Ch 3 humanity
That night, Locus decided to go out for a walk to clear his head. This was not what he wanted, stuck on a planet to fight another war. But he told Kya and her friends that he would have no part in the war.
"Need to talk?" Kya asked, approaching Locus.
"I'm fine." Locus said.
"Fine. An acronym for 'feelings I'm not expressing.' Locus, we've only known each other for less than a day, but I can tell if you're not fine. You've been on edge since Korra talked about the equalists." Kya said.
"Kya, I've been fighting wars since I was 12. Turned into a super soldier, and it wasn't fun. It was terrible. The augmentations were just fine, but when we were finishing our training, the covenant attacked. Our base was destroyed, and the 300 spartans that were part of the company had to fight their way out. We kicked some ass like none other. Covenant didn't know what hit them." Locus said.
"I'm sorry about that, but this is a new chance for you. There's nothing here to remind you of your old life. Let me show you something." Kya said, and led Locus into the city.
Locus walked next to Kya and headed to the Harmony Tower. It was brightly lit and Locus saw several people around and on the tower.
"Meet you up top." Kya said, taking an elevator.
Locus climbed out the skeleton frame, noting its similarity to the Eiffel Tower on earth. Kya watched Locus scale the tower in record time. She remembered that someone idiot actually scaled the tower before, but not as fast as Locus.
"Show off." Kya said, when Locus reached the first level.
"It's what I do." Locus said.
Locus observed the view of the city, and had to admit that whoever built the city knew what they were doing.
"Hell of a view." Locus said.
"It is. Maybe we go out for a dance after this." Kya off-handily said.
"I'm not a dancer, just so you know." Locus said.
"I can teach you." Kya said.
Before Locus knew it, he and Kya were standing in the park dancing.
"Remember, 1-2-3 1-2-3." Kya said.
"Got it." Locus said, grabbing Kya's right hand with his left, and putting his right hand on her waist.
Locus was great at fighting and killing enemies, but he knew squat when it came to being a social person. And dancing was something he wasn't good at.
"You need some time to work on it." Kya said.
"Well, I got plenty of time in the world." Locus said.
As they were heading back, Locus couldn't help but feel they were being watched. Like something was going to come out of nowhere and attack them.
"Kya, what problems does this city have?" Locus asked.
"The usual shit. Just triads. And we also have the equalist movement. Why?" Kya asked.
"I get the feeling we're being watched." Locus said.
"Locus, don't worry about it. So tell me more about yourself." Kya said.
"I'm a Spartan super soldier, I've killed plenty of humans and aliens and I'm looking the redeem myself anyway I can." Locus said.
"You need to work on your conversation skills." Kya said.
"I'm not one for conversation." Locus reminded.
"And that's something we'll have to work on." Kya said.
The two headed back to the temple, and Locus headed to his room, grabbed his sniper rifle and set up camp in the attic.
"Locus, something's wrong with you." Kya said.
"It's called paranoia." Locus said, and looked down the scope of his rifle, scanning the coastline of the city.
Kya sighed in exasperation. She didn't know why, but she wanted to know Locus and be friends with him.
"Mind if I keep you company?" Kya asked.
"Sure." Locus said, not breaking his scans of the city.
Kya sat next to Locus in silence, wanting to talk with him, but she knew it would be impossible. The man just oozed career soldier.
"Locus, I just want to be friends with you." Kya said.
"Thanks." Locus said, sitting down against the wall and putting the rifle next to him.
"For what?" Kya asked.
"For the date. I've never done anything like that before. Since I was augmented, life has been one assignment to the next. Bout time I get some peace and quiet around here." Locus said, standing up and heading down the stairs to his room.
As Locus put his rifle next to his shotgun, he then realized what he did. Since the war, he was never kind to anyone, nor engaged in social activities. He truly was a weapon, being used from one user to the next.
Locus held a mirror and looked at his reflection. He had pale skin, thanks to wearing the armor for years on end. Blue eyes, and dark hair, cut short.
"Well, looks like you're getting your humanity back." Locus said.
Couple days had passed, and one morning Locus was sitting on the floor in his armor, cleaning his shotgun when Kya came in, wearing shorts and a short sleeve shirt.
"Locus, you wanna spar?" Kya asked.
"Sure thing." Locus said.
Locus put the rest of his armor on and faced Kya in the courtyard. Kya put on a pack of water and faced Locus, who stood to his full height. Then it dawned on Kya just what she was getting herself into.
Am I fucking nut? This guy's a fucking super soldier! He killed aliens that were bigger than him. I don't stand a chance. God, I'm sorry for all the sins I did in my life. Tenzin, I'm sorry for leaving that stash of porn inside your room. I should have taken the blame. Not you.
Kya attacked first with a water whip, but Locus's 'Spartan time' saw it and he easily side stepped it.
"What the fuck." Kya muttered. She then attacked with water icicles and a large horizontal wave of water.
Locus easily weaved thru the icicles and jumped high to clear the oncoming wave, and landed on the ground standing up. Locus ran forward then skidded on his back, and swept Kya's legs out from under her.
Kya and Locus got up at the same time, but Kya backed away from seeing the tall super soldier.
"You attack this time." Locus said.
Kya breathed in and out and ran towards Locus, firing water bullets all the way. Locus simply moved his left foot to the side and waited for Kya to come closer. She did come closer and Locus grabbed Kya and used her momentum against her and pinned her down on the concrete. Kya struggled to break away, but she couldn't.
"You've lost this fight. Accept it." Locus said.
"Fine." Kya said, feeling a rush of excitement from being so close to Locus. Oh how she wanted to mount Locus and ride him. But she wasn't as strong as the Spartan.
"Where are you going?" Kya asked, not expecting Locus to get off her so quickly.
"Fight's finished." Locus said, and walked back inside the temple.
Kya only smirked, formulating a plan to get even that night.