Star Guardian: Twin Star (Male Reader)

The Darkest Night

Akali's gonna get herself killed. Sarah thought about letting her go. It was a terrible thought, but her shin hurt, and Akali's words had stung. The girl was a brat. A liability.

And she'd been right.

Sarah: I'm going to regret this,

Sarah muttered, with no one but Baki and Boki to hear her. They quipped sounds of encouragement as Sarah shot into the air after Akali. She couldn't have gone far.

As Sarah scanned the city below, her stomach dropped. This particular brand of destruction was worse than she remembered. Or maybe she'd simply tried to erase the memory of what, exactly, Zoe's magic was capable of.

Don't remember. Don't remember. Sarah forced herself to ignore the memories, just as she ignored the screams from the city below. She had to focus on the mission.

Sarah: Akali! Where the heck are you?

???: Come on!

Was it Akali?

Sarah landed, tearing off down an alley...and there! Thank the Light. Akali was kneeling in front of a pile of rubble that had clearly broken off a nearby building.

Akali: Come on!

Akali hurled brick after brick off the mound. A falling paddle star zoomed overhead, illuminating the rubble. Something was under there. Fabric covering what looked like-

Sarah: Akali...

Sarah took a step toward her. She could see Akali's hands, nails cracked and fingers bruised from desperation.

Another star, but the light was too bright this time. This paddle star crashed nearby, and a piece of wall was dislodged by the impact.

Sarah: Akali!

Sarah wrapped an arm around Akali's waist and twisted, flinging her to one side. With her other hand, she aimed her pistol. Bang! The wall broke apart, landing in pieces where Akali had been moments before.

Akali: No!

Akali screamed as debris further buried whoever she'd tried to save.

Sarah launched them both into the air.

Sarah: They're gone, Akali.

Akali: You don't know that!

Akali sobbed.

Akali: They might still be alive!

Sarah: I had to make the call! It was you or them, and it was too late for them!

Akali: You don't know that...

Akali whispered again and again, just as Sarah had to Ahri on a lonely planet a lifetime ago.

They had been a team then, stronger than they'd ever been. That must've delighted Zoe as she snuffed each one out like a candle. Rakan fell first, as if Zoe knew how much it would shatter Xayah. Neeko was next. One spell to the chest. That was all it took. And Xayah-

Akali: Put me down. Put me down now!

Sarah: If you kick me again, I will drop you.

Akali: I said put me down!

Sarah: Absolutely not.

Sarah had to get Akali somewhere safe. Had to find Syndra. Had to help her-

Akali: -friend!

Sarah almost did drop her.

Sarah: What did you say?

Akali: My friend-she's out there! We argued in the park, and the explosion came from there, and-