Well… I've basically given up on studying for finals at this point. Eh, I've done good so far, I should be fine… right?
Anyway, we have finally made it to chapter 10! Everyone, let's hoist our glasses of milk, and blue cookies, and toast to a further 10 chapters! I thank everyone who has stayed with this since its humble beginnings, and I welcome everyone new.
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"Percy" means speech
'Jackson' means thought
*RWBY* means telepathy/illusions
A small gaggle of five teenagers were making their way through the city of Vale. Having just walked out of one of the many shops, three of the teens were talking animatedly. The teen donning a red cloak being the loudest.
"So, where you grew up, they didn't have Dust?!".
Percy winced. He had been doing his best to keep his lack of knowledge about anything show, but he had no clue whether it was working or not. "Uhh, yeah. Where I lived, Dust was, erm, rather rare in my area. It was rather difficult to get our hands on any, and even then, none of the people around my age ever had access to it." Percy lied. He hoped that they would believe it, but Weiss seemed rather adept at picking out inconsistencies in his explanations, something that made Percy very nervous. "It was so bad, that I've never even handled any before.". Ruby simply gasped at him, whilst Yang just narrowed her eyes.
"Never?" Yang asked dubiously. Her piercing lilac eyes making Percy laugh nervously, rubbing the back of his head, though to the others, it was interpreted as embarrassment.
"Not really, no. I tended to have a rather nasty accident streak in my childhood. No one with any sense would let me anywhere near a single speck!" Percy continued. To be fair, he hadn't lied completely; he wasn't let any where near Dust, seeing as there wasn't such a thing on Earth, and if there was, no one would dare letting him use some. The others seemed to accept this, laughing at Percy's bad childhood luck, though they didn't know the exact details, it would make for good conversation later.
Grabbing him by the arms, both Ruby and Yang began dragging Percy to the nearest Dust shop, Weiss and Blake following behind the sisters and their captive. "Okay, we are going to get you some water-Dust. With your Semblance, you'd be almost unstoppable!" Ruby exclaimed, Yang expressing her agreement.
Percy raised his eyebrow, wondering why they were doing this. He was about to express his thoughts, when Ice Princess herself did it for him. "Why are you helping him so much? He attacked us! Do you not remember that?", she asked scathingly. Percy flinched at her statement, whilst he did have similar thoughts, he was grateful that they had accepted him so readily. Percy had taken it upon himself to both repay that kindness, and to make up for his actions. Weiss shot him a glare, easily displaying her displeasure at him being with them at all.
Yang didn't take her comment too happily, though she instead chose to brush it off with her usual casual manner. "Come on, Weiss-cream. We gave you a second chance after your, less than pristine, introduction to Ruby.". Yang had knew she had won when Weiss simply grumbled to herself. Grabbing Percy's arm once again, she continued to drag him off, ignoring Weiss' mumbling of "that's hardly the same". "Now, come along water-head! We need to get you some water-Dust.".
The group made their way down to the dockyard of Vale. Taking a deep breath, Percy simply soaked in the smell of the sea, letting the soothing scent take him back to a simpler time, in his mind; when the entire world was threatened by his evil grandfather, or when his great-grandmother was trying to wake up, and kill all of humanity. 'Yes. Much simpler.' Percy thought with a chuckle.
He was brought out of his his thoughts by Weiss' exclamation of "You can't prove that!".
Tuning back to his friends, he simply raised his eyebrow. Blake, seeing his questioning look simply said, "Weiss wants to spy on the arriving students.". Now Percy was really confused. Now, not only were a mass amount of students arriving in Vale, but the strict, and rule-abiding Weiss was planning on spying on them? How long had he zoned out?
"Why are so many students coming here? Did something happen?" Percy asked, doing his best not to appear too clueless. If it was something minor, he could always play it off as either not knowing about it, or never being told.
The others simply gave him a confused look. "Umm, Percy? The Vytal Tournament?" Ruby tried, hoping to jumpstart his memory. Her efforts were wasted, judging by the blank look on his face, on Percy. "Have you never heard of the Vytal Tournament?".
Shaking his head, Percy simply replied, "Isolated village growing up, remember?". He looked around at the other four teens, expressions of realization crossing their faces. Ruby looked like she was about to go on a rant about said tournament, when Percy's attention was drawn to a shop down the street from them. Furrowing his eyebrows, Percy began to walk over to the shop covered in police tape. Team RWBY quickly following after him after noticing what he was looking at.
Walking up to the taped off area, Percy asked one of the two detectives standing out front. "What happened here?". The detective simply ignored him, deeming him some nosy citizen. Only after Ruby spoke up, asking the same question as Percy, did the detective give in, and explain that the shop had been robbed, and that only the shop's Dust had been stolen. The two detectives wandered around, talking to each other about who had done it.
After the two cops had walked off, Weiss and Blake began to get into a heated debate. What it was about, Percy didn't really give much thought, instead pondering about the crime itself. 'What would some use all that Dust for? From what I've seen, even a small amount of Dust is powerful; if what those cops said about this not being the first shop hit, than that means that whoever is stealing all the Dust, is definitely up to something huge.'. Percy was snapped, once more, from his thoughts by Weiss' shouting.
Then, Weiss, followed by the rest of her team, took off in a full out run after some blond guy with a monkey tail. The tail should have caught him off guard, but Percy had seen much weirder things due to monsters. Sighing, Percy chased after them. He easily caught up with them, despite their head start, due to his demigod enhancements.
Running around the corner, Percy was barely able to react in time to avoid toppling over team RWBY, as well as a ginger-haired girl. In a split second, instead of trying to slow down, Percy simply jumped over the pile of bodies, summersaulting in the air, and landing on the other side. Standing up straight, Percy watched as the monkey teen jumped onto a building, and out of sight, the detectives from before futility chasing in pursuit.
Turning back to his friends, he saw that they had managed to untangle themselves from one another. He watched as the girls stood up, apologizing to the poor girl who had been bowled over. Percy stood back, choosing to let the scene play out in front of him. The girl introduced herself as Penny, still laying on the ground. Only after Yang questioned the girl, did she get up, ninja style.
Percy narrowed his eyes. Something was off with the girl, other than her choppy speech. Her movements seemed to be too… calculated. She held herself with an unmoving posture, not even a single twitch of her muscles. Penny finally noticed Percy leaning against the wall behind her. "And what is your name?" Penny asked politely.
"Percy. Percy Jackson.", the demigod said with a nod. He knew he was being a little rude, but years of encountering disguised monsters had him a little on edge. She reminded him of the monsters he would run into during quests, each one looked human, with a little help from the Mist, but each one stood out. Most just due to their bad social skills, or their overly erratic nature. Her eyes seemed to pierce him, and she seemed to be looking through his very being. 'Well, this will be interesting.' Percy thought.
Line Break
Jason groaned as he sat down in one of the many chairs in the empty Senate House. Popping open his flask, he took a small swig of the Nectar that he kept on his person. He slowly felt it work it's magic, closing his cuts, and healing his more severe bruises. Sighing in relief, he began to go over the events of the past few weeks, as he had every night.
He had been at Camp Half-Blood, celebrating Percy's seventeenth birthday. Him and Piper had been dancing with one another, when, without any warning, dark shadow creatures had come from the Arena. Any campers who had been close to the Arena were immediately cut down, mobbed and mauled, or crushed. Those that had been further away had formed small groups, hoping to stave off the monsters, only to be overwhelmed. Those that had been near the dance floor had formed a defensive circle, the elder teens protecting the smaller demigods.
Jason thought that they weren't going to survive, when Percy rushed in, cutting down swathes of shadow creatures. He then proceeded to sink the entire Arena. Seems simple enough.
Jason had been distracted, tending to an injury that Piper had gotten during the battle, when he heard a cry of despair. Turning back around, he saw Annabeth, lying dead in the field, and Percy going berserk. He watched in awe as he not only stopped a second wave of shadow creatures, but forced them to retreat through the portals that they had came through.
That was the last time anyone had seen Percy. The son of Poseidon charged through one of the portals, only for it to close behind him. It took some time, but Jason had managed to gain some sense of order again. After the Hephaestus cabin had made a makeshift forge, seeing as the real one had been destroyed in the attack, what remained of the camp went into war mode. It didn't last long, however.
Only three days after the initial attack, did more portals open. The second assault went much better for Camp than before. The campers, already on high alert, formed ranks, and managed to drive back the shadow creatures. Their victory was short lived. For the next three days, the camp was besieged by the shadow creatures. Their already low numbers began to dwindle, most of the remaining few being veterans of the Titan or Giant Wars.
The campers were demoralized. They were forced to watch as their family were cut down before them. They weren't fighting for a noble cause, like defending their parents, or preventing the destruction of humanity; they were simply fighting for survival.
Though they still had a somewhat shaky relationship, to say the least, Camp Jupiter had dispatched the Fifth Cohort to aid in the defence of Camp Half-Blood. Even with their help, Jason, now leading the Greek demigods, couldn't help but to worry. Him and the cabin leaders had proposed the evacuation of Camp Half-Blood, moving their force to Camp Jupiter.
Though Chiron was against the idea, even he could see that the Camp was about to fall. It was best that he save as many people as possible. The barrier around Camp still held strong. Just like with the shadow-ravens on the first night, none of the creatures were able to pass through the protective shield, trapping them inside. The portals themselves only seemed to open inside of Camp, despite ample opportunity to surround, and simply starve the Camp.
With the reinforcements protecting the Camp, Jason had made his way to New Rome. He was there to organize the evacuation force. It took many vehicles to transport the Fifth Cohort from San Francisco to Long Island, and it would take just as many, if not more, to bring everyone back.
After explaining everything to Reyna, she had put New Rome on lockdown. She couldn't afford the same thing happening to them, but had approved of the evacuation.
The following battle had been a disaster. Despite being on guard, and expecting an attack, when the shadow monsters attacked during the evacuation, it quickly descended into chaos. Up until then, the largest creature that had attacked the camp was a giant spiny bear; imagine when, to everyone's horror, a mega-sized shadow mammoth came stomping through the portal.
The Hunters of Artemis, who had come to aid Camp, were unable to bring it down before it went trampling through the lines of demigods. Only the combined might of Thalia and Jason's lightning were able to fell the beast.
The following melee was madness, only the skill and experience of hardened soldiers kept the battle from becoming a full on rout. After arriving at Camp Jupiter, the wounded were carted off, and those whom had died of their injuries were taken away, to be prepared for their funeral. And thus was why Jason was resting in the Senate House, he needed somewhere quiet to think. They needed a plan, and they needed one fast.
Hades had Nico on house arrest, and Percy had yet to return from wherever he went. Nico had confirmed, via Iris Message, that Percy's soul had yet to arrive in the Underworld, proving that he was, at least, still alive. Despite the prayers of their children, the gods did nothing, instead opting to issue a quest. No one volunteered, and no one had the option to; defending the Camps took precedent.
Artemis was the only one doing anything. She continued to hunt with her huntresses, but they never found anything out of the ordinary, for the mythical world anyway. Standing from his seat, Jason made his way to the exit. Looking over New Rome, he wondered the same thing that many others did. 'Where are you Percy? We need you right now.'.
Line Break
Percy sighed heavily. He had been searching Vale for hours. After their brief encounter with Penny, Blake and Weiss had gotten into a heated argument. They continued to argue, and argue, and hey, to spice it up, argue some more, all the while getting angrier and angrier. Everything came to head after he heard Blake scream at Weiss, despite there being several walls between them.
He opened his door, only to see Blake run past it. Confused, and deciding it was best that she let off some steam, he let her go. Making his way to the RWBY dorm, he poked his head through the, still open, door. Seeing everyone sitting on their bed, looking dejected, he lightly knocked on the door before entering. "I take it things went a little too far?" Percy asked, to no one in particular.
"Blake's a faunus. Apparently, she's also a member of the White Fang!" Weiss growled, her tone growing more venomous with each word.
Letting out a disappointed sigh, Percy simply leaned against the wall, crossing his arms. "Everyone has secrets, Weiss. Me, you, heck, even Ruby probably has some! So maybe she didn't tell you, but with your reaction, can you blame her?". When nobody answered, he went on. "Let me tell you this: just because someone has done something wrong in the past, it doesn't make them evil. I should know; I had a friend who betrayed me, tried to kill me on multiple occasions, but in the end, sacrificed himself to save our town.". Percy paused, the memory of Luke's actions saddening him. "Now, I don't know any of you guys too well, but I do know this: she wouldn't do anything without a reason. You need to decide, is what she did in the past worth despising her now? Does everything that she did as your friend become irrelevant now?". He let his words sink into the heiress. Turning around, he left the room, leaving the white clad girl in deep thought.
Shaking himself from the memory of that night, Percy strode over to the docks. Looking out over the water calmed him. He had volunteered to help search for Blake, and had decided to go off on his own. He didn't really want to be around Weiss, and Penny still made him suspicious. She seemed to be able to look at him, and know exactly what he was thinking, though she never said much to him. All she would do, whenever she would look at him, would be to just stare at him, a quizzical look on her face, as if he was a complex riddle she was attempting to solve.
'I need to be careful around her I have know idea what she can do. Why Ruby was so accepting of her, I'll never know.'. Pausing for a moment he thought, 'Well, she accepted me into their group as well. Me, their almost murderer.'. Chuckling to himself, he continued to walk, staying near the docks.
He stayed near the waterfront, letting the smell of the ocean soothe his mind. Being lost in thought, contemplating his current situation, and wondering how it was back home, Percy only noticed how dark it had gotten after a passing vehicle's lights shined in his eyes. 'Ah! Geez.' Percy thought, slightly surprised by his own lack of awareness of the time. Looking around to reorient himself, he noticed he was near some sort of storage container part of the docks.
Looking through the fence, and into the storage dock, Percy caught a glimpse of something moving atop one of the containers. Focusing on it, he could just barely make out the pale blond hair of someone. Based on the fact that they were crouching, and looked to be talking to someone, it was only fair to assume that he was up to no good.
Looking at the fence, Percy concluded that it was too high to jump, and probably not the safest, and that he probably shouldn't irk Ozpin by adding property damage to his list of crimes by cutting through the fence. Pulling a small canteen out from his pocket, Percy proceeded to unscrew its cap. Feeling a familiar tug in his gut, Percy watched as a small amount of water rose up into the air, out of the canteen. Willing it down to the ground, Percy shaped it into a small platform, before stepping onto it. Willing the water to move, he was slowly raised into the air, standing on top of the water-platform. Once he was over the fence, he jumped off his platform, mentally congratulating himself on his ingenuity. Opening the canteen once more, Percy channeled all the water back, before closing the cap.
It was at that moment that his thoughts were interrupted by the noise of several aircraft, their searchlights illuminating the entire area. Quickly running to cover, Percy peered around the corner. What greeted him was the sight of a black and grey aircraft circling around the storage area, before landing in the the main courtyard. A hatch opened, and several animal people walked out, each one of them wielding either a gun, or a sword. They began to secure towing cables, from the aircraft, onto one of the storage containers. A man in a white coat, with bright orange hair, and holding a cane, soon came out of the aircraft as well, shouting at the others to hurry.
Pulling out Riptide, Percy prepared to charge in, his usual reckless strategy of "just wing it" his plan, when Blake ran out from behind one of the shipping containers, rushed behind the orange head, and held her sword to his throat. After she removed her bow, revealing cat ears, she spoke, demanding to know why they were helping orange head, er, Torchwick. 'Sounds like a bad Bond villain.' Percy thought.
His thoughts were cut short by the arrival of several more aircraft, each carrying a small group of faunus warriors. Blake was surrounded, and promptly exploded.
It took Percy several seconds to realize that the explosion had come from Torchwick's cane, after seeing him fire several more exploding rounds at Blake. 'Time for the old fall back: beat the crap out of everyone.' Percy thought. Uncapping Riptide, it extended into its sword form, bronze blade glowing, and rushed in, watching as the monkey-tailed guy from a few days ago jumped off a container, and head-stomped Torchwick.
Rushing up to the nearest faunus soldier, quickly knocking him out, and proceeding to the next. They weren't too difficult to deal with. To the average person, they might have seemed skilled with a blade, but to the son of Poseidon, they were child's play. Parrying a slash, Percy swiftly brought the pommel of his sword down upon the head of his opponent, who promptly crumpled to the ground.
Taking a quick look around, he watched as the monkey faunus dealt with a large group of Torchwick's grunts. Taking the chance, Percy ran up to Torchwick, bringing his sword down in a diagonal slash. "You know, it's not nice when you take on someone when they're outnumbered. That's cheating." Percy quipped. Roman, who had previously been focused on the monkey teen, managed to bring his cane up in time to block Percy's attack.
"Great. First there was little Red, now Black and Blond, and now Blue! What's next? Someone looking like a rainbow is going to show up?". Percy raised his eyebrow; did this guy just call him blue, just because he was wearing a dark-blue shirt?
"Probably not, but one of the people in my family is the goddess of rainbows." Percy replied, rapidly slashing at Torchwick. Scoffing, Torchwick didn't reply, instead opting to focus on blocking Percy's assault. Try as he might, he simply couldn't block quick enough, his Aura slowly being chipped away. "Huh, you move pretty quickly for an old guy. What's your secret?" Percy asked, his taunt having its desired effect. Torchwick's technique began to degrade. He kept trying to hit Percy when he reasonably shouldn't, each time receiving a hard hit for his sloppiness.
It wasn't until he managed to snag Riptide in his cane's handle did Torchwick get a break. Rotating his cane, wrenching Percy's sword from his hands, Torchwick proceeded to fire several explosive rounds at Percy. Quickly backing up, Percy narrowly managed to avoid the shots. Torchwick's victory was short lived, quickly being attacked by both Blake, and the monkey teen.
Retrieving his sword, Percy made his way around their fight, until he was behind Torchwick. Running up, Percy went in to finish Torchwick off with a bash to the head, only for his sword to be halted with a resounding clang. There, standing before him, was a tiny, tri-coloured girl. Shocked at her sudden appearance, Percy was unable to move in time to avoid her thin blade from slashing him across his stomach. Percy gasped at the sudden pain, and only narrowly avoided having his chest stabbed. He slashed downwards at her, only for her form to shatter, and her to be in a completely different spot. She went to stab him again, but he only managed to shift so that the girl's sword pierced his shoulder instead.
Staggering back, he raised his sword up defensively, his left arm limp from having his shoulder skewered. 'Well, that's a new one.' Percy thought. The pink, brown, and white coloured girl smiled innocently, like she handing just tried to dissect him, and bowed down low. Taking the opening, Percy tried to smack the girl, with the flat of his blade, across the head, only for her and Torchwick to shatter like glass, reappearing several yards away in a small flash of light, to which Percy instinctively closed his eyes at. Only his demigod reaction time saved him from being riddled with bullets, his canteen exploding, and forming a shield around him, as several aircraft began to fire down upon them.
'How am I going to deal with this now?' Percy thought as he focused on keeping his shield intact. It wasn't until he noticed that the shooting had stopped, and that the aircraft sounded to be straining their engines, did Percy lift his shield. What he saw was something he didn't expect. There stood Penny, with several short swords attached to razor thin wires running from her back. She was walking backwards, slowly dragging the aircraft down, until she suddenly pulled, hard. The aircraft came crashing down, slamming into many shipping containers, and exploding, the engines flying around.
Now, only two airships remained, the rest having been dealt with by Penny. Percy lashed out with his water, wrapping it around one of the wings of the airship, stopping it mid-air. 'I don't have enough to bring this down! Where am I going to… oh. Duh, I'm at the docks.' Percy thought, memories of Thalia calling him a "kelp head" echoing in his mind.
Closing his eyes, Percy felt as the tug in his gut tightened. The sound of rushing water filled his ears, the others all watching in awe as the ocean water lifted into the sky, forming massive tendrils, and coiling around the aircraft. Percy moved two tendrils away from the main airframe, and guided them into the engines, which began to sputter and drown.
After the engines had been drowned, Percy began to force the water to contract, the groaning of metal resounding throughout the dock. Digging small tendrils into the aircraft, the side hatch was ripped from its hinges, and pulled out all of the aircrafts occupants. After everyone had been pulled out, Percy increased the pressure further. Without much resistance, the aircraft crumpled like a tin can, sparks flying, and metal screeching.
Letting the wreckage drop to the ground, Percy willed the water back to the ocean. Only once the adrenaline rush begin to fade did Percy begin to feel the pain of his injury. Putting his hand to his stomach, he winced in pain, feeling the blood slip through his fingers. "Percy! Blake!". Turning around, he saw Ruby running up to them. After embracing Blake, and giving her a quick look over for any wounds, before turning to Percy. "OH MY GOD! Percy!" Ruby screamed, finally seeing his stomach. "What happened?", she asked frantically.
"Eh, it's nothing. Some tri-coloured henchmen of Torchwick's. She caught me off guard, and cut me when I was distracted." Percy assured her, though it lost much of its effect due to his pale skin and wavering voice. "I'll be alright. I just need to get to the water, then I'll be all good." Percy said, slowly making his way towards the water.
"NO! You may be able to heal small scrapes and cuts, but even your Semblance isn't enough; we need to get you to a hospital!" Ruby cried, on the verge of hysterics. Blake quickly made her way over to the two of them, paling at Percy's wounds.
"It's okay, guys. I'll- I'll be fine; I just need to get to the water." Percy said, his voice becoming slurred and quieter with each word. "Just need to get to the sea…". Percy's eyes began to droop, his vision blurring, and his limbs getting weaker and weaker from the blood loss. He slowly tried to stumble towards the water, but it was so far away. He could make it, he just needs to hurry before he- before he- before…
Percy slumped to the ground, the support of Ruby and Blake being the only thing keeping him from face planting. Percy was vaguely only able to make out the faintest shapes and colours around him. A splotch of red, a blank white area, and a golden yellow blob. The voices of everyone faded out, instead, replaced by a dull ringing in his ears. The last thing he registered was the sight of what appeared to be silver eyes, looking at him in a panic, before he blacked out.
Time Skip
The first thing that entered Percy's mind when he woke up, was that his entire body ached. Letting out a groan, he struggled to open his eyes, only to regret it when light blinded him. Taking several moments to get used to the bright light trying to permanently blind him, he slowly opened his eyes. Slowly looking around, being careful to not hurt himself further, Percy saw that he was in some sort of hospital.
As he groaned and shifted slightly, a nurse came rushing over to his side, telling him to relax, and to not move. "Where am I?" Percy asked, his voice gravely due to his incredibly dry throat. The nurse simply replied that they were at Beacon, and left to fetch him some water. After she returned, and after Percy had downed the whole glass of water, he laid back, taking his time to sort through his memories. 'I really need to stop waking up in weird places, dazed and confused.' Percy chuckled to himself.
After a few minutes, there was a knock on the medical-wing door. The nurse opened it, and in cane Headmaster Ozpin, cane and coffee mug in hand. "Well, young man. You seem to have quite the flair for dramatics." Ozpin said, taking a seat in one of the bedside chairs.
"Huh?" Percy asked in his oh so elegant way. "What are you… oh, right. You're talking about that aircraft I crushed, aren't you?". Ozpin's chuckle was all the confirmation he needed. "So, is everyone else alright?" Percy asked, slightly worried for his newfound friends.
"You don't need to worry yourself, Mr. Jackson. None of your friends were harmed, and I expect that they will be arriving as soon as they hear you are awake." Ozpin assured, causing Percy to relax that no one else was injured, but shivered at their reaction to his actions. "I must say, Mr. Jackson, I don't think I have seen anyone with as much control over water as you. You must have had a good teacher?".
Percy noticed his question, and choosing to, once again, deprive Ozpin of information, relied, "Yeah, my powers really are something, aren't they? I guess you could say they were god-given?". Percy smirked, but was disappointed when Ozpin merely chuckled lightly before taking a drink of his coffee.
"Indeed" Ozpin mused. It was at that moment that the med-wing doors flew open, and in raced team RWBY. Standing from his seat, Ozpin bid his farewell, and left his bedside, quickly being replaced by Ruby, Blake, and Yang. Weiss simply stood at the foot of Percy's bed.
"Hey guys. How's it going? You look like you've seen a ghost, or something." Percy teased. No one answered him for a second, making him slightly nervous. "I've been better, but this isn't the worst I've ever-" He was cut off as Ruby latched onto him, pulling him into a hug, and burying her face into his neck. "Ow! Ow! Stab wound, remember?" Percy said, slightly louder than normal.
Quickly letting go, Ruby backed up, mumbling "sorry". Taking a moment to recompose herself she soon spoke up, "What were you thinking? Charging in, and getting stabbed.", she scolded, shaking her finger at him.
"Hey, from what I heard from the others, didn't you do the exact same thing, minus the stabbing, to get into Beacon" Percy replied, mirth in his voice.
Snorting slightly, Yang looked back over to Ruby. "He's got you there, sis.". Ruby just hung her head in defeat, grumbling that she totally didn't. Percy laughed at her pout, but immediately regretted it as the pain from his stomach wound flared up.
They were eventually joined by team JNPR, who came an hour, or so, later. Each one of them had some sort of gift; Ren's cookies, get well soon cards, and some blue candy. Percy relaxed, finally letting the stress of being in Remnant leave his mind, for the time being.
Line Break
"I'm telling you, that kid wasn't just some nobody! He crushed a Bullhead using just his water powers!" Roman shouted into his scroll. Neo and him had been relaxing at one of his many penthouses, Neo eating her favourite ice cream, and Roman having a glass of whisky, when he had gotten a call. Picking it up revealed the caller to be his boss, a woman who scared Roman quite a lot.
After answering, she proceeded to reprimand him for his failure, threatening to burn him alive if he continued to "perform poorly". Unlike with most other people, Roman knew that she could, in fact, do so, and that she would do so if he didn't shape up.
"I don't care that he pulled a Bullhead out of the air, Roman. I care that you failed in stealing anything!" Cinder Fall said, her voice remaining unnervingly level. "Now, I want you to head over to the industrial district, and prepare for the White Fang rally." Cinder commanded.
"Will do, boss. But I'm just saying, unlike with all this girls, this guy might actually prove to be a threat if he isn't dealt with. Neo was lucky she caught him off-guard, and hurt him pretty bad whilst he was surprised. If we run into him again, he might be more than just "a minor problem"." Roman warned, Neo beaming at the praise. Cinder didn't say anything, hanging up the phone abruptly. Sighing, Roman simply muttered to himself, taking a sip of his drink.
Cinder didn't need Roman to tell her anything. She had seen the whole fight via security camera footage, and was already trying to factor this new player into her plans. 'He shouldn't be too much of a problem. Once I get the Maiden powers, he will fall, just like all the others.'. Replaying the footage again, she noticed something that shook her, if only slightly. When the teenage boy had used his powers to crush the Bullhead, his eyes had burned a fierce sea-green. Thoughts of stormy seas, and drowning in the infinite abyss of the ocean filled her mind. 'No. He's just some new student who has a powerful Semblance. Nothing more. If he becomes too much of an issue, I'll just get Adam to deal with him.'.
And done!
So, what did you think? As a little thank you for supporting me so much, I made this one a little longer than I usually do. I try to get at least 4500+ words, and tend to lose focus if it goes much higher.
So, how did you like the dock scene? When I first started this story, this was going to be the first meeting between the RWBY cast, and Percy. However, after several rewrites, I deemed that idea idiotic, and thus thought 'Maybe he arrives when Ruby first encounters Roman?', but quickly shot that down before I could become too invested in the idea. Too cliché. Thus, they meet in Forever Fall. But I digress.
What did you think? I think that I did a pretty good job on the battle, but I won't know for sure until I post it.
Lastly, before I go, I just want to remind everyone to vote. The poll for Percy's love interest is coming to a close, and after that, if you missed it, too bad! I won't open it again.
If you liked it, feel free to favourite and follow the story (if you want). If not, feel free to explain so in a kind and friendly manner via reviews. Flames do nothing for the creative process, and only make the flamer look like a jackass, so please refrain from flaming. If you liked it, have any questions, comments, or concerns, leave a review; all feedback is read.
As always, this is Canadian Admiral signing off… for now.