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RWBY: Unsung
Chapter 4- Welcome to Remnant
Abandoned Apartment Building
Everyone watched eagerly, all eyes glued to the screen witnessing what had unfolded. They saw the strange man and Soldiers go at it, watching through the eyes of the Atlesian Soldiers or rather their visors. They all came to a conclusion watching the footage and saw the man clearly. They all determined that he was a Soldier himself. He was well trained and knew what he was doing. He was dangerous.
The last of the footage saw both of them fighting each other until the camera turned towards the oven in the kitchen, then quickly turned away- No Signal.
*BOOM*- an explosion rang out with flames entrenching the very room they all fought in.
"What just happened?" Ruby asked to which General Ironwood responded
"There was a gas leak in the room, I would expect the gas to be shut off completely in a building that was condemned, but that wasn't the case."
"Come on team let's go-"
"Wait."
Both Teams turned their heads towards Ozpin, wondering why they were told to stop. He didn't want to endanger his students with a fire going on in a very old building which could collapse.
"They'll make it out." he said, as he watched the old burning building.
"How can you be sure?" Ironwood asked, but received no response from the silent Headmaster.
"Ozpin?"
He observed the burning building, waiting for what's about to happen next.
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Somehow, Hải miraculously survived along with the Soldiers caught in the explosion. The three soldiers were already up before he was, two of them carrying a third Soldier.
"What about the target?"
"Forget about him, if we don't get out we all die."
Hải slowly got up and began to head towards the exit- "Someone, help me, please…"
Hải stopped, he turned around and saw one of the Atlesian Soldiers still alive. Rather than leave him to burn to death, he walked over to him. The Soldier was trapped under a wooden beam which fell when the explosion went off. He lifted the beam up and off of the wounded Soldier, who was confused, wondering why the this man had saved him. Hải tried to remember some of his english to communicate to the Soldier.
"Can you walk?" Hải asked the Soldier with a strange accent.
"No, my leg was crushed." The Soldier was still wary of the man he had fought moments before. Hải then picked up the Soldier over the top of his back in a Fireman carry style and went for the exit before the building could collapse.
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Ozpin, Ironwood and the two teams watched the entrance and saw three of the four Soldiers come out alive, but wounded.
Ironwood approached them, "You men head to the Ambulance for medical treatment."
"Yes Sir, but we still have one more guy in there and that man…"
"Where are they?"
"We don't know Sir, there was too much smoke…"
Everyone looked towards the entrance, and saw two silhouettes coming out from the flames reach, an Atlesian Soldier being carried by the very man they were looking for. Hải carefully dropped the man, he saw dozens of Soldiers and Police Officers taking aim at him, Teams RWBY and JNPR were ready apprehend him.
Hải's vision slowly faded and felt his body fall to the ground, unconscious.
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Vale City Hospital
Hải woke up in the same hospital room as before, this time he was too weak to do much else but his hands were still restrained as a precaution.
As per agreement, Ironwood failed to capture the unknown man and Ozpin could be allowed to do things his way now.Hải saw Ozpin at the left side of his bed and began to speak directly to him for the first time.
"Bạn là ai?"
"I'm sorry but I can't quite understand what you are saying."
"Who are you?" He asked once again.
"I'm Professor Ozpin, Headmaster at Beacon Academy."
"Where am I?"
"You are a patient at Vale City Hospital, under the watch of Atlesian Security forces."
"Not Việt Nam?"
"No, is that a Kingdom or town?
"No, it's my country…"
Ozpin raised his brow, interesting, he has never heard of 'Vietnam' before.
" Well you aren't register anywhere as a citizen, Mister…"
"Hải, Nguyễn Nhật Hải." He pronounced in an accent.
'That's a peculiar name.' Ozpin thought to himself before coming up with his next reply.
"Which one is your family name?"
"Nguyễn and Hải is first…"
"What planet is Vietnam on?" Ozpin asked, it was a long shot but it was still worth asking.
"Earth…" Hải said still wary of Ozpin and where he was.
"Mister Nguyen, you're a long way from home."
"What you mean?" Hải asked, confused.
"You are on Remnant."
The conversation went on for what felt like hours, Ozpin told him all about the World of Remnant, its history and Hải told him of Vietnam, how it came to be, where he's been, his military service, all the way up to the war between the North and South, as well as the last thing he remembered before he got here.
"I thought I was dead, then I wake up here…" Hải explained, he was shocked to say the least. It all felt unbelievable to him
"Young man, I want to give you a choice, I know what you have been through and I want to help you out of this little predicament." He offered as he raised his cane slightly pointing at Hải's restraints.
"If you turn down both of my offers, you could be looking at time in prison or worse, so please consider your options."
"What are my choices?"
"Well, the Atlesian Military has considered asking you to come and work with them, they've seen how you could fight and they want you." Ozpin took another sip of tea this time before continuing.
"You can also come with me, to Beacon Academy, there you would be under my protection and we could set you on the right path while you're there, now how old are you?"
"I am twenty-six"
"Twenty-six years old? You look much younger than your age, but that does not matter, with your military experience we could have you attend as an assistant to the school faculty, maybe even have you work security if you so choose..." Hải's next response was unexpected and caught Ozpin off guard.
"Why not both?"
"You wish to do both?"
"Yes, during the day, I am assistant and I do security job all the time, no problem."
"Hmm, you could work well as an assistant, as for security… I will have to look into that. So, have you decided?" Hải had already made up his mind.
"I will go to Beacon Academy."
"Excellent, and while you're there, if you wish I will do everything I can to get you back home. I'll inform the hospital that they can undo your restraints and once you are released from the hospital I will send someone for you and some clothes to wear among other things." Before Ozpin left he had one more thing to ask.
"Would you like some tea?"
"Yes, please."
"Also, Welcome to Remnant."
A/N Just want to say thanks for reading, let me know what y'all think so far. I'm thinking about maybe adding a little section at the end of some of the next few chapters to better explain certain words, or phrases used by Hải in this story. Also Hải is sort of a foreigner so not everything he says is going to be perfect. Hope you all enjoyed, stay tuned for more.