Hello everyone, HeyMrJack is here. This time with ANOTHER RWBY/Destiny fic.
In regards to Back To The Light, i've read the reviews. Obviously, people don't like it and i'm willing to cancel it because of that- I wanted to write a RWBYXDestiny fic from the get-go, a good one at that and I intend to do it, one way or another. Plan A didn't work, so i'm going with Plan B. I've liked Shin Malphur for a good damn while, I like this character and really I just like everything about the guy and I thought I could try writing Plan B with him in mind instead of a Guardian who cries like a little bitch cause his friends got wrekt by Aksis.
Anyways, hope you all enjoy!
Shin Malphur was a legend.
He was the man who killed Dredgen Yor, and was the man who perfected the Gunslinger, and in doing so, it made him a legend. He had accumulated millions of kills with his trusty hand cannon only known as The Last Word and his amazing powers of the light alone. He had killed hundreds of Fallen Barons, thousands of Hive Knights and Princes, and he took on the most fierce Cabal gladiators and won.
Yet here he was, sitting in some backwater bar near The Last City wearing not his standard armor, but instead a pair of dirty blue jeans and a duster. He already felt like Hell, it was even worse that he couldn't have his best friend, his Ghost right beside him as he drank.
"What's your poison, bud?" The bartender asked. Shin only pointed at a bottle of whiskey and the bartender nodded, grabbing the bottle and began pouring a shot in a glass.
"The informant is close," Shin's Ghost, which Jaren had named Texas said.
"You got a reading on who it is?" The Hunter only asked.
"You're not gonna like it," Texas said.
"Just tell me, Tex."
"Cayde-6," The machine only said. The Hunter groaned in response, every time he needed something from The Vanguard, the bastards always sent Cayde.
That's why he was here, he needed information. The kind of information that regular Guardian's shouldn't be asking, but Shin? Well, he was a special Guardian. Not just because of the fact that he was a "legendary gunslinger" but because he did The Vanguard's dirty work, the kind that The Speaker and the rest of The Vanguard made sure that no other Guardian and citizen of The City would ever know about.
"Bad day or somethin bud?" The bartender questioned. Shin looked at the bartender and spoke,
"It's about to be... care to leave the bottle?" He asked. The older looking man nodded and simply left the bottle of whiskey on the table.
The doors soon were kicked open, and out stood The Hunter Vanguard, Cayde-6.
"Heeeelllooooo, Ranger! Are ya here, buddy?" The Hunter cried out.
"God dammit..." Shin muttered as he quickly drank the shot of whiskey. It didn't take long for Cayde to see his "friend."
"Ranger!" Cayde shouted as he ran over to his friend and quickly sat by Shin who did his best not to make another groan.
"Cayde... please, stop." He muttered.
"Oh come on, why? Not like everyone's looking!" Cayde said. However, the Exo Guardian was wrong, because everyone was staring at them.
"OK, OK... my bad." He said.
"Let's make this quick..." Shin said. Cayde nodded, and for once, during the well... god knows how many years Shin had lived, there was a serious look on the exo's face.
"Everything alright?" The Gunslinger questioned.
"No, actually..." The Hunter responded.
"Yeah, I got information for ya... but you're gonna be gone for a while, and you're really not going to like this."
"Hit me,"
"This guy is, yes, a Shadow Of Yor. He's probably the worst The Vanguard has had to deal with..." Cayde explained, and he soon summoned Sundance, his Ghost which began projecting an image. It was a man in Hunter attire, but the colors of his armor were dark black and dark green, and the helmet had a bright green glowing visor with three eyes resembling The Hive.
"Who is he?" Shin asked.
"His name was once Sylas, a good Hunter too. You woulda liked him if he wasn't a follower of Yor... now, he just goes by Dredgen Timor." The Hunter explained and then continued,
"He made a sword, Shin. The awful kind of sword, the sword that The Cryptarch's are comparing to Crota's sword, and he's become corrupted by it. Destroyed his Ghost, and then killed two teams of Guardian's in The Crucible. After that, he went out of his way to destroy a few of Shaxx's Redjacks, took his ship and then flew off to God knows where."
"You're shitting me..." Shin said.
"I wish," Cayde said as he watched Shin take another drink of the whiskey.
"I managed to get his last known coordinates thanks to a good Awoken friend of mine, which by the way if you see Petra Venj? You better thank her," The Exo said. Shin chuckled at the statement and nodded.
"Anything else?" He asked.
"The trip is gonna take a good damn while, Timor has already gotten a big head start on you. I don't know what he's doing heading to this place, but I doubt it's gonna be any good. I also went ahead and moved a bunch of equipment into your ship." Cayde said.
"Why? I'm not gonna need it, or use it." Shin said.
"Just incase. I don't know what Timor has in store... but whatever it is? It aint good,"
Shin only sighed and nodded.
"Alrighty then... thanks for the tip," Shin said as he put a small pile of glimmer on the bar and nodded at the bartender.
"Thanks for the drink, pal." He said as he got up from his seat.
"Aye, Ranger!"
"Yeah?"
"Be careful," Cayde said as he then left.
"Now I'm gonna go to prison! Waaahooooooo!" The Vanguard shouted as he then transmatted himself away.
"For a Hunter... he's very..." Texas said as he began thinking of the right word to say.
"Weird, I know, Texas." Shin said.
"I know..."
FIVE YEARS LATER
Shin Malphur sat in a bar, there he sat calmly, drinking his whiskey and being patient as ever, though he didn't really have his favorite drinking buddy with him. Everyone would freak out if they saw Texas floating about.
"Anything come up, yet?" He asked Texas, using his earpiece to communicate with The Ghost.
"Nothing... nothing has come up about any rituals or any hive markings in three standard years," The Ghost responded. Shin sighed as he rubbed his temples, taking another shot of whiskey and asked,
"How long have we been on this planet?" The Hunter only asked.
"Five standard years," Shin could only sigh again and looked at the barkeep, signaling him to just leave the bottle of whiskey that was in front of him. He nodded and put it down.
Shin Malphur was on the planet of Remnant, this planet was where Sylas, otherwise known as Dredgen Timor was last seen. He had been on the planet for a good damn while, and left destruction in his wake. There had been several rituals that had been cast, many men, women, and even children died for what appeared to be rituals- rituals that were Hive in origin. Whatever Sylas was doing here, it wasn't good. However, it appeared that Timor had vanished- off the face of this rock.
"Anything you could pick up? Maybe he left on his ship,"
"If that were the case, I would have picked up readings."
Shin poured the whiskey into the shot glass and simply lifted the shot glass and drank it.
"Alrighty... guess we're still doing this then," He said.
"So it seems, Mr. Outlaw."
"Shut up, little light." Shin responded. He hated being called that, it sounded so ridiculous...
But The Ghost wasn't wrong, on this planet? Shin Malphur was an outlaw going by the name "The Gunslinger." It fit him really, considering the fact that the only weapon he was still using was The Last Word.
"Roman and Neopolitan have arrived,"
Wonderful, thought Shin as he drank another shot of whiskey. It was time to get this job rolling, Roman had hired him for a job he wanted to do with him, and it was a lot of lien on the line so... Shin said yeah, he could use more cash for this planet considering the fact that Glimmer wasn't a currency here. The doors soon opened and in stepped a man in a white trench coat and wore a black and red bowler hat which covered his orange hair. Beside him was a much shorter girl with pink and brown hair, she wore a white outfit and the most noticeable thing was her eyes- she had heterochromia, and had a pink eye and also a brown eye. Shin only signaled the two over to his position and they simply walked over towards him
"Well, Gunslinger... it's been a good while." Roman spoke as he walked over towards him, cane in hand.
"A pleasure to see you both," Shin only said as he reached for his back pocket and whipped out a coupon and handed it to Neo.
"Two free ice cream cones, for you oh lethal assassin." He said. The girl smiled, a wide joyful smile which Shin couldn't help but smile at. Roman also smiled and proceeded to put a cigar in his mouth, and Shin noticed this. Using his powers with the light, he simply lit the cigar in his employer's mouth.
"Ah, Shin... that's what I like about you, pal. You know how to make a man feel welcomed," Roman complimented.
"I try to keep my clients happy," The Hunter only said.
"Well... speaking of clients and employers. Let's talk about the job, shall we?" Roman questioned. The Gunslinger nodded as he took another shot of whisky.
"Indeed, let's."
"We just need your help robbing a dust store, I need competent men. Huntsmen and Huntresses have been on our asses for days, I need a good man who's competent, the White Fang guys and Junior's boys are freaking useless-"
"Wait, did you say White Fang?" Shin questioned.
Roman nodded and there was silence between the three, with Shin taking an occasional shot of whiskey.
"The hell have you been up to, Romeo?" He asked.
"Something for an employer of mine... the less you know, the better."
Shin nodded and stared at Roman, with a look that would set a coward ablaze.
"Does it have anything to do with my target?" Shin sternly asked.
"No, it has nothing to do with your shadow... I think, anyway. I honestly don't know, but if it does..."
"Well, Shin. You're going to have a hell of a time on your hands, pal." Roman said. Shin nodded once again.
"Continue about the job, what are we going to be hitting?"
"Simple, we're going to be hitting a small dust shop, and despite it being small... well, it has a shitload of dust. It's called Dust Before Dawn, and we're going to be taking all of the dust. No lien, understand?" Roman asked.
"Just the dust?"
Roman nodded and Shin could only sigh, he wondered what the hell had Roman gotten himself into, but he wasn't going to push the man. He'd find out eventually.
He always would.
"I've managed to convince my employer to take you along, if you actually do accept this offer. We'll have a getaway vehicle be The Bullhead. Don't worry and don't care about the rest of the guys, they're all Junior's and to be honest? They aren't worth even a cent of lien." The crime boss said, and Shin nodded again.
"I'll accept it... if the pay is right," Shin said.
"It will be, trust me. My employer is loaded, and also a word of warning..." Roman muttered.
"Don't get on her bad side, Shin. She has abilities that you've never seen in your entire lifetime, you can count on that."
"Abilities I haven't seen, eh? I'll keep that in mind," Shin spoke. Roman sighed as he then got up and shook his head.
"Just don't fuck up and don't fuck around, got it?"
"I got it, I got it..." The Outlaw said.
"Good, i'll send the message of the meeting place to your scroll, we'll go over the plan and then head out." Roman said as he then began to leave. Neo smiled at Shin, not her usual psychotic smile- the smile that she has when she's about to kill someone, but a nice warm smile. The girl then hugged Shin, a way of saying thanks for the coupon, and then vanished.
"Abilities i've never seen before, eh?" He asked.
"Could it be another Guardian?" Texas asked
"I don't know, Remnant has had a lot of weird things going on, Tex. From semblances, to spiritual energy shields... anything can happen," Shin said.
"True, but if it's a Guardian..."
"Then it could be a link to Dredgen Timor," The Ghost interjected. The Hunter nodded as he took his shot of whiskey and then left.
ONE DAY LATER
"The dust, now." Shin Malphur demanded as he aimed The Last Word at the old man.
The Hunter hated doing this, he genuinely hating harming or threatening innocent people but... he had to be an Outlaw, this job was potentially the only thing that could get him closer to finding Dredgen Timor. Some scumbag would know where the rogue Hunter was at, these things would always happen.
"You are all taking it," He replied, scared out of his mind.
"Bullshit, I know you got more old man. Hand it over, and I won't harm you." The Hunter ordered. The old man nodded as he opened a cabinet, and pulled out several dust crystals. Shin opened up a bag and had the old man dump the crystals into the sack.
"Thank you, sir. Now, just lay low and we'll leave shortly." He said, holstering his hand cannon. His job was going to be done, a very easy gig that was for sure... Shin couldn't see why Roman needed him, but whatever. Money was money at the end of the day, right?
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" A man screamed and soon one of Junior's henchmen was kicked into a window, and soon even more were thrown out.
"God dammit," The Hunter said with a sigh as he drew The Last Word. He was going to be in for a fight, whether he liked it or not.
The young girl soon pulled out a weapon, a large crimson scythe, and as Shin got a closer look in... he couldn't help but be reminded of the Hunters from Earth, their nice long cloaks and hoods that they would always wear. Hers was a red cloak, and along that she wore a black and red outfit and she had crimson hair and bright silver eyes.
She began tearing through the men, easily knocking them out with no problem using her scythe, their auras sure as hell couldn't take the blows that the young girl was giving them, meaning that he would have to be called in.
"Well, Little Red... sorry to say, but this is where our meeting ends." Roman said. He then made a gesture, and Shin only blinked towards the two, and charged at the younger girl, Last Word in hand. She swung her scythe horizontally but Shin only ducked and then jumped, slamming his feet into the girl and landing gracefully. He then swung the butt of Last Word into the girl's chin and twirled it. He took aim and fan fired the powerful hand cannon, the first three rounds hit her but the young girl used her scythe to deflect the other five. The Hunter only reloaded and Roman grabbed his partner by the shoulder.
"Let's go, we can't waste our time on this girl." He ordered. Shin nodded in response, as he fled with Roman to the Bullhead and the mob boss took aim at the little girl with his cane and fired, hoping to further the distance between the three. The two criminals then began heading up to the top of a building, where the getaway vehicle rested but the young girl with the red cloak continued after them at an alarming rate.
"She's fast..." Shin remarked.
"Yes, yes, yes, she's fast." Roman spoke. The bullhead soon arrived, descending towards the two. Roman quickly entered first, and Shin simply jumped in.
"Also, what the hell was that back there? I've never seen you move that fast," The mob boss said.
"Less you know, the better." The Hunter said. As Roman was about to respond, the young girl jumped on top of the building and stared at the two criminals and interjected.
"Hey!" She shouted, glaring at the two. Shin smiled under his helmet and looked at the girl.
"Hay's for horses, little lady!" He responded. The younger girl looked confused but Roman spoke again.
"You're persistent, little red! But sadly, it's past your bed time so..." He said as he threw a fire dust crystal at the building.
"Roman, she's just a kid!" The outlaw said, knowing what would happen. The fight that happened earlier probably drained her, a dust explosion, plus combined with Roman's flare would really harm her, maybe even kill her.
"Night, Red!" The mob boss said, ignoring his friend. He fired the flare gun at the crystal and soon a massive explosion erupted, slightly shaking the bullhead a little. Shin stared at his former friend, wide eyed.
"What the hell's gotten into you, dammit?" He shouted grabbing Roman by the shoulders. The Bullhead was soon shaking once again and the two stared. The Hunter looked outside, hoping to find out what was going on and soon saw a well known Huntress and let go of his partner.
"Glynda Goodwitch!" Shouted Shin Malphur as he stared at her.
"It appears the young girl is still alive," Texas noted from within Shin's helmet.
"Listen ma'am... I don't want things to get ugly, and I don't want anymore violence." The Hunter pleaded.
"Give back the dust you stole, and i'll consider it." Demanded Goodwitch.
"Can't do that ma'am," Shin said.
"Then I won't let you leave," The Huntress said.
"We got a Huntress!" Shouted Roman. The pilot soon got out of the cockpit and went to Shin's side, with Roman taking the controls. The Hunter got a good look at the woman, and he had to admit.. she was gorgeous. She had pale skin, and elegant long dark hair and amber eyes. She wore a red dress which matched her stunning good looks. Fire erupted from her fingertips, and she was throwing fireballs at the opponents, an act which made Shin's eyes widen just a little. He was surprised by this ability, he'd never seen anyone do this before, well except for a few Warlock's but they were..
"Another Guardian?" Shin muttered.
"No... she posses the light but there's so little of it, like a tiny sliver that she's managed to tap into." Texas said.
Glynda was countering back, performing abilities with her crop and dust- it was a battle of dust and light, with both of them being equal terms. It was a beautiful light show, with Glynda using ice dust to target the Bullhead, and the pilot using her unique abilities from blasting balls of fire, to turning solid objects into hardened magma and throwing it back at her opponent. Shin simply decided that it was time to make the odds of victory better and placed his hand on his ally's shoulder.
"Ma'am, stand back... Roman brought me here for a reason, and I don't intend to be useless." He said.
"Of course," She said rather calmly.
Shin then drew The Last Word once again, and put his solar energy into the hand cannon. He took aim at the woman and began firing, two rounds were fired at a quick pace, but she managed to defend herself with them using debris that she managed to grab using her semblance, telekinesis. Using the third and final round of his Golden Gun, he fired at the ground creating a small explosion which broke the guard of Glynda, sending her back only a bit but it was good enough to where the Bullhead began flying off. Shin only took The Last Word, reloaded it and then holstered it.
"My... that was a rather fine ability of yours," The woman said.
"Thank you, ma'am."
"You're... The Gunslinger, I take it?" She asked. Shin's response was only a nod and the woman smiled, gently caressing his chest plate.
"You're quite the man, Gunslinger." She spoke.
"May I see that weapon of yours?" The employer asked.
Shin knew her game, she was trying to get a good read on him, to know what kind of man he was like.
The man only responded with taking The Last Word out, twirling it and then held it for the woman to take. As she grasped for it, he quickly pulled it back.
"Only, if I get your name." He said. The woman smirked and said,
"Cinder Fall,"
Shin allowed Cinder to take the hand cannon and she examined it thoroughly, caressing the weapon's golden exterior and she seemed amazed by the gun.
"A beautiful weapon... did you make this yourself?" She asked.
"No... my mentor, and adoptive father made it, and gave it to me when he died." The Hunter said.
"I see... your mentor sure knew how to make a weapon, and you seem to have maintained it well, it seems." Cinder responded. She aimed at the wall, testing the weapon out and fired only once, the recoil was powerful and it shocked even the employer, even more surprising to her, there was a hole in the side door of the Bullhead.
"This is quite the amazing weapon," She said and looked at Shin, and gave him the hand cannon back.
"It's perfect for a man such as yourself," She spoke with a sly smile.
"Thank you, ma'am." The Outlaw said as he then took a seat.
"Tell me, Gunslinger... what is your name? Your real name, I mean." Cinder Fall asked, going up to the man and caressing his chest plate. Her amber eyes peered into Shin's helmet.
"Shin," He said without any emotion.
"My name is Shin Malphur,"