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Subject: P.E.N.N.Y

Time: 2:45AM

Location: Atlas Dropship: Victor 933

Playing video…

The sound of classical music filled the Dropship. Penny was sitting with 5 other Atlas soldiers who were all armed and ready for a combat drop.

"Why do we always have to listen to this old stuff sarge?" One of them complained.

"Watch your mouth son!" One of the soldiers with a grimy voice and darker skin tone said. His nametag read Avery Johnson. "This stuff is your history. It should remind you grunts what we're fighting to protect."

"String instruments that put me to sleep? I think i'd be fine with the Grimm wiping out this particular part of my history." The soldier replied.

"I kind of like it." Penny spoke up.

Everyone in the Dropship paused and gave Penny a strange look.

"Why do we have a little girl with us again?" The soldier right next to the sergeant asked.

"That little girl is a student of Atlas Academy. One of the best. In other words, she's more man than any of you sissy's." Explained Johnson.

"Awww man. I can't believe this." Mumbled the soldier next to Penny.

"LZ looks clear. Im bringing us down!" A female voice rang out over the intercom.

The Dropship started to slow and descend. Everyone double checked that their weapons were functional and stood up.

"Alright. You know the drill. Stay sharp!" Yelled the sergeant.

FFW

Subject: P.E.N.N.Y

Time: 2:57AM

Location: Structure Entrance

Playing Video…

A brightly lit, massive, gray, metal hallway suddenly appeared amongst all the growth of the forest. Penny ran a scan of the metal, but she came up empty. This was a new compound that had never been discovered before. Penny then stopped focusing on the metal and turned around to the group of soldiers. They were examining crates of dust that were haphazardly strewn around the entrance to the mysterious structure. All of the crates had a symbol on them. A red cat's head with three red slashes across it's face.

"Damn. Looks like the White Fang beat us here." Sergeant Johnson cursed, then lit the cigar he'd just taken out of his pocket.

"Then where are they? This dust is worth millions of Lien. Surely they wouldn't leave it behind?" One of the soldiers said.

Honestly. It was hard to tell Atlas military apart sometimes.

"Wait here for the General and his squad. Then move your asses inside." Ordered Johnson.

A large amount of text flashed across Penny's vision.

"The General say's to go in without him." Said Penny. "He's encountering a lot of Grimm. It seems this place is attracting them."

Johnson nodded. "OK! LET'S MOVE!"

FFW

Subject: P.E.N.N.Y

Time: 3:01AM

Location: Unknown Structure

Playing Video…

Penny was staring at a body. It was a man. Faunus. Perhaps in his late twenties to early thirties. He was wearing a White Fang uniform and had a large grey mask over his face. A large, bloody chainsaw was clutched loosely in the dead man's hands. His chest looked like something had exploded out of it and splattered everything nearby in blood. If Penny could throw up, she probably would have.

"-which is weird right? I mean. Look at him. Something scrambled the insides." One of the soldiers pointed at the man's wound with his foot. Penny zoomed in on his nametag. It read Bisenti.

"What's that? Beowulf having a snack? Plasma scoring?" Johnson tried to guess what had happened.

"Most likely Grimm. I'm not reading any burn marks." Confirmed Penny.

"What we got sergeant?" General Ironwood suddenly appeared and walked up to the group. A couple Atesian Knights marched up behind him acting as bodyguards.

"Looks like a White Fang patrol. Badass Faunus soldiers, all KIA." Said Johnson.

Ironwood stared at the body for a couple more seconds. Then looked up. "Well, that's one less cell i can have reserved. Everyone form up and move out!"

FFW

Subject: P.E.N.N.Y

Time: 3:15AM

Location: Unknown Structure Hallway

Playing Video...

Penny, Ironwood, and the soldiers were now standing in a small, confining hallway. Ahead of them was a high tech metal door with two red lights. It looked welded shut. Someone didn't want this door opened.

"Right. Well let's get this door open." Said Ironwood.

"I'll try sir. But it looks like the White Fang worked pretty hard to lock it down." Said a soldier whose name tag read Manuel Mendoza.

"I wasn't talking to you." Ironwood said sternly. Then looked at Penny. "If you would?"

"Yes sir!" Penny said enthusiastically. She held her arm's out and her swords excited her backpack. Then she swung up. The swords cut cleanly through the welded part of the door. The door's red lights turned green and they slid open.

Mendoza gave Penny an unreadable look, then kneeled down and observed the room that had just become available to them.

The room was the largest they'd come across so far. The ceiling reached up to thirty meters at least. It was supported by weirdly shaped diagonal metal pillars. A path made of some sort of blue glass and lighting lead from the door to a seemingly pointless metal pyramid in the center of the room.

After making sure the room didn't have any hostiles in it, Mendoza gave the signal to move forward. The soldiers all crouched and moved around the room. Ironwood and his two robot bodyguards moved rather loudly into the room after it was cleared.

Penny was about to enter when she stopped and turned. She had thought she heard some sort of slithering sound from behind her, but when she checked her motion tracers, there was nothing. After a long pause, Penny shrugged and turned to enter the room.

Everyone had gathered near the entrance. Penny could now see that there were at least three other doors leading out of the room. They were welded shut as well.

"I've got a bad feeling about this…" Said Mendoza.

"Boy! You always got a bad feeling about someth-" Johnson was interrupted as his com's blared awake. A voice full of static rang out in everyone's ears.

"General! Sarge! Can you hear me!" It sounded strained, as if in a lot of panic.

"What's going on soldier?" Ironwood asked.

"We've got contacts! Lot's of em! But they aren't Grimm! They're just swarming every- AHHHH! Oh god no! G-Get it off!"

"Penny. Get up to second squads position. They need reinforcements." Ordered Ironwood.

Penny saluted and was about to leave when the soldiers voice sounded again.

"What the… Thanks ma-…" The sound of gunshots could be heard. The soldier sounded like he was starting to run. "NO! Oh god no! Please! Have merc-" Penny heard the sound of a sword cutting through flesh. Then the mic was picked up.

Everyone in the room froze as they heard Adam Taurus's voice. "I'd stick around to watch as you and your allies get devoured but, I have more pressing concerns. Farewell forever. General." The com's went dead.

"Everyone book it to squad two! Adam wont get away this time." Ironwood ordered.

"But…" Began Mendoza.

"The General doesn't have time for you lip soldier!" Yelled Johnson.

"But sarge! Listen." Said Mendoza.

Everyone heard it. The slithering sound. Penny couldn't pinpoint it. It was coming from everywhere at once.

"What the hell is that?" Said Johnson.

Ironwood pulled out his pistol with his left hand. "Penny…"

"I'm sorry sir. I don't know. I can't sense anything in the area." Said Penny nervously.

"Where's that coming from Mendoza." Johnson asked with only the slightest hint of concern.

"I don't kno- THERE THERE!" Mendoza pointed at the left doorway as it was busted open. Everyone was surprised to see a bunch of small, tan, cone shaped tentacle monsters food out of it. They started to cover the walls and floor as they rushed mindlessly at the soldiers.

"Open fire!" Yelled the sarge as he leveled his rifle at the hoard of whatever-the-fuck these things were.

The monsters popped like balloons. After a few volleys of fire, only a green, slimy, disgusting paste was left of them.

"Good shooting." Johnson complemented. "Now what in Remnants name were those things?"

"They were like a flood. They just… What the fuck? There were so many." Said one of the soldiers. His name tag read Wallace Jenkins.

"Then it's settled. We'll call them, The Flood. Now let's get out of here." Said Bisenti.

Penny turned as the other two doors in the room suddenly burst open releasing more flood infection forms into the room.

"Incoming!" Yelled Johnson, who leveled his rifle yet again.

More gunfire turned the infection forms into green paste, but this time the flood didn't cese. They just kept coming. Eventually the soldiers were forced to reload and they managed to get close enough to jump at them.

As the flood were jumping, Penny pulled out her swords and cleaved them out of the air. Then the swords took position above her, pointed, and fired a bunch of green lasers at the hoard of flood. She heard an explosion behind her as Ironwood fired his pistol. The flood were now coming through the third door. They were surrounded.

"God dammit Jenkins. Fire your weapon!" Johnson yelled as he blasted a few infection forms that were coming from above.

"There are too many sir!" Jenkins yelled in panic.

"Don't even think about it soldier." Said Johnson.

What Jenkins said was true though. There were more enemies in the room than they had ammo for. They were starting to dance between their legs in confusing patterns. One jumped at Mendoza and the soldier jumped back in fright. Then ran back the way they came.

"Oh this is crazy!" He yelled as he passed Ironwood, who was still blasting away at the third door.

"Get back here soldier!" Ironwood yelled. "I'll have you shot!"

"Better than this!" Mendoza screamed as he leaped over the broken door and disappeared down the hallway.

Penny had ditched the idea of shooting them all and was now swinging in wide arc's trying to kill as many as she possibly could. But it seemed that for every one they killed, it was replaced with two more. It was starting to rain infection forms.

"Jenkins!" Johnson yelled. Penny turned to see that Jenkins had been swarmed over by at least five infection forms. She tried to aim her swords in his direction, but something large hit her in the side and she was knocked to the ground.

Penny froze in shock when she saw her attacker. It was a woman. She was a Dear-Faunus and wore a White Fang uniform. But her skin was a sickly tan-green and her head hung limply to the side. Horrible tumors and tentacles covered her torso. The woman's arms were deformed as well. They had been replaced by five powerful looking tentacles.

The deformed Faunus raised its arm to clobber Penny over the head, but was quickly sliced in half by her swords. Green ichor flowed out of and covered the floor as it collapsed lifeless to the ground.

More of these combat forms were starting to come into the room. At this rate they'd be overwhelmed. No. They already were.

Johnson was hauling infection form's off of Jenkins, who was having a panic attack. The flood were using some kind of slicing feelers to attack him, but were encountering problems getting through his aura.

Ironwood charged a combat form and rammed his metal arm right through it's chest. The combat form fell limp. He then reloaded his pistol and signaled for everyone to head for the exit. "Retreat!"

Johnson flung Jenkins over his arm and attempted to follow everyone else out. Penny saw that carrying someone while wading through this hoard was next to impossible.

"Here. I'll carry him." She offered as she sliced some infection forms that were jumping towards Johnson.

"No offence but you don't look like you can carr-" Penny grabbed Jenkins, effortlessly hoisted him over her shoulder, and ran across the room to the exit.

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