Fate's Wildcard
The Magus Assassin and his wife were preparing for the Fourth Grail War, and it was his last chance to save the world and grant it world peace. He needed to save the war so that his family can live happily.
Thankfully the Einzberns collected and brought him the greatest artifact to use for their war, Avalon the Scabbard of King Arthur. With that as the catalyst they will have the greatest warrior for the Saber Class and win this war. Now he just needed to prepare the ritual so they can get the King of Knights. While Kiritsuga preferred to let the luck of the draw fell so he can get a servant most compatible with him. He knew the Elder would not accept this and really; having the King of Knights may be the best option for them right now
So he took a deep breath and started the summoning Ritual for the War. Now was the time as the ritual circle glowed, now He spoke with a baritone commanding tone.
"Let silver and steel be the essence.
Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.
Let red be the color I pay tribute to.
Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall.
Let the four cardinal gates close.
Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate."
"Let it be filled. Again. Again. Again. Again.
Let it be filled fivefold for every turn, simply breaking asunder with every filling.
An oath shall be sworn here! I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven. I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell! – From the Seventh Heaven, attended to by three great words of power, come forth from the ring of restraint, Protector of the Balance! "
Then a most brilliant flash of light came from the circle then a figure appeared from the circle, it was a short woman clad in blue with silver armor, as she move her head her once closed eyes open revealing her pure emerald eyes tinging with power.
"By your summoning I have arrive, I ask of thee are thou my Master?" the maiden asked the two surprised humans in the room.
Regaining his composure Kiritsuga came up and lifted his Command Seals to show her. "I am."
Then the Saber spoke firmly once again. "Then our contract is complete I will be your sword for this war, I shall fight for you." To which he was about to ask her real identity when Irisviel let out a scream to which he turned back his head in fear.
Then Irisviel started contorting in pain, which grabbed the other people's attention as Kiritsuga rushed to her aid only to see to his shock that she too had a Command Seal as the Circle glowed again.
Saber immediately readied her Sword and shouted to the two, "Stay behind me! We know not who comes here." As the two agreed and stood behind her. But Kiritsuga had his mind on other possibilities. 'How? How could this be we only meant to summon one servant and now another coming here?' he thought frantically as the circle finally stopped glowing to reveal a Man.
The man was 6 Feet, clad in Leather Duster with a bandoleer on top of it with several firearms on it. He had dark blue eyes and a tanned complexion, with two bullet-like scars going near his temple. His hair was black and untidy, and he had a small grin on his face as if expecting to be here. But most of all he was crossing his arms as if waiting in expectations.
"Identify yourself Servant who are you!?" Saber shouted at the stranger who looked surprise but looked at Irisviel, who then understood what has happened. Somehow they had manage to summon another servant to their cause as she quickly rushed to the Saber to calm her.
"Wait Saber that is my Servant somehow I have managed to summon him to assist us!" to which Saber looked back at her and back to him to which he nodded. Then she put down her sword, as the stranger then introduced himself.
"I am the Servant Archer, I have been summoned here to fight at your side, and since you already showed me your Seal then that means the deal is signed. Now all I have to do is fight by your side right? He asked with a smile to which she nodded.
"All right now there is four of us here, and missy" to which he pointed his sights onto Saber who nodded, "Since we are fighting together it seems might I have your identity or class?" to which Saber looked a bit surprised but nodded as then Kiritsuga who has been watching the whole thing, now has to rework his plan to include an Archer class servant into them and what possibilities he has.
All in all, it was a very good deal, now they have two of the Knight Classes and Archer can assist and cover Saber while he deals with the master. But first he needed to ask
"Indeed that is all well and good but Saber I have to ask, are you truly King Arthur?" to which she nodded in confirmation.
"Yes I am King Arthur, and I know how discerning it is to know my true gender but I assure I am the King of Knights."
"So? It doesn't matter what your gender is, a King is a rank just like any other, the real question is how well you are willing to go for the people, and since you are pretty famous in the Throne of Heroes I'd say you done a mighty fine job there your Majesty." Archer spoke bluntly and happily to which Saber looked shocked but understood that he's complimenting her.
My thanks Archer, but I do have to ask which servant are you and where do you hail from?" quite curious about him as well, only to be surprised when he looked a bit wistful.
I have no name to call my own, as I have forgotten that long ago, but I have always been known by one name since then, and it was the Courier." To which the other three looked a bit shocked as he then continued again. "Also looking my name up is pointless, so don't bother wasting time doing so."
"Why would that be?" Kiritsuga asked with narrowed eyes only to be shocked by what he said next.
"Because my legend does not start until the year 2281." Kiritsuga at this point could say, "You are saying you are a hero from the future?" he asked in astonishment but realized that the Throne of Heroes exist out of normal circumstances so it made sense then for future heroes to be summoned as well, albeit rather rarely.
Archer shock his head once more, much to the audience's confusion, "I hail from a possible future, one that is not this timeline." Which surprised them even more at this point Irisviel spoke up.
"So what is the difference between our time and yours?" she asked, as Archer replied back "The United States separated into thirteen Commonwealths and various other circumstances lead to the disbanding of the UN." Much to the surprise of other two, "All of which lead to the Resource Wars and eventually on October 23rd 2077 Nuclear Missiles dropped and causing the apocalypse." Much to the horror of Kiritsuga and Irisviel. Then that cause various mutations, deaths, and other bad shit that I don't feel like describing." As he then looked back to the two humans who were shocked and scared at a possible future like it as he smiled back to them. "Fret not, your future is not heading that direction yet so no need to worry you two."
"Anyways since I have been summon I am to assume that you want me to fight by your side and all?" to which both nodded in confirmation.
"Well then that means you need to look at my stats and all and my Noble Phantasms as well right?" to which they nodded once again. "Here check out my stats and all pretty nice if I do say so myself. As the Kiritsuga and Irisviel pushed the disturbing thoughts of Nuclear War aside and found he had some pretty good stats for an Archer and very powerful Noble Phantasms that were even ranked EX!
It doesn't matter whether or not he was well know the fact that he had two Ex rank Noble Phantasms meant he was very powerful and now with a Noble Phantasms that grants him various firearms Kiritsuga just had to ask.
"Tell me Archer is it possible for you to equip me, Saber, Irisviel and one other with your equipment?" to which he nodded and started speaking once again.
"I have various weapons that I have picked up, found bought, and gained from my adventures, seeing as you have a marksman build I will set you up with a nice sniper rifle of sorts along with a stealth suit to help make you harder to find and some Stealth Boys so you are practically invisible, what your one other is going to be equipped with depends on what you want me to set him or her up with." To which Kiritsuga nodded in awe as Archer turned to Saber who looked surprised a bit.
Now seeing as you are another Servant with your own arms you probably should be good, but I can give you additional defensive garments to help protect you and a very nice helmet to help protect your head, and possibly some other swords and a shield if I have access to a forge along with healing medication that will be useful for the both of use. The question is do you want to?"
Saber stood contemplating, while she prefer to win with only her gear, this was a war so she will need all the advantages she can get and she can limit how much she gets as well, to which she nodded in reply. Then Archer turned to his master and gave her a look over as if determining what she is best suited for.
"A kind heart that has no desire to harm other, you will be hard but I can provide some defensive gear for you so that should do well along with some offensive weapons as well to help you attack that sounds good to you?" to which she smiled and nodded very happily.
Then Archer turned back to the other man, he was curious as to why he is fighting, so he needed to ask. "Ally of my master, why is it you fight in the war?" causing him to look confused but he decided to be honest with him so it would be easier to gain his help.
"I wish to have world peace so that way my daughter can grow up safe and happily without any fears of death or violence." He said causing Saber to be surprised and Irisviel to smile; while Archer looks contemplative, as he then spoke again.
"That is a painful ideal you chase, world peace does not work by forcing others to change. But most of all, not everybody desires peace." Causing him to look shocked any annoyed and ready to argue back as Archer continued once more. "To reach a dream is to work hard for it, some things cannot be taken the easy way, and you have to earn it. While you may not be able to fulfill that dream, inspire other to work for it. Just one other question. Who's your wife?" Kiritsuga pointed Irisviel.
"You speak as though she will die." To which Kiritsuga felt pain from it, as Archer put two and two together and realize that she will die. "How will she die?" Kiritsuga look pained and explained.
"Irisviel is a homunculus whose heart will become the Lesser Grail so once the servants die she too will die." Kiritsuga finished, and annoyed that Archer then smiled brightly.
"If that is the case, then I can fix it." causing both to be surprised and look at him in disbelief. As Archer shock his head once more. One of my Noble Phantasm is Treasures from the Old World as you know correct?" to which both nodded. "Well it just so happens one of them can grant her an artificial heart for usage and make her part cyborg, so she will be safe." Causing the both of them to look at him in awe.
"So want me to do it?" to which Kiritsuga nodded very rapidly as well as Irisviel, as Archer chuckled to himself, 'Looks like we got a long night ahead of us." Meanwhile Saber is standing around just watching them as she smiled for them as well.
Kiritsuga for once was smiling rather happily as he now was playing with his adorable daughter to find walnut buds as part of their games. To make it even more challenging she was riding a cyber dog to help her out. While that would be a cause for concern, he knew it was another of Archer's amazing Noble Phantasms Companions to Arms!
While he did not like the fact that Archer disagreed with his wish, he had to admit he had some point about it. Well he was very useful for other stuff as well, providing him any Maiya with additional gear as well so hopefully the war can be easier for them, as he then notice Archer and Saber looking at him one was studying him while the other was smiling at him. He ignored both of them to play with his daughter.
"Well I did not expect that from my master, did you Archer?" Saber asked Archer as he nodded his head.
"The man seems cruel and uncaring at times, but do not forget he fights for a dream and his family, that is more than enough to say that he is good man, but makes bad choices at times. But as I have learned there is hidden depth to everybody no matter what."
"Precisely Archer, Kiri is a kind man but he does not interact with you two much because he's upset at the fact that both of you were young when you took up your duties." Irisviel spoke up as she entered the room with Tea to which both gratefully accept it.
"It was the only thing that we had to do while Saber chose to do it out of her desire to protect, I may have been forced into my role, but I never regret it. I was among the only people who could do what needed to be done at the time, same for Saber as well." Archer argued back in his and Saber's defense.
"Which is why he stays silent with you two." Irisviel pointed out to which Archer cannot help but sigh a bit, as he thought about it and from what he heard from the two ladies he can only come to one conclusion.
"We cannot get along with him because we are too similar to him." Causing both women to look at him as he continued. "We are both willing to sacrifice so much save for others that we don't let others do it and that is why we can't truly get along with each other. The Heroic Spirits of Arthur and Courier will never truly get along with the Magus Killer Kiritsuga." He finished.
Irisviel decided to change the topic here, "So what do you think of our chances of winning the Holy Grail War here?" But she was honestly curious as to what they thought.
"I say we have a very good team here, all of us are varied in our specialties, and the more heads we have the more ideas and plans we can use to our advantages." Archer spoke up to which Saber agreed to the notion.
"Not only that, since we are the two knight classes we are well balanced as well, and what I don't know can be covered by either Saber or Kiritsuga, so I would say this is the most formidable team I have ever seen. So I believe that we should win this war here." Archer spoke rather confidentially giving the other women some happiness.
Then Kiritsuga walked in to inform them about the state of their plans but Archer caught word of him speaking with his daughter, enhanced hearing and all due to Archer class upgrades, he then walked by him and asked him something.
"You made a promise to your daughter to return correct." Catching him by surprise, but accepting he nodded, only to be surprised when Archer smiled and nodded back. "Fret not Kiritsuga, you have your wife, Saber, and I to support you. We will see you though this war so please never ever think you are alone, have faith in us and we will always be by your side." Archer spoke soothingly putting Kiritsuga at peace.
At this Kiritsuga had only two words to speak. Thank You." He whispered quietly.
Fallout New Vegas
The Courier (No-Name)
Alignment Chaotic Good
H/W 6 Feet tall 220 Lbs
Class Archer
Preferred Alternatives, Assassin, Rider
STATS
Strength C-
Endurance A-
Agility B+
Magic Energy C-
Luck A+++
Noble Phantasms EX
Class Skills
Independent Action B+
Magic Resistance D-
Personal Skills
Eye of The Mind (True) A++
Bravery A+
Experts of many Specializations A+
Battle Constitution B+
Charisma B
Eternal Arms Mastery A+
Pioneer of the Stars A
Noble Phantasms
Pip-Boy 3000 (The Courier needs his tools)
Anti-Support targets one Rank E- to A++
The Pip-Boy 3000 is a tool that gave the Courier all the weapons, Armor, Medical supplies, and Food he needs. With it he can call all the tools he used and discovered for his own purposes.
VATS (Bullet Time)
Anti-Support targets one to five Rank EX
A Bullet Time Stopping Event that grants him time to think and ways to kill his enemies and depending on the weapons he use he can have many to low shots
Army of The Mohave (Soldiers of the Courier)
Anti-Army targets one thousand Rank EX
An Reality Marble that beings about the United Power of the N.C.R, Robot Army, Brotherhood of Steel. Followers of Apocalypse, Boomers, Great Khans to him in his time of need, as well as bringing about several of them into reality as an overall E-C rank servant depends on who was summon.
Treasure of the Lost World (Gifts from Adventuring)
Anti- Support targets one Rank A
Because the Courier got himself into a lot of adventures exploring old places and grabbing their secrets he can call upon them to his advantage, Dead Money grants him supplies and munitions, Honest Hearts grant him two tribes to work with and various fighting tools, Old World Blue grants him the Sink with all its operations, Lonesome Road grants him him access to a Nuclear Missile to launch.
Companions to Arms! (People Who Travel Besides Me)
Anti-Team targets One to Seventeen Rank B+
Grants the Courier to call upon his teammates that fought alongside him as B to A rank Servants to help him out as well as granting various bonuses to him as well.