The new freegunner
I've been having so much freaking fun with the concord beta and I don't want it to end :(. Side note, The lore of the world and arcs of characters are a little limited right now, so I'm just going off of what I know :D. Word count:1.8K
The freegunners, Oh man did you want to be a part of their adventures, God they were so cool. You had a couple of favourites too, Lennox, Teo, Haymar and Daw. You would always gush about them with a couple of your friends. It was just amazing...
"Y/n !! Get back to work !!" Your boss broke you out of your daydream, Shit that's right you were on the clock.
"Y...Yes boss !!" You ushered back to work.
This was your life, Not as exciting as their adventures, You were belittled by your boss and got no respect from most of your colleagues, save for the said friends. You absolutely hated it.
But then... from word of mouth, your friend managed to catch that the freegunners were coming to the planet for a job. When you all clocked in, they went up to you.
"Hey, They're gonna be here" They smiled at you.
"Who ??" You perked up from what you were doing.
"The freegunners dude, go say hi, ask them for the trial" They gently punched your shoulder, trying to hype you up.
"I don't think I have a shot" You shrugged.
"Hey come on now, Don't get stuck down here by the what if's and what you think you should be doing, You were born to be a freegunner"
You looked at them, beginning to contemplate what they were saying. "Yeah... Yeah your right" You nodded, more determined.
"There ya go, Now it is said they'll dock in later today at the *Place name*" they gave you the information.
And with one last nod of encouragement from your friend, You flipped your boss off and quit your job on the spot, heading to the location where they said the ship would be. Sure enough, it was there, You felt instant butterflies in your stomach as you approached the ship, seeing the door open. You wondered if you should wait for them, But you didn't have to think long when a giant yellow robot appeared.
"Greetings citizen, I am 1-0ff" He greeted.
"Woah... 1-0ff.."
"Yes, that is me" He said enthusiastically. "Is there anything that I can help you with ??"
"Uhh... Yeah um... Is... Lennox and Haymar here ??" You could hear the what-ifs again start to circulate in your head. But you did your to keep them quiet, you wanted this.
"Oh, They are currently out at the moment, Is there something I can help you with ??"
"I wanna join the freegunners"
Later, Lennox and Haymar came back and saw you two chatting and getting to know one another.
"Uh, 1-0ff ?? Who's the stowaway ??" Lennox asked.
"Oh your back, This is y/n l/n, They would like to join our crew" He said to them happily.
"Hate to break it to you kid, we aren't taking recruits" Lennox shook his head sympathetically.
"Wait wait... please... Can I just explain my story ??" You looked at them with a sincere look.
Haymar and Lennox looked at each other and then turned back to you. "Why not" Haymar shrugged.
So you then began to tell the tale of your life, It was sad... like deeply... Lennox and Haymar started to feel sympathy towards you. 1-0ff just wanted to wrap you up in a warm blanket and give you the biggest hug possible.
"So... that's why I would like to join the freegunners" You finished off.
"I'm really sorry about that y/n... But like Lennox said" Haymar spoke before getting interrupted by him.
"Woah woah woah, Haymar, Come on. Let's give the kid a chance, They seem to have potential" He nodded to you as he looked at her.
She sighed and then looked back at you. "Ok, Here's the next mission, We've been tasked to find this blue buddy that contains valuable intel for the client. We'll give this the trial shift for you"
"Thank you... I won't let you guys down."
Much later, You found yourself in a restaurant in Crater City, What you thought would've been a simple retrieval job, ended up being a freaking circus !!.
"That wasn't the plan" You whisper yelled, clearly still jumpy.
"It was a spontaneous creative decision after years of careful research" Lennox says as he dabs a huge amount of his hot sauce onto his lunch.
"Being really old and almost dying a bunch doesn't count as research" Haymar snarked at him.
"Almost dying is the best way of learning how not to die" He said with food in his mouth. "Besides, It worked didn't it ??"
You looked over to the blue buddy. "How much longer for the upload ??"
"A few more minutes, Hey star child" Star child in question was a behemoth, probably the biggest person you had ever seen in the galaxy. "Try it with hot sauce, You'll like it trust me, same with you y/n" He passed you the bottle before Haymar took it off him.
"Do not trust him"
"Woah, Where is this coming from ??" Lennox raised an eyebrow.
"It's coming from you back on the ship saying 'Trust me, we're professionals, we'll stick to the plan we can do this' and then that" She points to the TV which was playing the breaking news of your heist. Thank god they didn't get you on camera.
"That was not the plan" You spoke up.
"Technically it was a plan. It just wasn't the same plan that we started with." Lennox said with more food in his mouth.
"If we don't leave with this" Haymar growled.
"Haymar, we will... we will" He looked at her reassuringly and at you as well.
You both sighed, getting out of your chairs. "We'll be waiting outside."
But before you could leave the place, you were immediately surrounded by what seemed to be a rival crew who was also chasing the blue buddy.
"No one move" The "bartender" Raised her pistols "We'll be taking this off your hands"
"What ?? This ??" Haymar raised the bottle of hot sauce.
"Funny" The bartender said as she slid over the countertop and took the blue buddy. You needed to get it back.. so with looks from you, Haymar and Lennox, Haymar tossed the hot sauce bottle into the air and Lennox shot at it, causing a quick distraction, You tried to retrieve it but it was too late, they began to run off.
Another crew member named Vale got the upper hand by tagging them with her sniper. "Slowed them down a little for you, Meet at the rendevous point"
"Wait, what ?? Where's the rendevous ?? I didn't catch that" Lennox tried to keep up.
"Copy that Vale" You said as you ran, But got shot in the calf by the rival crew from a blindspot, Star child rushed in to cover you, His skin turning into bulletproof diamond. "You are wounded"
"I'm fine, They only got one of my legs"
"Haymar, How are those hands ??" Lennox called out.
Haymar soon charged up her fire attack and tossed it out, Creating a line of flame to deter them.
You continued to chase after them leading to some unfinished construction, It was about to get more intense more quickly.
"Y/n !!" Haymar called to you as she saw the rival crew about to leave with the blue buddy.
"Got it" You pulled out one of your pistols and shot the rival in the hand, making them drop the blue buddy, You swore you could hear it cursing its chip off.
"1-0ff this is you" She said as he began to activate his industrial vacuum gun, sucking up the blue buddy away from the rival crew and back into your hands.
"I am developing a taste for destruction" He said before tossing a trash bomb. "Goodbye"
But as the bomb blew up, The scaffolding began to collapse, knocking everyone off, You were all hanging off of each other's ankles, Shit shit shit...
"This would be a very dishonorable way for us to die" Star child tried to get you all back up.
"Don't worry, Nobody's dying dishonourably" Lennox tried to calm everyone down "Also, we're bringing this back with us" He held up the blue buddy.
Your hand was beginning to slip from Haymar's boot, You couldn't hang on much longer.
"Y/n... What are you doing ??" Lennox grew worried.
Your face was full of hesitation, But right now you had little to no choice. "Getting us to the rendezvous point" You closed your eyes tightly and let go.
Both of you falling down and disappearing into the clouds below. the only thing you could hear was Lennox's screaming and the wind.
"Huh, Perhaps we should've let go also" 1-0ff casually spoke up
"1-0ff No !!" Haymar said
"Do not dare !!" as did star child
"We were supposed to stick together" 1-0ff tried to calm him down.
"If you let go, I swear I will rain vengeance upon"
"Oh look there they are, Hi !!"
You both reemerged from the clouds, Standing on the roof of the ship which Vale was flying, The rendezvous point.
"What the ?? How ?? I am glad you avoided a dishonorable death" Star child sighed in relief.
"Almost dying is the best way to learn how not to die... or something ??' You turned to Lennox.
"I knew this was gonna work" He smirked
"This wasn't the plan" You raised an eyebrow.
"It just wasn't the one we started with"
Soon you all made it back to the Northstar, Dropping the blu buddy off to the client. The client then paid the crew handsomely.
"Alright, Another satisfied customer, Goods delivered, I sent everyone there cut" He put his tablet down as Haymar approached him, with something behind her back.
"So do you, like carry it around with you for emergency bland situations or whatever ??" She smirked.
"Haymar... Don't joke about something like this" He knew this too well, She pulled from behind her back a new bottle of hot sauce.
He tried to grab it but pulled it away from his grasp.
"Our next job is somewhere with less scaffolding" She said firmly.
"No scaffolding, zero scaffolding. I promise"
She handed it to him, It was like someone was reunited with their long-lost love.
"We were apart for so long I thought I'd never feel your fiery embrace again"
You chuckled as the ship hit hyperjump, watching as the galaxies went by before Lennox perked up.
"Oh shoot that's right, Y/n what's your details ??" He picked up his tablet again.
"My details ??" You looked at him.
"Well a fellow freegunner needs there cut as well" He smirked.
Your eyes went wide like saucers, was he serious, was it true ?? Please get someone to pinch you, This was happening.
"Welcome to the crew y/n" Haymar smiled.
"Thank you... Thank you so much !!" You smiled wide.
Your dream came true, You didn't hold back from the doubts and the what-ifs, and it has paid off big time, you were now a freegunner. Your life would instantly get more exciting.
"Now y/n, The crew will gather a bit later, Would you like to join us for a game night ??" 1-0ff said excitedly. Yeah... so much more exciting.
A/N: I may be the first ever in the potential concord fandom to write this, But I hope everyone enjoyed it.
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