Posted originally on the Archive_of_Our_Own at https://archiveofourown.org/ works/14153619. Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Graphic_Depictions_Of_Violence, Major_Character_Death, Underage Category: F/M Fandom: Game_of_Thrones_(TV), A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire_-_George_R._R._Martin Relationship: Arya_Stark/Gendry_Waters Character: Arya_Stark, Gendry_Waters, Beric_Dondarrion, Hot_Pie_(ASoIaF), Anguy_ (ASoIaF), Lem_Lemoncloak, Thoros_of_Myr, Walder_Frey Additional Tags: Characters_will_be_added_as_chapters_go_on, Memory_Loss, Romance, Fluff and_Angst, Loss, Violence, Post-Traumatic_Stress_Disorder_-_PTSD, Triggers, Swearing, Laughter, Comedy, Eventual_Smut, Not_Beta_Read, repost, just_messing_around_till_I_sort_out_what_the_hell_to_do_with_my other_stories, Alternate_Universe_-_Game_of_Thrones_Fusion, Inspired_by Game_of_Thrones, ASoIaF Stats: Published: 2018-03-31 Chapters: 1/? Words: 2727 ****** You can't be No One ****** by NewGirl18 Summary Was is it about the nameless girl or the girl with too many names that makes Gendry Waters break all protocol and risk everything he's ever achieved in his life? This is the story about the girl who had nothing and about the man with everything to give. Notes See the end of the work for notes     “God dammit Cap, we have to go inside NOW!”   “Hold on Waters, let the SWAT team do their job and then we’ll go in”—   “And then we’ll go in? We’re not backup, this case is ours.”   “We have to follow protocol son”—   “I’m not your son” Gendry muttered, startled like everyone else aS large explosion detonated inside the compound. Immediately screams were heard, smoke and fire appeared from various spots. “Fuck protocol”   Gendry ignored the yells of his Captain and ran inside the building. Fucking kids were inside, innocent women and children. His partner was inside. And most importantly the fucker that they’ve been investigating for a whole year was also somewhere inside and you’d bet your soul that Gendry was going to nail his ass.   As soon as the rest of the police department and CIA saw their best man break the perimeter and run inside the compound all hell broke loose. Many followed him, others began to respond to the fireshots aimed towards them. All this while horrible screams of pain and desperation came from inside.   Gendry was a big guy but a fast one; an old glorified football career to show for it so he was able to move fast through the building. “Spread out! Case the building, take down the shooters!”—Gendry yelled putting a bullet straight through the head at a man who dared point a shotgun at him. “Make sure you get the kids out. Let’s find Old Man Frey alive boys; he’s mine!”   There was crazy people and then there where men like Walder Frey whom made Gendry happy he dedicated his life to the CIA. The guy had managed to avoid the authorities for years while dealing drugs, dangling in prostitution and laundering money under the disguise of a Holy Man that only wanted to make the world better. Finally after years of trying they finally managed to infiltrate his organization but the problem was that the very day that they were going to raid the compound; the mole’s cover was blown, so they needed to act fast. Gendry hadn’t heard from his partner for over 2 hours now and with the fire consuming all two buildings it was time for action.   Castamere Compound was made of two buildings connected by a small bridge - like corridor between them. From afar you’d think it was abandoned but that was because Frey had brained washed his followers to the extent that not only did they follow his every whim but that they never left the compound, some even refusing to see the daylight for years. The explosion was inside the second building which was where Gendry last heard from both his partner and Frey, unfortunately it was also where the children were.   “Well if you’re going to ignore my orders could you at least fill me in on what you’re planning to do?”—His boss, Captain Dondarrion yelled through the coms.   “I’m going after Frey Cap, he has Hot Pie”   “Waters I need you to focus. I know HP is one of us and God knows we need to catch Walder Frey but we need, I repeat; we need to get the children safe. There’s over 30 of em and I need them out, safe and sound”—   “Got it, Frey’s shooters?” Gendry asked, a mere technicality since he already had put down 11 and counting.   “Free range Waters, happy hunting”—   The police was getting as good as they were giving. Over the coms Gendry could hear that several officers were down and that some of the shooters were even using women as human shields. Free range… Ha, as if he needed any permission to kill any of those lowlifes. The world was going to be a better day after today. What worried Gendry the most was that there still were no eyes on the children which only meant they were still in the second building. The good news was that they were safe from the gun fire, the bad news was that the fire was reaching its high while more and more explosions were heard.   “Ok Hot Shot, how do you want to play this?”—Lem; one of his buddies from the agency asked as they finally reached the corridor that connected the two buildings. On the other side they were met with some heavy firepower. “This is a bulletproof vest not an anti idiot vest cuz that’s what we’d be if we go straight barreling right in front of them”—   “Yeah Waters, we need more manpower if we’re going to take them down”—Anguy; another colleague said.   “We can’t wait for backup. You can see the fire coming out from the windows, we have to get to the children. We have to search for Hot Pie!” Gendry said with finality but time wasn’t on his side. He was good but not that good and certainly not immortal to march straight ahead.   “We don’t need backup boys. We need pretty sparkling lights”—said a voice from behind them. “FIRE IN THE HOLE!”—With barely time for cover, the walls shook as a grenade exploded right in front of them solving the problem of how to overpower the shooters at the other end.   “Thoros you mad fuck!” Gendry yelled affected by the loud explosion. His hears were ringing.   “You can thank me later. Let’s go get Hot Pie, drinks are on him.”—   With gunfire still heard behind them and not willing to wait for backup, the four of them decided to run into the second building and it wasn’t looking good. It was a two story building, an old one too. So with the fire spread and no assurance that the walls would hold up they knew death was certainly an option. The children, Hot Pie and Frey. Those were the targets. Frey was holding Hot Pie as hostage and the kids were somewhere else. Gendry made a quick prayer before he barked his orders.   “Ok fellas. There’s four of us so that’s going to be enough to search out. Anguy, Lem; take the main floor. Thoros you’re going up with me. Take the first floor while I take the second. If you find the children call for the other two. Whoever finds Frey; remember the Captain gave the green light on our triggers but assess the situation. Hot Pie was alive and kicking the last time he spoke to us, let’s make it stay that way.” And they were off.   It was a shitty situation but Gendry was relieved that he had his brothers on his back. He and Hot Pie were the youngest in the department but had proven themselves worthy, they had turned around some pretty shitty situations in their line of work so Gendry hoped this was one of them. It had to be, Hot Pie was family.   Nobody had yet to make contact through the coms as Gendry made it to the top floor and started tearing doors down. It was nearly impossible to see let alone breathe with the smoke. No doubt the fire started in this floor. It had spread so much that Gendry was about to give up on the last three rooms when he heard a voice inside one of them.   “This will be my legacy. No one will have the satisfaction of taking my rein from me…”—Frey.   “Drop the weapon, step aside from the agent!” SHIT. Gendry panicked once inside the room. Walder Frey had a gun pointed to his head, no big deal. Gendry would help him pull the trigger, the problem was that Hot Pie was laying on the floor in a pool a blood alongside two other bodies.   “Waters, we found the kids!”—Lem’s voice broke through the coms.   “Good, I have Hot Pie.” Gendry said as he shot Walder Frey right between the eyes. Let Dondarrion deal with the politics, killing was Gendry’s job. “C’mon Big Guy, open your eyes. Please man, say something”   Gendry’s heart skipped a beat as Hot Pie managed to open his eyes “Took you long enough”—He said through slurred words a clear sign that he’d lost more than enough blood. He had two gunshot wounds on his stomach.   “Let’s go bud, let’s get you out of here” Gendry said trying to lift up his friend as quick as possible without hurting him even further.   “The girl Gen, you have to help her. She saved my life!”—Hot Pie pleaded with him before he passed out. What girl? Hot Pie was more dead than alive, how the hell did she save him?   “Not the best you’ve looked HP. Here, let me help you”—Thoros said running inside to help Gendry who still with an impressive set of muscle had a difficult job with Hot Pie’s sturdiness of body. A knife fell out of Hot Pie's hand, Gendry grabbed without hesitating and walked out.   By the time they made it to the main floor Lem, Anguy and a girl were taking the children outside of the building.   “Jesus! Is he alive?”—Lem asked as he saw Thoros drag an unconscious Hot Pie to the nearest ambulance.   “Barely”—Gendry said eyeing the young girl who was passing an infant towards Anguy. She was helping so he’d ask questions later. They started herding the children from the farthest side of the building. From all ages, teenagers of 14 – 15 years to babies barely 3 months old, all crying and screaming obviously not knowing what was going on. Gendry said a thank you to whoever was out there that they were all in the same place but the fire was still alive and by now he was sure the building was going to collapse any second.   “Here, take him!”—The young girl said handing Gendry a little boy who could barely breathe because of the smoke.   “Hey there Kiddo, it’s ok. Let’s get you over to the doctors so you’ll breathe clean air again” Gendry said running outside as the girl went inside of the building.   “No, go back. Go back!”—The little boy cried.   “I will buddy, we’re taking out all your friends. Let’s get you sorted first”   “No, I was the last one. You have to go and get Arry. She won’t come back!”—Shit.   Gendry handed the little boy to the first paramedic he saw and ran back to the building but was stopped by Thoros.   “Are you insane? The fucking building is collapsing!”—   “I have to go get the girl out!”   “We got the kids, we got Hot Pie. Leave her, she’s probably one of Frey’s groupies.”—   “I can’t!” Gendry yelled already running inside. Groupie or not she saved Hot Pie so that was worth coming back for.   Inside it was worse by the second. Gendry had to actually walk over parts of the ceiling that had fallen to get to where he assumed the girl was; inside the room the children were being held. She was at the far end, huddled up in the corner. Knees up to her chin, with her eyes wide.   What. The. Fuck? Did she have a death wish? Maybe she was one of the women that shared Frey’s bed, those were so fucked up in the head that many would give their lives for him.   “Frey’s dead, you don’t have to sacrifice yourself for him”   “He’s dead?”—The girl said. A flash of relief…? Quickly passed through her eyes before she froze again. Pretty eyes, beautiful; Gendry thought.   “Yeah so, you need to get out of here. Come on”   “I can’t. I have to stay!”—   “If it’s the children you’re worried for they’re all safe but we need to get out NOW”   “I can’t leave, he won’t be able to find me!”—The girl cried.   ‘For fucks sake’; Gendry mumbled. She was one of the crazy ones. Sure; a crazy pretty one but crazy none the less who was going to get him killed. The girl zoomed her eyes on his belt.   “The man? Is he alive?”—Gendry noticed she was looking at the knife Hot Pie had dropped. Gendry had secured it inside his belt.   “Hot Pie? Yeah, he’s my friend… Is this yours?” He said taking the knife in his hands. The girl nodded. “Thank you for saving him”   “I… I need that back, please give it back”—   “Ok, I’ll give it back once we’re outside”   “I can’t go outside. I can’t leave!”—The girl screamed. If they weren’t about to die under a burning building Gendry would have laughed at her little bratty outburst.   “Ok… so here. Come and get it” He said placing the knife on a near shelve. Only one girl would go after a knife inside a burning building: a crazy one. But a crazy one that Gendry needed to save. So when she finally stood up, walked across the room to retrieve the knife Gendry grabbed her by her arm and hoisted her up running outside for his life.   The girl kicked, screamed, bit and hit Gendry but he didn’t pay attention. “No, please no, let me go. I need to stay. Please, please”—The girl screamed with desperation. Something in her voice tugged at his heart. Something that didn’t cream crazy. Once finally outside she was having a full manic episode making the rest of the children who were all waiting for her to come out start to panic as well. Gendry didn’t think twice as he breezed past the ambulances, past the police squads out far of the compound to a little pond surrounded by trees. He dropped her to the ground and gave her a firm shake on her shoulders. “Stop it, stop it right this instant”. He said silencing her instantly. It was a dick move considering this was a clearly traumatized girl but he needed her to shut up.   “See those kids over there?” He said gesturing towards where the children were being taking care of. “Look, I don’t know who you are but you care for them and they clearly care for you. I need you to get your act together so...” Gendry stopped mid-sentence.   A bust lip, a swollen eye and purple marks on forearms weren’t consequences of being inside a burning building. “The girl… she saved me”; Gendry remembered his partner’s words as he really got to see the girl in front of him. Gray eyes, melted silver gems looked straight at him filled with tears and she wasn’t pretty, she was beautiful! She was slightly malnourished and wore ill- fitting clothes but Gendry could recognize a stunner when he saw one. He backtracked his wayward thoughts as he remembered not only that she was a victim in one of his cases but that she looked positively… under aged.   “Is he dead? Is he really dead?”—She asked with a small voice that Gendry was sure was going to haunt him to his grave.   “Yes” He replied caressing her cheek. Her skin was soft and what he could see behind the rust and debris of the fire was white as snow. A cough interrupted their moment. It was one of the paramedics.   “I’m sorry Sir, but we need to check her out”—   “Of course…” Gendry said, not noticing when the girl got behind him while he himself shielded her as if someone was going to harm her. He shook his head, his mind was all over the place. “Yes, of course” Gendry felt absolutely like dog crap when the girl refused to leave him. At least he wasn’t imagining things. They had some weird type of connection between them but he knew the protocol. First she had to go to the hospital and since he bet it was the first time the girl stepped outside of the compound and into the real world; that the next step would be child services if she really was as young as she looked.   “Arry? That’s your name right?” Gendry remembered that was what the little boy had called her. “Here… this is my card. It has my phone number on it. You can call me if you need me ok?” Stupid, unnecessary and totally outside protocol but Gendry needed to reach out to her. Make sure that she’d be safe.   She nodded and followed the paramedic stealing glances back at him.   “Who are you?...” Gendry thought.   “Waters get your ass back here”.---   Back to business. End Notes Your feedback is always welcomed and taken into consideration. Have a great weekend. (Pray for me and my will to write lol) XOXO Please drop_by_the_archive_and_comment to let the author know if you enjoyed their work!