Hello, everyone. It's me. Vindex! I'm still stuck in this god damn hospital bed, which sucks because there's not much to do, and when I get bored, I like to pace. But seeing the state of my legs, that's not possible. So I figured I write a new story, since some of my notes for my stories are back in my place... In a desk... Which is locked... And the only key was busted when I got into the crash.
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*Sigh*
I need to hire an assistant or something in the future... Or at the very least order two more keys in the future. Alright, so I saw the newest episode of RWBY, and now we got some background on Mercury and Emerald. And *Spoilers* the second I saw Merc's legs after the bottom portion of his pants got burned off, I could help but think A) Mercury's Dad is an asshole if he caused that, B) Mercury got bonus points for being an assasin's kid, and C) Clever girl, Cinder. Have Yang break his robo-limbs, but don't disclose that fact they're robo-limbs. Anyways, let's go over a few things. There is an OC in here of my own creation. I'm basing his appearance and (somewhat) attitude on myself. Next, a biggy. I'm making a someone in the show a maiden. The Summer Maiden to be precise. Someone who hasn't been show much of from Team STRQ. And finally, I'm making my own assumptions about what Cinder's plan is with the General's army, Penny and the Maiden. And now, the OC:
Name: Canderous Sevar
Age: 23
Personality: Cold; Distant towards Strangers; Anti-Social; Caring in His Own Way; Determined; Persistent in a task, preferring to see it done down to the bitter end; Honorable
Race: Human
Appearance: Dark brown hair that's not that long on the back, but long enough to cover an eye in the front; Sky blue eyes; 5'11; Deep Voice (on a scale of 1-10, it's a 9); a T-shirt that's either black and reads 'Sarcasm: One of the Many Services I Offer' (Everyday T-shirt) or grey with a skull on the front (Battle); Black Tennis Shoes; Navy Blue Unzipped Jacket.
Weapons: Dual Pistols (Model: DL-44) with uses two types of ammo. The first being regular .357 magnum rounds, which each clip holds 15 rounds each, with 6 spares inside his jacket. The second is a specially made cartridge that uses dust crystal as an energy source to fire different types of bullets (Ex: A Red Crystal would shoot Bullets to set things on fire, a light blue would freeze, and a yellow would electrocute or stun). Pistol also transforms into a light sword with the same capabilities as the pistol (Think Lightsaber, but not as lethal). He can preform a slash through the air to create a slash of whatever element/Dust Crystal he has equipped through the air. Canderous calls them 'The Vindicators'.
Semblance: Dust Crystals, able to spawn replicas of dust crystals. It's not a true crystal, but it's been adjusted to work as an 'ammo cartridge' for his pistol/sword. Can summon 3 at a time, five if you count the two in his pistol/light sword. Can be detonated by shooting directly to cause a small explosion of element stored inside the Crystal.
History: An orphan from a village far from where Beacons lies in Vale, Canderous was taken in by an old crippled Hunteress at age 13. After locating the remains of her pistol, Canderous modified it to work with his semblance. After witnessing what Canderous did to her old pistol, the Huntress taught him how to fight on his own with 'The Vindicator'. During a brutal massacre of the village his was raised in for 18 years, a 20 year old Canderous, the lone survivor, severely thinned the numbers of the Grimm, but was exhausted. That was when the Summer Maiden appeared, and eliminated the few remaining Grimm in the area. He now follows the Summer Maiden as her unofficial right hand man.
There are two references to Star Wars in there, three if you count the Lightsaber. See if you can find them all.
Also, two main differences in this story. 1) One of the two girls from STRQ is the Summer Maiden, obvious. And 2) Newspaper pairing has been established. For those of you who don't know what the Newspaper Pairing is, WeissxRubyxBlake. So, enjoy Summer Maiden (how original, I know. But it's all I got for now).
Edit (1/8/16) I edited some of the story a bit, mainly the beginning, and some of the OC profile... Because it just didn't feel angsty enough, after watching the newest teaser/trailer for V3E8.
Amity Coliseum Prison Cell
Midnight
Yang Xiao Long sat on the cell bed in a deep part of the arena, arms wrapped around legs crossed, sobbing silently as she tried to find an explanation to what happened during the Singles Round. It just didn't add up. She knows she heard Mercury threaten her, and she knows she saw him try to kick her from behind. But everyone else, even the camera's, saw something different. They saw her break Mercury's leg, unprovoked and uncalled for. After Mercury was escorted out by helicopter, she was immediately escorted by the AK-200's to a secure facility. Currently, she was being watched by an AK unit and a guard.
She started thinking back to her team's visit when they came by. Well, most of her team. Weiss didn't come to see her. She had hoped that they would believe her when she told them what happened. They didn't. Blake's words stung into Yang. 'I want to believe you.' She said, 'But I can't.'. That stung deeply. looks after the whole arrest. But Ruby? She had a look of denial and sadness. She didn't speak much when they came, but she didn't need to speak. Yang knew that her own sister didn't believe her. Her Uncle Qrow hasn't come by either, probably because he doesn't believe in her either. General Ironwood came by as well. He wanted to get a reason as to why Yang crippled Mercury. He didn't take Yang's answer as it was. So, here she was. Broken and Alone. Abandoned.
Her sobs were cut short when they heard a commotion from outside the door. Lots of yelling and gunshot type of commotion. The AK-200 aimed his rifle at the door while the guard took out his pistol as it started dying out. They heard footsteps, getting closer to the door, before it opened. The two opened fired, only to hit nothing but the wall on the other side of the next room. An arm holding a pistol extended into the room and fired three shots, hitting the guard twice, who was electrocuted and knocked out, but missing the droid. The droid aimed at the hand and opened fire as it retreated from its spot. Seconds later, man in his mid twenties rolled into the room, inserting a cartridge into his pistol before firing four times at the droid. With each hit, the droid was encased in ice, before he was completely encased.
"Hmph, I thought they'd be a bigger challenge then that." The man said as he unloaded the cartridge, as Yang saw what exactly was in it, a light blue Dust Crystal.
He pulled it out and tossed it as it disappeared from sight, before he placed it away inside his jacket and pulled out a new cartridge, this one with magnum rounds. He loaded it into his pistol, before shooting the droid. The droid was reduced to serval different pieces before the man turned his attention to the camera in the room and shot it, destroying it. He relaxed a bit, as Yang watched him nervously while he picked the knocked out guard and tossed him out of the from, before locking it.
"Yang Xiao Long?" The stranger said, as she nodded, wiping her tears, but still on guard. "Don't got a lot of time left so I'll make this quick. As we speak, Ozpin and the other headmasters are deliberating on your fate. And while he's trying to do everything to not put you in jail, the majority of them are suggesting they exile you from Vale to a disclosed location." Yang's eyes widened at her fate, as the stranger continued. "My boss and I both know you're innocent, but we can't prove it, yet. The people responsible have taken good measure to make sure they covered their tracks. My boss wants me to spring you, but you need to understand a few things." He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the Ember Celicas in bracelet mode. "If you decide to come with us, I'm blowing up this room, and this room alone, to make it look like you were targeted for an assassination. You won't be able to contact anyone, we can't let the enemy know you're still alive if you join. But, you'll get some answers you've been looking for, and a chance at payback at the ones who caused this. Or you could stay here. Your choice, blondie."
Yang thought about the offer for a moment. On one hand, if she chooses to go, it would mean that she's running away. And she remember what Blake said previously, the innocent never run. But she'd have a chance to clear her name, find out who did this, and find some answer to whatever she's been looking for, according to him. But if she didn't, she'd be sent off to a distant forest with probably nothing but her clothes on her back, with no support from any of her friends and family. She knew what choice to pick.
Outside the room,
Minutes later,
AK-200 model droids and Guardsmen were surrounding the prison area as Ironwood arrived at the scene. Parts of similar model droids and unconscious men scattered around the floor.
"What's going on in there?!" Ironwood demanded from a nearby guard.
"Sir, a man just came in here, guns blazing." He answered, "He knocked out a majority of our men, before he enter the room and tossed the guard station there and sealed it." He pointed at the droids attempting to open the door. "We're moving as fast as we can to make sure that the prisoner does not escap-"
Before he could finish that sentence, an explosion of very hot plasma erupted from the room, destroying and melting several droids in the area. Ironwood was relatively unharmed, as the men and droids picked themselves up. He rushed towards the room to take a peek inside, and found the room completely destroyed. The metal bars that held Ms. Xiao Long melted, and the only thing left behind that wasn't severely destroyed was a few pieces of long blonde hair. He gazed at the empty cell.
"I want security footage of both this room and the room out here during the time the first shots were fired to now." Ironwood commanded a few of his guards, who nodded and left. He turned to face a different guard.
"Inform Headmaster Ozpin... That Yang Xiao Long has been assassinated. Killed from an explosion that melted her remains by an unknown man."
A Grimm Forest,
A few seconds after the explosion
Yang rubbed the back of her head as she glared angrily at the man in front of her, who held a few pieces of her hair.
"You can kill me later." He said coldly as he tossed it into the portal, which closed afterwards. "But leaving that behind will make them think you're dead."
He turned and started walking through a forest as Yang, still glaring, followed him.
"Who are you?" She asked her somewhat savior.
"Canderous." He answered simply. "Canderous Sevar."
They kept walking as Canderous held his pistol cocked and ready for any Grimm that maybe lurking about.
"Why did you save me?" Yang asked as she put on the Ember Celica.
"You'll see." He answered as they approached a ruined village.
They entered a hut to find a woman waiting there for them. She wore a shallow cut black dress, with five necklaces with an assortment of beads, a red girdle-belt, and a pair of matching gauntlets. Her most distinctive feature is a full-face Grimm mask with four eye slits. Yang remembered her as the woman who saved her on the train from Neo. But the dress. She remembered seeing it from a photo. A photo that showed a certain team, that included her uncle and father. The woman unhooked the masked and pulled it off as she stopped all breathing for a second. Standing before here, is a woman that resembled herself, only with red eyes and black hair.
"M-M-Mom?" Yang stuttered as Canderous raised an eyebrow in amusement.
"Hello, Yang." Raven Branwen said as she smiled warmly. "We have a lot of catching up to do."
Yang mind was frozen, but she could still ask one question on her mind. "W-why? Why did you leave?" She asked, as Raven lose her smile, into a sad frown.
She sighed, as she motioned her to take a seat as she did.
"Tell me Yang, what do you know about the 4 Maidens?"
Vindex's Little Box of Author Notes
And scene. Welcome to the bo-... What? What's with the funny looks? *Gets nailed in the head with a piece of paper* (Mumbling) What's this... 'The Summer Maiden is obviously...'. *Crumples up paper and tosses it to the side* I'd like to point out the only evidence to Summer Rose being the Summer Maiden is her name... Which if it turns out to be true, is a stupid technicality. Besides, my story, my idea, I write it how I wanna. Besides, I think that Raven just might be a Maiden, which I'll elaborate on in the next chapter. As for why Summer, well, you'll find out. And if you already know, then don't spoil it for the others.
Anyways, that really all I got left for you guys. Well, leave a review if ya want.
See ya around,
Vindex
Edited (1/8/16): Also want to address something from a reviewer. At this point, I have no plans for Yang and Canderous to become a couple, yet. I might, keyword might, try later on, but right now? It's a 30% likely.
Edited (2/25/16): (Jessica) Did some adjustment to the character profile and story writing style.