School Day
"So? How did it go?"- Boone asked Veronica. The two of them were sitting in the main room of the Hotel. Just a few minutes ago they got a call from MoJave HQ about the attack that happened tonight. To say the least the two were equally mad about it. But, the anger Andrew had once Veronica told him was something else entirely.
"About as good as I thought."- Veronica said to Boone, both understanding how Andrew was now reacting to this. Lucky for the two of them Andrew decided to hang up before they could take the full force of Andrew's anger. Just then Mags came into the room.
"Did you guys hear about the attack?"- Mags asked. Both Boone and Veronica just nodded at Mags's question. "Did you tell Andrew?"- Again Boon and Veronica nodded to Mags's question. She now understanding the situation they were now in.
"We still have work to do. We'll have to worry about this attack later."- Boone said surprising Veronica and Mags. Everyone knew about Boone's hatred for the Legion. Him being there when Andrew killed Caesar. So to hear him not wanting to go after Legion said a lot.
"He's right. We need to worry about our job at hand."- Mags said agreeing with Boone. Veronica just silently agreed with the two.
"Ok then. Get your teams together. I'll feed you guys back information about which gang you'll look into." Boone and Mags then got up to start their mission for the day. "And please make sure you don't get into a fight."- Veronica said just as the other two exited the room.
A new day had started for the students of Beacon. Unlike yesterday, today every student got to class on time today. It would only be next week were any field work would be allowed to first-year students. So, too bad for Andrew. He'll need to wait next week to let out the frustration he had right now.
To say Andrew was angry was an understatement. He may not have been saying anything, but the anger on his face showed itself well to all those around him. Everyone though was quick to know why he was so angry. News about the attack at MoJave HQ was in full force today. With every news channel in Vale talking about the attack. So when lunch came around Ruby thought it would be a great idea to try and cheer Andrew up.
"Hey, Andrew. I don't have anything planned after school. Do you want to show off those MoJave laser weapons?"- Ruby asked trying to get Andrew's mind off the attack. It didn't work.
"Ruby. You should probably let him be right now."- Weiss said. She out of everyone at the table was more than aware what Andrew was feeling right know. With her also being affected by White Fang attacks.
"No. No. It's fine."- Andrew said trying, but failing, to keep his anger down. "You didn't do anything, and shooting some targets sounds fun."- Andrew said agreeing to Ruby's request. Ruby then gleamed with happiness as to finally being able to see MoJave laser weapons.
"That reminds me. Where do you keep your weapons, Andrew?"- Pyrrha asked. She like everyone else did not know how Andrew was able to just pull weapons out of nowhere. So now everyone was looking at Andrew waiting for an answer.
"Right here."- Andrew said showing off his Pip-Boy to all those around. "One of the most advanced equipment in MoJave technology. It works mainly like the scrolls you guys use, but it has one huge distinction. This bad boy is able to break down just about anything and holds it inside of it. Much like a backpack."- Andrew said this with his wrist, that's holding the Pip-Boy, right in front of everyone.
"So? How much stuff do you have in there?"- Ren said making Andrew remember the kid was there with Nora right next to him. Nora was jumping at the idea of being able to carry so much stuff at once. In fact, everyone was excited at the idea.
"Right now?"- Andrew said. Him not knowing how much stuff he really did have stored in his Pip-Boy. "Um? I'll say five other heavy weapons. Three medium range weapons. A few knives and other close quarter gear. Everything else is just medical and extra stuff."- Andrew said making many jaws hit the floor.
"Is that all?"- Yang asked with a surprised expression.
"There is one more thing, but it's a secret."- Andrew said smiling to himself. 'Oh, How I love that secret.'-Andrew thought to himself as he started to daydream about using said secret.
"How much can that thing carry?"- Blake asked.
"Does it matter? That thing makes him a walking armory!"- Nora said with much glee. "I want it!"- Nora said with some very dark idea's coming to her head.
"It has a limit. You can't have anything over 400 pounds."- Andrew said getting many in the group to sigh in relief. Many of them just happy the tool had a limit. "Also don't get your hopes up. The likelihood of any of you using one of these this is slim to none. After all, I'm the only one allowed to use it."- Andrew said. This made both Nora and Ruby cry a little by the fact they couldn't get their own Pip-Boy. The others were just happy the MoJave didn't have that much power in their arsenal. Just then the ball went off. Signaling their next class.
"Oh, I don't want to miss this class."- Yang said as she was the first out of the lunch room.
"What's our next class again?"- Jaune asked as the group got up and followed Yang.
"It's Goodwitchs class. Today we'll begin sparing one another."- Weiss informed everyone. Jaune became scared as Andrew was just happy he could let off some steam.
The class had begun with everyone now taking their seats. The classroom they were in though resembles a battle arena more than a classroom. It had two floors with students sitting up on top with a battle area just below for all to view. Miss. Goodwitch was on the second floor with her students.
"I'm sure you have all heard what today's class is all about. But for those of you who do not know."- Goodwitch said well adjusting her glasses. "We will begin sparring matches today. Everyone will be expected to participate in at else one match per week."- Goodwitch then looked around the room at the student's faces. Everyone was ok with this except Jaune. "Any questions?"- Goodwitch asked.
"Ah. Yes, um."- Jaune said as he raised his hand.
"Good. With that out of the way."- Goodwitch began making Jaune look down in defeat. With Pyrrha trying to comfort him. "Who will like to go first?"- Goodwitch asked. Two hands went right up. "Very well. Miss Yang Xio Long and Mr. Garnet. You two will be our first match."
Goodwitch finished as Yang and Andrew got up to head down into the arena. Once they were down there. Yang looked more than ready to fight Andrew. She was in her regular outfit with her two Shotgun gauntlets. Again Andrew was reminded of just how weird Huntsmen weapons are. Andrew though just screamed cocky. He had no weapon out as he had one hand in his pocket. With a shit eating grin on his face.
"Before you began. Some rules."- Miss Goodwitch said. "First, Mr. Garnet. You are not allowed to use any MoJave type ammunition in this fight. The second is if your aura becomes too weak the fight will be called. Other than that you are allowed to do whatever you need to become victories."- Goodwitch said making Andrew's grin go away. He couldn't use a least 75% of his weapons and his aura could be brought to zero from just one good hit.
'Great. I'll have to be defensive.'- Andrew thought to himself.
"Began!"- Miss Goodwitch yelled as the fight began. With team RWBY cheering on Yang.
Yang went right for Andrew without a second to spare. Andrew though was quick enough to roll out of the way as her fist came right where his face just was. Andrew needed a weapon fast to help block Yang's attacks, and he knew right then which he would use. Greased Lightning. Andrew didn't know the full ins and outs of this power fist, but he did know it made him a lot faster. That's exactly what he wanted right now.
Yang moved in to get closer to Andrew but because of Greased Lightning, he was able to speed right by her with his fist right in front of him. It may have looked like a miss to those around Andrew, but he did exactly what he wanted. He was now right behind Yang and let loss punch after punch into her backside. Andrew then punch her right in the back of the head making her fall face first into the floor.
Andrew then backed up from her as he looked at a screen that showed their auras. Andrew was still green, but Yang looked like she didn't take any hit at all. He was left confused as Yang got up with a new fire burning inside of her. She turned around and ran swinging right towards Andrew who was right now left UN guard. He was just able to cover himself with his arms when Yang punched him right into the wall behind him. His aura now going into the yellow.
'How'-Andrew thought to himself. Yang though would give him no time to think about what just happened. As she was right on him again. This time, though he was ready and was able to get to the right side of her. With her punch just leaving a crack in the wall. Andrew punch her right into her side, but this time, it did little to the girl. Yang then went for a kick but missed him by inches. Andrew was again pushed into a wall when Yang launched her next punch. Again she missed leaving another crack in the wall. Though this time Andrew noticed something. The second crack was much bigger than the last one.
'Is that it?'- Andrew thought to himself as he backed away from Yang. 'I got nothing else to go off, and it's not like punching her is working.'- Andrew then came up with his plan. Yang turned back at Andrew with her fist raised. Andrew's grin though had returned. This pissed Yang off to no end. The fight continued on with Andrew just dodging Yang's punch's every which way as she throws them.
This went on for a good minute before Yang made a big enough opening for Andrew. The one he had been waiting for. Andrew was able to sweep kick Yang to the floor as he got out the weapon he would need to finish the job. He was now holding a long metal pole. At the top of it though was a purple light that made the new weapon look like an ax. It was a proton ax, and it could do a hell of a lot of damage in the right hands. It was most definitely in the right hands with Andrew.
Andrew brought the ax down right onto Yang's back. Enough to say it got the job done. With that many protons hitting you at ones. We'll go done even with a very strong aura, and that's what exactly happened to Yang. With her aura now hitting red and Miss. Goodwitch calling the match.
"That. What?"- Yang asked as she got up feeling very weak. She almost failed right back onto the floor if Andrew didn't catch her.
"Sorry. Looks like the proton ax was a little overkill."- Andrew said feeling kind of bad about what he did. Something that doesn't happen often when he fights.
"Please, Mr. Garnet. Refrain from using so much force next time."- Goodwitch told Andrew who just blew it off. Andrew helped Yang out of the arena as Goodwitch called for two new fighters. Though Andrew was just happy his frustration was killed off after that fight.
"You made me think near the end of the fight there. I took a wild guess that your aura's semblance would make you stronger after every hit."- Andrew said to Yang.
"Just be quiet."- Yang said not looking at Andrew.
"You're not a fan of losing, are you? I can relate, but unlike most people, I never lose."- Andrew said trying to get a good reaction out of Yang. Though, he didn't get any reaction. Yang just walked away from Andrew back to her team. Andrew was now again left pissed off.
The rest of the matches went off without a hitch. With class ending and all of the students now left to do whatever they wanted. After all Miss. Goodwitch's class was their last one for the day. Andrew would have just gone back to his room and check up on his team. If it wasn't for one little problem. He made a promise to Ruby to show off his laser weapons to her, and the girl remembered.
So now Andrew was in the school's weapons range with Ruby right next to him. The girl waiting anxiously. Andrew also got all of the team JNPR to come along. Them to wanting to see MoJave weapons first hand. The rest of team RWBY would have joined as well if Weiss hadn't already seen MoJave weapons, and Blake said she wanted to read. Yang though didn't have much of a reason. Just that she wanted to be away from Andrew. With that leaving him with just the R in team RWBY.
"Show me! Show me! Show me!"- Ruby said over and over again as Andrew was just getting to the range.
"I'm getting to it!"- Andrew just yelled back to her. With Ruby now quiet, Andrew started to look through his Pip-Boy for just the right weapon. It wasn't long before he found it. What he pulled out was a full-fledged laser rifle that had a few changes to the normal rifles used by MoJave PMCs. Wires were running all along the rifle and it had a sticky note on it. It telling the user what focus the rifle should be turned to. Ruby was now drooling at the sight of this rifle.
"The AER14 Prototype. Otherwise known as the prototype to the regular laser rifles we use now."- Andrew said. Andrew then took aim and fired his rifle. The green laser came out of the rifle as Andrew hit the target perfectly.
"That's something."- Jaune said as Andrew turned to the group grinning.
"This weapon here was one of the first laser weapon's we ever started using."- Andrew said almost as if he had practiced this before. "Even after two years in my service. It still proves to be one hell of a weapon."- Andrew said taking great pride in his weapon.
"Can I fire it?"- Ruby asked with puppy dog eyes, and well. Andrew couldn't refuse.
Inside of team RWBY's dorm, Yang was walking back and forth with Weiss and Blake watching her. Yang was currently not happy. Mainly because Ruby was now with Andrew and that just rubbed her the wrong way. Andrew was the next to be in charge of the MoJave. A group, in Yang's eyes, that had killed far too many people this their time of peace. To her, it looked like the MoJave was working towards a war rather than the peace and security that it 'offers' to the Kingdoms. With last night just making her feel even more right with her feelings towards the MoJave.
Blake was just watching the news, and of course. The shootings at MoJave HQ where still the top story of the day. The new team was now showing MoJave soldiers moving house to house. Forcing their way into people's home as they tried to find any remaining White Fang in the area. The title for this story was "MoJave Massacre" with showing estimated fatalities so far. Both civilian and MoJave deaths being very low, in the thirties to fifties. With White Fang casualties being much higher. With some reports saying it's in the hundreds.
"Oh no."- Black said looking at the charts. Just then MoJave forces were shown throwing Faunus after Faunus against a wall. Many of which didn't even have White Fang armor on. This pushed Yang over the edge.
"Damn MoJave bastards. Just look at what they're doing."- Yang said to the two girls in the room. "How can we trust Andrew when he has a huge part in this?"
"Yang. You're just mad about losing earlier. Andrew has no part in how the MoJave in reacting to this."- Blake said, even though she too felt a great amount of fury about the MoJave's action.
"Of course, I'm mad about the fight."- Yang said being honest. "But how could I not be. That guy had that stupid grin on his face through the whole thing. It's like he wasn't even taking it seriously."- Yang said with a whole new argument about to start. It would have to if Ruby hadn't entered the room.
"You guy's should have been there. That laser rifle was so cool!"- Ruby screamed as she entered the room. "What's going on?"- She asked noticing the tension in the room.
"Ruby. I don't think we should hang out with Andrew anymore."- Yang said seriously making Ruby look on in shock.
"What? Why?"- Ruby asked for Yang to explain. Ruby has not once distrusted Andrew. Andrew was a good and strong type of guy in Ruby's eyes. With the MoJave stuff not bothering her none. She, unlike her sister, saw the MoJave as 'another' way of helping people. That mentality being put there by MoJave gains against Grimm.
"He just…"- Yang stopped herself when coming up with her reason. "He just rubs me the wrong why Ruby. And I really think he's not someone we can have as a friend."
"She's just mad that she lost to him in their fight, Ruby."- Weiss said getting her two sense in.
"Yang. You told me to find friends here, and Andrew isn't a bad guy. He may be cocky, but that doesn't mean we should avoid him."- Ruby said trying to defend Andrew.
"Ruby, look at this."- Yang said as she motioned Ruby to look at the news. The MoJave attack still on. Showing her the MoJave's reaction to the attack. Even now it still wasn't pretty. "These guys kill hundreds of people just to get their way, and then start arresting people who don't even look like White Fang."- Yang said hoping Ruby would be turned to her side. "There's also the fact Andrew has praised actions like this. Well insulting Huntsmen and Huntresses that we're all trying to become."- After Yang said this Ruby had to stop and think before she made any response. But when she did, it was much unexpected.
"Then we'll change that."- Ruby said making the rest of team RWBY very confused. "Think about it. Andrew came to this school for a reason. A school mind you that teaches its students to become Huntsmen and Huntresses. That means he believes in it in some way."- Ruby said explaining what she thought.
"She is on to something. Why did Andrew come here?"- Blake asks, she all too familiar with what Andrew has said about Huntsmen in the past. The group then began to look at Weiss.
"I don't know. That guy has always contradicted himself."- Weiss said.
"See Ruby."- Yang began with something new to go off on. "The guy contradicts himself. He probably came here just for a laugh right before he gets the MoJave all to himself."- Yang finished. Once again hoping Ruby would listen to her.
"That's even more of a reason to convince him."- Ruby said with an even greater motivation towards her plan. "If we can show him what good Huntsmen and Huntresses do then he'll most likely change his mind about the whole thing. In doing that then we don't have to worry one bit about him taking control over the MoJave."- Ruby said as she was now thinking up of plans of how to get Andrew to change his view on how Huntsmen and Huntresses handle things.
"We can try."- Blake said getting on board with Ruby. "It is a better way of doing things."
"It'll most definitely be hard. My father had repeatedly offered MoJave millions of Lien for their business before they took over Mistral, and each time they refused."- Weiss said. "But I say it's worth a shot."- Weiss was now on board with the plan.
Yang for all her anger couldn't stop herself from becoming happy. Even after she tried so hard to convince Ruby to look the other way. Ruby still worked to find the best in people. The cause of that, even Yang had to agree with Ruby's plan. Even if she was reluctant to do so.
"Yes. We'll all on board. Not even our third day at Beacon and we already have a mission."- Ruby said as she was now working with the rest of team RWBY to come up with their plan. To say the least, Ruby was more than overjoyed that her team now had her back in this. Unlucky for her Andrew was a very hard man to convince.
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