Chapter 3: Uneasiness for a reason
I wake up first to the sound of knocking. I get up and walk over to the door to see RWBY and another team standing there. "Morning girls."
"Morning Jordan. So you guys all ready for classes?" says Ruby.
"Give me one second on that." I turn around and toss a bullet at the other two. They grumble a bit but wake up none the less. We gear up and exit the room. "So where to Ruby." Ruby smiles and motions for us to follow.
We go to a classroom that has around 6 rows of half circle tables all facing a board with different Grimm on it. Me and the others look at each other and shrug. We sit at the back so we wouldn't be seen by many. Soon everyone is in and a short man with a bushy mustache comes in and stands in front of everyone.
"Hello class. I heard we have three new people who have faced things worse than grimm. Can you three come down here?" Nate and Dylan get up and walk down while I jump off the table and warp down. People looked shocked at that but I ignore them. "Now tell us. What have you faced that is worse than Grimm?"
"I'd be easier to just show you. Drake. If you wouldn't mind." Drake comes out of hiding and hacks into the projector. He places all our foes on the board and I point to each. "The fallen, Hive, Vex, and the Cabal. Each has its own powerhouses and it's grunts. And all of them are worse than Grimm."
"How can they be worse than Grimm?" asks Weiss skeptically.
"For one. They all use guns and weapons. The Grimm on this planet don't. Also use magic for some of them."
"Magic?" scoffs one of the kids and the others begin to laugh. "What are we little kids?"
"Don't believe me?" I stick up my hand and form a ball of energy. The crowd goes silent in shock. I form three more smaller balls and have them circle the big one. "This is what the Traveler gave me. Knowledge to use magic to help defend against the darkness. Nate is a survivor and has used the travelers power to help him survive out in the wilderness. Dylan focuses on armor and strength. His kind was the first to defend people from the darkness." I close my hand and the balls vanish. "So if you have anything to fear. Then fear the darkness in itself." I turn to Port. "I hope that was a good enough explanation for you."
"Yes indeed it was. But have you faced all these creatures?" asks Port.
"Several times. And each time they get deadlier."
"I see. Well that's all I wanted to know. You may take your seats again." I nod and look up to Drake.
"Alright Drake. That's all I need for now." Drake comes down and looks at me.
"Alright guardian. But be careful I scanned the area and found something off."
"We'll check it out after this alright."
"Alright. But I still feel uneasy." He vanishes and I blink back up to my chair. I sit down and close my eyes.
As soon as class was over I motioned for Nate and Dylan to follow. "Where are you guys going?" asked Ruby.
"Our ghosts found something odd when they scanned earlier and we're going to check it out." I say.
"You can't just leave! What about classes?!" shouts Weiss.
"Listen. Our ghosts feel uneasy due to this scan. That usually leads to something bad being there. So you can either try to stop us and lose or help us out. Your choice." They look at each other and nod. Ruby takes out her scroll and calls Ozpin. She talks to him for a bit and nods.
"Looks like we're helping you." She says.
"Good choice. Now let's go." I turn around and walk out the door. I stand in the middle of the field with Nate and Dylan and wait. "Alright. Now two of you are gonna have to come with me."
"Why two?" asks Blake.
"Our ships weren't ment to hold more than 2 people but mine's bigger. So I can try and hold 3. So who's coming with me?" Yang and Blake look at each other and shrug, then walk over to me. Ruby goes with Nate while Weiss goes with Dylan. Alright Drake warp us up to our ships and take us to what's freaking you out." We get warped up and I land in the chair while Yang and Blake land behind me.
"Whoooa." They both say as they look out the window and at their planet.
"Nice view eh. You get used to views like this. Now then Drake where are the others?"
"Right behind ya Jordan." Says Dylan on my right.
"Same with me." Says Nate to my Left.
"Alright boys stick close to each other. Don't know what to expect down there." I look and see the waypoint on screen. "Helmets on boys. It's go time." My helmet warps on and I look back to Yang and Blake. "Might want to hold on." They give me a weird look but I ignore it and go full speed toward the planet's surface and toward the waypoint.
We get to the waypoint and warp out of our ships. "Okay Drake. Lead us on where to go." Another waypoint is put up on my HUD and it was quite the distance. "Well. Better get walking."
"Wait a minute!" Yells Weiss and we all look at her. "Can't you use those things you had in initiation?"
"It's a one person vehicle. Besides we can't just summon four more and expect you to know how to use them. Besides if Drake is nervous about something he has good reason to be. I don't know what we'll find but it's not something that will be good." Weiss just huffs and I shake my head. "Come on. We better get going.
A couple minutes later we were at the waypoint and looking into a cave. "So you were worried about… A cave?" I ask Drake. He just looks at me.
"I sensed an energy fluxuation from inside the cave over and hour and a half ago. Almost like how the vex teleport to planets." After hearing that I pull out my primary weapon along with Nate and Dylan.
"You don't think they could travel this far right?" asked Dylan.
"I hope not. Those things are tuff to kill." Says Nate.
"Quiet. Both of you. If they made it here we're in trouble. All we have to do is kill them before they can make any more warp rings."
"What are you guys talking about?" asks Ruby. Before I can answer I hear a loud mechanical growl in the cave.
"That sounded bad." Says Dylan.
"You girls stay here. It may only be just one. But in case they try to leave I'd rather have someone out here." I say.
"Any advice if one comes out?" asks Weiss skeptically.
"Yeah. Aim for white." I look to Nate and Dylan. "Shall we?" They nod and we go in. Our ghosts activate their lights and We look around. "Aim for any red eyes." I say as we keep walking. We make it around 450 yards into the cave when we see a glow. We walk slowly until we notice it's the glow of one warp gate. But no one around.
"Okay. One active warp gate and no one around." Says Dylan cautiously.
"I don't like it. Too quiet." Says Nate.
"Just take out the gate before something comes through." I say. We all take aim and fire our heavy weapons at the gate. It gets shut off and falls apart with a loud explosion. Nate and Dylan high five but I stand there scared shitless. Behind the gate were a LOT of red eyes of Vex. "Guys." That stops their celebration. The number of red eyes grow and it looks as if we had over a thousand troops of all kinds in front of us. "RUN!" We all turn around and start sprinting out of the cave. I look back and see their following fast. "Throw grenades as you run!" I shout and we all start running backwards. I activate radiance and we all throw grenades at the vex like crazy. I see light and tap both their shoulders. They turn and run out of the cave while I make a wall of sunburst grenades holding the vex back. I run out of the cave and the others are already shooting the top of the cave with Team RWBY. I come out and start unloading everything over the cave causing everything to fall and block the entrance to the cave. Me, Nate, and Dylan all fall over shaking.
"What happened in there?" asks Ruby with concern, but we're all to shaken to answer.
"You alright there guys?" asks Yang and we all try and calm down but fail.
Blake comes over and puts a hand on my shoulder. "What did you see in the cave?"
I take a couple shaky breaths and reply, "Vex. Lots and lots of Vex."
"You mean those machines you fight?" asks Weiss.
"Yeah. And they… The gate…" I bring my shaky hands up and cover the front of my helmet. "So many. Too many." I stand up quickly. "We need back up now." I say and Nate and Dylan agree. I walk away to make the call while Dylan and Nate make sure there's no escape for the vex. Drake appears and calls the speaker.
"Ah Jordan. What can I help you with?" He says Calmly.
"We need back up here."
"I see. I will send another fireteam to your location."
"We need more than just one fireteam. What my ghost found… There were so many."
"Jordan What happened."
"Drake scanned the planet with our ships and found energy fluxuations in a cave. When we went to investigate we found a warp gate that the vex use. We destroyed the gate, But…"
"But what?"
"There were so many. Over two thousand by my count." This startled the speaker.
"Two thousand you say?" He ponders this. "I understand. I'm sending 5 more fireteams to your location."
"Understood."
"In the meantime, I think you should start training the students at beacon to fight the vex."
"Yes speaker. I'll see what I can do."
"Good. Be careful out there."
"We'll try sir." Drake ends the call and I walk back to the others.
"What'd he say?" asks Dylan.
"He's sending five more fireteams here. With how many vex there are they must have been warping non-stop."
"Yeah. But me and Dylan looked around and it looks like there's only one exit and we blocked it." says Nate.
"Good. In the meantime I think we need to talk to Ozpin about this. Come on." We all agree and head back to Beacon.
Once at beacon I rush to Ozpin's office with the others. We come in and he's behind his desk drinking coffee. "Professor Ozpin."
"Ah Jordan. What can I do for you?" He says calmly.
"Actually, We have a problem."
"Oh? And what might that be?"
Before I can say anything Goodwitch walks in. "Mr. Jordan. Do you mind telling me where you and your team were along with team RWBY?"
"Not now Goodwitch. Anyways-"
"Oh no you don't. You're going to tell me why you skipped all but one class today."
"I'm trying to tell you both something important here!" She just gives me a skeptical look. "We have bigger problems than grimm now." They both raise their eyebrows at this. "Drake found a warp gate that the vex use in a cave. We went to investigate and it was active. Now keep in mind when we found it, it was active for over an hour and a half. We shut it off but… We were too late."
"What do you mean too late?" asks Ozpin.
"It already warped over two thousand Vex of all kinds here." Goodwitch's eyes go wide. "Now considering it has been active. There are probably already some vex that left the cave before we got there."
"What do you need of me?"
"I need to train all the students to fight the Vex. If not, everyone on this planet and all the grimm will be dead."
Ozpin sighs. "Alright Jordan. We'll have you teach everyone tomorrow. Right now I have to prepare to tell the other students."
"Leave that to me. Just get everyone in one room and I'll tell them." I say.
He looks at me a bit and nods. I nod back and start to head to the elevators.
In only a mere couple minute all the students and staff in Beacon were gathered outside. Ozpin steps up onto a stage and everyone goes quiet. "It has come to my attention that something worse than Grimm has made its way here." Murmurs start going around, but Ozpin silences them by tapping his cane. "Mr. Jordan here is going to explain the situation." He steps aside and I take the mic.
"As you all know I came here from another universe. One where we have to fight darkness. We stopped it from taking over earth and decided to travel and find the Darkness's source. That's what lead us here. Earlier today my ghost, Drake, picked up something unusual. When my team and Team RWBY went to investigate we found a warp gate that a machine army called the Vex use to travel from planet to planet with." Murmurs started going around again and I sigh. I lean over to Dylan. "Get ready to make a shield." He nods and I move back to the mic. "The gate was active for over an hour and a half before we found it and shut it down. Unfortunately we were too late. In the darkness of the cave we found out there were over two thousand Vex waiting." Everyone went insane at that. They started to shout and Yell at me. "That's only what we could see. Others may have made it out of the cave and are setting up more gates."
"You lead them here!" Shouted one of the students.
"They're after you bastards!" Yells another. Before I can say anything I see something flying at me. I duck and it goes over my head. Dylan rushes over and creates a shield around all of us.
"SILENCE!" Yells Ozpin and everyone shuts up instantly.
"The vex aren't after us. They would have made it here eventually. That's just what they do. They kill everything in sight no matter what it is." Some angry murmurs go through the crowd. "I have talked with someone back on earth about this. A guardian's main duty is to defend humanity and anything that is light. As I speak 5 more fireteams consisting of Hunters, Warlocks, and Titans are coming to help us. But that won't be enough. I need all of your help. I'm gonna teach you all we know about the vex but you have to help us defend your home. If not. Everyone will die." That shuts everyone up. "Now I can only help if you allow me to. So all I ask of you is to let me help you out." I see some nods in the crowd. "So I ask you one thing. Will you let us help you defeat this new enemy?" Everyone Cheers and I nod. I walk off the stage and Ozpin smiles at me.
"You did well up there."
"To tell you the truth I was scared shitless. I hate public speaking." He laughs at this.
"Well you certainly rallied everyone to help you."
I nod. "I just hope it's enough."
There you go people. Hope you liked this. I will be explaining what the
Vex are for all you non destiny people out there. But recently Me and another person who reads my fanfictions have been playing together and decided to try something. But we need more people. We are going to be playing the vault of glass mission in destiny on Xbox 360. We need 4 more people who are at least level 26 with their character. Please help us out. Anyways till next time. Stack out.