Days Gone By

[Metal Gear Seth]

Feeling the warmth of his body, hearing the beat of his heart, Scarlet hadn't felt more right with the world, let alone comforted with herself, as well as another, though it was when he laughed that she finally did something other than feel joy, comfort, and relief.

With a quick swift motion she slammed her fist down on his gut, before popping up, and walking towards the ship, eventually crossing her arms, then slowing her pace ever so slighty. Pure silence. It wasn't anger or frustration, it was just sheer action, as she briskly walked up the ramp, and into the ship moving to a back corner of the ship to sit by herself.

Words weren't needed.

 

[Chask274]

Aiden let out a surprised wheeze as the gut shot knocked the wind out of him, and he sat up as Scarlet got to her feet and headed for the ship. Coughing a bit, he got to his feet as well and followed her back to the ship. As he climbed the ramp and headed for the ladder to the cockpit, an idea came to him. Stopping at the base of the ladder, he turned to face Scarlet. "When he passed away, Wyatt left behind quite a few recordings and messages." Stepping forward, he pulled the holoprojector back out of his pocket and handed it to Scarlet. "His will wasn't the only file I saved to that. Might want to take a look while we head back to Dominion territory." With that, he turned on his heel and climbed back up the ladder, and soon had the ship in orbit and jumping to hyperspace.

 

[Metal Gear Seth]

Glancing behind herself, Scarlet made sure not to be noticed looking at the holoprojector Aiden ended up dropping behind her, before turning around, and beginning to try to piece herself back together, and rebuild what resembled a part of herself. She closed her eyes, and for awhile she was thinking in images of how to recollect herself as well as decide how she wanted to address how she'd just acted, let alone what she'd nearly done, or what the outcome was, but eventually she couldn't control her own thoughts as they melded seemed to take over the images of her mind, then seeing three figures cloaked in shadow standing a solid 15 feet from her. When she focused herself, the cloaks removed themselves to reveal three differently dressed versions of herself.

The one on the left was wearing her armor, standing tall as if carrying a burden weighing very heavily on her shoulders, and as she took in the site of this version of herself she noticed another figure just in front of her figure, her figure's back facing Scarlet, witnessing her level a gun at the figures head before squeezing the trigger with it's distinctive discharge, the body falling to the ground, with what looked like a blaster pistol fell from his hand, the gun clattering to the ground in such a way that it clicked into an odd position, suddenly igniting and shooting out an orange lightsaber blade.

As she viewed with horror, she watched herself pick up the weapon, slice the head of the figure off, and grabbing off the helmet of her mentor, Wyatt, before a split second later being shot in the head, and dropping to the ground, a perched from the ramp of his ship Aiden holding a sniper blaster, his helmet off as he slowly fell to his knees, and began to awestruck scream and cry.

Scarlet's heart was quivering from the thought, before the images waited for her internal self to focus back on the two remaining figures. She clutched her mental image self's chest and brought herself to focus on the other two, though the last scene still echoing in her mind. This time it was the center figure of herself, this one wearing casual Mandalorian clothes with her armor on the table in front of her, her back also facing Scarlet. She seemed to be finishing a letter, that after a minute she stood up and walked to a door, her ship awaiting just outside the window of the house she was just in, climbing it's ramp, getting to the cockpit, and flying off. A very frantic Aiden appearing not more than a minute later from the silence of the room, and seeing the paper. A minute after reading into the paper, he slammed his fist before slowly lowering his forehead to the table. Another minute passed before he suddenly jerked up, strutted over to a door, opening it and revealing Wyatt's full set of armor, donning it then walking towards the door, thrusting it open, and running to his ship. When he get's there and try's to start it, it's been sabotaged beyond repair.

Lifting his arm up, and tapping a few comm buttons, a familiar voice to Aiden alone is heard before moments later what looks like a freighter comes into view. Aiden takes off the helmet looking rather determined, the note in his hand. Scarlet get's a glance when she walks up to see a glimpse of the letter before the figure and background disappears like the last. The beginning of the letter reading "To Aiden, ; I simply cannot be around anyone I care for. It is not of pain or misery any longer, nor selfish stubbornness, but permanent emotional confu-"

With the first 2 of 3 figures revealed, she braced for something far worst to unfold in her mind. She was in civilian attire again, but this time another figure was sitting next to her, both were sitting on a blanket, Scarlet's head resting on the others, whom it was revealed to be Aiden. The two had a basket next to them as the sun of Lothal set over the horizon in the distance in front of them. With the last seconds of the scene, She could see Aiden pull out the same odd pistol from her first figures scene, but it was slightly different than the first. The pistol was rather beat up, and used, but this time it also had one other thing engraved on it's upper reciever written "Seth Thomas Schor: Brother, Mandalorian, Warrior, and True Mercenary until the end"

Completely unsure of what she'd just imagined. No. Dreamed. She Finally opened her eyes, and thought what it could all mean as she stared with quick breathes into the corner of the ship before quickly turning around, and grabbing the holoprojector, placing it in front of herself, and activating the saved tapes on it.

"So." she said to herself.

"What next?"