[Satashi]

Spoiler for To Make a Mother Proud pt.6:

They say that the military brain wash people to make them better fighters. I was never one to believe this, as everyone I knew was really nice and loving. You would never know that Nanoha-mama was called 'The White Devil' if you just met her on the street. I guess that's why this was so surreal to me. I didn't even feel it when I ran into battle with the others, didn't even think about what we were going to do. I knew that we fought for the happiness of others and that's what I thought about.

When I killed someone right in front of me, when I loaded a cartridge to overpower a weaker mage, when Syn's arrows showered around me to protect my body from the ones who tried to surround me...

I didn't understand death, nor did I fear it. Not because I was cocky or stupid, but because I had been around it so long. People bragging about their counts after a mission. the newspapers saying that peace had been brought back thanks to the mages battling... It was common, and I didn't know if that scared me or not.

But right here, right now, I could only embrace it. The people on this planet were being wrongfully repressed, being hurt for other people's gain. I didn't like that, and that's why Syn and I trained.

I slashed someone and loaded another cartridge, blasting a group who tried to charge me. When they fell I took to the air and shot several blast down on the ground to scatter the mass trying to loop around our meager forces. Syn's arrows saved me once again and I twirled around them, following the controllable projectiles until I was in another group of people.

I couldn't imagine what they thought when they saw me. A girl, no higher than their stomachs, in a barrier jacket, holding a device. The next thing that happened, a multi-swirling ball of energy formed between them and exploded around, sending people reeling back.

It was then that I felt a sharp jab in my shoulder. A magically enforced blade ripped through my jacket and I felt my stomach lurch when I saw it drip blood on my front side. It was a small dagger, the size of a throwing knife, but it still freaked me out.

The owner of the weapon was short quickly by Syn, why landed next to me and loaded a cartridge into her bow. Seconds passed slowly before I found myself several yards back in the midst of our own battalion. "Vi!" She pulled the blade from my shoulder and looked at me with panicking eyes. "Are you okay!?"

"It hurts," I told her truthfully while flexing my fingers and then opening and closing my hand. "I don't... think it did much damage."

"It went clean through you, you idiot!" Her voice broke and her eyes were shaking.

"We can't let them think they hurt me, or it won't matter if we win this or not right now." She knew I was right but I could also tell she didn't want to admit it. "Syn, we need to do something, fast."

"... Okay." She hefted me up in the sky just as a medical team came running to us. Together we hovered and held out our devices, loading a few cartridges in them to boost our power.

Several arrows appeared around us and I nodded briefly, dashing forward in the air as she fired. The barrage brought screams from all around, but when it finally cleared and they were able to see the damage done, I was standing there with my own device, pointing it into the thick of things. "Starlight Canon!" I screamed out the attack, bracing myself and yelling as it ripped all around me.

The force was retreating, and when my blast died down, I stood there and glared, watching them retreat. I had a barrier up, incase they tried anything, but I also knew that they needed fear if we were going to hold out much longer. Our forces were dwindeling and we had no food. If they attacked us constantly we would surely be over ran. This way, they knew we were serious and would probably hold off on another attack so they could plan.

"Vi!" Syn landed next to me after a while and I nodded at her, turning and flying off above everyone else but at a low altitude so they couldn't fire anything at us without endangering their own troops.

When we landed at the base I finally let myself look at the wound, groaning when I noticed a thick red area around it, flecked with white. "Oh no..."

"Damn it!" Syn grabbed me and holstered me into her arms, running to the medical tent. The girl never cussed, despite being such a smartass, and I knew that it probably looked as bad as it was starting to feel as my adrenaline wore off. "Hey! Help!" She yelled, bursting in the tent. "Help her!"

"Syn, I'm okay." I noticed that the world was starting to spin a little.

"Vi? VI!"

"I'm... I'm... " I felt strangely hot all of a sudden and black spots flecked my vision.

"VIVIO!" Syn's voice was wavering, despite my best efforts to hear her. "Vivio! Help her!"

As pain took over, the world grew darker as I was laid on a table. Voices faded as they talked, something about restraining, spasming, and poison...

[EDIT]: Welcome back Mark! you having fun? :3

@ EvilRick: Nice drawings ^^