Till the Fear is Leaving
Location: UNSC Flag Ship Infinity
Area: Bridge
Date: September 21, 2577
"He saw you Captain?" Lasky asked the Spartan infront of him.
"Yes sir. While I was looking through those video files. He managed to stay low from my Motion trackers sensor. There was something off about that man. He was obviously slightly drunk from the smell of booze and how sluggish he was with his weapon. However he was holding back."
Lasky then walked to the halotable as he pressed a few buttons bringing up the man that attacked him. Everything was pulled quite fast.
"Well Joshua managed to identify the man. His name is Qrow Branwen. Age 38. Known as the "black reaper" He apparently has been on a lot of missions by one man. A headmaster of a school that trains warriors called Huntsman and Huntresses."
"Is this man going to be a problem sir?"
"Negative. Right now his records state that he is now on another scouting mission to this island that looks like a dragon. Supposedly its called "the Land of Crucible." Or "Grim Lands" for short."
The said Island was then bloated to a larger size. However when the topographic maps got up they looked Fuzzy and out of place. Some glitched every now and again.
"Unfortunately the scans and any references to this island have been all but anything useful. Hell the scanners where barly lucky to find anything about this island. But thats what is more frightening. Not knowing what's going on down there yet all the other contanets are able to be mapped and dated just fine."
Raku nodded and looks back at Lasky.
"What did that recording I brought back tell us?" He asked.
"Well Unfortunately that colony was destroyed and abandoned when these two countries Mistral and Mantel basically took them out by sheer numbers and had more ammo. The last stand was also something not to forget."
Rakus hands balled into fists. As he knew all to well that colony would never be able to have been seen when it would have been if they where left alone.
"What about the civilians?"
Lasky then sighed with a smile.
"After what these two countries saw in the colony and looking at there losses from this front. They let the civilians and wounded go to Vale. And from current census Records They all have large family's of there own. But now there just scattered to the winds."
"What of the two countries?"
Lasky then pressed another button showing a flat map. Where country boarders fell.
"Mantel is now here in the artic northern regions. But they also renamed there country 'Atlas'. They are far more advanced then any of the other three countries. But they all have there uniqueness to them."
Raku nodded.
"So are we going to attack Atlas?"
"No from what we can gather. Atlas when they left the colony made a pact. That they not take anything from the colony. Though sadly UNSC tech did fall to Mantel sense they where the ones mostly attacking them."
"Explains how they got there tech while not being attacked by anyone."
"Or anything." Lasky added.
"Sir whats the next step?"
"We need more intel on this world. However Even though there systems have been pretty much done to our bidding sense there cyber warfare is a joke compared to a child learning to program videogame AI. We still dont have first experience with these Warriors called Huntsman and Huntresses."
Looking over the all the information that the ship AI got by the not very secure Cross Continental Tasnit system. He looked under the Huntsman in the files.
"So these Huntsman are basically Remnant's only defensive measures?" Raku asked.
"For three of the kingdoms. The Huntsman are there primary fighting force. However they do have a reserve military but its really insignificant at all. As for Atlas they have always had a military however the current headmaster of the Huntsman academy there basically forcing the students to have military training to deter them from becoming huntsmen. However Even when there networks are childs play to get into finding something useful is par for the course. Each School trains differently so we will be sending one Spartan in your relative age group to infiltrate each school to see what they teach."
Raku nodded.
"Is there anything else sir?"
"I want you to go to Vale and enroll in Becon Academy. With your training and fighting capabilities you should pass there combat entrance exams easily. But we will stay quiet and discreet. However there is one thing we need you to do."
"Whats that sir?"
Another ID Halogram came onto the table. It shows a man with a brawler hat orange hair. A suit that reminded him of a old 1980s movie. And the eyeliner further cemented that.
"Roman Torchwick has really made a name for himself. If we can secure him before the Becon Academy semester starts. Then we can have a hand in knowing the underbelly of the planet."
"Sir aren't the Spartans of Delta Company from Edo 4 more then capable of handling civilian interaction? Why me?"
Lasky smiled at his question.
"Because now you will have Civilian infiltration under your belt Spartan."
The Halotable then showed several messages between Roman and some man Named Jr. And it was active. Now.
"Sir. Looks like we have a chnace to capture him now. There meeting at a Jr's place at 17:00. Which is in Vale." Joshua
Lasky nodded.
"Prepare to drop Captain. I wish you success."
"Yes sir." Raku said as he turned to Palmer. "I need a weapon."
"Right this way." Commander Palmer replied as she led him to the Armory
Location: Jr's club
City: Vale
Area: Slums
If Spartan could feel anything. It would be discomfort. He had to have his armor removed and forced to wear an old Exo suit with armor laced around it. (aka the exo suits from Halo: Nightfall.) Then a black cloak and a black skull mask. (Army of two masks). The image of a ghost like skull with the upper jaw was in white. A image of bullets in links to a belt feed weapon served as the lower jaw. With a scroll that there ONI Spooks had "taticaly repurposed" for him sense it's basically Remnant's only version of a ID. Which is rather stupid because any hacker with enough engineering in computer science can hack into these things.
Ranting in his head aside he walked up to the doors of the Nightclub this "Jr" owned. Turns out this guy was a information broker and would "know" everything happening in his city. Looking down at his watch it said 16:35. a good twenty five minutes before Torchwicks is supposed to be here. Walking up to the bar.
"What do you want to drink?" a bar tender.
"Ever heard of a 'sasberilla'?" Raku asked.
"Yes sir is that what you want?"
"Yes. And I'm looking for someone as well. Goes by the name "Jr" pretty sure hes the manager. Can I speak with him?"
"Yes hes my employer. Why do you ask?"
"Tell him. 'When the Nightfalls dont raid it'." he said.
The Bar tender rose a eye brow. But nodded.
"Sure thing sir I'll get your 'sasberilla'."
"Really Captain?" his radio cracked to life.
"What cant have a rootbeer?" He asked in reply.
"I don't see why not sir. Good hunting. Infinity out." The coms died down.
Soon a rough looking fellow that was about his hight with a black beard and red sun glasses came out from the back with a traditional beer jug and set it down on the bar table.
"So you looking for the Owner?" the man said.
"Enough of the pleasantries 'JR'. Theres something I want to know. And my Employers are very interested in what it implies."
The man Identified as Jr then looked at him through his sunglasses.
"I'll give yeah anything for the right price." Jr said as if he was not surprised.
Raku looked about the Club to make sure he wasn't being watched. He then pulled a wad of Lein from one of his ammo satchels and tossed it to him landing as if he was tipping him.
"Your meeting thats happening at 5. Roman Torchwick. What can you tell me about him. Why is he meeting you?"
Jr took the wade and stuffed it into his pocket.
"He plans on robbing a dust store. And he wants to hire a few of my men. Dont know when but he'll call when he needs them." Jr replied. He then looked up to see the Roman enter the club.
"Jr how was your day old friend?" the criminal master mind said as if talking to a friend.
"What do you want Roman?" Jr sighs in annoyance. "Cant you see Im getting the man a Drink?"
"*sighs* Look I'll wait ok Just hurry up i dont like being kept Waiting!" Roman said as he then saw two girls tbat are identical twins only that there cloths where different colors. "Hello Gorgeous." he stated as he trys to flirt with them.
Raku then tosses another couple hundred Lien to Jr's Serving apron.
"If he calls and tells you when let me know my scroll number is in your tip."
Jr nodded as he went to go chat with Roman.
"Command why didn't we just pay Jr for whatever we want?" He said into his radio.
"Sorry Captain ONI says its Classified." The radio said back.
"Classified...My Ass." He said after drinking his rootbeer.
He then kept ideal watch on the brawler hat guy. He could care less to use the criminals name. In his honest opinion he should just shot the bastard here and now and solve everyone's problems from the way Jr seems to be shouting at the man.
"Ah sir. Theres a problem." The coms officer said.
"What?"
"Theres a minor heading to the bar. And she seems to want information on someone.""Right. Gonna go dark."
"Affirmative."
"Copy that. Once Roman leaves I'll Follow and aprehend him."
"Negative sir. ONI says not yet."
"Fucking blue ballers." He muttered.
He finished off his drink and was about to leave when the said minor came in. He got up amd was about to leave when the girl took a good look at him. She then smerked and winked at him as she passed by. This caused him to stop and glare at her. She didn't seem to notice as her objective. The next thing he hears as he walks away is Jr making a high pitch scream. He turns around to see she's got Jr by his balls.
"Im going to ask you once and once only. Where is this women?" the women asked showing a picture of women in black and red.
The women in the picture seems to be wearing Japanese style like combat cloths. The women appeared to be smiling. Gripping a handle to a rather long bulcky case.
"Look lady...Sir. I dont know this chick. Now can you let go of my balls please! Your making a scene!" Jr said.
The blond them looked about to see he was right and that people where staring. She only smiled and laughed it off as she let go.
"Oh come on Jr. I was only kidding!" she said in a happy go lucky attitude.
Jr put on a pair of sunglasses in hopes to get away from her. But she only followed him in a happy go lucky attitude. As if taunting to cause a annoyance or problem.
"Why not have a kiss to make up?" she stated.
This cause Jr to pause as if something was up. That is till the blond bumped into Raku. His masks deep eye sockets made for a quite a creepy sight.
"Ah hello can I help you?" She asked in a annoyed tone.
"You should leave before i call the police and have you charged with Sexual Assult." Raku said.
"Really and what makes you say that?" The women asked.
"You grab the managers groin without consent. That in itself is sexual assult and you can be jailed for it."
The blond was unimpressed or detured. She had the look in her eye that said. "Stop me from getting what I want and your dead."
"And throwing a temper tantrum is not going to sway my mind. Leave now or do i need to call the police and show them evidence of your actions?"
The girl started to get angry. And in anyone in Vale would be able to tell him. Its best to not get her angry. But then the coms officer spoke up.
"Captain Be advised the girl your talking to is named Yang Xio Long. And she seems to have the tendency to lose her cool very easily."
"Your point."
"Remember the breif about semblances? Hers makes her stronger when taking a beating and angry."
Then the gut feeling he had made a click in his brain. He then pulled his head back as the blond now identified as Yang tried to punch him in the face. She was suprised at how fast he dodged her punch. She then frowned as he stepped out of her range. Or so he thought. She then expanded her odd bracelets into what could be mistaken for boxing gloves made of metal. with a small tube with a hole in it. And in one mock punch It fired a shotgun shell into his chest.
He was sent flying to the wall. His shields had taken the blows but he felt like throwing up what he had just drank. He slowly started to get up holding his side. Sparks set off from his armor plating. It was heavily dented. Funny thing is his sheild didn't pop. So why did his exo suit take damage when his sheild was up and running. He didn't have time for an answer when the Blond used her weapon bracelets to porpel her forward to him. He then jumped in the air and used the wall behind him as a spring board. To get over the brawler.
Yang didn't like this guy one bit. She then fired her weapon at him but he just kept dodging so fast that he out ran the shells she throw at him. Then he came to close for comfort. He pulled out a really large knife and tried to stab, jab, or slash at her but with every strike she blocked it with equal precision. He was fast but not her sisters speed of fast.
Jr's men tried to help by shooting at her pr hitting her with there melee weapons. Only to end up as cannon fodder for the now angry blond. All she wanted was information about a women. And Jr supposedly knows everything in Vale. So that was annoying. Then this guy comes up thinking hes all high and mighty saying he'll call the police of she didn't leave Jr alone. Like hell with that. Whoever this guy is is no push over that was for sure. He can keep up with her when it came to counters and strikes. Like this guy was himself a boxer. And after taking Jr's lower honchos two women about her age came forth next to the man that she was fighting earlier. Knife still in hand in a fighting position while the two women looked bored. And sounded bored.
He then jumped back and ran out the door. Closing them he heard more shotgun shells rain through the air. Walking away he heard sparking coming from his side where the blond had struck again. And in annoyance he sighed.
"Why is it that its hormonal women that destroy my equipment then actual combat?" he asked himself aloud.
He then heard footsteps coming from his right and turned to see who it was. And then he saw a rather young girl about fifteen or sixteen. And if its one thing he never wanted to deal with. Was a emo dressed like person with family issues. Assuming this girl has any family issues. Hopefully not because he was literally the worst person for that type of conversation or emotional support. But what caught him off guard was the stary eyes she had when she saw his exo armor.
"Ohhhh! What us that your wearing! Is that armor!? Power armor!? Exo suit!? Exo armor!?" she said rather rapidly.
"Ah...exo armor?" he hesitantly said.
"Oh! Did you make it yourself!? Did you by it from some surplus store!?..." and she just continued on and on and on.
"Look kid I gotta go. Leave me alone will you!" he said as he started to walk away.
"Oh...Ok. Hay nice gun!" she yelled.
He then continued to ignore the talkative girl as she started saying something or other. And he hopes that he would never have to see those two again. Unfortunately an explosion came from the club he was just in and looked back to see the blond women and the goth looking kid stare at eachother. Jr was on the street underneath the blond.
"Yang what are you doing here!? I've been looking for you for hours!" the goth kid said.
"That...Is a looonnngggg story." the blond nervously replied.
Raku looked on in a sweatdrop down the back of his head.
"These civilians just keep getting more...whats the word?...whats more insulting to there intelligence but also sarcastic?...Cause that seems to be what im thinking about those two." he thought to himself.
"Infinity you sure you want to send me to Becon?" Raku said over his radio.
"Sir, its Captain Laskys orders. Amd if your wondering. Yes this Yang XioLong is going to." the Radio operator said.
"Dear god this is gonna suck ass." he said as he continued to walk.
Little did he know that a women with burning amber eyes heard what he said from a ally way. And smiled as if she had caught a good catch of fish.
Date: September 27th, 2577
Location: Emerald Forests
Area: SDC Train car 5
Raku stood in wait in the car of a bunch of robots. All offline. Captain Lasky had tild him that a terrorist cell jnown as the Whitefang have broken com silence to rob a train loaded with goods. Waiting for the motion sensors to go off to study there commanders fighting abilities. The grunta where nothing more but fodder. But the lieutenants where another matter entirely. Then thuds where heard. Looking at the center of the car. Then looking at the scroll he had he pressed a button to activate the robots into rhere combat mode.
"Atlas tech is to easy to hack." he thought sarcastically.
"Get ready." the man said.
"Well you should watch your back." the raven haired women said.
Taking out his SMG. He then aimed at the bull faunus. Silently he ordered the robots to attack. But the two Faunus retaliated. The girl using what looks like ribbons attached to a handgun with a collapsible curved sword. Eventually duel wielding with her scabbard as a cleaver. Her partner using a old samurai way of fighting which he forgot the name to took out the robots as he sheathed and stiked. Then bull Faunus then looked at Rakus direction.
"I know your back there human."
The raven haired girl was about to turn around when a arm slinked past her neck and got her into a choke hold. A gand gun pressed to her head.
"So tour Adam Tourus? My Employers want to have a word with you." Ralu said through his voice filter.
"And why would I listen to a human?"
"You care about the survival of your kind dont you?" Raku asked.
"Says the Monster whos Hiding behind a hostage." Adam growls.
"Says the actual monster who kills humans for no purpose in the most Faunus friendly kingdom. Your just dooming the faunus to utter destruction by Human retaliation. Do you honestly think attacking innocent people along with the guilty will settle well?" Raku growls back.
Adam had no response. He then reached for his swords hilt.
"Don't." he said as he flicked the saftey off and putting the pistols barrel next to the girls temple.
Adam then rushed at them as if not caring about the girl he held at gun point. Raku then pushed the girl away and used his exo suits thrusters to the side our of Adams swinging range. Rolling away and going into the darkness. Adam and the girl looked about.
"I cant see him." the girl said.
"Hes still hear Blake. I know it."
Thats when they heard a sound of machinery turning on. Then a spider tank fell from the ceiling. Its weapons charged up. The Faunus looked on.
"Well thats different." Adam said as the girl now named Blake glared at him.
It then fired its machine guns at them. Adam blocked with his sword as did the girl. But then the sholder canons fired at them. Even though they managed to block the lazers but the force knocked them back behind the hole it made in the car. Climbing out it continued to fire at them. Raku on the train car that was connected to the front engine. Hiding as ge controlled the tank.
"You know if these people had tanks why the fuck didn't they use them against the grim?" Raku thought to himself.
The tank then charged up its sholder canons. Blake then backed up on to the car. Raku pressed the trigger button on his scroll and it fired at the bull Faunus. Adam however unsheathed half his sword and it absorbed the blast. Adam glowed red before striking the air. And a slash of energy sliced through the tank and the cargo that was on ths open car. Seeing his work done he put away his sword. He then turned around to see Blake looking at him sadly.
"Am sorry." she said.
Taking her weapon. She sliced the towing pentels and saftey cables. Adam held a hand out as if to reach her. But the train engine pulled the car she was on away. She then turned to get into the car. Only to find the Raku at the door holding her at gun point again.
"Blake Belladonna. Daughter of former Whitefang members Ghira and Kali Belladonna. My employers wamt to have a word with you before we drop you off with your parents." Raku said.
"I think your mistaken." Blake said
"No. Im not mistaken." he said. Pulling the hammer back on his pistol.
"Yes. You are." Blake said.
Then everything went black.
Location: Unknown
Time: Unknown
Area: Unknown
Few years ago
"Sir she escaped" said a shadowy person.
"How could she have escaped one of our most secure facilities!?" said another.
"I dont know. But the test subject for Program: Hell Fire is gone. And she killed all the personal there." said another.
"Did she take the test subject for Project: Rebirth?"
"No that test subject was taken to another facility a month prior to Test subject 117 reawakening." said a women.
"What caused her to murder every single person there?"
"From what one of our security cameras caught. One of the medical staff accidentally forgot her data pad on a counter of one of the areas. Subject 117 took it and looked through it. Thats when she got enraged and destroyed everything in her path. She then took a ship but as it went into slipspace. The engines malfunctioned as well as the slipspace drive before it disappeared."
"This complacates things. Especially if she trys to find them."
"Spartan R115 and 1J-44 have already been notified of this "escapee". But not much about her. Or who she truly is after."
"Then lets jope they dont question it. And find her! We dont want her to make contact with Spartan PS091. Otherwise we cant use her to make him our Weapon that we failed to make Spartan John 117."
"Then we better hope she landed somewhere that no one else knows about."