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Manager!Seijoh IWA ROUTE

a/n: uwuwuwuwuwu my mans iwa chan :’)

IM A SIMP FOR IWAIZUMI HAJIME (27) ATHLETE TRAINER

uwu filo!iwa in this :)

and also, listen to lauv while reading this since i wrote this and that song was playing on repeat O_O and also this song

this is my self-request uwu

HES SUCH A POUTY BABIE BLS LOVE ON HIM

onwards we goooo

hihihihihihi yey im so excited for this yall dont even know

ANYWAYS

so,,,,

when iwa first saw you, he thought you were just a cute little thing

your shorter height, your puffy cheeks, and the wide eyes you had whenever you saw someone, or him, do a really cool spiking move

he initially thought of you as a cute little sister hes never had

ehehe that finna change

then the,,,, bullying thing happened

if youd like to read this part, its right here

when he saw you bloodied, all battered,

dear lordie he was finna break some ankles

ONG I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT SANGWOO YET HERE I AM

like that image of you will probably stay in his memory until he dies of the ripe age of 200

ngl it kinda traumatized him a little bit of how tired and pained you look with the tears rolling down your face and the blood that was escaping your body through your wounds

god you didnt deserve any of that

you deserved the world and the universe yet some people dared to take away your worth

ooo he was so mad

miyo was,,,, hurt??

can i say that??

i dont wanna,,,, explain bara arms iwa hurting a girl so youre gonna have to imagine that for yourselves

but at the end when they said slap, he didnt just ✨S L A P ✨ her

he ✨ B R O K E S O M E A N K L E S ✨

oiks is actually scared of him after that

like oiks had to peel him off of her and towards the infirmary where you and the team were

‘IWAIZUMI HAJIME, STOP!’

oof the first and last time oikawa tooru ever said that full name

he was breathing heavy and he was so ✨ A N G R Y ✨ with what she did to you yet he hears your soft scoldings, telling him off for hurting a girl

he wanted to see you

like right now

iwa tore himself from oikawa’s grasp and ✨ N Y O O M E D ✨ himself to the nurse’s office

there, you sat on the bed with the others scattered either on other beds or on the floor

you smiled at the sight of him and he walked towards you and engulfed you in his arms

‘youre okay now. im here’

he whispered and you buried your face into his chest, breathing in his unique scent

lavender mixed with peppermint

he refused to leave your side so he ✨ M A D E ✨ some room on the bed beside you to sit and he wrapped his arm around your waist, holding you close

you held his hand while oikawa talked to you and as you shamefully bowed your head

but you were forgiven and everything was all good until the third years really got into plan

makki and mattsun promised to handle it all as they had family in the justice field while oikawa would go and get the girl suspended

‘but what about me?! i want-’

‘iwaizumi, you literally hit her. it’d be best if you’re not involved right now as you were the only one who physically touched her in a harmful manner like that’

ong when it come to y/n, the meme team is replaced by the assassin team

he tried to fight but in the end, 3 overpowered 1 and he was forced to sit back and opted to comfort you instead

he made sure you were safe to walk home but that day, you were the one who asked him to spend time with him

just you two

like after seeing him seethingly enter back into the room, you reached out and held his hand in yours, eyes trained on your fingers fiddling with his

‘iwa-san,,,, you said you downloaded the new godzilla movie?’

you whispered but he could still hear you and his heart swelled at your meek voice

‘yea, i did. and my mom bought those chips you like’

your eyes flitted up to meet his eyes and a soft smile spread on your lips and there was this thumping in his heart

maybe that was the first time that iwaizumi hajime felt differently towards you

a smile that seemed to be differently perceived than the rest

and it wasnt for the whole team

it was for him

and him alone

the trek to his house was quiet but you would hum nursery rhymes or the songs you heard earlier in the radio while skipping every few steps and tightly holding on to his hand

iwaizumi’s olive eyes watched you still radiate energy despite being so hurt for a long time

they then trailed to your linked hands and he unintentionally squeezed it, only figuring out he did it when you looked up to him and squeezed it back with a smile

he wanted to do something to make you forget of what happened

he didnt want you to think about the cruelty and pain so he was going to make sure you would continue smiling

thankfully, his parents werent home so he wouldnt have to explain why he has a bandage-covered girl with him

iwa led you upstairs to where his room was and your eyes widened when you saw what was inside

tiny action figurines of animes like bakugo from boku no hero academia or a tiny pikachu on his desk

there was a large country flag that you didnt recognize and a few godzilla posters and volleyball players decorating beside it

however, besides those normal things you wouldve expected,

there were many polaroids

polaroid pictures that were everywhere with no specific layout pattern and just placed anywhere that had room

iwa watched as you dazedly walked forward and entered the room to move towards the wall by his desk that had the most pictures against it

from pictures of him and oikawa to the third years to him and his parents or just the sunrise and human silhouettes

your fingers reached forward and traced the picture of him and the third years when they were still first years and took a spontaneous trip to the beach

‘mattsun stole his dad’s car and drove us to the beach without a license’

iwaizumi’s voice answered your questions and you looked back, shimmering eyes

this room,,, wasnt just a normal, teenage boy’s room

this was a room that represented iwaizumi hajime

from his natural character description like his love for volleyball evident in the volleyball player posters to the underneath description that was hidden like his love for godzilla and his love of taking pictures of the people he cares about the most

it was all that made up iwaizumi hajime

your feet took you to stand in front of him, still standing at the doorway, and you stood on your toes to try and be eye-level with him

‘youre really cool, iwa-san’

you whispered and his ears turned red, not from the compliment, but by the close distance between you two

iwa clearedhis throat and ruffled your hair roughly, pushing you down slightly back to the balls of your feet

‘i already knew that, brat. now go and sit over there and be comfortable or whatever while i go get the food’

he hurriedly turned to hide his growing red face but you stopped him

‘iwa-san,,, ano,,, can,, i borrow a hoodie?’

you mumbled, nervously thinking he might refuse

but he grunted a response, not bothering to turn around

‘take your pick’

you smiled and thanked him before bounding over to the wardrobe that was pushed against the wall across his bed that was against the corner by his window

inside had so many hoodies and there were also shirts that were hung up on the other half

they were all graphic tees that either had american bands or anime or game references

opting for a mint green hoodie that says ‘SONIC NYOOM’, you had an undershirt under your button up and as you slipped the bloodied long sleeve off, he swung the door open, eyes focused on the tray of coke filled glasses

then he looked up and almost dropped it at the sight of you,,, like that

‘OH MY GOD SORRY’

he shrieked and carefully but hurriedly backtracked back to the hallway

ofc you were shocked too but you quickly put the hoodie on and went to get him

iwaizumi’s heart was hammering in his chest and he was VERY red with embarrassment

how could he see you like that?!

a girl who wasnt his shouldnt be seen like that by his eyes!

a touch on his arm reminded him of his position and he was still holding the tray but it was clear from the liquid in the cups that he was shaking slightly

‘iwa-san, its okay. i still had a shirt on so dont misunderstand’

you reasoned and he nodded, still not looking at you

the beginning of the movie was quite awkward as you both were sitting next to each other on the floor, backs against his mattress while the laptop played godzilla in front of yall

but it seems it was just him who was feeling this way bc you were intrigued at this weird monster that was squshing building under its foot and you continued munching on the food

iwa stood up and coughed

‘im going to take a shower’

you paused it and stared up at him, a chip halfway in your mouth

‘oh? you want me to wait for you?’

he agressively shook his head

‘no! its okay i watched it already. just,,,, watch it’

at the end, his words came out jumbled in his hurry to go and calm his heart down

you shrugged and unpaused the movie to continue watching

iwa spent his time in the shower, thinking and trying to think of stupid thoughts like the time oikawa almost choked on a peanut when they were in middle school to distract him of thoughts of how adorable you were

ONG HE WAS JUST SHOWERING AND INNOCENTLY DOING SHOWER THINGS

‘no, i said she was like a sister to me. and a sister she’ll remain’

okay ngl even though theyre not related, im worried yall would be like ‘iNcESt’ but bls a lot of people have tried to sibling-zoned people yet realized they liked them in THAT way

as he wrapped himself with a towel, he then realized

oh my god he didnt bring clothes

LMAO NOOOO IWAAAAA

iwa frantically looked around and he saw his mother’s sakura themed robe and he paused, arguing silently with him if he should wear it

well, it was either that or he went back into the room and showed you,,,,,, this

sucking in a sharp breath, he kept the towel around his waist and slipped his arms through the tight arm holes and he awkwardly tried to keep it tied since he was so much bigger than his tiny mom

what is happening

you saw the door opening and excitedly turned to tell him about this one scene when your voice died down in your throat at the sight of him

here was iwaizumi hajime, ultra muscle buff man who gets abs with a simple glance of the gym, wearing an all too-tight pink, cherry blossom print robe that was so tight the tie around it was shaking to keep it together

‘dont’

he whispered and that snapped your remaining surprise to double over in laughter

‘its so cute! iwa-san, youre so cute!’

you shrieked and he growled and hurriedly went to to grab grey sweatpants and a shirt before running straight back to the bathroom

when he finally came back out, his face was still red and he was pouting as he sat next to you back to his seat

he could feel you staring at him while looking constipated as you held your laugh in and the second your eyes met, your giggles fell out

iwa rolled his eyes

‘yes yes let it out’

‘hehe, iwa-san, i didnt know you had that style’

‘it isnt! i didnt want to walk in here practically naked with you in the room!’

he growled and you nodded, still not quite believing it

‘hai hai. just say you like pink, i wont tell’

you waved and iwa felt offended

‘what do you mean ‘hai hai’?! its really not!’

your lips pursed to keep more giggles in and iwa growled again before lunging to grab your sides and tickling you

of course being careful to not touch your wounds

you shrieked at the ticklish feeling and iwa laughed as you made weak attempts to push him off

‘huh? what was that? whatd you say? cant talk anymore, can ya?’

he teased

‘NO!!!! IWA-SAAAAN!!!!!’

you shouted in between your laughter and he finally let up when you squealed out your apologies and promised to never say it again

you breathed air into your lungs and sat back up to recollect yourselves

iwa saw the strands that escaped your bun and they were scattered everywhere looking messy with your flushed cheeks and teary eyes

oh my god you were beautiful

he was so happy that you still kept that smile despite what happened and he was going to fight to keep it there

forever

it was about nearly the end when you finally realized how different iwaizumi’s hair looked

‘oi, iwa-san, your hair is not naturally spiky?’

he continued eating the chips while still watching the movie

‘what would you expect? even shittykawa’s hair is like this. did ya know that he wakes up extra early to curl it into that shitty mess?’

your jaw dropped

‘EEEHHHH???!!!!!!!’

later, you asked him how he does his hair for school and he blindly reached for the gel that was resting on his desk before tossing it to you

‘here’

you looked at it and flickered over to his hair and then you had the greatest realization

‘GODZILLA-SAMA!’

you pointed and he stopped eating, turning to give you a confused look

‘ha?’

you shrieked in an another round of laughter

‘IWA-SAN LIKES GODZILLA-SAMA SO MUCH HE DOES HIS HAIR AFTER HIM!!!!’

you doubled over to the floor, clutching your stomach and iwaizumi’s flustered expression made you laugh harder

he knew you were smart but,,, not this smart

you figured out his secret

the secret he’s hidden since he was practically a toddler

even his best friend, the guy hes known since he was born, never made the connection

yet here you are, figuring it out not even a year of knowing him

was this part of the many reasons he,, felt his heart beat for you?

oikawa was relieved that you had the bright twinkle in your eyes the next time he saw you and you were actively talking to iwaizumi in that early morning practice

‘oh? y/n-chan, is iwa-chan your best friend now?’

he tried not to sound jealous for his own best friend’s closeness to you and he added a teasing smile for extra measure

okay that hurted me a bit

iwaizumi snarled and blasted the volleyball towards his face before he could even yell or shout

‘iwa-san, dont do that’

you chided softly, small hands wrapping around his muscly arm

but iwa patted your head

‘deserving people deserve things to happen to them’

you rolled your eyes but smiled at him

‘hai hai’

the next week, iwa still kept a close eye on you in case someone else decided to mess with you

but you told him that you swear youd tell him if someone did and he trusts you so he backed off a little

one day, he was eating lunch with the other third years in their classroom when you busted through the door, excitedly holding your phone

‘iwa-san! i figured out what country your flag was!’

he was halfway of shoving rice in his mouth when iwa looked at you

‘oh? you couldve just asked me though?’

you pouted and went to pull a chair from another desk to sit beside him

‘nooo. i wanted to work for that information. so you’re from the philippines, iwa-san?’

he nodded proudly

‘yep’

your eyes shone with interest

‘really?! you look japanese so it must be one of your parents. hey, iwa-san, which island are you from? i read about them and they have like 7641 islands-’

the others watched as you read through the article in your phone and iwa wasnt even following your words, instead staring at you with a dazed look and a lovesick smile

mattsun, makki, and oikawa exchanged looks of surprise because in all the years theyve known him especially oikawa, iwa was never interested in girls and such

he was a straight forward man with goals and straight sight to get them done with no distractions like relationships or love

yet here he was

slowly falling in love with you without even knowing he is

he continued to fall with the simplest things about you

from the perfume that you wore everyday to the way you would tuck your hair behind your ear when you were talking to someone

little quirks he used to miss was now being noticed even if you were right behind him and not in his line of vision

now, the boys were starting to see the difference of their precious ace

it was as if when he started to like you, they knew immediately by how he was acting

then one day during practice, you were late and they were all looking around for you and when they couldnt find you, they met back in the gym with nervous looks

iwa was already pacing around, a scary aura radiating off of him, and kindaichi, who went with him to look around the school, warned the others of iwaizumi’s worry

‘he was slamming doors open and he was walking so fast i had to run to even keep up with him’

then you busted through the gym door

you were actually picking up food for the team and sweets and you were held up when makki’s puffs were still being cooked

they rallied around you to make sure you werent hurt and you assured them but iwa pulled them away like picked them up and threw them off to the side and took you in his arms

iwa thought you were hurt and he was so worried something happened to you again

the hug was bone-crushing with how hard he was squeezing you but you felt his worry though and you freed your arms to wrap them around his neck

‘im okay, iwa-san’

you whispered in his ear and he nodded

‘let me hold you for a second’

he mumbled and you nodded

‘oi, theres food in the bags so make sure you eat it all. coach paid for it all so dont leave behind anything’

the mention of the food distracted them from you and iwa and they piled on top of each other to reach their food first

iwa was grateful that you distracted the others from seeing him being vulnerable towards you

‘i thought-’

‘shh,,, you have me right here, right now. safe and sound’

you knew how much seeing you all battered messed him up and his attempt of making you forget about it has been

and his worry of you being gone without no sign of where you went will forever be there and he will always have that thought in the back ofhis mind

the next time you came over, you actually met his parents

since you went home early before, you didnt catch his parents when they came home around 10 minutes after you left

but this time, they were already home with his mom cooking dinner while his father was sitting on the dining chair reading a newspaper

iwa walked through the door, shouting he was home, and you did the same thing to be customary

oof his parents were surprised

his mom turned around to share a look of surprise with her husband

sure they havent seen tooru in a while but they were pretty sure his voice wasnt that high pitched

right?

‘hajime, did you hit tooru so much you ruined his-’

then his mother stopped talking at the sight of you holding iwa’s hand tightly when yall stepped around the corner

you sheepishly smiled at them and bowed your head in greeting

oh my

so this was why iwaizumi hajime-san was really really really handsome

his parents were freaking good looking

like his mother was aphrodite with her flawless melanin skin and doe shaped eyes with a mole under her left eye

and his father was like ares, so handsome yet still manly and his appearance was a special type of good-looking with his buffness and ruffed appearance

‘iwa-san, i didnt know your parents were gods’

you mumbled, still staring at them

iwaizumi choked and coughed, flustered

‘oh my!’

his mother placed a hand over her mouth

‘hello’

his father stood up to walk in front of you and held his hand out

‘i’m hajime’s father’

you let go of hajime’s hand to shake his own with both of your hands

‘really nice to meet you! i’m l/n y/n! seijoh volleyball manager! first year!’

you introduced then stepped aside to fully bow 90 degrees

iwaizumi thought it was so cute of how flustered you were at meeting his parents

‘ay nako! nak, i didnt know you had such a beautiful girlfriend!’

she squealed and hurriedly went to stand in front of you and gently grasped your arms to stand you back straight and took a good look at you

‘youre so beautiful, iha. nice skin, pretty eyes, ang ganda!’

even with your research of tagalog, you didnt quite understand what she was saying

iwa noticed your slightly confused expression and he laughed, tucking his hands in his pockets

‘sorry, my nay speaks in taganese when she gets excited’

‘t-taganese?’

‘tagalog and japanese’

you nodded in understanding

it was time to put your basic reserach to test

‘hello po’

you greeted her and nervously took her hand and pressed the back of it to your forehead before slowly lowering it down and letting go

her wide eyes made you think you did something bad or even offensive!

‘i-i’

‘HAY NAKO, HAJIMEE~!’

she shrieked

‘YUNG-!!! YUNG-!!!’

okay im terrified

iwa noticed his mother’s malfunction and gently wrapped his arm around her shoulder and veered her back to her kitchen

‘sorry about her, l/n-chan. its just,,,, hajime hasnt brought home a girl before. and you doing that mustve done it in for her’

you worriedly watched hajime calm his mom down with a smile and talking to her hushed

in their perspective,,,

‘shes so nice, nak! marry her, okay? shes very pretty and she made an effort to please your nanay, so go and marry her!’

ohmylord im nervous

initially, iwa only wanted to go and hang out with you and watch a movie

not have a full dinner with his family

lmao i shouldve told you that youve been friends for months now

his mother cooked sinigang and adobo and more filipino dishes, adding even more when she saw you were joining them

the dining table was covered with a large plate full of food and you were so fascinated because this was a side of iwa that you wanted to know more about

‘wow!’

you said, not thinking, at the deep-fried fish that still had its eyeballs intact

iwa genuinely thought you would’ve shyed away from it in disgust but your eyes were glistening with genuine interest

‘iwa-san! youre so lucky you get to eat this stuff!’

you told him, looking over at his direction

while mrs iwaizumi was lading in the soup into the big bowl, mr iwaizumi was sitting at the dining table, watching your interaction and hajime telling you what each food was and your noises of surprise

he watched his son laugh when you said the palabok reminded you of the orange boy hinata

and he also watched his son look at you so lovestruck and exactly like how he looks at his wife

soon, his mother finished and they rounded the table before saying a quick prayer to bless the food and digging in

‘so, what do you want to start with, iha?’

mrs iwaizumi asked and your wide eyes looked around

‘hm, im not sure. whats your favorite iwa-san?’

you looked to your right towards hajime who was busy eating and stopped before pointing his lips towards a direction

‘that one’

‘hah?’

you asked

mrs iwaizumi laughed at her son’s actions

‘sorry, l/n-chan, my son has adapted my traits. he was pointing to this, adobo. do you want some?’

‘yes please’

the smell made your mouth water and you started to tuck in

maybe it was your managerial instincts, but you used your napkin to wipe hajime’s lips and he was also used to this and turned his head to make it easier for you then he went to grab the water jug and re-fill your glass

once it was done, you both silently went back to eating

his parents watched his exchange and it was like watching a married couple taking care of each other

‘so, l/n-chan, you said you were their manager’

mr iwaizumi started and you nodded, wiping your lips

‘yes. i have been for a while now and please, call me y/n’

‘hajime actually told us he had a new manager for his team and tooru told us too. but we didnt know you were a girl. its just so interesting for hajime to bring you home as he has never really had any female friends’

mrs iwaizumi’s comment made you chuckle and iwa’s eyes widened in embarassment

‘nay! of course ive had female friends! ive had friends from all genders!’

he reasoned but you teasingly smiled at him

‘ah, im not really surprised. iwa-san doesnt exactly have the appearance that girls are brave enough to approach’

he sent you a betrayed glance

‘hah?! what’s that supposed to mean?!’

you shrugged, going back to your food

‘im just saying that you always have this intense look in your eyes and youre always frowning. but its cute so its fine. and besides, i dont think theyve seen you laugh since you dont really smile a lot, iwa-san’

‘but you’ve seen me smile!’

‘eung. but its only to me. if they knew the stuff i knew like you being a godzilla fan or your collection of succelents, theyd see you like oikawa-san’

‘HAH?! YOU SEE ME LIKE SHITTYKAWA?!’

mrs iwaizumi held her husband’s hand on the table as they watched you both bicker and tease each other with a smile

hajime has always been on the rougher side of things and he doesnt really have many close friends other than the team and even then, tooru is the only one he can really be himself around

yet here you are, bringing out the boy hajime really is and making him laugh, a sound his parents dont really hear outside the house

and your eyes

god, your eyes held admiration, life,,,, and you might not know this yet,, but love

her eyes trailed her son who teasingly headbutted you and you faking a surprise and doing the same

then you heard his father’s cough which brought you back to where you were and the situation and the people that were there

you felt embarrassment creeping up inside you and you bowed

‘im sorry for acting like that, iwaizumi-san. i-’

‘no, dont apologize, darling. please, dont’

her soft smile made the nerves in you ease and hajime’s father winked at him and he knew exactly what his father was trying to say

after dinner, you volunteered to wash the plates but they veered you away from there and towards the living room

‘oh my god, pops! stop her!’

hajime whined because he knows what his mother was going to do

she was going to show him his baby pictures

you sat on the beige couch and watched as she reached under the coffee table and revealed a few albums that had iwaizumi hajime written on the cover

‘now, y/n-chan, hajime wasnt always this pouty. in fact, he used to always have a smile on his face and laughed at the littlest things! like right here! a leaf fell on him and he-’

stories of his childhood was exchanged throughout the night and you were laughing so hard that tears were falling out of your eyes while hajime wrapped your shoulders with his arm and he would squeeze you tightly whenever you made fun of him

‘oh dear! iwa-san! you-!’

you didnt finished as you continued to laugh and he sighed

‘nay, can we go eat dessert now?’

he asked his mother and she was beginning to feel sorry for him so she smiled and nodded

‘okay. hajime, come help me’

‘iwaizumi-san, i can-’

‘no, y/n-chan. dont you worry your pretty little head about anything and just look through more of these pictures’

hajime followed his mother to their kitchen before she stopped and turned around

his mother’s height was around 5′1 so she had to look up to meet his eyes and her hands were clasped around his biceps

she is definitely beautiful and he cursed at how little he got from his mother other than her skin color

mrs iwaizumi married her husband and immigrated to japan to have a family and your polite action from earlier moved her as she hasnt experienced that in nearly 2 decades

‘nay, shes,,,, just a friend’

he reasoned, a wobbly smile to cover up his want for that title to change

yet mothers def knows best and saw right through it

she gave him a firm look with furrowed eyebrows and pursed lips

‘nak, dont lie to yourself. i raised you to never tell a lie and lying to yourself is considered lying to someone. she’s not your KAibigan, shes your kaIBIGan’

now, hajime knew a little bit of tagalog as his mother made sure he was able to at least speak to his relatives back home

so he got a hint of what she was saying yet was confused

then he realized it

his blush creeped up his neck and he chuckled, ducking his head low to avoid his mother’s eyes

‘nak, listen to me. papunta ka pa lang, pabalik na ako. youre still growing and you may be confused right now, but make sure to think wisely and dont live with regrets. nanay doesnt want you to go through it all by yourself since she knows how hard it was. so please, listen to me and pursue her. shes special, hajime. she makes you so, so happy. i see it in your eyes, her eyes, god has fated you together. i feel it’

now if a filipino mother actually tells their son to go after a girl, thats a pretty big thing as its known that mothers are the hardest to convince and are fiercely protective of their sons, especially if its an only son, but mrs iwaizumi literally tells hajime to go court you because she sees how happy you make him and is willing to let hajime go to you

definitely his mother’s words stuck to him and as he walked you home, he was busy thinking that he was quiet and you were worried as he would be talking right now

‘iwa-san? you okay?’

you asked and he blinked, taken back to reality from his daydream

‘hm, yea’

he answered to look at you

hes been pining for months now and he slipped his hand into yours, holding it tightly

uwu if you want to see iwa moments with y/n, read through the seijoh manager series as theres a lot of them in there

he wanted you yet, he knew it would be selfish of him to keep you in the future

he would be a college student while you’re in your 2nd year

would you want to be so far away from him?

could you handle it?

‘yanno, iwa-san, your dad told me something interesting’

you suddenly said, squeezing his hand and kicking rocks while looking up at the night sky

‘what was it? something embarrassing?’

he immediately feared that they told you that story when he was still potty training and he fell straight into the toilet

‘hmm,,, no. he told me that he met your nanay when she was a high school student and he was a in an intern at your lolo’s company’

iwa listened and he had a smile at how you said the tagalog word for grandfather

‘he said she almost ran him over by her bike and she fled but they met again when she visited your lolo. through that, they became friends and then she confessed to him. apparently, he declined because she was younger than him, although just 3 years, and he was leaving for his own country in a few months so he didnt know if she would wait for him’

were,,,, you reading his mind?

iwa knew of his parents story yet with you telling it, it sounded a million times more interesting

‘yet she promised him. thats it, just a promise. that she would remain faithful to him, she would keep herself for him and when she finally graduates, she would go and find him and they could be happy together. he said it was the longest 3 years of his life yet when he saw in the airport, he felt like the wait was worth it. because he gets to hold the embodiment of happiness in his arms for the rest of his life’

you finished and he hummed

‘times have changed, y/n’

‘even you?’

you stopped walking and he naturally stopped too

‘would you wait for me like he did if i promised myself to you? if i promised you that despite the few years of waiting, i would still be yours and remain yours until we’re ready to be together?’

WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!

iwa’s heart was drumming in his chest and he wanted so desparately to look at you in the eyes but you were making that impossible as your head was bowed and your eyes were fixed on the concrete you both stood on

‘of course, i would’

your head snapped up and e/c clashed with olive eyes

‘i would wait for you. we may,,, be young right now. and they might think we’re,,, being impulsive. but i dont care. because right now, all that matters, is you and me. we can think about the consequences later, but right now, i just want to kiss you’

he admitted, red ears seen by the moonlight

your body shook

‘do it, no balls’

well,,,, he has the balls

and under the moon, at 8:34 pm, iwaizumi hajime kissed you

OML THIS REMINDS ME OF THAT SEIJOH SHORT WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO OIKAWA AND HIS NEIGHBORS ARE LIKE ‘AH SHITE HERE WE GO AGAIN’

it didnt come as a surprise to the team when yall announced your relationship

well,, you both actually didnt tell them outright until like weeks later

what can you say?

you and iwa are very private people and you dont really like to show off in public

even though yall lit rally are stuck to the hip and he does things that he doesnt even think hes doing but he is totally doing

you were only caught by,,, guess who

mrs iwaizumi

it was weeks when she met up with mrs oikawa bc theyre totally best friends and thats why their sons are best friends

she told her of her son’s girlfriend and how sweet you were and how mrs oikawa should be jealous that her son doesnt have a girlfriend like that and the standards for oikawa’s future girlfriend was raised just by that teasing

oikawa literally came into after school practice after a phone call with his mother, fuming

you were talking to kindaichi and yahaba with iwa beside you, arm around your waist totally not obvious guys

and yall just saw an angry oikawa stomping towards yall

‘y/n-chan, iwa-chan, why the hell did my mom just call me and tell me that im not allowed to bring home a girl if she doesnt have h/c with s/c (skin color) and e/c and h/m (height measurement)?’

you shrugged

‘oikawa-san, i’ve never even met your mom before’

but iwa had a hunch

‘ahh,,,, my mom mustve been bragging to your mom. yanno how they are’

oikawa shot him a disbelieving look

‘IWA-CHAN! ITS BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU GOT A GIRLFRIEND AND I DONT! BUT ITS WORSE THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS AFFECTING MY FUTURE ONE!’

he ranted, completely unaware that he just outed your entire relationship to the team

tbh they werent even surprised

like they were all ‘damn now shes taken. but cant say i didnt see that coming’

they took it pretty well too

they know how iwa is and they literally respect this mans and if anything, out of the whole team, he is the best candidate for your boyfriend

dating iwa is totally normal and yall just have increased touches?? like i dont know how to explain like he’s constantly holding your hand or arm around your waist or shoulder etc

literally nothing changed

you still have dinners at his house and iwa also knows your family and all that

and the most important thing is,

he kept that promise

even when he was literally at the other side of the world,

he still remained yours and you kept your own promise and waited patiently for his return

OOOOO TIMESKIP IWAIZUMI HAJIME (27) ATHLETE TRAINER

a little girl with bouncing dark brown hair was giggling as she maneuvered herself around the tall people

a shout from her parents and little sister was only making her run faster until she crashed into the legs of the person she’s been looking for

his blue jersey was similar to hers and she raised her arms up with a bright smile

‘uncle!’

she yelled and he chuckled before hoisting her up to his arms

‘ah, reyna-chan, didnt mom and dad tell you to wait for them? look! tala-chan is crying because you left her’

she followed his finger to her little sister, who was in her father’s arms, crying and reaching out for her

‘nee-chan!’

she screeched

finally, her parents were there and you were scolding her for running off

‘reyna, just dont do that again’

you said and she nodded, pouting and holding her uncle’s thumb

‘thank you, tooru-san. i dont know what i would do if she got lost’

oikawa grinned then gently patted the hat-covered head of the newborn baby girl that was strapped to your chest

‘hehe, its okay, y/n-chan. after all! uncle is always there to save reyna-chan!’

she shrieked when he held her up and hajime shook his head in his antics

‘where’s the others? i saw them in the stands but-’

he was cut off when he heard the shouts and yells from the other side that could only belong to your boys

‘woooo!!!!’

kindaichi’s voice echoed through the place and mattsuhana were rushing to greet their goddaughters

tala shyly accepted the arms of mattsun while makki was squealing quietly when darna was holding his finger tightly as she slept

‘taka-san, wanna hold her? she’s easier to hold when she’s sleeping’

‘oh can i?’

his eyes held the stars as the 11-month-old raised her fist then lowered it back down, sleep still heavy on her

‘waaa~ darna-chan is growing really quickly’

kunimi whispered, peering over his senpai to look at the baby whos eyes kept fluttering

you chuckled while looking at oikawa and him playfully bouncing reyna

‘tooru-san, congratulations on your win. it seems you’ve beaten hajime this time’

you complimented and the brunette smiled brightly at you, adjusting the little girls in his arms

‘ei, y/n-chan, i’ll beat him next time, and next time and the next time!’

every time he said ‘next’ he gave his goddaughter a kiss on her cheek making her giggle

your husband was pouting at the reminder of japan’s loss and you reached over to wrap your arms around him causing hajime to turn his head away from you

‘aww, my 4th baby is sad now’

you cooed and cupped his face delicately on your hands making him sulk and whine

the others, watching the scene, continue to be surprised at this side of their captain that remains to only be caused by you

‘ugh, nearly a decade later and theyre still sappy’

yahaba gagged and watari slapped his back

‘let them be happy’

‘come on! im in the mood for spaghetti! you like spaghetti, tala-chan?’

‘eung!’

mattsun cheered with kindaichi and she raised her hands to share the same energy

once everyone was situated in a restaurant and ordered, small talks were shared around the table of the past

‘haha, spaghetti is how your baba found out about you, tala-chan’

yahaba’s comment made the walking group laugh at the memory of seeing the video you sent in the seijoh group chat

‘i wanted to be creative with my second child since my firstborn was revealed by this loudmouth’

oikawa winced at the indirect diss at him

‘y/n-chan! i was really excited to find out i was going to be an uncle!’

‘youre already an uncle, bakakawa!’

hajime has toned down the insults to keep it pg for the children

‘but-!’

they started to argue, the oldest daughter looking disinterested as she sees this happening or hearing it whenever her dad and uncle video chat

‘it took me forever to find a ‘prego’ pasta sauce in the grocery store like i dont know why. was there a shortage?’

you complained, remembering the frustration

your fellow first years snickered at you and kindaichi prodded fun at you

‘is that why you just outright told him you were pregnant the day you found out?’

you rolled your eyes and watched makki and mattsun and tala watch the youngest as she wiggled her fists in the air and was awake enough to babble ‘makki’ over and over again

that was her first word and although she is now able to say a few words, she still repeats her first word over and over again

‘we had a fight and it just came out so of course i didnt have time to prepare!’

you defended and hajime finished his antics with oikawa just as you said that

‘what-what was your words again? ‘i really want to push you off the roof right now but i want my baby to meet their bastard father first?’‘

you gasped at that regretful statement and punched him in the arm

‘hajime! stop!’

you whined and covered your face with the sleeves of your his hoodie

‘hehe, y/n, you should do that again’

kyotani teased and you glared at him

‘shut up kyotani’

eyebrows were raised

‘eh? are you more hormonal?’

‘do you realize you already have 3 daughters?’

‘iwaizumi-san really wants to have a volleyball team family’

‘at least wait a year and a half, you animals’

‘so,, like hes that good huh?’

hajime growled and leaned over to intimidate but you snarled and jumped on your feet, being held back by the arms by kindaichi and hajime to stop yourself from leaping across the table to kill yahaba

‘keep talking like shite and i’ll make sure none of you become the godfather of this baby’

okay what

one, did you just curse

and two, this baby?!

‘im big sister again?!’

reyna ruined the surprised silence and then chaos ensued

‘WHAT!’

‘BABY?!’

‘THIS BABY?!’

you just realized what you said and smirked at the chaos you created and sat back down, leaning on the back of the chair and smugly taking a sip of your water

‘oh the power i hold in my hands’

you teased and oikawa pointed at you

‘when! how long!’

you looked at hajime who was so shocked that his eyes glazed over and a passerby wouldve thought he was dead

‘apparently 3 months’

oikawa started counting and his eyes widened at that thought

‘you-! you stayed in argentina! in my house! my house-!’

‘yep. both of them created under your house’

what

!!!!!

hajime fainted

oikawa screamed

a/n: okay i admit i got a little too carried away with this one. i just love filo!iwa and this was mostly written in his pov bc cmon we all know we love iwa and fell in love w him the moment we saw him

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forever-more-never-again · 5 years ago

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Hold On (A Request)

Requested:@pietro1mxmff

Word Count:1727

Pairings: None

Warnings: Fighting, gore, hospital, blood, death

Request: Hello!! Can you write Avengers Team x (seriously) injured reader? Please

A stray giggle escaped you as you watched as Steve used his ‘Dad’ voice on the few Hydra agents that were left.

“[Y/n], are you still keeping an eye out?” Clint’s voice echoed through your comm.

Rolling your eyes, though you knew he couldn’t see it, you replied with some snark in your tone, “Yes Hawkeye. It’s pretty quiet over here except for mr. star spangled man with a plan lecturing some wayward germans.”

Natasha’s soft laughter filtered through and you couldn’t help but laugh with her.

This was your family. The Avengers.

“Guys...I got a heat signature coming in fast towards your coordinates, I suggest you get a move on and get out of there!” Stark’s voice was not his usual calm and cocky, it sounded strained and anxious.

And that got everyone's attention at the strangeness of it. You watched as Steve stood up straighter and began herding the Hydra agents away, practically running with them.

“I’m with Clint heading towards the Jet, I see Cap coming in…[Y/n]?” Natasha’s sweet voice rang out.

You smirked as you packed up your sniper rifle, “Worried about me Spider? You should know that I can get there in just a fla-” Your words were knocked out from you as a blunt object snapped against the back of your head.

Black spots filled your eyes as you turned, almost as if in slow motion, as the frantic voices of your teammates rang in your ears;

“[Y/n]?”

“What happened!?”

“[Y/n]!?”

“Get out of there now! The missile is going to land any second now!”

Standing behind you was a tank of a man. How he had gone unnoticed by all of you, you didn’t know.

Your thoughts were sluggish as you noticed the brass knuckles wrapped around his hands.

That’s what hit you, you belatedly realized.

Staggering unsteadily, you readied your feet and raised your own fists, your sniper rifle was pretty much out of commission since the pieces were no longer put together.

“If you wanted to join the party, you should have just asked.” You sassed.

The giant man stayed silent as he swung a massive fist towards your head again.

Jumping out of the way, you twisted into a handstand and sprung yourself behind him.

“[Y/n]! Get out of there! What’s going on!?” Captain's voice was almost drowned out by the adrenaline running through your veins and the telltale sound of the jet engines.

Biting back a groan as the man landed a metal backed hit to your side, possibly cracking a few ribs, you managed to snarl back, “Kinda busy at the moment. Is everyone else out of the blast zone?”

You had to bite back a gasp as you barely leapt out of the way of the man bringing his fists down on top of your head.

“Everyone is here except for you! Get your ass to the jet now!” Tony Stark’s voice held his CEO commander tone in it, and how you wished you could comply and join your family and get back to the tower, but the man in front of you was giving you a difficult time achieving that.

“A little busy with a Hydra agent who is trying his damndest to turn me into a pancake!”

“What!? What are you coordinates!? I’ll come to you!” Clint’s voice was starting to panic.

Snarling as you felt something in your leg snap as the man stepped on it, you screamed back, “Don’t! Get out of here! Go!”

A shrill whine began to buzz in your ears. Glancing up, you saw a dark spot in the sky start to grow bigger as it came closer. The Missile.

“No! Not without you!”

“Nat...they made their choice…”

“No! How dare you!”

“[Y/n]!”

“Stark, get us out of here.”

“[Y/n!”

Limping, you stood up and spit out the blood that was filling your lungs at the ground in front of the man.

Grinning up at him, aware that blood coated your teeth, you managed two words as the shrill sound became a shriek, “We win.”

And your world was thrown into a brilliant white Scorching pain.

Bud-ump.

“Stay with us!’

Beep.

“Heart Rate slowing! I need a Bag and Extra hands!”

Bud-ump.

“Are they going to be okay!?”

Beep.

“Scut! Get these people out of my ER! I need a snake in their throat yesterday!”

Bud------ump.

“No! We’re their family! They need us!”

Beeeeeeeeeep.

“Heart rate is 280 and Blood pressure is 60 over 70!”

Bud-ump.

“What does that mean!?”

Bud-ump.

“Get these people out!”

Bud-ump.

Beep.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeep.

“They’re flatlining!”

“Get the crash cart!”

“Charged to 200...Clear!”

Skreeeeeeee.

“Recharge! 300! Clear!”

Skreeeeeeeee.

“What’s happening!? Are they going to be okay!?”

“I thought I told someone to get them out of here!?”

Skreeeeeeeee.

“Charged to 500….. Clear!”

Skreeeeeeeee…...Bud-ump.

Bud-ump.

“Got a pulse. Heart rate slowing, blood pressure becoming stable.”

“Alright. Move to Surgery. And can someone throw the Avengers out of my ER!?”

The first thing you registered was something grabbing your hand tightly.

The next was the scratchiness and dryness of your throat.

A steady beeping noise echoed as you cracked an eye open. Staring in confusion at the white tiles above you.

This wasn’t your room.

Turning your head took more effort than you thought and pain rippled up your spine from the small action.

Eyes tracked the hand gripping yours up to a face that you recognized.

“Na-Natasha…”

Abruptly her green emerald eyes snapped open and flew to yours.

Her hand released yours and flew to her mouth.

“[Y/n]...”

Tears gathered in her eyes, and that alarmed you. Natasha never cried.

Reaching up to her face, you coughed a few times before your sore throat could form words again, “What...What happened? Where am I?”

Natasha quickly poured you a cup of water and helped guide you into a sitting position so you could sip it.

Upright, you could see more of the room you were in. A hospital.

You grimaced as pain spread throughout your whole body.

“Are you in pain? Should I call a nurse?” Natasha’s hands fluttered over you, unsure if it was safe to touch you.

You managed a short smile towards her, it was odd to see the normally stoic Black Widow so flustered.

“I’m fine. Nothing I can’t handle. Where is everyone? What happened?”

Natasha relaxed back in her chair with a sigh.

“Steve managed to convince Stark and Clint to go get some food. They should be back any minute. How much do you remember?”

Your mind ran a hundred miles per hour as you tried to picture your last memory.

Then with a gasp, you flew forward, ignoring the sudden onslaught of pain and the faint tearing sound, “My rifle!”

Natasha’s horrified yelp dissolved into a choked confused sound.

“You just...you just tore your stitches…” She whispered, her eyes wide, staring at the red spot that was steadily growing on your hospital gown.

You glanced down, the pain causing your thoughts to grow hazy.

Turning to Natasha, you gasped out, as darkness threatened to overtake you again, “My rifle...the missile...the man ...is my rifle okay? I got...I got blown up...is my rifle-”

And then you were drug back into unconsciousness.

The next time you managed to wake up, there were murmured voices around you.

“So they remember the missile?”

“Yeah, but they were more worried about what happened to their rifle.”

“Typical [Y/n]... no regard for their own safety.”

“The hospital said it was pure luck that they managed to survive.”

“Didn’t that Surgeon say that if they hadn’t already been injured, they would have likely died?”

“Yeah, something about their body was relaxed so when the tree pierced their stomach, it didn’t tear the muscles as much.”

“How are they going to feel when we tell them that they are missing a lung and part of their stomach? Along with the whole Amputated-”

“Shh! I think they’re awake.”

You blinked your eyes a few times and then just simply stared at the four curious faces that crowded your vision.

“Uh...hello?” Your voice was raspy.

“[Y/n]! Don’t scare us like that ever again!” Tony leaned over and hugged you surprisingly gentle.

Steve looked at you and smiled softly as you glanced his way confused, “We thought we lost you there Agent.”

Clint pulled Stark off you and clapped a hand on your shoulder, glaring at you before smiling, “Next time I tell you to get out...you get out.”

You chuckled, before frowning as pain racked your body.

Coughing, you gestured to the cup of water on the table next to you.

Natasha carefully helped you again sip the water.

Leaning back, you looked over your family, “So...what’s the damage?”

At that everyone turned away, faces somber.

You didn’t like that.

Smiling a little, you tried to lighten the mood, “Come on guys, it’s not like I’m dying here.”

But that seemed to make it worse.

Steve was the first to break and look back at you, “[Y/n]...you almost did die.”

You froze, “What?”

Natasha turned next, “Your heart stopped...they had to perform emergency surgery on you.”

Tony’s voice broke as a tear ran down his cheek, “You’re lucky to be alive with just a missing lung, stomach, and leg.”

You mulled over that, and then gasped, “Wait...leg?” You looked down at yourself for the first time, and noticed the empty space where your right leg used to be.

“I lost...I…”

At your loss of words, and tears threatening to spill over, your family converged on you, hugging and crying with you.

Tony spoke softly, his head in your hair, “I am already working on a prosthetic for you. This isn’t the end for you, [Y/n].”

“We will be with you every step of the way to recovery. After all,” Natasha pulled back and cupped your face, gently wiping away your tears with her thumbs, “That’s what family is for.”

You laughed wetly, and tugged her back into the group hug, “I’m glad I have you guys for my family.”

It would be a long road to recovery, but you would get there. After all, you were an Avenger, and you had your family to support you.

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jack-yin · 4 years ago

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The Topest Of Killer

CHAPTER ONE

December 23, 2021.

107 Plank Street, SN District, Altoona, Pennsylvania.

One of the nameplate of [Bai Niu Information Network Service Company] is hung on the wall of a three-story building with a typical American red brick exterior.

7:30 in the morning.

Tommy Blanc puts on his badge and walks into the office with a cup of Starbucks—just like an ordinary office worker.

"How's it going?" Tommy put his backpack on the seat and glanced at the screens hanging on the wall.

The colleague on duty shrugged his shoulders, turning his pen boringly: "Everything is normal."

Then tommy sat down blankly, took a sip of the coffee he had brought, and stared at the screen on the wall for a while.

In tommy’s sight, three different split screens respectively display different satellite images.

The three different real-time satellite images show the same target which is on a certain area of the high seas and the target is being monitored in real time by three different satellites.

Tommy manipulated it in front of the computer: "Forty minutes later, the No. 3 satellite enters the blind zone. Switch to the No. 6 satellite to continue monitoring."

And then he stared at the screen for about a minute, then sat down and looked at the watch on duty monitoring records.

"You said..." The colleague walked to Tommy's side and sighed while leaning on the back of his chair: "...How long do we have to do this job? I have been in this place for three years. "

Tommy looked back at the young colleague and smiled: "Isn't this job bad? High salary, high benefits, all insurance is paid for, and I commute to and from get off work on time every day. I hope this job will continue like this-- You should really see what the outside world has become like."

The colleague murmured, with a hint of unwillingness in his tone: "I fucking transferred from the Navy's early retirement, not for this kind of boring waste of life."

Tommy sighed and touched his pale hair: "When you reach my age, you will understand how valuable it is to have a secure job."

[Bai Niu Information Network Service Company]

The registered capital is 500,000 U.S. dollars.

On paper, this is a very ordinary information processing company.

The business scope includes: information consultation, information processing, network erection solution provision, etc. According to the registration data of the municipal system, this company has been operating well for the past eight years, and the books and taxation status are clean. Even the vultures of the IRS (IRS) can't find any problems.

——Of course Tommy knows that these clean and unremarkable accounts are actually made by the vultures.

In fact, this [Bai Niu Information Network Service Company] is just a cover.

Its true identity is a secret surveillance agency under the Langley Building (CIA).

Eleven members of the monitoring team, including Tommy, are all professionally trained monitoring and information analysis and processing personnel, as well as four security personnel transferred from the military.

In addition, the monitoring authority of six satellites can be mobilized at any time, and a water-cooled high-density server hidden in the basement of the building is used for information analysis and processing. And can enter the red authority of the federal highest security information network at any time.

Eight years ago, when the company was first established.

At that time, Tommy Blanco, who had just been transferred from a certain intelligence analysis department of the CIA, looked at the boss of the newly established surveillance team, standing in front of him, pointing his eyes and the surveillance screen. Roaring at myself, the foam almost hit my face. ·

"We have only one job!

All eleven monitoring members are divided into three groups of shifts, six satellites have sub-time monitoring permissions, and 100 hours of coverage monitoring data storage server!

All the goals are for one thing: stare at that damn guy!

Stare him firmly! !

Make sure that there are no blind spots, no dark time periods, no blind spots, all-weather, all-year-round, stare him to death! ! This is not my request! It was the order of the Langley Building, the order of the White House! "

Yes, stare at that guy.

To be precise: It is on the open sea, with a certain latitude and longitude as the center, and the radius does not exceed 200 nautical miles.

According to the order: the target is a boat, and there is a person on the boat... this person, this boat, must move within this range, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely not allowed to exceed this area of activity, otherwise...

At that time, Tommy, who had just arrived, couldn't help but ask his boss a question: What if he ran out? "

I remember that at that time, the boss with a fierce expression was taken a back suddenly, and a strange tinge appeared in his eyes.

"...If that happens...it's not something we can handle. There will be someone else to deal with it...I hope the fuck can be done...Um no, I hope that terrible thing will never occur."

In eight years, 2894 days and nights. 69456 hours.

Tommy has been staying in Altoona, monitoring this target.

Fortunately, the situation the boss said has never happened.

There are many times, Tommy could not help but have such years: he, a senior intelligence information processing expert of the CIA, was arranged in this small town in central Pennsylvania, and he stayed for eight years. If he said it, he spent eight. Years of life are here just to...

Watch a ship that is always in circles.

Would anyone believe this kind of thing?

For eight years, Tommy has also thought about why so much manpower and material resources are needed to monitor such a ship that is always swimming in a radius of 200 nautical miles. What's on this boat? Who is on this boat?

What Tommy Blanco didn't know was that in addition to Country M, there were intelligence organizations from more than six countries and regional alliances around the world. A similar organization was also established at the same time one night eight years ago.

The goal and mission are also very consistent: staring at this ship!

Tommy took his last sip of coffee, threw the paper cup in the trash can, and then glanced at the time.

It was eight and one in the morning.

It's less than ten minutes until the 69457th hour of my tenure in this company.

He stretched subconsciously and glanced at the screen on the wall.

On the screen, the logo representing that ship is moving.

"It seems to be a bit fast?" Tommy couldn't help rubbing his eyes, wondering if he had made a mistake.

And the direction of the target's movement is getting closer and closer to the critical point of the 200-nautical-mile radius drawn by the surveillance!

Tommy opened his mouth subconsciously.

A few seconds later, when the ship’s logo finally touched the critical point on the screen...

Tommy suddenly jumped up like an electric shock, his expression horrified.

"WTF!!!"

The sound came from behind. Two colleagues in the same group who were on duty watched the screen together, and one of them made a sound.

Tommy instantly felt a rush of blood in his mind... as if he had been working for eight years and was waiting for this moment.

At this moment, Tommy, as a civilian intelligence officer, didn't realize any more. In addition to shock, there was even a hint of ridiculousness in his heart.

...Actually, really, it happened?

Tommy reacted immediately and hurriedly picked up the phone on the table and pressed a button.

"BOSS, something went wrong."

"What" the boss's voice came from the phone.

Tommy swallowed and spit: "Red alert."

On the other end of the phone, there was an angry curse—as if the boss spilled coffee.

Four minutes later, in an office in the Langley Building (CIA headquarters), a gloomy-looking middle-aged man picked up the phone and listened to it, then silently put it down and cursed: "WTF!"

Eight minutes later, in the largest office of the White House, an old white man picked up the phone and after listening, he couldn't help but uttered a curse: "WTF!"

11:21 AM local time on December 23, 2021.

British Lowy Hill Island in the South Pacific.

The door of a local shop on the hillside.

A middle-aged man in a sweater is sitting on a rock and smoking.

The middle-aged man sat on the rock and turned to look down the mountain until a silver yacht next to the pier slowly drove away before he lit another cigarette.

But after only one sip, he started coughing violently.

But the middle-aged man didn't seem to care. Instead, he turned around and beckoned to a vendor who was sitting next to a shop not far away, covered with fruits.

The vendor seemed to be taken aback.

"Okay, come here." The middle-aged man frowned and sighed with a cigarette in his mouth: "Let your people come out too."

The vendor seemed to hesitate, but finally gritted his teeth and slowly got up and walked over.

He took off his jacket as he walked, revealing the tactical vest inside. Do two actions at the same time.

One is to let the companion show up.

The other is raising his hands high, indicating that he has no intention to attack.

With middle-aged people as the center, on the hillside, around nine o'clock and three o'clock, from the bushes and the hillside, a group of heavily armed soldiers quickly filed out.

The middle-aged man examined it and whistled: "Six tactical teams, is there anything else?"

The trader slowly walked in front of him: "There are four sniper positions aiming here. There is a navy submarine in the water standing by nearby. As long as I give an order, your men and that ship will not go far. We will sink it!"

The middle-aged man turned his lips and smiled disdainfully: "Put away this meaningless intimidation. You can't afford that price. Now, you must have a satellite phone on your body, right? Let me talk to someone who can count."

"You shouldn't tear up the agreement, you walked out of the safe zone we agreed on!" The vendor looked gloomy: "The Langley Building and the White House are very dissatisfied with this."

The middle-aged man shook his head: "Then let those dissatisfied guys go to hell. Now, let me talk to someone who can really take charge."

The vendor gritted his teeth, turned around and took out a satellite phone, whispered a few words after connecting, stood up straight subconsciously, then turned around, and handed the phone over with complicated expressions.

The middle-aged man took the call with his cigarette butt between his fingers.

His eyes looked at the coastline in the distance, as if carelessly. Then he made a grimace: Hello, Mr. President......um...um...Hi! Don't curse!

"...Okay, okay, I see, now is no longer the time to complain." The middle-aged man was smoking while talking on the phone: "When any agreement expires, I have been at sea for eight years. It has given the great America enough face, and now, I just want to step on the soil on the land and smoke a cigarette"

"...We don’t have to go around in circles. You know my physical condition very well. You will check even a piece of potato every time my ship buys. You also know the medicines I use regularly. Your medical experts must have backed out mine. The physical condition and the progress of the illness, right?"

"Then make a deal, yes, the last deal, now is the time."

"The 16 sets of nuclear bomb codes I stole from you will all be invalidated, and all anti-detonation procedures will be automatically cancelled after three months. My request is simple: three months. Three months, you can’t Take any measures to hunt down my people. My people will dive underwater and disappear completely from this world."

"As for three months later, you can do whatever you want, I can no longer control."

"This is my final condition. If you accept it, we can open a champagne remotely to celebrate. If you don't accept it... BOOM! The local nuclear bomb exploded. Isn't it exciting?" The middle-aged man held the phone slightly away from his ears. At one point, there seemed to be a roar on the phone.

The middle-aged man continued to laugh, then his face became serious and said: "Okay, stop slapped on the table, put away your acting for Congress. I will just ask you, is it a deal? Mr. President?"

The phone went quiet, the middle-aged man whispered something to the phone and returned the phone to the vendor.

The vendor answered the phone and hung up with a complicated expression.

A few minutes later, a bottle of champagne was delivered.

The vendor opened it by himself, but the middle-aged man threw away the cup and took the bottle.

"The taste is average." After taking a sip from the bottle, the middle-aged man curled his mouth: "Considering the time is tight and the task is urgent, you can immediately bring out a bottle of champagne instead of mouthwash. I am satisfied with the efficiency of the Langley Building. ."

As he said, he raised the champagne bottle and made a toast gesture to the sky.

"They are watching us with satellites, aren't they." The middle-aged man smiled.

"So, is this the last moment?" The vendor suddenly sneered: "It was included in the list of the most dangerous persons in 14 countries, and 32 countries are prohibited from entering and wanted. The most notorious terrorist black hand in the world, Underground King, your end, is it today?"

"You seem to have an enemy with me?" The middle-aged man smiled and looked at the vendor.

The vendor shook his head and said with irony: "Me and the three departments of the Langley Building, more than 400 elites of the American intelligence service, have been serving you for the past eight years." Speaking of the word "service" At that time, this guy was a bit gritted his teeth.

"Hahahaha." The middle-aged man laughed: "I just like your expression: I can't understand me, but I can't get rid of me."

"This is not a joke." The vendor said solemnly, "Master Lucifer!"

When the middle-aged man heard the name, he suddenly wiped a sharp edge in his eyes, raised his eyelids, and smiled: "Actually, I don't like the nickname you gave me. According to the tradition of my hometown, I like it better. Others call me... Yama!"

The middle-aged man put down the champagne bottle and lighted another cigarette.

But this time, his fingers are already slightlyTrembling.

The vendor's gaze flickered, and he secretly made a gesture, and the surrounding armed men tried to move closer.

"It's useless." The middle-aged man smiled and pointed to his head: "The brain tumor cells have spread to the cerebral cortex and are pressing on the right spine. Besides, I have taken some medicines that allow me to accurately grasp the time of death. There is still life left..."

The middle-aged man glanced down at his watch: "Ten..."

"nine."

"Eight."

The vendor exclaimed: "Stay back!!"

The armed men quickly dispersed.

The vendor rushed forward and helped the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man raised his head and smiled: "How can you think that someone like me could let yourself be captured by you? The one in the White House understands, but you don't. Five...four..."

The vendor gritted his teeth: "Fak! I will catch all your companions! I swear!!"

The middle-aged man looked disdainful: "Don't brag, you don't have the ability, and your president doesn't dare to give this order. Three...two...one."

"I wish I could look at them again, but... Angels should go to heaven, and demons like me, let's go to hell..."

"Zero! Hell... I'm coming... Hahaha..."

Seeing the middle-aged man slowly closing his eyes, he lost his breath...

The vendor sighed and waved his arms.

Armed personnel rushed quickly, and prepared medical personnel swarmed.

After cursing in a low voice, the vendor tore off the tactical vest and threw it to his men. He caught a medical expert: "I don't know much about medicine, but he said that brain tumor cells spread to the cerebral cortex, and they also compress the spine... people……"

The medical expert looked weird: "I can only say that even a Siberian white bear can only lie in a hospital bed under such circumstances, and can't move a finger."

The vendor's eyes were complicated: "But just a minute ago, he was smoking a cigarette, drinking champagne, and yelling at each other over the phone with our president."

"...I can only say that this is a miracle." The medical expert stammered.

"Huh!" The vendors often exhaled and looked solemnly: "Fortunately, this miracle... is over! For the United States, it is a blessing! This demon has finally gone to hell... No, it should be said that he is back to hell! It should belong to that place."

In 2000, 11:45 am on the 23rd of December.

The Eighth Vocational High School, JN District, Jinling City, Sudong Province, China

Senior two (6) class

A teenager suddenly woke up from a sleeping position on his stomach on his desk.

On the podium, the math teacher was pointing at a question on the blackboard.

Given log3(x-2y)+log3(x+2y)=1+log3x+log3y, find the value of log2x-log2y...

The math teacher threw away the chalk, and then looked around, staring at the boy, pointing his finger at him.

"You, Chen Nuo! You come up to solve it."

The boy's gaze was blank, he slowly focused, looked at his surrounding classmates, looked at the classroom, and then at the blackboard...

The afternoon sun, the shabby classroom, the white walls...

Looking at the series of math problems on the blackboard...

"Emmmm... this is really... hell..."

The young man suddenly sighed with a wry smile. The eyes are as bright as stars.

Half a lifetime away, come back...

Still a teenager.

#fiction novel

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ezmodo · 5 years ago

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Volume 7 Shorts - Friendship v2.0 (V7E1)

(Gonna try doing shorts alongside the new volume like I did for V6. Spoilers abound, so if you haven’t seen the episode in the title then I’d say steer clear. Hope you enjoy!)

Penny’s heart soared as she danced through the air above the streets of Mantle.

Ruby was here.

She unleashed a beam that tore through two Sabretooths that were preparing to pounce on a man cowering behind a car. She saluted the civilian as she flew past, continuing her sweep of the city.

Ruby was here!

Ruby, her best friend in the whole wide world, was here in Mantle!

Penny thought she’d never see her again. After the Fall, Penny woke in the safety of her father’s workshop. He told her that she’d “died,” killed by Pyrrha Nikos during their tournament fight. Penny didn’t remember that at all. She had been fighting blow-for-blow against Ms. Nikos and having such a grand time of it. No one had ever been able to match her in a spar before and Penny found the whole experience delightful.

When Penny pulled back to unleash her special move, everything went black. Moments later she was rebooting and her father was smiling down at her. He must have deleted that last moment from her memory to spare her the pain. He was such a kind man. Penny was just a little bit disappointed though - she thought it would have been a rather unique experience to have.

Penny wanted nothing more than to leave and go find Ruby. There were villains out there and she just knew that her best friend would be out there fighting them. Mr. Ironwood asked her to join the military officially and protect Atlas. He’d said that they could be attacked at anytime and that the people of Atlas needed her help. Her father argued a lot with Mr. Ironwood about that but they eventually found a middle ground. Penny would be the unofficial protector of Mantle and be there to respond to any attacks the military weren’t able to stop in time.

It was frustrating at first. Ruby was a huntress and a hero but she’d need all the help she could get, but the people of Mantle really did need Penny. The Grimm were getting into the city at least once a week and they were often stronger than the AK-200s that patrolled the streets could handle. She knew Ruby would never abandon people in need and she wasn’t about to either. Penny had even made new friends, though none as close as Ruby.

One such friend was calling to her now. Penny turned at the next intersection, using a streetlight to swing herself around and gain momentum. The traffic over the military network indicated that the attack was over but a sole distress signal was coming in from two blocks away. She didn’t need to rush - there were no hostiles in the area, after all - but the sooner she helped her friend, the sooner she could get back home to see Ruby.

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The street had seen fighting. Scanning the road, Penny was happy to see that none of the local residents had been caught up in the attack. The only “casualties” to be found were the remains of the AK-200s that fell victim to the Grimm. It was under one such crumpled robot that she found her friend.

“Salutations, Lemon! Are you in need of assistance?”

She received no response, though the distress signal continued to broadcast. Crouching down, she came face-to-camera with the surveillance drone. The poor thing was on its side, crushed under the weight of the combat robot.

“Are you well?” she asked. The only response was the whir of the bot’s camera as it scanned Penny’s face.

She lifted the heavier robot off the little drone and dumped the mangled remains off to the side. Penny dusted her friend off and patted the lemon sticker on its chassis affectionately. She had given each of her drone friends one and each neighborhood had its own theme. This neighborhood was fruit, to the east was vegetables, to the west was birds, and so on. Whenever the little girl who lived across the street gave her a new sheet of stickers Penny would range further from home to give her friends names.

“I’m glad to see you’re unharmed,” Penny said happily.

The little droid hovered in place for a time, internal devices whirring as it did a self diagnostic. Then, without so much as even a glance, it continued down the road on its preprogrammed route. Penny waved after him until he disappeared around the corner. They weren’t like her, she knew. They didn’t have aura, or a personality, and they never responded when she chatted with them, but she loved them all the same. She was glad Lemon was okay.

Lifting off, Penny decided to make one last lap around the neighborhood to make sure no one else needed assistance. There were no hostiles reported in the area, but casualties among the local residents often went unreported. As excited as she was to hang out with Ruby, she wouldn’t abandon the people she swore to protect.

Penny couldn’t help feeling giddy. She wanted to hear all about Ruby’s adventures. They hadn’t seen each other in so long, after all, and no news ever came in about the outside world. Penny even had stories of her own to share. And when was the best time to share stories? At a sleepover, of course!

Nails! Clothes! Cute boys! Penny would finally get that sleepover she had been planning since she first met Ruby. She’d invite the rest of Ruby’s team, naturally, and Team JNPR as well. The more the merrier, after all. Team JNPR was 50% cute boys though. Could you talk about cute boys while said cute boys were in the room? She’d have to ask Ruby.

Penny didn’t recall seeing Pyrrha Nikos with the group earlier. She’d have to ask about that as well. She really wanted to tell Ms. Nikos that there were no hard feelings for what happened during the tournament. After all, they’d cross blades in the heat of battle and, according to that cartoon Ruby told her to watch, that built the strongest friendships.

Her sweep of the city complete, Penny turned towards home. She just knew her father would let her have a sleepover. Tonight would be the birth of v2.0 of the unstoppable Ruby/Penny friendship!

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Maria sat heavily on the curb outside of Pietro’s house, back complaining about her choice of seat. Not half an hour in Mantle and the brats had already gotten themselves arrested. She shouldn’t be surprised, honestly. Not since they all so readily jumped at the blond doofus’ plan to steal a bullhead to get here in the first place. Pietro paced nervously in the street, robotic legs taking him to and fro. His daughter was on her way back and he didn’t look prepared to deliver the bad news.

In a flash of green, said daughter rocketed down onto the street, going down to one knee dramatically as dust whirled around her landing zone.

“Father!” the girl exclaimed, approaching her father. “I was hoping Ruby and her friends could stay over tonight for a sleepover…” Penny started, hands gesticulating excitedly.

“Penny,” Pietro said patiently as he wrung his hands.

“And her boy friends, too. Not boyfriends, though maybe one of them is her boyfriend. Do you think so? Anyway, it would be rude to leave them out, and I know it’s unorthodox…”

“Sweetie…”

“They can sleep in the other room! Oh, we can watch movies, and play games, and...”

“Darling.”

“Oh! We’ll also need to feed them. Do you think they’d like pizza? I’ve read that pizza is the sleepover cuisine of choice. But I don’t have any allowance...do you mind if-”

“Enough!” Maria snapped, slamming her cane onto the curb for effect. She thought Ruby and that Nora girl were bad, but Pietro’s daughter was a whole new level of spastic.

“My apologies, Ruby’s Grandma,” Penny said quickly before turning back to her father. “Where is Ruby, Father?”

Maria nearly choked. “Who are you calling grandma?”

“My apologies,” Penny repeated, bowing. “Granny.”

“Granny?!”

“Listen,” Pietro blurted before Maria could start in. “Your friends were...well…”

“They were tied up and thrown into the back of a bullhead bound for Atlas,” Maria said, grumbling at the robotic whippersnapper’s sass as she climbed to her feet.

“They were KIDNAPPED?” Maria didn’t see where the blades came from, but now Penny was surrounded by the things, each glinting dangerously in the low light. “Don’t you worry, I’ll go and rescue them! You should alert the military!”

Pietro rushed to stop her. “They were arrested, Penny. By the military.”

“That’s silly. Ruby’s a good girl! Her friends are too!” Penny asserted.

Maria rolled her robotic eyes. “They stole the bullhead they flew here in.”

That gave Penny pause. Her swords lowered and folded in towards her, disappearing behind her back. Pietro reached a hand towards her in concern. “Now honey, I’m sure it’s all one big misunderstandi-”

“Ruby’s in her rebellious phase?!” Penny shouted excitedly. Maria nearly stumbled back from the girl’s explosive excitement. Her eyes were shining as she looked between the two adults. “Puberty! It must be puberty!”

This is it. This insanity will be what finally puts me in the ground, Maria realized. I should have never gotten off that train.

The blades sprung out again, circling quietly behind the robot girl’s back. Penny’s grin was wide and just a little manic. It reminded her of Ruby’s back in Argus, when they were in the thick of planning their “heist”.

“I should be able to catch up with their transport in no time at all,” Penny stated matter-of-factly. “Then I’ll-”

“No breaking the law, sweetie.” Pietro begged. “Please.”

The blades retracted in a flash and a more innocent smile graced her face. “I’ll go speak with Mr. Ironwood. Farewell Father!”

Resigned, the older man’s shoulders sagged. “Be safe, darling!” Pietro called after her.

Penny shot into the air and waved back over her shoulder as she streaked away. “I will! And it was nice meeting you, Nana!”

Maria thought she might need dentures after how hard she ground her teeth. She was just starting to get used to the normal level of wackiness Ruby and her friends got up to and now it looked like things were about to get zanier.

“That girl is an angel,” Pietro said with a heavy sigh. “The one that will see me to heaven, at this rate.”

Maria only grunted. She was too old for this ten years ago.

“I suppose we should get out of the cold and have a look at your eyes,” he said, turning back towards his home. “I’m sure we’ll be hearing from the General in no time at all.”

#rwby #rwby7 #penny polendina #pietro polendina #ruby rose #maria calavera #writing

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aboyandhisstarship · 6 years ago

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SICON verse: ask SICON hour/APEX 99

The camera cut in as Kvella said “welcome to today’s ask SICON hour, today’s question is from Feqesh of the planet Tophet who asked, How do humans get into combat zones?”

The camera drone buzzed by as Kvella explained “the humans have 4 major methods of entering a combat zone.”

Footage of her capsule drop was cut in as she explained “the first and most famous is there orbital insertion into hostile territory, special capsulizes are fired from their ships that descend rapidly shedding outer layers in order to confuse enemy defense systems.”

The footage changed back to the alien reporter who said “the next is the calmest method; it is a simple drop ship landing into friendly or friendly controlled territory, in the same vain is the Tac Drop.”

It cut to a Human in his office the title card reading “Lieutenant William Ericson, SICON Federal Forces”

The Human explained “Tac, or tactical insertions are preformed when part of a planet is claimed or if we cannot for whatever reason insert from Orbit, the drop ship will rise to an altitude of about 150-200 meters,” the subtitles informed “about 80 council standard height units.”

Ericson scratched his head “every drop ship is equipped with what we call mole holes, small hatches that can be opened by the pilot, you sure you want to hear about this stuff it is very boring?” the Human asked Kvella.

Kvella answered from behind the camera “you promised to answer the publics questions LT,” Using the human’s nickname.

The human sighed “when we get to the drop point the Mole Holes open and we jump and fall out of the vessel”

Kvella stared as the human finished “our drop jets will kick in allowing us to land safely.”

Kvella nodded keeping her composer “and the 4th method?”

The human sighed “this one is rare but occasionally for one reason or another we need to insert into an environment where special transport is needed, such as an ocean.”

Kvella nodded “go on…”

The Human shifted “so the drop ship is loaded with the right transport, and dropped with personal for about 50 meters at high speeds….”

Kvella yelled “are you Humans insane!? How did any of you survive long enough to see the…” the camera went black.

It cut back in the Kvella saying “thank you so much, Feqesh from Tophet for your question on this Ask SICON hour.” An alarm blared in the background as the camera went black again.

Dagger squad Quarters:

T’Mai glared as Futuba looked at the piece of paper in front of them with equal intensity, Depoint glanced up from her book asking “what are you two stuck on?”

Futuba glared “I swear 46 down was built to destroy me!” she accused the cross word.

Francis stopped playing with his paddleball a gag gift from the squad as he asked “what is the clue?”

T’Mai read “Rome’s most famous aqueduct….. Five letters”

Ericson entered saying “Gear up we got a job.”

Francis yelled “officer on deck!”

Everyone snapped up as the human shook his head “as you were, briefing in an hour… also the Tiber River.”

Everyone relaxed and Futuba gasped “it fits!”

Briefing room:

The council official shifted as the squad entered, he let out a sigh of relief upon seeing two non-humans among their ranks.

Ericson saluted Captain Hernandez saying “Dagger squad reporting as ordered, Sir!”

Hernandez nodded “as you were dagger, this is Major Kieta of the council intelligence service.”

Ericson nodded at him “Sir, what can Dagger do for you?”

Kieta answered “we recently lost contact with the planet Nandry 4…18 Terran hours ago they said they were suffering the start of a plague…possibly Bug related, you vessel is the closest ship with the proper personal, you are to evaluate the danger to planet and the council as a whole and decide the proper course of action.”

Ericson frowned “course of action sir?”

Hernandez answered “depending on your we either send for a council medical team…or make the planet glow.”

Kvella asked T’Mai “make the planet glow?”

T’Mai answered “the humans mean bomb the planet.”

Ericson nodded “yes Sir’s…Depoint this is your show, I want a list of everything you need prepped and ready by the time we get into orbit!”

Depoint nodded “on it LT!”

Hernandez said “dismissed!”

Dropship:

The pilot frowned “lieutenant…”

Ericson got up moving to the cockpit asking “what is it pilot?”

The man said “I’m not picking anything up, no emissions ,no thermals…nothing on motion tracking…”

Ericson said “Intel says this plague started 18 hours ago…is the equipment malfunctioning?”

The pilot answered “no way to know sir…”

Ericson turned on his radio saying “this is Dagger 0-1 we can’t detect any signs of life on the planet, requesting an orbital scan.”

The voice returned “roger that Dagger 0-1 beginning orbital Scan….Dagger 0-1 reading are confirmed there is no detectable signs of life on the planet.”

Ericson turned to the pilot “forget the meet up coordinates find us ground zero and prep a tac drop.”

The pilot nodded “roger sir” pulling up and increasing speed as the ships interior lights changed from blue to red.

Ericson walked into the cabin calling out “Tac drop, let’s move!”

The team got out of the seats and headed for the mole holes, T’Mai asked “what’s the issue LT?”

Ericson shook his head “unknown but we are getting ready for the worst…helmets on assume airborne!”

The squad chanted “sir yes sir!”

The pilot called “thirty seconds!” the mole holes opened and the squad jumped through them falling into a deserted city.

Kvella deployed her drone midair to get a wide shot of the silent city, the squad landed and Francis pulled out his gun saying “well if they are people around they should have seen that…”

Futuba pulled down her helmets visor saying “power grid is still online…this city seems to be in perfect working order…”

Ericson looked around the empty square “but everyone is gone…it’s like the east wind swept through here.”

Depoint said “sir they were not kidding about some kind of disease…it is everywhere effecting everything.”

Kvella brought the drone in asking “the east wind?”

Francis sighed “drone off in combat zones tourist…but it is an old earth legend a force that would sweep away children that misbehave in their sleep never to be heard from again…it’s unstoppable, undetectable.”

T’Mai looked around asking “and this is a story you tell your children.”

Depoint held up as scanner “a lot of earth legends are like that…perk of growing up on a death world…I think I got something LT.”

Ericson asked “what you got Doc?”

Depoint frowned “undeterminable biomass…”

Francis asked “alive…a survivor?”

Depoint shook her head “no detectable life signs”

Ericson said “but maybe some answers, let’s check it out…Futuba ideas as to why we could not pick it up in the ship?”

Futuba shrugged “our scanners are designed to pick up communities or community sized things if it is small enough and in the right place our systems may not have been sensitive enough to pick it up…”

T’Mai said “and if we couldn’t maybe some else could not either…?”

Ericson nodded “an entire planet population doesn’t just disappear…Depoint lead the way.”

Dagger squad advanced through the deserted town before stopping before a tunnel entrance vaguely similar to a subway entrance. Francis muttered “its defendable LT…”

Futuba cut in “correction was defended…I’m picking up makeshift barricades and other obstacles…”

Ericson squatted looking into the dark tunnel “so something was happening and someone clearly didn’t agree with it…alright combat wedge nice and careful.”

The team went underground there suits lights turning on with a click. They tore down the barricades and saw a dead local…the creature was small roughly similar to a beaver of earth. It’s eyes had a green foam around them.

Ericson held the squad back saying “Futuba…any booby traps?”

Futuba scanned the room before answering “no explosives, no chemical agents, ��no known weapons of any kind.”

Ericson nodded “your show Doc.”

Depoint nodded carefully scanning the body saying “this one was killed by a plague alright…but our scanner is kicking back the hallmarks of a chemical weapon.”

T’Mai blinked “what?”

Francis frowned “bugs don’t use chemical weapons…or anything artificial.”

Depoint nodded “yep and I’m also picking up another oddity…a trademark.”

Ericson frowned “a trademark?! Bugs don’t have businesses”

Kvella pointed out as her drone buzzed by “so it wasn’t the bugs…”

The room went quiet as implication set in; Futuba said “council ships have similar scanning capabilities to our own.”

Depoint sighed “this creature expired close to 64 days ago.”

T’Mai said “why would the council test chemical weapons on its own people and then send a ship to investigate”

Ericson sighed “it’s a cover up….Kvella send your drone out get footage of everything.” Kvella nodded her drone sailing out of the tunnel.

Francis asked “what are you thinking LT?”

Ericson sighed “I’m thinking the council doesn’t have the stomach for this war…so they hired a company to develop a chemical weapon that will wipe out the bugs… the needed a testing ground and chose this city because it was secluded and the locals could contain it easily…then it got out and whipped out the entire planet…so our corp friends got scared, destroyed the bodies from orbit missing our friend here and then contacting the council…they sent us figuring we would write it off as an odd cosmic anomaly and that would be that.”

The squad stayed silent they knew the LT had most likely hit the nail on the head, Depoint cleared her throat “I have identified the Copyright LT…”

Ericson sighed “tag the remains as a bio hazard and get the ship down here.”

Watson:

As soon as the squad got back aboard they went through quarantine procedures, then Ericson met Hernández and they disappeared into the communication center as the squad returned to their quarters.

Com Center:

Hernández sighed “Will I’m sorry…”

Ericson asked “I know that tone what is it Hailey?”

Hernández sighed “that council intel guy aboard caught wind of what we found and put in a call to on high… the council stepped in and have classified this entire thing, cancelled the investigation ordered the footage destroyed and the silence of all involved…”

Ericson yelled “they are just covering it up!? What about SICON?”

Hernández sighed “command is as appalled as we are but this didn’t affect any humans and as such the council is blocking all attempts to make these experiments public.”

Ericson sighed “you’re joking…”

Hernández sighed “it gets worse…” and she pulled up a propaganda piece that is now broadcasting throughout council space.

It showed footage of the bugs doing strange things while a voice narrates “these creatures have been attacking innocent civilians for far too long!”

Footage of the Sorak 9 airstrike was shown as the narrator continued “and while the brave forces of the council try to repel these horrible invaders it has been an uphill battle!”

It cut to a laboratory looking building filled with a Varity of council’s species as Narrator kept going “but thanks to new invention’s by Vesta Corp soon the war will come to a safe end! Introducing Apex 99!”

It showed stock footage of old timey humans as they continue “our friends in the strategically integrated collation of Nations developed a weapon a long time ago they Called Anthrax! This powerful chemical was not very useful however until Vesta Corp got involved and using it as a basis managed to develop the bug killing weapon that will save the galaxy! Good work team!” it showed footage of a scientist getting a result on a computer screen and cheering.

Before the footage ended and a card came up saying “want to defend the galaxy?! Join your council member armed forces today!”

The piece ended and Ericson asked “so they commit war crimes and probable genocide and get a boatload of cash and the love form the public!?”

Hernández nodded “there stock price has already tripled.”

Ericson paused asking “wait…how exactly did this war start?”

Hernández answered “the bug invaded Sorak 9…remember?”

Ericson nodded “yes but why did they invade?”

Hernández blinked “I don’t know…we just went to Defcon 1 and the council told us the bugs declared war…”

Ericson sighed “maybe this whole thing is rubbing me the wrong way…but something is up…I can feel it.”

Hernandez nodded “yea I feel it to.”

Editing room:

Kvella smiled at the camera trying to forget her boss telling her to delete the footage of that planet and never talk about it again as she said “welcome to this week’s ask SICON hour! This week’s question is from L’Bec of the Kalber….”

Dagger squad quarters:

The squad sat aimlessly trying not to think about the entire planet that was wiped out, Futuba sighed shifting from side to side as she half-heartedly tried to finish the cross word with T’Mai who himself was barely hiding his disgust with the council .

Depoint had a medical book in her hand but had been reading the same page for the last 3 hours her mind wondering back to devastation planet side.

Francis sat on his bunk staring into space as he thought about all those people…after a few minutes Futuba spook up quietly “we are good guys…right?”

The squad stayed quiet not having an answer.

do you think the council is evil!? why do you think the bug started? are our heroes on the right side? let me know what you think! :D

#The SICON verse #humans are weird #TW Disease #tw genocide

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tigerwalah · 3 years ago

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How to Book a Safari for Kanha National Park?

The Kanha National Park happens to be the largest among the other national parks in Madhya Pradesh. Spread across 940 sq km, it boasts of rich flora & fauna and fascinating wildlife that one can’t simply get enough of. Also known as Kanha Tiger Reserve, the national park was formed on 1 June 1955 and was given the name of a tiger reserve in the year 1973. 

One of the oldest wildlife sanctuaries in India, this national park is a nature retreat for the people who want to spend some time away from the city and explore the wilderness. Kanha tiger reserve is a prominent part of Madhya Pradesh’s tourism and it is nestled in the Maikal range of the Satpura Hills and extensively spreads across Mandala & Kalaghat. 

The best way to witness the wild and its euphony is a jungle safari which will take you on an adventurous journey to give you an up-close experience of the wildlife. Kanha tiger reserve is famous for its jungle safari. Fanatics of wildlife who visit the Kanha tiger reserve once in a while can tell how thrilling a jungle safari in this place is. 

Things you will see during a safari in Kanha National park

- Copious number of flora that will leave you enthralled

Home to over 200 species of flowering plants and 70 species of trees, you will notice the park is profusely covered with trees like Sal, bamboo, Tendu, Saja, Palas, Mahua & Achar. Various species of grass work as fodder for the Barasinghas. The lush greenery not only provides the fauna but also gives a traveller a great scenic view with peace of mind.

- A close-up view of the wildlife

Starting from a vast population of the Bengal tigers and Barasinghas, Kanha National Park also comprises other exciting wild animals such as the Indian leopard, sloth bear and dhole. The park is also home to 300 species of birds and the most commonly found are the birds of prey like the crested serpent, white-breasted kingfisher, Asian paradise flycatcher and many more. The Bengal tiger is the main attraction of this park. Most people go on Kanha National Park safari to spot the jungle beast. The reserve is divided into four zones i.e Kanha, Kisli, Sarai and Mukki. The tigers are more likely to be spotted in Kanha and Kisli zones.

- Best time to visit 

Since the weather of Kanha National Park is usually hot and humid, summers are quite harsh and the monsoon season sees heavy rainfall. The park is open from mid-October to the end of June. The perfect time to go on safari in Kanha National Park is between October and February. The temperature during this period is bearable.

- Things to take care of during the safari in Kanha National park

Waking up in the wee hours works best as going on a safari in the morning increases the chances of spotting the wild animals. Exploring the sanctuary during the daytime gives you the best experience. While on the safari, it is safe to keep a distance from the animals, making noises should also be avoided. Stay inside your jeep during the safari unless you are in designated spots to have your meal.

To maximize your chances of spotting tigers in Kanha Tiger Reserve, visit the website of Tigerwalah and book your safari slot with them. They have a team of passionate people who have knowledge and expertise in jungle safaris. Your jungle safari experience will get better with Tigerwalah. 

#kanha national park #kanha tiger reserve #kanha national park safari

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homebrewdtyrant · 6 years ago

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Leviathan, the Abyssal Scourge (League of Legends Champion Concept)

Passive: Behemoth’s Boon : (Innate) Leviathan has 5% damage reduction. While in combat, Leviathan gains +3% damage reduction (stacking up to 5 times) for each unique ability or attack he damages an enemy champion or large/epic monster with. Stacks fall off after being out of combat for more than 5 seconds.

Q: Snap! : Passive: Leviathan's basic attacks deal an additional 10/15/20/25/30+(4% of Leviathan's Max HP) damage as bonus magic damage.

Active: Leviathan snaps at target enemy, dealing 50/75/100/125/150+(30%AP) magic damage and reducing their resistances by 15% for 3 seconds. Snap!'s damage is doubled against targets with impaired movement actions.

W: Geyser Rush: Leviathan stirs the waters at target location for 1 second before a gush of water erupts, knocking enemies air born under it for 1 second dealing 175/205/235/265/295+(50%AP) magic damage to all units knocked up. If an enemy champion is knocked up by Geyser Rush, Leviathan can reactivate the ability within 2 seconds to grant +20% movement speed for 2 seconds.

E: Ink Screen: Leviathan gathers dark energies around himself for .5 seconds, creating an aura zone around him that lasts for up to 4 seconds. Enemies in the zone have Near-Sight applied to them. After 1 second, Leviathan can reactivate the ability again to detonate Ink Screen in a small AoE around him outside the initial zone. Enemies hit by the detonation are dealt 65/75/85/95/105+(25%AP)(15% of the enemies missing HP), and are Blinded for 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds.

R: Benthic Might: Leviathan roars, unleashing the power of the Abyss upon his enemies in a large AoE field around himself. Enemies in the field of Benthic Might are Grounded, have their movement speed slowed by 50%/60%/70% and are dealt 100/150/200+(20%AP) magic damage every second for 5 seconds while in the field. While Benthic Might is active Leviathan is crippled by his power, applying a self movement debuff that slows himself by 40%/35%/30% during the duration of the ultimate.

Short Backstory: Off the coast of the Serpent Isles dwells a monstrous creature below the waves, with such power that the locals have dubbed it a god in some cities and demon in others. Bringer of Storms and Devourer of Fleets some call it, but all know it by its true name: Leviathan. An ancient creature believed to be the progenitor of the ocean’s most fierce-some fiends, Leviathan has slumbered for many decades in a magical prison on the bottom of the sea, constructed by the local mages to keep their ships and coastal villages safe from his wrath. However strong, magic cannot last forever, and the bindings on his cage grow weaker with each passing year. As Void Rifts began to open up along the sea floor, the great cage that held Leviathan complacent is now broken. Not one to watch his domain be consumed by Void creatures, Leviathan rushes from the sea floor into battle, now a guardian against the extraterrestrial invaders and their onslaught.

Playstyle: Leviathan is a Support Tank Mage that wants to be in the middle of the fray, soaking up damage and dishing out crowd control where he can. Use Geyser Rush to hard cc immobile targets and get into the heart of the battle with a burst of movespeed. Once in the heart of the fight, Ink Screen can keep enemies in the dark on your teams advances. If they leave the Near-Sight field tho, reactivate Ink Screen to punish them with a burst of damage and Blindness. No one likes Ink in the eyes! Once you’ve got everyone right where you want them, unleash the power of the deep ocean’s might upon your foes with Benthic Might! The pressure of the deep sea is great and weighs heavily upon your enemies, Grounding them and giving them a huge movement speed debuff while they stay in your maelstrom, dealing incremental damage each second. Now this power comes with a price, and while Leviathan channels his ultimate, he is weakened by the power he wields, slowing himself.

Just a first draft on a League of Legends champion I’ve been thinking about for a while. I think we could really use an abyssal behemoth creature from the deep that isn’t a humanoid. How did I do?

#league of legends #support #tank #mage #Leviathan #abyssal scourge #champion concept #sea monster #LoL

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chants-de-lune · 7 years ago

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Warmth

~a 2.4k Thunderblink fic

Clarice hated the cold. Cold meant she was huddled in an underpass, shivering in a rain-soaked hoodie and too weak to portal anywhere else.

Cold was the opposite of warmth, of the heat steaming from Aunt Denise’s oven whenever Clarice peeked at the cookies baking.

She was a ‘south of the Mason-Dixon Line’ kind of gal. Her powers thrived on heat, on high entropy.

But here?

Here was the coldest place she had ever been.

Locked in another goddamn Sentinel Services cell.

Clarice yanked at the manacles holding her arms spread-eagled. Nothing gave, and the cold metal bit into her skin.

Adamantium. Fan-fucking-tastic.

She curled her fingers but no sparks flew from the tips, not with the specialized clamps on her knuckles.

Clarice had lost track of the hours. Her feet ached from standing up for so long. A shiver ran down her spine, goosebumps spiking on her shoulders. The space was barely larger than a coatroom, but the wall at her back was frigid. She looked at the gauge in the closest corner.

250 kelvins and dropping.

She gulped as her eyes darted to the absolute zero at the bottom of the meter.

This room was a torture chamber. They were going to freeze her to death.

Have scientists been able to hit absolute zero yet?

She desperately tried to pull memories from the one science class she remembered.

220 kelvins.

Clarice’s breath exhaled in clouds.

Shit. This is going past a snow-day-in-Wisconsin kind of cold.

She shivered violently, cursing the sneering SS agent who had only hours ago stripped her of all but a sports bra and leggings. She tried to flex her fingers again, but the bands were bruising around her knuckles.

I swear every inch of this tiny hellhole was made for me personally.

This was how they were going to break her, by sapping her of the heat she needed to thrive.

No, no I can’t give them the Underground, he’s lost too much already...

Frost was coating the pipes, cold air streaming in from several vents.

200 kelvins

Clarice shut her eyes. She would be dead long before that meter neared zero. Her powers did not include generating her own heat. She would die with the secrets safe in her head and heart.

The numb feeling in her toes spread through her arches, making her raw, bluish feet feel like lead blocks.

It’s alright, I’ll just fall asleep. There’s a thousand worse ways to die.

Her teeth had stopped chattering ages ago, her jaw felt frozen shut. Her chapped lips would have stung if she had any feeling left.

I hope they find someone to replace me. A teleporter, maybe.

185 kelvins

They’ll be okay. They’re strong.

180 kelvins

He’ll be alright, I know he will. He’s the strongest of them all.

170 kelvins

160

150

Clarice could not keep her eyes open if she tried. She felt her consciousness slipping deeper towards a darkness. Her weary shoulders hung loosely in the shackles.

130

120....

I’m going to miss so many things... Lorna’s sass, Marcos’s smile, Zingo’s bark... John’s eyes...

Vaguely she heard a loud thud, as if the door had been kicked in. The hiss of a broken pipe soon followed, but she could not raise her consciousness back to the surface.

A beam of light quickly flashed in front of her eyelids. She heard an odd crackling sound. One of her arms fell away from the shackles, but her motor neurons were shot. The beam of light flashed across her face again. Same crackling noise. Her other arm fell, and she pitched forward, still three-quarters unconscious.

Before she hit the ground, she collided with something. Her nerves were too numb to discern anything, but then she felt something warm press around her waist. She felt vibrations under her cheek.

“Clarice, Clarice, come back to me.”

That voice, warm and rugged, pulling her up like a lifeline. Images flashed through her mind; crying twice in a strong embrace, a stolen kiss, tawny hands and midnight eyes.

John...

“I’ve got you, Clarice. Please come back.”

Clarice tried to twitch her fingers, but to no avail, settling for a groan that she hoped sounded like his name. She felt herself hoisted up, and then they were in motion. She would have protested had any of her muscles been in working order.

The hallway was much brighter and hotter than the chamber. Clarice pressed closer to John’s chest, his heartbeat pounding thunderously under her cheek. She heard a faint clamor of voices - Lorna and Marcos - then a rumbling response from John.

The shock of the hallway atmosphere made Clarice’s extremities ache with tiny pricks of pain. She whimpered softly, barely flexing her fingers against the harsh metal still attached to her knuckles. John heard her and his arms tensed.

“It’s gonna be alright,” he murmured, chest rumbling again. The sounds of their footsteps changed as their feet hit cement. Clarice shut her eyes harder against the glaring intrusion of sunlight. Shouts echoed from behind her, and she jolted as a gun went off. John suddenly stepped up, landed with a soft bounce, and another door slammed shut. Clarice felt the familiar push-tug of a moving vehicle.

They got me out. Is this a dream?

“You’re not dreaming,” John murmured, pushing hair away from her face. “Look at me, Clarice. You’re safe.”

She winces as she slowly forced her eyes open. John’s gaze sank into hers, smiling against the tears in his eyes.

“You’d you find me?” she mumbled. John’s smile grew.

“I’m always going to find you.” He let his thumb rest on the corner of her mouth. “They could never stop me from finding you.”

Clarice closed her eyes, feeling the motion of the van. “Do you need a portal? I can try-” she flexed her fingers against the bands. A couple sparks flew out, but a stabbing pain shot up her wrist.

“No, we’re fine. We’re getting you to a safe zone in an hour. You need to rest.”

“But.. Sent’nel….” she winced.

“Lorna’s handing it,” John’s tone was gentle but firm. Voice of a leader.

Clarice curled closer to him. The cold air from the overhead vent was easing the shock, but she needed warmth, needed to feel the renewed energy coursing through her veins again. Her teeth chattered without control. John draped his jacket over her frame and lifted his shirt. Clarice’s heart pounded as her bare midriff made contact with his, sharing core body heat.

“God you’re still cold as ice,” he muttered, holding her hand tightly, the other hand rubbing her foot. He tried to loosen the bands on her knuckles and cursed under his breath when they refused to budge. Clarice made another soft sound of discomfort, resting her head against his bicep.

“Don’t fall asleep yet,” he said. “Caitlin has to take a look at you.”

“Will you talk to me?” asked Clarice, voice muffled by his arm. “Tell me about your life.”

John sighed. “Sweetheart, my childhood wasn’t great, and the Marines weren’t much better.”

Clarice relaxed further in his arms, cheek now resting against his stomach. “It couldn’t have been all bad.”

He sighed, tugging her closer. The story of him discovering his powers came easily, then he told her about thunderbirds, why he chose one as his codename, the fables his mother told him as she tucked him in at night.

Clarice sighed, squeezing his hand whenever his thumb tapped against her palm. Wrapped in the jacket and pressed against his skin, she was overwhelmed with his scent: forest, leather, and something deeper, something purely him that she wanted to immerse herself in forever.

When the pain eased, whether from time, her powers, or his seeming-aura of heat, Clarice let herself slip back into sleep.

She awoke on a stiff cot, covered with a blanket and with John’s leather jacket folded underneath her head. Someone with small, soft, knowing hands was feeling the pulse on her wrist. Clarice opened her eyes.

“Hey sweetie,” Caitlin said with a gentle smile, tucking the blanket snug. “You’ve had a hell of a couple days.” Clarice’s brow furrowed as her gaze dropped to her hand. The bands were gone from her fingers, leaving behind several pink scars in and around her knuckles.

“How long was I gone? My memory’s a little fuzzy,” she said hoarsely, twitching her thumb for a minuscule spark. Caitlin sighed.

“Well, you were in an administrative building, and you created a portal for everyone to escape, but Sentinel grabbed you before you made it out,” she said as she applied a salve to Clarice’s hands. “That was two days ago. Yesterday, John and Sage were able to track down one of the men who transported you, and ...” she put a bandage around her hand, “they found you. A few miles away in that cell.”

Clarice shivered at the memory. “Do you think I’ll be alright?”

“They had you in a deep freeze, Clarice,” said Caitlin. “If you were human, I don’t know if we could have revived you.” Her gaze dropped to the meager sparks flicking from Clarice’s open hand. “My theory is that your powers kicked in to prevent nerve damage while you were in shock.”

Clarice knitted her brow. “How long will it take for them to heal?”

Caitlin shrugged, giving her an apologetic smile. “Mutant cell regeneration wasn’t on my NCLEX, but I wish it was.”

Clarice’s gaze softened as she stared into space. “Hey,” Caitlin rubbed her hand, making Clarice look back at her. “rest is all you need right now.” She stood up as Lorna came over to tap her shoulder.

“I’ll stay with her, Doc.”

Clarice let out a frustrated huff as Caitlin left. Lorna sat down with a wince, hand resting on her visible baby bump. “You're looking better,” she said, smiling. “You were pretty blue when we pulled you out of that cell.”

“Caitlin thinks I strained my powers,” Clarice sighed. Lorna raised her eyebrows.

“I’m glad I ruined those bastards’ vans.”

“If I can’t portal,” Clarice grimaced and dropped her head, “I’m no use to the team.”

“Hey,” Lorna leaned forward and touched her forearm. “You shush, alright? You’re one of us.” At Clarice’s slight smile, she continued, dropping her voice.

“Besides,” John nearly strained his powers too, trying to find you.”

“What?” Clarice raised her brows.

Lorna nodded.

“Oh, yeah. He was at it for ages, I think he gave himself a nosebleed.”

She leaned in closer to the cot. “And between you and me, he was downright terrifying when we found the SS guy who knew your location.”

Clarice shook her head. “He’d do that for any of us.”

Lorna flashed her a knowing smile. “He would, but not that recklessly.”

She rubbed Clarice’s leg comfortingly, then sat up, stretching with a sigh. “I’d love to stay longer, but you need your rest, and I have a craving to appease.”

Clarice curled up under the blanket. In truth, she was terrified of letting herself go, possibly falling into a nightmare and waking up back in that cell. She pressed her thumb to her fingertips; there was still missing sensation. She huffed, turning her face into the jacket and letting its scent calm her nerves.

Clarice opened her eyes a few hours later to see John sitting in the chair next to her. His expression softened as their eyes made contact.

“How are you feeling?” he asked, leaning closer.

“Better,” she said, reaching for his hand as a couple sparks danced across her fingers. He took it, smiling gently as he rubbed his thumb over her knuckles.

“I may never recover,” she said, trying to keep her voice steady, “and I’m sorry.” He looked up from their joined hands, brow furrowed.

“Why are you apologizing?”

Clarice bit her lip. “Because you need me in the field, and if I can’t port-“

“Clarice,” his voice cut her off as he looked at her with wide eyes. “I need you alive.” then he added in a whisper. “powers or not.”

Lorna’s words came back to Clarice, and a question flew from her mouth before she could stop it.

“Did you hurt yourself trying to tracking me?”

John clenched his jaw.

“Whatever they were using to transport you was… cloaking you somehow.” He shook his head, tucking a loose strand of hair behind his ear. “It…. yeah it messed me up, and all I could think about finding something leading me to you.”

“John…” Clarice took a breath before asking, “Did you hurt anyone else trying to find me.”

His face was stoic as he nodded.

“Yeah,” he said, withholding details. “And all you need to know is that I’d do it a hundred times again.”

Clarice’s heart was racing. “Lorna thought you were being reckless. For me.”

John’s expression turned raw as his voice dropped back to a raspy whisper. “You were all I could think about, God I wasn’t using my head until Marcos gave me a plan.“

She squeezed his hand, deciding to take a leap.

“Maybe you were using your heart, John.”

He was stunned for a moment, and she decided to sit up.

“You have such a big heart, it makes you a great leader,” she pressed her hands against his chest. John stared at her for a few moments, then he cupped her cheeks and pressed his lips against hers.

Clarice felt warmth spread down her chest into her core, unable to hold back a gentle sigh. More sparks shot from her fingers, making her chuckle as they slowly pulled apart.

“I can’t promise you anything,” John said in a shaky breath, ”but Clarice, I love you,” he buried his face in the crook of her neck. “I almost lost you before I said it.”

Clarice hugged him back, toying his hair with her hand. “Don’t worry about promises, John.” she whispered, ”all I want is you.”

“Want to stay in my room? Might be quieter than in here,” he said softly, letting his fingers trail down her arm. She shivered slightly at his touch and nodded.

The war had their days numbered. But that night when she fell asleep again to the sound of his heartbeat, she let herself hope that they would both survive this, together.

#thunderblink #John proudstar #Clarice fong #thunderbird #the gifted #my fic

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ss-minutesteelroad · 7 years ago

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Companions react to a female Sole Survivor being pregnant with Nate's child when they come out of the vault? Maybe they meet them when she has had the baby or noticeably pregnant?

So, I’m gonna do this in probably three parts because it would be really long otherwise, and I will be linking the other two parts in the new posts as well so they’re all together!

[ pt. 1, pt. 2, pt. 3 ]

Cait: Being completely honest, she would have to do a double take on Sole’s stomach before it really connected with her that she was pregnant … and in the Combat Zone. Cait, even before increasing affinity with her, would become both incredibly pissed that Sole would wander around without proper protection being that pregnant ( especially coming into the Combat Zone, of all places ) and protective. Though she isn’t really one for kids, she at least wants Sole to have a healthy full term and delivery, as well as a healthy baby. She would have her eye on Sole as often as possible and probably keeps her in a Hazmat suit to protect her from radiation.

Codsworth: He had known that Sole was pregnant before the bombs fell all those centuries ago, but for some reason he couldn’t quite explain, he was still surprised to find that she was still in the same stage of pregnancy that she had left in! He would be very happy at first to see both of them alright, but after a while will become very nervous and want to help them with every little thing as to not put any unnecessary stress on Sole. Also, do not tell him about Radiation and other things like that because he won’t let Sole leave Sanctuary or would even have Danse take her to the Prydwen to keep her as safe as possible, no matter how much everyone might hate the B.O.S.

Curie: At first meeting, she really wouldn’t think too much of it and would make sure that Sole and the child are both healthy and all the other medical questions and such one would usually ask a pregnant person.. but once she learns that Sole has pretty much been pregnant for about 200+ years? Its like everything goes haywire and she doesn’t really know what to think other than how it was possible and would have more questions about Cryo-stasis than anything if it kept Sole in the same state of pregnancy for that long.

Danse: The Paladin hadn’t particularly noticed that Sole had been noticeably pregnant when they first joined in the fight against the feral ghouls that were swarming him and his team, nor had he heard anything from Scribe Haylen or Knight Rhys either… that is, until he had turned to thank them. That was when he had first noticed it and chastised them for unnecessarily risking their life, as well as their unborn child, to save theirs… but the assistance was still very much appreciated. From then on, he requires them to either give them constant updates on how they’re doing, and if they go on a mission together to either not go at all, stay in a suit of Power Armor, or stay behind him so he can use himself as a shield for them if need-be.

Deacon: To say he was impressed would probably be an understatement. He had heard so much about them and all they had done for the people of the Commonwealth, and even all the kinds of enemies that they had defeated, ranging from Raiders to even Death Claws! When he finally got the chance to put a physical appearance to the name, he was shocked to see just how pregnant they were, and he was actually just a tad worried about when they were due to deliver… but, even so, seeing them doing so much, even after the two of them teamed up, his initial impression of them had never changed – well, it might have gone from impressed to just almost-worship because hello, bad-ass mom-to-be over here! And he really appreciates all that they do for the Railroad, even in their current state of pregnancy.

#cait #curie #codsworth #paladin danse #deacon #anonymous #fallout imagines #fallout reactions #fallout 4 companions #this is just part one of three!#the others will be 4 companions each

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tkmedia · 3 years ago

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2021 Fantasy Best Ball Mock Draft: Strategy tips, advice for half-point PPR leagues

Best ball leagues have emerged over the past few years as one of the more popular trends in fantasy football. Why? Well, it's simple. There's nothing fantasy football owners love more than drafting. That's when endless opportunities exist and fantasy owners have countless sleepers and value picks circled on their cheat sheets. All you have to do is draft and wait for the points to roll in. Everything is out of your control after the draft. Your optimal lineup is automatically set on a weekly basis. There's no start 'em, sit 'em choices, waiver wire pickups, or trades. As fun as those can be, they're also time-consuming and agonizing. While best ball adds a little extra stress during the draft, it still beats the headaches that come with lineup decisions. DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Ultimate 2021 Cheat SheetYou can study different strategies ahead of best ball drafts, but the only way to be truly ready is to test out a mock draft or two. Recently, I participated in an 18-round best ball draft with 11 other fantasy owners at Underdog Fantasy. The half-point PPR league had 18 roster spots with no defenses or kickers (common for best ball), and I ended up with the No. 9 overall pick. Because I was picking late in the first round, my strategy was to double up on running backs early on. Waiting until the third round to draft my RB2 could get risky, and I might have a chance to draft a borderline RB1 with both of my first two picks. After that, the plan was to grab receivers often and build up a wealth of depth there since this league starts two RBs, three WRs, and a flex.MORE 2021 FANTASY HELP: Mock Draft Simulator | Position battles | Bye weeks | Best team namesWhile I followed our top 200 PPR rankings at times, I also had to make some adjustments. Best ball is a season-long format with no transactions or start/sit decisions, so it made sense to add some younger, upside-based sleepers to the fold. They come with some risk, but if they pop off, then they could really buoy my team.Also, a key difference with best ball is your flex is often a receiver. In season-long leagues, you often want stability in that position going into the week; in best ball, the highest-scoring player is going to wind up there automatically, and that's often a WR who caught a 40-yard TD pass, not a handcuff RB who received 10 touches and failed to get into the end zone. That's why I went WR heavy after the first couple rounds.FANTASY DRAFT STRATEGY: Snake Draft | Auction | Best Ball | Dynasty/Keeper | IDP

2021 Fantasy Best Ball Mock Draft: 12-Team half-point PPR league

* This draft was for a half-point PPR best ball league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE, 1 FLEX and has 10 bench spotsAustin Ekeler, RB, Chargers (Round 1, Pick 9). There were backs that ranked higher than Ekeler among our top 200 PPR rankings, but he carries a lot of value in half-point PPR formats. He had 92 catches, 993 yards and eight receiving touchdowns in 2019, the last time he played a full,16-game season. Ekeler still produced 933 scrimmage yards in 10 games last year, and he should only be better given the improved blocking in which the Chargers have invested. He's a nice high-floor option at this early stage.Antonio Gibson, RB, Washington (2.16). We actually have Gibson ranked higher than Ekeler in both our standard and PPR rankings, but I wanted to see if I could get him at the 16th spot. Mission accomplished. Like Ekeler, Gibson is a great pass-catcher, as he played receiver in college. He had 36 catches in 14 games (10 starts) last year but should eat into J.D. McKissic's target total in 2021. McKissic was targeted 110 times last year. Gibson also did well between the tackles, averaging a strong 4.7 yards per carry and totaling a whopping 11 TDs. He did that with little experience at the running back position. With a full offseason at his new spot, he should be even better than he was as a rookie.2021 PPR FANTASY RANKINGS: Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200Cooper Kupp, WR, Rams (3.33). With two strong running backs in tow, the third and fourth rounds were all about adding a couple of high-quality receivers. Getting Kupp with the 33rd pick was a good start. Kupp has averaged 129 targets over the past two seasons and has been on pace for 1,102 receiving yards and seven TDs per 16 games during that span. The impressive thing? Kupp did that all with Jared Goff. Matthew Stafford should be an upgrade over Goff, so Kupp's ceiling is even higher that usual. While some prefer his teammate, Robert Woods, we actually have Kupp rated slightly higher in our WR PPR rankings.Brandon Aiyuk, WR, 49ers (4.40). Receivers were flying off the board at this point — as they're wont to do in best ball leagues — so we had to reach a bit here. We also faced a tough decision: Odell Beckham Jr. or Aiyuk. Ultimately, we went with Aiyuk because he was on pace for 128 targets last year while generating seven total touchdowns (five through the air and two on the ground). He's a safe, multi-faceted weapon with upside. Beckham certainly is appealing, too, but Aiyuk's floor/ceiling combo is just a bit higher.2021 STANDARD FANTASY RANKINGS: Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200Javonte Williams, RB, Broncos (5.57). If you can land three high-quality running backs in best ball, you're usually in great shape at the position. That's why I grabbed Williams here. The price was right for our 54th-ranked player, and he adds some extra upside to our RB room. Plus, he'll protect against any potential injury to Ekeler or Gibson, who both missed time last season. Williams averaged 7.9 yards per touch in his final year at UNC and scored 22 times. He won't repeat that production at the NFL level, but he can still be a rock-solid RB2. Melvin Gordon will take some touches away from him, but it wouldn't be surprising to see Williams emerge as the workhorse by the end of his rookie season.Josh Allen, QB, Bills (6.64). I wasn't planning on drafting a quarterback this early, but Allen was too good to pass on. He's our No. 3 ranked QB for 2021, yet he was available early in the sixth round. Allen has an elite rushing floor, as he ran for 421 yards and eight scores last year. He had 45 touchdowns in total and threw for more than 4,500 yards. Allen has improved markedly in each of the past two seasons. If he makes another leap, he could be the best quarterback in fantasy football. Even if he doesn't, he'll still be a sure-fire top-five option. He is a steal and will allow us to wait on another quarterback until much later in the draft.2021 FANTASY AUCTION VALUES (Standard & PPR): Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | OverallDJ Chark, WR, Jaguars (7.81). Chark kickstarted a run of five consecutive receivers for my team, as I was desperate to add depth and talent at the position. Chark is dealing with a broken finger right now, but he should return before the start of the season. He has averaged 13.6 yards per reception each of the past two year despite playing with a plethora of different quarterbacks. If Trevor Lawrence can close that revolving door, Chark could have his best season yet. At the very least, he's a good deep threat and a nice WR3. You could also make a case for his teammate, Laviska Shenault, here, but Chark is the more proven option.Darnell Mooney, WR, Bears (8.88). OK, this was definitely a reach, but sometimes, you have to take risks in best ball leagues. Drafting Mooney in Round 8 qualifies as one that could pay off. Mooney caught 61 passes for 631 yards and four touchdowns as a rookie. Those numbers are modest, but his potential is sky-high. He was targeted 98 times despite starting just nine of 16 games. Frequently, he was able to shake open downfield but Nick Foles and Mitchell Trubisky couldn't get him the ball. Take this play, for example.So, is Mooney a risk? Definitely, but his upside is through the roof. Once Justin Fields gets on the field, Mooney could be a great deep threat. And with Allen Robinson there to take attention away from him, opposing defenses won't be able to focus on him.2021 FANTASY SLEEPERS: Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Each teamDeVante Parker, WR, Dolphins (9.105). If Mooney is a boom-or-bust pick, Parker is a vanilla pick. He averaged a solid 7.4 fantasy points per game (FPPG) last season in 14 games. He's a steady performer, and at this point, he is what he is. A good starter that will be a worthwhile flex play in most matchups. He may even be a WR3 if Tua Tagovailoa continues to perform as well as he has during the preseason. Parker has only played a 16-game season once in his six-year NFL career, but he has never played fewer than 11 games either. He's a nice, safe foil for Mooney and will be fine as our main flex option if Mooney busts.Gabriel Davis, WR, Bills (10.112). As a rookie, Davis averaged 17.1 yards per catch and scored a touchdown on seven of his 35 catches. He had 599 receiving yards while playing 73.3 percent of the Buffalo snaps. Davis figures to have an even bigger role in 2021 with John Brown gone. The Bills brought in Emmanuel Sanders to repalce Brown, but he will likely serve as the fourth receiver and a versatile backup. Davis could be a big-time TD threat and like Mooney, will benefit from playing across from another dynamic receiver, Stefon Diggs. He's a great 10th-round value, and stacking him with Allen will raise our team's ceiling. Boom-or-bust backups like Davis are a must in best ball leagues.2021 FANTASY TIERS & DRAFT STRATEGY: Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/STJakobi Meyers, WR, Patriots (11.129). Meyers is one of the best sleepers to target in best ball PPR formats. He caught 59 of 81 targets in 14 games last season and figures to be the No. 1 receiver on the Patriots in 2021. If Cam Newton can stay healthy or if Mac Jones can perform at a high level as a rookie, Meyers should have a chance to be a reception machine. He averaged 5.8 targets per game last season but should see even more with other receivers like Nelson Agholor there to draw attention away from the defense.Jonnu Smith, TE, Patriots (12.136). Waiting on a tight end can be risky, but I managed to get a good one in Round 12. Having Smith and Meyers may not look ideal, but Meyers is my WR7, so I don't have to worry to much about them cannibalizing each other's production. Smith had nine total touchdowns last season despite dealing with a knee injury. He's a versatile player who can be used in-line, as a receiver, and out of the backfield, so Josh McDaniels will scheme up ways to get him the ball. If you're waiting on a tight end, you'd be hard-pressed to do better than Smith.2021 FANTASY CONSISTENCY RATINGS: Read the full article

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Afghanistan crisis live updates | Countries evacuate their nationals as Taliban seizes Kabul

In a stunning rout, the Taliban seized nearly all of Afghanistan in just over a week, despite the billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and NATO over nearly two decades to build up Afghan security forces. The Taliban militants entered Kabul on August 15 and sought the unconditional surrender of the central government.

The fall of Kabul marks the final chapter of America’s longest war, which began after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks masterminded by al-Qaeda’s Osama bin Laden, then harboured by the Taliban government.

With Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly fleeing the country, the government is hoping for an interim administration. Meanwhile other nations are closing their embassies and prioritising on evacuation of its nationals.

Here are the latest developments:

Humanitarian agencies staying in Afghanistan and delivering to people in need: UN body

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) said in a note, “The humanitarian community – both the UN and nongovernmental organisations – remains committed to helping people in the country.” OCHA said thousands of internally displaced people who have been identified in recent weeks have received assistance including food, cash, health care, water, and sanitation support.

“While the security environment is highly complex, humanitarian agencies are staying and delivering to people in need,” OCHA said.

Even before the upheaval, some 18.4 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, OCHA said. Its 1.3 billion USD humanitarian response plan for the country is only 38% funded.

– PTI

United States of America

U.S. focused on securing Kabul airport: U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser

The United States will spend time on August 16 focused intensively on securing the Kabul airport and additional U.S. forces will be flowing into the airport on August 16 and 17, the U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Joe Finer said, as people tried to flee a day after Taliban insurgents seized the Afghan capital.

Mr. Finer said in an MSNBC interview that the United States remains engaged in diplomatic conversations with the Taliban in Doha, and acknowledged that the situation in Afghanistan had deteriorated faster than anticipated.

– Reuters

Pakistan

Pakistan is helping evacuate diplomatic and international community: Minister Qureshi

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that Pakistan is helping evacuate diplomatic and international community from Kabul including the evacuation of 431 Afghan nationals working for the Danish government.

– Reuters

Spoke with FM @JeppeKofod today and shared:

➖ Pakistan is facilitating the evacuation of diplomatic and international community from Kabul including the evacuation of 431 Afghan nationals working for the Danish government.

— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) August 16, 2021

Kabul

Kabul’s former ‘Green Zone’ abandoned as diplomats flee Afghan Capital

Kabul’s former diplomatic quarter fell silent on August 16 as foreign missions were moved to the airport, leaving Taliban patrols in control of the fortified zone of concrete blast walls and checkpoints known as the Green Zone.

With police and security contractors who once guarded the embassies in the Wazir Akbar Khan district now gone, some motorists were forced to get out of their cars and lift security barriers themselves before driving through.

The victorious insurgents have promised not to carry out retribution against former government workers and a Taliban leader said his fighters had been “ordered to allow Afghans to resume daily activities and do nothing to scare civilians.”

– Reuters

Iran

President Raisi calls for stability in Afghanistan

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on August 16 called for national reconciliation in neighbouring Afghanistan.

The official IRNA news agency quoted Raisi saying that Iran will support efforts to restore stability in Afghanistan as a first priority.

He called Iran “a brother and neighbouring nation” to Afghanistan. He also described the Americans’ rapid pullout as a “military failure” that should “turn to an opportunity for restoring life, security and stable peace.”

– PTI

Netherlands

Dutch military plans multiple evacuation flights for Afghanistan: Defence Minister

The Dutch military plans to operate multiple flights to Afghanistan, the country’s Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld said in a statement on August 16. She added that one aircraft was already underway to Kabul. “In part due to the uncertain situation multiple flights are planned,” she said.

“We are doing all we can to get embassy staff, translators and others who deserve our protection out”, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told reporters in The Hague. “But it’s very complicated”.

– Reuters

EU Foreign Ministers to hold talks on Afghanistan on August 17

EU foreign ministers will hold crisis talks via video link on August 17 regarding the situation in Afghanistan as European nations scramble to evacuate personnel from the country. Member states and Brussels are frantically trying to pull their foreign and Afghan staff out of Kabul amid fears of reprisals after the Taliban’s takeover of power.

– AFP

How Kabul fell?

Though the Taliban overran most of the country within days, the road to their final victory started from the agreement they signed with the U.S. in February 2020. Stanly Johny analyses the factors behind Taliban’s rise.

Germany

Chancellor Merkel says Germany must focus on its Afghan ‘rescue mission’

Germany’s focus must be on its evacuation operation in Afghanistan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told leaders of her Christian Democrat party on Monday, meeting participants said.

“We are witnessing difficult times,” she said. “Now we must focus on the rescue mission”. she added.

– Reuters

Portugal

Portugal prepared to take in 243 Afghans, their families: Defence Minister

Portugal’s Defence Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho said that his country is prepared to take in 243 Afghans, and their families who worked with Portuguese forces stationed in the country.

Defence Minister said NATO is coordinating the evacuation of the Afghans because Portugal doesn’t have the military capacity to do so. He told public broadcaster RTP late on August 15 that he is not aware of any Portuguese citizens living in Afghanistan.

Portugal had a small detachment of fewer than 200 troops stationed at Kabul airport, as part of the NATO mission in the country. The last ones pulled out at the end of May.

– AP

Kabul

Taliban fighters start collecting weapons from civilians

A Taliban official said that the Taliban fighters in Kabul have started collecting weapons from civilians. “We understand people kept weapons for personal safety. They can now feel safe. We are not here to harm innocent civilians,” the official told Reuters.

City resident Salad Moleskin, director of the MOBY group media company, said on Twitter that Taliban soldiers had come to his company compound to enquire about the weapons kept by his security team.

– Reuters

Pakistan

Pakistan PM to chair meeting on the situation in Afghanistan

A meeting of Pakistan’s security committee chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan will be held on August 16 to discuss the evolving situation in neighbouring Afghanistan, a day after the Taliban seizing power in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in a statement that Pakistan will present its stance on the current situation following consultations in the National Security Committee meeting. Senior political and military leaders, including Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, will attend the meeting.

Another important meeting will be held with a visiting Afghan delegation at the Foreign Office. Separately, Qureshi will also hold a meeting with Prime Minister Khan and discuss the regional situation.

– PTI

Beijing

China says ready for ‘friendly relations’ with Taliban

China on August 16 said that it is willing to develop “friendly relations” with the Taliban after the insurgents seized control of Afghanistan. Hua Chunying, a spokesperson in the Foreign Ministry said that China respects the right of the Afghan people to independently determine their own destiny and is willing to continue to develop friendly and cooperative relations with Afghanistan.

– AFP

Twitter account hacked, says official after Afghan embassy tweets slamming Prez Ghani

An official of the Afghan embassy on August 16 suggested that its Twitter handle was hacked after several tweets criticising embattled Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for fleeing the country were posted from it.

Abdulhaq Azad, the Press Secretary of the Afghan embassy in India, tweeted that he has lost control of the mission’s official Twitter handle, along with a screen shot of one of the messages slamming Ghani for leaving Afghanistan.

“I have lost access to Twitter handle of @AfghanistanInIN, a friend sent screen shot of this tweet, [this tweet is hidden from me.] I have tried to log in but can’t access. Seems it is hacked,” Azad tweeted from his own Twitter handle.

The tweets criticising Ghani were deleted later.

– PTI

Russia

Russian Ambassador to meet Taliban in Kabul on August 17

Russia said its ambassador to Afghanistan will meet with the Taliban in Kabul on August 17 and that it will decide on whether to recognise the new government based on its conduct. Zamir Kabulov, a Foreign Ministry official said the talks between Moscow’s Ambassador, Dmitry Zhirnov, and the Taliban would centre on how the group plans to provide security for the Russian embassy in Kabul.

– AFP

New Delhi

Air India cancels its only Kabul flight, diverts 2 US-Delhi flights to avoid ‘uncontrolled’ Afghan airspace

Air India cancelled its Delhi-Kabul-Delhi flight that was scheduled to operate on August 16 to avoid Afghanistan airspace, senior officials said. It was the only commercial flight scheduled to operate between India and Afghanistan on August 16, and Air India is the only carrier that has been operating flights between the two countries.

Moreover, the carrier diverted its two flights coming to Delhi from the US toward Sharjah in the UAE for the same reason.

– PTI

Afghan research scholars, home due to pandemic, stare at uncertainty as Taliban takes over

With the Taliban capturing Kabul, Afghan students’ hopes of returning to India to complete their courses seems bleak.

“Our life is very uncertain and we are not sure how safe we are after Taliban have taken over the capital,” said Mohammed Kazem, a student at the Central University of Kerala (CUK), in a phone conversation with The Hindu from Kabul. Owing to the COVID-19 situation, his return had not been possible so far. “But now, the change in regime in Afghanistan, overtaken by the Taliban has made things uncertain,” he added. Mr. Kazem said the Indian embassy in Kabul had closed down three days ago and that there was no means of communication with them.

“We are scared, terrified and feeling hopeless, finding it difficult to even grieve,” said 33-year-old Ali Maisam, another research student in the linguistics department at CUK. He added that the areas captured by the Taliban were worse off and sought the international community’s help in ensuring peace.

Many students from the Hazra ethnic group and other minority communities studying abroad refused to speak, expressing fear of persecution if their identity was revealed.

Punjab

Punjab CM urges MEA to arrange evacuation of Indians stuck in gurdwara in Afghanistan

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday urged the Centre to arrange evacuation of all Indians, including 200 Sikhs who were stuck in a gurdwara in Afghanistan, and said his government was willing to extend any help needed for the same.

Urge @DrSJaishankar, MEA, GoI, to arrange for immediate evacuation of all Indians, including around 200 Sikhs, stuck in a Gurudwara in Afghanistan after the #Taliban takeover. My govt is willing to extend any help needed to ensure their safe evacuation. @MEAIndia

— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) August 16, 2021

The Chief Minister on August 15 had said that there was a need to remain extra vigilant at all borders of the country, saying Afghanistan’s “fall” to the Taliban “does not augur well” for India.

Australia

Australia works to get citizens, humanitarian cases out of Afghanistan

Australia is working to get more than 130 of its citizens and people who have been granted humanitarian visas out of Afghanistan after the Islamist Taliban seized control of the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on August 16.

He called for the Taliban to cease all violence against civilians, treat Afghan government officials and elected leaders with dignity and allow people to leave the country “without threat or hindrance”.

Australia’s defence department said it would be sending more than 250 personnel to support efforts to evacuate Australians and visa holders from Afghanistan.

– Reuters

Kabul

At least five killed at Kabul airport: Witnesses

According to witnesses, at least five people were killed in Kabul airport as hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter planes leaving the Afghan capital.

One witness said that he had seen the bodies of five people being taken to a vehicle. Another witness said that it was not clear whether the victims were killed by gunshots or in a stampede.

U.S. troops, who are in charge of the airport, earlier fired in the air to scatter the crowd, a U.S. official said.

Afghans crowd at the tarmac of the Kabul airport on August 16, to flee the country as the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and conceded the insurgents had won the 20-year war. | Photo Credit: AFP

– Reuters

France

France to begin Afghanistan evacuations

France said that it will evacuate its first nationals and Afghan colleagues from the fallen Afghan capital Kabul to a base in the United Arab Emirates on August 16. Defence Minister Florence Parly said that they are planning to carry out first rotation on Monday. She added that they have organised a base at the United Arab Emirates to receive the first evacuees.

She said that their priority is to evacuate (Afghan) personnel who rendered service to France. The military operation dubbed ‘Apagan’ involves two French air force transport planes, a C-130 and A400M, which left France on August 15.

– AFP

New Delhi

Vistara’s Delhi-London flights stop using Afghanistan airspace

Vistara’s flights from Delhi to London have stopped using the Afghanistan airspace. The Afghanistan airspace was declared “uncontrolled” by the Kabul airport on August 16 and transit flights have been asked to avoid it.

Vistara spokesperson said, “We have stopped using Afghanistan airspace and are taking an alternate route for our flights to and from London Heathrow.” “We are closely working with the relevant authorities to monitor and assess the situation and taking necessary steps to ensure the safety of our passengers, staff and aircraft,” the spokesperson added.

Vistara is not going to reduce the number of its Delhi-London flights. The full-service carrier currently operates four weekly flights on Delhi-London-Delhi route.

– PTI

Left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed, ‘big human disaster’, says President Ashraf Ghani

Embattled Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said he left Kabul to avoid bloodshed and a “big human disaster” in the city of six million people, urging the Taliban to reveal their intentions and reassure the people who are unsure about their future after the insurgents took over the war-torn country.

“If there were still countless countrymen martyred and they would face the destruction and destruction of Kabul city, the result would have been a big human disaster in this six million city. The Taliban have made it to remove me, they are here to attack all Kabul and the people of Kabul. In order to avoid the bleeding flood, I thought it was best to get out,” President Ghani said in a Facebook post on August 15.

“Taliban have won the judgement of sword and guns and now they are responsible for protecting the countrymen’s honor, wealth and self-esteem. Didn’t they win the legitimacy of hearts? Never in history has dry power given legitimacy to anyone and won’t give it to them,” the 72-year-old politician, reportedly taking shelter in neighbouring Tajikistan, said.

Kabul

Over 90% Afghan State buildings under Taliban control

A Taliban official said that over 90% Of Afghan State buildings are under Taliban control. The official added that the fighters were ordered not to cause any damage.

– Reuters

Finland

Finland closing embassy in Kabul, evacuating staff

Finland said on August 16 that it would close its embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul immediately until further notice as a result of the security situation.

“Diplomatic personnel are being evacuated from the country,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

– Reuters

Britain

We’re not going back to fight insurgents: Britain’s Defence Minister

The Taliban are in control of Afghanistan and the British and NATO forces will not be returning to fight the insurgents, Britain’s Defence Minister Ben Wallace said on August 16. Mr. Wallace said the military side of Kabul airport was secure and that Britain was doing everything it could to evacuate British citizens and Afghans with links to Britain. “Our target is … about 1200 to 1500 exit a day in the capacity of our aeroplanes, and we’ll keep that flow,” he said.

Britain has relocated its embassy to Kabul airport from the city.

– Reuters

Czech Republic

1st Czech flight evacuates personnel from Kabul

The first Czech evacuation flight has taken off from Kabul’s international airport and landed in Prague on August 16.

Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Andrej Babis said 46 people were on board the flight. They included Czech nationals, the Afghan staffers at the Czech embassy and Afghan interpreters who helped the Czech armed forces during NATO missions together with their families.

– AP

Kabul

Shops close, security guards flee in Afghan capital

Kabul’s streets were deserted early on Monday, a day after Taliban insurgents took over the Afghanistan capital without a fight, but the airport was jammed with hundreds of civilians trying to flee.

Video posted social media showed hundreds of people scampering with their luggage toward the safety of the airport terminal with the sound of gunfire breaking out.

A Taliban leader said his fighters had been “ordered to allow Afghans to resume daily activities and do nothing to scare civilians.”

“Normal life will continue in a much better way, that’s all I can say for now,” he told Reuters via Whatsapp. – Reuters

South Korea

Temporarily closed embassy in Kabul: South Korea Foreign Ministry

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said it has “temporarily closed” its embassy in Kabul and evacuated most of its staff to an unspecified third country in the Middle East.

The ministry said a few diplomats, including Ambassador Choi Taeho, remain at a safe location in Afghanistan to support the evacuation of a South Korean national in the country and that the Seoul government is closely working with the United States and other countries to ensure their safe evacuation.

Afghanistan has been on South Korea’s travel ban list since 2007. There were reportedly around five South Koreans living in Afghanistan before the Seoul government in June called for all of them to leave the country within 10 days as the United States and NATO proceeded with troop pullouts.

– AP

British Forces from 16 Air Assault Brigade arrive in Kabul, Afghanistan, to provide support to British nationals leaving the country, as part of Operation PITTING after Taliban insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul, August 15, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters

New Zealand

New Zealand plans to evacuate some Afghan nationals, PM Ardern says

New Zealand will deploy personnel and a military plane to help evacuate its citizens and some Afghan nationals who worked with New Zealand agencies, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

About 37 Afghan nationals have been identified to have worked alongside the New Zealand Defence Forces, Ardern said at a news conference in Wellington.

The prime minister said the government did not expect the situation in Afghanistan to deteriorate so fast.

– Reuters

Airlines reroute flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace

Major airlines are rerouting flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace after insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul as U.S.-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens.

United Airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic said they were not using the country’s airspace.

A United spokeswoman said the change affects several of the airline’s U.S.-to-India flights.

Flight-tracking website FlightRadar24 showed few commercial flights over Afghanistan at 0300 GMT on Monday but many planes overflying neighbouring Pakistan and Iran.

– Reuters

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Health complications during COVID19: What precautions should be taken before seeking treatment at hospitals

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): For many people with preexisting medical issues, staying at home isn't an option amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients in the middle of chemotherapy or need a liver transplant, or heart patients can't postpone their checkups indefinitely.

Their medical requirements will bring them straight to the hospital, where they are more likely to encounter an infected person. Understandably, people are worried about visiting hospitals, but hospitals and doctors are doing their best to alleviate these fears and are taking measures during the coronavirus pandemic to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Major hospitals have enforced enhanced protocols for the safety of patients and health personnel while facing the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19. Despite hospital measures, there are a few ways patients can safeguard themselves while visiting the hospital, read on to find out how.

Precautions Patients should take during hospitalization against COVID-19

Before booking an appointment for a procedure, it's important to inform the doctor or hospital staff about your health and ensure you opt for a COVID-19 test.

It's important for all patients to wear a mask before entering the hospital. Please ask the hospital to provide one in case you forget.

Contact the hospital before visiting and ask them about their safety procedures before making an appointment.

Ensure that the hospital has increased the cleaning frequency for all high traffic surface areas with certified coronavirus killing disinfectants and thorough cleansing is done after each patient is checked to ensure the safety of the next patient.

Check if all patient care equipment is thoroughly disinfected after use on each patient.

Importantly, make sure that patients suffering from COVID-19 are isolated in a separate part of the hospital so non-infected people have less chance of coming into contact with them.

Tele-Consultation

If it is not a medical emergency, but there is a need to consult a doctor, there are numerous teleconsultation facilities like DocsApp, Practo and 1mg.

However, it would be better to book a teleconsultation appointment with a reputed multi-specialty hospital. Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, which has over 45 years of experience and a team of over 200 experienced doctors offers tele consultation from anywhere in India.

Consulting an experienced doctor from a renowned multi-specialty hospital is better and safer than consulting a random doctor through an online platform. Patients can visit the hospital's website (www.sriramakrishnahospital.com) to book appointments if they are located in containment zones or are worried about stepping out of their homes.

Note: Patients with Chronic Illnesses

People with illnesses like liver disease, heart disease, and high blood pressure are at risk of developing complications if they are infected by COVID-19.

People with such illnesses can take the following measures in addition to frequent handwashing and social distancing. Patients taking hepatitis B or hepatitis C, or other medications should make sure they have plenty of medications stocked at home to avoid unnecessary trips to health care or pharmacies.

While we recommend such precautions, keep in mind that the disease and its impact varies from patient to patient. It's important to consult a doctor if you notice any abnormal symptoms.

Doctors Advice: The Pandemic Shouldn't Hinder Treatment

"Individuals should not allow the fear of coronavirus to discourage them from accessing the healthcare they need. Especially, if they have serious health conditions, chronic ongoing pain, or life-threatening symptoms. We are 24/7 ready to help you. If people need a procedure, it's perfectly safe to come in and have that procedure done now," said Dr. Sukumaran Dean of Sri Ramakrishna Hospitals.

He also added that experts in infectious disease prevention are working closely with care teams across hospitals to make sure they are safe for patients. Remember that there is no reason to panic or get stressed out.

Healthcare providers are already making sure to get you the best treatment possible at minimum risk of COVID-19 exposure. Hospitals continue to adapt to this challenging scenario, with the primary objective of keeping patients and staff safe.

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SpaceX Safely Returns Astronauts to Earth in US's Longest Human Spaceflight Ever

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SpaceX Safely Returns Astronauts to Earth in US's Longest Human Spaceflight Ever

SpaceX just returned its first full astronaut crew to Earth, completing the longest human spaceflight any US vehicle has ever flown.

The astronauts of the Crew-1 mission – Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Mike Hopkins of NASA, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – felt the pull of Earth’s gravity for the first time in six months as their Crew Dragon spaceship tore through the atmosphere early Sunday.

The spaceship, which they’ve named Resilience, protected them as its speed superheated the air around it to a 3,500-degree-Fahrenheit (1,926-degree-Celsius) plasma.

A few miles above the ocean, four parachutes ballooned from the gumdrop-shaped capsule, jerking it into a slower fall. They gently lowered Resilience to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico at 2:57 am ET (0657 UTC). The waves were calm and the weather was clear.

This was NASA’s first night-time splashdown since 1968. Thermal cameras on a nearby recovery ship and a NASA plane captured video, below, of the spaceship and its parachutes falling into the ocean.

“On behalf of NASA and the SpaceX teams, we welcome you back to planet Earth. Thanks for flying SpaceX. For those of you enrolled in our frequent flyer program, you have earned 68 million miles on this voyage,” a mission controller quipped to the Crew-1 astronauts as they splashed down.

“We’ll take those miles. Are they transferable?” Hopkins responded.

The astronauts’ return to Earth concludes SpaceX’s first routine crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS). That’s where Walker, Glover, Hopkins, and Noguchi have been living and working since they launched in November.

SpaceX first proved it could launch and land humans last year when it rocketed NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the ISS for a two-month test flight. Now it has shown that it can carry out full-length crew rotations.

The 11 humans aboard the International Space Station last week. (NASA)

NASA has contracted five more round-trip flights from SpaceX. The next one, Crew-2, already delivered four more astronauts to the ISS last weekend. Walker, Glover, Hopkins, and Noguchi greeted their Dragon-flying colleagues with smiles and hugs.

The football-field-sized orbiting laboratory was crowded with 11 people during the week that the two missions overlapped.

But on Saturday evening, the Crew-1 astronauts said goodbye and climbed back into the Crew Dragon Resilience.

The capsule undocked from its ISS port and fell into orbit around Earth, slowly lining up with a path to its splashdown site over the next 6.5 hours.

“This marks many important milestones, but it really is important for getting a regular cadence of crew to the station and back,” Steve Jurczyk, NASA’s acting administrator, said after the Crew-2 launch.

“What we do on ISS is important not only for the research and technology development that we do for here on Earth but also to prepare for what we’re going to do in the future,” he added. “Our ultimate goal is sending astronauts to Mars.”

Hopkins, Noguchi, Walker, and Glover joining a video conference, 7 February 2021. (NASA)

Having fun and making history 400 km above Earth

Walker, Glover, Hopkins, and Noguchi conducted hundreds of science and technology experiments during their time in orbit. They did a few spacewalks. They also relocated the Crew Dragon from one ISS docking port to another – a first for the spacecraft.

The crew celebrated Glover’s 45th birthday on Friday, their last full day on the ISS. The party featured cake, musical instruments, and balloons.

Happy birthday, @AstroVicGlover ! Live music, yummy cakes, funny videos, & lots of laughter on @Space_Station ！ pic.twitter.com/hl7LVJvWra

— NOGUCHI, Soichi 野口　聡一（のぐち　そういち） (@Astro_Soichi) April 30, 2021

Gratitude, wonder, connection. I’m full of and motivated by these feelings on my birthday, as my first mission to space comes to an end. This orbiting laboratory is a true testament to what we can accomplish when we work together as a team. Crew-1 is ready for our ride home! pic.twitter.com/CC6MajkZ1E

— Victor Glover (@AstroVicGlover) April 30, 2021

Glover was a rookie at the beginning of this mission, but Noguchi is a spaceflight veteran. He’s spent more than a year of his life in space and has flown on three different spacecraft. He said after the launch that Crew Dragon was the best.

Hopkins, the mission commander, has had to sleep inside the spaceship for the last five months since the ISS didn’t have enough beds. That gave him the only room with a window 400 kilometers (200 miles) above Earth. The views were “absolutely stunning,” he told reporters last week.

As their departure date approached, the astronauts wondered what the Crew Dragon had in store for them.

“We don’t know quite what to expect landing on the water under parachutes like this,” Walker said. “And it’s just exciting that we get to go home and see our friends and family.”

Their return trip was originally scheduled for Wednesday, then for Saturday morning, but NASA rescheduled twice after forecasts predicted high winds in the splashdown zones.

Akihiko Hoshide, a JAXA astronaut on Crew-2, has taken over the role of ISS commander. He spoke to the Crew-1 astronauts over the radio as their spaceship backed away from the station: “Resilience departed. Have a safe trip back home and a soft landing.”

“Thanks for your hospitality,” Hopkins responded. “Sorry, we stayed a little bit long. And we’ll see you back on Earth.”

Crew Dragon Endeavour landing with astronauts onboard, Gulf of Mexico, 2 August 2020. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

‘A new era of space exploration’

NASA shares its Mars ambitions with Elon Musk, the founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX. So far, SpaceX seems to be the agency’s first-choice commercial partner in expanding human spaceflight.

NASA recently chose the company’s Starship mega-spaceship to land astronauts on the moon for the first time since 1972. However, work has been temporarily halted after competing firms Dynetics and Blue Origin filed complaints.

“The future’s looking good,” Musk said in a press conference after the Crew-2 launch. “I think we’re at the dawn of a new era of space exploration.”

That era begins in low-Earth orbit, with the six Crew Dragon missions NASA has purchased. So far, this is the only commercial spaceship ever to fly humans – and it’s done so for three crews.

Those missions restored NASA’s ability to launch astronauts from the US for the first time since the last Space Shuttle flew in 2011. The Crew Dragon also gives other space agencies, like JAXA, an alternative to the Russian Soyuz rockets that have dominated human spaceflight for the last decade.

This was what NASA wanted from its Commercial Crew Program, which funded SpaceX to build Crew Dragon and prepare its Falcon 9 rockets for crewed launches. NASA did the same for Boeing’s Starliner spaceship, but that vehicle has to re-do an uncrewed mission to the ISS before it can fly humans.

Crew Dragon Endeavour approaches International Space Station, 2 April 2021. (NASA)

To the moon and Mars

Through the partnerships fostered in the Commercial Crew Program – and using its own mega-rocket, the Space Launch System – NASA aims to put boots on the lunar surface in 2024. Musk has said he thinks this timeline is “doable,” though NASA’s Office of the Inspector General recently determined it is “highly unlikely.”

Whenever it happens, that mission would kick NASA’s Artemis program into full gear. The eventual goal is to establish a permanent human presence on the moon – picture ISS-like orbiting laboratories and research stations on the lunar surface. NASA plans to send human missions to Mars from there.

Musk has his own plans, including building SpaceX’s planned Starship-Super Heavy launch system and using it to build a self-sustaining settlement on Mars. For now, Starship prototypes are still trying to fly and land without exploding.

SpaceX also plans to start launching private spaceflight missions for paying customers. The first, set to launch this year, is called Inspiration4. For that flight, billionaire Jared Isaacman purchased four seats on Crew Dragon Resilience – the same capsule that just splashed down in the ocean. He and three other civilians plan to take a three-day joy ride around Earth.

“I think it’s a good thing for human spaceflight to see more and more people getting up into orbit around Earth. It’s just an amazing experience,” Mike Hopkins told reporters in a call from the ISS last week when asked how he felt about civilians flying in the spaceship he’s been commanding.

“As we look to kind of transition low-Earth orbit to the commercial industry, this is a big step along that way. And then NASA can continue to focus on exploration and getting back to the moon and on to Mars.”

This article was originally published by Business Insider.