This was an idea I had when I got a game box of Warhammer (I know, I'm a nerd) and I figured it could get a pretty good story, especially when added with the RWBYverse. So, here's the first chapter of my idea, RWBY: Deathwatch.
Chapter 1: A New Breed
It was Friday night, and Team RWBY wanted to have a fun night out on the town. Ruby had the lead while Weiss followed behind and Yang and Blake taking up the rear. They were excited to have a chance to go out and have fun as a team since they were almost always busy with school. It was really more of a stress relief for them, so all of them were happy to go out.
"So, what are you guys feeling like doing?" Ruby questioned as she practically skipped down the sidewalk. She really didn't care what they would do, as long as they did it together.
"We could go to a book store." Blake suggested as they walked. Yang chuckled and elbowed her in the side a bit.
"You always want to go to a bookstore." Yang chuckled, causing everyone to chuckle as well. The group continued to laugh until something jumped into the light at the end of the street. All of the girls stopped to observe the creature since they had a very clear look at the creature. It stood at least six feet tall and had black skin that nearly blended in with the night. What really stood out was the white shell that was on its back and the fact the creature had four arms.
It had legs that bent backwards like a dog's while the hands had five fingers, four fingers fused together to make two. The red eyes scoured the area until they landed on the girls, all of them immediately going for their weapons. The creature lowered itself to the ground, ready to charge them, but suddenly gunfire started hitting the ground around the creature, throwing it off its balance. All of the girls held position as the creature darted off down the street it was initially running down. Almost immediately after, a group of people ran after the creature.
The girls watched as the group of varying individuals chased the creature, one taking a knee and firing off a few rounds before getting back up and resuming the chase. The team looked at each other, obviously very confused about what just happened.
"What the hell?" Yang questioned quietly, the sound of gunfire starting to gain distance. The girls started to move, but kept their distance in case the group was hostile to everyone. They peered around the corner, seeing the group continuing down the street, weapons still firing.
"Are they Huntsman and Huntresses?" Ruby questioned since the group was half and half. They continued down the street after the group, still not wanting to get too close. The chase continued for about half an hour before they finally stopped running, the group huddled around a manhole cover. Team RWBY started to slink closer, starting to hear more of their conversation, and start to see the individuals a bit more. The tallest was a large young man who seemed to enjoy lifting at the gym.
He was wearing a yellow t-shirt with black jeans and a white ball cap and carried, what looked like, a large black box with a cannon on the end. A large belt of copper canisters hung from the side of the cannon, as well as the large backpack on the guy's back. The next was a woman who looked to be in her late 20s and was from the Orient of Remnant. She wore a white shirt and pants with a red jacket. She had long black hair that was tied back into a pony tail. She also carried a long, curved blade in her left hand and a pistol in the right.
The third was a young man, probably close to the yellow shirt man, who was wearing black pants, a grey shirt and red jacket. The forearms of the jacket were torn to shreds, probably because of the large retractable blade gauntlets on his arms. They were similar in shape to Yang's Ember Celica, only his were bigger and took up his entire forearm. The main body was red while the outer edges were black and the blades a dull gray. The final girl was tall, standing about 6'1", and had short blonde hair that was tied back into a ponytail.
She wore a black t-shirt and jeans and carried a belt with several magazines that seemed to have different forms of ammunition. The assault rifle she carried was similar to the ones Atlas soldiers used, only hers was more of a dull metal as opposed to the white and blue of Atlas.
"You sure it went down here?" The blonde questioned in a flat, almost mechanical tone. The guy in the ball cap gave a look that seemed a little offended at the question.
"I know what I saw, Ledi (Lead-ee). The thing crawled down this manhole." Ball Cap replied in an offended tone.
"I am just making sure, Gevehr (Geh-veer). We can't afford any mistakes when we are this close to finding the Brood."
"Come on, ease up on him. He's the gunner, not the leader." The man in the red jacket stated as he looked down the manhole. "He's meant to shoot, not think."
"Thanks Gray." Gevehr grumbled, clearly sounding unsure of whether to appear thankful or insulted. Grey lightly punched Gevehr in the arm, the two chuckling while Ledi appeared completely unamused. She was about to talk when the Oriental woman looked like she was developing a headache, putting two fingers to her right temple.
"What is it, Unahk (Ooo-nah-kuh)?" Ledi questioned, her tone still flat even though it seemed like a question of concern.
"I'm fine. Shonkhor (Sh-aw-n-k-oar) spotted a few Gen 3s on bikes. Seems they're heading out of the city." Unahk reported, putting her sword on her back and pistol on her hip.
"That presents a problem. Go after them and we'll handle the Brood. We have more than enough force between the three of us. I trust you can handle them?"
"I'm insulted you even asked."
"I don't care. Get your bike and go handle the Gen 3s. If they get out of the city then they're gone."
Unahk rolled her eyes and started running down the street, Team RWBY hiding behind a dumpster as she ran by. The team leaned back out, Ruby pointing at Yang and then at the woman, signaling for her to start tailing her. Yang nodded and went after the woman while the remaining three watched the others jump into the manhole. The remaining members waited for a moment before emerging from their hiding spot and then jumping down into the sewers.
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Yang followed the woman down the street to the same parking garage she kept her motorcycle, Bumblebee, at. Yang hid behind a vehicle as the woman approached a black bike that seemed like it was armed for war. It was a muscle bike, meant to look as mean as the person that was riding it, not speed like Bumblebee. There was a shield and scabbard on the left side with a few canisters with handles on the top of them. The woman put the blade she carried in the scabbard and grabbed the helmet that sat on the seat.
Yang snuck around and got to Bumblebee as she heard the other motorcycle start up, the engine roaring to life. Yang jumped on her bike and started it up, doing her best to be quick and stealthy. Luckily for her, there wasn't anyone else on the road and Yang already knew where they were heading. Yang spotted the black bike and followed her onto the highway. The highway was just a little more populated than the streets, so it was still pretty easy to follow the woman.
Yang then spotted the woman's targets, five people on motorcycles that were going well beyond the speed limit. The woman sped up to catch them, and Yang did the same to follow. She finally caught up to the woman, the two looking over at each other for a minute. The woman then hit a switch on her handlebars, two assault rifles emerging on the front of the bike. The two looked forward to see one of the men turn back and start firing a machine pistol at them.
The two swerved to avoid getting shot, lucky that no one else was near them. The woman hit another switch on her handlebars and the assault rifles started firing. The other bikes started to swerve and fire machine pistols themselves, turning the highway into a warzone. Yang swerved and fired off a round from her shotgun gauntlet, Ember Celica, and nailed the back wheel of a motorcycle. The bike flipped and the guy started to roll on the ground, the other woman swerved and drew her pistol.
As she swerved towards him, she fired off several rounds and hit the guy every time, two bullets hitting him in the head. Yang wasn't sure if the man deserved to die, but right now wasn't the time to question moral decisions when they were getting shot at. The woman holstered her pistol and went back to firing the vehicle mounted assault rifles at the other bikes, Yang joining in and firing her gauntlets. The woman fired off a burst from her rifles, the rounds tearing through the man like he was paper. The bike wobbled and fell over, rolling and crashing with only three bikes remaining.
The last three finally stopped firing since they ran out of ammunition and were forced to reload. This gave Yang and the woman a chance to close the distance and get some better shots on the men. Yang was the first since her bike was built for speed and blasted one of the guys, nailing him right in the arm. The man howled in pain as he held out his stump, and to Yang's shock blood wasn't spewing from the missing limb. Familiar black smoke poured from the limb, the same that would happen when you dismembered Grimm.
Yang reared back and fired another blast, nailing the thing in the head and sending the bike flying. The woman finally caught up and started blasting rounds at another bike, eviscerating the rider and leaving them with just one left. Yang leaned forward and revved the bike hard, shooting her forward towards the last bike. The final rider started to hit the gas, sending him forward and slowly out of Yang's range. She had an idea, but she wasn't sure if it would even work.
Yang let go of her handlebars and started spraying shots from Ember Celica at the bike, hoping to either kill the rider or throw the bike off balance and force it to crash. She felt her bike start to wobble after a few shots, so she had to abandon her plan in order to keep herself from crashing. Luckily, one blast struck the back wheel of the bike and sent it rolling and the rider flying. Yang and the woman caught up with the rider, who was currently trying to crawl away. The woman was merciless, drawing her pistol and putting two rounds into the back of the rider's head.
"What the fuck was that!? What the fuck is going on?!" Yang barked as she stopped her bike and yanked her helmet off. The woman simply looked at her with a cocked head, then pulled out a scroll and took a picture.
"You will be hearing from us soon enough." The woman stated as she put her scroll away. Yang was about to question the woman when something flew from behind Yang's head. When she looked up, a falcon sat on the handlebars of the woman's bike. Yang was about to question the woman when she revved her engine and rode off, leaving Yang sitting in the middle of the highway with the remains of bikes right behind her. Yang pulled out her scroll to call Ruby, but she just kept going to voicemail.
"Ruby… be careful…" Yang sighed as she put her scroll away and got back on her bike.
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Ruby, Weiss and Blake slowly moved through the sewers to try and find the group that was already in. Blake took the lead since she had much better hearing than the rest of them, but unfortunately she had a better sense of smell, and the sewers definitely had a strong smell. The three did their best to move quietly, but there was muck up to their ankles, so every move was pretty loud. They encountered a few twists and turns that threw them off course, but Blake always managed to get them on the right track… hopefully. They continued walking when they started to hear talking, and it was the group that went in first.
"Dust, this place smells like shit." The voice of Gray grumbled.
"It's a sewer, it's supposed to smell like shit." Gevehr responded.
"Shut it, you two. Gevehr, are you set?" Ledi questioned in her usual monotone voice.
"I think we should step back. When the charge goes off, there's going to be a lot of shrapnel."
"Understood. Move."
There was a lot of splashing and Team RWBY spotted the group a few tunnels down, the three of them bracing themselves. The Team started to move when they saw the large man pulled out a detonator and press the button. There was a massive explosion with rocks flying from the tunnel the other team was just in, so they probably set a breaching charge. Gray looked like the explosion left a ringing in his ears since he appeared to be in a bit of pain. He shook his head and blinked hard, anything to really get the ringing out of his ears, when he spotted Team RWBY a tunnel over.
"Uh oh. Ledi, we have company." Gray grumbled as he tapped Ledi's shoulder. The blonde turned and spotted the team, a look of neutrality on her face deceived her intent as she charged her assault rifle.
"You know the rules. No one knows about us." Ledi stated as she started to turn her rifle towards Team RWBY. Everyone tried to grab their weapons, but Ledi already had sights on them. Lucky for them, Gray grabbed the top of her gun and shoved it down before she could start shooting. Ledi turned and looked at Gray, her face still remaining cold and mechanical as Gray explained himself.
"Look, I know it's against protocol, but we're already down on numbers and we're going to need help." Gray argued. Ledi looked at him for a while before Gevehr spoke up.
"Ledi, it's just the three of us and you've got the only automatic weapon. I can take out a few, but I only have so many shells. We're going to need more guns firing on all cylinders." Gevehr argued as he lifted his large cannon. Ledi looked at the two of them, then at Team RWBY and then at the ground. She finally looked up and gave an answer.
"Fine. You three, you'll help us and we won't kill you. Sounds like a deal?" Ledi responded. Team RWBY looked at each other with confused looks considering they were threatened/recruited into whatever they were doing. "Your job is very simple; shoot anything in the room that moves and leave nothing alive."
Team RWBY drew their weapons, deciding to help the group rather than fight them. Gevehr took the lead, stepping out and firing his cannon every few steps. There was a loud explosion every time he stepped, basically telling everyone that he was firing a grenade launcher. Ledi followed him, then Gray and Team RWBY taking up the rear. Gevehr stepped through the opening and turned his cannon up as he started side stepping to the right.
Ledi went through and started stepping right, firing her assault rifle in controlled bursts, gunfire starting to strike around her. Gray threw his hands to his side, the claws on his gauntlets extending, and he charged through the hole. Team RWBY went through and had to observe their surroundings first. They were in a central chamber where all of the sewer pipelines connected so it could filter to the sewage treatment plant. What was weird about it was there were makeshift scaffoldings set up around it with strange looking men standing on them.
Some looked somewhat normal, but they had gray skin and red eyes, making them look like some twisted kind of Grimm human hybrid. Others had three arms, wielding machine pistols and knives. The rest were the same as the creature they had spotted earlier, only they seemed more intent on escaping the gunfire. Blake was the first to fire back, raising Gambol Shroud in its pistol mode and firing a few shots at one of the three armed creatures. The bullets ripped through the Grimm creature, it squealing in pain as it stumbled back and fell off the walkway into the pit beneath.
She went left with Ledi while Ruby went right with Gevehr, sniping the creatures that were at the higher levels. Weiss spotted Gray sprinting across the walkways, engaging the Grimm in hand to hand, preventing them from firing down on the teams. She used her glyphs to start jumping up and provide some reinforcement since more of the Grimm started closing in on him. She landed behind him, Gray nearly swinging on her out of reflex, but he caught himself at the last second.
"Don't do that again." Gray pointed out as he swung, cleaving a full Grimm into pieces. Weiss turned back and started throwing bolts of lightning, electrocuting several of the full Grimm and a few half Grimm that tried to get close. Weiss couldn't believe what she was seeing, Grimm that looked horribly close to being human. Ruby stood next to Gevehr, who was currently firing his cannon at large clusters of the Grimm that were crawling down from the darkness above. Ruby was taking her time, choosing the shots that would do the most damage.
"Why don't you shoot the supports? Start bringing the walkways down on them?" Ruby questioned as she took cover to reload. Gevehr took cover as he loaded a new belt of grenades into the cannon.
"Smart idea, Red." Gevehr complimented as he charged his cannon. "Hey! Get away from the walkways! I'm bringing them down!"
Ruby saw Weiss and Gray immediately jump off, Weiss using her glyphs and Gray jumping from walkway to walkway. Gevehr raised his cannon and started blasting the support struts on the walkways his cannon could reach. Ruby started to help him out, taking shots at the higher supports and bringing more down. The Grimm started shrieking in panic as the walkways gave out beneath them, dropping them into the darkness or the walkways crushing them. Ledi and Blake used their weapons to start shooting down the full Grimm that were still crawling down.
It wasn't long after that the shooting finally stopped, that everyone took a break to catch their breath. Team RWBY stayed ready to fight since Ledi was apparently ready to simply gun them down. Fortunately, Ledi slung her assault rifle with a deep sigh and started heading back to the entry way they came in.
"We'll be leaving. Gevehr, Gray, let's get going. The rest of you, we'll be hearing from our organization soon." Ledi stated in her usual, cold mechanical way. Gray and Gevehr rolled their shoulders and grumbled about being tired. Team RWBY waited for a second before finally leaving the sewers and heading up to the surface, the other team being nowhere in sight.
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Before Team RWBY could leave the sewers, a black unmarked van grabbed the team and drove off into the night. The only seats were the front bench seats and two benches on the sides for the riders. Ledi planted her back against the front bench, the driver passing her what looked like a jack for a set of headphones.
"Did you get a good look at them?" The driver questioned in a deep male voice. Ledi took a deep breath before driving the jack into her right temple.
"Of course." Ledi grumbled as she closed her eyes. She looked like she was developing a headache before finally opening her eyes, the right one turning a bright red like a camera recording light.
"We'll figure out who they are. We'll handle the situation. So, did we find the Brood?"
"No, it was just a small nest. Was Unahk able to catch the Gen 3s?"
"Yes, and she was able to get a picture of the girl with her."
"Are we going to kill them?" Gevehr questioned as he pulled out a rag and started to polish his weapon. He knew that his mission was a secret, that some of the things they knew would tear apart humanity. But he was still okay with senseless violence and removal of unnecessary personnel.
"We'll look into… alternate methods of dealing with this. Relax, Gevehr, we will figure something out." The man replied. The rest of the ride was silent, just as the rides after missions usually was.
A/N: So there you have it, the first chapter of RWBY: Deathwatch. Simply review the chapter or PM me about what you think. Until next time!
-Chief