The Denied Son of God....Salazar...harbinger of the true might of God... The words were emphasized by horrendous scenes of baseball bats and spiked clubs pummeling purple flesh and breaking already broken limbs. The words grew louder and louder until Salazar leapt from his bed shooting an entire mag of his pistol into the far wall. Even after it was empty the man kept pulling the trigger trying to kill the ghosts of his past.
Feet came thundering down the hall and soon Salazar's door was ripped open and in came two of his fellow Valkyries. An Orc named Dire and a woman named Mildra and her Wolf, they were both armed and the dog had his teeth bared and the hair bristled along it's thick black hide. Dire only snarled, his saber glistening in the firelight but Mildra spoke holstering her weapon and walking slowly up to the still dreaming man as he continued to yank uselessly on the gun's trigger. She's been Salazar's neighbor for the five years since the team rescued him. At least once a week this happened so she was used to it and knew exactly how to bring the killer back to reality. Motioning for Dire to leave she took her gun belt off and handed it to her dog who clamped it in his teeth and sat by the door. Reaching for the gun she began singing a
simple lullaby to him. The woman had the voice of an angel with just enough motherly affection that the horrors of Salazar's past began to vanish. His breath stilled and his eyes became focused again, he allowed the woman to to take the empty gun and pulled the tall man into a firm hug holding him close until he wrapped his arms around her tears streaming down his tattooed face.
Despite being an Amazon from a culture where such affections were frowned upon Mildra held onto Salazar allowing his hot tears to dampen her short toga. From the start Mildra and Salazar had been close, they've been through many missions and were actually paired up a lot so even when you're hunting nightmarish monsters there are lots of stake-outs and time to kill between the bouts of action. They spoke and the Brass told her to be open and let him do the talking she was part of his therapy even before she knew he needed it. That developed into this, her singing to him in the wee hours of the morning and hugging him until he stopped shaking. Tonight it was only needed for three minutes, the man's tears dried up and he released the Amazon smiling softly at her.
"You may have to move your bed in here instead of busting my door down every night."
The dark-haired woman chuckles giving the solider a firm punch in the arm.
"And risk you shooting me instead of the wall? I don't know you'd need to be one hell of roommate big guy. How about we just head to the training room and spar a bit."
Feeling like his Solider self Salazar chuckled going to his dresser and grabbing his gym clothes.
"So you can kick my ass and put me too sleep? You sure you just don't want to show off that new sleeping toga you got?" He winked looking the white mid-thigh length garment up and down.
Giving a small spin Mildra winked back whistling a command to her dog who simply huffed and turned around walking the Amazon's pistol-belt back to her room.
"Well it certainly helps with distracting you so I don't have to deal with any of your cheap Merc tricks."
This got a rich laugh from Salazar as he finished wrapping his hands and feet in boxing tape before tossing it to the woman heading for the door.
"Hey those cheap merc tricks saved your fine ass a few times remember?"
Mildra only laughed following Salazar out of his room wrapping her own hands in the tape.
"Once or twice more like it."
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