Absolums Will Chapter 10
P.O.V: 3rd
Characters: A RNJR
Universe: heavier AU
OOC: Everyone in this chapter are OCs so all of them are OOC
No Fluff but Friendship
Story Start:
After few hours of constant running Absolum slowed and instead climbed into a near by tree just as two Atlesian Knight-200s stopped under him then scanned the area, turned to face south and ran off, Absolum sighed if they had turned north he would of had to terminate them as a safety measure as they may attack team RNJR well, Absolum was more worried for Ruby as he had grown fond of her, sticking to the tree tops Absolum made his way West using the sun as his guide as he travelled he had to stop and hide because of Grimm and Atlesian Knight-200s of which he had destroyed 4 as they had turned North as for the Grimm, Absolum slayed all but 1 as it was a baby Nevermore with white plumage and had a black bone mask with green eyes that seemed to glow with intelligence so Absolum tried something he never thought he would do, he spoke to it "Hello Nevermore do you understand me" He said slowly and using clean pronunciation
"Caw" was all the Nevermore said while seeming to tilt its bone clad head to one side
"Quoth the Nimmermehr" Absolum muttered to himself
"Raven" cawed the Nevermore
"Who are you Nimmermehr"
"Caw" was the only response
"I'm talking to a Nimmermehr" Absolum said in disbelief
"Raven" cawed the Nevermore
Absolum seeing no point in talking to the bird he turned to face west and leapt going from tree to tree only stopping to kill Grimm and observe Atlesian Knight-200s
"This is getting me no where" Absolum exclaimed as he ripped the head off of a Beowolf
After travelling a few miles Absolum heard gunfire and rushed towards it only stopping when he ran out of trees, luckily the firefight was close to the treeline, but the sight sickened Absolum as he saw the Atlesian knights firing upon a walled city of Faunas.
Darting silently around the Knights, Absolum stepped out of the treeline SMG in hand and opened fire taking out 5 of the knights before the dozens of others turned and returned fire, Absolum managed to take out 10 more before the first bullet hit him in the right shoulder causing him to drop his sword that he was using to block bullets it was at this moment the Faunas attacked, the fight was chaos at the end 27 Faunas lied dead in the field and the dozens of Atlesian knights littered the ground with body parts, as the Faunus medic squad drifted like mist over the battle field a young looking Mink Faunus detached herself from the group and sprinted over the bleeding figure splayed against a rock seeing that he needed medical aid the Mink Faunus turned her head and shouted "We have an person in need of Medical aid he is bleeding heavily"
At that call, a few others detached from the main group and rushed over and started to bandage up the Man before them, after they bandaged him up two of them, a Boar Faunus and the Mink Faunus carried him and his gear back to the walled city and to their hospital on the way there the Boar Faunus asked in a gruff voice "what is he, us or man"
"Man but a good man he fought against those machines allowing us to counter attack" replied the Mink Faunus
The Boar Faunus simply stared at the Man while he disliked Man, he was glad of this one as his intervention had cut losses but the Boar Faunus kept a poker face "Lets just get him to the Doc" he finally said
"Okay hey Bourne what type of dust is this" The Mink Faunus asked
"Like hell I would know Gem" Bourne said glancing at the Sword that Gem was referring too "Why"
"Because its glowing and I feel weird kind of warm but not" Gem answered
"Get the Doc to check you out could be flu" Bourne replied
-At the city hospital-
"Hey is a Doc in" Bourne called out as he and Gem walked through the reception
"Yes, Yes Bourne I am in" an old Monkey Faunus said as he shuffled in his tail wrapped around a mug of hot chocolate "Where is Gem" he asked adjusting his glasses
"Right here Doctor Monroe" Gem said
"I have a drink for you and why do you look so flushed" Doctor Monroe said caringly as he placed the mug of hot chocolate in Gems hands while he took the weapons out of her arms "A medic should not carry weapons of harm"
"Thank you Doctor Monroe but I was wandering if you could tell me why I'm flush but first you must help this man he was shot by the Machines"
"I see follow me" Doctor Monroe said as he walked towards an operation room
-1 hour later-
"Done that was quite a few rounds you caught but you'll live" Doctor Monroe said while patting the man on the shoulder before leaving the room to tell Gem who was waiting on tenter hooks "He will be fine sore but okay"
"Thank you Doctor" Gem exclaimed before moving inside the room Doctor Monroe just left before quickly turning and asking "So did the tests come back for me"
"Yes and its nothing to worry about all that happened was that your aura was unlocked" Monroe Chuckled before walking off
"My Aura" Gem repeated "so I have an Aura" she said as she sat by the unknown Man and waited for him to wake up
-30 minutes later-
"Did anyone get the number of the Bullhead that hit me" Absolum said as he tried to prop himself up only to be hampered by the weight of a brown haired girl with a small set of animal ears on the top of her head "A Faunus...GET UP GIRL" Absolum yelled load enough to wake the sleeping girl, who freaked out and fell off the chair she was sitting in
"Ow why did you yell" Gem said as she rubbed the back of her head
"To wake you" Absolum said matter-of-factly "Now I have a question to ask well two actually; Where am I? And who are the names of the two who brought me here?
Gem hmpfed "Your in a hospital because you were shot helping us repel an attack from Atlesian Knights as for your other question you were out cold so how did you know there were two people?" Gem answered and asked
"I can feel the presence of minds due to my semblance" Absolum replied
"Okay well it was myself and my friend who carried you, I'm Gemma but everyone calls me Gem and Bourne, He isn't the biggest fan of humans and he carried you and I carried your weapons they are over there" Gem said while gesturing to the wall behind Absolum
"Thank you Gemma" Absolum said as he got out of bed only to realise his clothes were gone and instead he was wearing a medical gown "Can I get a pair of trousers please" he said turning to Gem
"Sure what size" was all she said
"Size 26 and in black please" Absolum replied back
Without saying a word Gem walked out of the room and disappeared for 10 or so minutes
When Gem returned she was holding some dark grey slacks and boots "Sorry but these were the only size 26 men's trousers they had" Gem said holding the folded trousers and boots like a offering
"Thank you Gemma" Absolum said as he took the clothes and swiftly put them on under the medical gown before removing the gown and placing it on the bed
"Gem, call me Gem, mister...erm what's your name" Gem said first annoyed then embarrassed
"Sorry Gem and my Name is Absolum Graphinite, I came here to seek out my past as there is a bear Faunus here who once knew me" Absolum said
"Oh I see but luckily there are only 157 Bear Faunus but if you know the trait then we can narrow it down" Gem said plainly but she was not looking at Absolum
"Claws, he had Gold eyes and should be around my age" Absolum said, he was now getting closer to his past
"Young, Golden eyed Male with Claws that description matches resident #2642" Gem said matter-of-factly
"Are you a machine" Absolum asked dumb founded
"Nope I used to work in the Records department and I have photographic memory" Gem said beaming
"So your a walking, talking archive. That's unique, say would you be willing to aid me in finding him" Absolum asked
"Sure but we will have to go through the proper method considering the fact he is not only a private citizen but also a member of the City Guard" Gem said scratching the back of her head
"Well lets go, I have a few questions to ask him" Absolum seemed to pause a moment before continuing "What's his rank and name?"
"CPT Vincent Azure" Gem said typing away on a scroll before noticing Absolum had turned pale
"Vincent Azure son of Bruno and Winnie. He is age 19" Absolum muttered as if he was a machine
"Correct and I have already sent a request to him so we can meet him" Gem said snapping Absolum from his machine like state
"Thank you for helping" Absolum said before asking "Also do you mind telling me where a clothes shop is, I want to get a change of outfit as a cloak and trousers looks odd"
"Cloak but you don't...have...a...cloak" Gem lagged as Absolum pulled an ashen cloak seemingly from nowhere, fastened it around his neck as he walked over to his weapons that seemed to glow as he picked the up and holstered them on the underside of his cloak.
"Can you tell me where the shop is please" Absolum said flashing a warm smile
"I will take you there" Gem exclaimed blushing
A loud knock thundered throughout the room before a gruff voice pierced the still reverberating air
"Oi Gem, the Cap'n request you and the human report to him" The gruff voice said before the Door swung inwards to reveal a massive Boar Faunus, he easily cleared 6 foot 7 and looked like he could hurl a bolder as far as a normal person could throw a pebble but as the Faunus walked past Absolum and over to Gem, Absolum was able to see what seemed to be short bristle like fur jutting out from a heavy looking suit of dark steel plate armour that only added to the owners menace but to Absolums shocked surprise Gem leapt into the armour Faunus's arms and embraced him quickly as a friend would
"Hello Bourne feeling better now you back in your armour" Gem said jokingly
"You know I hate not being in it" Bourne replied stoically before turning to Absolum "Runt, I am First Lieutenant Bourne. I do not care for your Rank, Station or Name lest you can prove to me that you are a honourable warrior who can best me in duels of mind, body and soul" Bourne declared before leaving only stopping to deliver his ultimatum "Fail any 1 of the 3 and I will send you to the grave"
"What with Mr Sunshine?" Absolum asked sarcastically
"Mr Sunshine is stubborn but dependable not to mention he is also a very gifted Knight-of-the-City" Gem said slightly giggling at Bourne's new nickname "Come on we must get something for you to wear"
-1 shopping trip later-
"So how's this?" Absolum said as he pulled on a dark red chest plate with a wolf head insignia on the back
"Nooooo put the Night Hunter Amour back on" Gem groaned
"That's this one right?" Absolum asked as he lifted an ebony coloured cuirass with gold trim along with matching pauldrons and bracers
"Yeah that looked the best and is stronger, don't forget the greaves" Gem answered back before Absolum joined her
"Well how do I look?" Absolum asked again
Gem looked him over, His black red hair had been trimmed and was swept to the right, his long sleeved grey T-shirt provided a contrast to the dark armour that adorned his slim muscular frame, while his dark grey slacks gave an air of civility the Ebony and Gold greaves harden that air with a sense of danger, little could be said for the clean black combat boots laced with Red as they were chosen due for a pragmatic reason. Absolum had ditched his old tattered ash coloured cloak in preference of a shorter black and instead of attaching a SMG holster to the cloak it was now fastened to his left leg while right leg had several pouches containing dust, spare ammo clips and a few small medkits along with a dozen throwing daggers that were embedded with paralysis dust.
"How much do I owe?" Absolum asked the shop keeper as He strapped his SMG in place
"None as you saved my cousins daughter but I have a question for you" The shop keeper narrowed his eyes "You're a human and you don't know us so why did you do it?"
"Do I need a reason to aid others as an international hunter, it is my duty to aid those who need it. Also just because I am human doesn't mean that I endorse the mistreatment of any sentient race as I was raised by a Faunus Mother and a Human Father so I ask once more how much do I owe" Absolum said smiling slightly
"Nothing and good response Human but you say you are a hunter so who do carry with you" The shop keeper said standing up from his stool behind the counter
"Who do I carry with me?" Absolum repeated slowly
"Your weapons what are their names" The shop keeper started "Any weapon you carry with you needs a name because names give things power and makes a larger imprint in history and people"
"They have none as I have never called them anything as I travel alone so I have no need for names" Absolum said "But now you ask, names are now needed My blade will be Chrysaor and my Gun shall be Areadbhar" Absolum said as he held the newly christened weapons Areadbhar in his left hand and Chrysaor in his right "You know that sounds better the Sword and SMG , thanks"
"No problem and nice names, Chrysaor the golden blade that could slice anything and Areadbhar the flaming spear of King Pisear" The shop keep said grinning "Now scram, you don't want to keep Captain waiting" The shop keep said in false tone of annoyance
-15 minutes later-
As Absolum knocked on the metal door in front of him a strict female voice responded from behind them "Who are you and what business do you have here"
"My name is Absolum Graphinite and I have an appointment to see Captain Azure in fact he summoned us" Absolum said still facing the door
"Very well Mr Graphinite, I will inform the Captain that you are he" the female voice was cut off by a single clap as a young Bear Faunus wearing a Captain uniform walked up a set of stairs "What do you need to tell me Liz?" was all he said as he looked over the three standing before him but his gaze lingered on Absolum as he walked over to him and asked "You what is your semblance if you have one"
"Relay sir" Absolum responded
"Use it on me" CPT Azure said
"Okay so Vincent tell me do you know me brother" Came a deep voice that no one else could hear
"Gah" Absolum grunted as Vincent pulled him into a bear hug "So you don't just have the ears of a bear but their strength too
"My brother, I thought you died when we were but cubs tell me what happened to you" Vincent said as He let go off Absolum
"What was that" Gem and the army lady said in sync
"Vincent you should tell the tale as I do not remember it all" Absolum said gesturing to the scar on his temple
"Very well Brother, Well this story starts 19 years ago in a tiny village near the coast 3 boys were born on the same day at the same time and from that day they were inseparable, good thing the parents were close friends" Vincent chuckled "The three of them did everything together learn to walk and talk, but no matter where they were in the village they could always talk to each other of course this made hide and seek a bit unfair on the other kids" He chuckled again "they were so close that their first word were all the same 'Brothers' as they grew up their bonds grew too and by the time they were 3 they trusted each other more then they did anyone else but they lived happily until they were 6 and a half as a group of Faunus attacked the village and shot one of the three in the temple as he was human and spared the Faunus living there as they were the superior race any who opposed the Faunus aggressors were slain by them, the group was a splinter cell of The White Fang but not only did they shot one of the 3 they stole away another leaving only one left who escaped by hiding among the Corpses of the villagers while all the other villagers were taken away by the splinter cell and that is the short version of what happened" Vincent finished with a tear forming in his eyes "Brother why do you go by Absolum"
"Because after I was shot I lost my memories and was found wandering by a Faunus couple who took me in and named me Absolum Graphinite and to be honest brother I do not want to know my old name as it is name belonging to a past that is no longer mine" Absolum answered solemnly "But the names of my birth parents would be appreciated"
"Your father was called Samuel Chartreuse and your mother was Jane Chartreuse" Vincent said his words heavy with sorrow
"Do they have a grave" Absolum asked the sorrow filled Captain
"A memorial on the Hill of the dead, I can take you there if you want" Vincent said pulling himself together
"I would like that, Gem do you mind" Absolum didn't need to finish the sentence
"Go ahead, I will wait at the Drunken Huntsman" Gem replied with a sincere look in her eyes
-A few minutes later-
"Here it is" Vincent said looking at the Modest memorial before them
"Thank my brother, I am glad you survived" Absolum said as he knelled before the base of the memorial and started to pray "Spirits of steel and flesh guide my pray, Samuel, Jane, Its me your biological son though my name is different and I don't remember your faces or your smiles nor do I remember the sound of your voices or laughter. Though I raised by another couples teaching I hope you are proud of my life and what I am doing with it. Now rest well and in peace" Absolum finished as he raised back to his full height he was to say something when sirens started to blare out their monotonous shouts
"Come on Atlesian troops are attacking" Vincent said as he turned to run to the eastern wall
"Why do they attack your city" Absolum said as he ran along side Vincent
"We don't know our emissaries are always sent back in body bags and always killed in the same way a single round to the head" Vincent said "So we fight them please help us"
"You don't need to ask I just found you I am not going to lose you again my brother" Absolum said as he pulled Areadbhar from its holster and ran to the Eastern Wall, grabbing a shield from a fallen Faunus, He leapt over the wall and crushed two Atlesian Knights by landing on them as he dug the shield into the earth and started to open fire at the approaching Knights this insane move stunned the Knights primitive combat AI giving Absolum a second before the Knights opened fire but the shield blocked the bolts as Absolum started to run out of ammo, the gate behind him opened just enough that a massive Warrior in Dark Plate Armour stepped out and threw a large amount of clips at Absolum feet before it spoke
"Human, What is your name and rank?" The Dark Plate Warrior asked
"Bourne my name is Absolum and I am a Huntsman" Absolum said after reloading Areadbhar and taking a few more shots
"Absolum you are a honourable man and I will fight along side you always" Bourne said as he pulled his own sword from his back and charged the opposing force drawing fire from Absolum who quickly joined him in the melee by slicing a knight in two with Chrysaor.
"And I will fight by your side as well" Absolum said as he shot a few more rounds at approaching knights
With this the 2 warriors fought hard and took little damage till a paladin landed before they and opened fire Absolum and Bourne braced for the onslaught but none came as Absolum opened his eyes he could see that the bullets slowed to a crawl and Vincent came walking towards them with his gun raised as he fired striking the Paladins joints causing it to fall backwards
"What happened" Absolum said looking confused
"That was semblance Time Shift it allows me to alter my targets time" Vincent responded "And the effect lasts till I release it but its force is still the same"
"So if I let those bullets touch me" Absolum started
"It will be like the bullets were unaffected" Bourne finished
A wailing siren rang across the battlefield and the Atlesian knights all stood down, turned and ran off back to their ships that swiftly took off only to be blown up as soon as they left the ground by massive rail guns the had appeared along the outer wall of the city
"Railguns, you have Railguns" Absolum was stunned as even Atlas did not have railguns yet this city had
"We recovered the plans from White Fang spies and sent them and the documents back to Atlas when we were neutral with them of course our scribes copied the Schematics with permission from Atlas this was before Ironwood took over and cut ties with us" Vincent replied
"How do you know so much" Absolum asked thinking back to Gem "Are you like Gem with her photographic memory"
"No but I like to stay informed" Vincent said with a dismissive wave of his hand "No lets go eat I had the cooks make something special for you Brother"
-A little while later in the drunken huntsman-
"Mistral green soup, how did you know" Absolum asked
"It was your favourite as a child and I guess it is still...going off of your reaction" Vincent answered
"Yeah it is but a well made one is hard to find" Absolum said before continuing "I wish team RNJR were here"
"Who" Vincent asked
"Funny story if you have the time" Absolum chuckled
"Sure why not" Vincent smiled
"Well there I was in a village absolutely cleaning house of Grimm till a Beringel came smacked me around then just as it was about to crush my head a sniper round came tearing though it killing the beast like that then just before I passed out Ruby Rose " Absolum was interrupted by Bourne
"The Red Reaper of Beacon?" Bourne said
"Yeah her well she came dashing out of nowhere and well next thing I know I was awake in another village of course I left to go find Ruby" Absolum continued to tell his story stopping only to answer the odd question or to take a drink or to consult his little black book that held his past this continued till the sun had raised once more
"You found a white nevermore those are rare dude only 5 have ever been documented" Vincent said
"Call it you gave it a name so call it" Bourne said
"Fine" Absolum said as he walked over to the window and opened it but just as he was about to speak, the white nevermore fly at him and landed on his shoulder "Hello Nimmermehr" Absolum said as he gingerly stroke the white birds head
Nimmermehr cawed before hopping off of Absolums shoulder and scraped 4 letters in to the table top 'RNJR'
"Did you see them" Absolum asked the bird
To which the Nevermore nodded its head
"Who are RNJR" Bourne asked looking at Absolum
"They are a Team of hunters that I was traveling with till we split but I have full intentions of aiding them in their journey coming here was me chasing a rumour" Absolum explained as he put his hand on Vincents' shoulder "That I am glad was true" Absolum turned to the White Nevermore "Where are they" He asked as he placed a map on the table and to his surprise Nimmermehr pecked at Kuroyuri. Absolum looked up at Vincent "How soon can we get a transport there" Absolum asked with haste
"A few hours for it to get prepped for a hot LZ and 20 minutes to get there from here, Why?" Vincent asked to which Absolum answered with a single name "The Nuckelavee"
"I will get suited up" Bourne said as he excused himself
A few hours later Absolum, Vincent and Bourne boarded the transport and Vincent turned to Absolum and said "Brother you be the pilot, Bourne and I will man the weapons"
"Very well" Absolum replied as he let himself and Nimmermehr into the cockpit and swiftly took off going just under full speed as he did not want to cause the transport to overheat.
Absolum was so focused on flying that he forgot to tell RNJR he was nearing them with Relay, after being forced to take a detour due to an Atlas encampment and recon troops this slow and low flying caused the 20 minute flight to triple and Absolum became more and more agitated as the flight drew onwards until Absolum spotted the run down city and increased the Transport height and speed while informing Vincent and Bourne on what to do that when he heard
"Look its a transport" Jaune cries out from the roof top he had climbed on to survey the area "How do I get down" He asked just to be deafened by the speaker of the transport "Jump blondie" as the transport came to a hover the side door slide silently open and a massive mountain of a man stepped off and dropped the 15ft "are you team RNJR" the Faunus asked like a police officer
"Yeah and may we get your name sir" Ren said as he stood up
"Good, No you cannot get my name Human and someone wants to talk to you four" Bourne hissed
"So you're a Faunus" Ren replied
"Yeah and you don't want to find out what type" Bourne retorted as he turned to Ruby "Red head your up front the other 3 get in the back and Red head don't touch anything or I'll push you out"
As Bourne spoke to team RNJR, Absolum had landed the transport allowing them to simply step onto the Transport. Ruby made her way to the cockpit being careful to not touch anything as she knew the Faunus was not joking, Ruby had made it to the door that lead to the cockpit but as she stretched her arm and grab the doors handle, it twisted under its own power and swung inwards pulling the small red head along with it
"Oww" Ruby let out a small groan as she picked herself up on to notice a pair of warm eyes looking at her before the owner of the eyes could talk Ruby had grabbed him in a tight hug "Absolum!" Ruby yelled as she squeezed her friend till she noticed his face take on a blueish tone
"Sorry sorry sorry" Ruby flustered
"Hello to you too Ruby" Absolum replied once he got air back in his lungs, before turning on the mic and saying "ladies and gentlemen this is your captain speaking we like to welcome you on-board this evacuation flight to Shuwood, flight duration is around 1 hour and we are expecting a fairly smooth flight today. Once again we thank you for choosing to fly with us today and we hope you enjoy your flight"
This caused Ruby to giggle as The transport ship took off and started the hour long flight back to Shuwood, however things on the other side of the cockpit door were not as pleasant as Bourne was standing ominously by the cockpit door while NJR were seated in the centre with Jaune going slightly green and Vincent was sitting by the wall looking at Team NJR with curiosity, Vincent spoke first
"Hello Ren, Nora and Jaune, the descriptions Absolum gave where exact but he forgot 1 thing" Vincent started
"What would that be?" NJR asked in near unison
"How excited Nora would be" Vincent finished "Oh where are my manners, My name is Vincent Azure and I am one of the 24 Captains of the city guard"
"I take it you already know our names and jobs" Ren said
"Yeah my brother told me about you all there's; Ruby who loves cookies and she saved my brothers life then there's Nora the pancake loving powerhouse along with Ren who is the Cooking ninja and finally there is Jaune who aided my brother in slaying a massive Grimm. Did I miss anything?" Vincent said
"Your brother is Absolum" Ren asked "but he told us he had no siblings"
"Not by Blood nor Adoption but when we were little Me, Absolum and another were so close that we were like brothers" Vincent answered.
The flight back was quicker then before as Absolum knew what to expect, once they landed back at Shuwood the 7 of them disembarked the Transport as several service crew members arrived at started to unload the ammo and fuel so they could alter its load out in safety, their work was interrupted by the white nevermore hopping from the ship and after a few lazy beats of its wings landed on Absolums left shoulder.
"What is that thing" One of the Service crew workers yelled in shock
"Nimmermehr is no threat as he is docile" Absolum answered as he ran his fingers through Nimmermehrs' feathers
"Soo cute" Ruby and Nora squealed as the turned to look at the cause of the commotion while Jaune had to take a double take as he could not believe his eyes, a pure white Never more with a black bone mask and green eyes that glowed with intelligence
"Interesting I had read that so Grimm avoid people but never of this" Ren said looking thoughtfully at the Bird Grimm