Not Bangalore asking me (Loba) if we’re still friends in the Arenas when our team’s Mirage is down and I was busy running for cover to heal while Bloodhound was on my ass.
Got the legendary queer squad (Bangalore-Valkyrie-Loba) today and Valk and I (Loba) just kept responding to each other’s flirty quips while Bangalore is just silently fuming in the corner lmao.
Lobalore headcanons because I am tired of waiting for more lobalore content from my fellow shippers and decided to contribute to the ship.
This could be idea for a new fanfic if I am motivated to write. Or I might break it into snippets of a multi chapter fanfic.
1. After the Legacy Antigen Bangalore can’t help but notice Loba’s absence in her life. Bangs only noticed how inseparable they used to be before the incident
2. Bangalore kinda guessed Loba heard her when she noticed the bouquet in the trash can, but this useless lesbian is too hard-headed (and afraid) to admit her feelings or talk to Loba, because that would mean she had to *talk* about her feelings and it is the one thing that Bangs is bad at.
3. But she kept the bouquet in her dorm. Placed them in a vase and took care of them to maintain the freshness of the flowers, as fresh as the wounds she had unintentionally inflicted on them both
4. Bangs ran into Loba sometimes, and she could only watch from afar as she flirted with Kairi. She was green with jealousy, but not enough to prompt her to walk up to Loba and talk about what happened.
5. It went on like that for a couple of weeks. Sometimes she felt Loba’s eyes on her, and when she finally turned to look at her, the thief would pretend to look away. She couldn’t tell if Loba was really staring at her or it was just a wishful thinking.
6. And then the simulacrum made his move. Being Loba’s shadow, Revenant understood many things, including her closeness with Kairi and also her sudden distance fro Bangalore. But they all know who is the real thief of Loba’s heart.
7. Nonetheless, Revenant decided to hit where it hurts the most. He started with attacking Loba while she slept, knocked her unconscious (but not before Loba got a few hits on him) and dragged her to what used to be Tenmei, at the top of Bonsai Plaza.
8. Revenant then released a message to both Kairi and Anita that he would torture Loba at the “place where her worst nightmares resided”, then leave her to bleed to death if they don’t get to her in time.
9. Of course, Revenant had no intention to kill Loba, that would be too easy. It was a bait to lure them to the restaurant, in which he would be ready with a Sentinel and shoot whoever reached the top floor by the zip line, meanwhile Loba would be restrained and watch helplessly as they die at her feet. The simulacrum had it planned to the tee.
10. Bangalore received the message while she was tending to the flowers, and nearly dropped the vase from anger and horror. She was taunted with his grating voice, and Loba’s screams of anger and pain. She easily guessed where Loba was kept.
11. Anita immediately geared up, but decided to call Kairi first. She did not know if they were really dating at the moment, and thought she deserved to know. Valkyrie was silent on the other end of the line, then curtly replied “I’ll see you at Bonsai. Bring your deadliest arsenal, Sarge” and hung up.
12. Anita may prefer to suffer alone regarding her feelings, but she knows a pack has a higher chance of winning compared to a lone wolf. So she formed a small team, Lifeline as the medic, Bloodhound and Wraith for tracking and checking out for traps.
13. They reached Bonsai discreetly to avoid alerting the simulacrum, but all caution was thrown to the wind when they heard a blood curdling scream from the top. Ignoring Hound and Blasey’s warning Anita rode the zip line to the top where the scream originated from.
14. Just as she reached the top time seemed to slow down. She saw, too late, of Loba’s restrained form and wide eyes in warning, with Revenant’s dead gleaming eyes watching her and the glint of the Sentinel’s barrel. He fired a shot.
15. But Loba used her remaining strength to push her weight towards Revenant, knocking the sniper to the side and the shot went wide. Bangalore did not flinch, drew her G7 but could not get a clear shot as Loba struggled with Revenant who was underneath her. Loba managed to free her legs from her restraints and tried to subdue the simulacrum with her acrobatic skills.
16. The struggle went on a while until a second shot was heard. But it was not from Anita. Both Revenant and Loba stopped dead in their struggle. Anita’s heart dropped when she noticed blood pooling beneath Revenant. Simulacrums don’t bleed.
17. Anita howled in anguish and unleashed her fury on Revenant when he broke free. Cavalry came in from the skies, when Valkyrie flew in and let loose a hail of arrows from above with pinpoint accuracy. Bloodhound and Wraith soo joined the fight.
18. Revenant may be deadly, but he was no match against a group of highly trained legends of the Apex Games. Anita dealt the final blow when she crushed his head with the butt of her rifle. But they knew it wouldn’t kill him. He would just be rebooted again in another metal body somewhere.
19. What happened after was a fight for Loba’s life. The bullet went directly through her in between the ribs. Lifeline was there to keep her heart beating, but if they don’t hurry she would bleed to death. Anita held her hand on their journey to the nearest medical facility on the planet. Kairi only watched from the side - even when she was with Loba she knew the thief yearned for another person.
20. The surgery was long but at least it was successful. Loba remained unconscious for the next 24 hours but Anita stayed at her side. Hardly slept. She kept her eyes peeled for Revenant, until Kairi and the rest dragged her to a nearby bed and forced her to take a nap. The remaining legends took turns keeping watch.
22. When Loba woke there were tears and confessions exchanged. Anita was afraid to love someone only to watch them get hurt or die, but she realized it was just as likely to happen whether she was with her or not. So she swore she would be with her, and die fighting at her side and defending each other.
23. When she was discharged, they agreed Loba should stay at Bangalore’s place until she made a full recovery. And that was when she recognised the bouquet of flowers.
