Hello Folk, TheNiemand back after a LONG absent of fanfiction writing and hope to keep my muse this time.
Well regardless this is my first attem on RWBY fanfiction and without further ado her is the first part of the Prologue of 'Summer of Gold-Silver'
Date of Chapter 23.08.2019
Prologue Part 1
A lone figure in a hood stood on top of the cliff and looking at the wide wasteland and his forest of death threes. It was three days since the mission started and as far as it goes the exploration team sent there has where already wandering to a previous base from previous teams who wandered into this land.
A battalion of Soldiers from Atlas and the best Huntsmen team of each Kingdom was sent into this mostly unknown death land. Why do you ask would they sent such a big and heavy armored in the land called known as Menagerie where the human tried to force all Faunus to life there? While the story is quite interesting as to why the Faunus where forced to life in this death trap and how this lead to the Faunus right revolution is not our concern right now. The main point is that while the Human and Faunus tried to inhabited the land, just a small part on the coast has any fertile earth and capable to even hold life there.
The MAIN point is that all and every attempt to go further into Menagerie has resulted in death, fear and more questions than answers. This was of the main reasons why the Faunus have started they revolution, but even after that there were several attempts to find out what exactly is there and what happened to the previous scouts.
That is why our lone figure is here. Their team is sent out to collect all of the collected data's from the many stationed bases in the inland of the death trap called Menagerie. And being the best of the best this team was sent to the deeper parts of the land where the more skilled scouts managed to infiltrate the land.
That's why they were here. That's why they were so far away from the other explorer teams.
Birds cry in the distance and a rising flog of ravens turned the attention of the hooded hero from the waste land and reveal it to be a she with silver eyes.
"Have you found anything?" She asked
"Yes, not far from here is another base, well-hidden on the cliff side" came the gruff reply.
"How long do you think we will need to get there?"
"Without any Grimm inference, which I highly doubt will happen, about three hours. Worst case when the sun will start to settle down"
The hooded huntress nodded in understanding and began to walk to the rest of her team "Let's move Qrow"
"And? Found anything?" asked a male voice belonging to a tall muscular blond male as he saw his other two teammates enter the mark shift camp he and the last member waited for they return.
"Yes another base on the cliff side, three hours' walk in the best case, the rest of the day in the more realist change" Came the gruff reply of the now identified Qrow.
"We will move there and set camp for the night" Summer said as she took her belongings. "Qrow will be on the front leading the way, Tai, you are on the left flank, I take the right. Raven you form the end. If we move fast, we can make it there before the sun sets down."
"Roger" came the union reply of the rest of Team STRQ.
"I don't like this" Raven said as Team STRQ made way to the hidden base. This were the Grimm lands, undiscovered, unmapped land, by all kind of logic and sense they should have already encountered the creatures of Grimm, at least a lone example.
But nothing. "This is the deeper part of Menagerie. There should have been hundreds of Grimm but we didn't encounter any of them." She said continued.
"Hate to agree with sis here but she is right" chimed Qrow in" Not even a lone Boatusk had crossed out way. Are they even native here?"
"Don't be ridiculous Qrow, those pigs are everywhere" Tai snapped, adjusting his heavy back, being the physically strongest he carried the heaviest part of the equipment for the mission, not enough to hinder him in combat but still heavy over time. "But Raven is right, something is wrong here, and I don't just mean the lack of monster"
"What do you mean?" Raven intrigued.
"It's just so got damn fucking hot"
Raven rolled her eyes and snarled" Yeah Tai, high temperature are sure is something to worry about"
"No he is right" Summer frowned
"Excuse me" The black head raised an eyebrow.
"Let's think about it. Menagerie is the south continent on Remnant and Atlas lies far north on the map. And yet while Atlas is constantly covered in snow, ice and cold Menagerie is the right opposite. Beside the snow on the highest mountains most of the island is a wasteland. By all logic and means, this here should also be an ice dessert.
Stunned the Branwen twins looked around and realized that she was right, and Tai. Of all things. The land was death, and it looked as if some places have burned and some stones have even burn marks on them. Wait some of them looked even like
"Shit, some of those stones and heard have melted" Qrow exclaimed
"But why is this so selective and not over the whole land. If there was really a fire hot enough to melt stones why are the trees still standing!" Tai exclaimed.
"Do you think this might be a Neo Grimm" Raven asked in shook.
Team STRQ looked at each other uncertainly. Strong Grimm who inhabited a huge area for themselves was not something unheard of.
"To the base, double time! NOW!" Summer ordered and Team STQR once walking true the forest in a more cautious way now dashed in a sprint to base in hope to find any collected information on any Neo Grimm's. The term Neo Grimm is a collective description for any new discovered Grimm till they could analyze it and then be given a proper name. While Team STQR was considered the Strongest Team in Remnant in they generation they are not stupid. A new Grimm species however means many unknowns. Unknown looks. Unknown attack pattern. Unknown strength. Unknown weaknesses. To many unknowns that even venerated huntsmen as the famous Peter Port would stay alerted and avoid any confrontation at first. Then more unknown means chances for surprises, and getting off caught against a Grimm always means death.
"Well that's reassuring" came Ravens sarcastic remark as team STQR finally arrived at the Base in the cliffs. Although the term Bunker would have been better. Heavy and thick Iron walls and reinforced doors adorned with deep claw marks and scratches where greeting the strongest team of beacon.
"That wear some Alphas here" Qrow observed as he strokes his hand over a rather deep mark on the wall. Turning to Summer he asked "Jimmy gave you the key?"
"Yes all military portable bases and hideouts have an under universal key code in cases like these" she answered as she took out her scroll and moved to open the door.
"You think we can restock our supplies?" Tai ask Raven.
"At best our ammunition and dust supplies. Food would have been already eaten when this was really a locked down. Which I highly think it is" the black haired beauty answered.
A fizzling sound were heard as Summer pulled the door. Preparing for the worst team STRQ entered the Bunker. The first thing they noticed is, it is dark. No wonder here. Second, it smelled like dirt and the nonviolent dust. Now this is really unusual. They expected to find corpses of fallen soldiers and hunters, which the accomplishing rotten smell. But there is none. Searching for a light switch Tai pulled out his flash light and illuminated the dark room.
It was your standard military base camber you expect to see in any movies. Some tables and chairs, cabinets and doors to other section of the bunker like the kitchen and sleeping quarters, how did Atlas get this thinks even here, they are huge. Bookshelf with Documents and a commando board. It looks like this was the main room.
And finally a light switch
With some light now Illuminating the room Summer entered the base and began to give out orders. "Tai, you put the PCC (Portable Communication Center) on and connect it with the main board, and look what is working and what data you can get into our scrolls. Raven and Qrow you two look out for any survivor, corpses and supplies and any other think that you think as useful. I'll look through these documents and see if there is any information to any unknown Grimm."
-With Tai-
'Alright, let's see what is salvable here.' Tai thought to himself as he approached the controlling board. Pushing the power bottom, he was relieved that everything started without any problems. Silently starting his work, he pulled out is scroll and connected it to the universal adapter and thanks to the Key code from Ironwood gained access to the whole base. Strangely, or not, only Qrow is the only one in the whole operation who didn't get the key code.
'Let's see. Status Report' Tai typed the command in and shortly the full report and status of the base is shown. 'Air circulation 100%, good. Air filter 58% need to be changed, what's this? Every room has they own air filter? Makes sense, still everyone is roughly the same. No need to change them yet. Water supplies: Tape water: 100l, clean, Shower water 150l also clean, that's great, sadly just 5 minute showers, but where did they get the water supply from? That is an unusually high amount of water. I have to change the water duration for the shower to 10 minutes, knowing Raven' laughing at his own joke Tai doubled the shower time of the base.
'Power source is by 52%, more than enough for the duration of our mission. Floor and Roof armor is at 97%, as is the rest of the base with exception of the front wall and door, they have 67% functions capacity, what the hell is the door made of? Uh, they have a trap door here, but didn't say to where it's lead.'
Deciding to find the answers to it later Tai began to install the PCC. The PCC is a newly invention from Atlas. It has two main functions. The first one is as a portable communication signal, important when you are outside any CCT reach. The second is function is as a enhancer for a stationer SCP (Stationer Communication Point) which every base is equipped with. The SCP, while small and moveable, has little reach, why many bases stay in a close proximate to each other. After this mission the SPC should be upgraded and the PCC shall became a new standard app on every Scroll on Remnant. The PCC self is a small boxed devise with a small display, as big as the scroll when in Tablet form and as high as a fist, with several sloths for scrolls.
Going on Autopilot Tai, the most versed with electronic, and mechanics, on Team STRQ, has the whole thing connected and work ready.
"Here is Taiyang Xiao-Long, from Team STRQ, we are at base C358, I repeat, here Taiyang Xiao-Long, from Team STRQ, we are at base C358, copy that"
After a short time, the Brawler became his response. "Here Squad 2, we copy. We are also on our Base, copy that"
"Any Grimm encounter during your way?"
"Positive, a small pack of Beowolfs, sir"
"Just a small pack?" Tai inquired. "Anything strange about the pack?"
"No sir"
"Are you sure?" Tai pressed
"No, although, the pack was mostly made of young Grimm's, Sir. Without any Alphas, just some stage 2 Beowolfs with little bones out of the body."
"No Alphas?" Tai ask disbelieved. That can't be right.
"Here Oliver of Team TOMB, we arrive at our assigned Base in the next 3 hours, we had Grimm intervention." Tai frowned at this.
"How many?"
"Big pack of Ursais and Beowolfs, and even some Silverbacks. This was the third horde we encountered today"
Tai frowned harder at hearing that. Squad 2 was more inlands, while not deep enough to be near they Level, and Team TOMB's Base was on the coast area of Menagerie, near the rendezvous place to pick them up when the have to go back, to clear the place out of Grimm. It seems they farther they go to the islands outside, the more Grimm they encounter. But that's just a theory.
"Squad 4, we proceed as planned"
"With Grimm encounter calculated"
"Roger that, Small Grimm encounter of some stray Grimm's"
More and More such reports came and with each Tai's frown deepened. Where they the only Team who didn't stumbled over any Grimm.
This means they just can wait till the daily briefing with Ironwood on 20hundert.
Just great.
-With Qrow and Raven-
"Dust rounds, crystals, powder, a riffle and some grenades" Qrow said as he closed another locker.
"Same here, except for the riffle but some canned food" His twin answered as she closed another locker.
"I am surprised as how much is still here, uh a flask"
"Don't drink it"
"Wasn't doing it"
"You have it already uncorked" Raven deadpanned as Qrow freeze in his drinking motion, the flask just millimeters away to give his prized liquid.
"Killjoy" He muttered as he closed the flask, then proceed louder "I am surprised as how much is still here"
"I think they went out to scout the area and died"
"The whole Squared?"
"I never said that soldiers where smart" The swordswoman said with a light mirth in her eye and a light chuckle, shared with her twin.
It was no secret that most hunters looked down on soldiers due to the training, that was filled with too much 'unnecessary' points, such as usage and maintenance of a broad set of standardized weaponry or first aid in the field in how to meld broken bones and patch an open wound. Sure hunters learned the 101 of each weapon type in combat school and how to take care of it but that was for when they decide to which weapon they want to mix and the fact that no soldier specialized on a customized weapon is frowned upon by most hunters. The second issue seem like something that everyone should know but there is a firm mindset of hunters that believe that they don't need this due to the fact that they Aura heals all wound and even prevent them to happen in the first place.
A sentiment that was shared with the Branwen Twins, the female having specialized on her Iaido style with different Dust blades, blades actually made out of Dust, preferring to go eye on eye with her foe and the male for his sword-scythe shotgun thingy, Tai is still not sure if this is a shotgun or a mini grenade launcher, and his animosity with the good old general.
If only Tai and Summer would share they believe on soldiers, then the whole team could share one laugh or two with each other instead of the disapproving looks and frowns.
Leaving the locker room, the Bird twins have found out that the base had occupied a troupe of eight persons. And from the content of the lockers it was an even team of four men and four women, they walked to the next door. Holding the scroll up to unlock the door Qrow frowned as he was denied.
"Let me" Raven said as she frowned too as she was also denied "Strange, emergency lock-down"
"Which means?"
"We have to ask Tai to unlock it"
Giving a disapproving sight The scythe master nodded and went to the door on the opposite wall. With a satisfied smile the door opened without any problems and Raven entered the room. Her eyes widen as she saw what was in there.
"Bunkbeds?!" Qrow exclaimed as he entered the room, the door falling close behind him.
"Yep, and knowing Summer each one will have to share one with the partner, which means we two-"
"DIPPS ON TOP!"
"Oh Hell NO!"
And faster than anyone could look the two siblings got into a fight of showing and pushing the other of in order to claim the top bed. All the while some petty insults were trown.
"You are way too fat to be on top!"
"You are too drunk to make it up!"
"I want to suffocate by your farts!"
"You dunce gas rise in the air, you will life when I am on top."
"I am the older one I have the right for the top!"
"I am the cute little sister, I got the top!"
"The only cute think on you is your weapon!"
"You got the top bed in Beacon, for FOUR years!"
"And you the one at home!"
"That's different!"
"No its not!"
"It is!"
"It's not!"
"It is!"
"It's not!"
"It is!"
"It's not!"
"It is!"
"It's not!"
"Damn it Qrow I want be on top!" Raven explode
"Oh like being on top of Tai-uff!" He topped over as the wind was knocked out of Qrow as Raven fist meets is stomach. Raising his head, the was meet with a fierce glare of his sister.
"Do. Not. Say. Any. Other. Word" she hissed between her teeth's "That between me and Tai is over"
"Is it really, Ray!" He challenged, all of his playfulness gone from his face. Replaced with a stern and serious face. "You know-"
"Stop!" Raven interrupted him again "We will not have this discussion again, Qrow"
"What discussion!" He laughed humorless "Every time I bring this up, you either change the topic or just leave! Hey stop right there!"
Grapping his leaving twin by her shoulder he spun her around and gasped both shoulders firm in his hands. She answered with a glare.
"Haven't you learned nothing in the past 4 years, Qrow" She pronounced his name as a mocker.
"STOP THIS ALREADY!" Qrow finally exploded. The desperation and worry in his voice shocked Raven too silent.
"Please stop this" He continued in a barely whisper "I just can't see you going on like this" He sopped
"You distance us from you, you hardly smile, even rarer than usual" He added as she was about to comment on this "You became cynical and bitter to the rest of us and I can see this is eating you from the inside. And honestly I am sick and tired from keeping that from Summer and Tai. Damn it they have a right to know. It's not fair for them and it is hardly fair for you!"
"Why is this of any concern for you! Why are you so set of about telling this!" Raven snapped
"Because you are my sister and your wellbeing is always important for me" Qrow stated and even when it wasn't visible for the rest of the world he saw that this hat hit her.
'Finally' "Ray, even when I hated it, you were happy with Tai, heck you even smiled with him around" Raven grinned at there for a second before she replaced it with a frown, she opened her moth to argue against it but Qrow beat her to it. "I know, but ever since we got involved with Ozpin and this whole secret cult of his you became more and more distance from us, even from me, and I am your twin!"
Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, he hasn't noticed how agitated he became during his speech, which Raven thankfully didn't interrupt. "Ray, I can see that you want to tell them, I can also understand that you want to protect them by keeping your distance, but that is it what is destroying you. Please let us help you, we are a Team. We are like a family, in more way than not, seeing that we had no really say in who we get partnered with" Qrow finished with a joke, and to is immense relief she laughed too. It was small, it was silent, but it was there.
'Damn I didn't know I could smile this wide'
A comfortable silence filled the room as both twins looked at each other.
"Are you sure they would help me? Or even has a change against our enemy's? You know with what we have to deal with, I am not sure if they are strong enough for them." she asked in worry not sure if the S and T of STRQ could handle what monster where out there in the world. And she wasn't talking about the Grimm.
'Fuck, I think I will split my face in two' Qrow thought as his smile widen. "Of course they would help you! Even when you and Tai would break up he would still be there to protect you, like any of us would. Heck it would even give this lazy ass a motivation to train harder. And between you and me he started to slacking off"
Raven raised an eyebrow at him "Oh really? Like you and your Flask?"
"Oy, don't dis the booze" he said in mock indignation "But I mean it Ray. Summer, Tai and especially me will do anything in our power to protect you. Trust me given us a reason and nothing will stop this nut jobs of teammates we have to do what we have to do"
The red swordswoman let her brothers word sink in. It wasn't the first time he tried to talk some sense into her, and most of the time she wouldn't even give him the chance to speak at all, but after 4 long, long years of constant persistence he got finally to her.
"Alright" A genuine smile formed on her lips "After this mission is over I will tell them everything."
"Promise?"
"Promise"
"Pinky swear" He ask with a grin as he hold his pinky out.
Looking at the offending finger she raised an eyebrow as to ask if he was serious. Which he was. Urgh, her brother can be so immature sometimes.
"Pinky swear" she said with an eye role as they shocked they pinky's. Seriously, she was a full-fledged huntress with two years of experience. Such childish gestures should be beneath her.
"Good, because I was planning on telling them that you have something important to tell them anyway. ARG! My Balls!"
He cried as he clutched his family jewels, tears swelling in his eyes and his sister glaring darkly at him.
"I really can't see what Tai sees in you" He cried "Or you in him for that matter"
"Hmpf. He at least doesn't need to pay some girls to get laid, or being friendly with him, opposite to your strippers you frequently visit" She huffed at him, crossing her arms beneath her breast as she looked away with her head raise high.
Urg, what was this strange feeling in his chest. A right, that was his pride being pierced with the sting of a Deathstalker and then followed with a stampede of Ursais. Damn the kick between his leg didn't hurt that much.
"I so really didn't need to hear that" He said in dismay
"Oh then you also don't want to her it how he liked it when I got between his legs as I Gan and Mo played with his big Tiger"
"WHO!" He cried out horror. Who are Gan and Mo? Oh god, that sounds like another couple. Dear god. His sister was into that kind of thinks.
'OH MY GOD! Tai is into this too!'
"Gan Jiang and Mo Ye" Raven answered as she griped each of her breast by each name she said and began to rise them up and down. "Tai really loved it when those who stroked his little pet and-"
"LALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" Qrow cried as he made a dive out of the room and to the far last room of the base, the kitchen, all the while leaving a laughing Raven behind.
-With Summer-
'Was that just Raven's laugh?' The leader of STRQ asked herself 'Nah' only to dismiss it completely.
Going over the documents on super speed Summer found the following: Lock book, lock book, lock book, Inventory list, Reports. Every detail was listed and written down, but there was still no real information from any new Grimm species or where the Crew went. Wait, on the last lock book entry. Coordinates on the mountains. A cave? Finally!
"Found anything?" Tai ask as he sat down beside her.
"Just the usual lock entry's and a mission into the mountains to explore a cave, just the coordinates, but no location"
"Maybe we can help" Came the voice of Qrow as the Branwen twin hold a map up with a area in the mountain marked.
"Where did you get that?" Tai asked
"It hang on the wall" Raven answered nonchalantly
Well, that's embarrassing.
"Are those the coordinated you found in the lock book?" Qrow ask.
Checking them to see if they matched the leader of STRQ said "Yes, it seems that they were prepared for the chase that they would not make it back" Her silver eyes shined with excitement. Finally, a lead.
"Great, we now have a lead" Tai said and then turned his attention to the twins "Have you found anything useful in the base?"
"Yes, dust rounds and crystals, even dust in powder form. Riffles, guns and grenades, though no hybrid weapons, just the standard military weaponry. The kitchen is also still well equipped with dried and canned food and plenty of bottled water to last eight persons for three months. Which means we have more than enough food to be even picky, oh and Raven has something important to tell you two" Qrow finished his report with a smirk at his twin.
At Ravens uncanny glare to Qrow the S and T of STRQ shared a concerned look with each other.
"Raven" Summer hesitated "Are you pregnant?"
"NO!" Raven shouted with a bright red blush on face that would put her favorite dust blade to shame. Taking a deep calming breath to push the blush back the swordswoman continued "But yes, I have something important to tell you two, for the main reason to shut this dunce" She pointed her thump to her brother as she said the word 'dunce'.
Changing Topic "We should debrief our mission again"
Taking pity on her female companion Summer laid the mission assignment out. "She is right now our mission considered of four steps. The First is to locate our assign Base, which we have done now. We also have to give a daily report in chase a team perished during the mission. The second step is to search for any survivor or confirm the death of the fallen operatives. Found anyone?"
"Not yet, but there was a door in emergency lock which Tai need to open up for us" Qrow answered, directing his gaze to his blond teammate. He nodded in understanding, signaling that he will look into it later.
"Alright, let's hope that the room is as empty as the rest of the base where" Summer said "The third step is to gather all available information possible"
"Does that mean we have to search for that Neo Grimm?" Raven asked.
"Most likely" Summer answered rueful. Both male let out not so silent curses out under they breath. While most hunter love to fight Grimm's, gathering information on a Neo Grimm was no pleasant experience.
"And the last step is to gather on the meeting point on the West side of Menagerie to leave the continent." Summer finished the outlines of the mission assignment.
Four simple steps, not complicated and easy to follow. An easy mission in the ears of a civilian. But alas as it is the norm, simple do not exist in a huntsman life.
"Seeing as how much food is left we can assume that the Squared was killed in the mountains as they leaved the Base." Raven summarized
"But why is the door than so heavenly damaged?" Tai asked.
"I don't know, my first guess would be some stray Grimm, but that is to unlikely, alphas don't attack random buildings, maybe this was a Nest?" Qrow mussed.
"Speaking of the base, what have you found Tai?"
"Just the ordinary status reports in digital work, which I have already loaded on my scroll Summer. Beside that the base is fully function able, the only real damage is on the front door, and every room has they own air circulation, no idea why so don't ask me. The power level is at 50% and we have enough water in the kitchen and shower to freshen us up. The showers are time limited, I raised it to 10 minutes, and that is already the maximum" Tai reported and gave apologizing smile to Raven, who just sighted. It was not his fault but still, she loves her showers, and her hair.
"Also there is a trap door here in the base, but I have no idea where this lead"
"That was mentioned in the early entry's. There is an underwater river with fresh water. They have used it regularly to refile they water supplies. Believing the captains word, the river actually leads two miles from our checkpoint to leave Menagerie."
"Well that sure comes in handy" Qrow quipped in his usually gruff manner "So now what. We wait for Jimmy's order and see where go there?"
"Or we could lock what is behind the locked door" Raven suggested and stand from her seat.
Said and done the whole Team stands before the now unlooked door. Reaching for the handle Tai yanked the door open and was immediately greeted by a foul odor.
"Now we know what happened with the members who stayed behind" Raven comment drily.
Indeed, in the room where two corpses already in a state of decay.
"I would say they are death for two to 3 months" Qrow said as he looked at the corpses, already making an autopsy "Two female it seems"
"Cause of death?" Summer asked as she hold her cloak before her mouth too lesser the smell.
"Suicide"
"What! How did you get to that!?"
"Hole on the scalp, put a huge dust rounds gun in the mouth and shoot them self"
"Why would they do that?" Raven asked now.
"No idea sis"
"Maybe that explained the damage on the front door" Tai said "They teammates have died as they were in the mountain and the Grimm must have been drawn to them because of the grief they felled as they died"
"They must have been brutally killed to such an effect on soldiers" Summer added.
"They must have them on the radar the whole time and heard them die" Raven realized" They also must have marked the position on the map, before they realized that they could not escape the Grimm and Killed themselves"
"Didn't they have voice records when they are connected via radio?" Qrow asked
Shaking his head negative Tai explained "Not until they put the record manually on, otherwise it would be a waste of storage data. Thought, I still have to go through all data and electronic records, I just loaded them on my scroll"
Nodding in understanding and what was left unsaid of what they would do next.
"We should identify them" Summer said.
"One of them is an Arc" Raven called to the surprise of everyone by the side of the corpses.
"How do you know that?"
Raven picked a sheathed sword from the ground with a white sheath, with a click of a button the sheath expanded to a shield with two golden crescent moons on it.
"Crocea Morse" Qrow whispered in silent awe, and then cursed loudly.
"Who is the other Person?" Summer asked and Tai took the dog marks every soldier wears for identification.
"Cammy White and Isabella Arc" He read.
"Guiles Sister and his finance" Summer cursed. She was good friends with the Arc Twins Guile and Isabella as they meet during the Vital festival and Guile being one of the very few from Atlas Military High Ranked Specialist that Qrow actually can stand this fund was a heavy blow for team STRQ.
"Prepare the Body bags, take they weapons and then stand on standby" Summer said, her voice void hard, as she oved out of the Room with the orders.
"Squad 3, Status Report, on…" Team STRQ were just halfway listen to the rudimental Report given by the Atlas soldier as they sat on the main room after they waited for the time to come to give the daily reports, so far every Team and Squad has proceeded as planned without any casualties or any note able occurrences. Heck they even had they daily dose of Grimm encounters. Just as they feared, Team STRQ was the only group who didn't encounter
This continued for so long till it was the turn for Team STRQ.
"Team STRQ, Report" Ordered Ironwood from the hollo display.
"Team STRQ, Status Report, we managed to reach our base without any trouble in the way"
"Good, how many Grimm's did you encounter?"
"None"
"Excuse me?" The General asked in disbelief
"We said that we reach the base without any trouble, and that was just one of the abnormality"
"…Go one"
"Sir, we didn't encounter any single Grimm during our whole mission in Menagerie"
"And that's not all" Qrow added
"What now"
"The land became a wasteland the further we go in there, and that was not the strangest thing. There where burn marks on the land, some small and narrow, others wide and bright"
"That could be results of fire dust" Ironwood dismissed
"Fire dust is not hot enough to melt stone, general" Tai said.
"…What?!"
"And that's not all. The fire marks are very selected, there where melted stones under a tree and still the three had no signs of burns or that it was on flame. James something able so hot to generate heat high enough to melt stones would also set a three in flame when it where thrown or shot at a stone."
"We think that this is the case of a Neo Grimm" Raven finished
"And what about the Squad?" Ironwood asked
"Two confirmed death of Cammy White and Isabella Arc, the other six members are missing in the mountains, presume they are also death" Summer said.
"Cause of death?"
"Suicide"
"…And the audio records?"
"Damaged, unfortunately. We had to bring them to Beacon or Atlas to repair them" Tai said.
The general was silent for a while, clearly thinking about what he had heard
"On all Teams, immediately make way to the meeting point for evacuation, we stop the mission now. Team STRQ, how far do you think is the mountain lactated away from your base?"
"Three hours for hunters when we move quick" Qrow answered.
"Alright, Team STRQ, I ask your team to move to the mountains and search for any new Grimm there you can find. I know that this is dangerous but we cannot afford to let an unknown Grimm room free in the world. But I want that you only search for a day and immediately return when the suns begin to set down, at the latest time. And try to record everything with you see. Understood"
"Understood sir"
With this last words the call was canceled. With a stern expression Summer turned to her teammates who look as determinate as her.
"Alright team you heard the good old General, we make way to the mountains by sunrise. Make the MCD ready and restock your ammunitions. Tai and Raven, since you two are the only ones without any range options I want you two to pick a gun with you, and when we are at it, we all take some dust grenades with us, just in case."
"What kind of Grimm do you think we will find?" Tai asked concerned
"My best guess would be some burning Grimm or one who generates enough heath to melt stone, in both cases we both would be at a disadvantage" Raven answered.
"It's getting laid, let collect our stuff and hit the hay" Qrow said as he moved to the back of the base.
"He is right, Tai, Raven, would you take the first shift?" Summer asked as both nodded in agreement.
With that Team STRQ prepared for the next day
How do you like it, My first attem at fanfiction after so many years. I hope I can get back there.
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