World of Mechs
Friends Indeed
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Same Night...
1:00 AM...
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
The collar stopped electrocuting her. She breathed heavily, and her face was red.
"Now, Weiss, are you ready to admit what you said was wrong?" Jacques asked his daughter.
"Yes!" Weiss screamed.
"Hm...I don't believe you. Another." Jacques called out to another Word of Blake member as he upped the voltage by a few watts.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! STOP! PLEASE!" Weiss pleaded as the jolts hurt more and more.
"A bit more..." Jacques said.
"NOOOOOOOO! PLLLEEEAASSSEEEE STOPPP!" Weiss was nearly unconscious. Then the jolts stopped.
"Had enough?" Jacques leaned in front of Weiss.
"Yes...I've..had...enough..." Weiss kept taking deep breaths.
"Hmph." Jacques untied the ropes from her hands. "Get back to bed." He ordered.
"Y-Yes..." Weiss got off her chair and immediately fell back down to the floor. She spit out some blood. "Ugh..."
"Weiss!" Jacques shouted. "I gave you an order!" Jacques kicked Weiss in the chest, causing her to cough up more blood.
"Y-Yes..." Weiss slowly crawled away.
"Pah. Disgrace." Jacques hissed. Weiss heard that as she slowly got herself up to her feet.
She limped over to the Slave Camps and leaned on her bed. She started to cry. Her face was bloody.
"Why...? Why..?" Weiss slowly got herself into bed and curled up and started to cry herself to sleep. And Blake was right there to witness it.
"Weiss...Stay strong..." She whispered.
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The Next day...
Natalia got right into the briefing. They landed near multiple cities that would act as their mission area.
"Foster's been receiving communications from a resistance group actively fighting the Word of Blake. We have not heard from Alpha Lance, so we could use these guy's help...Lieutenant Foster, play the transmission." Natalia ordered.
"It's pretty rough, sir. Seems to be repeating at short intervals. I'll let you know when I get a better read." Foster played the transmission for the girls. And what they heard didn't sound too good. They heard a cryptic female voice.
'-Has risen against the Word of Blak-' There was about a 5 second pause.
'Regional Palace-' There was another 10 second pause.
'Save your-'
The Transmission cut out.
"Crap...we need to get over there!" Ruby and Yang sprinted into the Hangar and jumped in the Puma Mech again.
The Puma Mech still had it's black paint job, with the same load out.
At a nearby Resistance Residence...
There were two Mechs: Both were Ullers. One was Weiss and Blake's, and the other was Winter's. Winter wasn't shooting at all, but Weiss and Blake were. As said by the commander, Winter was just supervising. She had pledged "Loyalty" to the Word of Blake, and thus doesn't need a Slave Collar. But Weiss and Blake still do, and they still have theirs.
The area was surrounded by many buildings that acted as homes to many of the resistance residents. Weiss and Blake were forced to be shooting at the houses.
"Damnit..." Weiss was slowly pushing the trigger to fire. She was firing slowly. Many other Infantry officers were there as well, but they were on the ground.
"Weiss? Are you alright?" Winter asked over the comms.
"..." Weiss didn't answer.
"Look. I heard...about what Father did to you last night...It...It wasn't necessary." Winter tried to comfort her sister.
"..." Weiss only held her stomach as it was still bruised from last night.
"Is Blake there?" Winter asked another question. Weiss took off her headset and handed it to Blake.
"Yes?" She responded.
"Since I'm not getting to her...how is Weiss doing?" Winter asked carefully.
"Well, she's definitely still hurting after what happened. Because of her collar, I can't see if she got any scars from the electrocution." Blake said. But then, Weiss stroked her hair back and revealed a scar on her left eye. It must have been from the shock. Weiss then put on a headset.
"I got a scar from him interrogating me with a knife. He cut me right on the face." Weiss responded.
"..." Blake was taking a note of that.
"God, Weiss...why did you deserve that?" Winter asked.
"Because I said I wanted to get out." Weiss revealed to her sister.
"What?! Why did you say that?" Winter was shocked.
"Because I can't stand by this anymore!" Weiss shouted. "I've had enough of Father bossing me around! I've had enough tortures! I've had enough of ALL OF THIS!" Weiss screamed.
Both Blake and Winter were quiet.
"Hey, are you guys good up there?" One of the infantry radioed in.
"Y-Yes." Winter responded.
"Just making sure." The Infantry radioed out.
"Weiss...um...can you do this task slowly? Like...shoot a laser every like...30 seconds...?" Winter ordered.
"Y-Yes..Ma'am.." Weiss took control.
Nearby...
Ruby and Yang dropped in the Puma nearby said residence. However, they had to make a trek to the village first. They started at a bridge that was under a river.
"Girls, find the resistance as soon as possible. We need their help against the Word of Blake, and to take out those Orbital Guns..." Natalia ordered.
"On it." Ruby charged ahead at full speed and crossed the bridge. She made it to a few hills, walked over them and saw a horrific sight.
"Multiple readings...Tanks and Infantry." Foster then added, "Sir! They're targeting Civilians!"
"Ladies, teach them that we don't appreciate that." Natalia ordered.
"With great pleasure! These guys are assholes!" Ruby shot a charging PPC at a tank, destroying it instantly. There were also helicopters, so Ruby switched to the crossbow missiles and began to fire at them. Many of the trucks and cars were being blown up as they were doing battle. Ruby wasn't stepping on them, but Tanks and Helicopters were just shooting them for no reason.
After taking out the Tanks and Helicopters, Foster then added more information.
"I'm picking up a lot of activity in the suburbs across the river."
"Check it out." Natalia ordered.
"Going right now." Ruby piloted the Mech on a road over to another bridge that had water underneath it.
At the suburbs...
Blake was looking at the Monitors as Weiss was slowly firing at the houses.
"*Sigh*" Weiss was really down.
"Uh, Weiss?" Blake called to her friend.
"What?" Weiss stopped firing and walked over to where Blake was.
"There's an...enemy Mech nearby..." Blake was a little worried.
"What?! Seriously?" Weiss was now interested.
"Yeah..it's getting closer..." Blake watched the radar.
"Enemy Mechs. Looks like they're both Ullers." Foster explained over the Comms.
"Shooting at houses...Girls! Take them down! Show 'em what we think about terrorizing Civilians!" Natalia shouted.
"Let's go!" Ruby charged up a PPC shot. She aimed for Weiss and Blake's Mech.
"Uh...it's REALLY close...Weiss? Turn around..." Blake requested.
"O-Okay..." Weiss turned the chassis to face a Puma Mech.
"CRAP!" Weiss moved out of the way as fast as she could to avoid the PPC shot. Winter got into action.
"A Puma...These Mech's are powerful! Be careful!" Winter warned as she started to fire at the Puma. The Puma retaliated by running around to avoid the fire.
"Are they a part of the resistance?" Weiss asked.
"How would I know?!" Winter shouted back over the comm network.
"Um...what's that logo on the chassis?" Blake noticed a Wolf like design on the right side of the Puma.
"They must be a part of that Wolf Dragoon Mercenary group! Hang on! Blake! Take control for me!" Weiss sprinted to the comm network area of the Mech.
"What are you doing?!" Blake went to the pilot chair.
"Yeah, what are you doing?!" Winter was just as confused.
"I'm going to get into their comm network and see if we can join them!" Weiss set her plan into motion.
"It won't work! These people are here to blow us sky high!" Winter shouted back as the Puma hit her with a PPC shot.
"But I am going to try anyway! I can get into any Comm network! I'm the best of the best when it comes to that stuff!" Weiss started working like a computer to get into the comm network.
"They keep dodging!" Ruby shouted.
"Keep firing, then!" Yang yelled. Then, they heard some sort of static.
"Huh? Um...Yang! Take control while I figure this out!" Ruby went to the comm network and see what she could do.
"Alright...I've done all I can! Now to test it!" Weiss shouted.
"It's not going to work!" Winter screamed into Weiss's ear.
"SHUT UP! It'll work! They just need to fix it on their end! I've already found their network, connected to it, and established a secure uplink. Now they need to boost their signal so we can talk! I can even have it work with all of us!" Weiss then worked on getting Winter's network connected and in a few seconds, she was in.
"Ok! Now we can talk to them..."
Ruby heard some sort of static message.
"Hello-"
"-Weiss Schnee-"
"-Anyone there?!"
Ruby increased her signal and boosted it, just like Weiss would've wanted. Soon, she can hear much clearer.
"Is anyone there?!" Weiss shouted.
"Hello? Who is this?" Ruby asked.
"Oh my god...It worked! I-I'm Weiss Schnee! I need your help!" Weiss requested.
"Are you with the resistance?" Ruby questioned.
"Well, no...but I have a request for you." Weiss started.
"Well, I'm in the middle of trying to destroy...this Uller Mech!" Ruby exclaimed.
"I'm in that Uller Mech you're shooting at right now!" Weiss screamed.
"Huh? W-Wait..." Ruby put her hand over the mic. "Yang! Stop shooting!"
"Why?!" Yang screamed.
"Just do it! And put on a headset!" Ruby put her hand off the mic. Yang put on a headset and both Weiss, Winter, and Yang stopped shooting. They stood at a stalemate.
"Okay...thank you..." Weiss pleaded.
"So...are you with the Word of Blake?" Yang asked.
"Yes, but it's not what you think, really!" Weiss reassured them.
"Then what is it like?" Ruby pressed her.
"Well, I was essentially forced into it...my father...forced me to work with them...I always despised them. My friend here...she was sold into it. And my sister in the other Uller Mech...she was also forced into it." Weiss sounded defeated, as if it was a touchy subject for her.
"O-Oh...well..what was that request you had?" Ruby asked.
"We all want to help you!" Weiss exclaimed.
"Wait...really?" Yang was shocked at what Weiss just said.
"Yes, please! Just let us help you!" Blake pleaded.
"That's your other friend, I presume?" Ruby assumed.
"Right. And the other one is my sister. Now, listen. Blake and I have these collars that shock us if we go out of our mission boundaries. If you destroy the Mech, it'll come off. I need you to destroy our Uller Mech." Weiss explained.
"What? Why? You'll die if we do! Ruby protested.
"No, don't worry. I have an escape pod installed in the chassis of this Uller Mech! We can get out of the blast radius before we get blown up!" Weiss repressed the fears.
"Okay..." Yang agreed.
"First, let me walk over here..." Weiss piloted the Mech to an open area leading elsewhere. "Now...shoot it!" Weiss got out of the pilot seat and gave Ruby the green light.
"You sure this will work?" Ruby asked for confirmation one last time.
"Yes, I'm sure! I'm going to the Escape Pod now!" Weiss shouted as she got off the comms, and rushed Blake in there as well. They entered a small and cramped space in the back of the cockpit and a blast door closed behind them. Weiss set everything up.
"Alright...Yang...charge up the PPC cannon." Ruby ordered.
"O-Okay." Yang held the trigger as the PPC cannon charged up. Once it reached full charge, She fired it. Then Yang kept switching between the machine guns and crossbow missiles. Soon, the Mech's armor was around 50 percent. Red lights were flashing all around the cockpit. The Mech was slowly being destroyed. Red lights were being flashed all around the cockpit.
"Keep going." Ruby said.
"Yeah." Yang fired another PPC shot. The enemy's armor was at 20%. The armor was showing it's wear. There was smoking coming out of the right arm cannon, there we're sparks coming out of the whole Mech, the legs were failing, and the middle of the chassis was being lit up as if there was magma pouring out.
"Weiss...are you sure that this is going to work?" Blake asked.
"It will work." Weiss strapped herself in.
"I trust you, but..." Blake trailed off, hoping the machine they were in wouldn't self destruct right in front of them, killing them.
"Keep going, Yang." Ruby seemed a bit distant from her half-sister as she ordered Yang to keep firing.
"R-Right.." Yang kept firing the Machine gun. Now the Uller was at 10%.
"A bit more..." Yang fired the PPC cannon, and this time, the Uller fell to the ground. Within seconds, the Mech turned a white color. While inside...
The collars came off Blake and Weiss.
"Blake! The collars!" Weiss held her neck.
"Yes..., but..." Blake then realized they were flying away from the blast. Everyone saw a little hovercraft like thing fly out of the Uller Mech right as it made a massive explosion.
"That's them...but..." Ruby stood up from the chair.
Weiss piloted the hovercraft slowly down towards land. "I'm just going to land this here..." Weiss landed the hovercraft on the ground. She got out of the hovercraft. No one moved.
"Yang...get out your pistol." Ruby and Yang kept laser pistols that they got from the Mercenaries on them at all times.
"Wh-why?" Yang asked as she reluctantly put her hand over the pistol holster.
"We don't know if they're faking. They could try and kill us. I'm just being cautious." Ruby said with a serious look and tone on her face.
"O-Okay...I trust you, Ruby." Yang pulled out her pistol. She aimed it at the trap floor-like entrance. There was a loud sound that sounded like banging on the Mech.
"Open the hatch and the latter." Ruby said. Yang put her hand over a big button that opened the floor there and slowly lowered a latter.
Weiss and Blake waited for the latter to come down to the ground.
"Okay. We're going to cooperate with them. Do whatever they say, okay?" Weiss's heart started to skip a few beats. She was scared for what she would find up there.
"Right. I've got your back." Blake agreed as Weiss started climbing up the latter. Blake followed suit.
Ruby and Yang were waiting patiently for them to come up. Soon, they started hearing grunts and heavy breaths.
"That's them." Ruby said as she gripped her weapon even harder.
"Don't be so serious, Ruby. They can't be that dangerous. They're pilots out of their Mechs. We shouldn't have to worry about them attacking us while we're up here." Yang reassured her half sister with a worried expression. Ruby remained silent. They then saw Weiss's head. She climbed up, and didn't notice the two yet. She looked back down, and reached her hand out to grab Blake and bring her in. She did, and the two turned around and saw that Ruby and Yang had their guns pointed at them.
"Woah! What the hell?!" Weiss shrieked as she reached for her pistol. Blake grabbed hers two and they had a standoff.
"Listen. We're just doing this for safety measures. Yang, the floor." Ruby ordered her half-sister while Ruby kept watch on them. Yang slowly turned her head to see the button to close the door. She pushed it and no one made any movements.
"Now listen. Put your guns down." Ruby ordered as she put her finger over the trigger. Weiss and Blake were scared.
"O-Okay." Weiss slowly put her gun on the ground. So did Blake.
"Kick them over here." Ruby ordered again. Weiss and Blake did as told.
"Good. Sit over there." Ruby pointed to a chair for Weiss to sit in. Weiss moved over to the Comm area chair and sat in it.
"You, over there." Yang ordered Blake to sit nearby the System Maintenance area.
"Okay...what now?" Weiss asked.
"Your names." Ruby ordered.
"Weiss Schnee." Weiss bowed to the girls before her.
"Blake Belladonna." Blake also bowed.
"What do you two specialize in?" Yang questioned.
"I'm a genius when it comes to comm networks. My record time for getting into a secure channel is 3.34 seconds. I'm also a good mechanic so I can work on any mechs you need." Weiss explained quickly.
"I'm great when it comes to system maintenance. I'm really good all around, actually." Blake answered.
"Put on the headsets." Ruby hissed. Weiss and Blake did as told. "Are we still connected to the other Uller Mech's comm network?"
"Yes. We're still connected." Weiss answered.
"Alright." Ruby sat down on the pilot seat and put on her headset.
"Can you hear me?" Ruby asked.
'I can.' Winter answered.
"Alright. Your name?" Ruby requested.
"Winter." Winter answered. "Is my sister there?" She asked.
"I am. What is it?" Weiss asked her sister. She put her hand on the microphone.
"I'm coming too." Winter confirmed.
"Thank you...Thank you..." Weiss whispered.
"How can you help us?" Yang asked over the comm network.
"I can lead you to the city. There are Word of Blake troops arriving there as we speak." Winter stepped in front of the Puma.
"Heh..I never thought I'd turn traitor." Weiss and Winter said in unison. They gasped, but didn't continue to talk. Winter led them to the next area. To the left of the little suburban area they were just in, was a few islands they could use their jump jets to hop on, since water slowed them down.
'This is a little supply checkpoint. Hang on.' Winter got off the comms for a moment.
"What is she doing?" Ruby demanded an answer from Weiss.
"There is an ambush waiting here just in case we ended up dying. It's just Power Armor, though, no Mechs. Winter is telling them that we're taking you in or something and they can leave the area." Weiss answered.
"What?! We're not your damn prisoners!" Ruby shouted.
"Don't worry. It's just so we can get into the city and warn the resistance." Weiss insisted.
"Ugh...I hate this." Ruby groaned.
Winter got back on the comms.
'The Officers in the Power Armor are leaving their posts. We can enter.' Winter said. Winter walked in the direction of the city, which was north east to their current position. They slowly walked their Mechs towards a road that led into the city. They arrived at a bridge looking at a decently sized city, with buildings all around, and even some trucks driving around...but other than that...there's no one there. Nothing on the radar. The city was...abandoned? After a while of being dormant, Foster and Natalia got back on the comms.
'What kind of city has no people in it?!' Foster shouted.
'I've got a bad feeling about this...be careful, Everyone. Also, before you go in, who's the Uller next to you?' Natalia questioned.
'These must be your superiors. I'm Winter Schnee. I'm now a...Word of Blake Traitor.' Winter paused before saying the last bit.
"You were a part of the Word of Blake?! What can you tell us about them?!' Natalia shouted.
'I can't currently. When we save the resistance, we can talk.' Winter said in a professional manner.
'*Sigh* Very well. Once you get back, we'll evaluate you and, if you're useful and skilled enough, we'll let you in. If not, you'll just have to be working with our techs.' Natalia said as she got off the comms.
Winter led once again, with her Uller Mech moving slowly towards the city. And, there was another ambush waiting for them, except Weiss, Winter and Blake didn't know about this one.
'Another ambush!' Foster shouted.
"They were waiting for us...Girls, teach these bastards that battles are fought between warriors, not civilians!' Natalia screamed.
'What?! Another one?!' Winter shouted.
"You didn't know about this one?" Yang screamed.
'No! Ugh...Owens! 12 'o clock!' Winter shouted as she moved her Mech around. There also were some extra tanks coming with the Owens.
"With two mechs, this should be easy!" Yang shouted. Ruby piloted the Mech around, shooting Crossbow missiles at the tanks to take them out while Winter focused on the Owens.
Winter's reflexes were perfect. She would know when to switch to another weapon, when to check her systems, and just everything was perfect on her end.
'When you're done, help me out here!' Winter screamed.
"We're already coming over!" Ruby shouted. Now both Mechs were teaming up on the Owens. The Puma was firing it's PPC at the Owens, and eventually slowing it down. Winter was shooting her medium laser at the Owens, dealing moderate damage to it. The Owens was trying to escape back into the city via the bridge, but Ruby fired the PPC at the Owens again, and this time she slowed it down to a crawl. The Owens legs were in critical condition.
"One more shot." Ruby fired the PPC again, and the Owens fell to the ground when it was hit. It emitted a white light and exploded on the bridge, destroying it. But, it wasn't a problem for them since they had Jump Jets.
"Hehe...No problem!" Ruby used her Jump Jets to jet over the broken bridge. Winter followed suit.
'The palace is nearby. Follow me.' Winter replied as she led Ruby and the group into the city. She saw the city in the distance...but something wasn't right.
'Sir! Another transmission from the resistance!' Foster played the transmission on the comm network for everyone to hear. There were jet fighters flying over towards the Palace area.
'We have risen against the Word of Blake, and have made our last stand at the Regional Palace...'
Winter looked up, and saw that the Palace was collapsing. The whole place was destroyed.
'No...' She whispered.
'-They have taken, killed, or enslaved, all who resist. It is too late for us. Save yourself, and flee this place!-'
The transmission cut dead.
'Damn. Too late. Girls...get back to the Icarus. The Word of Blake is up to something beyond their normal tricks...We walked into this Hornet's nest, and I intend that we ALL walk out. What the hell are they doing on this rock, and where is Alpha?!' Natalia snapped.
"R-Right...Guys, follow me. I'll lead us back to the drop point." Ruby led the way back to the Icarus, leaving the Resistance behind.
"I can't believe we were too late...Damn it..." Weiss whispered.
Author's Note:
I'm so sorry for the long wait. I've just been busy playing Overwatch a bunch, preparing for School again, being gone for two weeks, and I created a DeviantArt account. I've just been stacked recently and I had to put this on hold. But I'll try to keep this going as much as I can. I intend to finish it unlike The Division, which was a mess from the start.