Homesick Chapter 1: Catching Up
Corporal Gyro's Logbook: Well, since Agent 26 or Sky has been doing these logs, I've decided to these myself, Locus should be doing the same hopefully. So, let me break things down for anyone that happens to read these logs. My name is June, I am a Corporal in a private military and I happen to be that army's best Pilot, Engineer, and Mechanic. But people call me Gyro, since that's my 'codename'. Everyone in our army has a codename, kinda annoying sometimes but you just get used to it. Alright, enough sidetracking, I've been on this planet called Remnant for more than half a year, 8 months at most I believe. Originally, my squad and I were on a mission to capture a dangerous war criminal group known as The Blues and Reds. They are left over simulation troopers from a long forgotten program known as Project Freelancer, which so happens to be the same organization that my squadmate, Agent 26 came from. And so far, we've only managed to kill one of the Blues and Reds known as Bucky, a really annoying pervert who also managed to get his hands on one of the 'Great Keys'. Anyways back on track, Long story short, our mission wen't south, we were all ambushed and were teleported here. Things have been alright to say the least when I arrived. But I had my own worries, my older sister, Yupia, was also on the mission and was teleported along with 26 here, but 26 claimed that she was gone when he was teleported to Remnant. Hopefully she's alright...but she is missing, Locus said that he found traces of her in a old White Fang base in the northwestern side of Vale. She escaped, but she could be in danger...As for everyone else, I can't say everything is going good. Locus is with Weiss on the way to Atlas, hopefully we can stay in contact...As for Agent 26, or Sky, whatever he wants to be called...he and student from Beacon academy named Pyrrha Nikos are missing, according to Ruby Rose, she claims she saw him use a teleportation grenade from Charon industries...the teleportation grenades were damaged, so he and Pyrrha could be anywhere in the Universe, I can only hope for the best for them. As for me, during my time in Beacon I was assigned to Team RWBY, but right now, their scattered. Ruby along with Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, and Nora Valkyrie all went to Haven academy in Mistral on foot...Weiss was taken back to Atlas by her father, but like I said, Locus went with her due to his connection with General Ironwood...Blake however, I don't know where she is, she went missing after I flew a few students out of Beacon, she could be anywhere...and finally we have Yang...Yang has had some difficulties, she had last her arm during the fall of Beacon to the White Fang leader known as Adam Taurus, Yang hasn't been the same since, she had lost her usual fiery spark she had, I can't blame her...So I've decided that I was going to stay here at Patch to hopefully help her. And I've also decided to help out Coco Adel, Who happens to be Agent 26's or Sky's girlfriend, and Sky's older sister Neo. I've managed to help them rebuild an old house not far from Patch, so I've taken myself from time to time to check up on them to see how they were doing. They've have it hard right now, Coco hasn't been the same, her boyfriend is now missing somewhere in the universe, all she's been doing lately is just read the Log Entry's that belonged to Sky. Even Coco's Team has come by to check up on her, they've gotten the same result that I've received from Coco, silence and sadness. As for his sister, Neo, she has also been having it rough too. According to her, Sky was kidnapped 13 years ago by Project Freelancer, and only recently she was reunited with him for a very short amount of time. I can understand stand her feel of loss, I've lost Yupia for so many years as well, but I've had the motivation to keep moving forwards. Anyways, that should cover up everything that has been happening so far, hopefully things just turn around for the better...but I just have a sinking feeling that it won't.
(Location: Patch)
(Time: 3 months after the Fall of Beacon)
Its been a difficult time for Remnants new visitors. Gyro has been staying at Taiyang's house for the last few months to help Yang Xaio Long recover from her injuries. Gyro has been using Ruby's room for the time being due to her departure with the remaining members of Team JNPR to Haven Academy all the way in Mistral. It was currently 9:00 A.M and Gyro had just woken up. She slowly gets out of Ruby's bed and heads straight for the bathroom. After a few minutes of taking her shower, she heads back into Ruby's room. Gyro looks over to the counter to see her Cyan and Cobalt Operator helmet with a autumn colored visor. Gyro quickly goes over to the chair next to Ruby's bed to grab her skin suit for her armor. She puts on the skin suit and thinks to herself.
"I seriously need to get actual clothes in the future." Gyro says to herself as she looks at the skin suit.
Gyro takes her time to put on her armor. Once the armor is on she walks over to the the counter to where her helmet sat. As Gyro reached out for her helmet, she looks at herself through the mirror. Her eyes were still a mix of Cobalt and Crimson instead of her normal Emerald green. And her hair was sill Cyan but it started to fade into a Crimson at the end of her hair. Gyro continues to inspect herself as she opened the palm of her hands, her hands were slightly shaking. She made small energy balls that were a mix of Cyan and Crimson. She sighed slightly as she closed her hands and makes the energy balls disappear. She grabs her Operator helmet and holds it under her arm as she made her way to the door. As Gyro closed the door behind her she saw Taiyang closing Yang's door. Both Gyro and Taiyang make quickly eye contact. They both then start to head down the stairs into the living room. Gyro then breaks the silence as they were out of hearing range from Yang.
"How's she holding up today?" Gyro asks as she puts her Operator helmet down on the coffee table.
"She's still having some struggles. But at least she's started to leave her room to help around the house from time to time." Taiyang says as he takes a seat on the couch.
"Well that's better than before at least." Gyro says as she exhales in relief. "Yang's strong, she'll make it through this."
"Yeah, I hope so." Taiyang says as she slumps forwards a bit.
"Hey, cheer up Tai, she'll make it through this, it just takes time. Yang is still in shock" Gyro says as she tries to reassure Taiyang.
Taiyang looks at Gyro. Gyro had a slight smile reassuring smile on her face.
"So, what's your plan for today?" Taiyang says trying to change the topic.
Gyro stands for their for a few seconds as she tries to think of an agenda for the day.
"Probably help around the house for a few hours then head to Coco's and Neo's place to see how their doing. It's been a few days since I've last checked up on them." Gyro says as she takes a seat on a small couch. "So what do you need done for today?" Gyro asks.
Taiyang ponders on today's activities and chores for the day.
"Well we just need some wood for the fire, collect the mail, and the porch just needs to be cleaned up. Everything else I can do." Taiyang explains.
"You sure? Tai I'm going to still be here till Yang recovers." Gyro says in concern.
"I'm sure, your supposed to see your friends soon anyways." Taiyang says with certainty.
"Fine, what's for breakfast anyways?" Gyro asks.
"The usual, just do me a favor, go grab Yang for breakfast." Taiyang says as he gets up from the couch.
"Yeah, got it." Gyro says as she also gets up from the small couch she was sitting on.
Taiyang heads for the kitchen while Gyro heads up the stairs. Once upstairs, Gyro stops in front of Yang's door and freezes for a second. She takes a deep breath as she raises her left hand. Gyro then knocks on the door slowly. There was silence at first, but she then heard the familiar Blonde Brawler inside the room.
"Come in." Yang says through the door.
Gyro slowly opens the door to see Yang sitting on her bed. Yang was looking out the window.
"Hey Yang." Gyro says softly as she slowly walks into the room.
"Hey." Yang says flatly.
Gyro slightly frowned as she looked at Yang.
"How are you feeling?" Gyro asks.
"The same as always Gyro, that's how I felt yesterday, that's how I felt last week, that's how I felt for the last few months." Yang says with sadness and anger.
Gyro took a deep breath.
"I just wanted to let you know that breakfast is almost ready." Gyro says as doesn't take her eyes of Yang.
"Yeah...I'll be their soon." Yang says.
There was still some silence between the Cyan Pilot and the Blonde Brawler.
"So...I'll be heading to Coco's and Neo's place later, I wanted to know if you want to come with me?" Gyro asks as she tries to break the tension.
"No...I'll stay here." Yang says flatly.
"You sure? It's been two months since you've seen them." Gyro says in hopes she would change her mind.
"Gyro..." Yang says with a slight bit of anger. "I'm sure I don't want to see someone who I hate and see the person who was abandoned by their supposed boyfriend.." Yang says with anger.
Gyro slightly clenched her fist as Yang finished that sentence. Gyro had a look of anger as she started to head for the door. She opens the door and looks back at Yang.
"Yeah, fine, just be down for breakfast." Gyro says with some venom in her voice.
Gyro closes the door behind her as she leaves the room. Once Gyro was gone, Yang looks at the door as she sighed slightly and closed her eyes. Outside the room, Gyro was heading downstairs.
"Fucking prick..." Gyro says quietly to herself. "Like you knew what happened..."
Gyro was talking to herself in mumbles as she went down the stairs. She saw Taiyang inside the the kitchen. Taiyang notices Gyro and speaks up.
"What did she say?" Taiyang asks.
Gyro looks back up to Taiyang.
"Yang said she'll be down soon, where's the food, the earlier I eat, the earlier I can get this work done." Gyro says with a bit of frustration.
Taiyang notices Gyro's slight bit of anger.
"What happened up their?" Taiyang asks.
"Nothing." Gyro quickly responds as she grabs her Operator helmet from the coffee table.
"Really Gyro?" Taiyang asks in a deadpanned tone.
Gyro sighs in annoyance.
"Yang just needs to learn to let go, and how to not act like a complete prick whenever I bring up Coco and Neo.." Gyro says in annoyance.
"What did she say?" Taiyang asks.
"Yang said that she just doesn't want to see Neo because she still has that stupid grudge against her. As for Coco, Yang believes that Sky abandoned her and all of us.." Gyro says in frustration. "Like she knows what really happened back at the tower...she doesn't know his motives.."
"Gyro, like you said, Yang just needs some time to herself." Taiyang says.
"Yeah, whatever...Where's the food?" Gyro asks in hopes to stop the conversation.
"Over by the dinning table." Taiyang says as he points towards the dinning room table.
Gyro nods as she walks into the dinning room. As she exits the living room, Yang comes down the stairs as she heard the entire conversation. Taiyang notices Yang. He looks over towards the dinning room table to see Gyro already start to eat her breakfast. Taiyang slightly points at Gyro, basically asking Yang if she heard the conversation. Yang slightly nods as she had a small look of regret. Taiyang sighed as he heads into the dinning room. Yang then follows her father into the dinning room table. Gyro takes a small glance at Yang. They both made small eye contact, Gyro then quickly looks back at her food and continues to eat. Yang and her father then take their seat and start to eat their breakfast.
After 13 minutes of eating, Gyro was the first to finish her food. Without a word, Gyro head to the kitchen to go wash her plate off. Yang and her father exchange a glance. After washing her plate, Gyro quickly walks back into the dinning room to pick up her helmet.
"Hey Tai, Ima going to go grab the wood and mail, i'll be back in an hour." Gyro says.
"Alright, thank you." Taiyang says kindly.
"Yeah, anytime." Gyro says.
Gyro puts on her Operator helmet and locks it into place with a hissing sound. Gyro walks over towards the door and picks up her saber that she leaves by the door. She puts her saber on her back as it magnetically locks on her back. Once Gyro leaves the house, Taiyang looks at Yang.
"Yang, you know she's right." Taiyang says.
Yang remains silent as she stops eating and looks at her father.
"You have to let things go. This will eat you up in the inside." Taiyang says.
"Dad, its not that easy." Yang replies quietly.
"I know it isn't sweetheart, but its the fact that your not trying is the problem." Taiyang says in reassurance.
Yang stays silent as she thinks about what Taiyang was saying.
"F-fine...I'll try..." Yang says quietly.
"I know you will, but take your time, you don't have to go with Gyro today...but at least apologize to her." Taiyang says with a small smile.
Yang slightly nods as she finishes her food. Taiyang had also finished his food. Taiyang walks over to Yang as he takes her plate. He kisses her on her forehead as he leaves to go wash off the plates. Yang looks over towards the door. She sighs and starts to head towards the couch. She sits down and turns on the television to hopefully clear her mind.
After 2 hours pass by, Gyro finally comes back inside the house. She had mail in her hand as she walked over to Taiyang as he had a broom in his hand. She drops the mail on the dinning room table.
"Sorry for taking so long, I went to go check on my Pelican to see how it was doing." Gyro says a she looks at Taiyang
"Its fine Gyro, where's the wood?" Taiyang asks.
"I've left most of it inside the shed, the rest is outside on the porch." Gyro says as she walks towards the front door.
"Great, so what's wrong with your ship anyways?" Taiyang asks.
"Well everything seems good so far, only problem is that it's low on fuel. Annnd your planet doesn't use the same fuel source as mine." Gyro says in disappointment. "I'll have to go back to that old White Fang base to hopefully grab some fuel or grab a new Pelican." Gyro explains as she puts her saber next to the front door.
"That base all the way in the northwestern side of Vale? Do you even have enough fuel to even reach their?" Taiyang asks.
"Eh, I kinda do." Gyro says as she shrugs.
"What does that mean?" Taiyang asks as he raises one of his eyebrows.
Gyro walks over to one of the small couches where Yang was. Gyro sat on the other side of Yang as she answered Taiyang.
"I only have enough to reach the base, but not enough to comeback. If i'm lucky, I can find some fuel or find a working Pelican." Gyro explains again.
"Well better hope that base has what you need." Taiyang says as he continues to clean the house up.
"I hear that." Gyro says in agreement.
As Taiyang continues to clean the house, he asks another question.
"So when do you plan to head to Coco's and Neo's?" Taiyang asks.
"Well, about that, I've decided to stay there for a few days." Gyro says as she slightly glares at Yang through her helmet.
"Oh, well when do you leave?" Taiyang asks again.
"In a hour, I'm going to take my hoverboard instead of the Pelican due to its lack of fuel." Gyro says.
"That's nice I guess." Taiyang says.
Taiyang glances at Yang. He saw her sit in silence, avoiding eye contact from the Cyan Pilot. Taiyang sighs slightly as he see's Gyro walk towards the stairs. Once's Gyro's gone, Yang looks to where Gyro went. She then looks at her father. Yang saw Taiyang look at her, telling her to make it up to her. Instead of following Gyro, Yang looks back at the Television.
An hour passes by in the house of Taiyang and Yang. Gyro comes back downstairs with a duffel bag slung around her back and her hoverboard under her arm. Gyro walks over to the front and drops her duffel bag near the door and looks over to Taiyang in the kitchen.
"Alright Tai, i'm heading out!" Gyro says to Taiyang.
"Got it, so when will you be coming back?" Taiyang asks as he walks over to the front door.
"Probably in 4 to 6 days." Gyro says.
Gyro picks up her saber and places it on her back. The saber magnetically latches on to her back as she picks up her duffel bag again.
"That's nice, have fun." Taiyang says as he smiles and holds his hand out.
Gyro smiles under helmet and shakes Taiyyang's hand. Gyro looks around to not see Yang in the house.
"Hey, Tai. Where's Yang?" Gyro asks.
"She's outside I think." Taiyang says as he points towards the front door.
Gyro looks towards the front door for a brief few seconds before she looks back at Taiyang.
"Alright, thanks anyways for letting me stay here Tai." Gyro says as she grabs her hoverboard.
"Anytime Gyro, your welcome here anytime." Taiyang says happily as he opens the door for Gyro.
Gyro nods as she walks out the front door. Taiyang closes the door behind her as she walked out. Gyro walks down the steps and tosses her hoverboard in front of her. The board lands on the ground as sit starts to float in front of her. Gyro places her left foot on the board but stops as she heard a familiar voice behind her.
"HEY! Gyro!" Yang says loudly as she runs up behind the Cyan Pilot.
Gyro turns to see Yang stop in front of her.
"What do you want Yang, i'm about to leave." Gyro says flatly.
Yang froze for a second as she looked at Gyro.
"I-I wanted to apologize.." Yang says sadly as she looked down for second.
Gyro stayed silent for a second as she raised her eyebrow under her helmet.
"For what exactly?" Gyro asks curiously.
"For...For being a bit of an asshole earlier...I wen't a bit too far and I was out of line to say those things...It was extremely insensitive of me and I just wanted to say sorry.." Yang says as she looks into the Cyan Pilot's autumn colored visor.
"And what else?" Gyro asks as she places her hand on her hip.
"And you were right...I do need to let go of things...I've been thinking about this for a while, and maybe I should go try and resolve my grudge against Neo.." Yang says as she rubs her nape.
Gyro chuckles a bit. Yang takes notice and had a slight angered look on her face.
"What's so funny?" Yang asks with a slight bit of anger.
"Nothing, its just the fact you now finally want to do this after months of avoiding her." Gyro says. "Anyways, I can't take you with me, The Pelican barely has any fuel left so if you do want to come, you'll need to find your own way there." Gyro explains. "Next time Yang."
Gyro waves off to Yang as she jumps on her hoverboard. Gyro says her final farewell's to Gyro as she races off on her hoverboard. Yang just stands where she was as she watched the Cyan Pilot ride off.
"And she says I'm and asshole.." Yang says as she heads back inside.
(Time: 1 Hour after Gyro's departure)
(Location: Coco and Neo's House)
Gyro races into a open tree line, she makes a hard stop as she jumps off her hoverboard and observes her surroundings. Half of the open tree line was a beautiful green while the other half was a scorched black. Gyro picks up her hoverboard and walks up to the house that was near the small lake. Gyro stops in front of the door and takes a deep breath. She then knocks on the door as she waits for a response. After a few seconds pass by, she hears a few locks on the door being unlocked. The door then opens slightly to reveal Neo.
"Hey Neo." Gyro says cheerfully.
Neo closes the door as Gyro hears Neo unlock another lock on the door. Neo then opens the front door all the way.
"Hey Gyro, thanks for coming over." Neo says with a smile.
Gyro chuckles slightly as she walks inside.
"Anytime, and geez, whats with all the locks on your door?" Gyro asks as she puts her hoverboard against a wall.
"Hey, you can never be too sure." Neo says as she helps take Gyro's Duffel bag and carries it for her.
They both walk over to the living room. Neo puts Gryo's duffel bag on a large couch. Gyro then takes a seat next to her bag as she looks at Neo.
"So, how's the rest of the house coming along?" Gyro asks as she put she hands against her helmet.
Gyro slowly pulls off her helmet with a hissing sound. She then places her helmet next to her as she looks at the Ice cream haired girl who was standing in front of her.
"Things had to be slowed down when the winter hit, but now that's over, things re going back to normal. We've managed to get our rooms, the kitchen, two bathrooms, and Coco's closet done during the last two weeks." Neo lists.
Gyro couldn't help but giggle to herself again.
"Well at least she's still having her shopping spirit, speaking of which, I've been meaning to ask, do you mind if I can stay here for a few days?" Gyro asks.
"Oh, we defiantly don't mind, Gyro, you've helped Coco and I rebuild this house, your welcome here anytime." Neo says happily. "I'm guess that's what the bag is for?" Neo says as he points at Gyro's duffel bag.
"Oh, this? Neo, these are just my tools, I don't really have that much clothes." Gyro says as she reaches for her duffel bag.
Gyro grabs her bag and puts it on her lap. She then opens the bag to reveal a bunch of tools that she uses.
"And that brings me into another thing, How's Coco doing?" Gyro asks cautiously.
Neo sighs slightly as she looks towards the upstairs.
"Well, she's doing better to say the least, Coco has been more talkative lately. She also hasn't been reading Sky's holodisc as much as she use did when she first found it." Neo says sadly.
"Hey, at least she's recovering." Gyro says as she smiles.
"Yeah..Hey you want some coffee? Coco's favorite." Neo asks.
"Yeah sure." Gyro says as she stands up.
"Great, do me a favor and go grab Coco for me, she should be in her room." Neo says as she heads for the kitchen.
Gyro nods as she heads for the stairs. When she walks up the stairs to the second floor, she goes down the hallway and stops in front of Coco's room. Gyro then knocks on the door, she hears Coco quickly move around in her room. Coco then opens the door, her hair grown all the way to the half of her back, Coco was also wearing a grey sweater and blue jeans along with her beret, and her modified sunglasses were folded and hanging off her sweater. The most noticeable item that Coco was wearing was Sky's old glowing brown necklace.
"Oh, hey Gyro, I didn't know you were coming over." Coco says as she opens her door all the way.
"Good to see you too Coco, and well I can't call ahead, the CCT network is still down, but still, i'm staying over here for a few days." Gyro says as she stands out of Coco's way.
Coco walks out of the room along with Gyro. Gyro takes notice of the holodisc and the hilt of the energy sword on her waist. Gyro taps Coco on her shoulder as their walking down the stairs, grabbing Coco's attention.
"So, have you been practicing with that thing?" Gyro asks as she motions towards the Energy sword.
"Barely, I still don't even know what's so special about this thing." Coco explains.
"Well you should get some practice, your now a huge target with that sword." Gyro says.
Both Coco and Gyro reach the living room. Just as they arrive, Neo comes back with two cups of Coffee. Neo passes Coco and Gyro a cup as she picked up her own that she left on the coffee table on the living room, the three of them then sit down on the couches.
"Why? Whats so special about this thing?" Coco asks as she lifts the hilt of the energy sword.
"Am I missing something?" Neo asks as she takes a sip of her coffee.
"I'm about to explain it, its about that." Gyro says to Neo as she points at Coco's Energy Sword hilt. "Those swords are very special."
"Yeah, we know." Coco says in a deadpanned tone.
"Hey, pay attention, these swords were created by an alien race." Gyro explains.
"Alien like..." Neo says as she was pointing towards Gyro.
"No, not like me, as in actual aliens, the types that are pretty big and are a completely different species, they were known as the Sangheili, a race of strong, intelligent, and extremely religious warriors with very superior technology compared to humans. Remember the active camouflage and the bubble shield?" Gyro asks as she takes a sip of her coffee.
"Yeah, the invisibility and that dome thing." Coco says.
"Well, they invented it, about 30 years ago, their was a group of aliens known as the Covenant, they started attacking human settlements, a few months later, war broke out, lasting 27 years, it was called The Human Covenant war, though my people didn't participate in the Human Covenant war, millions were lost, planets and settlements were completely wiped out." Gyro says as she looks away.
"That's sad...but...what does that have to do with the sword?" Neo asks.
"Well, like I said, The Sangheili were advanced, they also happen to have been traveling in space before humans could. So what did they do? They built temples and a bunch of crazy cool shit all over the universe, and That sword happens to be one of the many things you can get from those temples." Gyro explains.
Both Neo and Coco look at the Energy sword hilt for a few seconds.
"The sword has its own special property, that being the fact that your the only person to be able to wield it." Gyro says as she takes another sip of her coffee.
"How and why am I able too?" Coco asks.
"I don't believe that." Neo says.
"You sure? Okay then, Coco, ignite the sword, then give it to Neo." Gyro says to the fashionista.
Coco presses the ignition button on the energy sword hilt. The sword ignites and glows a bright blue and purple. Coco inspects the sword before slowly passing the glowing plasma sword to Neo. Neo grasps the handle carefully, trying not to burn or cut herself. Neo then holds the sword in her right hand.
"See I was-" Neo was cut off by the sword deactivating in her hand mid-sentence.
"Told you so." Gyro says flatly.
Neo tries to press the ignition button multiple times in frustration. Neo huffs in annoyance as she tosses the energy sword hilt to Coco. Coco catches it as she looks at the hilt more.
"So, why is it so important that i'm now a target?" Coco asks towards the Cyan pilot.
"Well, that's the more...interesting part. You see, these temples I mentioned earlier, They were only recently discovered 4 years ago on a planet known as Chorus. Remember how Locus has his own sword?" Gyro asks.
"Yeah, its the only thing that makes him unique compared to you and Sky." Neo says.
Both Gyro and Coco look at Neo.
"What? I'm serious, from what Coco told me, Locus doesn't have any powers or semblances. I mean seriously, Gyro, you can shoot HUGE beams and blasts of cool energy at things and you can literally teleport. Sky has all these badass weapons, he's a very scary marksmen, has those armor enhancements, and he has his own semblance now. But Locus can just shoot a gun and just use that sword." Neo explains.
Gyro and Coco look at each other as they shrug in agreement.
"Anyways, back on topic, Locus got his sword back on that planet Chorus...but I really don't want explain how he got it...its rather personal...but back on topic again, we've discovered that the sword is also a key to access those temples, and let me tell you, they have some REALLY interesting things." Gyro explains.
"Interesting in what way?" Neo asks as she raises her eyebrow.
"Well, from what Locus told men, there was a Temple of Arms, the Temple of Gravitation, the Temple of Weather Manipulation, the Temple of Bountiful Harvest, the Temple of Interior Decorating,the Temple of Communication, and the Temple of Procreation." Gyro lists.
"Wait, what was the second to last one?" Coco asks.
"What? The Temple of Communication? According to Locus, he said that temple can allow the user to send out a message to anywhere in the Galaxy." Gyro recalls.
Neo looks at Coco as she had a sly smile on her face.
"And what was the last one?" Neo asks.
Gyro had a slight smirk on her face while Coco was a bit confused.
"The Temple of Procreation? That one is the more 'interesting' one I was talking about. When that temple is activated, it throws the inhabitants of a planet into a ravenous sexual frenzy with the intent to increase a potentially dwindling population." Gyro explains with a huge smirk.
Both Neo and Gyro looks straight at Coco. She was frozen for a second as she processes why Neo and Gyro were looking at her. Coco immediately froze and her face went red. Both Gyro and Neo start to laugh as Coco covered her face.
"Okay...can we seriously get back on topic?.." The flustered Coco says.
After another minute of embarrassment and laughter coming from the three girls, they all manage to compose themselves and try to focus on their previous discussion.
"Right, Right, where was I?" Gyro asks.
"The temples, you were describing a few of them." Coco says as she takes a sip of her coffee.
"Right, so as I was saying, these temples can be pretty useful, cool, or just flat out badass." Gyro says. "But of course, not everything that The Sangheili built were all good." Gyro says as her tone shifts.
"How so?" Neo asks.
"Well, there was a Temple called the Purge." Gyro says in a darker tone.
"That doesn't sound ominous at all." Coco says sarcastically.
"I know right?! Anyways, from what Locus and a few News articles said, The Purge is a temple that exterminates all sentient life on a planet." Gyro says. "With a turn of a key, poof, everything can be exterminated.."
Coco and Neo look at each other in worry.
"You can see why now your a target to the Blue and Reds.." Gyro says as she slumps forwards. "They've been searching for these temples over the last few years, they've had a key, but no temple to use it on." Gyro says as she doesn't make eye contact.
"Is their a chance that these temples can be on Remnant?" Neo asks nervously.
"Doubt it, I haven't seen any here, if there is, we'd all would have been dead by now..." Gyro says as she thinks to herself. "Coco, you do realize your now apart of this fight as much as I am, there's no backing out...I'm sorry to have you forced into this.."
Coco and Neo remain silent. Coco then looks up to Gyro.
"Hey...like you said, everything happens for a reason, i'm willing to put up a fight." Coco says sharply. "And its not your fault either, if anything, you guys showing up helped me out a bit, I mean, I wouldn't be dating Sky for a reason...I...I just hope he's okay where ever her is.." Coco says sadly.
Neo puts her hand on Coco's shoulder in reassurance.
"We all believe he and Pyrrha will come back." Neo says with a smile. "I have faith."
"We all do, but while Sky and Pyrrha are gone, we have to make the fight count for them." Gyro says as she looks at Coco. "And that means training you to fight, and hey, perhaps you can earn yourself some nice armor too." Gyro says with a smile.
Coco and Neo smile as well. They all happily finish up their coffee, when they finish, they all continue their conversation.
"Hey, Gyro, I've been wanting to know this since you've brought this up, what's your home planet like as well as your army?" Coco asks.
Gyro froze for a second.
"Well, fist things first, my home planet was called Cier, like Remnant, UNSC and human civilization didn't know of it's existence. Cier was a difficult planet when I grew up. Cier was broken up into multiple islands and pieces of land with it's divided leaders. I was born in a city known as Aether 2.0." Gyro explains in a sincere tone.
"2.0?" Neo asks.
"That's right, remember, I have a sister, Yupia, she's 3 years older than me, she was born in the original Aether." Gyro says as she looks away.
"I'm guessing something happened to the original Aether." Coco says softly.
"Yeah...The original Aether was attacked by a large group of bandits, and remember, about 87% of Cier's population had powers...So imagine what a large group of bandits can do to a city with dangerous powers can do...and your probably guessing right, Aether was destroyed, luckily my family was evacuated during the attack..but not everyone made it.." Gyro says sadly. "But their's nothing I could have done at the time...Yupia was one of the casualties...we though she was dead..but luckily she wasn't.."
"What happened when you were growing up?" Neo asks quietly.
"Well, my family ran their own business." Gyro chuckles slightly. "They ran a mechanics shop while i went to school. But they didn't have the money to run their shop, if theirs one thing that Aether 2.0 did that fucked everyone over was its corruption in government, taxes were bullshit and my family could barely manage on their own. So i did something that my parent forbid me from wanting to do." Gyro says as she looks at the two girls.
Both Coco and Neo perked up their eyebrows in anticipation.
"Cier was well renowned for their 'duels', I put my mechanics and engineering degree to work and built my own weapon. I then spent a few months learning and somewhat maintaining my powers. Then I became a 'duelist'." Gyro explains.
"Duelist?" Coco asks as she tilts her head.
"Yeah, people who fought against other duelist for money, power, or just for sport...I wasn't proud for the duels I've done, but I was able to raise a lot of money for my family. They had their questions at first, but they found out eventually, and of course, they weren't proud for me...But my talents earned the recognition of General Nuri...who also happens to be a close childhood friend..." Gyro explains as she sighs.
Coco and Neo looked at each other in shock.
"Wait, your general? She was also born in Cier? Does that also mean-" Neo says but was cut off.
"Yeah, Nuri has her own powers...Nuri happened to hear about my Duels when she went missing after the destruction of Aether, and when she came back, she had the opportunity of a life time. Nuri managed to find herself a small army when she found me. She was recruiting anyone she trusted in Cier, and I happened to be one of those people." Gyro says as she leans back on the couch.
"How many people from Cier were in Nuri's army?" Coco asks.
"Oh, majority of the higher ranks and special squads were all duelists from Cier, there were people like Blue, Drone, Adrastos, Zinx, Allison, Stitch, Nanix, Jin-" Gyro lists as she was cut off.
"Jin...Jin's dead..." Coco says quietly.
Gyro looked at Coco's sad expression. Gyro looked away in shame as Neo was watching Gyro.
"Yeah...He died...I can blame myself for his death too.." Gyro says quietly.
Coco looks at Gyro as she was looking away. Neo was left confused bye the conversation.
"Why?" Coco asks with a slight bit of venom in her voice.
"I've made the mistake in dating a complete asshole...He would be the one who lead Jin's squad...and I would be lying of I were to say that I did something about it..." Gyro says quietly. "He was special...Sky would mentor him personally because he saw something in him, however, my ex-boyfriend and his 'posse' were jealous of Jin I guess..."
"So you and his squad pick on the kid?!" Coco says with anger.
Gyro stays silent for a couple of seconds. Neo tries to calm down the angered Coco.
"I regret what I've done Coco, but I know theirs nothing I can do about it, If I knew where the remaining members of Jin's squad were, I would kill them.." Gyro says.
"Wait? Their missing?" Neo asks. "I would expect Sky to have killed them."
"Oh he really wanted to...but Nuri felt like the better alternative is to send them off somewhere. Either way, I broke up with my Ex after I found out what happened to Jin, its just disgusting that they would just leave someone for dead like that." Gyro says as she clenches her fist. "Hell, I was about to beat the shit out of Sun when he wanted to leave Pyrrha and Sky behind back at Beacon."
Coco lightly chuckles.
"Yeah...same here, Sun's lucky that I was tired, or else he would have had two broken legs." Coco says.
Both Coco and Gyro lightly chuckle. Neo looks at her scroll.
"Well, its getting a bit late girls." Neo says as she stands up and stretches.
"Really? It felt like we were talking for only about an hour." Coco says to Neo.
Neo shows Coco her scroll, it was now 9:51 P.M.
"How the actual fuck?!" Gyro exclaims.
"I don't know, but we should head to bed soon." Neo says as she yawns. "You have any plans tomorrow?"
"Actually I do need help with something." Gyro says as she looks at Coco. "I'm looking to actually get some clothes, and I'm going to need some help in terms of style I want."
Coco had a large smile on her face.
"Count me in!" Coco says happily.
"Great! In two days as well, I'm going to be heading to an old White Fang base, i'm going to need both of you." Gyro explains.
"Why?" Neo asks.
"Hey, you two are in this fight now, and I need a new Pelican or some fuel. And I need both of you to watch my back just in case." Gyro say in a bit of frustration.
"Yeah fine." Neo says as she groans.
"Hey don't worry about it Neo, it'll be fun!" Coco says trying to lighten the mood.
Neo sighs and nods her head to signal that she'll go.
"Well, here's to hoping that The Blue and Reds along with that bitch Cinder are just as frustrated as the rest of us." Gyro says as she stretch and falls back down on the couch.
(Location: Remnant, Unknown)
(Time: Unknown)
In barren wasteland, with rocky terrain and enormous purple crystals sprouting from the ground. The sky is stained a dark red. Grimm spawn in large numbers from pools of a viscous, tar-like substance. And very few ships were hovering just above a large castle of some sorts. Inside the castle, there was a meeting room that a few people were sitting in.
"I...AM EXTREMELY...FRUSTRATED!" Temple yells out through a monitor in the meeting room as he was hitting and throwing things in his office.
"Get a grip already." The man with the mustache and green eyes says, identifying to be Dr. Arthur Watts.
There were 8 other people in the room. Three were conisting of Cinder Fall, Mercury Blake, and Emerald Sustrai. The other three were Dr. Arthur Watts, Tyrian Callows, and Hazel Rainart. There was also the two Captains of the Blues and Reds known a Surge and Gene, they were both completely silent.
"HOW?! I NOW HAVE TO SPREAD MY FORCES ACROSS THE GOD DAMN UNIVERSE TO HUNT HIM DOWN AGAIN, AND I ALSO HAVE TO GET THE STUPID FUCKING SWORD BACK!" Temple yells out towards Watts.
"Maybe you wouldn't have this problem if you didn't run away like a coward." Watts responds in his calm, English accent.
Mercury and Emerald were observing the outside, they were horrified of what they were witnessing as they saw Grimm spawning from the black tar like liquid. Cinder snaps her finger as she grabs the attention of Emerald and Mercury. They both walk over next to Cinder. Watts looks over towards Emerald, Cinder, and Mercury.
"Yes, Yes, please keep your...posse...in check, as for you Temple, you should make better judgement calls, you could have easily win that 'Freelancer' if you weren't a coward." Watts says smugly.
Mercury takes a aggressive step forwards, Emerald stops Mercury. As for Surge, he was about to raise his scattershot, but Gene put his hand on Surge's scattershot and shook his head no. Temple just growls in anger while Cinder looks at Watts.
"You hear that? Silence. I've half the mind to thank the little girl that bested you." Watts says towards Cinder.
"If I were you, I'd hunt her down...find her, and...well...she took YOUR eye, didn't she?" Tyrian says as he starts to laugh manically.
"You are seriously a fucking nut job, you know that right?" Temple says towards Tyrian.
Cinder attempts to speak, but struggles, Emerald leans down next to Cinder. Cinder says something into Emerald's ear for her to relay her message.
"Pathetic. Why did you even-" Watts says towards Cinder but was cut off.
The door starts to unlock as it slowly opens. Everyone in the room stands up and looks towards the door, revealing a woman with skin is a deathly pallor, covered with deep red and purple veins that run up her arms and face. The sclerae of her eyes are jet black and her irises glow red, even brighter when she is agitated. She has a black diamond-shaped marking in the center of her forehead. She wears a very long black robe with red designs resembling eyes. She also wears a ring resembling an insect on her right index finger. She has white hair formed into a bun with six offshoots from which ornaments are suspended. the woman makes her way on the other side of the room and stands in front of a large purple crystal with candles on it.
"Watts." The woman says.
Watts just looks at the woman as he slightly shrugs. The woman then turns to face the large group in the room.
"Do you find such malignance necessary?" The woman asks.
There was silence in the room, the woman then gestures everyone to sit down. Everyone takes a seat except Emerald, Mercury, Surge, and Gene. The woman then walks up to her chair and takes a seat.
"I apologize, ma'am. I'm not particularly fond of failure." Watts says as he takes a seat.
"Then I see no reason for your cruelty towards young Cinder. She's become our Fall Maiden, destroyed Beacon Tower, and most importantly, killed dear Ozpin. So I'm curious, to what failures are you referring?" The woman asks.
"Well...The girl with the silver eyes." Watts says.
"Yes. We've dealt with their kind before. How is it a novice was able to best one of us?" Hazel says calmly.
"My thoughts exactly. Even without her new power, it should have been effortless." Watts says
"Uh hello? Are we also forgetting the Freelancer and his little group as well?! There still missing!" Temple explains.
"In time Mark Temple, you'll have them soon enough. But that 'Freelancer' is something you'll have to deal with, he and his friend are now anywhere in the Universe like you said, it's up to you to deal with your problem. We can deal with the rest here." The woman says towards Temple. "As for Cinder, It is because of the Maiden's power. Make no mistake, Cinder, you hold the key to our victory. But your newfound strength brings with it a crippling weakness. Which is why you will remain by my side as we continue your treatment."
Cinder has an unhappy look about this and lowers her head. Emerald looks at her in sympathy.
"Dr. Watts, you are to take Cinder's place and meet with our Informant in Mistral." The woman says.
"Very good." Watts says as he nods at the woman.
"Not so fast dickhead, Surge and Gene are going with you, I need to spread out my men to find the rest of that Freelancer's team." Temple says to Watts.
Watts was about to retort but the woman speaks before he gets the chance.
"Very well Temple, you will get your opportunity when we find them." The woman says to the monitor of Temple.
"Tyrian, I want you to continue your hunt for the Spring Maiden." The woman says as she turned her attention to the crazed man.
"Gladly." Tyrian says as he manically laughs to himself.
"And Hazel, I'm sending you to the leader of the White Fang. Adam Taurus has arranged the meeting. The boy continues to prove loyal. Ensure that Sienna Khan feels the same." The woman says to Hazel.
"As you wish." Hazel says calmly.
"I can send troops along with the quiet one, Lorenzo and Cronut has finished their operation in Atlas." Temple informs.
The woman nods as well as Hazel does the same. Cinder raises a finger. Emerald fails to notice this gesture for a moment.
"Oh!" Emerald says.
Emerald leans in to hear her. Cinder then rasps into her ear. Emerald quickly straightens herself as Cinder finishes.
"Speak, child." The woman says to Emerald.
"She wants to know...What about the girl?" Emerald asks for Cinder.
Watts scoffs before he speaks.
"What about her? Seems to me that this is Cinder's problem, not ours." Watts says smugly.
"Hey, dumbfuck! She's all of our problem, if those fucking silver eyes do what ever bullshit you all informed me of, we an be in some deep shit." Temple exclaims.
Cinder slams her fist onto the table and glares at Watts while Temple growls angrily, Watts just responds by grinning at her and Temple.
"That's enough. Tyrian?" The woman says as she turns to the crazed man.
"Yes, my lady?" Tyrian says as he tilts his head creepily.
"Spring can wait. Find the girl that did this to Cinder." The woman says.
Tyrian giggles elatedly and claps. Both Emerald, Mercury, Gene, and Surge look at each other as they slightly back away from Tyrian.
"And bring her to me." The woman finishes.
Tyrian freezes, groans disappointedly, pouts for a second, then looks back up at Salem with an acquiescent shrug. The woman then looks back at Cinder and Temple.
"Because of both of your efforts, Beacon has fallen. And Haven will be next." The Woman announces.
Everyone rises from their seats, Tyrian snickers at Cinder and points to his left eye.
"Eye for an eye." Tyrian says as he laughs manically again.
Tyrian goes into an uncontrollable fit of manic laughter, while Cinder grits her teeth.
"What the actual fuck is wrong with you." Temple says flatly as he ends his video feed.
A/N:
Well Homesick is now in being worked on. I wanted to give Gyro more of a backstory due to me not having the time or wanting to put the effort into making her own story of when she arrived in Remnant. If you haven't noticed already, The credit of Cier as a planet and the duelists belong to the members of community Hyun's Dojo. Well, Chapter 2 wont be done for a while considering i want to work on a few small things before i start writing the next chapter. Anyways, thanks for reading, and have a good day, Cheers :D