#also forgive me for my checkpoint shitposting

[caldraws]

well, until i draw the ref for betrayed!steve, have this fic i wrote while sleep deprived and on a sugar crash

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[ENTER PASSWORD FOR STEVE_REBORN.EXE:]

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[ACCESS GRANTED. WELCOME, MESA.]

[LAUNCH THE PROGRAM?]

>[YES]<       [NO]

[LOADING…]

[INITIATING WAKE-UP PROTOCOL…]

[LEVEL OF STRESS: 32%]

[CORE TEMPRATURE: 102°]

[POWER LEVEL: 100%]

[PULSE RATE: 85 BPM]

[BOOTING UP STEVE_REBORN.EXE.]

[LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL, PLEASE STAND BY…]

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He couldn’t see out of his right eye.

That’s the first thing Steve thought when he began to wake up. He thought it might be a bruise, but no bruise he had was so bad that it sealed his eye shut. In fact, it felt like that eye wasn’t there at all.

And besides, where even was he? He was warm and dry, but he couldn’t move, and…it felt like he was floating. Something was covering his mouth, it hurt to breathe, and it was so hard to remember what happened.

When he dared to open the eye he could open, all he could see was…green. So much green. But through the green, he could also see…a lab of sorts. A dark one, sort of futuristic looking. And…people. Rushing back and forth, occasionally looking into his…tube.

Steve was in some sort of tube. And he was at the mercy of these people who all had one eye. Then he saw something that made his heart drop.

The insignia of the ANCIENTS.

[LEVEL OF STRESS: 43%]

Upon seeing that symbol, he immediately tried to move around, do anything to get out of here. However, his body was as stiff as a board, which made him panic more. He was kidnapped by the ANCIENTS.

…Or so he thought.

When MESA, the leader of the ANCIENTS, stepped through the doorway, Steve thought it was all over for him. He would be killed, and his head would be delivered to The Cosmic Princess as closure and to serve as a gruesome warning.

The leader stepped up to the tube, but instead of opening it, he…put his hand out, to say ‘Stop’. Then he signed out “You are safe. Do not worry.”

Although MESA was his arch enemy, he…quickly calmed down. Good thing he took those ASL classes while in school, he had no idea he would need them.

“Good.” MESA signed. “I have no intentions of harming you. If I did, we would not be having this conversation. In fact, I saved your life.”

This stunned the Adventurer. Saved his life? His archenemy? Steve was confused as all hell. Was this a trick? Did MESA actually save his life?

[LEVEL OF STRESS: 38%]

“I can tell you are confused. Allow me to explain. I found you dead after a small skirmish in Valtmorta. You lost your left eye, on your right. I decided that you would make a fine addition to my forces, and I was able to bring you back to life with ANCIENT technology. Welcome back.”

Steve was speechless. Literally, he couldn’t talk if he tried. But if he could, he wouldn’t be able to say anything, because how do you respond to that?

It all came back to Steve, hitting him like a sack of bricks. He and GUIDO went with a small squadron of the Princess’s forces for an assault on Valtmorta. The ship was shot down, and the squadron was killed. He and GUIDO were the only survivors. He was trying to get out of the wreckage and asked GUIDO to help him, only for GUIDO to leave him.

GUIDO, his best friend, abandoned him when he needed him most.

[LEVEL OF STRESS: 52%]

Meanwhile, on the other side of the tube, MESA monitored Steve’s expressions as he remembered what happened. It went to one of confusion, to shock, to anger, to betrayal, but one thing stayed the same. His remaining eye was fixed on MESA. He couldn’t help but feel bad for his former archenemy. Steve is going through the five stages of grief in less than a minute, and MESA was there to witness it. Turning to one of the scientists, he gave them the all-clear to release Steve from the tube.

[INCUBATION FLUID DRAINING. PLEASE STAND BY.]

The sudden voice made Steve jump, snapping him out of whatever trance that news put him in. The green liquid that he was in drained from the tube slowly, the thing covering his mouth being removed, which turned out to be a breathing mask, so he didn’t drown. Wires detached from the back of his head, and the metal bar that was being used to keep him in place was released. He fell against the glass of the tube like a sack of bricks, his hands pressed against it, trembling.

It was about now that he noticed that he wasn’t in his normal adventurer’s gear. He was instead in a robe with the ANCIENTS insignia on it, barefoot, and on his left shoulder, the same insignia is tattooed onto his shoulder in pitch black ink.

With a deafening hiss, the tube opened, and Steve fell out of it onto his hands and knees, not making any noise aside from a few sobs. MESA lifts him up.

[CORE TEMPRATURE: 98°]

[LEVEL OF STRESS: 65%]

“I understand what happened to you is…traumatizing, to say the least. But you do not have to worry anymore. You are an ANCIENT now.” He says, trying to comfort Steve. All he did, however, was look up at MESA.

“…h…how long….” Upon trying to speak, Steve broke into a fit of coughing due to his voice not being used. It was so rough and hoarse, a heavy contrast from the smooth, young and uplifting voice he had while he was an Adventurer. Even MESA seemed shocked, as he quickly carried Steve out of the laboratory, shooting a nasty glare at the scientists that tried to stop him, bringing him into his private quarters, resting the former Adventurer on a chair.

“That’s better. Away from prying eyes. Now we can talk.” MESA stated, handing Steve a glass of water, which he immediately downed before talking.

“…how long have I been…dead for…?”

MESA sighed, sitting across from Steve. “…you were gone for 3 years, if not more. Originally, you were supposed to only be gone for 1 and a half, but we ran into multiple complications, our supplies were constantly stolen by the Princess’s forces, we constantly had to ward off attack after attack from her forces… I’m surprised she hasn’t attacked us yet during your awakening-“

BOOM.

Both MESA and Steve jumped as the room seemed to shake, deafening explosions occurring outside. MESA turns to the large window in his quarters. There were ships outside, belonging to the Cosmic Princess, that were assaulting the headquarters of the ANCIENTS.

“…I stand corrected.” MESA huffed in frustration.

[LEVEL OF STRESS: 73%]

MESA stood up, adjusting his helmet, walking out at a brisk pace, leaving Steve alone. For a short time, because Steve decided to follow MESA.

Peeking out on the balcony, Steve could only see what he could describe as something that looked like it came out of a sci-fi movie. Futuristic ships zooming around the place. Explosions. Lasers. It’s like Steve was thrown into a sci-fi movie.

The captain of the squadron was yelling at MESA, telling him to surrender before they blew him to bits. He was simply standing there, staring them down angrily. Then, he turned to Steve.

“Steve. Get rid of these ships, will you?”

[CURRENT OBJECTIVE: ELIMINATE THE SHIPS]

Those words blared in Steve’s mind, and without thinking, he ran to the balcony, and held his hand out. Almost instantaneously, blue threads emerged from his fingertips, wrapping around the ships that were close enough and still enough to grasp, and crushed them with those same threads, throwing the remains to the ground, watching them explode.

The Cosmic Forces ordered a full retreat. Those who weren’t blown up by MESA’s army escaped through portals. Soon enough, Valtmorta was quiet, only the soft hum of the machinery from MESA’s lair, the crackling of flames from the ships below and Steve’s heavy breathing was heard. MESA gently places a hand on Steve’s shoulder.

“Well done.”

Even though he had no idea what just happened, he felt a sense of pride wash over him when MESA said those two words. Giving his new superior a small smile, he straightens his posture.

[CORE TEMPRATURE: 93°]

[LEVEL OF STRESS: 25%]

“…I suppose I can’t go back now, can I?”

The ANCIENT looks down, shaking his head sadly. “No. Not until this war is over and the Princess surrenders. Honestly, I don’t even want to kill her. She is like a sister to me. We were very close, before everything happened.”

Steve looks up at MESA, a bit confused. “Then…what did happen?

A soft sigh escapes the mask that the ANCIENT wore.

“…I will tell you another time, perhaps.”

Then, he gently grabs Steve’s arm, pulling him back inside the base. “Come now. We have much work to do.”

#betrayed au #betrayed!steve #stesa? #steve x mesa? #kinda #a small bit in the end #also forgive me for my checkpoint shitposting #it is 8:10 am and i just woke up

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