The Idiot and Freelancer in Remnant
"LOCUS!"
Felix screamed. He grabbed his rifle from the ground and began shooting, only for it to be knocked out of his hands with a sniper shot.
"Stay here, Agent Washington." Washington coughed but didn't say anything. Locus shot at the assassin. Felix grunted and activated his shield, blocking several sniper rounds. He was already tired from fighting Washington, so he knew he couldn't take on Locus on his own…along with the fact he was slightly, or very, terrified of his former partner, something on his belt however, caught his eye. He took a glance at Neo, who was dodging the blonde's strikes, but soon knocked her out.
Felix threw a grenade at Locus, who shot the grenade mid-air. Felix took the opportunity and tackled Locus into a metal crate. He managed to grab something as he rammed him.
"Neo!" He yelled out. The ice cream girl suddenly showed up in front of the assassin. Locus went for a swing with his sniper, only for the two to shatter into shards, like a mirror. Locus took a quick look around him. The White Fang members were knocked unconscious, Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Caboose were panting, and Yang was unconscious from fighting Neo.
Caboose gasped when he saw Locus. "It's you….!" Locus gave a slight chuckle and carried Washington in his arms.
"I will answer your questions later. He's losing a lot of blood. We need to take him and your blonde friend to the school infirmary." RWB nodded and Blake carried Yang in he arms.
"Who are you?" Weiss questioned.
"I'll answer all of your questions later. Let's go." Locus threw a sticky grenade to the warehouse doors, destroying and opening the warehouse.
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Felix and Neo were teleported to another warehouse, this time, there were White Fang grunts along with three other people, being Cinder, Emerald and Mercury.
"Was the mission a success?" Cinder questioned. Felix responded by kicking a metal crate slamming it against some random White Fang grunts.
"You said the people who were coming were just random nobodies not those THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS!" He punched a hole on the warehouse wall.
"Sounds like this guy's just all bark and no-" Mercury didn't get to finish as he was shot in the leg with Felix's pistol. Mercury screamed in pain while Cinder raised an eyebrow.
"You know who these people are?"
"Know them?! THEY'RE THE MOTHERFUCKERS THAT GOT ME HERE!" Felix yelled, still enraged that those two were there.
"Sounds like you have-" Emerald was interrupted as Felix tried to shoot her with his pistol, only for her to back flip and dodge. She pulled out a pair of dark lime revolver-sickles and pointed them towards the assassin. Felix grabbed two of his hidden knives with one had, and prepared his magnum pistol in the other. The two stared each other down.
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"Emerald." Cinder said. Emerald turned her head to her.
"He-"
"Don't think, Obey." Cinder interrupted with her eyes glowing amber. Emerald kept her weapons and Felix kept his, only to flip off Emerald.
"What do you know about these people?" Cinder questioned. Felix glared at Cinder from underneath his helmet. Felix thought for a moment, and grew a cynical grin.
"How about this, whatever you're planning here, I'll help, in exchange, I get to kill those two and whoever they brought with them. I give you information, you help me kill them." He held out his hand towards the half Fall Maiden.
"Do we have a deal?" Cinder smiled sinisterly and shook his hand.
"You have a deal…I must warn you-"
"Yeah yeah, I'm not above you or whatever tyrannical bullshit you're about to say to me. Now, do you want to know information about them, or are we just gonna sit around and talk about rankings." Felix clenched his hand in front of Cinder.
"Very well. What do you know?"
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Washington for a while felt nothing…and then, he opened his eyes. He was…somewhere. Everything was black and nothing could be seen other than a single figure.
He saw Felix standing right in front of him, twirling a combat knife in his hand.
"You are just one pathetic son of a bitch you know that?" Felix threw the knife towards the freelancer's chest. Washington screamed in pain and clutched his chest. He felt a hand raise his chin. He came face to face with Felix.
"As long as I'm stronger than you, as long as I'm better than you, I can kill you. You're just another pathetic loser." Felix grabbed another hidden knife and stabbed him in the shoulder. Washington screamed in pain once more while Felix just grinned sadistically.
"Go away!" Washington tried to push him away, only for him to be punched in the face. Felix suddenly morphed into a beige armored person.
"York!"
York grabbed a pistol from his belt.
"You always were the worst in our squad." He shot Washington in the foot and he fell down to his knees. York then morphed into a purple and green soldier.
"North."
"Looks like you're about to end up like Georgia. Do you really want to know what happened to him?" North said as he bashed Washington with the butt of his pistol.
"No…" North morphed into a pure black solider, and held the pistol's handle.
"Tex…"
"Tsk, tsk. Wrong answer." She said as she pressed the gun's barrel against his forehead.
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"GAH!" Washington woke up with a scream. He looked around him and saw that he was in some sort of infirmary. He looked to his side and saw Caboose sitting on a chair beside him, sleeping as his head was on the bed.
"Oh! You're awake!" He looked up to see someone in a nurse's outfit.
"I will go contact the headmaster." She said as she walked out of the infirmary. Washington just continued to lie down, he shook the sleeping Caboose beside him. He noticed that he and Caboose were no longer in their armor, he was in some sort of white uniform and Caboose was wearing his casual clothes.
"Hey Caboose. Wake up." Caboose stretched his arms out and yawned. He opened his eyes to see the now conscious freelancer.
"Washingtub! You're alive!" Caboose exclaimed. Washington just chuckled at his antics but had to know what happened.
"What happened back at the warehouse?"
"Well…first we entered the warehouse…and then the very mean person showed up-" Caboose said slowly, though Washington cut him off.
"Once I was unconscious, Caboose. What happened after I was unconscious?"
"Oh! The other one shot at the other very mean one….and then the mean one had ice cream! Then they broke into a mirror."
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"…I'm just gonna go ask Team RWBY and Professor Ozpin, how long was I out?"
"TWO DAYS." Freckles replied. Washington's jaw dropped.
"Two days?!"
"The nice lady said you lost a lot of blood. But don't worry! I have orange juice!" Caboose said, holding a box of orange juice for the freelancer. Before Washington could respond, they heard a voice over the school's intercom.
"Would Mr. Washington and Mr. Caboose please go to my office? Thank you." Ozpin said. Washington just sighed and tried to stand up. He still felt pain, but was well enough to stand up.
"Come on Caboose. Let's go see what Ozpin wants."
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Caboose and Washington changed into their armors and rode the elevator to the familiar office. They entered the office and Washington noted the people inside. Ozpin was sipping his coffee. Ironwood was giving them a strict glare. Glynda gave them a look, but it seemed more concerned than strict. The one Washington didn't expect however, was the presence of Team RWBY.
"Good to see you're awake Mr. Washington, good afternoon to you as well Mr. Caboose. Both of you, please have a seat." The two did as they were told.
"Um, hey, who's the third guy?" Caboose said, seeing a third chair to his right.
"Me." Locus materialized, revealing he was actually sitting on the chair the whole time.
"Oh my god it's a ghost!" Washington sighed.
"Why did you call us here?"
"I called all three of you here to discuss today's events." Ozpin said. He glanced at Team RWBY.
"What happened when they arrived at the address?" Blake spoke up.
"They entered some sort of warehouse, and were ambushed by several White Fang members, along with a girl with ice cream hair named "Neo"." Ironwood raised his eyebrow.
"The White Fang? They haven't been operating any crimes lately. Why were they there?" Weiss spoke up.
"We don't know. They were being led by some orange and black armored guy named Felix." At that, Locus clenched his fist.
"Do you know this person, Locus?" Ironwood asked.
"Felix is a highly skilled mercenary, though right now, I can only assume he works as an assassin for whoever was leading the White Fang." Glynda raised her eyebrow this time.
"And you know him how?"
"We used to be partner. I never expected him to be alive though."
"What do you mean by that?" Blake asked. Washington sighed. Not really knowing who or how to respond, the office was kept in silence for a few minutes.
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Until Locus broke it.
"He was supposedly killed, back from where we come from." Locus answered. It was at this point Ozpin decided to speak.
"Your world." Weiss raised an eyebrow at this.
"What does that mean?" Locus just sighed, he glanced towards the Beacon headmaster, who nodded. He looked back at the four girls.
"We three are from a completely different world. A different dimension, if you will. If you require evidence, our armor and lack of aura should compensate for this." Locus answered. At that moment, Team RWBY was just….well, jaws dropped.
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"This has to be a joke." Weiss said. Ironwood just sighed.
"I have said the same thing, however." He glanced at Locus. "Locus has been one of the most useful soldiers I've worked with. He wouldn't tell a lie like this."
"Now, I believe now is a time for you to answer a certain question. How do you two know each other?" Ozpin asked. Washington, Caboose and Locus just glanced at each other, unaware if they should tell the truth or-
"I will know if it is a lie." Ozpin declared.
"…I was hired to kill them in the past." Locus answered bluntly.
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"Wha-"
"I want to answer all of these questions tomorrow." Washington interrupted. Ozpin raised his eyebrow.
"Why?"
"Because tomorrow is the day that my friends enter this world. The white door in our room should be recharged by then. I want them to be here if I'm going to answer these questions." Washington answered.
"The one you were carrying in the forest?" Yang asked, to which Washington nodded. Ozpin rubbed his chin in thought for a moment.
"Your friends…how close do you think you are with them?"
"They're like-no, they ARE my family." Washington answered bluntly.
And for the fourth time in that office, silence stood for a moment.
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"Very well." Ironwood was about to retort but Locus interrupted him.
"It will be fine, General." Locus said before Ironwood could retort. Ironwood just glared at the mercenary.
"A true soldier doesn't speak to his superiors."
Locus smashed his fist on the table, creating a rather large crack.
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT A TRUE SOLDIER IS!" Locus yelled as he began walking back to the elevator and took it to the lowest floor.
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"What happened after I was knocked unconscious?" Washing asked, breaking the silence.
"Locus carried you back to Beacon infirmary, without aura, your healing process took much longer than it should've." Glynda answered.
"What happened to Felix?"
"He escaped." Blake answered. Washington grunted.
"Well, we'll see you all tomorrow then. Come on Caboose." He said as he and Caboose began walking to the elevator. They took it to the same floor Locus went to, as they still needed to ask him questions.
Once the two left, RWBY asked their own questions.
"They're aliens?" Ruby asked the headmasters and teacher.
"They come from a completely different world our own. One without Aura, Grimm, Dust or even Faunus." Blake perked when she heard the last one.
"A world without Faunus?"
"Indeed. Their world however, seems to not be a peaceful one." Yang raised an eyebrow at the headmaster.
"What do you mean?"
"When I saw their eyes, they were eyes that had lost something, eyes that had experienced much more than anyone else I know." Ozpin explained. Weiss was about to ask something, but Ozpin cut her off.
"We will learn more about them tomorrow. I suggest you four go back to your classes." Team RWBY nodded and headed towards the elevator.
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"Are you sure-" Ironwood started, only for Ozpin to tap his cane to the ground.
"You have said that many, many times General. I believe you should know when to stop. Even your own soldiers seem to be getting annoyed." Ozpin said grimly. Ironwood said nothing, but had an odd look on his face.
"He's right, James." Glynda stated.
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Washington and Caboose were searching for the green and black mercenary, needing to ask their own questions, though being invisible doesn't exactly give you much hope of finding someone. The two were currently searching in the library.
"Looking for me?" Washington grabbed his pistol and turned around to see Locus materializing.
"It's the ghost person!" Caboose screamed.
"Yes, actually. We just want to ask you a few questions." He looked around and noticed the several looks he received from the students around him.
"Let's speak somewhere more private. Let's go to our dorm room, we can talk and ask questions there."
Locus crossed his arms. "Very well. Keep the pistol."
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Washington reluctantly did so and made their way towards their dorm room.
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The three armored soldiers were in the room. Caboose was cleaning Freckles, Locus was sitting on a chair beside a window, and Washington was sitting on his bed.
"Alright." Washington started. "First question, how did you get here?" Locus turned towards the freelancer and said,
"I searched for redemption." Locus answered.
"What do you mean?" Locus stared at the freelancer.
"After I left the communications tower, I grabbed as many teleportation grenades as I could, set them to random frequencies, and started throwing. Each and every planet I visited, however, had already heard of me being a mercenary, and so, I was treated like a monster wherever I went." Washington raised an eyebrow.
"Teleportation grenades? Weren't all of the alien technologies you possessed destroyed when that tower activated?"
"Back in one of the temples, I found a secret room, it had a large amount of teleportation grenades. Felix found me and decided to keep this a secret, and kept some for ourselves just in case things went south. He kept several on his personal, and I can only assume that he was sent here using one of them." Washington nodded.
"I see…so you continued to use those grenades until you could find a place you could redeem yourself?"
"Correct. I eventually found this world, Remnant. I only arrived here two months ago, so I don't know everything about this world. General Ironwood took notice of my fighting skills, and made a deal for me to work for him. The single term of the deal I said was not to question my past. Ever since then, I've been doing mostly everything general said." Locus explained.
"Mostly?" Washington questioned.
"You've noticed the army of Atlesian robots around the city, correct? I heavily disagreed with him on that decision, but he ignored me, and went on to do so." He glanced at Washington.
"I know that I am a monster and I can't redeem myself." He opened his palm into the air and clenched it.
"But damn me if I won't die trying."
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"Well, I think that's pretty neat." Caboose chimed into the conversation.
"Guess so. I guess I can forgive you since you saved my life back at the warehouse, and Caboose here probably forgot about what you've done anyways."
"This is true!"
"AFFIRMATIVE." Locus, for the first time in months, smiled underneath his helmet.
"Once the others arrive though, don't expect them to forgive you so easily though."
"I know." Locus grabbed a random book from the bookshelf.
"Which of your friends will be going?" Washington rubbed his chin in thought.
"I actually don't know. I'm sure Carolina and Tucker are coming, but I don't know the rest. Knowing them, there's a good chance they'll use a rocket to make sure more than the max people come through." Locus actually laughed at that.
"Sounds like something those idiots would do."
"Maybe, but hey, they're my idiots." Washington chuckled.
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Felix had just finished explaining what he knows about those guys to Cinder, along with any information about THEIR world. Cinder seemed to believe him, but Mercury and Emerald seemed doubtful. Didn't really matter though. All that did was when those assholes were gonna die. He internally kicked himself for the warehouse failure.
"But hey…" He said, drawing an energy sword shaped like a fighter jet.
"At least I got something back." He grinned and sliced a random crate into two.
"Locus and those morons are just about to truly see what happens when you fuck with me."
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And…that's chapter 10. Hope you guys enjoyed, and sorry if this one seemed a little different and too short for you guys.
Also sorry if you were expecting a Felix vs a Locus fight.
Anyways, reviews!
Killed streaks- Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the story!
Number241- No promises, though I did say I'd let Doc/O'Malley 'borrow' it if he was voted as the one going to Remnant.
Rocketmce- Locus, the invisible dread, and thanks.
If you have tips, criticism, questions, ideas, suggestions, or any thoughts on this story, feel free to leave it in the reviews.
Anyways, the poll is officially closed. And if you've seen the poll results, it's obvious who's going.
OR IS IT?!
The next one will be longer, as it will be the whole "Explanation" chapter, so it might take longer than usual to make.
Anyways, to try to compensate for the short chapter, here's an Omake. Well, it's more of an AMV in Word form, or half of one, but it came to my mind so why not.
Omake: Divide (Play the RWBY song)
*INSTRUMENTAL*
It was you who, ended their lives!
Made them to dig their own graves!
The Director is shown inside the Mother of Invention, overlooking a planet.
With your dark, sick, cruel design!
Convince them their world could be saved.
The Director is giving a speech to several of the Freelancers.
Have, you, no, shame?
Signing them up for your war
The Freelancers are shown fighting several grunts.
Train them to fight what they can't beat,
Your sins are the ones they'll pay for
Tex is currently beating the crap out of Maine, York and Wyoming on the training grounds.
Saaaa-criiii-fiiiiicee them for your needs!
Connie is shown in the hands of her leader, dying.
Slaughter is coming the end drawing near
You'll regret, your, deeds!
The Meta appears, acquiring all the A.I. Fragments, holding the BruteShot.
Legends and Fairy Tales scattered in time!
Maidens and Kingdoms wrapped up in a lie!
The A.I. Fragments are shown under a large figure, the ALPHA.
These children you mislead,
The Meta grabs Carolina by the throat,
You'll watch them all bleed,
He grabs her A.I. Chip,
Strength will not bring Victory~!
He throws Carolina down on a cliff on Sidewinder, and she is seen falling in slow-motion.
Divide them!
Tear them apart!
York is defending himself from Carolina's attacks.
Sever their trust
It will strangle their hearts!
Wyoming and Maine use live ammunition on training grounds, while York looks confused.
Inside them!
Plant seeds of doubt,
The A.I. Sigma is shown manipulating Maine.
Hope will be smothered,
They'll turn on each other!
North and South Dakota are shown fighting each other. South with a rocket launcher, and North with dual Sniper Rifles.
Hatred will sprout
Suspicion and doubt
Connie is shown, looking at the leaderboard.
Friendships deny
Carolina watches York's last hologram messages.
While allegiances die
The Counselor shoots at someone with a pistol.
The taste will be sweet
When you get what you've earned
And I'll watch you…BURN!
The Mother of Invention is seen crashing onto Sidewinder, like a fireball.
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Now that I think about it, maybe Ozpin is more of the Director than Ironwood...
I have a feeling I should say:
I do not own Red vs Blue, RWBY, or their music, all rights go to RoosterTeeth.
Anyways, I'm sorry if this Omake was bad.
Thanks for reading and have a great day.