Please, Don’t Pretend you Care
Amko and Dendydot’s first mission on their own wasn’t exactly fun.
Aftermath of This.
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It was a simple mission. Get in, ensure the communication towers were online and functional, get out. Easy as pie.
At least on paper.
Smashing his head against the forced fusion’s skull, his helmet cracked further down the middle. Great- not like Sterling hadn’t just gotten him this one or anything. A snarl escaped the both of them as Amko dodged a slashing claw, diving for one of its hind limbs. Wrapping his arms around the limb, he wrenched back, sending it toppling to its stomach.
“I liked this helmet ya piece of expired leftovers.” He grunted, leaning back as he swung. A blur of violet and he sent the science experiment gone wrong flying off the cliff. Its whimpering cries sounded their way back up the mountain as they tumbled down, ending in a quiet puff at the foot of the mountain. Chest heaving, Amko straightened, wincing.
Rubbing his gem, he thumbed the line where ruby met amethyst, stomach tight.
“Fucking Orange Diamond.” Muttering to himself, he slumped to his knees with a groan.
FUUUUUCK he hurt. He needed a nap. Maybe one of those stupid UV lamps that Enide kept recommending. And food. Lots of food. Hell, just something to chew on really. Raising his head, he sucked air through his teeth at the movement. Clothes torn and scuffed; his eyes lingered on a spot. Right along his thigh, the red of his markings could just be seen peeking out of it.
A little hole. Shifting his arm despite its protest, he picked at it a bit, until he could fit his littlest finger through.
Now it was a slightly bigger hole.
Sparing a smirk, he turned his attention back to the shattered visor before his eyes. After a few minutes of squinting and fussing with the error buttons, he gave up. Wrenching the busted helmet off his skull, he tossed it off the side with a growl of frustration.
It made contact with the earth and stilled before gleaming white. An annoyingly cheerful chirp sounded off and his gem had reclaimed the armor piece. Raking his fingers through his now free hair, a sigh escaped his nose.
Dammit he liked that one. Now he’d have to go through making it from scratch again because life couldn’t be easy for him and give him nice things. No, he’d just break them. And technically he was still banned from Beardo’s shop, so no help there.
Groaning, he reached between his shoulder blades, running his finger pads along the smooth surface of his gem. At least he wasn’t cracked. Laying back down, he threw his arm across his eyes. He didn’t have any RQW drinks on hand or stored away, and he was definitively not going to borrow one from her.
“Are you alright?”
Jolting upwards, his hands slapped the ground at his sides, as he whipped around to the small green figure beside him.
Speak of the devil.
“What? Think I can’t handle myself?” He growled, lowering his arm away to his chest to glare daggers at her., sneering. “Or were just hoping for some interesting data?”
Crouched over his head, Dendydot stared back at him. Brows furrowed, her eyes flicked across his form his loose hair and torn clothes. Always assessing and analyzing. It was annoying.
“You were facing against a Forced Fusion.” She shrugged, movements jerky and sharp. He raised a brow up at her as she stood. “I cannot imagine that would be easy for you as Kaio, much less on your own. Besides you…”
Mouth flattening into that pointed little frown of hers, she seemed unable to find the words as she shook her head.
“You look haggard.” she finished lamely, proffering her hand. Staring at it with disdain, he pointedly backhanded it away as he sat up on his own. Brushing the gravel off his pants, his scowl deepened as he was washed in light. Clothes replaced, hair tied back in his usual pony tail behind his back up helmet, he glared down at her challengingly.
“I’m fine.”
“I do not believe that.” She said simply, unphased by the sparks spiking off his gloves. A moment of silence passed before he uncrossed his arms.
“Whatever.” Muttering, he threw up his hands in the air, hoping the movement would loosen the tightness in his chest. “It’s not like you would know any ways.”
“Amko-“
“We both know you don’t care so don’t bother to pretend.” Cutting her off, he shoved passed her and stormed back towards the edge. “You’re only here to examine the Comm Tower and I’m only here to make sure you don’t do anything stupid and get yourself killed.”
Sitting at the cliff’s face, he glared outwards, ignoring how his body felt like he’d come straight from the tumbler.













