To be location specific, the majority of the chapter will take place at the Atlas military base in Volume 6. Slight temporary crossover of Red vs Blue in this chapter. And there will be a time skip of one month. Enjoy.
Tyrian sluggishly crawled away from the Branwen tribe. He had been defeated by a complete stranger that left him for dead in the Grimm infested forest of Anima. He was gravely wounded by the man's repeated blows and cannon.
He had never seen a weapon such as that one before. It radiated evil, wreaked of pure hate and malice. It hungered for death and sorrow from the masses of innocents.
He was brought out of his musings when he heard the haunting growls of the Grimm. He frantically spun his head around in the direction of the noise and saw the appalling red glowing eyes of the Grimm. He would have revealed in the thought of killing these beasts if he were in health, but in his current predicament, he was at a disadvantage to them, causing him to become ghastly at the sight of them. They approached him slowly knowing that soul-wielders like him always sow death to their kind.
He started sweating profusely as they got ever so closer to him. He shouted at them to stay back as he started to panic, attracting more Grimm to his presence. His mind was starting to be overwhelmed by panic and fear. Fear of that this night will be his last night alive.
That man … that monster! He did this, he's that one that caused his downfall. Damn him! Damn him to hell! His mind started to flush out his panic and fear and was replaced with abundant hate and anger, all of it directed towards the man that brought this damnation unto him.
The first Beowolf lunged at him with his claws pointed and teeth bared. Tyrian yelled with profuse anger and unwrapped his tail from his waist and poised it to strike the Beowolf. As its drooling teeth were only inches away from him, it turned to a plume of black smoke. This bewildered Tyrian greatly, he has never seen an attacking Grimm turn to smoke when inches away from killing their target. Could this be a new trait of the Grimm? Like a semblance? No, they had no soul and to have a semblance one required a soul.
"You can put your thoughts to rest Tyrian, it is not a semblance," said a new voice
The new voice in the atmosphere startled Tyrian. He swiftly turned to the voice and saw the person that he so longed to be in the presence of.
There standing before him was a woman, regal in her poise with skin deathly white pallor. Violet vein ran across her face and her exposed flesh on her arms, the vessels framing black eyes with red irises. Her hair was tied back in a large bun with six offshoots, three on each side and each of them were adorned with black, hanging ornaments. She was clothed in a very long, flowing robe as dark as the shadows of the night that trailed across the ground with every step forward she took. Her dress almost blending in completely with the environment of the night bathed forest.
This was Salem, the Grimm witch of Remnant. She looked down at the broken form of Tyrian Callows with a small smile gracing her lips.
"I have heard your screams of hate and fury against the monster, Dredgen Yor, and color me impressed with your rage," said Salem
"M-Mi-mistress Salem," Tyrian exclaimed struggling to position himself to look like he is bowing to the Grimm witch, "I am honored to be in your presence. The one true goddess of this ruined world that needs to be cleansed," he said in his usual hysteria
"As much as I appreciate the praises Tyrian, I pay no heed to them," she said catching the attention of the scorpion fanus again, "I have a proposition for you,"
One month later …
Outside of the Argus military base, two guards stood on guard at the gates of the compound. They both wear white-gray body armor that covers their upper bodies with several different highlights along their helmets and arms. Their helmets cover their faces partly, only exposing their mouths. Their pants are black, with some gray areas on them, and they have a belt with a few pouches, a handgun strapped to their hips and a sword in collapsed mode strapped to their lower backs. They are both equipped with rifles at the ready if an individual attempted to enter the compound without permission.
The Argus military base is built into a large rock spire located on the farthest island from the Argus harbor housing the colossus that is used to repel aquatic Grimm, mainly for S (Severe) Class Grimm such as Leviathan Grimm. The main base is connected to several other smaller islands housing storage and landing facilities by a suspension bridge.
The guard on the left had maroon highlights while the guard on the left had orange highlights and seemed to be on the obese side of Atlas personal. The maroon guard turns to the orange guard and starts a conversation.
"Hey," said the maroon guard
"Mmyeah?" replied the orange guard
"D'you ever wonder why we're here?" asked the maroon guard
The orange guard bowed his head in contemplation of the question. After a moment of thinking, he raised his head up and looked to his fellow guard and answered his question. "It's one of life's great mysteries, isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some… cosmic coincidence? Or is there really a God, watching everything, you know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know man, but it keeps me up at night,"
"... What? I mean why are we out here, in the freezing cold! While the others get guard duty in there," the maroon guard said jabbing his thumb back to the base, "I mean, we're important! We're Red team, the Blues should be guarding the gates. Not us,"
"Oh. Uhhhhh. Yeah." mumbled the orange guard
"And what was all that stuff about God?" asked the maroon guard in question
"Uhhhhh. Hm? Nothing," replied the orange guard dismissing the subject
"... Do you want to talk about it?" asked the maroon guard
"No," said the orange guard
"You sure?" the maroon guard asked
"Yes," the orange confirmed
"Seriously though, why are we out here? As far as I can tell, no one is going to try and break in or walk up here. Well, if they're drunk maybe. There's literally nothing to do but stand here but look at Argus," exclaimed the maroon guard
"It is a pretty view though," said the orange guard
"Like this is ridiculous! I specifically asked to be assigned to Atlas, not Argus. Yes, the view is nice but Atlas is where all the magic happens. Wait, why are you not complaining?" rambled the maroon guard
"Hey, night guard duty is the only position I can get that is far away from Sarge's rants about fighting the enemy," said the orange guard
"Ugh, I just wish that something could happen," groaned the maroon guard
While the two guards were in their conversation they did not realize an unknown craft flew overhead at amazing speeds that exceeded anything on Remnant. As it exits Argus air space, two black sickly flames ignited on the top of the rock spire. As the flames died down they revealed two dark figures shrouded by the darkness of night. One appeared to be female in figure wearing a combat skirt with armor covering the majority of her top half with long hair with a Nevermore Grimm mask. The other appeared to be male in figure wearing a tattered cloak with bone-like armor from creatures of Remnant and from another world with glowing sickly green eyes.
He looked at his partner and nodded to her. They both jumped down from the tall spire and descended to the ground. As they made their descent, the female partner transformed into a Corvid. She flew around the base with her talons poised to strike any target. She neared a security camera and swiped her talons at it, disabling it causing its feed in the security office to go static. She rinsed and repeated this process to the rest of the cameras in the compound until the eyes on the outside were blind.
When her male counterpart landed, she had completed disabling the camera feeds she landed next to him, transforming back to human. They looked around to see that the guards at the gate were still talking to each other. They proceeded to enter the compound with ease, facing little to no interruptions to the data center.
When they were halfway there they heard voices. The male figure raised his arm at a ninety-degree angle clenching his fist signaling his partner to halt her movement. He peeked his head around the corner to see two more Atlas guards were down the hallway they were headed. One had turquoise highlights with tanned skin while the other had blue highlights. The former sounding like he was about to blow his stack.
"Caboose! For the last time, the techs here won't put an AI in your gun," said the turquoise guard
"But they put Church into that glowy table thingy! And I have a name all picked out! Freckles! Because of all of the freckles on my gun! See!" said the guard named Caboose said showing off his gun to his friend
"Caboose you-you know what, I'm not doing this anymore. Just keep your ridiculous thoughts to yourself and let me daydream in peace. I can only take so much of you in one day," said the turquoise guard looking away
The male figure then stepped out into the light of the hallway revealing himself to the guard named Caboose. Caboose's eyes widened under his helmet as the male figure approached him and his friend.
"Um, Tucker," said Caboose
"Caboose, what did I just say?" the guard now named Tucker said impatiently
"I know but, I have a question," said Caboose
"Ughhh … I'm really going to regret saying this but, what's your question Caboose?" asked Tucker
"What do we call people that don't look like us?" asked Caboose
"Scientists?" said Tucker
"No, not them. Like I mean, look scary," said Caboose
"Winter Schnee?" said Tucker
"No not mean lady, I mean someone that looks like they shouldn't be here and look creepy and scary," said Caboose
"An intruder?" said Tucker
"YES! That's the word!" exclaimed Caboose in relief
"Great!" said Tucker sarcastically, "Is that all you wanted to ask me?"
"Yes," Caboose said indefinitely
"Good," Tucker grumbled returning back to his daydreaming
The male figure started to get closer to the two unholstering a jagged hand cannon from his side. Caboose started to get worried about the man's approach. He turned back to Tucker and asked him another question.
"Um, Tucker?"
"Oh. My. GOD! CABOOSE WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT!?" snapped Tucker
"There's an intruder behind you," said Caboose
"What?!" Tucker exclaimed
He spun around on the ball of his heel to see a man clad in bone armor and a dark cloak. He shivered at the sight of him and his cannon.
"Holy shit! Freeze asshole!" shouted Tucker raising his rifle to the man but was too late. The man slammed the butt of his gun down into Tucker's throat making him cough as his airway was hit. He went into a coughing fit before he was struck in the face with a powerful hit. He fell to the floor in a heap, unconscious, leaving Caboose to fend for himself.
"Tucker! Get up, you need to stop the mean scary man before he gets past me!" said Caboose
He looked back to the male figure and timidly asked, "Um, hello. Would you possibly know what I am supposed to do?"
"You now die," said the man in a deep threatening tone raising his cannon.
"Oh! Okay! Bleh!" Caboose said before he flung himself onto the floor and snored saying dead over and over again.
The male figure looked at Caboose flabbergasted by his stupidity. He knew that the Atlas soldiers would be no match for him, but this was just pathetic. His female counterpart walked out from the corner and approached him and looked down at the two guards and sighed in exasperation.
"I thought that those idiots were discharged," she said
"You know who they are?" said the male figure
"Their names are the Reds and Blues. These two are called Tucker and Caboose. The other two that were at the front gate were Simmons and Grif. These two are from the Blue team, the other two are from the Red team," said the female figure
The male figure nodded understanding with the new information. If these two and the others were this lax and there was more of them, then this infiltration will be straightforward. They both looked at the entrance to the data center. The male figure went to open the entrance when the door wouldn't move. He attempted to try again to no avail to his attempts to open it. He looked at the door with vehement in his eyes. He was informed by his sources that the entrance to the data center would be effortless, apparently, that wasn't the case. He looked down and saw a panel next to the door appears to be for passcode inputting. He scowled under his mask and looked back to the guard named Caboose playing and gained an idea. He marched over to him and grabbed him by the collar and heaved him up to eye level.
"Enough with your games fool, tell me the codes," growled the male figure
"*snore* dead dead dead dead," snored Caboose
"I said enough!" he scolded
"I can't talk because you said I died," said Caboose
"My GOD! You are no longer dead, now tell me!" he said
"Oh! Hello again!" said Caboose oblivious to the fact that his life was in peril
"Tell me the codes to the data center," growled the man
"Huh? What are the codes?" asked a dumbfounded Caboose
"The codes to the data center you imbecile! What is it!" growled the man now losing his patience
"Huh? Ooohhhh! Those codes!" Caboose said in his revelation
"Yes … now, what are-"
"I don't know," said Caboose
At that point, the male figure's patience ran out. His blood boiled over as the ancient rune that scared his eye started to burn with a sickly flame. His teeth clenched and his grip tightened. He was about to release his rage on the dumb fool of a guard before the female figure gently placed her hand on his shoulder. This contact between the two intruders seemed to calm down the rising storm in the male figure that is ready to release on Caboose. He inhaled a deep breath the released it, smoothing his anger.
"What do you mean by you don't know?" asked the female
"Oh! Hello! I didn't see you! Who are?" Caboose announced
"Answer the damn question," the male figure demanded
"It's a twelve digit code. There are three parts of the password! The mean short lady has the first part. The nice Santa man has the second part. And the mean scary lady has the third part," said Caboose in a cheery tone happy that he is talking to a girl that isn't Winter Schnee or Caroline Cordovin.
"Could you be more specific. We need names of these people," said the male figure
"Oh! Okay! They are Caroline Cordovin, Doctor Polendina, and Sergeant Winter Schnee," said Caboose
"Good, now die," said Raven
"Okay! Bleh," said Caboose returning to playing dead
"How?" questioned the male figure
"As I said … dumb," said the female figure
The male dropped Caboose to the ground turning to his partner. She looked to be contemplating her options with the list of people that were listed off by the idiotic guard.
"So, which one should we take first?" asked the male figure
"We should split up. Take them down quicker, giving us a less likely chance to be caught together. If you get are in trouble I'll open a portal to you resolving the problem. We just need to take our targets," said the female figure
"I'll take the one that poses the biggest threat. Do you have any knowledge of these people that the guard mentioned? Or will I have to wake him up again?" asked the male figure as his female partner looked at him in a tired manner telling him that they will have to finish this task quickly.
"No, two of them sound like they're resident personnel, the last one … I know all too well," she groaned sleepily at the last person
"Winter Schnee? Who is she, a friend of yours?" the male figure asked
"Not mine. My brother's … friend," she said
"Your drunkard brother, Qrow?" said the male figure
"He's the romantic bane of her existence. I'm surprised that she hasn't done away with him by now," she said exasperated
"A real charmer, is he?" asked the male
"To Summer! I'm surprised that they didn't get together," she said
"Is this Winter Schnee dangerous?" asked the male
"She's an Atlas Sergeant, the former heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, until she joined the military at a young age. Do not become arrogant towards her position, she will be quite the challenge for you," she said
"I think not. I've faced greater opponents and they all have fallen, she will face the same fate as them," said the male
"No, don't kill her. If she dies then Qrow will come for us then he will find out about you and tell Tai, and then Yang will try and find me and …" she said in a rushed tone with anxiety catching up to her.
The male then firmly placed his strong hands on her shoulders and looked at her in the eyes with an assuring stare. Even though the man was always dark and shady, he always had a soft side reserved for his wife when she was confirmed.
"Raven. You do not have to worry so much. As long as I stay in the shadows, your brother and family won't come looking for you. For now, you have to keep your head in the game and not let your gravidness take hold of you. We have a mission at hand and we cannot accept to be caught. Do you understand?" Dredgen Yor asked
She nodded to him and took deep breaths to calm herself. He was right, they couldn't accept being caught, or failure. They had a mission at hand and they needed to succeed.
"Are you calm now?" Dredgen Yor asked
"Yes, thanks," she said
"Good, I'll take the Schnee while you take the other two. Do you know anything about them?" he asked
She thought for a moment about the other two names that the guard provided them. They did not sound familiar to her in the least. She determined that the doctor was an easy target to obtain but she should proceed with caution. The moment that you become arrogant to your opponent is the moment you lose.
Her other target, this Caroline Cordovin sounded like someone special in this place. No doubt a blowhard about the so-called glory of Atlas. She would take her last, she could not be careless in her condition, one wrong move could cost her life and her family.
"No, I'll take the doctor first then this Caroline Cordovin. I'll be sure to let you know if I'm in need of assistance," she said
"Good, stay save my love," he said momentarily resting his forehead against her's.
Later…
With Dredgen Yor
As Dredgen Yor trekked down the halls of the military complex he went over everything that he knew about the Schnee's and their business. He has heard of the famous Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers and exporters of Dust in the world of Remnant. He had heard rumors, that he assumed the majority of them were true due to the racism in the Schnee family, that used fanus labor and had questionable business partners. He recently heard that the heiress to the company was recently abdicated of her title as heiress and the title was passed down to her younger sister, Weiss Schnee.
He was taken from his musings when he heard the sound of people chattering. Hopefully their not as idiotic as the last two, he thought hopeful of his soon to be victims.
"So, that mission turned into a shit show real fast," said a static masculine voice
"No kidding. Those fanus are really starting to become a pain in the ass," said a static feminine voice
"Remember you two, they are not treated the same as us. They have to fight for their rights every day to be treated as equals. It was foreseeable that there would be a riot," said a cold feminine voice
"Yeah, I know. I just wish that they would give us some real assignments and not crowd control. I mean look at us. We're armed to the teeth with experimental armor and weaponry and what do we get stuck with? Freaking crowd control," said the male
They soon passed by and revealed their character. The male was a behemoth man clad in advanced Atlesian military grade armor colored black steel with yellow trims over his helmet, chest plate, arms and legs. He had an advanced assault rifle at his side swaying with his stride.
The second armor-clad soldier in stride with him was noticeably female with her feminine attributes visible. She was clad in cyan armor with silver trims and a noticeably more advanced helmet. She had the same rifle as her armored partner swaying the same in stride with her.
The third member of the group was a small teenage girl with a underwhelming height of five feet. She was dressed in a blue white and grey military uniform covered by a white overcoat with a red brooch which exposed her upper arms and black gloves. Her pants appeared to have graters incorporated into them.
"Specialists David Steel and Cecilia Church. I forbid you from speaking illy of the fanus. As for your new armor and augmentations, they are still in the experimental stage so command is easing the prototypes into battle ready situations. You are not to abuse either of the two attributes, am I clear," said the young sergeant
They both stood at attention when the teenage sergeant snapped at them for complaining about their new armor and augmentations. They hand their arms straightened at their sides and posture straightened.
"Yes Sergeant Winter!" they both said in unison
At this revelation, Dredgen Yor thought that it was time for him to make his presence known to these unfortunate souls. He stepped out into the light of the hallway and spoke in his deep menacing voice taking the three Atlas personnel off guard.
They whipped their heads back to the voice at fast speeds that would give a normal person whiplash. They saw the dark gunslinger standing in the center of the hallway perfectly still like he was in a trance. Washington and Carolina aimed their weapons on him whilst Winter drew a silver saber from her scabbard. At the overpowering amount of weaponry directed at his person, Dredgen Yor was not in the least threatened, nor impressed.
"So you are the one they call Winter Schnee. The former heiress of the famous Schnee Dust Company. How appropriately … underwhelming. For someone so young to be promoted to the position of sergeant. Either you are more than meets thee eye, or your family bought you this position," said Dredgen Yor
This comment from this intruder made Winter's blood boil. She hated being dependant on her father. She had recently been cut off her funds from him to get her to return home. She earned her position as sergeant solely on her skills and glyphs. She would show this man that it is a mistake to speak such blasphemy about her family and herself.
"Yes I am, and who are you to speak such obnoxious claims against my family," she said wishing nothing more than to end this man where he stands.
"Ma'am, should we engage?" asked Washington
"No. Fetch reinforcements, I'll deal with the intruder myself," she demanded the two super soldiers
The two nodded to her and went to fulfill her orders when Dredgen Yor swiftly unholstered Thorn faster than the human eye could register. The haunting sound of Thorn discharging echoed through the halls as two of its barbed bullets entered the backs of Carolina and Washington causing them to crumple to the floor in a heap. They were motionless, they have become another two victims of the Thorn.
Winter looked at her friends lying motionless on the ground. They had fallen so easily. Their auras depleted the moment the bullet hit them. Their armor pierced like it was tissue paper. Their spines destroyed by the bullet whilst something infecting them simultaneously, draining the life out of them.
She was shell shocked, horrified by this man and his cannon. He wreaked of pure darkness, crawling through his body, it made her sick to her stomach. She turned back to her assailant and scowled at him. She lunged forward with blinding speeds and stabbed her saber at the man's throat but was dodged with expertise. She stabbed at him multiple times but each attempt at impaling the man was foiled as he would dodge her blade.
He then saw an opening in her attacks as she stabbed his left side. As she stabbed again, as he predicted, at his left side. He grabbed her arm, crushing it under his brute strength causing her to cry in pain. He then hooked his foot around her leg and pulled his leg back tripping her. As she fell to the ground Dredgen Yor delivered repeated blows to her face. She tried to block them with her arms but failed as she hit the ground as Dredgen Yor finished his attack.
As Winter went to pick herself up Dredgen Yor kicked her in the stomach sending her a few meters away from him. As she skidded to a stop, she picked herself back up with no interruptions. She looked spitefully at the man with a scowl etched on her face with blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. She wiped the blood away with her gloved hands and assumed her preferred fighting stance. A golden glyph in the appearance of a clock activated underneath her. Her form then started to glow the same light of the glyph underneath her. She waved her saber in a circular motion summoning multiple white glyphs around Dredgen Yor and a gravity glyph underneath him.
He was slightly impressed by this teenager's skill with her semblance. He went to step forward but realized that he couldn't move. He looked down and saw the black glyph he was trapped in. he looked back to Winter and sighed inwardly, knowing very well that this was going to hurt.
"I wonder how Raven is doing?" he thought to himself as Winter lunged forward poised to attack at full force.
With Raven…
Raven was looking everywhere in the compound for the two targets. She was starting to get frustrated by this searching, how hard could finding a doctor be? She then heard the sounds of voices down the hall. She pressed her back up against the wall and listened closely to the conversation. They both sounded like males but different age groups. One sounded like he was in his early twenties with a high voice. The other could be determined as a man in his mid-fifties with a heavy southern accent.
"Oooh, I can't wait for Doctor Polendina to finish making Penny. A little girl walking around the base that's actually a robot. Ooh, it be so exciting!" said the younger guard
"Cool your jets Donut. Don't get your hopes up too early. Penny isn't said to be complete in the next fifteen years," said the older guard
"Aw man, but she looks like she is to be finished any day now," said the guard now named Donut (what kind of name is Donut?)
"She's like Lopez. Took me years to complete him, and he's still flawed!" said the older guard
"Um, Sarge, you only built Lopez in six months and you set his default language to Spanish," said Donut
"Can it Donut. Nobody wants to hear from the peanut gallery. Especially yours," said the man now named Sarge
These two know where Doctor Polendina is? This is just her luck, she grasped the hilt of her nodachi ready to strike. Donuts … now I'm in a mood for donuts she thought. As the sounds of their footsteps getting closer the more she readied herself. The two guards rounded the corner where Raven was positioned. They looked the same as the other guards that they have encountered. Donut had pink highlights on his armor whilst Sarge had red highlights on his. She first attacked Sarge by slamming the end of her hilt into his throat and grabbed the back of his armor and threw him into the wall with a crack. Donut fumbled for his magnum, stressed by the situation that Sarge is being attacked by an intruder. He finally unholstered it and pointed it at Raven. His hand was trembling, he couldn't aim straight. Raven's nodachi was pointed at Donuts neck, mere inches away from slitting it open. When he final recomposed himself enough he went to pull the trigger, instead releasing the magazine from the gun. His skin went pale as the echo from the magazine hitting the floor rang in his ear. He chuckled as he was now vulnerable and raised his arms.
"Hehe, truce?" he asked as Raven's glare intensified and the nodachi touched his neck, slicing open the fabric.
"Where is Doctor Polendina," she demanded
"That way. Straight down the hall, can't miss it," Donut said frantically pointing to where he and Sarge came from. She nodded and reared back her fist and punched Donut square in the face. As he crumpled to the floor she ran off in the direction where Doctor Polendina was.
I wonder how Dredgen Yor is handling Winter? She thought to herself
With Dredgen Yor…
Dredgen Yor slid across the floor on his back. He had sustained multiple scratches and scorch marks across his armor. Looming over him was Winter Schnee, standing triumphant over his battered form. She too was battered, but unlike Dredgen Yor who had armor to protect him from harm, she did not have such protection. She was covered in cuts and bruises. She was having much trouble staying standing at the moment.
She pointed her saber to his neck with a firm grip on the blade. "Surrender. You have been beaten," she said hiding the weakness in her voice
Dredgen Yor merely sneered at her false victory. She hadn't even crippled him and she thinks he's defeated. He rose to his feet and looked at her dead in her light blue eyes. He stood a foot and nine inches taller than her. She was shaken that he brushed off all of the attacks that she had launched against him. Then she realized that he hasn't even used his cannon on her, she thought why he hasn't done so, he obviously wanted something from her … but what? Her eye widened when a thought came to her on what Dredgen Yor wanted from her, the third part of the data center access code. She could not let him have it, no matter what.
"Ah … you have realized that I have not used my prize, your perception is great, young one. My reasons behind them is that its after-effects tend to cloud one's judgment," said Dredgen Yor
"Then I will have to disappoint you because I will not give up those codes no matter what. I would rather die than give them up to you," she shouted
She then pressed at trigger hidden in the design of the blades hilt and a section of the blade opened revealing it to be hollow. Inside the hallowed blade appeared to be a second blade. It was smaller in design but just as strong as its twin.
If Dredgen Yor wasn't impressed by this, he would be very disappointed when he would soon find out what his unborn son's semblance is. She then created a glyph behind her and a line of other glyphs leading to the direction of Dredgen Yor. Two red glyphs appeared on each side of her with a fiery aura emanating off of them.
She then let out a cry as she launched herself forward at blinding speeds. Fire projectiles launched from the fiery glyphs next to her at him. More white glyphs appeared around Dredgen Yor as she slashed him across his armored chest. The twin sabers pierced the armor and skin-tight jumpsuit underneath. The blades ripped through his chest, earning an audible grunt of pain from him. His black blood splattered across the white polished walls, he ignored his blood pouring out of his chest and focused on steeling himself for the bombardment of attacks.
Winter dashed around Dredgen Yor, cutting away at him and his defenses. He then recognized this attack pattern. She performed the same attack on him when he killed her friends. He kept his focus on her fast movement and looked for a moment when she slowed down enough for him to catch her. He then saw her fire straight for him as both blades drawn back to strike. He then smiled.
Bingo
He then pivoted his upper body to the side, barely evading her attack. Time seemed to slow as Winter flew by Dredgen Yor. Her eyes widened as she saw him moving his hand towards the back of her collar. He grasped it tightly and threw her back into the floor. The glyphs then disappeared with Winter's concentration broken. Dredgen Yor then threw her into the ceiling knocking her into unconsciousness. As gravity took over her person, bringing her back to the floor, Dredgen Yor cracked her back against his knee. She gasped as the wind was knocked out of her. She fell to the floor limp, barely able to breathe oxygen back into her lungs. Her muscles ached and her nerves burned. She had a few ribs broken or cracked, her arm broken, and a fractured spine.
The forlorn sound of footsteps approaching her ever so slowly filling her ears. She tried to crawl away from the monster that was approaching her but was proven futile. She could not move, her Aura had been depleted before she could use her semblance. The figure of Dredgen Yor then filled her vision, she was filled with dread, so much dread. He placed his boot against her chest and applied pressure, squeezing out the remaining air in her lungs. She was struggling to breathe, if she didn't get any oxygen in the next few seconds she would pass out due to lack of oxygen and overexerting herself so much.
"What is the passcode for the data center," Dredgen Yor demanded, "You'd best tell me now if you want to keep what little breath you have left in you. Now what is the code, I will not repeat myself again,"
Winter was gasping for air. What would she do? Give him the code and face being sent back to the academy and waiting longer to join the military? Or facing death and leaving Weiss alone to her father's spite. She could never forgive herself if she left Weiss alone because she was too proud. She knew what she had to do.
"I surrender," she gasped
This response did not suffice for Dredgen Yor. He pressed his boot down more on her chest, driving the remaining air out of her lungs. Her face was turning red like roses, she was beginning to hyperventilate.
"The code," he growled
"5536. The third input," she gasped as he took his foot off of her chest. She was relieved when he let the air return to her. She was overjoyed to live again. True that she may have given up her position as a sergeant, but if it meant being with her sister she would gladly do it again. She then received a strong kick to her head knocking her out. He then walked away to Raven's location, hopefully, she hasn't gotten into much trouble or worse.
With Raven …
The hallway was littered with guards. Some bleeding in places while some are relatively unharmed. Raven wiped her blood stained red dust blade in her feathered cloth. She then looked at the entrance to the good doctor's office. It was similar to the access panel on the data center's entrance but required a key card then a code. She had done this many time with her team when they forgot their scroll for their dorm room.
Raven sheathed her nodachi and equipped a yellow dust blade. She swiftly swiped it into the key card slot. The electricity from the blade short-circuited the access panel. The red light from the panel then turned green, signifying that Raven had gained access to the Doctor's office. The door then slid open as Raven stepped inside. She looked around the room seeing it as more of a workshop than an office. She could not see Doctor Polendina anywhere in the room. Could that guard have given her false information? She made a mental note to torture him when she sees him again.
Her train of thought was then interrupted when she heard someone mumbling something in a separate room. She followed the sound of the voice until she came to an observation like room that people would find in a hospital. It appeared to be used for observing surgery, instead in this case it was used for overlooking the construction of an android.
There in the center of the room below her was a man in a white lab coat with golden trims, he had a dark aqua blue undercoat beneath his lab coat, he had reddish tanned skin, a large snow-white beard that covers most of his face, hair that was receding on his scalp as it still grew at the back of his skull, he wore thin-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his large red nose, and had bright emerald eyes. Looking at him reminded her of Kris Kringle, how much she and her brother adored that holiday.
She then remembered the task at hand, she needed those codes to access the data center. She wondered how she would get the codes from him. There was no doubt that he would have a silent alarm on him if he was to be in distress. This would be difficult to gain these codes. She then looked around the room that Doctor Polendina was in and the room that she was in, searching for something that could help her to gain these codes from him without him calling in a mass of guards. She then saw an open closet with many lab coats and name tags. One of these name tags caught her attention. One of the coat's name tag was exposed enough so that she could read it from afar.
Terra Cotta
Data Center Technician
"This could work," Raven said to herself
She approached the lab coat and took it off of its coat rack and put it on. It wasn't exactly comfortable, a bit snug around the sleeves but it will do her just fine. She researched Terra Cotta on the computer's database and found that she was in her mid-twenties and was an associate of Doctor Polendina in constructing P.E.N.N.Y. She listened to interviews and recordings with her, adjusting her voice distortion device in her Nevermore Grimm mask to sound like her voice. Once the tuning was complete, she connected the intercom microphone with her mask and then spoke into it.
"Doctor Polendina?" she asked him in Terra's voice
Doctor Polendina was startled by the booming voice of Terra over the intercom in the room. He jumped at the voice and dropped his tools. He clutched his chest as he heaved air in and out of his old lungs. He looked at the mirrored glass and lightly chuckled.
"My dear, please do not scare me like that. This old body cannot take such scares like that anymore," he chuckled
"Sorry doctor, I just needed to ask you something," said Terra's voice
"Please Terra, call me Ruben, enough with the doctor title. It makes me feel older than I am," he joked
"Sorry, docto-Ruben. I just left something in the data center that I need for tonight, and I really need it for tonight. Could I know the code for the room please?" asked Terra's voice
"I don't know Terra, my dear? I can't just give people the code, is what you left in there of great importance?" Doctor Polendina asked
"Yes very important," she said
"Ah, I see. What is it then?" he asked wanting to make sure he isn't giving to code away to an imposter
"Um, well … it's, ya know," said Terra's voice stammering
"Oh! Oh, I see, you left the ring in there. You finally going to propose to your girlfriend?" asked Doctor Polendina
"Yes, I am," said Terra's voice going with that cover story to get the code
"Well, then I wish you luck then. And Terra, there is no need to be afraid to tell others that you are interested in the same sex, there are many people that favor the same sex rather than the opposite. Anyways, the code is 4689, it's the second input. Be sure to do it quickly though. It's the end of the month tonight and they'll change the code at 12:00. So you better get going, it's 11:46 now," said Doctor Polendina
Raven's eyes widened as she heard this. She and Dredgen Yor only had fourteen minutes before the codes change and they will be caught. She quickly wrote down the code and thanked the doctor before rushing off. All she needed to do now was to find Dredgen Yor and find the last person with the code for the data center: Caroline Cordovin.
As she rushed by the bodies in the hallway, a lone AK-130 with dark brown metal paint job with orange highlights entered the hallway. He looked at the bodies and the blood splattered on the walls and floor. He lowered his head and said to himself.
"Dios mío, ¿por qué siempre soy el que encuentra los cuerpos?" (god dammit, why am I alway the one that finds the bodies?)
Later …
After finishing the final diagnostics for the Colossus for the night, Caroline Cordovin was being escorted out to her vehicle to go home for the night. As she was about to exit the complex, two haunting gunshots rung out in the hall behind her. The two guards next to her fell face first to the floor motionless. She was startled by this occurrence. Then a menacing voice echoed through the hallway behind her.
"Are you Caroline Cordovin?" said the voice
She turned around to see a tall man in tattered clothing and beaten armor with smoking sickly green eyes. Her soul felt like it was being shaken to its core. A dreadful darkness filled the room around her like she was cast into a dark abyss.
"Ye-y-yes," she squeaked
"I require the codes for the data center on this complex. You will give them to me or I will rip it out of you in the most painful grim way that is humanly possible. You have three seconds," said Dredgen Yor, "One,"
"0298! First input!" she exclaimed before she passed out
Dredgen Yor was speechless as the specialist of this base passed out before him. It was true that the Eternal Abyss had faced weak minded people before back on Earth, but this was beyond pathetic. His brain started ringing, signifying that Raven was speaking to him through their mental link.
He saw images of Doctor Polendina with a check mark over his face. Then he saw a ticking clock with the minute hand and hour hand swiftly moving towards 12:00. When it hit midnight bold letters saying FAILED appeared over the clock. She was telling him that they only had ten minutes left before the code for the access panel for the data center reset with a new code, rendering the code that they have worked so hard for useless.
He turned back to the way he had come from and rushed off into a mad sprint for the data center.
At the data center entrance…
Raven and Dredgen Yor made it to the data center in the nick of time. It was 11:55, giving them five minutes before the timer ran out. They both gave each other the codes that they have gained from the three targets. Dredgen Yor swiftly entered the codes into the access panel as the seconds passed by.
0298-4689-5536
Access granted
The door slid open revealing a large server room filled with powerful computers. In the center of the room was a large circular holotable. They both approached the table activating it. Then a small cobalt armored AI with a sapphire aura appeared on the table. He looked at the two skeptically and raised his arms in an angered motion.
"Ah shit. Intruders, seriously! I knew that the new rookie couldn't take care of those damn codes! Anyways, what the hell do ya want?" said the AI
Raven looked to Dredgen Yor bewildered by the potty-mouthed AI. Dredgen Yor was unfazed by the AI's attitude, all ghosts back on his world have different personalities ranging from very timid to the same attitude of some vulgar Guardians.
"What is your name AI?" asked Dredgen Yor
"Hey! Don't change the subject pal, I wanna know what you wanna know. And my name is Alpha, or Church," said Church/Alpha
"You're seriously not questioning this thing's attitude?" said Raven still bewildered by the AI
"Hey! This thing is in the same room as you and can hear what you say asshole!" said Church/Alpha
Dredgen Yor then slammed his fist against the holotable making Church/Alpha blink in and out of focus. As he regained his focus he glared at Dredgen Yor and pointed an accusing finger.
"Hey, watch it fuck face! One wrong move and I could go out for good," said Church/Alpha
"I really don't give a damn about what happens to you. Insult my wife and I will end you, count yourself lucky that we need you," growled Dredgen Yor frightening Church/Alpha whilst making Raven blush lightly that her husband is scolding an AI for bad mouthing her.
"Okay, god of Darkness you're scary. I'm sorry Miss for calling you an asshole. Now returning to the previous matter … whad ya want?" asked Church/Alpha
"All of the data on known and newly sighted Grimm," said Dredgen Yor
"Seriously … that's all you wanted to know?" exclaimed Church/Alpha
"Yes," said Raven
"Pft, wow thought you wanted some more sensitive stuff, but okay, here, stuffs kinda useless anyway. These new Grimm barely show themselves," said Church/Alpha
Dredgen Yor then inserted a thumb drive into one of the external drive ports. As data was being transferred into the drive, the room was then bathed in red as alarms started to blare. The door to the data center was then closed. They both looked at the door in shock as an energy field was projected over it. Dredgen Yor then unholstered Thorn and fired three shots into the energy field. As soon as the barbed bullets made contact with the field they were vaporized. They were trapped.
They both turned to the AI and shouted in unison, "Open the door!"
He raised his hands in defense and shrugged, "I can't! It's 12:00, after that I can't do anything. Besides, you are technically stealing information from an Argus military complex, so yeah. You're trapped in here, sorry. Unless one of you can teleport then you're fucked," said Church/Alpha
Raven then turned to Dredgen Yor for hopes for a transmat out of here but he shook his head signifying they would not be able to get out of here with his technology. "It's low on fuel. I sent it back to the camp to preserve its remaining fuel. I'm sorry," he said
Then a beeping sound then resonated from the holotable. They turned back to Church/Alpha and saw him eyeing an image of a mole like Grimm. It was a muscular bipedal Grimm heavily armored with its organic outer bone shell with many red markings. It had large razor claws with twin blades mounted on its wrists and biceps, with a large horn pointing outward aiding it in digging, and a large pink squid-like nose.
The data gathered on this creature was fairly recent, uploaded to the Grimm files three days ago. It said that it attacked a shipment of Dust from Atlas to Mistral. Reports describe that they called it the "Hell Miner" and that it ate the Dust and turned it into energy that it channeled into its wrist blades and could channel it into an energy blast from its maw.
Dredgen Yor smiled at this new species of Grimm that Salem has created for him to slay. Better yet, it was just the kind of Grimm that he needed to refuel his craft without directly relying on Dust. As the data transfer announced that it was 100% complete, Dredgen Yor snatched the thumb drive and looked to Raven.
"Do you think you can handle it?" he asked
"Pft, can I?" she scoffed as she reached for her nodachi.
"... can you?"
"Of course I can," she snapped
She swiped her blade up vertically opening a portal to one of her bonds, hopefully not Qrow. They leaped through the portal closing it behind them in a comical popping noise. With the alarms still blaring and the door sealed, Church/Alpha was left alone in the middle of the catastrophe. He looked to where Dredgen Yor and Raven was standing a moment ago and huffed placing his hands on his hips with rile written all over his holographic helmet.
"Jeez, couldn't hurt to just say goodbye before you warp space and time huh? Assholes," said Church/Alpha blinking out of existence.
Somewhere in the outskirts of Vacuo…
In a bar somewhere in a village on the outskirts of Vacuo was a young man with black spiky hair, red eyes with a light stubble growing along his jawline. He wore a grey dress shirt with a long tail, a red tattered cape draped over his shoulders, black dress pants, and black dress shoes. He wears a ring on his right index finger, with two other rings on his right fourth finger, and a necklace with a crooked cross-shaped pendant hanging around his neck.
This is Qrow Branwen, Raven's twin brother. The former Q member of Team STRQ, a current teacher at Signal Academy, and an informant of Headmaster Ozpin of Beacon Academy.
He was currently on a mission for Ozpin, tracking down the Summer Maiden. She had been attacked by a new Grimm made to hunt down all those who use magic. He was about to take another swig from his flask until a blood red portal opened behind him, startling him he choked on his booze. Coughing wildly trying to clear his windpipe, he saw his twin sister emerge from the portal. He wondered why she came to him? They have not spoken in years, so why come to him now?
Then he saw another person emerge from the portal. He was fearful for the man that followed his sister. He had a dark aura emanating off of him. When he saw his masked face, he instantly thought that he worked for Salem.
They both looked at him in shock, more bewildered for Dredgen Yor. Raven mentally scolded herself for thinking of her brother instead of her former lover. She unsheathed her nodachi again and swiped it through the air again opening another portal. She jumped into the portal dragging Dredgen Yor with her.
Qrow finally managed to clear his windpipe of the stuck booze. As he recomposed himself the portal closed, taking his sister and Dredgen Yor. Thinking that he was drunk was putting what he just saw lightly. That man, he would never be able to imagine something like that.
"Welp! Looks like I'll be seeing Raven soon," Qrow said to himself calling for another drink.
Patch
Xiao-Long/Rose Residence…
Outside the room of the newly born Ruby Rose appeared a blood red portal. The sound of Raven and Dredgen Yor emerging from the portal startled Ruby making her cry for her mother. Dredgen Yor was no stranger to the sound of the cries of his victims, but the sound of an infant crying for their mother intrigued him. He looked into the window of the nursery seeing the little rose blossom crying in her crib. He began to contemplate on what it would be like to be a parent of a child.
Then the door to the nursery opened and a tired Summer Rose entered the room with a tired expression present on her face with bags under her eyes. She carefully picked up the flailing Ruby into her arms. She rocked her crying baby in her arms.
"There, there Ruby. Mommy is here, no night terrors are going to scare you," she said as she sat down in a rocking chair.
Raven just rolled her eyes at this and looked away. Oh my Oum, Summer. You were always the mother hen of the team. I knew that you would have become a great mother one day, thought Raven.
Dredgen Yor was opposite to his wife's attitude. He was mesmerized by this experience. The small child in the White Rose's arms was so delicate, so fragile. The song that was soothing it back to rest flowed into his ears like a warming melody.
I will cling
I will clutch
I'll hold onto you I won't turn away
I won't leave, I won't go
I'll stay with you all of our days
As the song ended, Ruby opened her eyes slightly to looked at her mother with a cute smile. Her mother returned the smile with the promise of warmth and protection as she placed a gentle kiss atop of Ruby's forehead. Ruby then looked to the window staring at Dredgen Yor in his sickly green eyes. The message in her eyes was clear as daylight.
"As long as I have my family, I will not be afraid of you,"
Dredgen Yor was taken out of his musings when he saw the color of the young Rose's irises. They were silver. He was shaken to his core as he saw her stare into his soul with her silver orbs. Those irises were no stranger to him. They were the same irises that he saw in the boy the first day that he arrived in Palamon, the town that burned to the ground and where he made his greatest foe.
He darted out of the view of the window panting heavily. He knew that he would see those silver orbs soon but he didn't think that he would see hem this soon. This sudden state of trauma did not go unnoticed by Raven. She rushed to her husband's side and steadied him.
"Dredgen! What's wrong?" she asked in a hushed shout
"*huff* *huff* those eyes, *huff* I didn't think *huff* I would *huff* have seen them so soon *huff*," he gasped
"What eyes?" Raven asked
"The eyes of your team leader's daughter," he said
"What? You mean Summer and her daughter's silver eyes?" she asked
"They both have the eyes of the Traveler?" he asked exasperatedly
"Eyes of the Traveler? What do you mean?" she asked
"I shall tell you later. Right now we must leave," he said
Much to Raven's reluctance to leave the Xiao Long/Rose residence without an explanation from her husband, the sound of wings flapping caught her attention. She thought it was impossible for her brother to return to the house so soon, but that question had to be put off for now. They both needed to flee before they are caught. She transformed into her corvid form and flew off into the night sky while Dredgen Yor raced off into the forest with incredible speed that no one would have imagined such a large man could reach.
Days later…
At the Branwen tribe, Dredgen Yor and Raven were discussing the information that they gained from the military compound in Argus and what Dredgen Yor called Ruby and Summer's silver eyes. They were in deep conversation when a commotion was heard from outside of the tent. Raven was agitated by her tribe members causing a ruckus when she and her husband were discussing something important. She got up from her place on the floor and placed her Nevermore Grimm mask on her head and projected her aura outwards to give her more of an authorial appearance.
She spread the tent's curtains aside and emerged from the tent. She raised her voice to capture the attention of the tribe. "SILENCE!" she shouted
Everyone in the camp was silenced when their queen spoke. They all looked to her with attentive stares. She looked around to see what was the origin of the commotion was about until she saw the familiar spiked black hair-do. She sighed under her mask in exasperation and placed her hands behind her back to hide that she was clenching her fists.
"Qrow. It's a surprise to see you here," she said in a neutral tone
"Hehe, really? No hello? No, it's great to see you, bro? Nothing?" Qrow chuckled darkly
"Why are you here Qrow? I don't have the luxury to neglect my duties," she growled
"Oh, I think you know damn well why I'm here," Qrow snapped back to her pointing his ringed index finger accusingly at her causing some of the bandit of the tribe to go for their weapons. Raven waved her hand calling them off from their attack.
"Honestly Qrow, I haven't the slightest clue of what you are talking about. If you are just here to grab your emergency booze than take it and be on your way. If not then be gone and stop wasting my time," she snarled
"Well, I think you are lying dear sis. I saw you and your friend a few nights ago in Vacuo. You might know where he is. He about yea high, wears a lot black like when we hit the town back in school, wreaks of death? Sound familiar?" he said with a smug look on his face
Raven was starting to lose her patience with Qrow. Her hand started to consciously go for her nodachi while Qrow followed suit with his greatsword. She was stopped halfway when a large hand rested itself on her right shoulder. Qrow's eyes widened at the sight of the giant behind Raven. His pupils started to shake, he was in shock and awe at the man.
"If you wish to meet then ask more sedately than throwing accusations at my wife so rudely," bellowed Dredgen Yor
Raven's skin paled when Dredgen Yor spoke the word wife in front of Qrow. Her blood ran cold and her mind was racing with possibilities on how Qrow will react and when he tells Tai and Summer.
Qrow tilted his head glaring at Raven. He was furious with Raven, she left Tai to protect him and Yang but remarrying and forgetting her real family was too far. His fear of the giant of a man was replaced with steaming fury directed towards his sister. His glare on her intensified by the second.
"Raven … a word please," he growled through his clenched teeth in a strained tone trying to keep whatever semblance of calm and connectedness in him. Raven had grown a great interest in her boots at that moment, she went to walk forward when Dredgen Yor slightly tightened his grip on her shoulder, keeping her in place.
"If you wish to have words with each other then please, let's take it to someplace more … secluded from prying eyes," he said giving each and every member of the Branwen tribe a death glare promising them a horrible and excruciating death if they were to eavesdrop on their soon to be discussed rage fest.
The tribe then resumed their previous activities before the two Branwen siblings locked horns. Qrow was lead inside of the main tent by Dredgen Yor. when they were inside the two leaders of the Branwen tribe recounter their first encounter and how all of this happened. At the end of their discussion, Qrow had his fingers pressed against his lips with his hands intertwined. He was hunched over with his elbows resting on his knees. He looked at the two with displeasure towards his sister's weak reluctance against this agreement with the dark gunslinger.
"So let's see if I got this right. So you are from another world called Earth," he said
"Yes," replied Dredgen Yor
"And you came here to kill the Grimm and Salem to challenge yourself?"
"Yes,"
"And you met my sister when you were taking a drink from a stream and fought her when you knew she wasn't a real corvid?"
"Yes,"
"And after you took the "whispers" out of her head you treated her wounds and discovered you two are not mentally linked to each other?"
"Yes,"
"And you helped her retake her position as leader of the Branwen tribe by defeating this Tyrian nut job effectively becoming king and marrying my sister?"
"Yes,"
Qrow was about to blow his stack.
"Do not tell Tai or Summer about this. They can't know about this," pleaded Raven
"Like hell, I'm not! I thought you were better than this Raven!" shouted Qrow
"Hold your tongue Huntsman! Do NOT speak to my queen in such ways. She deserves more respect than you! Especially in her condition!" roared Dredgen Yor shooting out of his seat.
That statement made both of the Branwen sibling's blood freeze and skin go pale. Raven was sweating furiously while Qrow was glaring at her with expectancy for an explanation.
"Raven … what is your condition?" he choked out
She turned her head away from him in shame. She did not want him to find out this way. She didn't want him to find out at all for that matter. Qrow's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, he could not believe this, not even in his wildest dreams.
"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!" Qrow bellowed, "YOU GOT MY SISTER PREGNANT!"
He drew his greatsword in a flash transforming it into its scythe form as Dredgen Yor drew Thorn. Their respective weapons aimed at each other, ready to end the other on the spot. The tension between them could be cut with a butter knife. They both hated each other from then on out. Before the situation could escalate any further Raven projected her aura at the two greater then she has ever done before.
"Stop it! Both of you! NOW!" she shouted before her eyes rolled back into her head and collapsed onto the floor. The two raging males dropped their weapons with little care for them and rushed to Raven's side.
"Raven are you alright?" asked Qrow
"Are you feeling ill my queen?" asked Dredgen Yor
Raven began to recover from her brief outburst. She rubbed her temples and exhaled a breath. Dredgen Yor looked to Qrow and motioned for him to get a flask of water. He rushed out of the tent to acquire the liquid for his sister.
Dredgen Yor propped Raven up with her back resting on his knee. He looked into her eyes with concern, he brushed some strands of hair out of her face. She was sweating profusely, her pigment paler than usual, and her left arm smoking a deathly blackened green smoke from where the wound from Thorn used to be. He shook his head at the sight of the aftereffects of the Mark of the Devourer. Raven was concerned by the dark gunslinger's displeasure at her arm. She tried to speak but her throat was dry as the desserts in Vacuo.
"Shh, don't try to speak. The aftermath has made itself known to us," he said
Qrow then rushed in with a canteen. He was panting from running all over the camp looking for water. He dropped to his knees and poured the refreshing liquid into Raven's mouth slowly. She guzzled the liquid down in a heap savoring the feeling. She never knew that she would love the tasteless liquid so much in her life until now. When the canteen was empty she gasped for air. Qrow wiped his brow of the beading sweat as Dredgen Yor breathed a sigh of relief.
"How are you feelin' Raven?" asked Qrow
"*sigh* better," she said tiredly
"Best not to overexert your aura that much anymore," said Dredgen Yor slowly draining the present effects of Thorn's curse from her arm.
"What happened anyway?" asked Qrow
"That was the aftereffects of the Mark of the Devourer. It has finally made itself known to us. Apparently if Raven projects her aura to extreme levels she will experience the curse's effects," explained Dredgen Yor
"Okay, got it," said Qrow
The three looked at each other with exasperated looks. "Please don't tell Tai," said Raven
"Fine, you have my word. Just don't do that again, I'm too young to have a god damn heart attack," he joked as he went to leave, "Take great care of my sister pal. If you ever cause her any pain again, I'll kick your ass like no other,"
As Qrow left the camp, he transformed into his corvid form and flew off to Beacon to inform Ozpin of this. There was a new player on the board, and he was one to be reckoned with.
And done BOOM! This was longer than the last chapter. I'll be taking Dredgen Yor out of the picture so just to let you all know in advance. The story is really about to begin soon. And for the theme of this story, just listen to Meet Thy Maker by DA Games.
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Guest 1: Yes, we will all miss the great Ptabs, may a be amongst the star forever with all of those who have fallen before him. His family will not be alone in this time of sadness. To answer your questions: 1. Not the Drifter will not appear, not that I know of yet. 2. Yes I have, using it as a reference for Dredgen Yor and Darren's personalities and history. 3. No. 4. Yes, who it will be, it's #!#$# (no spoilers) 5. I will help you once I graduate and get my last two credits in August. And 6. BOOM! You're hired, PM me and give me a place to send my completed chapters to. P.S. prepare yourself to see some shitty grammar (I blame my fast fingers). It takes me forever to correct all of my mistakes before I officially publish my chapters.
Mist103: can Guardians have offspring … NO! Why I say that is because I have read many well-written fanfictions and they all say that they are sterile so no they cannot have children. But they can indulge themselves in some fun time. Besides from all of the lore tabs that I have read in DESTINY it seems that everyone in the Last City seems to be attracted to the same sex than the opposite. For can a ghost make a living a guardian, yes because in one of the Last Word grimoire cards it says that Jaren's ghost chose Shin to be its new guardian. Though this may be possible because Shin was killed as a baby by fallen and a ghost that was leading his parents and group of people to the City and he was resurrected by the ghost. Question: where is the ghost then? Answer: ded same as his birth parents. I'll have that everything pizza now.
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