Chapter 1
Hey readers, Darkus_Cyril here with a Mass Effect RWBY crossover, I got the insiration for this story from the stories 'Remnant's Reclaimer' by Hysterical Clerical Hijinks, and 'Dust Effect' by Kriss1989, they're good stories, I definitely recommend them. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the story, it takes place in ME2, but after the Freedom's Progress mission instead of going to Afterlife, Shepard recieved Hacket's message about meeting with the Council from Joker and, after recruiting Zaeed, immediantly went to the Citadel where he recruited Kasumi.
Now, before I do the disclaimers, I wanted to apologise for the lack of delays, my usb with my stories on it has gone missing and I've been looking for it every now and then the past few weeks(I can't look 24/7 because I have work and a cat to take care of), so this story was one I rewrote since I only had one chapter of it. So again, I apologise and I hope you enjoy the story
Disclaimer: I do NOT own RWBY(R.I.P. Monty Oum, you'll live forever in the hearts and minds of your fans) nor do I own Mass Effect. Also I don't own the idea for the plot of the beginning of the story nor the idea for the appearance of adult Ruby(mainly her having an eye patch), those belong to Hysterical Clerical Hijinks.
"Harbinger"
"Comms/EDI speaking"
"Speech"
'Thought'
The kingdom of Vale was burning. Building were in shambles, hotels were in ruins, shops were nothing but dist and rubble. Grimm infested the streets, attacking and feasting on Humans and Faunus. All while this was happening, a war was being waged in the very same kingdom.A war that was led and started by an insane woman, desiring to control or wipe out Vale from the face of Remnant. This woman was Cinder Fall, a brillant, if slightly unstable, woman who manipulated the people of the kingdom like pieces on a chess board. However, despite everything, there was still resistance towards her, and it cost her her three most powerful generals, the thief Emerald Sustrai, Emerald's partner Mercury Black, and Roman's protege-turned traitor, Neopolitan(I think Neo is cool, so I just wanted her to be good). This all occured because of four girls, whom were simply huntresses-in-training when she first made her move.
They were Ruby Rose, age 25, now known as the Crimson Reaper because of her mastery of her High Impact Sniper-Scythe and her crimson red hood. Ruby wore the same attire she wore when she, her team, and two huntsmen-in-training from Mistral, faced Roman in the recently 'obtained' Atlesian Paladin. However, her cloak was no longer a rose red but now a deep, almost blood red. She altered the skirt to be slightly longer, the formerly light grey undershirt was now dark grey, and the metal insgnia on her left shoulder was now present on the right as well. Her calm, beautiful face was marred only by a large eyepatch on her left eye, caused by Emerald during their last fight, which was silver and had a black rose on it.
Wiess Schnee, age 27, The Ice Queen, who's cold attitude and impressive skills with her Dust Rapier, Myrtenaster, made her a force to not be underestimated. She wore a long, snowy white and icy blue combat dress that flowed when she moved, making her appear to dance as she fought. Her Myrtenaster was a few inches longer, and had delicate carvings along the blade, which helped channel her Dust spells as well as a larger Dust chamber so she wouldn't run out very quickly.
The third was Blake Belladonna, age 27, who was known simply as The Shadow, with her weapon, Gambol Shroud, one of the few weapons in existance to possess more than two forms(one Melee and one Ranged). She wore a grey body suit which had flexible sheets of metal embued with Earth Dust to enhance it's durability and offer more protection while remaining light and flexible.
And finally the last but one of the most troublesome for her, Yang Xiao Long, age 27 and older half-sister of Ruby Rose, known as the Hell Fire by the White Fang, but the Gold Dragon by her comrades. She wore the same attire as when she along with the rest of Team RWBY fought Roman in the Paladin, however, she replaced the purple scarf with her classic orange scarf, calling it her lucky scarf. She also adjusted the outfit to show off her cleavage some more since it proved to distract the male, and some female, members of the White Fang.
When together, these four were known as Team RWBY. One of the best teams to ever come out of Beacon Academy, next to them were team CFVY, and team JNPR.
Cinder stopped walking, Roman behind her as he narrowed his eyes, gripping his Melodic Cudgel in preparation. Before them, was team RWBY, all six of them beign ignored by the fighting going on around them, even the Grimm surprisingly. Cinder growled and sneered,
"Why do you constantly interfere with my plans? Just DIE Dust damn it!" Cinder thrust her arms forward, releasing ignited fire dust. However, Yang jumped forward, her enhanced Ember Cecilia extending, covering her entire forearm, and blocked the fire with her semblance's side effect of being totally fire proof. Ruby leapt over her step-sister, her enhanced Crecent Rose extending fully to reveal the serrated blade embedded with Occilation Dust. She, along with Weiss, leapt towards Roman, while Blake and Yang leapt towards Cinder, all of them ready for the final battle that would determine the fate of the kingdom of Vale.
Ruby and Weiss were a blur of red and white. However, Roman was holding them off, if only barely. He used his Melodic Cudgel quite well to deflect Weiss' Myrtenaster, and to tear up the area around him to try and make it difficult for Ruby to get to him with her Semblence, which was unsuccessful, only giving her more places to angle and modify her trajectory. Yang and Blake were attacking from multiple angles against Cinder, but they didn't use their ranged weapons, as they would be useless against Cinder's Dust Manipulation Semblance. This was Ruby's plan, the two most likely to push back the leader and her second-in-command were teamed against each one, Yang for Cinder, and Weiss for Roman, however, upon reaching a certain point Ruby and Blake would swap and finish the two off.
However, despite Yang's immunity to fire, Cinder was still proving difficult with her Dust weapons and the use of glass Dust and various other elements she had on hand or took from anyone nearby. Despite Cinder's best efforts however, Yang and Blake only took minor hits and continued to push her back. Suddenly, Ruby pulled back as did Blake,
"Ashes and Sunrise!" Before the two criminals knew what happened, Roman was moving as fast as he could to block both Myrtenaster and Gambol Shroud while Cinder was ducking and weaving to avoid Crescent Rose and Ember Cecilia.
Roman was having a much more difficult time, Blake knew his combat style fairly well now, since they have fought several times. He continued fighting, however, and shot a burst of Blast Dust at her, only for her to use her semblance to dodge. Suddenly Roman was stabbed in the gut from behind. He looked down and saw Myrtenaster piercing through his stomach before he was pierced through the skull and heart by Gambol Shroud. Blake pulled her weapons out of Roman and Weiss did the same before freezing him and shattering the ice, just to make sure he was dead and not faking it in some way.
Meanwhile Cinder was being pushed back, Ruby was aware of every move the Dust user made, simply because of her semblance's speed making the world around her seem to slow when it was used. However, due to the Dust imbued within the blade of her Crescent Rose, Cinder could tell where she was as well. But that didn't meant she was fast enough so Cinder still wound up getting a few gashes. Suddenly, Yang threw a punch when Cinder wasn't looking and shot one of her shells of modified Explosion Dust, altered with a vial of raw Fire Dust to destablize it and make the explosion more powerful. This shot hit the ground right at Cinder's feet when she wasn't paying attention to Yang herself, and pushed her back a few feet while also making a massive smokescreen.
Cinder was in the smoke, coughing, when she felt a massive pain in her chest. She looked down to see the hyper-vibrating blade sliding trough her chest, shredding her heart to pieces as it went through. Suddenly the blade was yanked out and Cinder fell to her knees just as the smoke was cleared from Ruby's semblance making a silent shockwave that blew it away. Ruby instantly collapsed Crescent Rose down and watched with one cold silver eye as Cinder feel to her knees, grasping at her chest where she was stabbed. Weiss, Yang, and Blake walked over, their weapons holstered And they looked at Cinder before looking at each other, and smiling softly. Ruby sighed and smiled a bit more,
"We finally did it, now we just need to clear Vale of the Grimm and of the White Fang then we can go back to having peace." Cinder suddenly looked up and was sneering at them,
"If I can't win, I'll at least take you all down with me!" Suddenly they noticed her eyes glowing and her boddy was suddenly surrounded by a glyph. Weiss went wide-eyed,
"A m-mass Suicide spell?! I thought those were lost centuries ago! There's no way we'll get away in time!" Ruby simply frowned and shook her head,
"Come on, grab a hold of me, I'll get us out of here."
"What? Ruby, even at your maximum speed you wouldn't be able to outrun this spell!" Ruby smirked slightly,
"Then I'll just have to break my promise and do something very stupid." the three went silent, tryng to figure out what she meant. Suddenly Weiss went wide-eyed, remembering the promise Ruby had made to them,
"Ruby no! You don't know what'll happen to you if you overcharge your semblance, it could tear your body apart from the sheer force of the speed you'd be running at!" Yang and Blake went wide-eyed as well, while Ruby shook her head,
"Not like we have much of a choice, now grab on AND LET'S GO!" She turned and got ready to run, her body glowing a rose red as she built up her Aura, but luckily everyone managed to grab on before she took off and were dragged with her. The world was a blur as Ruby ran, the rest of her team were wondering how she was moving with the three of them holding on, when a sudden explosion of blue-white fire was released, however, it didn't do what Weiss expected. Rather than expanding in a dome-shaped explosion, it seemed to follow them.
'It must be because of Ruby, she's running so fast she made a vortex that sucked up the fire and now it's following us!' Suddenly Ruby's aura flared up again as the flames drew closer and suddenly the world seemed to run like wet paint at how fast they were traveling. Everyone, minus Ruby, looked back and saw the flames catching up, regardless of Ruby's speed. However, when it reached them, something happened. The flames started churning and flowing around them before they were somehow absorbed by Ruby, who's Aura took on a purple hue from the mixing of her red aura and the white-blue flames. As this happened, the world around them seemed to fade and turn white.
Everyone, minus Ruby were looking around in shock, was Ruby running so fast that light and colors were starting to bleed together forming a perfectly white environment around them? Suddenly there was a loud shattering sound and the three looked forward to see an area ahead of them shatter before revealing a void that seemed to be made up of static, the edges flashing various colors randomly. Ruby, who's eyes were closed to keep her eyes intact from the g-forces pressed on her from her speed, ran directly into it, but when she was fully in it, she found there was no ground and all four just fell and were separated by a sudden stop as the void closed behind them and the world returned to normal, only a large scorched trench in the ground showing they had passed through.
Omega...
Mordin Solus was working in his clinic. He was mixing serums together to cure an artificial plague that was released in the slums of the asteroid city. He was testing his latest concoction on a sample of infected Batarian blood. To his joy, it worked, just like it had on the Turian, Krogan, Asari, Hanar, Elcor, and Salarian blood samples,
"Good, cure effective, now, to distribute, but how... environmentals, no no no, too dangerous, under Blood Pack control-" Suddenly a loud shattering sound was heard outside the clinic. Mordin pulled out a Carnifex pistol and ran out to make sure no more Blue Suns members coming to force some 'protection money' from his clinic. Instead, he found himself staring at what appeared to be a shattered hole in thin air. It was filled with a static void and the edges glowed various colors, shifting between them quickly. He blinked his large black eyes as a figure suddenly came into view and began to slowly slide of the void as if falling. Mordin saw the figure was a young woman, apparently around the age of 25. She had a large silver eyepatch covering her left eye and was wearing a crimson colored cloak with a hood. He then noticed her disheveled appearance as if she was in battle recently.
He put away his pistol when he noticed she was unconscious. He moved quickly and caught her, but a sudden weight was felt and he nearly dropped her. Upon inspection, the weight appeard to have been from a large red, black, silver device on the back of her waist, connected by what appeared to be a set of megnetic strips. He picked her up, adjusting to compensate her weight and called for assistance in carrying her into the clinic.
Illium...
An Asari by the name of Liara T'soni was busy typing away at her console. She was searching for data on Shadow Broker agents to track him down, unfortunately, with little success. Suddenly a loud shattering sound was heard in front of her in the mostly sound-proof room. Liara looked up in shock, seeing a void appear in front of her, filled with a static-like background, Suddenly a young woman slowly fell through the void. Liara caught her in a biotic levitation and gently lowered her to the floor. At first glance, the woman appeared human, but upon closer inspection, the bow on her head concealed a secondary set of ears, feline, like Earth cats, if she wasn't mistaken. Liara was curious but her concern for the injured woman overwrote that concern, even after all this time she was still the same soft girl at heart.
Liara shook her head to clear these thoughts and activated her Omni-tool to contact her personal, and most trusted, medic to come and help the woman. She took the time during the wait to inspect the woman again. She had long, wavy black hair and pale, smooth skin. However, aside from that and her ears, she was covered in cuts and her body suit seemed to be giving off an unknown energy that her Omni-tool couldn't identify. Another thing she noticed was a handle behind her shoulder. It was connected to a grey sword but what was unusual was the sheathe for the sword had a hole big enough for a hand to fit and was close to the edge to be gripped and had an edge showing the sheathe could double as a sword and at the end was a ribbon tied to it. However, the oddest thing was the shape of the grip and guard of the sword.
It looked like the handle of a gun. There was even a trigger, but why would a sword need that, there wasn't even any place for a gun muzzle. While Liara contemplated this, Nixarus, her secretary, contacted her to let her know the medic had arrived. Liara confirmed and allowed their entry. After telling them to keep this private and to watch over the woman carefully, the medics took the woman out, through an alternate entrance to prevent anyone from noticing.
Horizon...
On the colony of Horizon, many people were moving back and forth from different places, going about their business. Near the edge of the colony, a massive GARDIAN cannon was being set up. With rumors of entire human colonies vanishing, the Alliance set out to give the colonies that remained a defense. Of course many remote colonies attempted to refuse, having gone to them to escape the influence of the Alliance, believing the Alliance was just trying to control them, not protect them. In the middle of the base was one Alliance marine, Kaiden Alenko, was walking around to make sure nothing was going wrong with the set up of the Anti-Aircraft cannon. He sighed as he saw the looks of mistrust or even outright hatred for himself. He was just following orders, and he did want to protect the colonies, the things he's seen while working under Commander Shepard proved that the colonies, the entire galaxy even, was in danger.
He looked and saw the only face that wasn't scowling or glaring at him, a woman named Lilith. She knew he was only following orders and wanted to help protect them, but she never could convince the others, so she stayed nearby to defuse any situations. Lilith walked up to Kaiden,
"So, anything out of the ordinary?" Kaiden shook his head, sighing,
"No, nothing at all aside from the usual, busy colonists taking time out of their day to tell me how they think the Alliance is trying to control every aspect of their lives." Lilith put a hand on his shoulder,
"I'm sorry, but many people are stuck in this belief that everything wrong is the Alliance's fault." Kaiden shook his head,
"I know, when I was working with Commander Shepard, I saw people, both human and alien, who had similar thoughts, and nothing could be done to change their minds. I just have to accept this and let them think what they want. But when those cannons save their lives, they'll eventually come around and see that the Alliance isn't corrupt like they believe it is." Lilith nodded,
"I certainly hope s-" Suddenly there was a loud shattering sound coming from around the corner, near one of the established 'parks' of the colony. Kaiden drew his Avenger assault rifle and rushed forward, motioning Lilith to stay behind him. He turned the corner and saw a group of colonists staring at what appeared to be a crack in the air, it seemed to be about 5 feet in diameter and the inside was filled with a static-like background. The edges of the void glowed various colors, shifting between the colors quickly. Kaiden shouted everyone to get back, and as he rushed forward, they all saw a figure suddenly appear and slowly fall out, groaning in pain. The figure was a very pale young woman with platinum blonde hair done in an off-center ponytail. She wore a dress that shifted from snowy white to icy blue. On her hip was a beautiful rapier, with an odd guard that looked almost like a chamber of early 21st century revolver guns but the sides were clear, showing what appeared to be a substance which had a different color in each one.
The girl fell through the void, which sealed up behind her, and Kaiden dropped his gun and rushed up to catch her. The woman opened her eyes for a moment, showing icy blue eyes before she passed out. Kaiden looked down at her, noticing the scar on her eye. He looked up and called out,
"Hey, someone get a medic, this woman looks like she's pretty beaten up." Several colonists rushed to get medics while the others watched. That day, many colonists had chaanged their opinion of Kaiden, not the Alliance, just Kaiden himself since he was the one to rush forward to help the woman who appeared from thin air.
The Citadel, Human Embassies Council chambers...
Four people were standing in the council chambers, three more were there in the form of holographic communication system. The four physically present were Human Council member David Anderson, a dark skinned man with large ears and a kind yet firm expression, Kasumi Goto, a petite Asian kleptomaniac, Zaeed Massani, a mercenary, and Commander John Shepard, Alliance Infiltrator and member of the Council's Special Tactics and Reconnaissance, or Spectres as they were known as by the population.
The members there via Holograms were the counilors for the Turians, Sparatus, the Asari, Tevos, and the Salarians, Valern. The alien councilors had just restored Shepard's Spectre status and Anderson was now discussing what Shepard would do in the Terminus Systems. As they were discussing a loud shattering sound was heard directly behind them and Zaeed and Kasumi both pulled out their weapons and pointed at what they all saw was a crack in the air, filled with what looked like static and multicolored edges that shifted between colors. Then everyone looked on in shock as a figure of a young woman, who looked about 27 years old, slowly fall through the crack. Shepard ran forward as the woman fell through entirely and caught her as she fell. The crack then sealed up and everyone looked at the woman, she had long hair that seemed like waves of molten gold, showing she took care of her appearance, and was covered in cuts and bruises as well as having a few small scars on her, but the scars did nothing to take away the beauty she held, if anything, it made her seem more real. Suddenly the Asari councilor called out,
"Anderson, what has happened?" Valern was typing on his Omni-tool and pulled out a recording of what had happened just moments ago for them to watch. They were all shocked at the sight and Sparatus looked at them,
"Who is this human? How did she just appear out of thin air?" Anderson looked back but was interrupted by John,
"We'll figure it out later, right now, we need to get this woman some medical attention!" Sparatus was about to make a comment but was signalled by Tevos and Valern to stay silent. Tevos looked at the Human Councilor,
"Get the woman medical attention, we will all meet at the hospital to question the woman. We will not be forceful, from the state she seems to be in, it's obvious this journey she made was not a willing one." Anderson nodded and activated his Omni-tool and called for medics to take the blande woman to the hospital.
And there's chapter one, I had this already typed out but like I said before, I lost my USB with all my stories, so I've been trying to recreate what I've lost until I manage to find it again. So as you can see, I was heavily inspired by 'Remnant Reclaimer' and 'Dust Effect'. I do NOT own the plot ideas of those stories, the respective authors do, if I did, I probably wouldn't be able to come up with anything as good as they have. It's just a shame they don't seem to be updating anymore.
Anyways, see you later readers,
Darkus_Cyril
