Yang's POV
Qrow talked about how beautiful it all looked at one point.
A lone Titan rested lazily on the ruins of an old factory. The sky was clear with the sun at it's highest point. Said sun shining down and glistening off of the Titan's armor, further exaggerating the yellow flames painted onto black metal. The sun also served to illuminate the Titan's colorful locks. Long blonde waves of hair cascaded down her back. On this factory building sat Yang Xiao Long, a woman of Eighteen years, as she casually observed the land before her. Yang's helmet sat next to her, keeping vigil over the Assault Rifle that was also leaning on the ridge of a very unstable building. Before the destroyed relic that was Yang's resting place, was the endless plains of the Cosmodrome. Snow dotted the hilly, green terrain along with the occasional ruin.
Yang thought about the stories her uncle told her about the Golden Age as she waited for her sister to return. Qrow always said that the Earth was once a beautiful place before the Darkness came. Awoken, Humans, and Machines alike all lived together. Flourishing with earth's endless resources. Looking at it now, someone would never guess that Earth had ever been anything more than a barren wasteland. But Yang knew better, she knew what her purpose was. Yang was a Guardian, a keeper of the light, made to eliminate the Darkness and serve the Traveler. These titles meant little to the blonde haired woman. Yang had become a Guardian for one reason and one reason only. To protect her sister.
Yang sat and looked on as these thoughts and more went through her head. Ruby was currently out on perimeter reconnaissance and Yang expected her back any moment. Not one moment after Ruby crossed Yang's thoughts did she hear snow crunching behind her, just under the ridge of the Building Yang sat on. Yang hopped to her feet and grabbed her gun, turning it towards the sound, all in one fluid motion.
Yang yelled the call sign that She and Ruby had agreed on before they began patrol. "Summer!"
A young, childish, female voice that Yang recognized right away responded. "Rose!" Not two seconds after the words reached Yang's ears did a armored hand reach up and grab the ledge, followed by a head of Red and Black hair. Yang lowered her gun as Ruby pulled herself up the side of the building. When Ruby was fully on the roof Yang took a moment to examine her sister and check for anything unusual.
Ruby is much smaller than Yang and, at first, one would never guess that they were ever related. Ruby had short hair that barely passed her shoulders. Where as Yang had Long Blonde hair that cascaded almost down to her waist. They also looked different in terms of armor and tactics. Yang was a Titan. She rushed in guns Blazing and her armor reflected this. Yellow paint decorated to look like flames dotted every section of armor. Every piece down to the helmet had a miniature furnace that never went out and burned brighter or dimmer depending on her emotions. Ruby on the other hand was a Hunter. Her armor was Black and red with several belts and pouches crisscrossing the breastplate. The armor blended in with the environment and it also came with a cloak that extended as if it had a mind of it's own.
Other guardians who had fought the sisters tended to think of Ruby as a Reaper of death and Yang was a one woman tank that decimated everything in her path. They would never guess that underneath they're helmets were young girls that had just matured. Ruby was only sixteen years old, two years younger than Yang. Despite they're obvious differences, they still worked amazingly well in the field.
Yang smiled at Ruby before questioning her on her findings. "Well lil' sis, what did you see out there?" Yang smiled in amusement when Ruby appeared slightly miffed at being called Little.
"Last I checked,-" Ruby smugly began "-I still hold the record for most consecutive headshots. Call me little after you beat that!"
"Hey, that's not fair!" Yang argued "Your arsenal is built for that. I was at an obvious disadvantage." Yang put her hand to her forehead and motioned dramatically, much like actors would do on T.V to mimic fainting.
Ruby seemed to think the dramatic exaggeration was funny and had to hold in her laughter. Yang caught the stifled giggles and decided to continue her antics.
"C'mon, I gotta make her laugh at least once today." Yang thought.
The blonde continued motioning dramatically as she slowly and unnoticeably moved toward Ruby. "Oh how could I ever beat the Infamous Ruby Rose in a sniping contest? I have been grievously outmatched, and by my own sister no less!" Yang then got close enough and collapsed onto Ruby without warning.
Ruby hadn't been expecting over three hundred pounds of armor to fall on her and she quickly collapsed under the weight. However, Ruby had been trained to handle much worse weights and instead of being in pain she was laughing Whole-heartedly at Yang's stupidity.
"Y-yang you idiot." Ruby struggled to speak in between her bouts of laughter.
"Yeah I'm an idiot, but I'm an idiot that made you laugh." Yang stated as she lay on top of Ruby, pinning her to the Rooftop. Yang also just noticed that Ruby's helmet was chained to her belt. A helmet that was very nearly crushed by yang's weight. Luckily, the chain threw the helmet to the side preventing Yang from landing directly on it. "So, I bet your Cloak is as comfortable as a blanket huh Rubes?"
Ruby was giggling now and actually answered Yang without any problems. "Yes my cloak is comfy Yang, but I think your getting distracted again."
Yang rolled off of Ruby and continued looking at her sister, observing how her hair conveniently covered her right eye. Yang put her finger to her chin in a pose of thought before instantly responding. "Hmmm nah. I'm not distracted. I'm doing my job just fine."
Ruby smirked at Yang, her eyes softening before questioning Yang. "And what job is that Yang?"
Yang looked at her sister and saw every detail. The smile that didn't quite reach her eyes, the thin scar right across Ruby's cheek from a grazing bullet, the sparkle of innocence in her silver left iris, the fact that behind the strands of hair covering her right eye sat an orb of steel instead of flesh. In that moment Yang saw the sixteen year old girl that she had sworn to take care of. And Yang smiled.
"My job is to make you happy."
Ruby smiled at Yang before leaning over and kissing Yang on the cheek. "Thanks Mom."
Yang grinned at being called Mom.
Ruby stood up and leaned over Yang, hands on hips before speaking. "Well, if you want to make me happy, then you can help me." Ruby offered her hand to Yang who took it instantly, allowing herself to be pulled up. "And I have the perfect thing for you to help me with."
"And what would that be Rubes?" Yang questioned as she dusted herself off and recovered her helmet from it's resting place before Chaining it to her belt, allowing Yang's hair to sway freely. Yang also recovered her assault Rifle and scanned it into her armor data banks for usage later. Yang then looked back at her sister for a response to her question.
Ruby put her hands behind her back and glanced at the ground, the perfect picture of shyness. "Ummm."
Yang gave her sister a questioning glance as she waited. Ruby looked up at her sister with a nervous grin. "I know I said I wouldn't ask anymore, but I wanted to ask-"
Yang cut off her sister with a sigh, already knowing what she was asking. "Ruby!" Yang voiced with obvious exasperation in her voice.
Ruby immediately started waving her hands in front of her face, almost like she' trying to block her sisters annoyance. "W-wait! Yang hear me out! I just want a ride to the camp! That's it! I promise!"
Yang gave Ruby her Mom Glare (Patent-Pending) before responding. That's what you said last time! And the time before that, and the time before that, and the time before-"
"All right!" Ruby cut her older sister off. "I get it! Can you please just let me hitch a ride with you! You sparrow is cool and I wanna ride it! Besides I gotta make sure the engine is running properly."
Yang seemed to think over the arrangement for a moment. Her sparrow did need to be checked by Ruby soon anyway. After all, Ruby knew more about elemental sparrows then she did. She made hers first for a reason. Coming to a decision Yang slumped over and breathed out a sigh of defeat. Ruby, knowing she had won, gave her sister a gleaming grin before bouncing in place, obviously excited.
"Thank you Yang!"
Yang started to type in the command to summon her sparrow into her wrist pad. "Your never gonna grow out of this habit are you?"
Ruby looked entirely to happy as she stared at the materializing sparrow and responded. "Nope!"
"Oh My God, I am a taxi service for my sister." Yang thought before she looked at her sparrow. It was a bit bigger than a normal sparrow. It had to be. Normal sparrows can't carry two people, dual miniguns, and flame exhausts. Ruby started giggling like a child and rambling about Yang's sparrow as she checked the whole thing over. Yang was thankful Ruby was here, Yang built the basic portions of the sparrow but Ruby did everything else. Of course she wants to make sure everything works. Besides, despite the argument they had, Yang would gladly let Ruby ride with her if it meant that she would laugh like this. Oftentimes it's easy to forget Ruby is only sixteen years old.
"-And are the chainguns spinning properly? They should be shooting around three hundred rounds a minute? What type of ammo do they use again? 5.56 right? Or was that .45? .308? I don't quite remember."
Of course, Ruby could go on a tangent sometimes and needed to be stopped by someone else. Mostly just Yang since she was among the few people who didn't stop and stare at the young huntress rambling in awe about advanced technology.
"Ruby."
The brunette showed no response and continued her rant.
"Are you liking the engines Yang? Are they running properly? You should know I spent a long, long time on them! So you better not damage them! Do you have any idea how long it took to make the engine make that cool loud VROOOMM sound when you rev it up? Way too much time I tell you!"
"Ruby." Yang repeated exasperation obvious in her tone.
Ruby kept fiddling with the sparrow chassis as her Ruby Rant, (Patent-Pending), continued on.
"YANG! What happened to the paint job! And what about all these dents?! I just painted this like, three days ago! Did you drive over landmines again!? What have I told you about this sparrow! Just because a made it almost indestructible doesn't mean you can drive like a reckless oaf!"
Gasping in dismay, Ruby continued to ream her sister out for details and information without giving her a chance to respond. Ruby insulted Yang and didn't even look in her direction. At this point, Yang was basically done as she let loose a sigh. Walking forward a few steps, Yang reached out and slapped Ruby on the back of the head. Not hard enough to cause harm, but hard enough to snap her sister out of it.
"Owww! Yaaaang!" Ruby looks up at Yang and pouts, as if she couldn't believe her eldest sister would ever lay a hand on her. For a second, Yang's flinches and see's a completely different image. A nightmare that passes so quickly she can't even recognize what she's looking at. She shrugs it off as fast as possible before she can start freaking out, but the scent of blood is oddly prominent.
"You don't need to freak out over my Sparrow Rubes. At least, not out here." Ruby gave Yang her weaponized Doe Eyes before trying to justify her actions.
"But Yang! It has so many problems with it! The-" Yang bopped her sister on the head before she could start another rant before sighing and giving Ruby a hopeless gaze.
"If I let you play around with Demolition back at the tower, will you stop nagging me?" Ruby immediately stands up straighter and positively beams at her sister.
"Yep!" Yang gave Ruby a look that basically screamed "Are you Serious?" before hopping onto her sparrow. She revved the engine and Demolition gave a load roar as it started up. Ruby started giggling like a child possessed when she heard Demolition's Engine.
"It sounds so awesome!" Ruby jumped onto the sparrow and latched her arms around Yang in one fluid motion. Oblivious to the Sparrow jostling around in a dangerous manner. Yang just had this blank, dead look on her face. As if this was a normal occurrence that had happened plenty of times before.
"Are you ready Sis?" Yang didn't even look back at Ruby as she asked her question. She just started double checking her footing on the Sparrow before getting ready to drive.
"Yep! All set."
"Where we goin Rubes?" Yang's annoyed attitude seemed to be fading away and her normal carefree attitude replaced it as she accepted her place as Ruby's personal courier.
"See those mountains over there?" Ruby reached over her sister and pointed toward a more grassy area of the cosmodrome. An area that dregs frequented often.
"We goin hunting Rubes?" Yang looked back at her sister, a question in her eyes. Ruby nodded before giving an explanation.
"My recon! I never told you what I found. There is a small Vandal camp about 5 miles over the crest of that hill. A cliff oversees the camp site." Ruby gave her sister a wolfish grin. A look that Yang mirrored.
"I like the way you think Ruby." Yang revved up Demolition and drove off. Ruby held onto her sister tightly, grinning the whole time.
"This is gonna be fun." Yang was sitting atop a cliff with her sister. Ruby was using her rifle, Silver Stare, to scope out the camp whilst Yang was vibrating in place, eager to fight.
"What's down there Rubes?" Yang sprawled out on the ground next to Ruby, trying to get a look at the camp they were about to wreck.
Yang looked down the Cliffside and saw a few specks at the bottom. They were a LOT higher up than Yang originally thought, and the sheer drop down seemed oddly inviting to the female titan. A hundred story drop? No biggie. Ruby let out a thoughtful hum, a signal for Yang's attention. A signal that Yang obeyed.
"There are two tents propped up against the Cliffside. A few feet ahead of those is a campfire that most of them are huddled around."
"How many?"
"I count fifteen. Seven Dregs, three Vandals, and Vandal captain. They're all lounging around the campfire. A few dozen feet away from the main camp, three Shank drones and a Servitor are tied to a pole."
Yang nodded in satisfaction. This fight was tilted in their favor. Firepower and surprise made for a very nice advantage.
"Alright Rubes. How're we gonna do this?"
Ruby stood up and slung her rifle around her shoulder before walking a bit away from the ledge. Yang followed her sisters suit and walked after her. The younger sister stopped a fair distance away from the edge before starting to hit some buttons on her wrist pad. Yang stood behind her wondering what the red reaper was planning. A few moments of silence later and some items materialized in front of Ruby before falling into the snow. Yang walked over to stand by her sister and stared down at the items that had spawned.
"Ruby? Is that what I think it is?" A Giant heavily customized Scythe lay in the snow. Along with it was what looked like a modified knife with a dial on the end and a steel box that Yang knew to contain a heavy duty parachute.
"Yes! Yes it is." Ruby walked forward and crouched down in front of the huge blade. She grabbed the steel parachute box and strapped it to her back. Yang heard a solid Thunk as the box magnetized itself to her metal armor. Ruby then grabbed the strange knife before standing up and walking over to stand in front of her sister.
"Yang, remember a few days ago? When I asked if I could borrow your armor?" Yang thought back to a couple days ago. She was working out in the gym when Ruby came running in asking if she could borrow her armor. Yang gave her the go ahead, but she didn't think Ruby would actually do anything substantial.
"Yeah. I remember. What did you do?" Ruby grabs Yang's arm before holding it between them. Ruby turns her sisters gauntleted hand over, palm up. Then she points at a section of her forearm.
"Here. I added something." Yang stares down at the underside of her forearm and notices something. There is a slit. It looks like port made for the knife that Ruby is holding right now. Yang doesn't even get a chance to question anything before Ruby continues.
"This knife is special." Ruby holds up the knife, staring at it. "I call it the Data Knife. I made it into a data uploader that doubles as a blade. Jam it into any electronic and it will start uploading or downloading whatever you want." Ruby taps the dial on top. I dial that Yang now realizes is holographic.
"This dial is basically your progress bar. It will show the percentage of your current hack." Yang is staring at her sister in utter shock before she starts spouting off questions.
"Ruby wait, why is there a port for that in my armor?" Ruby considers the question for about a second before continuing with her explanation. "I put the port in your armor for two reasons. One, a port is smarter than just randomly stabbing you to install upgrades. Two, your armor is sturdier than mine and I needed a resistant base to test this. If it works, I'll have one too."
Yang's eyes widen in shock at Ruby's nonchalant way of saying that she had put untested tech in her armor.
"Ruby!" Yang squealed in shock. "You put untested tech in my armor?" Ruby's grip tightens, holding her sister in place. Yang is met with a glare from Ruby and notices a slight blue glow behind the hair that covers her right eye at all times.
"Yang." The cold tone that Ruby takes then makes Yang freeze. "I've tested the knife on several electronics. It works just fine. I've made miniature copies of the port in your armor and those work too. It's perfectly safe." Ruby's eye softens and her grip on Yang's arm loosens ever so slightly. "I would never put you in danger like that Yang."
Yang takes a deep inhale before shaking off her nervousness and narrowing her eyes at Ruby. "All right. What next?" Ruby gives her sister a small grin before continuing on how to use the Data Knife "What I have in the knife now is a fairly simple Trojan Hijacking Virus. Download it into any electronic, and it will immediately activate any inactive tech after repurposing it. Use it to hack turrets, unlock doors, turn floodlights on or off, and a fairly large amount of other tasks."
"So why is there a port in my armor?" Yang worriedly frowned down at the hole in her armor that could honestly unlock anything.
"Because I installed some upgrades that need to be tested, and now's the perfect time." Before the fiery titan can resist, the Red Reaper jams the Data knife into the port, allowing the dial to flare to life. Yang is mystified as three orange rings appear to float over the Dial in a funnel shape. The top circle is the largest whilst the bottom circle is the smallest. These rings are actually percentage bars which become obvious when the top ring begins to fill up, coloring itself blue. Seconds later and the bottom ring fills up and the whole display vanishes. In it's place appears the words "Hack Complete" before Ruby removes the knife and the dial goes blank again.
"There. The upgrades should be active now." Yang bounced on the balls of her feet as she observed herself. "I don't feel any different."
"You shouldn't. All I did was activate your collapsible shield and your shock absorption gel." Yang stared wide eyed at Ruby, clearly asking for help. Ruby walked up to Yang and grabbed her wrist. Yanking Yang over towards her, Ruby hit a few button on her wrist pad before showing it to her sister.
"See?" There's a new option now." Ruby wasn't lying. Yang could clearly see a new "Shield" option amongst her normal slew of hacking tools. Tapping the button, Yang was surprised and shocked to see a giant circular shield unfold and settle onto her right arm. It was big, about four feet in diameter.
"What the fuck?" Yang felt a metal handle in her hand and went to move her arm. It moved normally, unrestrained by this foreign object. Yang let go of the shield and it simply slipped off her arm. Hitting the snow, the shield landed before staying still. However, when Yang went to reach for the shield, it shook a bit before rushing towards her hand and reconnecting itself perfectly. Handle and all.
"Throw it Yang." The Titan turned around to stare at her sister. Ruby seemed to just be watching and taking note of how the shield was working. She gave Yang a nod of affirmation before nodding over to a nearby tree. "Throw the shield Yang. It will be cool, I promise."
Yang looked at the small spruce tree that sat nearby. It wasn't very sturdy looking, about two feet thick. Yang still wasn't expecting much though. The Titan drew her arm back before swinging forward and releasing the handle right at the apex of her swing. The shield sailed away, similar to a chakram disc. It cleaved the tree in two, before continuing on it's path like nothing had happened. It didn't even lose any momentum and all Yang could do as the tree fell over with a crash, was gape in open wonder.
"Don't let it get away Yang." Yang looked at her sister in confusion and was met with a look of amusement. The Titan reached out for the shield that was about three dozen feet away from the mountain at this point and to her surprise, the shield made a U-turn before coming straight back towards her. Yang felt a s shiver of fear as a steel projectile sailed at her face at around fifty miles an hour. However, her fears were pointless, as the shield latched back onto her arm perfectly. As if it never left. The impact was a bit rough, but Yang had dealt with worse.
"Hey, the shock absorption gel works!" Yang turned around to see Ruby bouncing up and down in joy. "If it wasn't working, then that impact probably would have fractured your arm."
Yang didn't even bother trying to get angry over Ruby's complete dismissal of the risk involved with this shield. Instead she watched as the red reaper sat down by that giant scythe and began to hit some more buttons on her wrist pad. A few moments later, a large ammo box with the words ".20 MM Cannon" scrawled onto it, spawned and fell into the snow with a loud clank. The box looked like a steel trunk and Ruby opened it before grabbing a few bullets out of it, bullets the size of her forearm.
"So, why do we need all this stuff Rubes? What are you planning?"
"It's quite simple." Ruby collapsed the Scythe down into what appeared to be a bolt action rifle before pulling an empty magazine out of the bottom of it. "I'll glide over the camp with a parachute, providing cover fire for you with Crescent Rose here." Ruby tapped on the giant rifle in her lap to emphasize her point. A rifle that was named Crescent Rose.
"What will I be doing then?" Ruby put a tenth bullet into the giant rifle magazine before putting it back into Crescent Rose. Standing up, Ruby turned and gave her sister a wicked grin. "You, my dear sister, will be skydiving into the enemy camp. Causing as much chaos and destruction as possible as you do what you do best!"
Yang suddenly realized what the shield was for and gave a smile of her own. "Am i turning some fallen into pancakes sis?"
Ruby unchained her helmet from her belt and donned it as she marched over to the edge of the cliff once again, making sure nothing had changed as she stared through Crescent's scope.
"Yep, shock and awe tactics all the way!" Yang walked up to stand next to her sister as she double checked the enemy positions. She grabbed her helmet that had been chained to her belt this whole time and put it on, knowing she would need it. The helmet had a gap that Yang's hair fit through and she had done it up in a ponytail on the way here. Satisfied with the helmets fit Yang watched as her Hud came online. The height level on the left side of her Hud said that she was one hundred floors above ground level. Yang was gonna enjoy watching that tick down.
"Well, I'm ready when you are Rubes!"
Ruby came away from her scope and stepped away from the ledge a few steps. Pulling her hood over her head, Ruby double checked her gear.
"Good, it's go time. None of the hostiles have moved all that much. You dive first, I'll follow to get a good height over these guys."
Yang gave a wry grin as she backed off a bit. She needed a good running start after all!
"See ya next fall Rubes!" Yang ran and leaped off the cliff, beginning her hundred floor descent. The wind in her ears was a very calming sound as Yang stared at the camp that resided on the ground below her. The floor was rapidly approaching, the Titan estimated about a minute of flight time before impact. Yang turned flipped around midair, removing the shield off her arm before putting in under her feet. Using it as a sort of surfboard. She looked down and saw hat the ground was VERY close now, Yang could actually see the Fallen individually now. Ruby was right, Fifteen in all. Yang was gonna land right in the middle of the camp. This realization made Yang smile underneath her helmet.
Twenty floors
Yang watched as the meter on her Hud clicked down.
Ten Floors
"Showtime." Yang's words were snatched up by the screaming wind.
BOOM
The impact rocked Yang's body and sent a cloud of powder snow up in the air, but there was no pain so she didn't care. The Titan noticed the yelling and screeching happening around her and looked at her radar. She counted ten red dots surrounding her.
"Only ten?" Yang voiced out loud as she stood up. Looking around, The Titan saw that the snow cloud was dissipating. Six dregs stood in front of her. Small bipedal creatures that wore masks. Fallen usually had four arms, two on each side of their body. Dregs however, had the bottom two arms amputated for some reason. Yang never cared enough to figure out why. Honestly, Fallen could almost pass for human if it wasn't for they're pale blue skin and the whole four arms thing. Behind her stood four Vandals, each holding a spear securely with two of their arms And a plasma rifle with the other two.
"Well?" The Fallen seemed to shrink away from The Titan's voice, but they held their ground. "We gonna get this party started or what?"
Yang suddenly heard a gurgling sound coming from underneath her. Looking down she noticed the large blood platter underneath her shield along with the crushed body of the Vandal Captain. He was crushed flat, only one arm and his head was visible. Everything was most likely reduced to goop underneath the weight of her shield.
"Oh! I was wondering where you were at big guy! This explains a lot actually." All at once the Fallen surrounding Yang gave a guttural roar in response to seeing their leader slaughtered. Brandishing their weapons, they all ran towards The Titan, intent to kill obvious.
"Finally!" Yang ran towards the nearest Dreg ignoring the dagger and pistol in his hand entirely. She jumped up and viciously kneed the Dreg in the face watching with satisfaction as his mask shattered beneath the force. His face wasn't much better. Yang then used his body as a springboard and launched her self backwards, behind the Vandals that were coming up behind her. Yang flipped upside down and stared at the Vandals back as two sawed of shotguns materialized into her hands. Before Yang hit the ground she took aim and fired into the backs of two vandals, spraying the Fallen in the viscera of their comrades. Yang's back hit the ground and she rolled perfectly into a crouched position. The Titan observed her prey as she took off running towards the Cliffside wall.
"Two down!" A few stray bullets hit the ground around Yang's feet, the Fallen had opened fire. Not that it mattered, their aim was terrible. Yang looked up and saw a Giant square parachute holding a small girl almost 90 floors up. Ruby's cloak billowed in the breeze, adding a dramatic flair that Yang appreciated. Ruby was in position most likely waiting for Yang to give the signal. Yang signed the word "Fire" as she ran, giving Ruby the all clear.
Not even two seconds after, a loud crack sounded across the sky. If it was raining, Yang would have mistaken it for a thunderclap. Turning around, Yang saw the fallen screeched in horror as they backed away from the corpse of a dreg. It's whole top half had exploded into a mess of gore and bone. A crater had appeared right underneath it. It was a small crater, about 7 seven feet in diameter and one foot deep, but it was telling of the force Crescent was packing.
Yang dropped her shotguns and pulled out her assault rifle, Soul Burn, before letting loose a torrent of lead. Every Fallen that was previously chasing The Titan, was now running away as they were torn to pieces by the stream of bullets. A few bullets rammed into Yang's side, knocking the air out of her. Another crack of thunder followed. Yang turned to her right and saw that the drones were trying to take potshots at her, even tied to a pole as they were. One of them had exploded after Ruby fired her rifle, probably the one that got lucky and landed a few shots.
The drones were fragile and boxy, having multiple eyes on front of them, with two rotors on either side. A small turret was bolted to the bottom. Efficient, but easy to break. Yang fired off a few rounds and easily destroyed the drones. Watching as they exploded, Yang observed the field of battle. The fallen she had shot earlier lay either dead or dying in the snow. The drones were destroyed.
"Then why so I feel like I'm missing something?"
Another shot from crescent answered her question. Yang whipped around and saw a Giant robotic orb, lying on the ground, a large five inch hole through it's top.
"Oh right! The Servitor! Forgot the jerks could teleport." Yang put her rifle on her back, hearing it magnetize, before scooping her shotguns off the ground. They were lever action, so Yang cocked them both, watching as the smoking shotgun shells were ejected from the barrels. Leveling one at the Servitor, Yang fired one more blast, putting the machine out of it's misery.
"Well, that was fun." Yang scanned her Shotguns into her databanks for later and began to walk over to her shield. Before she could reach it though, a fallen erupted out of the ground, screeching a it took a swing at Yang. The Titan jumped back, dodging the two spears this fallen was trying to stab her with.
"Hey! Using the snow to hide? Neat trick! I have one too!" Yang reached out towards the Lone, snow covered Vandal, holding her hand in the air. The Creature was confused at the Titans actions, tilting it's head and staring. Yang chuckled before speaking.
"No pal, I'm not reaching for you. Though you may wanna turn around?" The Vandal tensed up before whipping around just in time to see a steel shield decapitate him before latching onto the Titan's arm. Yang started laughing at the body as it slowly fell over, seemingly frozen in shock at having it's head cut off.
"That was awesome!" Yang hit some buttons on her wrist pad before the Shield began to fold itself up. Fitting right back into her right arm. The Titan shook her arm a few times to test for stiffness before pressing a button on the side of her helmet.
"You all good up there Rubes?" Yang looked back up at her sister, noticing that she had floated about twenty floors down. Yang gave the sniper a wave. Yang heard a voice speak through her helmet in response.
"I'm fine Yang! What about you?"
"I'm doing awesome! Get down here already, we got to loot these guys."
"On It."
Yang watched as the parachute her sister was riding on suddenly retracted back into the steel box on her back. Ruby started to free fall, using the Cliffside to slow herself down. Ruby's Cloak flapped around in the wind as she fell. Seconds later Ruby launched off the wall to land in front of her sister with a solid Thunk. Standing back up, Ruby took off her hood and removed her helmet before giving Yang an ear splitting grin.
"Well! How did I do Yang? Was it a good plan? Did I do good?" Yang took off her helmet, re-chaining it to her belt, before reaching out and patting Her younger sister on the head.
"Yeah Ruby." Yang smiled and praised her sister calmly. "It was a great plan and you were perfect out there."
Ruby grinned even bigger, if that was possible, and gave Yang a crushing hug. Yang grinned and returned the hug, wondering if they could use that strategy in the crucible.
"Well, wanna go shopping?" Ruby started giggling at Yang's terrible joke before letting go of her and nodding feverishly.
"Yeah! I wanna see if I can use anything here!"
"Well then get going the brat! Gotta get them discounts!" Now Ruby is full blown laughing as she walks away towards the Fallen corpses.
"Yang, this isn't a store!" Yang stood there and watched as her sister searched through the corpses, humming a happy pop tune all the while. A part of Yang felt a bit of guilt, watching her sister be so jolly as she searched through corpses. But the bigger part was just happy that Ruby could be joyful at all.
Yang sat there and wondered if they should go home after this or if they should go look at town five miles north that looked really interesting.
"Hey Rubes?" Ruby looked away from the Servitor wreck she was in the middle of stripping for parts.
"Yes Yang?"
Yang nodded towards the city on the horizon.
"That city over there. We're allowed to go there right?"
Ruby narrowed her eyes at the city, thinking about it.
"Well, we were never told that we CAN'T go there. Soooo, it should be fine?"
Yang stared at the city and thought about her options. Something about it seemed important, like she was supposed to go there.
"Yang?" The Titan snapped out of her haze and looked at her sister. Ruby was staring at her in concern.
"You find anything good Rubes?" Ruby pouted before answering.
"No, just the normal stuff, glimmer, basic engines, some bullets. Nothing valuable."
"Hmm. Well, we can't go home empty handed can we?"
Ruby looked at her sister in surprise before smiling.
"Really? We're going to the city?"
Yang nodded before pressing some buttons on her wrist pad. Her sparrow materializing before her,
"Yep! You need the gear anyway. Besides, if the intel is true, that city is abandoned anyway. Should be safe."
Yang mounted Demolition, motioning for Ruby to do the same. With that, the sisters drove off, leaving the Fallen camp full of corpses behind them.
The last sound any of those dying Fallen heard was that of a young girl giggling as she drove away.