Yeah new story! For people who are starting with this as my first work their reading, It's been a while since I've posting a new update, let alone a new story. So I'm pretty excited about this!

This story exists in the Halo universe, but with the added planet of Remnant occupied by humanity. I would say this takes place somewhere during the original trilogy of the games. So humanity is still trying to keep their planets from being glassed by the Covenant. And speaking of Remnant, besides the characters that come from it, everything else pretty much follows the same rules of the Halo universe. No aura, or creatures of Grimm. You'll see what I mean later.

More will be talked about at the ending A/n!


The Fall of Remnant

Chapter 1: New Orders

*Thud* *Thud-Thud-Thud* *Thud*

Bandage wrapped fists struck the side of a punching bag fiercely. The force behind them making the bag of sand quake and recoil, nearly hitting the wall behind the training equipment.

*THUD!*

The bag was finally punctured by the aggressor's last hit and spun on the chain it was dangling from after slamming into the back wall, spewing sand like a water sprinkler.

"There you go again, breaking another one! I think the crew is getting tired of picking up after your mess, Yang." A black haired woman said, laughing as the blonde who delivered the final blow panted to catch her breath.

The black haired, amber eyed woman was wearing grey sweat pants and a black training bra while working out on the pull-up bar beside the blonde named Yang, who was in a similar get-up. She had one arm behind her back as she continued her reps with a subtle grin.

"Well…Maybe they shouldn't…Hahh…Make them so delicate!" Yang complained, still catching her breath as she wiped her face off with a towel, turning towards the showers.

Glancing to the still spinning bag of sand, the ravenette made out the numbers on the rapidly deflating face of the training equipment. "100 Kilos"With a huff she hopped down to follow the blonde, rolling her eyes at the figure in front of her.

"Yang, you know this equipment is for marines, not us. Even at their equipment's max weight, that bag's not going to last 5 minutes…"

"I know! Why do you think I was holding back, Blake? This place is like a child's playground... Remind me again why we're here?" Yang complained with a sigh as she found her own shower stall.

"Don't know any more than you. You'd have to ask Weiss. She seemed really stressed, or maybe upset…? I'm not sure. But she hardly said anything other than muttering to follow her aboard this hunk-of-junk…" Blake thought aloud to her squad mate as she entered her own shower stall.

"You think we're finally going to see some action again?" Yang tried containing her excitement in her voice, but Blake heard it clearly, even over the sound of both showers running.

Before the amber eyed woman could answer though, the old frigate class ship's intercoms came on.

"Gunnery sergeants Xiao Long and Belladonna, report to bridge." The voice was that of an older man's. One that seemed to carry an edge of annoyance through every syllable.

"I guess you'll find out soon…"


The pair made their way to the hall leading towards the bridge from the main elevators. The black and blonde haired women were now clad in their military uniforms after taking the time to get ready to meet the officer in charge of this station. A Frigate class vessel called the UNSC Morality.

As the doors opened, Yang's eyes landed on her squad leader, a shorter woman with long white hair tied into a bun peeking out beneath her officer's cap. The leader had an unfocused gaze, staring straight through a holo-display brought up from the center of the room as the presumed commander of this ship was in the middle of discussing something with her.

"Sir!" Blake announced while saluting, with Yang quick to follow with the gesture.

"Ah! Now that you're finally here, we can begin. Lieutenant Schnee, would you like to inform your squad of the newest update?" The commander asked with a wry smile, his white mustache arching slightly with his lip.

"Yes, commander Schnee…" The lieutenant gave out with a less than happy tone as she turned away from her father and the screen, towards her team.

'So this is daddy dearest? I wonder what this is about…' The blonde soldier thought in a mocking manner as she glanced the commander up and down before looking back to her squad leader, Weiss Schnee.

"We've received our new orders. It appears a planet has come under attack by a single Covenant cruiser." Weiss began easily enough as she gestured towards the holo-display she was recently staring at.

The image was that of a Covenant vessel orbiting around a planetary body the three girls found familiar.

"Is that…?" The words left Blake's mouth in hesitation, giving time for the last to be finished by someone else.

"…Remnant…" Yang uttered sadly at the hologram displaying their home world under attack. Her hand flexed into a fist as her melancholy demeanor turned to anger at the alien threat's gall. She'd be damned if she let those animals anywhere near what remained of her family. She couldn't go through this again…

The dark haired girl's attention fell on Yang as she finished her sentence for her, seeing the brewing of painful and familiar emotions within the now trembling hand. Reaching over, Blake gave a quick, and sharp tug on a stray lock of golden hair behind Yang's ear that had slipped from her hastily-made military bun.

After feeling the slight pressure on the side of her head, the woman lost in thought snapped out of it and peeked over to her squad mate to see Blake focused on their leader, but a small, playful smile ran up the side of her lips that was almost teasing in the way it was out of place. Yang's side.

A smile came to her mouth as well, as she turned her focus to Weiss to follow along. This wasn't the first time her best friend had used this method to snap her out of the foul moods that interrupted her concentration, and she was sure it wouldn't be the last.

"Yes, but it seems that they're not there to just glass it from orbit. They've dispatched of our defenses stationed there and deployed an unknown number of their forces on the surface. We have no idea why…" Weiss explained as she used the terminal to show them the Covenant's movement.

"And that's exactly what you'll be finding out for us." The elder Schnee added, hands behind his back as he walked around the terminal.

"We're dropping on the planet a safe distance from the Covenant force's initial landing point to locate their base. From there, we make our way closer to see if we can't find out what they're up to…" The squad leader tapped on the light blue map to mark the location she informed them of.

"You're forgetting something, Lieutenant…" Commander Schnee said. The same smile from before coming back to show just how much he wanted to hear her say it.

With a quiet, sharp sigh, Weiss turned back to her teammates. "When we land from our drop… We'll be linking up with our leader for the remainder of the mission…" The aggravation in her tone was tame and small, but the fact that Blake and Yang could hear it at all was a testament to how much this part irked their ever stoic and stern leader.

"Wait, what?! We're being assigned a new squad leader?!" Yang asked as the metaphorical bomb was dropped.

Yang and Weiss had been known to argue constantly on and off missions, that much was true, but if it's one thing the blonde knew about the Lieutenant, it's that she was a damn good leader and could always be counted on to have her back. It was a truth that had been proven time and time again during their careers on the same squad. It was clear that the sergeant had no interest in a new leader to follow.

"Not exactly!" Weiss tried quelling her worry while also outright denying that she was being replaced. The outburst caused her father's smirk to approach near sneering levels as she continued. "The UNSC thinks that we'll need assistance on this particular mission, so they're sending us some back up. It just so happens that they apparently outrank me somehow…"

"What does that mean?" Blake asked, just as befuddled as Yang was.

"They have ties to ONI, so all their files are covered up. The only thing I could figure out is that they haven't been in the military long, yet somehow they have a higher rank than Lieutenant and will be taking command of the mission."

"Well that's great! ONI's involved and they put someone else in charge! Hopefully they know how to handle a damn rifle…" Yang growled out sarcastically, crossing her arms in contempt.

"The higher ups did say that we would be needing their expertise on this mission…Whatever that means…" Weiss put forth, doubting it would actually be some egghead ONI scientist they were sending.

"So when do we need to be ready, Lieutenant?" Blake asked as she elbowed Yang in the side, stammering her complaining rant in view of the commander of the ship.

"We will arrive at Remnant at oh-seven hundred, planetary time. Check your gear and be ready at the drop pods on time. ODST's, you're dismissed!" Weiss granted their leave with a sharp salute, loving Blake's business-first like manner in these situations.


While Weiss stayed behind to continue her conversation with her father after dismissing them, the pair of ODST's made their way to their bunks to get some rest before the mission.

"Unbelievable! How dare they…" Yang uttered, her voice low with anger as the walk over to their rooms did nothing but give her time to think about what the Covenant were up to.

"ONI's never a good sign, but I'm sure they have their reasons for putting someone else in charge." The black haired trooper tried reasoning with her friend and teammate.

"No, not that! How dare the Covenant! That's our world they're messing with, Blake! …They're not going to get away with this…" Yang finished with an irritated grumble as she marched down the hall and punched the bunk door's control panel, forcing the entryway to slide open.

Blake watched as her blonde friend tore through the hall and entryway, a hopeless smile growing on her face. She shook her head before continuing after her, muttering under her breath. "You're always the first to get so worked up, you never give us a chance…"

As Blake walked in, Yang was on her upper bunk, lying down with her back to the room.

"You're like a child, you know that?" The ravenette breathed tiredly as she approached the top bunk and crossed her arms over the edge to lay her chin.

"Don't give me that shit, Belladonna! I know you're just as furious about this as I am!" Yang barked, still not facing her squad mate.

"Possibly…But what good is getting angry about it going to do us or Remnant right now? All we can do is wait until we drop…Then we can do something about it." Blake smirked as she just knew Yang's eyes lit up at how that sounded.

"You said it first, Yang. That's our world they're messing with…" Blake continued as Yang turned around, wanting to know if her friend was serious.

"…Those Covies aren't going to know what hit them!" The black haired woman encouraged as she stuck out her arm and hand to clasp, the blonde immediately accepting it with a grin.

"Hell yeah!" Yang exclaimed, happy to hear that she could count on her best friend.

"Well, you two are taking this about like I expected…" Someone muttered from the doorway, unannounced to the two at the top bunk.

"Hey, boss! How did your talk with daddy go?" Yang chirped with her signature smirk as she recognized Weiss, moving to a sitting position on the edge of the bed with her legs dangling off.

"About as I expected…" Weiss muttered a repeat with an eye roll as her squad member tried to get under her skin. "…Look, I get that you want to protect Remnant from those bastards and I do too, believe me…But in order to win, we have to know what they want first. They're clearly after something. Otherwise, they would have just bombarded Remnant from orbit until there was nothing left. So before you go stirring up trouble, let's see what we can learn first. Understood?"

"Roger!" "Yes, Lieutenant!" The other two ODST's sounded off as they gave salutes, one more proper than the other.

Weiss smiled as she turned to her own bunk, knowing that meant that they still followed her as their leader no matter the new orders.

"Let's try and get some rest then ladies. We have a busy day tomorrow…"


"I don't see you getting much use out of Ember this time, Yang…" Blake joked as she fixed her gloves, completing her ODST armor set besides the helmet resting on the bench beside her. Her armor was all black besides the distinct white stripes across the sides of her helmet and shoulder plates, signifying her being a part of Weiss' squad.

The three troopers were now in the locker rooms, suiting up and preparing before heading to the drop pod bay.

"You taking that bet?" Yang asked with a wishful smirk as she donned her similarly colored helmet. The last piece of her armor that matched Blake's completely. Nothing would stop Yang from putting her pride and joy to good use on every single mission they undertook. The blonde's primary weapon was the M90 model shotgun with a black and yellow pattern across the barrel.

"Don't do it, Blake. She'll find a way. She always finds a way…" Weiss groaned as she affixed her fully white greaves to her legs. They matched the color of her shoulder plates and the helmet that she picked up and kept at her side, the only piece distinguishing her from the rest of her squad.

"Check your weapons and don't forget to bring extra ammo just in case. It's better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it." Weiss droned on to the annoyance of the other two as they finished her sentence along with her.

"You really think there's even the possibility of us needing extra ammo? It's a recon mission, what are you expecting?" Yang asked as she and the other two put their M6C/SOCOM sidearms in their holsters. The Close Quarters Specialist then closed her locker after bringing a few spare clips for her pistol and loading up the small bandolier on her left arm bracer with shotgun rounds, putting the rest away in her armor.

"The unexpected…What happens if we're caught in an ambush? I don't want to fight off a group of 'Gators' with the butt of my rifle, Xiao Long." Weiss scoffed as she loaded her suppressed M392 DMR and strapped it to her back.

"She's right. It couldn't hurt to be over prepared. What's a few extra pounds to us?" Blake sided with her leader as she held her M7S suppressed SMG, slapping the clip into the side of the gun before putting it on the opposite thigh of her sidearm.

"Fine. Fine…I'm ready." Yang waved off as she put Ember on her back and faced her squad mates.

"Then let's go feet first into hell…" Weiss said with a smirk as she put on her helmet, leading the other two out of the locker room after making sure they had everything for the mission.


"Lieutenant Schnee!" An engineer called out as the three approached, throwing up a quick salute.

Weiss nodded at the callout, but said nothing as this was her first time seeing the man.

"The coordinates are already factored in. You'll be dropping near the major city of Vale. There's a forest to the east that would provide good cover for your squad. That's precisely where you'll be landing, just on the outskirts." The man explained as he walked with them to their drop pods.

"Good. And are the coordinates and goals for our objective updated as well?" Weiss asked as an indicator popped up in her HUD.

"Just did!" The engineer chirped as he tapped away at the tablet in his hands. "Just past the forest is where the Covenant have sent down ground forces to set up a base. Our out-of-orbit surveillance was cut off shortly after we saw movement on the ground, though…"

"Evaluate the strength of the forces and defenses. Remain undetected. And discover their plans if possible…" Weiss repeated through her comms to the others as she read off the new orders.

"Right, boss!" Yang repeated back, Blake merely sending a nod and quiet indication of understanding.

"So I assume that our squad leader is already on the ground, waiting for us?" Weiss asked the man as she opened up her pod.

"Hey, your guess is as good as mine! I haven't been told a thing about the one in charge of the ground mission." He said as he waved his arms back and forth.

"Of course…" Weiss uttered, irritated, as she put her rifle inside and sat down in her pod, turning on the pod screens to get a visual of her team doing the same.

"Hey, don't worry about it! We know who the real Ice Queen is!" Yang said through comms, trying to cheer her up the only way she knew how.

"Thanks, Yang…" The current squad leader deadpanned. "…Just make sure you guys still follow orders. I appreciate it, but I don't want to see either of you court-martialed."

"Aww…You do care!" Yang said with a taunting laugh.

"It wouldn't do for my subordinates to be seen as in-subordinate. That would reflect badly on me." Weiss quickly explained.

She couldn't see Yang's face, but the noise that the blonde made suggested that she stuck her tongue out at the monitor.

"Oh, well. I'm ready to kick this sucker off! Let's go!" Yang blew off the remark easily as she began tinkering with something that Weiss couldn't quite see, a proud giggle making it through from the blonde's pod.

"What are you up to n-…!"

The leader was cut off as she heard a faint siren go off. It got louder and was accompanied by gun fire and what sounded like carpet bombing…

Until a guitar and drums cut in…

"Xiao Long! You turn that migraine-waiting-to-happen off!" Weiss roared as she struggled with her helmet, before realizing it was too late to remove it as their pods were getting ready to launch.

"Oh, come on! This song's a classic!" Yang laughed as she played the air guitar in her pod, head banging lightly.

"Another mission, the powers have called me away. Another time to carry the colors again. My motivation, an oath I've sworn to defend. To win the honor of coming back home again…"

"XIAO LONG!" Her leader's voice barreled through the comms and speakers of the pod, but did nothing to phase the blonde's excitement as they began their rapid descent towards the planet of Remnant…


So that song was "Indestructible" By Disturbed if anyone was wondering. And considering this takes place around 2550, Disturbed would most certainly be considered a classic band, if they still have a following that is. I think it fit the persona of an ODST pretty perfectly, especially someone like Yang who, in the show RWBY, only gets stronger when hurt...

It's been a while since I've updated, as I said previously. And that's because I've been writing this story. I've actually stockpiled a few chapters of this and decided to try something different from what I normally do. Instead of posting chapters as I complete them, I'm going to release one every month until it's finished since I have up to chapter 5 completed. I think there will be 9 in total, so I hope I'll be able to finish this story before I run out. Here's hoping!

Please leave me a review if you could. I appreciate the feedback and would be happy to answer a question within reason of spoilers and the like. So don't be afraid to ask! Until next time, peace!