Chapter 3

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"Wait a minute..." I said, looking closely at the figures. "Those look like..."

The figures came out of the smoke. And I could not believe my eyes. They were no other than-

"Droids?!" I shouted in disbelief.

"Soldiers, open fire!" Winter shouted.

The sound of Droid gunfire was then accompanied by gunfire coming from the soldiers on our side. I snapped out of my shock and raised my blaster. I picked off any that came too close the soldiers. I accidentally let one get too close to on, but it was shot through the chest. I looked up and found snipers on the roof. Etheral slid down and charged right into the army of Droids. Soon, Tredd and Leora joined in, with Tredd pushing back Droids in groups and Leora occasionally killing one or two that attempted to attack one of the soldiers.

A streak of red flew past me with petals of some kind following it. It stopped in front of the Droids. It was no other than Ruby. But she was wielding a giant hooked staff…? I'm not sure what it was, but it was a staff with a curved blade on top of it (Winter told me it was a scythe). She began to join Etheral and his team in close combat. We kept going until some of the soldiers got shot down.

"Fall back!" A voice said. "Leave the rest to the Huntsman and Huntresses!"

All the soldiers backed up until they were all in the base, with me and everyone else covering them. Soon, the only ones fighting was me, Etheral and his team, Ruby, and Winter.

"If we keep going at this rate, we'll be wiped out!" Etheral said. "How much longer till the reinforcements?"

"They'll be here right..." Winter waited for a moment. "Now."

Right as she said that, a row of ice spikes came out of the ground which targeted the Droids. Then there was a sound that was… a shotgun? And… a grappling hook? A girl wearing mostly white and black was holding onto it while slashing at the Droids. Then a girl mostly similar to Winter also began to fight the Droids. Finally, a girl in mostly yellow began punching the Droids. And it wasn't any normal punches. They also left holes that were filled with fire.

We continued to fight them, until they've all been demolished.

"Well, if it isn't the Ice Queen?" Etheral said, leaning on his sword. "You're late."

"Shut up..." Weiss muttered.

"Love you too..." Etheral said.

"Well, the gang's all here now!" Ruby said happily. "Well, except JNPR. Where are they anyways?"

"The last time I saw Vomit Boy was when he said he was going to teach at Beacon." Yang said. "Pyrrha also went with him. Nora and Ren are at Mistral helping with a Grimm infestation."

"For once you don't tell any puns." Tredd said.

"Hey, I've become more serious now, hun." Yang said, kissing Tredd on the cheek. "Especially ever since the Battle of Beacon."

"I'm sure we can all agree that we've matured ever since the Battle of Beacon." Recon said, jumping down from her sniper post.

"Okay, I'm lost here." I spoke up. "What's the Battle of beacon? What is the White Fang? And who are you people?"

"Let's go inside first." Winter said.

We all went inside the base and went into the weapons inventory. We sat down on chairs that just HAPPENED to be conveniently be there.

"Okay, who are you people?" I asked the trio.

They all looked at each other then nodded.

"Well, who are you?" Yang asked.

"I'm CT-1409, or Echo." I said.

"He's the person who came from the red vortex." Etheral said. "And, as you know, only objects came out of them. Not living beings."

"I guess we don't have a choice, than to introduce ourselves too." Weiss said. "I'm Weiss Schnee, owner of the Schnee Dust Company and sister to Winter Schnee."

Weiss wore a dress with a shiny, blue skirt, a white ribbon around her waist, a shirt that only covered her upper portion and covered her arms and dark blue platform heels. Like Winter, she had light blue eyes, white hair and was pale. She also had the sword-like thing at her waist (she called it a rapier).

"I'm Blake Belladonna. I'm a cat Faunus, and a spy." Blake said.

Blake wore a large white coat, a black crop top, a white belt, what I'm sure are called stretchy pants and heeled boots. She had pale skin, black hair and gold eyes. Or amber? On her back was a sword inside of a sheath with a ribbon on the handle.

"And I'm Yang Xiao Long. I'm sister of Etheral and Ruby Rose. Sort of." Yang said.

She wore a gray jacket with an orange tank top, gray cargo pants with a bumblebee on the right leg of her pants and white sneakers. She had long, bright-gold hair that only went down to the middle of her chest, lilac eyes and pale skin. I couldn't see any visible weapons, but she did have golden bracelets of some kind.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all." I said.

"Now, can you explain what happened and how you got here?" Weiss might have noticed the look on my face. "You don't have to if you don't want to, it's just-"

"It's fine." I spoke up. "I'll tell you."

I told them about everything; the Clone Troopers, the Jedi and my mission.

"Mhm..." Weiss hummed. "Well since you gave us information, I guess it's only fair for us to give you some information. Etheral, please."

Etheral cleared his throat and sighed. "The Battle of Beacon… where do I begin…?

"The Battle of Beacon… Was what the name suggests, a battle that happened at Beacon. But not just any battle. It was a Grimm invasion, led by… Cinder..." He murmured. "We all thought she was a normal student. But she was beyond that. She was much more than that. She prepared everything; the Grimm, the attack, everything.

"We all did what we were meant to do. Fight the Grimm. We gave our all to fight them. So much happened, all at once.

"But one event stood out the most; When our friend Pyrrha went up the Beacon tower, to fight Cinder.

"Pyrrha was brave enough to take on someone who was way more powerful than her. She had the guts to fight her, face to face. She put others before herself to risk her life for whom she loved and cared about. She was about to get killed, until Ruby was able to get there and shoot Cinder.

"She didn't harm Cinder, but instead shot the bow out of her hands. She tackled Cinder off, bringing herself down as well. Ruby grabbed her and she safely landed on the ground, with Atlas soldiers and others waiting.

"The only casualty in all of that was a girl named Penny. She wasn't a normal girl, but a robot. She was accidentally killed by Pyrrha. And that was because of a girl named Emerald, who's Semblance was to tamper with what some people see. This was found out when Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald were all captured.

"Blake was also caught in a situation, meeting up with an old White Fang member and getting into a duel. Yang got there just in time to punch him right in the jaw, knocking him out. He was left to die, as his corpse was discovered. As bones.

"We managed to exterminate any other Grimm, but the real problem was the dragon. It took all of us to kill it, but we did it. And we emerged victorious. We had to wait a few months before returning, due to reconstruction.

"And here we are today, alive and well. If we lost the battle, I couldn't even think of what would have happened. The effects could be unexplainable." Etheral finished with a sigh. "Blake, you can explain the White Fang… I just… Need some alone time..."

Etheral got up from his seat and walked out. Weiss also got up and followed him.

"The White Fang…" Blake started. "The White Fang are a terrorist group of Faunus that was originally a group that was a symbol of peace and unity between us and normal humans. Now they use violence to get equality. Riots have happened before, and people have been killed before. I used to be a former member, and I've convinced them that I've joined them again. But alas, I'm just a spy."

After Blake had finished speaking, the door burst open and Winter came in with Weiss and Etheral following behind.

"Don't say anything. Just listen." Winter said. "Another vortex was detected."

"What?!" Yang shouted, standing up from her chair.

"Yes, another vortex. We would investigate, but it's in an area that belongs to the White Fang." Etheral said. "We're convinced that the 'Droids' came from the vortex, and this was detected an hour before the attack, only because we couldn't check on it. Though we don't know how the White Fang convinced the Droids."

"We need to investigate this somehow." Recon said.

"Even if we were to try, it would be extremely risky." Weiss said.

"Well, we need to do something." I said.

"This may seem like an easy thing for you, Echo in your own world," Winter said. "But some of our soldiers are still recovering from the attack. Even then, you might run out of ammo, and we need to be prepared for that. You can trust Ruby to do that."

I nodded and gave Ruby my blaster. And, unsurprisingly, set to work immediately.

"As of now, all of you get some rest and get prepared." Winter said. "I'll be leaving now."

She, as she said, left the room. Everyone started to leave, so I left as well. As I was heading to my room, I had a look at the karambit I stored in a pouch. I never really had the opportunity to use it.

"You never really got to use that, huh?" A voice said behind me.

"Nope." I replied, turning around.

"Well, I can show you where the weapon testing course is." As I suspected, it was Etheral. "Follow me."

He led me to a large room, that had multiple stations. He led me to an empty one and tapped on a keyboard for a bit.

"Alright, I set it up." Etheral said. "Just begin hitting the target whenever you're ready."

A target stood up in front of me. I pulled my karambit out and held it the way Ruby held it when I got it from the armory. I swung my fist, with my actual fist missing the target and the blade hitting it. I continued to repeat it 9 more times until it fell apart. I was kind of shocked, not because it was sudden, but I was worried that I had to fix it or something.

"Don't worry," Etheral said. "all the targets do this. They all can take a certain amount of hits before falling apart. Here, I'll show you."

He went over to another room and set it up. After the target stood up, he began hitting the target with his katana. After 10 hits, it fell apart.

"See?" Etheral asked. "Don't worry, they usually rebuild themselves. Don't ask how."

And he wasn't lying. They rebuild themselves a few seconds after he said that.

"If you need help on where to find your room, I'll help you find it." Etheral offered.

"I think I can manage." I replied.

"The least I can do is tell you the room number." He said. "It's room 603."

"Alright. Thanks." I said.

I walked down the hallway and eventually found the room I was occupying. I went inside and changed into more comfortable clothing. I laid down on my bed to rest for a bit.

As I slowly drifted off to sleep, I thought to myself about what happened ever since I arrived here. I closed my eyes in thought.

Maybe I'll stay here… I thought. Just a bit longer…

And then, I finally drifted off to sleep.


There you go guys! Sorry for not uploading that often. I'm just really busy with… life… yeah… Anyways, sorry it took me so long to get this out! Nonetheless, I hoped you enjoyed it!

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12 years later

-gets chapter 4 out- YES!

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And sorry if this seemed rushed, I just needed to get this chapter out.