get out, but he bumped into something that was also holding him down. Startled awake, his eyes shot opened as he sat up to pull down the covers. Just as he expected, she had snuck into his room again.
"What the hell are you doing here, Fia?" Soma said, too tired to yell or growl at her. She had done things like this so many times he wasn't surprised anymore.
"Ah... would you let me stay if I told you I had a bad dream?" She nervously laughed.
"What are you, 8?"
"In my mind I am." Fia innocently squeaked.
"Get out." Soma groaned as he used a foot to kick her out of the bed. She landed on the floor with the grace of a hippo.
"Aw, you're so mean." She pouted.
"Hmph, get up, brat." Soma smirked, getting out of the bed. "We've got a mission to go to this morning."
*** Forgotten Carrier ***
The Aragami were lively today. It was nothing special, just some various Vajratail and Fallen Cocoon Maiden species. However they were endless, relentlessly charging at the team as they were being lead by five alpha's that blended in with the other Aragami.
"Man, these guys are really persistent in having us for breakfast today, huh?" Kota commented as he continued to fire at them along with Alisa.
"Too bad for them, the all-you-can-eat buffet closed hours ago." Soma replied while releasing a crushing blow down on a Divine Vajratail.
"Whoa, Soma. Didn't think you had it in you to make a one liner."
"Shove it, Kota."
"Ladies, ladies, you're both pretty. Can we get back to business now?" Fia teased, slicing up at a Frozen Fallen Cocoon Maiden. The comment earned a grunt from Soma.
"You know, this would be much easier if you change into Gun-mode." Alisa suggested to her.
"Guns would not be good in my hands right now." Fia nervously confessed, adverting her eyes away from the others.
"What do you mean, just shoot the bastards." Soma growled at her reluctant behavior. This mission had already been going for ten minutes and he was just tired of these damn rotten pieces of meat popping out of the ground. If Fia could make this mission get done faster, then she better be pulling all her cards.
"What's the point of having a Gun-mode if you're not going to use it, man?" Kota commented.
"What do you mean, I always use my Gun-mode! I just don't feel like using it now."
"Well you better start feeling like using it right now, because we don't have time for this." Soma growled.
"Now's not a good time for it, Soma."
"Quit your whining, brat."
"Oh course I'm whining, you guys are trying to peer pressure me as if we're in High School."
"Enough stalling and just shoot!" Alisa yelled at her.
"Fine!" Fia yelled back, changing into Gun-mode. "I'll shoot some of the flying bastards! Don't regret this later."
But that one shot started the whole rampage. Her first shot for the day and it was a head shot. The Fallen Cocoon Maiden's head exploded like a water balloon, falling down as its blood squirted out. It twitched for a little while before permanently stilling. But the whole experience sent an adrenaline rush through Fia's whole body. Her eyes widen in excitement as they clouded up with blood-lust... a shiver ran up her spine at the Aragami's screech.
"Oh fuck the hell yes..." She said, her voice sensually coated with excitement. The others began to fade away as she happily fired at the Fallen Cocoon Maidens, head shot after head shot until she ran out of OC bullets. They were dropping like flies, as their corpses hit the ground Fia continued to slice at them with her Blade-mode. Perhaps to get her OC bullet amount up or perhaps because she just enjoyed it, the others couldn't tell. But what they could tell was that they shouldn't get too close to Fia right now, not with that Blood-craze in her eyes. Alisa couldn't even shoot her a Team Bullet out of fear of what the Burst rush would do to her when she was like this.
They had taken out most of the Aragami now because of her craze, leaving a couple more Vajratails to deal with. The others were able to take over those strays... all except the alpha one that was creeping up on Fia who gleefully kept slicing at a dead Cocoon Maiden. The others were going to come to her aid when she had changed back into Gun-mode to smack the Vajratail down to the ground with the barrel of her gun like a bat. Once down she step her foot down onto its neck and pointed her gun right in its head. She grinned... no, it was too wide to be considered a grin, she was full blown smiling as she pulled the trigger. The Vajratail's innards spewed everywhere, droplets of blood hitting her face as her smile never faltered and her chuckle turned into a full blown evil laugh.
"Sweet fucking Christ..." Kota blurted out, bringing her back to reality.
"Haha... Sorry guys." Fia laughing slowly halted to a stop. "Almost went to my happy place there."
"Happy place? If that is what you consider your happy place, I'd hate to see how you'd react in your bad place." Soma commented in disbelief. Fia looked around at her worked, lightly laughing tiredly as she shook her head in exasperation while holding it with her right hand.
"See... this kind of shit is the reason I stopped spending Bonding time with Daddy..."
"..." A passing crow could be heard cawing from above as they all blankly stared at her in disbelief.
"...What?" Soma said with a raised eyebrow.
"Heh ha! Daddy's little monster." She began to giggle as she started to skip back to the Starting Point.
"You know, this is the first time you've ever said anything about your family." Alisa commented as they followed beside Fia.
"I honestly thought you just spewed out of the ground." Soma teased.
"Buddy, do I look like an Ork to you?" Fia asked in mocked offense.
"Sometimes I wonder..." Soma grinned, earning a playful punch from Fia in the elbow.
"Speaking of which, you must be excited for tomorrow, Fia." Kota said, bringing the topic back.
"Flan day?!" Fia happily answered as the thought of overly sweetened deserts excited her.
"No, I mean the fact that your family in transferring to the Branch!" Kota cheered, thinking that Fia had just temporarily forgotten the news like she usually did. A lot would run through her head constantly so she would usually jump from one thing to another and sometimes would forget some, they were all use to this cycle. Kota thought the reminder would make her happy... but it did something he didn't expect.
Fia had stopped in her place, becoming completely silence and blank of expression. For the first time in a while, her actions made their hearts stop for a second.
"What did you say?" She said, barely over a whisper.
"Y-your family. Doc said that HQ was transferring all them that were God Eaters to our Branch to help with the overflow of Aragami... I-I thought the Doc told you." Kota nervously answered.
"..."
"?"
"..."
"Fia?"
"..."
*** Later at the Director's Office ***
"So the Den will be full of Slades soon." Tsubaki summed up as she discussed this news with Dr. Sakaki. Apparently the news had gotten out quick, and Tsubaki had been upset that she had had to be informed of it through rumors instead of directly. "Do you honestly think we can handle all of them?"
"Enough with your concerns, Tsubaki. Don't worry about it, it's fine." Dr. Sakaki insisted to her with pushing hand gestures as he tried to reassure her. "There's no guarantee that they'll be as eccentric as Fia."
"Maybe, but there is a high chance." Tsubaki countered as she looked through the transfer files. "According to this we're getting five of them. Four of them are Old-Types, while one is an Older Model. You'd have to be one crazy fighter if you're still active in action as an Older Model."
"Oh, come come now, you're judging them before you even meet them, Tsubaki." Dr. Sakaki sadly came back with. "I'm sure they'll be a nice addition to our odd bunch of characters."
"Hello pot, anyone ever tell you that you're black?" Tsubaki scoffed back.
"Heh, tushay."
"Did Fia take the news well?"
"Um... I haven't... told her yet."
"I'm not surprised. She's never talked about her past or family, meaning she didn't want others to know about it. One would wonder how she would react to the news of their arrival once she finds out."
"You have little faith in our little First Unit Leader. I'm sure she'll be alright with this and will handle the news with the grace of a leader."
BAM!
"!" They both turned to the door.
The door shot open, Fia was staring at Dr. Sakaki with blood red eyes that screamed of murder. Her breath came out heavy with barely controlled rage as her free hand still rested on the door. The other one was being held back by Soma while her legs were being held by Alisa and Kota respectively. They looked as if they had been trying to hold her down for awhile, being dragged along in her angered pursuit. Her free hand had finally moved from the door to point an accusing finger at Dr. Sakaki. The simple little action had Dr. Sakaki wiggling behind his desk with fear.
"You." Her voice practically sieved with venom.
"!"
"You Bitch of a Son!" She barked at him, dragging the others along as she made her way to his desk. "What gave you the balls to invite those Dicks here?!"
"N-now now, Fia. Let's be rash adults about this." Dr. Sakaki nervously suggested, moving his hands in a surrendering motion as Tsubaki just sighed at the whole scene.
"No thanks, I'd rather avoid the itching and would just like to find out why the hell they are coming!" Fia shot back in humorous rage. "It's bad enough I'm stuck with those Mother Suckers on the holidays, now they're going to torment me in my work place!"
"They were sent by HQ temporarily to help us with our new Aragami overrun. They'll only be here for a while."
"Then I'd like to have a temporary transfer to another Branch."
"!" The others had been caught off guard by her sudden request. They couldn't believe she would ask that so easy, but the look on her face said that she was serious.
"Come on, Fia, be rational about this."
"I am being rational about this! I'm getting the fuck out of here!"
"That's not being rational."
"You didn't grow up with those Sociopaths, you don't know what you're getting yourself into!"
"Fia, you're not going anywhere and that's final."
"Damn you, you bitch of a son!"
"Ah, Fia, you're saying the insult wrong. It's 'you son of a bitch.'" Kota corrected which brought Fia's anger down on him.
"Watch your mouth, for all you know his mother was a SAINT!" Fia explained to Kota before turning back to Dr. Sakaki. "I will not insult an individual's mother for the fault of the individual! And if you say I'm incorrect for calling Dr. Sakaki a son take into account everyone came into this world by a mother, and somewhere out there he is someone's son. Whether a son of earth or a birth mother, he's still a son! And no matter which mother we are referring to doesn't change that fact the HE is STILL a BITCH!"
All went silent as Fia huffed out the rest of her frustration and her anger slowly cooled to a halt.
"Are you done?" Dr. Sakaki patiently asked.
"Yeah... I think I'm finished..." Fia tiredly huffed out.
"Good," Dr. Sakaki cheered, returning back to his usual grinning self. "We wouldn't want your father to see you speaking in such a manner."
"Actually he'd be pleas- !" Fia just stopped mid sentence at her automatic response at the magically word. "... Did you say that Daddy's coming...?"
Daddy?
"(Cough) Why yes, HQ was insistent on sending ALL active God Eaters in your family here." Fia's eyes widened into saucers and dilated at Dr. Sakaki's words.
"NOOOO!"
*** Later that Night ***
Fia had disappeared after her little exclaim in the Director's Office and had been hiding somewhere in the Den ever since. Her team had searched for her for hours to no use, and to no avail. After a while they had given up their search, she was still in the Den so she would be fine. And beside, if she didn't want to be found, she wouldn't be found. She'll come out in her own time.
But Soma could see her now, curled up in a ball rocking back-and-forth as she twiddled her thumbs in distressed. He couldn't say that he wasn't worried about her, but also couldn't say that he wasn't glad at not having to clean up the mess.
But speaking too soon, there she was. Sitting on the floor while going through his fridge as he entered into his room.
"I don't believe this. You broke into my room, again!" Soma groaned, ignoring her comical tears as she looked at him with her stuffed chipmunk cheeks.
"Soma," she whined, swallowing what was in her mouth with a big gulp. "He's coming. That crazy devil is coming here."
"You went into my fridge?!" Soma flabbergasted in disbelief. A vein popping out as she reached into the freezer section to pull out a bucket container and started digging in it with her spoon.
"It's all over for me. That crazy beast is going to kill me!" She comically cried much to Soma's un-amusement.
"Get out of my ice-cream!"
*** Somewhere in Europe ***
"..."
"I hear you're being transferred to your kid's Branch by the heads."
"..."
"Are you excited to see your kids again?"
"..."
"?!" God... that straight-from-hell grin.
"Heha ha ha! Hahahaha Ha haha! Ecstatic."
"..." Dear God, those poor kids...
"I'm going to enjoy every damn minute of this."