AN:hey guys I'm back with your weekly dose of idiocy. We have a bit of backstory on Krauss and not one not three but TWO fights... Well if you feel inclined to count the secound that is. Uh that's all for now, please read it and give me feedback, I have no beta so I'm generally pulling this out of my ass at the best of times.
Lunch was spent with Krauss and Wilhelm argueing over pistol calibers with Ruby adding in every now and then, JPR trying to control Nora, WB just eating like normal, Yang then asked a question that a certain sergeant hoped he would never have to answer. "Krauss?" The man turned to face Yang.
"Yes miss." Replied Krauss.
"How did you get those scars?" The gathered teens and members of his squad looked at him expecting an answer.
"It's not something I like to talk about, but I know you won't stop till you get an answer. You gals remember when we first spoke right." He received nods from RWBY. "That IED did a lot more damage than that." Jaune went to raise his hand before he could even get it halfway raised Krauss predicted and answered the question."Improvised Explosive Device, a homemade bomb." The hand slowly descended."Well at the time I was a specialist, just below my current rank, we were on patrol in a village. The place had been cleared of insurgents last week and deemed safe. I was at the rear and noticed a kid, no older then Ruby, was getting really close to the point man." The group increased their attention at his story. His clothes were really baggy and he always kept his hand behind his back hiding it from our point man and most of the squad." It was here Krauss's voice took on a sad and Slightly angry tone. "After a second I realized he had a detonator in his hand I…" Krauss's voice broke slightly." I tried to take him down but I missed the kill shot. The bastard still managed to detonate his vest and took most of my squad with him." The members of Airborne just nodded. They had all seen some of the more fanatical Nazis and Russians try similar tactics, but to think it was someone as young as 15… They didn't like it one bit.
"What do you mean detonate his vest?" Asked an oblivious Ruby. Adam filled her in. "Suicide bomber, he filled a tac vest, like what we're wearing, with explosives walks up to a target and kills himself usually taking a few dozen with him, I saw it with some SS platoon while back. Never thought I'd hear of someone so young doing it. " The Remnants (you come up with a better name for them.) were utterly appalled that someone could do such a thing. Krauss continued his story." the bomb was filled with easily a couple hundred AKM rounds, some shards of a rifle hit my face" he said as he pointed the one scar that ran from the corner of his mouth back. He then rolled up his sleeve past his elbow and showed the scarring visible at the joint and around it." any thing near my joints got hit pretty badly. he rolled the sleeve back down. " and of course that rebar hit me here and pinned me to a wall." he tapped his right side just below his lungs. Yang apologized "I'm sorry I didn't know." Krauss shook his head. "No need, that was an error on many levels mine included. The meal continued in relative silence. Next up was combat class, something everyone was highly interested in.
Combat class was quite different. Airborne split off to grab their gear and suit up. they got quite a few curious looks. The COMA armor was quite different than anything seen by the people of Remnant. Wilhelm had taken his MG-42 and had a FG42 on standby. He had also taken Krauss's previous Machine Gunner's helmet and had elected to keep the faceplate down. He also, along with Jonathan, had large box magazines strapped everywhere, ensuring they had the proper amount of ammo. Adam had taken his Thomson along with the new scoped Garand. Krauss had taken his M14 and saber. He was also lugging the field radio with him. Each had their sidearms. They all sat next to RWBY and JNPR. The other students were rightfully nervous of this new group and the massive guns they had with them. Yang had to hold Ruby back from 'inspecting' the various small arms. Goodwitch went through her opening speal, don't use excessive force, remember to look proper for the incoming guests during the Vytal tournament, don't forget to maintain your equipment, ect. Ozpin had unlocked the team's collective aura earlier in the week. Unfortunately due to the higher levels of background radiation on the team, their aura was maybe strong enough to prevent bug bites and paper cuts.(Don't want them falling ill to Remnant's version of Lyme disease or similar.) They were fine with it, they had fought without magic shields before, they could still do it now. Glynda spun the match wheel. With a click the opponents popped on the screen." Blake Belladonna vs Nora Valkyrie." Announced Goodwitch.
Nora stared down her opposition, her hammer was held loosely, and her feet spread causally. Blake was the complete opposite. She was coiled like a spring, ready to pounce. Gamble Shroud was held at a low ready off to the side. Nora launched the opening attack, a grenade flew crazily out of the hammer head. Blake predictably dodged to attack and went for a swing with Gamble's sheath. As the blade was blocked by the end of Magnhild's handle, the pistol was quickly swung around on its cord to strike Nora's back. With a quick tap of the hammer Nora altered the trajectory to it so it would simply fall short. As the pistol returned to Blake, Nora made a series of wild swings that ended with a grenade aimed up and behind Blake. Blake let a shadow clone take the first few hits and then tried to counter by blocking with Gamble's sheath and sliding inside Nora's Guard. Nora did what any person with a long weapon would do, back up. She quickly snapped the end of the half up towards Blake's gut. The blow connected and slightly staggered Blake. Then the grenade came down. Nora's frankly brilliant plan failed when Blake simply let a clone tank the blast for her. Blake's clone was not able to take full force and the blast clipped her, and it pushed her right into a two handed swing of the hammer. Blake flew a good fifteen feet from it. She recovered and put three rounds down range. Two hit and chipped away at Nora's Aura. Blake then lashed out with her sword landing several solid hits. Those strikes brought Nora's aura down to the orange, matching her own.
Blake tried to play dirty. "Nora Look! Pancakes!" She said pointing behind the bomber. Nora seemed to fall for it. Blake rushed her with her out sword to her side. The strike was a low slash at the legs. A crying Nora, not finding any pancakes, spun around and brought down Magnhild on Blake's back and less than a half second. Blake's aura crashed into the red as she was smashed ruthlessly into the ground. "There were no pancakes!" Said a sobbing Nora. Blake simply groaned in the crater she had made.
Soon Blake was collected from the floor and dragged to a seat. Nora on the other hand was being feed pancakes by Ren, it was the only thing that seemed to sedate her cries of "The Invisible Pancakes". Goodwitch spun the wheel a second time, as it revealed the opponents she announced their names. "Cardin Winchester vs 2nd Lieutenant McCarthy."the students started to whisper among themselves. Who was the Lt. , one of those new guys seen with RWBY?
The two stepped into the arena. Cardin rested his mace on his shoulder. Cardin attempted to taunt the older man.
"Ha just coincide and I let you off with only a few broken ribs"
Adam simply chambered a round in the Thomson. Cardin immediately tried to rush Adam. His mace raised high. Unfortunately Adam already had a Bead on him. The SMG burped a three round burst. Cardin was too close to dodge and all three impacted his chest. The first impacted and brought his aura down to around 60%. The second brought down to 20, well into the red. The third bullet hit and shattered his aura. The bullet continued and punched through the ornate chest armor and stopped after hitting his sternum. Cardin collapsed almost immediately after. His mace fell and rolled to a stop after impacting Adam's boot. What people didn't notice was that Adams aura had completely depleted from the slight tap. Everyone was shocked. Had Cardin of all people just gotten killed? What the hell did the new guy load in that gun of his. Crescent Rose, widely accepted as the most powerful gun in the school, would take upwards of twenty shots to deplete someone's aura.
Before even Goodwitch could do anything Jonathan ,the closest the Fireteam had to a medic, quickly lept into the arena and ran over to Cardin's command chain immediately switched to him. He quickly barked out orders to the team.
"Krauss get a medic, Adam help me get this chest plate off."
Krauss quickly passed the task off to Ruby, as she knew where the infirmary was and was the fastest. Adam quickly slung his Thomson and ran to help Jonathan. They quickly removed the armor and under shirt to expose the wound. Jonathan sighed in relief, the bullet had barely broken skin and had stopped a little more than an inch in the flesh. Presumably at the sternum. He quickly removed the bullet, and bandaged the wound tightly. After mulling it over in his head he stuck a dose of morphine in Cardin's arm. The kid would be out for a few hours but he would be fine, and hopefully more cautious in the future.
Goodwitch was not very happy. She had her doubts about the four soldiers, this just seemed to put the final nail in the coffin. Fortunately before Goodwitch could start yelling Ruby showed up dragging one of the school's doctors behind her. Jonathan quickly informed the man and let the professional take over. The doctor looked over Jonathan's work.
"Nice job kid, can't really do any more. What happened anyway?"
Jonathan shrugged. "Took three .45 rounds to the chest. Aura stopped two, last one pierced aura and armor. I thought aura was a bit tougher than this."
This threw the doctor off track "wait three pistol rounds did this?"
"Yep."
The doctor looked to the unconscious hunter and shook his head.
"Alright well you're probably not going to be sparing for a while so help me carry him to the infirmary."
The two airborne saluted, picked the boy up, and carried him away. While the class, and by extension Goodwitch, was busy trying calm down, Krauss and Wilhelm slipped out and caught up with their team. A hushed conversation followed.
They had quickly run back to the barracks and started to grab Ammunition, food, survival gear, and a few other important odds and ends.
"Krauss check the weather." Krauss flipped on his scroll and quickly looked it up.
"We got lots of light rain and a bit of thunder starting at 2130 and continuing for the next two days."
Adam nodded."You heard the man. Make sure your shit is waterproof."
"El-Tee."
"Yes Private?"
"Permission to bring the 67."
"Denied. If we run into anything that big we're screwed anyways. Take the 1919."
He turned to the other two. "Alright Karuss you're taking that Garand you finished. (M14 is a direct 'upgrade' and uses almost all the same controls. A transfer would take a minute to learn.) Everyone takes .45s and .30. Wilhelm do you want to carry the 42? you will be hauling your own ammo." Wilhelm looked at the heavy gun. "You mind if I take my rifle instead?" Adam shook his head
"Go ahead, it's probably the only other weapon you trained on." The gunner nodded and started loading magazines and placing them in his webbing. After all the gear was squared away on their persons, Adam instructed Krauss to leave a recording and write a note. The tape would be placed in the room for the staff detailing what they had done and how long they would be indisposed for. The note would be a forgery to let them commandeer a bullhead to take them to the Emerald Forest.
The arming process only took fifteen minutes but it was too slow in the fire team's opinion. They quickly made it to the air pad, got a pilot, and were in the air in five minutes. Wilhelm was drawing a route on a map with Adam. Krauss was instructing the pilot on the LZ and the two extraction sites. Jonathan was acting as a door gunner while listening to the chatter the rest were making. The soldiers soon landed and began grabbing gear and disembarking. Once assured the had gotten everything Krauss singled the pilot to take off.
"Alright, first camp is ten miles at bearing 150, I want us there before the rain starts. It won't be long before Ozpin figures out what happened and sends someone after us." The men gave various affirmatives and started walking. They made to mile 7 when Wilhelm, who was on point, called a halt.
Adam asked "What's the hold up?"
"Uh Ursa, six of them, they are moving to the west, they haven't noticed us."
"Wait for them to pass then press on." He turned to his third "leave a marker, Runic"
Krauss pulled his Kbar and carved the corresponding runes for 7/10 and B150 in a tree on both sides of the clearing. The group then continued the trek to camp.
AN: well hope you enjoyed it, I'll see you guys on the 29th. Hopefully.