A/N: Ah hello my readers, I have a new story here for your enjoyment. Some characters from my first story are going to be recycled and used here, others... Not so much. On that topic, I will not be accepting very many, if any at all, OCs this time around as it got out of hand last time (the ones you saw were just the ones I decided to use, a lot of people don't know the definition of the word 'Balance'. Seriously, wayy too many overpowered shenanigans). You'll see who returns (technically as this is a new world with a new story arc) and whatnot, along with what changes come with my OCs involvement in the world of RWBY. With out a further delay, I present to you my newest creation, Enjoy!
Chapter 1: A Rough Start
Alex's POV, nighttime, unknown day
I kept behind cover as more small arms fire kept whittling away at what little protection I had in the form of a concrete pillar.
'How did everything go so downhill so quickly?' I thought to myself as I bolted away from the facility towards the surrounding forest in hopes of evading my attackers. May I only be so lucky...
Alex's POV, Thursday morning
"Please be careful honey, you know how I worry about you" my mom said as she handed me my hunting gear.
"It's not the first time i have done this mom, besides, if I don't then we are out of a place to live." I said as I slung my rifle over my shoulder.
"But you shouldn't have to go on hunts like this, you're still a kid, you shouldn't have to put your life on the line just to have a place to stay" she said as she looked down with her fists clenched
"It's not your fault mom, you supported me most of my life, It's only fair that I return the favor. Not to mention that you can't hunt anymore since your arm is fucked" I said as I looked at the long scar that ran from her wrist to her shoulder.
"Damn Wolf, I can't believe I let it get the drop on me." She said with a disgusted look on her face
"If it makes you feel any better, I got a lead on that wolf, maybe I could bring its face for you" I said as I worked the bolt action on my custom hunting rifle to remove the clip.
"That's real sweet of you son, now go and bring home some venison so we can sell the shit" she said as she gave me a hug and handed me an extra box of .308 rounds. I hopped into my old Ford and began the long drive to the forest atop the mountain to hunt down some deer so my house would stay mine for another month. While I drive, I suppose I should break the fourth wall here and inform you about who I am and my current situation. My name is Alex 'snapshot' Miller, I'm 16 years old and I live in Alaska with my mother as hunters. We hunt deer mainly and make use of everything we shoot, whether it be the bones being made into jewelry or the innards being used to feed pigs, every little bit is turned into profit. Not the most steady way of living but it is better than being trapped in the city, I miss my horse though (damn wolf). My rifle was customized by a local gunsmith, it has a variable scope with extended magazines (8 rounds per clip instead of 5) and an adjustable stock so I can aim a bit better. Wall break end!
After a few hours of silent driving (as my vehicle is from the 1950s, the chances of the radio working in the first place wasn't very high), I pulled up to the entrance to my favorite hunting grounds to see a sign posted under the trail entrance sign:
Warning! Dangerous Killer Wolf in area, $10,000 Reward for Photographic evidence of death of Wolf, $20,000 for bringing back the Body.
Underneath the picture was a pitch black wolf with intricate white markings along a majority of its body.
'Damn, very rarely does an animal get a reward on it like this, must have did a number on quite a few people. This thing looks familiar though.' I thought as I pulled up my satellite phone and dialed up my mom. The phone rang a few times and then it was picked up.
"Hello?" She answered
"Hey mom, what did the wolf that attacked you and seabiscuit last year look like?" I asked because I needed to know.
"I told you once before, it was black and had white markings along it's body." She said as I heard the teapot in the background, probably her 'herbal' blend.
"Thanks mom, I am off to bring home the bacon, love you" I told her
"Love you too sweetie, be careful" she said before she hang up the phone. I pocketed my phone and grabbed my rifle from the gun rack that was on the back window. I looked at my personal handgun and decided to take it with me, especially if there's a Wanted poster for a wolf in the area. I checked over my .458 Socom to ensure that it was in working order before leaving my truck.
Satisfied with my look over, I opened the door but I stopped to grab all my ammo boxes and clips. Not sure what possessed me to do that, but none the less, I began the long trek to my bird's nest.
Thursday night, bird's nest
'5 fucking hours and not a single animal has even come close to here' I thought as I leaned back against the tree.
'Ah screw it, a nap sounds really good right now' I thought as I pulled my hat over my eyes and began to fall asleep to the sounds of the forest...
Snap
I woke up instantly and looked around for any signs of movement. I almost gave up until I saw a speck of white slowly moving towards me. I leveled my rifle and made some readjustments to the scope, and then I finally saw my target; the wolf from the wanted poster. Now, venison sells quite well in the states at $14.50 per pound (AN: I wish I was kidding but I'm not. Far cheaper to kill the Damn thing yourself), but this wolf is worth far more. I wouldn't have to hunt for at least a year if I bring it down. With this quick mental calculation in mind, I turned on my GoPro camera to capture the footage, and then I adjusted my aim so that it was just above and slightly to the left of it's head (compensation for bullet drop and wind).
I slowed my breathing so that my heart would be beating slower to reduce the idle sway a tad bit. I made one final adjustment, held my breath, and pulled the trigger...
...And the shot was true, going straight through its head and out the back, dropping it like a sack of potatoes. I released the breath I was holding and worked the bolt action to ready the next round. I slung my rifle back over my shoulder and went down the ladder to claim my prize. As I walked closer to the dead animal, I saw something strange that I honestly couldn't explain. The wolf was evaporating into smoke, slowly vanishing from the world.
"So much for the $20,000, at least it won't be hurting anyone else." I said aloud to myself since I didn't have to worry about scaring off any potential targets since my bullet did that for me. I let out a tired sigh and began the 30 minute walk back to my truck since I wasn't going to have to hunt again for quite some time.
'Something feels... Off' I thought to myself as I hooked up my GoPro to my satellite phone to send the clip back to mom, although I left the evaporation part out so that the video isn't put into question. As I walked, I felt an overwhelming sense of emptiness. It doesn't help that the forest has gone silent... Wait, what?
The forest has indeed grown silent, which is never a good sign. I pulled out my .458 Socom and broke into a jog in the hopes of getting the hell out of here as fast as I fucking could. I heard some sticks snap behind me so I peeked over my shoulder and almost had a heart attack, there was a hell of a lot of these black wolves chasing me. I knew I couldn't outrun them since the one I just shot outran a horse that was at a full sprint (RIP seabiscuit). I stopped and readied my hunting knife in my left hand just incase they got too close.
"You want me, COME AND GET ME!" I screamed as they rushed at me. I opened fire at the closest wolves, one shot per head, dropping them like flies. After dropping 12, I heard my gun let out a 'Click', notifying me that I need to reload so I holstered it along with my knife and quickly switched to my rifle, firing as fast as I could work the bolt action. I heard a low growl to my left so I quickly turned in that direction and fired (AN: Quickscope~), taking my target's head clean off. I turned back to the main group just in time to block a swing from one of the black wolves with my rifle. I then smacked it in the face with the butt of my gun and shot it right in the throat. I heard my rifle click as it ran out of ammo, from there, all I could do was scream in agony as I was torn limb from limb...
(I AM A LINE)
My vision slowly came back to me as I tightly gripped the handle of my rifle in my right hand. I sat up and looked around, taking in the rather spartan layout of the area, some buildings in the middle of a forest. With an audible groan, I climbed to my feet and checked over my gear. I still had 4 boxes of .308 rounds (40 rounds a box) and 4 boxes of .458 rounds (60 rounds a box). I had 4 clips for each weapon plus the clip in each weapon although they were all empty. I sighed as I sat down and began the monotonous task of reloading each clip, bullet by bullet. 30 minutes and a box of each ammo type later, I was rearmed and ready to take on what ever comes my way. I took a better look around and saw a weird insignia on the wall, it looked like a fist crushing a rabbit but it was faded and it was getting darker so I couldn't quite tell. I was pulled from my thoughts by someone's footsteps, actually it sounded like 3 separate people walking down the hall.
"Hello?" I called out in hopes of figuring out where in the hell I am. The footsteps stopped and then approached me quickly as I saw 3 people in all black Kevlar armor appear into view. They were all carrying a strange pistol type weapon that I have never seen before.
"Hey, umm could you tell me where I am and possibly point me towards town so I can find a way home?" I asked the soldiers
"Well well well, look what he have here boys, some trash got lost. I suppose we should take care of it" the middle soldier said as he raised his gun in my direction... Shit
I quickly bolted to some concrete support pillars and took cover as small arms fire peppered the ground behind me. I kept behind cover as more fire began to whittle away at it.
'Do they not need to reload?' I thought to myself as what little protection I had in the form of the concrete pillar began to crumble. I looked at the forest to see it was about 40 yards from my current position.
'How did everything go downhill so quickly?' I asked myself as I bolted to the forest in the hopes of escaping from my attackers. Right before I made it to the forest, I felt a sharp, burning pain in my right arm, so I looked down to see that I got shot just below the shoulder.
'So much for fighting back if I have to, I can't hit shit with my left arm.' I thought as I kept running, jumping, climbing, and sliding through the forest. I saw a downed tree that led to higher ground so I ran up it and continued hauling ass through the forest. I kept running until I hit a cliff, so I turned to run the opposite direction but I was cut off by multiple soldiers.
"No where to run horsey, just give us your weapons and then you get to take a nice bath in the sea down there." The main soldier said with a smile that reminded me of the Joker.
"One, the fuck are you talking about a horsey for? Two, I would rather hold on to these, and Three, bye!" I said as I turned around and jumped into the sea below. I quickly straightened out my body and hit the water like a pencil. I immediately began to swim upwards to reach the surface but it took a good fifteen seconds to do so. Must have been a sizable drop, anyways, I swam to shore exhausted from my escape. I just laid on the sand until my arm began hurting extremely badly which made me deadpan at myself.
'Open wound plus salt water equals sadness' I thought as I struggled to sit up to see how bad the wound is. I finally got a good look at it and cringed, I got lucky that it was a through and through bullet wound so I wouldn't have to remove a bullet out of my arm. But it was already beginning to get infected thanks to my spur of the moment swim.
"Well, let's hope that I find civilization quickly so I don't get blood poisoning." I said aloud to myself as I climbed exhaustedly to my feet. I ripped off a piece of my shirt as I walked so I could have some pressure put on my arm to stop the bleeding. After 3 hours of walking through the woods, my vision began to get blurry. My head grew dizzy and I dropped unceremoniously to the ground, exhaustion overtaking every fiber of my being. That's when I heard growls emerge from behind me so I propped myself up against a tree to look and there, in the clearing, was another black wolf. I sighed as I grabbed my pistol from the holster and aimed at it's head. I pulled the trigger but it jammed, probably from exposure to salt water. I holstered my pistol and grab my rifle, worked the bolt to get a round in the chamber, and fired.
The wolf dropped dead, and I finally couldn't hold on anymore as I slipped into unconsciousness. Little did I know, a set of Orange eyes were watching me ever since I swam to shore...
Alex's POV, location Unknown, day Unknown
I opened my eyes and immediately regretted it because holy mother of God, this is the worst headache I have ever had in my life.
"Ugh, I feel like I got hit by a truck" I said as I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.
"Getting shot, then getting blood poisoning after jumping off a 200ft cliff into the ocean will do that to you" a male voice said to the right of me. I looked at the other person in the room and took in his strange appearance. He had a plain set of jeans on with a shirt that said 'NOPE, NOPE, NOPE' on it. Black boots that came to an odd point, orange eyes, and black hair that reaches to just above his eyes. The strangest part about his appearance was the fact that he had rabbit ears on his head... Or was it hare ears?
"Uhhh, who are you?" I asked a little, scratch that, extremely confused on how I got here.
"My name is Zack Capon, what's your name?" he said rather loudly... That might just be the headache though.
"My name is... Is..." Well shit I can't remember. Let's see I was hunting for deer, killed a wolf that evaporated, was attacked... Somehow didn't die and woke up in a not so friendly outpost, got shot and then I jumped into the ocean... It's all fuzzy after that.
"I can't remember" I said dejectedly
"That's to be expected, you did put a lot of stress on your body. Rest up and it should come back to you eventually." Zack said as he stood up and stretched
"I hope so.." I whispered as I slipped out of consciousness with the faint noise of the door opening and closing in the background.
Zack's POV
I let out a sigh as I closed the door to the medical wing of the outpost.
"How is our guest holding up?" a smooth feminine voice said from behind me
"Not very well Cinder, he has severe blood poisoning, his right arm is in ruin, and he is so exhausted that he can't even remember his name. I would suggest unlocking his aura but Violet is the only person I know of that can and she is off on a mission." I told her as she walked up to me with a sultry smile
"Who do you think taught her how to do that? So Don't worry, I'll take good care of him" she said with a hint of mischievous glint in her eye that I fully reciprocated in kind
"Just a heads up, he's hung like a horse" I said which she actually groaned at
"I swear, if you weren't Adam's second in command, I would torch you" she threatened ominously
"You know you love me, now if you would excuse me, Adam and Blake just got back so I am needed elsewhere." I told her as I left to help debrief my commanders, and I silently prayed that our guest wouldn't get himself burnt to a crisp...
Cinder's POV, Alex's room
"Hmmm, interesting" I thought out loud as I analyzed the possible new recruit. He was tall, with dark brown hair that covered his eyes. Fairly skinny with a broad chest, especially around the ribs.
'Improved lung capacity, might have lived in the mountains for a time' I thought as I kept analyzing him. His legs were extremely muscular, and he had an odd looking tail, almost like a...
"Really Zack, you just had to make a pun about it" I said a little angered at the high ranking operative's perverse behavior. I looked back up at his face and saw a pair of emerald green eyes staring at me with a look that held fear, confusion, and mistrust.
"Hello young man, Zack has told me that you don't have your aura unlocked so I am here to do it for you" I said as I took a step towards him which made him shrink away...
Alex's POV
'Damn my inability to speak to hot women!' I thought to myself as I continued to shy away from the woman in the red dress.
"Are you still afraid of where you are?" She asked to which I shook my head since I was still breathing, which is a good sign that they didn't want to murder me.
"So why do you shrink away from me as if I am going to hurt you?" she asked with that Damn velvet like voice. It took every fiber of my courage to tell her why
"I-i'm s-s-shy around a-attractive w-women" I said and then immediately hid my face under the blanket since she began to walk closer to me. The blanket was pulled off my face to reveal a look of pure mirth in this woman's eyes. Oh this is not going to bode well for me.
"So you find me attractive?" She said as she leaned over the bed, giving me a good view of what the top half of the dress hid.
"Ye- wait- n-no I-I mean, w-what" I sputtered out in the vain attempt to not get in trouble, which made her lean closer in so that she was inches from my face.
"So you don't find me to be attractive?" She asked in a husky tone. I finally re-gathered what little resolve I had
"What would happen if I were to say that I found you extremely attractive?" I asked which made her smile like a cheshire cat as she leaned closer so that she was next to my ear.
"What. Ever. You. Want" she whispered and if you listened very carefully, you could hear my brain shatter like glass. Which led to this.
*completely incoherent language*... Not the best response although she seemed to enjoy it as she was laughing like a hyena. She kept laughing like this for a good 5 minutes, until she suddenly stopped because she was gasping for air.
"A-are you o-okay m-ma'am?" I asked because I was worried about the deep shade of red her face was. She waved me off as she stood up straight
"I'm fine, I haven't had a laugh like that in a while" she said as she wiped away a tear before taking on a serious expression and sitting down next to me.
"Can you sit up for me?" She asked, her voice still velvet-like although you could feel the seriousness that lied within.
"I c-can try" I said as I attempted to sit up, only to collapse back onto the bed with my head feeling like a handgrenade went off inside it. I let out a pitiful groan as I tried again, only for the mystery woman to stop me.
"It's clear that you are in bad shape, don't make it worse by exerting yourself. I'll call for some help" she said as she got off the bed and left the room. I heard her talking to someone outside my door, rather clearly now that I think about it.
"I don't care if you just got back from a mission, your the closest one here and I need a hand." I heard the woman say rather irritated. Before I could question why, she opened the door to my room and walked inside.
"M-may I a-ask who you w-were arguing with?" I questioned as she walked over to sit on my bed
"Just someone who was reluctant to help." She said as she placed her arm on my leg.
"What's your name?" I asked her which made her raise an eyebrow at me
"I didn't tell you?" She asked to which I shook my head in the negative.
"My name is Cinder Fall, I'd ask you for yours but I have been told that you don't remember." She said which made me sigh. Mainly because that statement was still true, and that name sounded so familiar but I don't know where I have heard it from before. I felt a moment of comprehension dawn upon myself.
"My name is Alex Miller" I said which made Cinder look at me weird
"Excuse me?" She said confused.
"I remember my name, my name is Alex Miller" I said which made her smile
"That's good to hear, now if Blake would hurry up so that you won't be so hurt" she said a little frustrated.
"It'll be fine, I can wait awhile, it's not like I'm in a huge hurry to be going anywhere" I said which was true. Even though my mom would be alone without me, I had a $500,000 life insurance policy on me since I was born. Oh the precautions my mom always made.
"Don't you have family looking for you?" She asked
"Only family I have left is my mom so she is probably looking for me. But with my disappearance, it ensures that she can live easy. She has always been a tough nut, so I'm sure that she'll get along just fine without me." I said as I heard the door open. I looked at the door to see a dark haired girl about my age walk in the door, what stood out the most to me was the seemingly out of place bow.
"You called?" The mysterious girl asked, her voice monotone and somewhat uncaring.
"Yes, I need you to hold Alex up so I can unlock his aura" Cinder said calmly. Blake walked over and hoisted me into a sitting position. My arm exploded in pain as the world around me span as if I had downed a bottle of whiskey. I couldn't hear anything anymore and panic began to settle in as I felt my breathing begin to run ragged. I almost lost consciousness until a hand grabbed me by the face and forced me to look directly into a pair of fire-like eyes. Everything calmed and my hearing returned just time to catch Cinder asking if I was okay.
"I-i am n-now, I couldn't h-hear for a bit." I said which made her nod in understanding.
"As I said before, close your eyes and clear your mind, focus on the innermost feelings that lay within your soul." She said so I closed my eyes and focused on my mind. I searched for my inner most thoughts and focused solely on them.
"For it is in passing that we achieve immortality, through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death, I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee." I heard Cinder say as something inside me broke free. It felt so familiar yet so strange, like meeting an old friend after years of separation. I opened my eyes and saw a red-orange light in front of me, with a bright yellow around the edges of my vision. And then, I saw nothing but black as I slipped into unconsciousness yet again...
A/N: That was chapter one of my newest story for you, I hoped that you reading it just as much as I did writing it. Review so that I know where to make improvements. Later peeps!