"Guys, grab your gear, were going to mine 99." Said Yang as she took her VOT auto fragger and mass cannon
"Sis, what's going on?" asked Ruby as she checked her VBI sniper rifle and EMC Rifle
"Well, a few guys told me ab…."
"Arktech, there's arktech there that would benefit us, isn't there?" asked Blake as she checked her VOT replaced the gulanite battery for her charge blade
"Smart, but we aren't going alone, the guys told me that they'd help us through the mines, but only one of them wants the scrip." Yang replied "Weird guy."
"Yeah, but did he say why he was going with us?" asked Ruby
"He didn't tell me."
"Did you recognize any of them?" asked Weiss as she checked her charge blade and FCR Big boomer grenade launcher and a spare pistol
"The one that wants some scrip is another ark hunter named Jaune Arc."
"Wait, Arc? You mean the first family that found and studied arkfalls?" asked Weiss
"Yup."
"And the other guy, do you know him as well?" asked Ruby
"No, but I see him at the crater every now and then, the guy wears gasmask and hood, he only removes his gasmask at the crater, but he sits where no one would sit, so I can't see his face, and you'll find him just sitting in the fields most of the time"
"Talks a lot?"
"Nah, he's pretty silent for an ark hunter, he never has the time to enjoy anything in life."
"Are you guys gonna take long?!" yelled Blake who was already on her runner
They went out and got on their runners, Ruby looked at them with a confident smile "Race you guys there!" she yelled as she rode off.
Ruby and Weiss were on top of a hill near the mine
"Ruby…." Weiss pointed at a few 99ners "Left of the forklift."
Ruby pulled the trigger and immediately pulled the bolt back, repeating the same process in a matter of seconds; the 99ners were on the floor dead "Got 'em, how'd I do?"
"7.03 seconds, new record."
"Yes!"
"Tell them, I'll keep watch."
Ruby nodded and gave Weiss her rifle
"Guys, you there?"
"Yeah, how's it looking back there?"
"It's clear, how about your side of the…."
They heard a loud explosion coming from the mine
"Please tell me that was you."
"It wasn't, go to the mine's entrance, we'll be there."
'Detecting high seismic movement heading towards the mine.'
"Weiss, let's move."
They got to the entrance of mine 99 and waited for Yang and Blake
"Where are they?"
They heard runners going towards them
"And there they are."
Yang and Blake stopped in front of them and got their weapons ready
"So, what's the ….." they then heard 99ners screaming in pain "Situation…."
"Let's get in there and see for ourselves."
They ran in to find a hellbug monarch killing the 99ners
"Get behind cover and don't make a noise." said Blake
They ran behind barrels and cautiously looked at the carnage; they saw the monarch crush everything in its path, in a few minutes the miners were no more, all they could hear was the monarch breathing
"What do we do?"
Yang got her VOT mass cannon ready "I'll blow it to bits." She took aim, but the monarch saw her, she got back down "Or not."
They heard the monarch's breathing getting louder and louder, and then they heard it dig down
"Is it gone?" asked Ruby
"I think so."
They slowly moved away from the barrels and they went to search the 99ners for anything useful.
"Found anything?" asked Weiss
"Some extra scrip, ammo… A wolfhound."
"Nice."
Then the monarch got back out right behind them, they stood in fear as the gigantic bug slowly crawled towards them
They heard a loud hellbug screech, the monarch stopped and walked towards a large metal crate filled with gulanite
"…."
"Hey."
The girls looked behind them to see Jaune, he was wearing a grey jacket with a hood, a scarf, a pack on his back, and he had a VOT blaster and a VBI SMG
"Jaune?" asked Yang
"That's Jaune?" they asked
"Yeah, he isn't quite the hotshot you'd expect him to be."
"Hey!" yelled Jaune
"Where's the other guy?" asked Yang
Jaune pointed behind them, they looked behind them to see a guy with a green hooded jacket, a gasmask, an EMC pistol and rifle, and a bag, for some reasons he was petting the monarch like it wasn't dangerous
"What the…."
The guy then took a chunk of gulanite on one hand and showed it to the monarch making it look at him "Keep your eyes on the prize." he said before putting the gulanite behind him and switching it behind his back "Where is it?" the monarch tapped it's left claw on the floor, he showed the monarch his right hand holding the gulanite "It's mine." he said as he put him pack down
"Um."
"That's his pet." said Jaune making the girls look at him with a questioning look "Don't look at me like that, the guy just walked up to me and told me that he knew about some arktech down at the mines."
"Don't lie about me like I'm not here." he said as he took another chunk of gulanite and threw it in the air, the monarch ate it before it could get high enough "Good girl, now go." he said as he pointed at the crate, the monarch ripped the metal box, the guy made a hellbug screech making skitterlings come up and eat some of the gulanite "Let's get going then." he said as he got his rifle ready on one of his hands
"Who are you?" asked Blake and Weiss
He took of his gasmask revealing only the lower half of his face smiling "I'm afraid that's classified."
"Who are you?" they asked as they pointed their guns at him, he looked at Jaune and saw him just standing there looking at the hellbugs
*sigh* "Schultz Amsel, now, can we just get the hell in there or are we just gonna stand here pointing guns at each other?" he asked as he pointed his pistol Ruby's head and his rifle at Yang "The choice is yours to make."
"I like this one…" said Yang as she puts her shotgun down "He has the balls t…." she was cut off by Schultz bashing the side of her face with his rifle
"Now I have the balls." he said as he put the weapons back, he offered Yang a hand "Come on, get up."
She was dazed, but she took his hand and looked up, she saw his face, he had blue eyes and blonde hair, he looked handsome "T-Thanks."
"Aw, are you blushing?"
"I'm not."
"Why so red?"
"…"
"….. You saw my face, didn't you?"
"Yeah."
"Damn it, then there's no need for the hood…." he took off his hood to show them what he looks like
"Wow." Said Ruby
"You wear a gasmask, but you don't want people to know you look like that?" asked Weiss
"Is that a problem?"
"No, but you may wanna keep yourself that way." said Blake
"Nah…" he said as he put his gasmask and hood on "I like it this way…" he looked at Weiss "You should have noticed that people would most likely think that you're old once you turn around." He then looked at Blake "….. You have adorable cat ears." He looked at Yang "You're wearing clothes that are too revealing." then he noticed Ruby, he poked her nose and said "You just seem a bit too young to be an arkhunter." He took a step back and looked at Jaune who was inspecting the hole the monarch made "And you, this is your first time going arkhunting, so stay close to them." he said as he opened the gates to the mines
"That was too much, Schultz, look, you made them stand there like statues." said Jaune as he pointed at the girls
"That is adorable, now, let's get moving."