Chapter 1
Author's Note: This is the first chapter for this story, but the next upload has no schedule as I will be going on a 5 day holiday in Thailand. I'll try to bring my laptop as I am doing well with this story so far. Enjoy!
"What are they exactly?"
"Hybrids, consisting of humans with animalistic traits. They aren't the most productive for our research, though."
"How?"
"The one with the glasses and brown jacket broke our scanner when we tried to use it, and the one with the long horns on his head won't talk. The one with wings keeps fainting, the bearded one just curses us and the one with the round horns and crop of hair on his upper lip keeps complaining about our food. The young one with long ears keeps demanding for his pink portable device and the short one demands his hat."
"Fine, get rid of them."
"Earth is a long way away, though."
"Then drop them off at the other one, Remnant, it was called? It's closer."
"But captain…"
"Just get rid of them. They keep giving me headaches."
"Fine, dropping off subjects at Remnant."
The impact of six people hitting the ground sounded from the bushes, as well as heavy cursing.
"You damn alien fucks!" Michael yelled, rubbing his tail and shaking a fist at the sky. "Gimme back my stuff!"
The enormous UFO above them just blinked its lights at them before flying away.
"Goddamnit! Aliens! Of course, it was aliens!" Geoff started pacing around, throwing his hands in the air. "The heist was so good! Everything was going well! We were home free! We were finally going to retire!"
The UFO suddenly appeared again, before a bright flash sounded, followed by an even greater crash as a full Titan crashed into the trees, as well as a Cargobob, a Valkyrie helicopter, an Insurgent and even a Rhino Tank.
"Thank you!" Gavin waved at the UFO as it turned and disappeared once more.
Ryan just stood up and strolled to the helicopter, inspecting the gun and cleaning it. Ray walked over and sat next to him in the vehicle, 3DS out as he sipped on a carrot juice box he found in his pocket.
"Does nothing faze you two?" Jack sighed as he stepped into the helicopter, looking through the bags. He scratched his ears as he leaned back out. "Hey, Geoff, good news. We've still got the money. And the chopper looks good."
"Anyone have any idea where the bloody hell we are?" Gavin asked, looking around while his wings fluttered nervously.
The door to the Titan suddenly opened and Jeremy fell out, hitting the floor but jumping right back up. "Guess who's here?! Rimmy Tim, that's who!"
"Sure, Lil J, we get it." Gavin rolled his eyes. "How's the Titan?"
"Sure, we can fix it." He shrugged, grabbing his white cowboy hat and balanced it over his mouse ears. "Might take a while, though."
"Let's find a way out of here," Jack suggested, walking forwards and tossing a couple of weapons around to the others. "There's gotta be a village of some sort around here."
"Why not just build a house?" Ray spoke up, not looking up from his game.
Jack blushed. "Hey, C'mon, that was one time!"
"It was a pretty sweet house though." Michael nodded. "How about Team Lads tries to find help while the Gents try to build a base?"
"No." Geoff stepped forwards. "Michael, you'll probably do something stupid to blow up everyone there, Ray wouldn't do a thing and Gavin… He'll somehow screw up."
"Hey!" The bird hybrid complained.
"Only joking." Geoff grinned, before turning back to the others. "I guess we'll send out the least dangerous looking ones here."
He then looked at all of them before sighing. "Right. Jack, Jeremy, Ray, and Gavin. I'll stay here with Ryan and Michael."
"Ok." Jack grabbed an assault rifle and shouldered it. "Shall we?"
Gavin grabbed a carbine, Jeremy grabbed a shotgun and grenade launcher and Ray his pink sniper rifle and Micro SMG. With final goodbyes, they set off into the forest.
"So what now?" Michael asked, ears twitching as the wind rustled the leaves of the trees around them.
Ryan dropped a large military crate in front of him and pointed to the boxes outside the vehicles.
"Ooh. I likey." Michael grinned, opening it up and pulling out a minigun.
Geoff sighed, rubbing his horns in frustration. "Right, let's get to work setting up. If any of you find any alcohol, let me know."
"Sure thing, boss." Michael gave him a thumbs up.
Ryan looked up from the crates and back to the box of whiskey on the floor next to him. He quickly kicked it behind the tank and walked away, busying himself with the Insurgent's gun.
"So do we have a plan?" Gavin broke the silence. "I mean, where are we going?"
"I dunno." Ray shrugged. "I was following you."
"Well, I was following you," Jeremy spoke up from the back.
Jack sighed. "Ok. Gavin, fly a bit and see if there's a clearing of sorts."
Gavin nodded, before stepping back and allowing his wings to push him into the sky. He then dropped down a second later. "There's a clearing straight ahead."
"Let's go." Jack kicked away a branch before stepping through.
They all pushed through a bunch of bushes to find themselves staring down an enormous valley, with sky-high mountains rising to the clouds in the pink sky. The sun was rising and illuminated an enormous city that stretched from behind enormous walls, with low buildings gradually centering to high rise skyscrapers.
"Did we just step into a modern-day Skyrim?" Ray pocketed his DS and reaching down to pick up a red rose from a bush.
"Damn, that's a nice view." Jeremy whistled.
"I think we just found help." Jack nodded. He didn't know what to think. This certainly wasn't any city he knew of.
Ray's ears twitched and he looked to the side. "Check it out."
They spotted a flying vehicle flying slowly a fair distance away.
"Oh, oh, I have an idea!" Gavin stepped forward and pulled out a flare gun from his pocket. "Let's use this!"
"Go ahead." Jack stepped back. Hopefully, he didn't set anyone on fire with the damn thing.
Gavin aimed straight up and pulled the trigger, and a bright purple flare shot high into the air. After a few seconds, to their delight, the aircraft turned and headed towards them.
"Yes!" Gavin started cheering and waving, floating a few feet from the air. "Over here, you plebs! Get us out of here!"
The large vertical-bird aircraft set down next to them and a man in an unusual white uniform with a helmet that covered his eyes leaned out. "You need a ride back to Vale?"
"Um, sure!" Ray stepped forwards, grinning. "We got a bit lost."
"You survived the night out here? That's pretty-" He stopped and his jaw fell when he saw Gavin.
"Is… something wrong?" He asked nervously, his wings folding behind his back.
The man then looked at all of them more carefully. "Uh, it's nothing… You can come aboard if you want."
They accepted his invitation and stepped in, and watched as the vehicle lifted from the air and flew towards the city. Jack and Jeremy noticed the pilot and his copilot casting looks back to Gavin, who remained oblivious.
They all looked out the open door as the Bullhead crossed over the city walls. The entire view from above showed them endless houses, warehouses and roads, with crowded streets and an overall structure like a European city.
"Check it. We're going to Disneyland." Ray pointed.
Jack, Jeremy, and Gavin looked out to see the Bullhead turning to what looked like a fairytale castle on the top of a low sitting hill just outside the city limits.
"Where the hell are we?" Jeremy asked aloud.
Jack's grip on his assault rifle tightened slightly, and his tail tucked in a bit. "Not earth, that's for sure."
"General Ironwood, this is Blue Sky 2-3, come in. It's important."
James Ironwood sighed as he pulled out his scroll. "Sorry for the interruption."
Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang nodded while Ozpin gestured for him to continue. Ironwood opened the scroll in his hands. "Go ahead."
"We've got four… people sitting in the back of our craft, all of whom are armed. We're currently taking them to Beacon. They're… not Faunus, but they've got… traits."
Ironwood raised an eyebrow while the others in the room looked at each other. "Describe them to me."
"Their leader has a large beard like a lion's and has ears, but also a tail. Their youngest member has rabbit ears and appears to also have a tail, and their smallest has mouse ears and a long mouse tail. But… their last one… has wings."
"Wings?" Ironwood repeated.
"Wings producing from his back. He's… I think he's a bird Faunus... if such ones exist."
Ironwood nodded. "I'll go meet them."
Ozpin stood up as he closed the scroll. "I think this warrants a meeting."
"Umm…" Ruby raised her hand awkwardly. "Could we come along, maybe?"
Ozpin thought for a minute before nodding. "Of course, you may join."
"Let's go, then." Ironwood pocketed his scroll and they all headed for the lift.
"A Faunus with wings?" Yang whispered as Team RWBY walked behind Ozpin and Ironwood on the way to the docks. "Do Bird Faunus exist, Blake?"
"Not that I know of…" Blake whispered, deep in thought. "I… I've never heard about them."
"It doesn't seem possible about the others…" Weiss nodded. "Most Faunus, if not all, only have one physical trait, excluding eyes. Having ears and a tail at the same time, though…"
"Lion, rabbit, mouse and bird…" Ruby counted out. "I'm not sure about it, though…"
"I'll believe there's a bird Faunus with wings when I see it with my own eyes." Yang shrugged.
The Bullhead appeared over the trees, and a figure jumped out while it was still in the air high above the landing pads. The figure then flew downwards before pulling up and landing gracefully, two enormous wings fluttering and closing on his back, revealing a young man with dark blond hair wearing a normal shirt and jeans.
"Show off!" A second man yelled as the Bullhead touched down. He wore a suit made of purple and orange fabrics and had a white cowboy hat on his head, and two mouse ears poked from the sides while a mouse tail poked from the back of his pants.
"Shove off, Lil J." The man sighed. "Can't I have a bit of fun?"
"Gotta give you style points, though." A man jumped out behind the Mouse faunus, wearing a purple hoodie, and a black beanie on his head with two tall brown bunny ears bent downwards and a small bunny tail sticking through the back of black jeans.
Finally, a large man with a beard and hair like a mane and lion ears jumped out, with a lion tail. Unusually, though, he wore a light blue shirt with flower patterns on it. He sighed as he placed an assault rifle on his shoulder. "That really was unnecessary, Gavin."
Gavin sighed, slumping over. "Fine, I get it."
"But cool." Jack smiled as he ruffled his hair. "And yes, one hell of an entrance. Speaking of which…"
He looked up at Ironwood and Ozpin, who was watching Gavin. They both looked over to him as he strolled forward and held out his hand.
"My name's Jack Pattillo, this here's Gavin Free, the young one is Ray Narvaez and the small one's Jeremy Dooley."
"My name is Ozpin, and this is General Ironwood," Ozpin replied, shaking his hand. "It is good to meet you."
"Same. Just one question."
"Go ahead."
"Where the fuck are we? Is this Earth?"
