Homesick Chapter 2: New Places, New Faces
Log Entry 2-0-1: Chorus. Of all the places to be it had to be Chorus. I don't have anything against the people of Chorus or the planet, its just the fact that Epsilon is completely fucking paranoid and it has been giving me headaches about it. Anyways, as for the situation, My name is Sky, I am also designated as Agent 26, an experimental soldier from the corrupt organization known as Project Freelancer. And i'm sure that you would know this by now if you have read or seen any of my previous logs. Back on topic, A student from Remnant, my home planet, was teleported along with me when I tried to save our lives. She is known as Pyrrha Nikos, one of the team members on Team JNPR. She's a great fighter, but our recent battle against an evil bitch named Cinder Fall left us injured and weakened. Problem is that the teleportation grenade that I used was damaged, so it ended up sending up to Chorus. And on top of that, we don't know a way back to Remnant, the Remnant's coordinates are unknown and we don't have any teleportation grenades left. So, we're stranded until Pyrrha and I find a way back Home. Hopefully everyone else is okay, but to them, they think we're dead. But the last thing I remember was seeing Ruby back at the tower just a second before I used the grenade, she might be the only one who saw me use that grenade, and hopefully, she told everyone, well more than likely Gyro. And knowing Gyro, she might have notified Coco and Neo. I just hope they're okay. But I also hope that Pyrrha and I wont get into any bit of trouble in Chorus.
(Location: Chorus, New Armonia)
(Time: 20 Minutes after teleportation)
Both Pyrrha and Sky were sitting in the back of a truck. They had handcuffs on them as they were sitting silently.
"Well this didn't turn out how I expected." Sky's hologram projects as he looks at Pyrrha.
Pyrrha looks at the mute freelancer across from her.
"Why is this even necessary?" Pyrrha says as she moves her hands, showing her handcuffs.
"For security purposes, Chorus is a planet that went through a lot of trouble times, you can't blame them for being careful." Sky's hologram projects.
"But we did nothing wrong." Pyrrha responds.
"You haven't, but that doesn't make me an innocent person too." Sky's hologram projects.
Pyrrha looks at Sky with a bit of worry.
"What does that mean?" Pyrrha asks nervously.
"Chorus had some problems, remember the Reds and Blues I've mentioned?" Sky's hologram projects as he displays a new article.
The article that Sky displays was a picture of the Reds and Blue, the title said 'Colorful Space Marines Stop Corruption'.
"Yeah, the war heroes." Pyrrha says as she nods slightly.
"Well, to the galaxy, they've disappeared without a trace. Add that to the fact that they were last here on Chorus, and that their's a group of solider who look and somewhat act exactly like them now causing chaos." Sky's hologram displays.
"But what does that have to do with you?" Pyrrha asks.
"Well again, to the Galaxy and the people of Chorus, the Reds and Blue are alive, but because they don't know that they've been dead for the last year and a half, along with me and my group hunting them down, people made assumptions and accusations." Sky's hologram projects.
"So...people still don't know that those are the Blues and Reds causing so much death?..." Pyrrha asks as she puts the pieces together.
"Precisely, so you can see that i'm not exactly the first person they want to see, the same goes for Epsilon." Sky's hologram displays as he fiddles with the handcuffs.
"You A.I.? Why? Wasn't Epsilon with the Reds and Blues?" Pyrrha asks again.
"He was, but remember what he said when i first showed my A.I. to you guys, Epsilon deconstructed himself to save the lives of the Reds and Blues. But I was able to pick up Epsilon's signal a few hours after he deconstructed himself, so I gathered what fragments I could find of Epsilon, and rebuilt him. But like the Reds and Blues, the people of Chorus think that Epsilon is gone. And he really won't shut the fuck up, he hasn't stop bitching and whining for the last hour since we got here." Sky's hologram displays as he taps his helmet.
Pyrrha stays silent as she takes in of what she was just told. As she was about to say something, the truck they were in comes to a full stop, they both hear the doors shut outside as well as footsteps coming from towards the trucks cargo door. The door then fly's open, revealing the two white armored soldiers that had air assault helmets. The one with the Blue accent colors was called Andersmith, while the other one with the orange accent colors was called Bitters.
"Alright, you two get out, slowly." Bitters says in a bored and tired tone.
Both Pyrrha and Sky slowly make their way out of the truck. Sky helps Pyrrha walk due to her injury from the arrow she received on her ankle. Both Bitters and Andersmith had their DMR's trained towards Sky as he followed behind Pyrrha.
"Both of you, in the elevator." Andersmith says as he motioned his DMR towards the large elevator.
Both Pyrrha and Sky slowly make their way to the elevator. Bitters and Andersmith follow behind them as they enter the elevator first. Sky and Pyrrha follow them inside, the elevator then closes as it starts to head up. After a few minutes pass by, the elevator finally stops with a ding. The door opens to see a woman with a similar air assault helmet with white armor but her visor and accent colors were a light blue. She was sitting behind a desk with a window overlooking the city below.
"Thank you Lieutenants Andersmith and Bitters, you guys can go back with Palomo and Jensen." The woman at the desk says.
"Are you sure ma'am?" Andersmith asks with uncertainty.
"Dude, come on, lets just go, i'm fucking starving." Bitters says with annoyance.
"Your always starving fatass." Andersmith says.
"Leave, now." The woman says sharply.
Both Andersmith and Bitters stop their argument.
"Right, sorry ma'am." Andersmith says.
Both Andersmith and Bitters nod as they head for the elevator. The door shuts as they both leave finally, once their gone, the woman sitting on the opposite side of the room motions them to take a seat on the chairs in front of her. Sky immediately takes a seat while Pyrrha skeptically looked at the woman. Sky only looked back and gave a reassuring nod towards Pyrrha. Pyrrha then had a look of worry as she then takes a seat next to Sky. The woman examines the Mistral Champion and the Mute Freelancer.
"Your lucky to not even been in jail right now, or even executed on the spot when we found you." The woman says towards Sky.
Sky just glares as the woman while Pyrrha just looks at the two of them.
"But you." The woman says towards Pyrrha. "Your someone entirely different, there is no record of you, so I want to know, Who are you supposed to be?" The woman says strictly.
Pyrrha looks at Sky again. Sky looked back at Pyrrha and nods towards Pyrrha for her to explain their story.
"My name...My name is Pyrrha Nikos, i'm a student from Beacon academy that teaches people to fight monsters from out planet known as Grimm." Pyrrha explains in a nervous tone.
The woman just continues to look at Pyrrha.
"Is this some sort of joke?" The woman says towards Pyrrha.
Sky only shakes his head slightly.
"I wasn't speaking to you," The woman says sharply towards Sky.
Sky just narrows his eyes towards the woman while Pyrrha had a look of worry.
"Miss, I can assure you, I am speaking the truth." Pyrrha says.
"And how can I be sure? You and this killer over here just appear in my city, I may not know a damn thing about you, but he's a threat." The woman says with a bit of frustration and anger.
"But he's not the same person that you believe he is." Pyrrha retorts.
"That doesn't change the fact that he's been trying to kill the Reds and Blues. I don't think you've noticed, but they're heroes to the people of Chorus, and they were my friends." The Woman responds in anger.
While Pyrrha and the woman continue their argument, Sky was just think to himself and his A.I.
"Epsilon, you have to say something, you know how stubborn she is." Sky says mentally towards the fragment of memory.
"It's not that easy!" Epsilon shouts inside of Sky's head.
"Well either Pyrrha and I die along with you and the rest of the fragments, or you can attempt and save us." Sky says mentally towards Epsilon
"Look kid, I can defiantly fucking say that I don't need to show myself for now, someone else can help us." Epsilon says vaguely.
"Epsilon what is with the cryptic shit? Just don't be dramatic and just tell me." Sky says mentally towards Epsilon in annoyance.
"You'll see what I mean soon kid." Epsilon says mentally to Sky.
"Your sometimes a tool Epsilon, you know that right?" Sky says mentally to Epsilon in sarcasm.
"Hey, its a part of my charm." Epsilon responds mentally to Sky with pride.
While Sky and Epsilon having their mental conversation, Sky tunes back into the woman and Pyrrha's conversation. Pyrrha was still busy trying to explain that she and Sky came from Remnant. Sky could tell that the woman was starting to lose her patience with Pyrrha and Sky.
"THAT'S IT!" The woman says angrily as she slams her hands on the table.
Both Sky and Pyrrha slightly recoil back from the woman's short temper and patience.
"Either your completely fucking crazy or this is some elaborate plan! Either way you have to be lying!" The woman says as she looks towards a table behind Sky and Pyrrha. "Santa, please tell me this has to be some complete bullshit story!" The woman says the table.
Pyrrha had a look of confusion as she looked at Sky. He shrugged due him also being in that state of confusion. They look behind them towards the table that the woman was looking at. Then a bright red hologram shines from the table in the shape of an alien. The hologram was the color red and white. Sky immediately identified the look of the hologram to be a Sangheili alien warrior.
"The subject that calls herself 'Pyrrha Nikos' speaks the truth, President Kimball." The Alien hologram identified as 'Santa' says towards the woman who is now identified as Venessa Kimball.
"You have to be fucking joking." Kimball says towards Santa.
"No, she speaks the truth, but I cannot locate this planet she speaks of. As for the other one, he has plenty of information that you might want to know." Santa says towards Kimball.
"W-What are you..?" Pyrrha asks in a nervous tone.
"I am a construct left behind by my creators." Santa says towards Pyrrha.
"Enough, what information do you have that's so important." Kimball says towards Sky in a aggressive tone.
Sky just continues his stare at Kimball due to him being mute.
"Say SOMETHING!" Kimball says in aggression.
"Miss Kimball, my friend can't talk.." Pyrrha says quietly.
Kimball looks towards Sky. His eye's were facing directly at Kimball, Kimball then faces her alien A.I. Partner for confirmation.
"They boy designated as Agent 26 can not indeed speak. He has sustained damage to his vocal chords along with a device that prevents the boy from attempting to repair his vocal chords or to remove the device itself." Santa says towards Kimball.
Pyrrha looks towards her companion as she had a look of shock. Kimball just looks back towards Sky.
"Then how do you suppose we get that information then?" Kimball says towards Santa.
"His companion has the answers you desire." Santa says calmly towards Kimball.
"The girl doesn't know anything." Kimball responds.
"The girl also has a name too." Pyrrha says with a bit of annoyance.
"Shut it." Kimball says quickly.
Pyrrha huffs in annoyance.
"I wasn't speaking about the girl, I was speaking about an old friend of yours." Santa says as he faces Sky.
Sky glances back towards the Alien A.I. construct. He mentally sighs as he begins another mental conversation.
"Alright Epsilon, its now or never." Sky says mentally to Epsilon.
"You know, I don't really have to show myself." Epsilon mentally says back sharply.
"That Alien A.I. knows your existence, so quit being such a bitch and just show yourself." Sky says mentally in annoyance.
"You know how pissed she's going to be." Epsilon mentally says flatly.
"Just show yourself already, Kimball's going to be pissed even if you refuse to show yourself." Sky says mentally.
"FINE!" Epsilon yells back mentally.
Sky then focuses his attention back towards Kimball, Pyrrha, and Santa. He see's that all three of them were staring at him. Sky then slightly looks to his right, The familiar cobalt memory fragment materialize on the table in front of Kimball.
"Heyyyy Venessa..." Epsilon says in a nervous tone.
Kimball fell silent as she looked towards Epsilon. She had worked along side with Epsilon during there war against Charon Industries. But she was told by Agent Carolina and Washington that Epsilon sacrificed himself to save The Reds and Blue. but now he was standing right in front of her.
"How...How are you...We thought you were dead Church?!" Kimball says as she looks at the memory fragment.
"That's a long story Kimball, you may want to take a seat." Epsilon says in a genital voice, hoping to calm Kimball down.
"Church i'm already sitting." Kimball says in a deadpanned tone.
Everyone in the room just stares at Epsilon.
"Hey this is fucking stressful to me, can you all just not judge me? Okay? Fuck you all." Epsilon says as he flips off the group.
"Church, what happened? You were on the Staff of Charon with the Reds and Blues, but when the fight was over, you were gone, Where were you?" Kimball asks the memory fragment.
"Right, sorry...I did deconstructed myself to save the lives of the Reds and Blues. But Sky here was able to pick up my signal a few hours after I deconstructed himself, so he gathered what fragments I could find of me, and rebuilt me...Since then, I've been working with him and the other fragments to take down the murders of the Reds and Blues.." Epsilon explains.
"So you choose to work with someone who is trying to kill your friends? Sarge, Tucker, Simmons, Donut, Lopez, Doc, Carolina, Washington, even Caboose! You help the person who wears the same armor as that traitor Felix! Why?!" Kimball asks in anger.
"Felix? Who's Felix?" Pyrrha asks.
"Some asshole who worked with another asshole called Locus, both of them were responsible for enforcing a civil war on Chorus and helped Charon Industries almost commit a planetary genocide." Kimball responds sharply.
"Locus? Wait, the same Locus that works with you?" Pyrrha asks Sky.
"WHAT?!" Kimball shouts in anger.
"Kimball, you need to calm down and let me explain!" Epsilon says as his anger rises.
KImball just growls in anger as she stares at Pyrrha and Sky.
"Locus may have done some bad shit in the past, but he's different now, he's been helping us for the last year and a half year, hunting down the people who murdered our friends. The Reds and Blues along with Agents from Project Freelancer after the project was shut down." Epsilon says.
"What are you talking about?! You people are the one hunting them down in the first place?!" Kimball retorts.
"Kimball, the Reds and Blues have been dead for the last year and a half." Epsilon says sadly. "The people you believe are the Reds and Blues are also simulation troopers from Project Freelancer, 9 months after you all put Malcom Hargrove into custuty, The 'Blues and Reds', thats what they call themselves, have been attacking major UNSC settlements." Epsilon explains. "And I know that Chorus heard about the destruction of Earth that occurred 18 months ago."
Kimball fell silent as she tries to process what the fragment of memory had just told her. She clenched her fists as she thinks to herself.
"Even if this was true, how can I believe you." Kimball says queitly.
"Because this is personal to us." Epsilon says as he points to himself and Sky.
"Whats so special about you anyways." Kimball says towards the mute freelancer.
"He was one of those freelancers you keep talking about." Pyrrha says.
Kimball looks at Pyrrha, she then looks at Santa who was nodding his head. Kimball then looks back at Epsilon and Sky.
"I though every Freelancer Agent was named after a state." Kimball says toward Sky and Epsilon.
"Sky here isn't technically one of the main stream Freelancer Agents." Epsilon says as his pitch increases slightly.
"Sky?" Kimball says in a bit of confusion.
"It's his real name." Pyrrha explains.
"Yeah, basically Project Freelancer still needed people to test their experiments on. So they so happened to come across Pyrrha's and Sky's planet Remnant, we don't know all the details but all we know is that Sky here was taken 13 years ago due to one of his naturally rare case of high radiation resistance. The Director happened to come across experimental weaponry that used dangerous hydrogen core technology, and when you put two and two together, The Director used Sky to test these weapons, along with controlling him to hunt down rogue freelancers. Long story short, Sky here was teleported to Remnant and found out he was born here along with unlocking his aura and semblance." Epsilon explains in really terrible detail.
"The hell is aura?" Kimball asks.
"Aura is the manifestation of one's soul, it bears our burdens and shields our hearts. With practice, aura can be our shields. Everyone in our world has it, even the animals. By baring your soul outward as a force you can deflect harm. All of our tools and equipment are our conduits for aura. You project yourself and your soul with fighting." Pyrrha explains.
Both Epsilon and Kimball stare at Pyrrha. Both Sky and Santa understood what Pyrrha described.
"Pyrrha, not gonna lie here, but that was kind of a shitty description." Epsilon says.
Pyrrha sighs in annoyance while Kimball presses a button on her desk.
"Can someone call Dr. Grey up here. I'm sure she'll love to hear about this...crap." Kimball says in a bit of confusion.
Just as Kimball finishes her request, the elevator door immediately flies open, revealing a woman wearing a Cypher helmet along with her armor colors being white and her accent colors being a light purple along with her visor.
"Uh, miss Kimball, she should be up their by now." Someone says through Kimball's intercom on her desk.
"Yeah, I know, thank you." Kimball says through her intercom. "Uh, Dr. Grey, how long have you been in the elevator?" Kimball asks skeptically.
"Oh, I've heard just about everything!" Dr. Grey says with enthusiasm.
Dr. Grey then looks straight at Epsilon.
"And it's good to see you too Church." Dr. Grey says happily as she rushes over to the table.
"Uhhhh...Yeeeaaahhhh...You too Dr. Grey" Epsilon says with a bit of nervousness.
"Sooo, I want to know more about your world, I've been cramped inside the hospital for soo long and I need to do SOMETHING. I can't tell you how nice it is to get out of the office and away from all the complaining! 'My leg hurts!' 'I need blood!' 'But I don't WANT to have a robot arm!'" Dr. Grey says in a cheery and complaining tone.
Both Pyrrha and Sky look at Epsilon and Kimball. They both shurgged while Sky rubbed his left robotic arm nervously.
"Sooo, what else does your world have?" Dr. Grey asks happily.
"How about you explain what these 'Semblances' are." Kimball says towards Pyrrha.
"Right..A Semblance is the manifestation of one's innate and personal power as an ability unique to each individual, with the effects varying greatly from user to user. The nature of one's Semblance is noted as representing an aspect of their character. However, a person's Semblance can be similar to the Semblances of their parents or other family members." Pyrrha explains nervously as she glances at Dr. Grey.
"So does every person from your world have this kind of power?" Kimball asks.
"Not everyone, but majority of Humans and Faunus's have a Semblance." Pyrrha says.
"Faunus?" Dr. Grey asks as she nears Pyrrha.
"Basically humans but they have some traits that animals do, for example, one of Sky's teammates back in our world has rabbit ears, and one of our friends also has cat ears." Pyrrha explains.
Dr. Grey slightly sequels in excitement, earning stares from everyone in the room.
"I can't wait to see your world soon!" Dr. Grey says in excitement.
"Okay, calm down Dr. Grey." Kimball says as she then turns to Pyrrha and Sky. "So you two both posses these 'Semblances' correct?"
Both Pyrrha and Sky nod.
"Then what would that be, and if you don't mind, show me." Kimball says strictly.
"Well...my semblance is polarity, I can manipulate most metals I come into contact with." Pyrrha says.
Pyrrha was a bout to grab one of Kimball's metallic pens in front of her. But she stops just before she grabs it.
"Uh, may I?" Pyrrha asks.
Kimball nods slightly. Pyrrha grabs the pen. A black glow forms around Pyrrha's hand and the pen as she makes the pen levitate. The black glow disappears as the pen drops back on the table. Pyrrha breaths heavily as some bit of sweat appear on her forehead.
"I'm sorry...We're still a bit tired from our last battle.." Pyrrha says as she wipes some sweat off her forehead.
"Hey, Dr. Grey, please do me a favor and check on her ankle, she was heavily injured during their last fight." Epsilon says as he remembers the injury on her ankle.
As Dr. Grey kneels down to inspect Pyrrha ankle, Kimball looks at Sky.
"And what about you?" Kimball says with a bit of anger.
"That's the more...difficult to explain." Epsilon says to Kimball as he then turns to Sky. "Do your...thing I guess." Epsilon says skeptically.
Sky nods slightly, he closes his eyes. As he opens his eyes, his left eye was the color Aqua and Autumn, while his right eye was the color Steel grey and Yellow. Two spectors in the form's of Agent Washington and Agent Carolina flash behind Sky, both the spectors were glowing with their respective colors. The Washington Spector held his Battle rifle in his hands while the Carolina Spector had her battle rifle on her back and held her collapsed Humbler Stun Baton in her left hand. Kimball and Dr. Grey were at a lost for words as they stared at the two glowing spectors behind Sky. Sky closes his eyes as the spectors disappear, his eyes open back up to reveal his sky blue eyes again.
"Well, that's what he can do, create...well... two figures of Freelancers to help him in fights." Epsilon says with uncertainty.
Both Kimball and Dr. Grey were still silent as they looked at Sky.
"Uh, miss Grey...my ankle, please?" Pyrrha says slowly.
"Oh! Sorry!" Dr. Grey says as she crouches back down to inspect Pyrrha's injured ankle
Kimball just continues to stare at the mute freelancer in front of her.
"Kimball, are you going to say anything?" Epsilon says with a bit of impatience.
"Sorry, its just a lot to take in...seeing friends who you though were to be missing, only to be dead..but I got a few more questions." Kimball says slowly.
"Right, what do you have left?" Epsilon asks.
"Where's Grif? Where did you get the armor? And who exactly are these 'Blues and Reds' that murdered our friends." Kimball asks with a bit of aggression.
Both Sky and Epsilon glance at each other, with a subtle nod from Sky, Epsilon turns back to Kimball.
"Grif...Grif's been dead along with everyone else.." Epsilon says as he looks away.
Kimball looks away for a brief few seconds. She then turns back to Epsilon.
"How did they die?" Kimball asks quietly.
"They all died from dehydration and starvation...They were all locked up in their armor for several days, perhaps weeks...I can't imagine how they felt for all that time.." Epsilon says sadly.
Kimball clenches her fist while Dr. Grey slightly spaces out from what she just heard.
"And to answer your question about the armor, its just something he's always had, Issac Gates, or Felix, could have coincidentally received the same armor when he was in service with the UNSC, either way, i'm not going to lie here, it does look pretty badass either way." Epsilon says with a shrug.
"And what about my last question, who are the Blues and Reds?" Kimball says with venom.
"Like I said, a bunch of left over simulation troopers. There lead by a asshole named Temple, he looks like me but has a blue visor, and is a complete psychopath. Along with him are his captains. There's Surge, Gene, Lorenzo, Cronut, Loco, and Bucky. They all basically look like Sarge, Simmons, Lopez, Donut, Caboose, and Tucker, but with blue visors and are also complete psychopaths." Epsilon says with anger.
"Wait, if...if Tucker's dead...what about his Great Key?" Kimball asks.
"Well, Ironically, Bucky had the sword...but during the fall of Beacon Accadamey, Sky managed to kill Bucky, and now Sky's girlfriend now posses Tucker's sword...She's still on Remnant along with Sky's sister, and now she's a target to the Blues and Reds, if we don't find our way back, she'll die and they'll managed to take the sword back." Epsilon says with a bit of desperation.
Kimball looks away for a few seconds. Dr. Grey then stands back up as she just finished bandaging Pyrrha's leg.
"Okay, here's the deal here." Kimball says towards Pyrrha and Sky.
Both Pyrrha and Sky glance at each other. They both then look back at Kimball.
"I will be willing to help you two go back home, but under a few conditions." Kimball says as she leans towards the two. "I will need you two to help Chorus out with a few jobs, nothing to big or nothing too dangerous in anyway. And one more thing too."
Kimball goes behind her desk, she opens one of the drawers. She grabs a piece of paper and hands the piece of paper towards Sky and Pyrrha.
"I need both of you to head to this address, from there you should now what to from there. You two are free to go. Go stop by the armory to repair and gear up what you need, because I may have an idea how to get you two home." Kimball says.
Both Pyrrha and Sky stand up from their seat, but they still look at Kimball. Kimball had her attention towards Santa.
"Santa, explain it to them." Kimball says to the Alien A.I. construct.
Santa only nods as he then faces towards Pyrrha and Sky.
"We have a temple to take you back to your home world, The Temple of Translocation. If you posses one of the Great key's, activating this temple will allow you to instantly transport you to anywhere in the universe." Santa explains.
Both Pyrrha, Sky, and Epsilon look at each other.
"So, we find another sword? That's it?" Should be easy enough, can't you just tell us where a sword is?" Epsilon asks with a bit of excitement.
"I cannot give you the location of a Great Key, my creators program me without the knowledge of any other location of any other temple outside of Chorus, it is up to you to find another Great Key and prove your worth to wield it." Santa explains.
"Right, and when you come back from the address I gave you, come back here straight away, and don't worry about any troops, i'll notify all of them of the situation at hand. I'll also notify Lieutenants Jensen and Palomo to escort you both to the address." Kimball says.
"Wait, will Jenson be the one driving?" Epsilon asks skeptically.
"Well that's up to you three to find out." Kimball says with a slight chuckle.
"That does not inspire confidence in me." Epsilon says flatly as he dissapears
Just as Sky and Pyrrha make there way to the elevator, Pyrrha turns back to Kimball, Santa, and Dr. Grey.
"Thank you all for this, we really appreciate it." Pyrrha says with a smile.
"Don't thank us yet, you both still have a long adventure ahead of you!" Dr. Grey says happily as she waves to Pyrrha and Sky.
The the elevator doors close behind Sky and Pyrrha, Dr. Grey turns to Santa and Kimball.
"I like them both!" Dr. Grey says with enthusiasm.
"Their, interesting to say the least.." Kimball says as she sits back down on her office chair.
"They are noble warriors no doubt, I believe they will complete their objective." Santa says.
"Still, I believe that something big is going to come around, now that we know who are true enemies are." Kimball says with concern.
"Then it is wise that we prepare ourselves for the future." Santa says as he disappears.
Back in the elevator with Sky and Pyrrha, they both slowly went towards the bottom floor.
"Well, that was different than how I expected it to turn out." Sky's hologram displays as he looks towards Pyrrha.
"Why didn't you use that to talk earlier?" Pyrrha asks.
"I felt like it would be better if Epsilon explained everything, he knows them better than I do, he's their friend after all." Sky's hologram displays.
Pyrrha nods as she lets out a small sigh. Sky turns to Pyrrha to see a look of deep though. He places his hand on Pyrrha shoulder.
"Hey, I miss them too." Sky's hologram displays.
"I'm just...i'm just scared that we won't see them again." Pyrrha says sadly.
"Pyrrha, remember what I said back when we fought Cinder, you have the power to create your own Destiny, its up to you to create your own future, don't let anything stand in your way. You'll get to see Jaune eventually, we just have to search for one of the Great Key's, and then we teleport back to Remnant, from there, we'll see what happens, alright?" Sky's hologram displays as he looks straight into Pyrrha eyes.
Pyrrha looks back at Sky's eyes, she see's how sincere and serious he was.
"Yeah...alright." Pyrrha says with a small smile.
The elevator stops with a ding. The doors open to reveal a woman with white armor and maroon accent colors, next to her was a man also with white armor and aqua accent colors. The woman's name was Katie Jensen and the man name was Charles Palomo according to Epsilon. They were standing in front of a Warthog. They both stopped their conversation and turned towards Pyrrha and Sky.
"Oh, so your both the people that President Kimball was talking about." Jensen says towards Pyrrha and Sky.
"Yes...uh..." Pyrrha says as her voice trails off.
"Oh, well that's Katie Jensen, and I'm Charles Palomo, but just Jensen and Palomo works too." Palomo says happily.
"Right, my name is Pyrrha Nikos, and this is Sky." Pyrrha says as she gestures towards Sky.
Sky only nods slightly as he gives a small wave. Pyrrha walks up to Palomo and Jensen. Pyrrha takes out the piece of paper that Kimball gave her.
"Miss Kimball gave us this address, she said that we need to visit it. She also said that you two were going to escort us there." Pyrrha says as she hands Jensen the piece of paper.
Jensen takes the paper into her hand. Both Jensen and Palomo stare at the address, then they both look at each other in silence. They both then turn back towards Sky and Pyrrha.
"Right, get in you two." Palomo says in a serious tone.
Palomo jumps into the passenger seat in the Warthog while Jenson quickly jumps into the driver seat. Both Sky and Pyrrha look at each other in confusion in why this address is so important. They both then walk over and climb onto the back of the Warthog. Just as Jenson starts the engine of the Warthog, Epsilon briefly appears between Pyrrha and Sky.
"Just a heads up, you both maaayyyy want to buckle up and hold on for dear life." Epsilon says flatly.
Both Sky and Pyrrha look around the back of the Warthog to find seat belts, but they find nothing, they both turn back to Epsilon with a look of worry.
"Well, fuck, good luck you two." Epsilon says as he disappears.
Just as Epsilon disappears, Pyrrha and Sky make eye contact. They both had a look of worry for what Epsilon was talking about when it came to Jensen's driving. After a few seconds pass by, Jensen stomps on the gas petal, making the Warthog to speed forwards and out of the parking garage.
(Location: Downtown New Armonia, Chorus)
(Time: 38 Minutes Later)
The warthog comes into a hard stop. Both Jensen and Palomo look into the back to see a dazed Pyrrha and Sky holding onto the back of the warthog for dear life as they just had to spend 40 minuets in a death trap.
"Hey, were here." Jensen says.
Both Pyrrha and Sky shake their heads furiously as they snap back into reality. They look up to see a small building. They both then look back at the two lieutenants.
"The room your looking for is on the seventh floor, room 713. We'll be waiting outside for youboth." Palomo says as he looks at Jensen
Both Pyrrha and Sky nod as they jump oft he back of the Warthog. They both start to walk inside the small building and head for the elevator. The elevator door opens, they both walk inside as the door shuts behind them. While they were in the elevator, Pyrrha started to have some doubts.
"Do you think Kimball set us up?" Pyrrha asks nervously.
"Seriously? Your now having doubts? But to answer your question, I highly doubt it. If Kimball didn't trust us, more specifically me, she wouldn't have let us go like that. Also, she wouldn't have left us alone with her two lieutenants in a car, free to drive anywhere in a city like this. I trust Kimball, at least I do from the stories I heard about from when she worked with the Reds and Blues. If Kimball wanted us dead or locked up, she would have done it by now." Sky's hologram displays.
"I know, its just hard to believe that were just...were just gone I guess." Pyrrha tries to explain.
"Your just in shock and just a bit paranoid too. It'll take some time to get used to it, you just need to have a bit more faith." Sky's hologram displays.
The elevator door flies open with a ding, they both then walk down the hallway a bit till the reach a door that has the room number 713.
"Well, this is it." Pyrrha says as she looks at the door. "What or who do you think is inside that Kimball didn't want to tell us?"
"Don't know, but theirs only one way to find out." Sky's hologram displays.
Sky knocks on the door. They hear nothing so Sky knocks on the door a few more times. Pyrrha looks at Sky.
"Maybe there's nobody home?" Pyrrha says with a bit of worry.
Just as Pyrrha finishes their sentence, they both hear the sound of glass breaking on the inside the room. Both Pyrrha and Sky look at each other in worry. Sky opens his right hand as his M6C SOCOM Magnum is spawned. Sky grips the magnum as his raises it towards the door and puts both hands on the magnum. Sky then looks at Pyrrha as she backed away from the door a bit, she then nods at Sky. Sky nods back as he kicks the door, making it fly open. Sky quickly makes his way into the room with his magnum raised. Pyrrha then slowly follow Sky into the room. She then immediately covers her nose.
"Ugh it smells terrible in here." Pyrrha says in a bit of disgust.
"WHO THE HELL IS MAKING ALL THAT NOISE?! SOME PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!" Someone yells from the other room.
A woman in mark six armor walked around the corner from another room. Her armor's color was completely yellow along with her visor was autumn colored. She had a bottle of alcohol in her left hand as she used her right hand and the right side of her body were leaned against the wall. She was defiantly a bit drunk. Sky however knew who the woman was from old logs he found.
"Your Kaikaina Grif." Sky's hologram displays as he lowers his magnum.
"Wait, who?" Pyrrha asks.
"Kaikania Grif, now the last remaining survivors of the Reds and Blues, and is also the sister of Dexter Girf." Sky's hologram displays.
"HEY, ASSHOLE, ITS 3:00 IN THE MORNING!" Kaikania Grif yells in annoyance.
"It's 4:00 in the afternoon." Sky's hologram displays as he had a deadpanned look in his eyes.
Kaikania Grif just stood in the door way as she scratched her helmet in confusion as she tried to read Sky's hologram. She then looks to Pyrrha.
"Hey, Girlie, the fuck is he trying to do?" Kaikania Grif asks in annoyance.
"I'm sorry, he can't speak, but he said that its 4:00 in the afternoon, miss Grif." Pyrrha says politely as she continues to hold her nose.
Kaikania Grif just looks at the digital clock near the T.V., she then looks at the bottle of alcohol in her left hand. She then slouches forwards as she walks over to her couch and falls down on it. Kaikania Grif rolls over to face Pyrrha and Sky.
"So what are you two, like cops or something?" Kaikania Grif asks.
"No ma'am were not cops." Pyrrha tries to explain.
"Because if you are and I ask you, then you have to tell me!" Kaikania Grif says in a bit of annoyance. "That's TOTALLY a law or something!"
"Ma'am were not the authorities...and i'm pretty sure that's not a real law.." Pyrrha says as she turns to Sky.
Sky only shrugs in confusion. Pyrrha then looks back atKaikania Grif.
"Well you both aren't cops, then how do you both know its not a real law? BUSTED" Kaikania Grif says as she cheers for herself a bit.
Pyrrha then looks back at Sky with more confusion and annoyance.
"Hey, don't look at me, I'm just as clueless as you are." Sky's hologram displays as he holsters his magnum on his waist.
"Why did Kimball send us here in the first place?" Pyrrha asks towards Sky.
Sky only looks at Pyrrha, he then turns towards Kaikania Grif who was just laying on the couch and perks up as she heard Kimball's name.
"Wait, you two are the people that Kimball said that knew about Dex!" Kaikania Grif says as she sits up from the couch.
"I think I may have an idea why." Sky's hologram displays.
Sky walks in front of Kaikania Grif, He kneels in front of her, staring in to her visor.
"Ma'am, can you read this at all?" Sky's hologram displays in front of Kaikania Grif.
Kaikania Grif leans towards the hologram. She then leans back as she nods yes.
"Alight, well you may want to just be prepared with the news i'm about to tell you." Sky's hologram displays.
Pyrrha walks up behind Sky and taps on his shoulder. Sky looks back to face Pyrrha.
"What are you doing?" Pyrrha asks.
"Telling her what she wants know, she deserves to know what happened to her brother." Sky's hologram displays towards Pyrrha.
"What happened to Dex?..."Kaikania Grif asks in worry.
Sky and Pyrrha look at each other. Without a work, Sky looks back at Kaikania Grif.
"Kaikania, your brother Dexter Girf...he died a year and a half ago along with the rest of the Reds and Blues. I'm sorry to be giving you this news." Sky's hologram displays.
Kaikania Grif didn't say a word. She just stood up and walked over towards her kitchen. Both Pyrrha and Sky glanced at each other in worry. Kaikania Grif just leans on her counter in the kitchen and just takes a deep breath. She then throws her empty bottle across the room. Sky quickly catches the bottle as it was thrown near Pyrrha and Sky's Grif just held her helmet tightly.
"I can't believe it...I can't believe he's really gone.."Kaikania Grif says quietly as she sulks down onto the floor.
Sky takes the first move and walks down next to Kaikania Grif. He kneels in front of her.
"Kaikania, I can assure you that my friend here along with me will deal with the people who murdered your brother and my friends once we find our way back to our home planet." Sky's hologram displays in front of Kaikania Grif.
"Yeah, we know who did it, and we know where they are..They're now going after our friends and family..." Pyrrha says as she kneels next to Sky.
Kaikania Grif looks up at the two people in front of her.
"Who did it?" Kaikania Grif asks quietly.
Sky and Pyrrha slightly glance at each other again.
"A group of simulation troopers known as the Blues and Reds, they've been on the run and recruiting other groups of simulation troopers. They've been causing chaos around the universe for the last year and a half. There also the one's who were responsible for the destruction of Earth 18 months ago." Sky's hologram displays.
Sky places his hand on Kaikania Grif's shoulder. She looks into Sky's eyes as he was giving a reassuring look.
"I can promise you that I am willing to deal with them for everything they've done. I've already killed on of the Blues and Reds, but their's still more of them.." Sky's hologram displays.
Kaikania Grif only gives a a slight nod as Sky helps her to her feet. She looks at Sky and Pyrrha, she saw looks of determination in their eyes.
"Thank you...for telling me all this..." Kaikania Grif says softly.
"Hey, its okay, just stay strong." Pyrrha says with encouragement,
"Exactly, but we can't stay here for long, but it was nice to meet you, take care of yourself, also please clean yourself up, it smells like shit in here." Sky's hologram displays as he makes his way to the door.
Kaikania Grif gives another nod towards the two. Sky and Pyrrha make their way out the room. Sky then peeks back inside the room.
"Oh, and uh, sorry about the door!" Sky's hologram projects as he leaves again.
Both Sky and Pyrrha finally take their leave from the building, once they get outside, they find Palomo and Jensen waiting for them, Jensen was the first to notice them.
"So, how'd she take it?" Jensen asks nervously.
"Honestly, we have no idea...how does she live in there?" Pyrrha asks.
"We don't even know, she just does and we don't question it." Palomo says simply. "Now hop on, Kimball wanted to talk to both of you at the armory."
"Can Jensen not drive then?" Pyrrha asks nervously.
"Nope." Both Palomo and Jensen say in unison.
Both Sky and Pyrrha look at each other as they just cringe at Jensen's driving. They both jump on the back on back of the Warthog and hold on for dear life.
(Location: New Armonia Armaments, Chorus)
(Time: 50 Minutes Later)
Jensen manages to crash the Warthog on top of a very large pile of other cars. Palomo was chuckling to himself while Pyrrha and Sky were still dazed from Jensen's driving. Soon, Kimball along with Bitters, Andersmith, and Dr. Grey walk through the Armaments door to see the wreckage Jensen caused.
"JENSEN, ITS BEEN 2 YEARS! HOW DO YOU EVEN MANAGE TO DO THIS?!" Bitters yell in annoyance and disbelief.
"I'm Sorry!" Jensen says loudly from the top of the pile of cars.
"Uhhh, is this normal?" Pyrrha asks nervously.
"It is sadly." Andersmith says calmly.
"And yet, its really ironic that she repairs vehicles, but yet she can't drive them for shit." Bitters says.
Sky slowly jumps off the pile of Warthogs. Pyrrha then follows and jumps off too. Both of them land in front of KImball, Bitters, Andersmith, and Dr. Grey.
"So, why is it that were here exactly?" Pyrrha asks the group of four.
"Well, before you two leave on your crazy adventure, your going to need a few things first!" Dr. Grey says happily.
"She means that your were going to allow the freelancer to repair his visor and get you some armor." Bitters says flatly.
"Armor? Why? I think my aura can protect me." Pyrrha says.
"I really doubt your aura thing can help you in space or in toxic environments, now come one, we should get you two geared up." Kimball says as she heads inside the armaments.
Dr. Grey, Bitters, and Andersmith head inside the building. Pyrrha and Sky look at each other, Sky just motions his head towards the building as he follows the other four inside. Pyrrha just sighs as she follows Sky inside the building, leaving Jensen and Palomo stuck on top if the large car pile.
"Uh, guys, a little help?" Palomo asks.
There was no response or anyone coming back outside.
"Well this certainly brings back memories." Jensen says.
"Yepppp." Palomo only responds happily.
Inside the building, Kimball, Andersmith, Dr. Grey, and Bitters were escorting Pyrrha and Sky towards the armory. They were showing Sky and Pyrrha, well, mostly Pyrrha all the weaponry, vehicles, and armor inside. Once they've reached a room full of armor, they left Pyrrha and Sky alone. Sky managed to rebuild and modify his visor for his helmet, all it really did now was that the visor can just collapse into the helmet to show his eyes. With Pyrrha however, she found herself with a Centurion helmet along with Achilles body armor. Pyrrha put on the armor and walked back in the room Sky was waiting in, his new purple visor was covering his eyes.
"How's the armor feel?" Sky's hologram displays.
"Kinda tight in certain area, but, it doesn't feel like any additional weight, its ineradicable." Pyrrha says in amusement as she looked at her armor's arms and hands.
"Well that's go to know, but we're not leaving yet, we still need a few days to get some things together." Sky's hologram displays.
"Why? We have this armor now, all we need is a way to leave the planet to look for this 'Great Key' thing." Pyrrha says in disappointment.
"Because I need some time to replace your weapons, and you know how your weapon works, but you need my help to rebuild it with the tech I'm most familiar with." Sky's hologram displays.
Pyrrha froze for a second, she had lost her weapons during their fight against Cinder, she then slumps forwards.
"Fine, how long till you can get it done?" Pyrrha asks.
"Well, that depends, probably a week by most with the right materials, trust me, this could help when it comes to transportation." Sky's hologram says as he heads for the door.
"Wait, and Sky!" Pyrrha says as she grabs Sky's left robotic arm.
Sky turns back to face Pyrrha.
"Thanks for saving my life earlier, I kinda forgot to say that." Pyrrha says nervously as she chuckles lightly.
"Don't thank me yet, we still haven't gotten back to Remnant yet and your not with Jaune right now." Sky's hologram displays.
Pyrrha lets go of Sky's arm as she was flustered under her helmet. The both of them leave the room and were greeted by everyone else. Kimball hands Sky and Pyrrha two cards.
"These would be the access cards to your room, get some rest and be prepared by the end of next week, by then you both should have all of my jobs done along with being ready for your little adventure." Kimball says.
Both Pyrrha and Sky take the room cards, they look back up to see everyone else start to leave. Once their gone Pyrrha and Sky glance at each other.
"I don't know about you, but i'd say we call it for a day, I'd like some sleep." Sky hologram displays as he starts to leave the building.
"Yeah, for that I can also agree on." Pyrrha says as she follows the mute freelancer.
A/N:
Well that's the second chapter down, I wanted to include Sister once again, but I also don't want to bring her into the story mainly because she's just difficult for me to write with. Anyways , if you haven't noticed already, each chapter will be include each different character, maybe. I'm still deciding about how I want to write the next chapter, due to Weiss's segments in Volume four were extremely boring to me at least, and now having Locus their, it only makes it more difficult to plan things. Anyways, thanks for reading this chapter, and have a good day, Cheers :D