Okay. Let's do this one right quick.
Chapter 4: Acquiring new tech and a loss
I wake up and look around. I notice that it's daylight outside and look at my scroll. I got a message from ozpin saying I would be meeting with Colonel Phoenix. I sigh and get ready for the day. After I'm dressed in my combat attire I grab my weapons and head for the door. Snow is waiting outside by the docks with team RWBY and JNPR.
"What's going on here?" I ask with mild surprise.
"Ozpin is apparently sending them along with us." Says Snow.
"As long as they don't ruin the plan we good."
"What exactly is the plan if I may ask." Asks Weiss.
"We gonna steal the blueprints."
"WHAT?!" says both the teams.
"Well they aren't gonna hand them over if we ask for them. So we steal it off the bat." I say smiling. As I board the airship. I strap into the pilots seat and look at the controls.
"Do you even know how to fly this thing?" asked Weiss.
"Nope. But no better time to learn." Weiss pales at that.
"I don't think I want to come along." She says nervously.
"Too late. Found the ignition system." I push a button and the engines roar to life. I find the throttle and push up slowly. We rise off the ground and the ship wobbles a bit before straightening out. I push another button and we are soon flying through the air. I lean into the back and look at Weiss. "See? That wasn't too bad."
"Up." Says Snow and I look back only to see the roof of a building coming at me.
"SHIT!" I pull up fast and barley dodge the building. "Thanks Snow!"
"No problem."
We fly for a bit until the military base comes into sight. I frown as I realize something. "You might want to hold on."
"Why? Just land this thing." Says Pyrrha.
"Yeah. About that. There's a reason I don't fly things." I turn off the engines and we drift towards the base. I get out of the chair and high five Snow. "Guide us in and I'll surf."
"Surf?" asks Yang as I open the hatch to the bullhead. I start to climb the ship and get to the roof. I stand on it just as the engines reignite. I hear something and see Yang climb up with me. "This is awesome!" She says as the wind goes through her hair. I take out my knife and stab the ship. I then let myself float in the air with me still holding my knife. Yang starts to fall off and I grab her leg. As soon as the ship lands I let her go and she lands on the ground.
Snow
I open the hatch to the ship and see military personnel all looking at me. "What?" One of them approaches me.
"Are you Snow?" He asks.
"Yes I'm Snow from TW- err I mean Beacon. Sorry. Still getting used to that." I say rubbing the back of my neck.
"I see. So Ozpin said you wanted to ask me about something important?"
"Yes. I would like to see if We could have some VR simulators. Or at least the blueprints so we can make it ourself."
"No."
"Oh? And why not?"
"We use it to simulate real life situations where people could die."
"Beacon trains Hunters and Huntresses. You know, people who fight grimm and the white fang at times to protect the people. It's the same thing all in all."
"No it's not."
Meanwhile with me
I sneak off the top of the ship and into the record room. I look around and find file cabinets. "Seriously?" I say in disbelief. I look through them as quick as I can until I come across a file that reads, VR simulation chamber. "Easy enough." I hear a door open behind me and move into the shadows. Two people walk past me talking.
"So what do you think that dude from Beacon wants?"
"I hear he wants a VR chamber for the school."
"Really. Man things must be desperate if they want those things."
"Yeah. They must be running out of drones." They both laugh as I move quietly through the shadows. Nice and slow. Almost to the door. That's when I trip and fall knocking over a shelf. "What the?!"
I look at the guards, to the shelf, then back to the guards. "My bad."
"Freeze!" says one of them as they both aim at me. I sprint to the door with bullets flying past my head. I get outside and vanish into a hiding spot.
Snow
A soldier runs up and whispers something into the colonel's ear. He looks to me afterwards with a frown. "I'm afraid that I have other thing s to attend to right now. Please fly home safely." He turns to leave but I stop him.
"Colonel?" He turns back to me. "Back in my world I worked for a company called T.W.O. or two. You know why we called ourselves that?" He narrows his eyes. "Because we work in pairs." Just then Shadow comes barreling at us with some guards shooting at him.
"TIME TO GO!" He yells and I sprint back in the ship. I get in the cock pit and start to take off. Bullets ricochet off the hull as the two teams in back take cover. Shadow jumps and grabs on to the side of the bullheads hatch as he takes out his LMG. He fires at the soldiers making them all run for cover while I take off at high speeds. He manages to get in and comes up to the cockpit. "Got the prints." He says with a smile. Just then beeping goes off signaling we have people locking on to us.
"Shadow take care of them!" I say. "Ruby, Pyrrha, Nora, and Yang go help Shadow. We got some hostiles on our backs." They all not and follow shadow up to the roof.
Me
I step onto the roof of the bullhead as we fly through the air. Pyrrha, Ruby, Nora, and Yang join me just as we see 5 Bullheads. I whistle in amazement. "They really didn't want us to have those plans."
"Just get them off our backs!" Came Snow from comms.
"Alright girls. Pick a ship. I got dead center." I say as I take out my sniper.
"I'll get the far left." Says Ruby turning crescent rose into rifle form.
"I'll get far right." Says Pyrrha turning her spear to rifle form.
"I got middle left." Says Yang as she activates ember celica.
"Yay! Time to make things go boom!" says Nora bringing out a grenade launcher.
"Take the shots!" I yell. Ruby fires and takes out the left engine on hers as it spirals downward. Yang fires explosive rounds and manages to take off one of the wings of the ship. Nora fires her grenade launcher and causes her bullhead to lose control. Pyrrha fires at her ship and takes out both the engines. I fire my rifle and hit the pilot dead in the shoulder causing him to let go of the rudder and lose the ship. We all put our weapons away but before we go down, something hits the ship causing me to lose my balance. I start to roll backwards and almost fly off the ship till Yang grabs my arm. She pulls me back and I crawl back down to the bullheads interior. I breath heavily as I get in after my near death experience. "Thanks Yang." I manage to say.
"Don't mention it."
I go up to the cockpit and look at Snow. "How bad is it?"
"We're fine for now." He says. We fly a little longer until beacon is in sight. That's when one of our engines gives out and we start to descend rapidly towards the ground. I open the hatch and look at the others.
"Ships in bad shape. You need to jump out!" Team RWBY and JNPR nod and one by one they jump out. As soon as the last ones out the engine explodes and we spiral down to Remnant. We hit the ground and the ship rolls with me as a ragdoll inside. I bounce off the walls and ceilings until finally we stop. I lay on the ground and groan in pain. I look around and see fire all around me. "Snow… Snow you alive?" I get a weak mumble and try to get up. I fall back down from the pain in my leg and see a piece of shrapnel in it. "Fuck. I'm hit. Shrapnel to the leg. Doesn't look to bad though. I see Snow's figure rise up and walk over to me. He helps me up and we head to the front of the ship. I sniff the air and notice a familiar smell. I sniff again and it hits me. "Shit. GAS!" I say and Snow's eyes go wide. He puts me down and starts to break the window. I look around and see a little stream of gas start to make its way to the fire. "Well fuck." Snow breaks the window just as the gas gets lit. I Snow grabs me and tosses me out the window just as the fuel tank explodes. I watch in horror as my only brother gets caught in the explosion. "SNOW!" I yell and try to crawl over to the wreckage but someone stops me. I look back and see Yang and Blake holding me back. "Get off me! I have to help him!"
"He's gone Shadow! No one could survive something like that!" Yells Yang, trying to calm me down.
"He's not dead! Not till I see a body!" I try to crawl again but they hold me back by my legs. "Let GO!" I say and pull out my pistol. I fire a round past her head and she eases up just enough for me to get away. I crawl towards the wreckage again but this time 4 Pairs of hands hold me down. I watch helplessly as some teachers try to put out the fire. Ozpin comes out and see's my position.
"What happened here?" He asked.
"Snow." I say as I hang my head in defeat.
Ozpin hears me and understands instantly. "I'm sorry Shadow. I truly am." I just lay there and cry at the death of my friend. My partner. My Brother.
Damn that was depressing. Even for me. Please tell me what you thought. Till next time. Stack out.