Here we are at the final prologue, with my last main OC, Lloyd Jyousai. His semblance is definitely different from others, but I'll explain it later in the character profile chapter. Anyway, I do not own RWBY. They belong to Roosterteeth. I only own my OCs. Here's the fourth prologue. Enjoy.
Prologue 4: Grey
Walls are built up to protect us. I use my walls, though, to fight back and become stronger. I use my defense as my greatest offense.
In the eastern region of the northern kingdom of Atlas, where most of the land is covered in a thin layer of snow over forest trees and grass, there is a person running through the trees. Running as if this person is trying to get away from someone or something. This person, a teenage boy, is wearing slightly thin, but strong grey armor around his body and over black clothing. The armor is impressively designed to offer strong defense without constricting too much movement. He is wearing shoulder armor that fell to above his elbows, skirt armor that parted to give his legs more mobility, and leg armor for protecting his legs. On the arms were bladed gauntlets that appeared to have a gun mechanism under the arms. The young man's face has a fair complexion and grey eyes, along with short grey hair. On the back of his armor, below his neck is a symbol of a shield with claws holding it on its sides.
The boy is running through the snow covered forest, not knowing where he is going, but he keeps running anyway. As the boy is running, he looks forward only to stop suddenly. Looking forward, he comes face to faceplate with several Altesian Knight-130s or "AK-130" for short. The boy turns around only to see more of the same robots coming in from behind. Quickly, the boy is surrounded as all the AK-130s formed a circle around him, with all their guns pointed at him.
"Subject 86. Stand down and surrender. We have orders to return you to the base for reconditioning. If you do not comply, we will use deadly force," One of the robots spoke with its mechanical voice, devoid of emotion.
"Like Hell I'm going back to that Hell hole. You'll have to kill me first," The boy says with disgust laced in his voice. Just then, the blades on the gauntlets extended and attached themselves to the boy's fingers, forming sharp claws as the boy got into his combat stance. "Time to scrap you walking trash cans," The boy says before lunging at the first robot, grabbing its head with his right claw and crushing it, shutting down the machine.
The rest of the robots begin firing at the boy, who uses the dead AK-130 as a shield while running towards his next opponent. When he gets close enough, the boy throws the dead robot at one of the others and performs a downward slash with his right claw on another, slicing it into multiple pieces. Running past his latest victim, the boy evades enemy fire or blocks it with his gauntlets before getting close enough to shred two more robots with his claws. Seeing as how guns aren't going to work, the rest of the machines change their guns into wrist blades and run at the armored young man. The boy points his arms at the approaching enemies before flexing his fingers, firing his two gauntlet guns sending rounds at the heads of two robots, blowing them clear off their bodies. The boy then runs towards the other machines and grabs the blades of two robots that were sent in a downward slash at him. He flexed his fingers, firing his guns and destroying their arms. He then sent his claws into their torsos before ripping them out, shutting those two robots down. Three more machines come at him from different angles, but the boy grabs the right arm of one of them and swings the robot at the other two, sending them flying. He then throws the robot he was currently holding into the air before impaling it with both claws and then ripping it in half. Turning around, he sees four more AK-130s with rocket launchers, and they were all aimed at him. They fired four rockets at him, with all of them hitting their target. Unable to see their target due to the smoke from the explosion, the AK-130s waited for it to clear, not lowering their weapons as per their programming. From the dust, four rounds came out and struck the heads of the four robots with the rocket launchers, taking them out. The remaining thirteen robots looked to see the boy standing unscathed. However, not only was he unscathed, his entire body was encased in a steel armor from head to toe.
"Nice try scrap piles. But as you can see, that 'conditioning' of yours helped me unlock my semblance and it just so happens to be a semblance that gives me a major defense upgrade. This armor isn't just good for defense, though," The boy says before running to his enemies.
They fire their guns at him, but the bullets have no effect against his new armor. When he gets close, he rears back his right hand before punching one robot in the chest. Due to the steel around his fist, the attack became much stronger, and launched the robot back in pieces. The boy begins destroying his enemies one by one, all the while the machines try to hurt him back, but fail when their attacks can't penetrate his armor. When there is just four robots left, the boy deactivates his semblance and then he jumps onto one of the robots before jumping off of it and into one of the trees. The boy fires his guns behind him to jump higher into the air, right above the four remaining machines. When he was high in the air, he reactivates his semblance and raises his right claw, ready to strike.
"STEEL SMASH!" The boy yells while falling towards the ground.
He thrusts his fist as he reaches the ground and the resulting impact destroys the ground around him and the four AK-130s are torn to shreds from the impact and the debris being blown from the attack. With the attack finished, the boy looks around to see that all the robots are dead and no more seemed to be approaching for now. Thinking he is in the clear for now, the boy is about to continue his hundred yard dash when he suddenly stops at the sound of a voice. Only this time, the voice was from a human instead of a machine.
"You sure know how to go out with a bang," a voice sounds out.
The boy looks over to see another human boy around his age, wearing a long, black jacket with blue lightning markings over a black shirt and black pants and shoes, covered in more blue lightning markings.
"Are you also from the base? I thought I was the only one left," the young man asks.
"I'm not from the base. And before you think it, no I am not here to bring you back," the newcomer says.
"Who are you then? Why are you here?" the armored boy asks again.
"My name is Khazhak Rairyu. And I am here to offer you a way out of all this crap. I could use man of your talents," Khazhak replies.
"What about those bastards back at the base?" the other boy questions him.
"Don't worry. I took care of them and that stupid base while you were having your little triathlon in the woods here. Now then, do you still wish to keep running aimlessly, or do you want to come with me and not have to see this place ever again?" Khazhak asks.
The boy in grey armor thinks about it and decides that anyplace would be better than this forest of Hell.
"Alright, I guess I'll take my chances with you," the boy answers.
"Good choice. Now let's go before we have to deal with anymore issues. Oh, I forgot to ask. What is your name?" Khazhak asks him.
"Don't know. They only ever called me Subject 86 back at the base," the boy replies.
"That is not a name, it is a number. Well then I guess I'll just have to give you a name," Khazhak says.
Khazhak looks at the boy while having his right hand to his chin, deep in thought. He thinks for a moment until he gets an idea.
"How about… Lloyd. Lloyd Jyousai? It means 'grey fortress," Khazhak suggests.
The boy in armor thinks about the name, even sounding it out in his mind.
"Lloyd Jyousai. I like it. Lloyd it is then," the boy, now named Lloyd Jyousai, answers.
"Very well then. Now let's get moving, Lloyds," Khazhak says as he turns to leave.
With that, the boy now named Lloyd follows Khazhak to who knows where. Even though he is walking into the unknown, he can't help but smile a little bit, now knowing that he has a real name. And so, the four warriors have been revealed, preparing to unleash their strength onto the world of Remnant, a world that may or may not be ready for what they can do together as a team.
And that's the final prologue. The next chapter is the character profile chapter, and then the story begins. His semblance may not seem right due to Aura, but let's just say that one, it ties into his character and role in the team, and two, think of it as like a shield for a shield of sorts, if that makes sense. Now all four main OCs have been introduced. What do they have planned for Remnant? Until then, please Read and Review.
