The Five Times Valek KO'ed Yelena

Part 5:

GASP! It's the last part of this series of one-shots. I'm sorry, but there is no big grand finale. Much. None, really. Hope you like it, and if you have any better, awesomer ideas, feel free to review or PM me - I can re/write a chapter. Happy New Year! Merry Christmas!

Once Valek had recovered from his shock of the…incident from yesterday, he went in search for some soldiers to beat up. The thrill of winning, of being successful was a constant factor in his life, and it was all thanks to the nice soldiers who challenged him.

Maren had challenged him again, by herself, with the bow again. Yes, she had most definitely improved, and she had almost beaten him.

Almost.

At the point of defeat, Valek used his reserve of energy for a quick burst of speed that had enabled him to pin Maren down. But unfortunately, the thrill lasted exactly 3 seconds, in which he had the brilliant idea of visiting Yelena in the infirmary and had the horrible vision of her demanding the events of the past week or so.

Visiting was a no-go. But then again, she'd been in the infirmary for a few hours now, just enough for the medic to check her and make sure nothing was wrong. Valek had been over-worried that his constant knocking-out would have some effect, but he wouldn't know yet.

It had been so awkward explaining the situation to the medic.

Valek tucked the bow into a neat strap behind his back, leaving the top of the bow beside his head. It was a good idea – ideal for him to just whip the bow out and attack. He wandered in the general direction of their suite, torn between the possibility that she was already awake and in their suite (waiting for him), or that she was waking up and in the 10 minutes he'd taken to get to the suite, she was already there.

Damn his over thinking, over-analysing, paranoid mind. But it was the mind of an assassin who'd been trained to deal with all the consequences, possibilities and aspects of every situation.

And he was an assassin.

He knocked tentatively on the door, too lazy to unlock it. Did that mean that Yelena was already in there? Valek was very confused. There was no answer. Did that mean that Yelena wasn't in there? Only one way to find out.

He unlocked the door, letting it swing open silently. Empty. Silent. Dust-covered. All normal. Yelena was obviously still in the infirmary. Valek sighed in relief – he was just so worried about her reaction to the several…incidents that had happened in the past few weeks, and what on earth would she say? What would you say to your soul-heart-mate who keeps knocking–

Again, the door swung open, and a bright voice spoke his name, and he spun wildly – and knocked the "intruder" out with the bow on his back. In the 10 minutes it had taken for him to "find" their suite, the bow had slipped from a diagonal position to an almost-horizontal position, with the top of the bow level with below his shoulder.

It was the exact height for him to knock out someone. Like Yelena, who was that height.

Another sigh – this time filled with resignation – filled the air as Valek stared down at Yelena's unconscious body. Again.

"Oops."

And that, dear readers, is the conclusion to the five times Valek knocked out Yelena. Accidentally. I hope I've managed to make you grin, or laugh, or make weird faces at the weirdness. I hope you had some kind of positive reaction to this.

Thank you, readers and reviewers. I love you all. Not really. I don't really know you. But close enough. People I need to thank: SweetSabah, YelenaZ, Infrastructure (for her ideas), reader300, Neal, Gwidlet - for the challenge/prompt and reviews, blah, KaAaArL(awesome author), Beautifully Tragic Girl, HerexForxYourxEntertainment, Patastic and Harlequinn99 (another awesome author).

Actually, all the people who reviewed are awesome authors. Gwidlet included.

It was fun writing this, and I hope you like it.

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