AN: Welcome back everyone! Hope you all are having a wonderful time this holiday season, because yet again I'm not but who the fuck cares at the moment. I don't have much to complain about this time but I do have reviews to discuss so let's get into them shall we?
XCOMHEAVY12: Well damn, once again you never cease to amaze me with these reviews. As for the boot camp, I'll try my best to make it some of the hardest shit they've ever gone through but no guarantees honestly. As for the rolls, I was thinking Ruby would be a sniper more than a scout but as time passed I could see her as one in the future. Blake would definitely be a scout, Yang would most likely go into infantry, Ren would fall into the group with Ruby, Nora as you said would most likely be in EOD due to her experience with explosives, Pyrrha I don't know about a drill instructor, Weiss yes as an officer, and finally Jaune... he might be tough to figure out. Oh who am I kidding, I'm spoiling it for you; just read the chapter man. Anyways, thanks for the long review and fucking finally someone knows a lot more about Brute than me. Keep me posted on your story too.
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The dorm rooms were dark and quiet as time passed and gave off a peaceful early morning vibe. Everyone slept soundly as the hour reached six o'clock and there was suddenly a loud noise that vibrated from their scrolls, jolting them awake and making them hastily look around. Their scroll continued to emit a loud noise and made most of them try to shut it off but to no avail, it continued to make the noise before stopping and a message appeared.
"Get your asses in gear and hurry to the amphitheater. You got twenty-five minutes grub food." The message read. RWBY, JNPR, CFVY, and CRDL all groaned when they knew it was Walker who was sending the message, the question was how he managed to send it to all of them. All the transfer students looked out of their rooms quizzically and saw the four teams heading towards the auditorium for the briefing.
"What's going on?" Nebula asked tiredly.
"First day of training." Yang yawned.
"Why the hell are we training this early in the morning?" May muttered.
"I don't know. Why did you call my sister a hussy?" Yang asked with narrowed eyes. May blanked a little bit when she realized that the best hand-to-hand fighter in the school was the older sister to Ruby... shit.
"Guys I think we should head over there." Jaune said.
"Vomit boy's right. We should head there but don't think this is over between you and me. We've got a lot of 'catching up' to do." Yang said to May while cracking her knuckles. The rest of the walk was surrounded in silence as they got there past the time that was stated in the message. Once each one entered the amphitheater and took a seat the lights came on to reveal Ozpin, Glynda, and Walker; the final one crossing his arms while tapping his fingers. Due to the lights being dim, his figure looked imposing due to the helmet lights glowing their unblinking gaze as he stared at each and every one of them.
"Good morning children. I hope that little message was enough to make you all aware that your advance training class begins at this time." Ozpin said. The transfer students blanked when he said their training began at this early in the morning, who in their right mind would want something like this to begin this early. Glynda nodded when he nodded to her and she stepped up with a slight sigh, clearly tired as everyone else except Walker and Ozpin.
"Yes, due to the new threat that are more dangerous than the Grimm themselves, you all have been selected to be trained by a professional. Walker please make yourself known." She said. Every single person in the room jaws dropped except the Beacon students. He was their professional?!
"This is bullshit!" Nolan shouted making everybody look at him, Glynda was about to scold him but Walker stuck his hand out and shook his head before walking up to the microphone and tapped it a few times, creating a loud thumping noise.
"How is it bullshit Mr. Porfirio? Is it because it's by the likes of me that you don't like? Or the fact that I whooped your ass in front of all your friends?" He asked calmly and just stared at Nolan.
"I-" Nolan began but stopped when Walker interrupted him.
"This isn't the time for you to make a smart ass comment. This is the time where you all listen to me." He said to him then to all in the room. "When you are with me, I will not tolerate any disrespect or I'll have all your asses on a fucking pike! In my classroom you are nothing but piles of dog shit underneath my boot until you prove you're more than that! Under my command you will treat the person next to you like family because that's what they are on the battlefield, and so help me god if you leave your brother or sister I'll make it to where your mother fucking swallowed! Do I make myself clear?!" He shouted forcefully, making them all go stiff.
"Yes sir!" They responded.
"Now get your asses to the training grounds!" He commanded, making every single one of them scramble out the door and rush to the training grounds. Ozpin let out a light laugh as Glynda just rubbed her forehead.
"Try not to break them." She sighed.
"Can't do that Ms. Goodwitch. They need to be broken down in order to be built stronger, little insecurities are flaws on the battlefield. If they can take a little shouting and insults then they can take on anything." He said and followed his students out the door.
"Did we make a mistake sir?" She asked, turning to Ozpin.
"Not one bit Glynda. He knows more about the locust then we do, plus he's been through more obstacles than them and managed to overcome them. So if anybody is going to train them right, it's him." He said.
"I hope you're right." She sighed and began to walk towards her class since she still had some. Oum knows those children will probably want to have a class that didn't shatter them.
Walker entered the training grounds and scowled when he saw everybody sitting down or leaning on a wall, this did not fucking fly with him once so ever. He would have been beaten to a pulp if he was caught doing this.
"Did I fucking say you could sit down?!" He shouted at them. Each one stood up quickly and stared at him as he walked right in front of them while looking at each one fiercely.
"S-so what are we doing today Walker?" Jaune asked nervously, this was the first time he's seen Walker yell and personally it was a little scary.
"You all are going to go through the basics, now stand in a straight line or I'll shove my boot so far up your ass I'm kicking teeth!" He commanded. All the students stood in a straight line and looked forward when he commanded them to, not daring to disobey him.
"I wanted you all here twenty minutes ago. So what was the hold up?" He asked, looking at Coco.
"We weren't taking this seriously." She answered.
"Not taking it serious eh? Did you all think I was fucking kidding when I said I'd go hard on you?!" He shouted.
"No sir!" They all replied.
"Apparently so since you all wanted to take your sweet ass time. So for every minute you aren't here and kicking then that's another minute of pure hell I'm putting on the clock." He said, making them all groan. "I never asked for your input you fucking wasteful skin sacks! Now shut your fucking gobs!" He shouted. They all clamped their mouths shut as he marched by them and looked at them with a stern gaze. Out of the corner of his eye he heard someone whisper something making him look in their general area.
"Who said that? Who the fuck said that?! Which one of you little cock-sucking two timing shitbags said that?!" He shouted. No one bothered to say a thing making him scowl. "So it was the fairy fucking godmother who said it huh? Was it you pretty boy?" He asked and pulled on Scarlet's collar, making his eyes widen a bit.
"It was me sir." Nolan said from the edge of the line.
"Well what have we got here? A fucking whisperer? Private hipster, I admire your honesty. So much I'd let you come to my house and fuck my sister." Walker said. May tried to stifle a laugh and eventually let out a small giggle but immediately regretted it when Walker stood in front of her and glared at her.
"Something funny private tramp stamp?" Walker asked.
"N-no sir." She said quietly.
"Speak up!" He shouted.
"No sir!" She shouted back. All the air left her lungs as Walker hit her in the stomach. Now he would normally feel like shit for hitting a woman but they needed to learn their place here, they were his students and he'd rather break them down before letting them die by his hands.
"I got your name! I got your ass! You will run by the numbers or so help me God I'll rip your head off and shit down your neck! Get up!" He commanded. She shakily got up with tears in her eyes before standing up straight, this is what she signed up for? It was barely even the first day and she could barely handle a couple of insults. He walked towards the middle of the room and looked at them all, scanning to see which ones he needed to work with first. Sun, Nolan, May, Jaune, Gwen and Cardin. Those six were the ones he needed to work on the most.
"Out in the halls of beacon I am your fellow classmate and friend but inside my class I am your mentor and adviser who will prepare you for the war ahead! In here, there will be no racism, bullying, betrayal, fighting except when training, or flirting! You all came to train to fight the grubs and become the sentinels of Remnant against the locust horde and I'll be damned if I have some newbies dying out there before I can train them to at least put a dent in that fucking horde! Do I make myself clear?!" He asked.
"Sir yes sir!" They responded in unison. The rest of the time was filled with insults and slurs that made each one of them break down, even Ren almost shed a tear when he was addressed; although he knew Walker was doing this to toughen them up he still couldn't help but feel a little hurt. This is the kind of training he had to go through?
"Good! That's all for the first day, tomorrow I want you all here on time or we're going to be doing PT for the next two hours instead of one!" He said, making them all nod their heads quickly. "Dismissed!" He said, making them all scramble out. He went over to his desk and sat down in it, resting his head in his forearms. They should be considered lucky he's not even going half way, only half the yelling is needed to get them going. They wasted twenty minutes of his time because they didn't want to take this seriously, habits like those would get people killed. He looked at his watch and saw that it was seven-ten and he sighed a bit before getting up and going outside to breath in the crisp morning air; the sun had begun to rise and met his eyes a bit. There was a sudden shout that made him look to his right to see Blake yelling at Sun, with the boy looking a bit crestfallen when Blake said something and marched away. Sun began to pace around in a circle before stopping when Walker suddenly appeared out of nowhere and stood with his arms crossed.
"Oh hey Walker. How're you?" He chuckled nervously.
"Fine. Care to explain why Blake looks so angry this early in the morning?" Walker said.
"Well... I just apologized to her again but she didn't seem to buy it." Sun said.
"That's probably because she's still mad about you throwing your negative opinions my way all those months ago. If I know Blake, she's not one to let something go." Walker said and began to walk with Sun towards the dorm rooms.
"Yeah, we uh noticed when we chased Torchwick." Sun said.
"Then why did you try to get on her good side this early if you know she's still going to hold a grudge?" Walker asked.
"I don't know." Sun sighed.
"Or it's because you have a massive crush on her and she doesn't return the feelings." Walker stated.
"W-what?! That's not it!" Sun exclaimed.
"Yes it is. She told me about it and asked for advice on how to tell you off without you becoming a depressing walking talking tower of shit." Walker said.
"Did you really have to call me that?" Sun said dejectedly. Walker scowled a bit before smacking him upside the back of the head and muttering something. Sun yelped in surprise and rubbed the back of his head to rid it of the slight pain.
"Jesus Christ, you and Jaune have that bullshit bad. So what if a girl isn't into you, just move on. There's literally numerous women in the world." Walker said.
"Yeah but-" Sun said.
"Butts are for shitting. Point is Sun, move the fuck on. She's clearly not interested in you so stop bothering her so much, it hinders her learning because she's stressed and it disrupts my sleep because I have to talk with her all night until she goes to sleep." Walker deadpanned.
"Oh." Sun said, not realizing he was that much of a bother in her life.
"Yeah. I'm not saying don't talk to her, no. I'm saying stop trying to flirt with her because she's close to snapping and it's starting to break her a bit." Walker said.
"Got it..." Sun said then went quiet for a minute.
"You need advice don't you?" Walker sighed.
"Yeah, how do I get a girl to like me then?" Sun asked.
"Be yourself, if that doesn't work then start improving... and for god's sake put a fucking shirt on man." Walker said as he entered his dorm, leaving Sun in the hallway looking at himself. Right, he needs to wear a shirt more often.
Blake stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her body, looking in the mirror. There were a few red streaks on the side of her face from rubbing tears away when Walker insulted them all, she knew with all her heart that he needed to break them down to toughen them up and make each one stronger. She had seen it during some of the White Fang drill sergeants would harp on the recruits. A sigh escaped her lips as she dropped her towel and put on her panties, jumping when the bathroom door opened and she whirled around to see Walker standing there before going slack. Both stood there for a second before her face flushed red and she covered her bare chest while he averted his gaze.
"Oh shit, I'm sorry." He apologized.
"I-it's okay. My fault for not locking the door." She said with a red face.
"I'll uh... just go now." He said.
"Thank you." She replied as he closed the door. It was locked as she then covered her face with her hands and screamed in them. This is possibly the most embarrassing moment for her in her entire life, since she was a little girl. The rest of the clothes were put on hastily and she did her hair before walking out and saw Walker looking reading one of his books. To her knowledge it was about a gunslinger and a boy heading to a tower, but her knowledge was limited since she tried reading a few pages but didn't understand a single page.
"So uh... how often are you going to yell at us?" She asked sheepishly, trying to shake the bathroom mishap.
"Every single day until you all are tough enough not to give a shit what people say about you and become grub killers." Walker said, not even being bothered at what happened a few minutes ago.
"Grub killer? I thought we were supposed to be 'Remnant's Sentinels?" She asked.
"I just made that bullshit up. Point is Blake, I'm training you all to become killers. But with morals." He said, closing his book and walking towards the bathroom.
"So we're going to become a type of mercenary?" She asked.
"Hell no, now they're good in situations but half of them I don't trust. I'm training you all to become soldiers in the upcoming war, tough ones at that." He said and went into the bathroom. She heard the door lock and heard the shower turn on before Walker shouted a string of curses when the water was ice cold. Leaving without another word, she left him to get ready for the day while thinking about their further training and sighed. When she got to the cafeteria she came across a peculiar sight, Cardin and his team were apologizing to Velvet and her team before sitting a couple of tables away while the transfer students sat near the three teams. The lunch room was filled with chatter and laughter until Walker walked in and everyone snapped to attention, making him raise an eyebrow.
"The fuck are you all doing?" He asked.
"Standing at attention." Ciel said.
"Jesus Christ." Walker sighed. "Okay, let's clear this up before we have any misunderstandings here. Out here, I am your fellow student and friend but in my class I'm your mentor. But don't think that I'll act like a pushover when out here. You can sit down now." He said and walked over to the lunch line, grabbing his usual and walking back to sit next to the girls. He clicked the side of his helmet and let out the compressed air with a sharp hiss before lifting it and eating. The transfer students gaped a bit when the barely managed to see his mouth and wondered what he actually looked like underneath; the Beacon students just brushed it off since they've already seen him do it countless times.
"So you never take off your helmet?" Gwen asked.
"Only when I take a shower, sometimes if I'm feeling depressed I leave it on." He answered. She blinked a bit before mumbling something.
"What's so special about it?" May asked.
"Built in air filtration system, recording system, radio, Tac-com, data storage, and keeps my head protected from pretty much anything." He said.
"Even a sniper round?" She asked.
"Yeah." He shrugged.
"How many times have you been shot to prove it?" Arslan asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Lost count after forty." He said making everyone at the table screech to a halt.
"Oum Walker, how many times have you been shot?!" Jaune asked.
"Ones that actually hit or shot at?" He asked.
"Both!" Pretty much everyone said at once.
"Let's see... hell if I know. The latest one is on my shoulder from a sniper." He said nonchalantly.
"Can we see it?" Yang asked.
"I guess." He shrugged and took off his blazer, then later his shirt. Once his shirt was off he trailed his finger alongside his shoulder until he reached the last sniper wound before he died, the flesh around that area was scarred which made him widen his eyes at how lucky he was that he didn't bleed out from it. All the transfer students dropped their jaws at the sight of so many scars on one body, Nebula covered her mouth when she saw one near his heart and questioned how he even survived that.
"How the hell did you even survive all of this?" Brawnz asked.
"Had a good medic. Heaven could wait because there was still work for me in hell." Walker answered while putting his clothes back on. His scroll beeped numerous times and he looked at it for a second before tapping on something and a dull hum could be heard from it. There was a beeping noise before he put the scroll away and sighed a bit.
"What is it?" Ruby asked.
"Ozpin wants me to report to his office after breakfast, in other words now." He said.
"What's it about?" She asked.
"A mission." He sighed.
"Why are you so upset about a mission from the headmaster? Those are like the biggest and best." Neon said, swaying her tail back and forth a bit.
"Nothing I haven't done before. Just a little extermination." He said.
"Extermination?" Sun asked.
"Multiple locust have been located in an old abandoned warehouse and I've been tasked with killing them." Walker replied.
"You don't seem to be bothered by the fact that you're going to kill something." Nolan said.
"As I said before nothing I haven't done before. As far as I'm concerned a couple locust is just child's play. I'll see you all this afternoon." Walker said and began to head to Ozpin's office. The girls just shrugged and began to eat again with the rest of the Beacon students while the transfers blinked in surprise.
"Wait! How is a couple of those things child's play?!" Arslan exclaimed.
"I mean, he's faced worse." Ruby shrugged.
"Yeah and trust me on this. He's really good at killing them, so much that him and I are going to make a bet to see how many he can kill by the end of the week." Yang said.
"Yang! Walker's life is in danger and you're making bets?!" Weiss said.
"Oh come on Ice queen. You and I know Walker's capable of taking care of himself. After all, he got us out of the fairgrounds alive." Yang said. Weiss calmed down when she thought of that horrible night, so much blood and destruction in a place meant for peace and joy. If Walker hadn't been there to guide them out then none of them would have made it so why was she so worried all of a sudden?
"I guess you're right." She sighed. Yang gave a smirk and finished her food before standing up and walking with the rest of them to their classes for the day.
The afternoon came and everyone had finished their classes for the day. Goodwitch's seemed a bit more relaxed than usual but they just assumed it was because Walker started training them and she didn't want to stress them anymore than what was needed. The girls were walking back to the dorm with their books in their hands.
"Hey do you think Walker's okay?" Ruby asked.
"Yep." Yang said.
"Are you sure? Because he's been gone longer than he said." Ruby replied.
"I'm sure he's fine Ruby. He would text us if he wasn't." Weiss said.
"Yeah, plus he's relieving some stress on the locust rather than us." Blake commented.
"How is he relieving stress?" Ruby asked.
"At least I think he is. He was put in charge of training over thirty of us to fight an old enemy that plagues his dreams." Blake shrugged.
"Wow Blake, that was very observant of you. Do you watch Walker in his sleep? Have little dreams about you and him on a prairie with a couple of kids?" Yang teased.
"W-what?! No! I mean-" Blake stuttered with a red face. Yang burst out laughing and entered the room to see everything the way it was. She threw herself on the bed and stretched out before getting underneath the covers and getting ready to take a nap. Her scroll along with the other three buzzed and she let out a groan of frustration, then pouted when she saw a text from Walker saying to meet all of them outside.
"Uhhh! I just want to take a nap!" Yang whined.
"Quit whining Yang. He said we need to be out there so let's get out there." Blake sighed.
"Technically we don't have to be out there. We could just-" She started but was interrupted when she received a text from Walker.
"That means you Yang. If you don't then I'll tell everyone that you sleep with a pillow that has that movie actor on it." He wrote. She immediately sprung to her feet and bolted out the door leaving the other three confused as to why she left the room so quickly. They shook their heads and exited the room in a slightly fast pace to reach the bullhead docks in due time to avoid another barrage of insults from him; despite him saying the most hurtful things they've ever heard they knew he did it to toughen them up. The walk there took five minutes and when they arrived team JNPR and CFVY were already there waiting for the bullhead to arrive.
"You guys got the text too?" Jaune asked them.
"Yep. I think everyone did." Ruby said, looking around to see the transfer students coming, albeit slowly. Once they all got there they looked around to see nothing then groaned in annoyance.
"Why the hell are we even out here if he's not here?" Octavia complained.
"Because I don't want him to shout at us more than what he has to. Plus we aren't doing anything." Nebula answered.
"I get that he's training us but is the shouting really necessary?" Dew asked.
"Yes, drill sergeants usually emotionally and mentally strain the trainees to break them down and build them back up." Ciel answered. Checking her watch and letting out a tiny sigh of frustration, where was he? The bullhead was supposed to arrive three minutes ago yet here they are waiting. They were about to leave but then heard the sound of a bullhead arriving and watched as it roughly landed on the ground, slightly smoking. The bay doors opened to reveal a blood stained Walker casually walk out while hauling a bag behind him, throwing it on the ground then going back to get a few more.
"Yo Walker. What's all this?" Flynt asked, adjusting his shades.
"Weapons I looted off the dead grubs." He said while hauling yet another bag off the ship.
"You loot the dead? That's kind of... shitty." Sage commented.
"Does it look like I care Sage? If not then start helping the others take the weapons back to the training grounds." Walker said. He hauled the sixteenth bag off the ship and saw that everyone was still standing there. "Now!" He ordered, making most of them hastily grab a bag and shakily take it to the training grounds. He grumbled underneath his breath and grabbed a Mulcher and hand it to Coco, who stared at it with interest.
"You can coddle it later, now get moving." Walker said making her nod and head towards the training grounds. Yatsuhashi walked up and caught a One-Shot when Walker tossed it to him and followed Coco while Fox settled for a couple of Lancers. Velvet walked up and grabbed a few Gnasher shotguns while he grabbed his Lancer and sawed-off shotgun and another Mulcher before closing the bullhead bay door. He and Velvet walked side by side in silence before she decided to speak up.
"Sooooo." She said awkwardly.
"You wanted to thank me about dealing with Cardin and forming a better relationship with the other two teams didn't you?" He asked, almost as if he had been reading her mind.
"Yeah." She mumbled.
"You're welcome." He replied, twisting his neck and cracking it loudly.
"Ugh, that's nasty." She shuddered at the painful sound.
"To you yes. To me? No." He mused.
"I mean, how do you even crack it that loud?" She asked.
"Years of doing it out of boredom. It's a nasty habit you don't want." He advised.
"Noted." She said then went silent for a minute before she noticed his arm was bleeding slowly, making her eyes widen. "Oh my goodness! You're bleeding!" She exclaimed. He looked to the side and noticed that he was indeed bleeding but gave no indication that he was in pain.
"Eh." He shrugged.
"You don't feel it?" She asked.
"Not really. Pain is like a routine, you get used after a while." He said and opened the door for her. She nodded and entered to see all the weapon bags on the ground while the students stood around. Walker just walked over and dropped the bag before gesturing that they all could leave and everyone left except Blake. She looked at his arm and frowned when she saw the bullet wound that was slowly bleeding, sighing when he didn't even show any signs of discomfort.
"Walker sit down." She said.
"Why?" He grunted, hefting a bag over his shoulder and placing it near a storage unit.
"You're hurt." She answered.
"That's irrelevant. I'm fine Blake." He said and moved another bag to the storage unit.
"You're not fine Walker. You're losing blood and there's no telling how much you've lost since you've been gone." She said.
"Look, I appreciate your concern but I'm fine. I'll just patch it up later." He said. He kept loading bags until he felt himself wrapped up in her ribbon and thrown onto the ground, not even trying to resist due to the adrenaline in his system starting to wear off from the firefight earlier. She tied him up tightly and left the room for a few minutes before later appearing with a med-kit in her hands and opened it, applying some disinfectant to clean the wound of blood, dirt, and whatever else he was covered in.
"You can't keep going out alone." She said, wiping away some blood.
"Yes I can. Until you all are ready, which won't be for at least a month or two, I'm doing my missions solo." He replied, twiddling his thumbs.
"We've fought them before Walker. I'm pretty sure we're ready." She said.
"Because I made up a plan on the spot and it so happened to work out. What happens if I'm not around? Then what?" He asked. She went silent for a while before answering.
"Then we find a way to move on. Besides, the locust don't know what'll hit them when you're done training us." She said while wrapping his arm in gauze. He let out a small laugh before his expression turned serious, he may have not been fighting the war all seventeen years but he still knew some of the hardships others faced when it was their first time. They went in with Blake's determination and Ruby's bubbly personality to save the world only to come back haunted and terrified of what they had just encountered, that's why he had doubts. He knew the people of Remnant would fight for their survival and had all these crazy powers and shit but what of their experiences of true bloody battle that could whisk your life away in a split second?
"There, that should get you through until you go to the infirmary later." She said.
"Why don't you ever go into the medical field?" He asked, standing up.
"Not my forte. I've always been a scout mostly, medical knowledge is something the White Fang members had to know." She shrugged.
"At least you're able to dress a wound. Even if it's a Jerry rigged." He complemented.
"Thank you. Someone has to patch Yang up when she gets done fighting." She replied.
"Isn't that what the nurses are for?" He asked while walking towards a Mulcher that was left out and stored it.
"They're always busy tending to CRDL after Pyrrha finishes with them... why do you have so many weapons?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"The weapons are for you all to shoot and the Mulcher here is for when I shoot at you guys tomorrow." He said.
"Ha ha. Very funny." She laughed sarcastically.
"Who said I was kidding?" He asked. Her expression fell flat when she heard that and backed away.
"No Walker. That thing will rip us to shreds." She said.
"Then you all better hope you're good at taking cover because I'm not going to stop until it runs empty." He said. She looked at him with narrowed eyes before widening them when he grabbed the Mulcher and aimed it at her, making her rush out of the room while he was left laughing. He shook his head and set down the Mulcher before walking out of the training area and towards the cafeteria to get dinner and turn in for the night.
Everyone's clocks beeped and woke them up groggily, most of them muttering profanities while doing so. They all got up and walked towards the training area, then broke out into a dead sprint when they realized they had a few minutes left before they were late. Each one of them managed to make it on time and saw Walker there while looking at his watch then at them.
"Wow, you all managed to make it on time. I guess you all aren't completely worthless after all." He mused, making them shrink and some growl. "Now since you all are on time we can finally get started. Head over to the obstacle course outside and we'll begin." He instructed. Everyone made their way to the obstacle course and then stood in a straight line as he looked at each one of them then at the obstacle course and typed something on his scroll.
"What are we doing today sir?" Ciel asked.
"I'm glad you asked you uptight time cop. Today you all are going to run through this here obstacle course and reach the end." He said.
"That's it? Sounds easy." Yang grinned.
"While I'm shooting at you with this here Mulcher." He said, walking over to a stand with a tarp over it and ripped it off reveal a mounted Mulcher with plenty of ammo at the side. All of them blanked at the sight of the huge crank gun and shrunk down when Walker laughed darkly and ordered them to line up.
"H-hey Yang?" Ruby asked nervously.
"Yeah?" She asked back.
"You think Walker enjoys doing this?" Ruby asked fearfully. Yang looked at Walker and noticed that his fingers were getting twitchy, which symbolized that he was ready to unleash a torrent of bullets at them.
"Yeah, just a little bit. No pressure right?" Yang smiled nervously.
"GO!" Walker shouted and made them run. He had soaked the ground before them with water and had placed barbed wire, fallen logs, sand bags, and even what looked like a body in front of them on the ground. As they ran, he started to turn the crank on the side and fired bullets at them which made a few of them yelp when the ground before them kicked up and splashed their faces with mud. When they got to a giant wall and were forced to climb over it Walker went behind them and started firing Hammerburst rounds at them, knocking Nolan and Jaune off when one struck near their hands and made them fall in the mud. Some of them tried to use their semblance to propel themselves forward but were quickly knocked down a peg when Walker shot in front of them and made them fall back down. After a while they finally had completed the obstacle course and were dirty, tired, and full of pain from either falling so much.
"Well hot damn. It only took you all twenty minutes to complete an obstacle course that should have taken half that time." Walker mused.
"You were shooting at us this entire time you fucking idiot!" Octavia shouted.
"Yeah, Walker! What the fuck?!" Nolan agreed.
"You think the fucking locust will care? You think they'll care if you're tired or hurt? No, they'll take whatever chance they have to put you in the ground. Now since you want to talk shit do it again!" He ordered, making them groan. "I mean all of you! One person fucks up, you all fuck up!" He shouted. All of their jaws dropped at the punishment and begrudgingly marched back to the start while Walker disappeared for a minute and later appeared with a turret made out of four Lancers.
"Walker! What the hell?!" Sun shouted.
"Shut up! You all wanted to talk shit, now this is your punishment! Get to stepping ladies. I ain't got all day!" He shouted and aimed it at them. They all sprinted through the obstacle course but noticed that Walker wasn't actively avoiding them, he was actually aiming at them. Octavia and Nolan realized how much she had screwed everybody when the people in front were being shot at deliberately and were forced to take cover as the Lancer rounds impacted the cover. Everyone had to wait for Walker to stop firing to reload and took this opportunity to move to the next set of cover before staying there when more rounds bounced off or tore through the cover. When they reached the wall they stayed at the cover for a bit longer until he ran out of ammo and switched to the Mulcher, while he was doing that some of them took the opportunity to scale the cover the fastest they could and finished the obstacle course. Others were trying to figure out a way to get past the torrent of bullets and decided to wait it out but later widened their eyes when a grenade landed next to them.
"Oh shit! Move!" Sun shouted and jumped to the side as it exploded. His hearing turned to ringing and he looked to see everyone rub their eyes fiercely. He flew to the side and landed on the ground in pain as did the others before they heard a whistle.
"Ruby, Blake, Jaune, Pyrrha, Flynt, Coco, Nebula, Fox, Neptune and Ren. You all passed the obstacle course in the time given, therefore you can sit here and watch the others suffer." Walker announced, making the select few quickly rush up to him while wiping mud off themselves. They saw him walk back with an ammo box and blanked when they saw more ammunition being fed to the turret and Mulcher.
"Walker I understand you want to train us but this is brutal. We can't do it." Neptune said making Walker stop dead in his tracks. He walked in front of Neptune and just stared at him.
"What did you just say?" He asked.
"I said we can't do it." Neptune said. This proved to be a big mistake on Neptune's part when he doubled over in pain.
"I don't know the words 'I can't do it'! If you shit stains couldn't do it then you would have never passed that test at your academies! If you couldn't do it then you would have died going through initiation! So you had better rethink your words before you utter that bullshit sentence again Neptune!" Walker shouted as he loaded the Mulcher again. He ordered the rest of them to do it again while firing at them with pinpoint accuracy, before everyone got there he had loaded the magazines with rubber rounds so he wouldn't kill them but make them think twice about trying talk shit or even slack off. This time had gone better and everyone else was on the ground and groaning in pain while catching their breaths.
"Get up. We still have thirty minutes left. The only easy day was yesterday shit lickers." He said making each one of them groan loudly then clamp their mouths shut when Walker added another ten minutes.
One month later:
Every single person sort of regretted being in Beacon at the moment ever since Walker became their teacher. Not only was he brutal and harsh but he also made them think critically. While they regretted having him as a teacher they were also thankful he was, because not only had their grades and combat improved but each team grew closer and closer together. CRDL was no longer a bunch of racist people but some tolerable people to hang around when they didn't have their egos cloud their minds, Neptune and Sun had stopped hitting on Weiss and Blake, and everyone had finally gained Walker's respect. Despite them continuously complaining of having to get up early in the morning they all had begun to set a timed internal clock, which not only gave them more time to mentally prepare for his class but also the day. He still yelled at them and broke them down but smirked when they would pick themselves up right after and come back stronger. Summer and Tai had come to visit Ruby and Yang and were taken aback at how much they had improved on their combat skills, Tai had continuously informed Yang not to rely so much on her semblance but failed in the end and smiled widely when she wasn't anymore. Summer had cheered when she realized Ruby could fight without her weapon and could hold out for a while too. They didn't realize that Walker was training them until Ozpin had informed them and wanted to see how he was training them. Needless to say they were taken aback once again at how brutal he was and saw that every single one of the students he was teaching fought hard, tactical, and efficient; to the point where they were already licensed huntsman waiting to receive their certificate.
They had invited Walker and the girls to dinner but decided to stay in the kitchen area of the newly refurbished dorm house. He had cooked them a couple of burgers with the help of Yang and Ruby while Blake and Weiss helped with a cheesecake. The rest of the teams decided to spend their time in the safe part of town where the locust hadn't destroyed and see if there was anything to do. The time in the kitchen was spent telling jokes, discussing their training schedule, and about each other's pasts. It was fun until Tai got up to answer the door and saw Glynda there, they discussed something for a minute before she handed him something and walked out.
"What was that?" Walker asked.
"Uh, Glynda gave me something. Said to put it on the T.V." Tai said.
"Put it on I guess." Walker shrugged and put his feet on the coffee table.
"Walker, feet." Weiss said.
"Yes, ma'am." He grumbled and set his feet back on the ground. Everyone else laughed as Tai put the disk in the DVD player and turned on the T.V, before sitting down next to Summer while Walker just sat in front of the couch on the ground.
(Camera feed on)
The video started with Walker looking through a truck in the passenger seat, it was dark outside and the road ahead was almost pitch black. He stared ahead for a few minutes before looking to his left and seeing a dark skinned man with black armor on, despite it being put through hell and back it still looked to be in pristine condition. His face was hardened and had a scar going from the right side of his face to his mouth. The black helmet he adorned sat snugly on the console as the two sat in silence.
Walker's knuckles tightened the longer he stared at the video, how long had it been since he's seen his dad's face? Even if it was through a video.
"Who is that?" Ruby asked.
"My dad." Walker answered.
"What?" She asked a bit shocked. She was about to ask another question but was silenced by the video.
"Hey dad?" Walker asked, sounding like he was only fifteen.
"Yeah kiddo?" Richard asked back, his gaze softening when he looked at his son.
"Do you ever think this war will end?" Walker asked.
"God I hope so... not just for you but for your mother and Ajay as well. Speaking of those two, how are they?" Richard asked.
"Mom's doing fine, a little frustrated that we had to leave and Ajay is still causing chaos." Walker said, leaning back.
"Heh, still the little shit. Just like you." Richard chuckled.
"Hey, I take high offence to that. Plus I learned to be such a shit after you." Walker said cheekily.
"Fucking smartass." Richard smirked at Walker while slapping the side of his head playfully. There was static on the radio and Richard leaned to listen to it better before scoffing and turning it off.
"What was that about?" Walker asked.
"Hell if I know. Damn thing had been on the fritz since I got this hunk of shit." Richard sighed.
"Maybe I can fix it." Walker offered.
"Nah, I'm about to have it scrapped as parts for the Sovereign." Richard dismissed.
"Oh come on dad, I'm good at fixing things." Walker said.
"That's mainly because you jerry rig half the shit to make it seem like it was like that in the first place." Richard said.
"Okay, to be fair I usually do that so I can buy more time." Walker said.
"Like that time you broke my favorite power drill and jerry rigged the shit out of it to make it seem like nothing was wrong with it?" Richard asked while looking at Walker from the corner of his eye.
"Yeah... something like that." Walker mumbled and shrunk down into his seat. His father chuckled and turned in on an old looking gas station before getting out with Walker close behind. They continued to exchange jokes as they walked to the compound.
"That's your dad?" Yang asked, finally getting to see what his father looks like. From the looks of it, him and his father seemed to have a close relationship with how friendly their jokes and jabs were at each other. Making it seem like each one had kept each other safe in their darkest times.
"Yeah, was a great man too." He said, not bothering to turn to her and kept his focus on the screen.
"Was?" Blake asked. All of the noticed that he didn't bother answering back and just kept his attention glued on the screen, as if he would forget something if he looked away from it.
Walker and his father entered the gas station and looked around for a minute before his dad found a canister of fuel and began to empty it into the old looking truck while Walker kept watch. It was quiet for a minute before both heard something and aimed their Lancers at the spot where the noise originated from.
"Walker... get in the truck." Richard instructed. Without even questioning his father he got in the truck but still kept his weapon trained on the spot while his dad backed away cautiously and got in the truck also, putting it in drive and taking off. Neither one decided to question what that noise was and just left it as something that shouldn't be discussed. A few minutes of silence passed before they heard shouting and Walker looked in the rear view mirror to see headlights.
"Dad." Walker said.
"I know. Be ready to fight them when they attack." Richard said, speeding up to try and avoid the fight but knew it was bound to happen. They were carrying supplies and were in violent stranded territory for god's sake, what did he expect to happen? The shouting got louder until two vehicles pulled up the side of the supply truck and stared at Walker and his father. Inside were stranded that looked insane and had psychotic expressions on their faces while wearing a type of war paint. Richard looked at Walker then grabbed his helmet and put it on, making a hum resonate through the air as his porthole lights came on.
"Now?" Walker asked.
"Now." Richard said. Once he said that Walker opened up the door and jumped out, latching onto the stranded's vehicle and hanging on tightly. He equipped his knife and punched the window out before shoving his knife in the stranded's windpipe and hauling him out the door, watching as his body tumbled in the road. His attention was turned to the psycho in the passenger seat and he the roof of the vehicle and kicked the insane stranded out of the door with both of his feet before he quickly took a hold of the wheel and drove next to his dad.
Everyone recoiled when they saw Walker kill two men in cold blood and hijack the vehicle, they knew he killed but this... this was going past the line. Each one of them scooted away from him while he gave no reaction and continued to stare at the screen.
"I thought you only killed locust?" Tai asked suspiciously.
"I never said I did. Not everyone on Sera were friendly, as you can tell." Walker said as his emotion started to drip away from his voice, something Tai and Summer hated hearing. When they first experienced this they were taken aback at how cold he sounded but upon later research found out that this was his voice when he was extremely focused or was losing himself to the darker side of him, in other words it made him unpredictable.
"So who are these people?" Blake asked, going on the ground and sitting next to him.
"Raiders. Stranded and COG who form a group of psychotic cult and have devotion to one person or leader and do anything to keep themselves alive. Going from raping, murdering, and even eating other people to get what they want." He explained, making them reel back in shock.
"People did that?!" Weiss asked.
"Yeah, numerous. They were the only people I killed without feeling pity. Talking doesn't even phase them because usually their talks are made of bullets and knives." He answered stoically. Everyone noticed how emotionless his voice sounded at this point and decided to refrain from asking questions since it seemed to be triggering something.
"Walker! Get rid of them!" Richard shouted from the driver's seat. He gave a curt nod and drove around to the left side of the supply truck to see a group of raiders shooting the side of the truck with pistols and crashed into the back of their vehicle. The man on the back fell off and Walker ran him over, feeling a small bump as his body tumbled under, and watched as the raider truck slowed down to address him. The woman on the passenger's side aimed her pistol at him and laughed crazily before firing it, making him duck underneath the rounds. He cursed a series of profanities and rammed his vehicle against theirs and knocked it off the side of the road and into a tree, wincing when he heard and explosion and looked back to see their vehicle on fire.
"Good job kiddo. Now get in here." Richard said over the radio. Walker drove to the passenger side of the supply truck and found a heave object and set it on the accelerator, waiting a second before the vehicle got up to the supply truck and jumped out. He latched onto a railing and opened the door to climb inside, he saw his dad take his helmet off and give a smirk while he shot a thumbs up.
"You think that's the last of them?" Walker asked.
"Hell no. If there is anything to learn about these psychos, is that they always have more waiting." Richard said. Walker nodded and kept himself ready in case there was any more raiders. His fathers suspicions were confirmed when they heard more yelling and turned to see an assault derrick coming down the hill.
"Are you fucking serious?!" Walker shouted.
"Yeah, get ready because I'm coming with you." Richard said and placed his helmet back on his head once again. The assault derrick barreled through trees and eventually drove next to them. There was crazed hollering and hooting as the raiders laughed and began to jump on the vehicle, they aimed their weapons inside but later looked to see no one inside. Walker gave a loud whistle and waved at them as he held up a detonator, the seven who were on the supply truck threw off the covers and widened their eyes when they saw pounds of explosives primed and ready. They heard roaring ahead and saw a locust stronghold and put two and two together but were too late when the truck crashed in the stronghold and walker clicked on the detonator.
"Tch, assholes would have realized that this was a moving bomb if they looked at the back." Walker deadpanned and began to climb the side of the derrick and ducked underneath a fist. He parried a kick and caught the arm of a raider and delivered a swift fist to his elbow, snapping the arm and making the raider scream in pain before he suddenly felt his body thrown off the edge and tumble against the ground. He rolled to the side as retro lancer rounds impacted the ground below him and took cover behind a crate, the firing stopped when they had to reload and a loud shout was heard. He peeked over and saw his dad charge the nearest raider and pick him up before throwing him into another raider. He swiftly ducked underneath a pipe and punched the raider in the stomach before grabbing her head and smashing it against the railing, creating a loud crack and attached a grenade to her dead body. It exploded and painted the ground below him in a shower of blood and gore while also blinding he three raiders in the process. He jumped in the middle and blocked a wide punch from one raider and slashed his stomach and throat with his combat knife before kicking the body away and side stepping a leg. He grabbed the leg and threw it upwards, making the raider land on his back before he twisted it and snapped the bone. The raider screamed in agony before it was silenced when Richard stomped on his face and crushed his head. As he was doing that the third jumped through the air he suddenly went limp when Walker pulled out a snub pistol and shot him in the face.
"Damn, thanks kiddo." Richard breathed. He went to the controls of the assault derrick and began to steer it towards the harbor where the sovereign was going to be and started to say something to Walker but stopped.
"Dad? Dad what is it-" Walker stopped when he saw a big raider have a sword in his hand and have it shoved through his father's stomach. He yanked the sword out and shoved his father into the middle of the derrick before hopping down and looking at Walker.
Everyone, except Walker, gasped and covered their mouths when they saw Walker's father shakily look down to see a sword in his back before he was roughly thrown aside like a rag doll. Summer and Tai stared wide eyed as his body fell while the girls gasped and looked at Walker, seeing him shaking in either sorrow or rage, they couldn't tell. They all realized as to why he didn't like talking about his dad, because he was dead. Maybe his mother too since he always avoided the topic.
"Walker?" Blake asked quietly. He said nothing and got up, walking to his room and slamming the door loudly. The video was paused and everyone just sat there in silence while staring at the screen, his father's body just lied there motionlessly while Walker stared at it.
"Should... should we continue?" Ruby asked.
"I don't know, I mean this is a big thing." Weiss said quietly. While her mother was usually drowning herself in alcohol and never there while her father was an oppressive dictator, she doesn't know what it's like to lose a parent. Because she still has both of hers, Yang and Ruby too. Blake was kind of a mystery since she never talked about hers but mentioned that both were still alive.
"I... I just want to watch what happens to his father in the end. Maybe he's alive?" Yang asked in a hopeful voice but the looks she was receiving wasn't reassuring her. They played the video and watched as Walker literally became a tornado of death and destruction as he pretty much destroyed everything in his path while fighting the raider leader. The fight ended with Walker cutting off the leader's legs and making him crawl towards the edge before begging for his life and ending it brutally, first breaking his jaw then later smashing his head into a mushy paste with his fists. Ruby had to cover her eyes at the last part as did Yang while the rest just watched in fear as Walker's brutality seemed to worsen, maybe this was a sign that his mental state was beginning to deteriorate. After the fight they watched as Walker knelt down to his dad's bleeding out form and him trying to desperately keep him alive.
"Walker... stop..." Richard slurred.
"No! Okay, just listen. Kelly will be here in a few minutes and s-she'll fix you." Walker said desperately. He pressed his hand on the stab wound and did all he could to stop the bleeding. There was just so much blood!
"It's alright. You mad at me kiddo? ..." Richard asked tiredly.
"No! Why would I be mad at you?! I just want you to stay alive!" Walker said as he fumbled around in his pocket and found a gauze and wrapped it around his father's wound, frowning when the blood just stained it.
"Son... it's alright... I was getting old anyways." Richard laughed then coughed out blood. Walker was still finding a way to stop the bleeding and tried to keep his dad's attention on him. He stopped when Richard grabbed his hand and made him look him in the eyes.
"Dad just-" Walker tried but stopped when Richard shook his head and handed him his COG tags.
"Walker... I'm so proud of you... almost grown and already trying to save the world... that's the kind of man I want looking after his family when he's grown... take care of your mother and brother for me..." Richard whispered.
"Take care of them with me dad. I'm getting you out of here!" Walker shook his shoulders.
"No, you're not kiddo... I've done all I can... now it's time for you to do yours... meet a woman... have a kid or two... be the best man you can be..." Richard whispered quietly before his grip on Walker loosened and his hand slapped the ground under them with a quiet thump. Walker's lip quivered horribly before he started to sob quietly and then gradually got louder and louder. After a few minutes of sobbing he heard footsteps behind him and turned to see Kelly and Fred standing there.
"Walker? Walker what's wrong?" She asked stepping closer. This was the first time she's seen him cry since his encounter with Skorge. As she got closer her breath hitched when she saw his father lying there motionless in his son's arms.
"Alright, kid. Just... let's get you out of here." She said slowly.
"No! You have to fix him, see?! Just tell me you can do something?!" Walker said desperately, as if she were some miracle worker. She gave a sad look and shook her head as he just blinked some more and started to sob more.
"Fred, we need to get him out of here. The grubs and psychos are coming and Nash and Amelia are waiting near the docks." She said. Walker practically flew into a wave of hysteria after she said that.
"No! We need to bring his body so you can fix it! He'll be better by tomorrow, like he always is! Just do something goddammit!" He breathed. Fred walked over and grabbed Richard's body while Kelly led him off the derrick and into an Armadillo APC while Fred loaded Richard's body.
"Oh Oum..." Summer said as she witnessed Walker's reaction. Her and everyone else had tears in their eyes as he just sat there staring at his father's body while sobbing. This was the first time they've heard him cry and frankly, none of them like it. It wasn't a cry like you had been hurt and would brush it off later, it was one that would inflict a deep wound on the mind and give little reminders that it would forever haunt you. The video ended and the screen went black as they all just sat there in the silence. None of them dared to utter a word as time passed from minutes to an hour just thinking about what had transpired. The TV turned on and they gave it its full attention but jumped and yelped when a knife flew from behind them and implanted itself in it, making it spark and sputter before falling over. They all turned to see Walker standing there with his arm outstretched and make his way over to the fallen TV before lifting it up and yanking his knife out.
"Walker?" Blake called out. He stopped and glanced at her before saying nothing and walking back to his room. All of them looked at each other and stood up to go to his room and tried to open it but found it locked. Summer knocked on the door a few times and waited for an answer but there was none. They all waited for a minute before the girls left and did their activities for the weekend while Tai and Summer still stood there.
"Kid, they're gone now." Tai said. No answer came and they waited for a few more minutes and were about to leave but stopped when the door cracked open and they heard the bed creak. Both stepped in and saw Walker lying down on the bed while staring out the window, the moon seemed to bounce off his helmet and gave off a tiny amount of light in the room. Tai had closed the door and locked it before sitting on the edge of the bed with Summer as they looked at Walker, who didn't even give a reaction to acknowledge that they were there.
"Walker... are you okay?" Summer asked.
"No. I just witnessed my father's death again after I had just barely gotten over it." He said quietly and continued to stare out the window. Summer and Tai looked at each other and scooted closer.
"Look, we may not know what it's like to lose someone that's close to you but we've experienced loss." Tai said.
"Still doesn't help me feel any better. I came to terms that my dad is dead and finally got over it since he died two years ago but seeing that horrible night again brought up a fucking terrible memory that made me feel depressed again." Walker mumbled.
"I know, but Glynda and Ozpin wanted us to see it and help you through it." Summer said.
"Why the hell are they even showing everybody? See, this is why I don't show people shit because of reasons like these. I show or tell them something and they feel like it's all their business to tell everyone. We all find out Walker's parents are dead?! Let's tell the whole fucking world!" He exclaimed, sitting up and raising his arms in the air. Both of them moved back a bit when he stood up and punched the wall, leaving a giant indent in it.
"Wait, parents?" Summer said.
"Yeah. Both my parents died in front of my eyes. You have any idea how that feels? To see their lives slip away from them as you can do nothing but fucking watch? I literally had to break my little brother's heart when I told him that they weren't coming back, I damn near killed myself the moment my mom turned to ash in front of my arms!" He shouted. He breathed heavily for a second as he stared at them while they just stared back before he went in front of the bed and slumped down on the ground, turning away from them and clicking the side of his helmet. The compressed air hissed and he took off his helmet before setting it to the side and staring at the dark floor.
"Kid, your helmet." Tai pointed.
"I know..." Walker murmured and just sat on the ground. A variety of emotions boiled up inside him as he sat on the ground, every single ounce of him just wanted to lie down and be alone but he couldn't make them get out. There was a small part that wanted them to stay and try to move on from the deaths of the people he swore he would look after. Summer and Tai moved closer to him but stopped when he started to laugh sadly and pulled out a picture of his parents, him, and Ajay on the deck of a ship.
"Well mom, dad. You always told me to be careful because you two didn't want to lose me... so why weren't you guys careful?" He asked sadly. There was a toothy grin plastered on his face but tears leaked from his eyes the longer he stared at the picture. This was one of the few times where the people of the Sovereign didn't have to scavenge for food, supplies, or clean water to drink and weren't being attacked by the locust or lambent. All they had was relax and enjoy those little peaceful times that were rare.
"Oh my Oum." Summer said and sat next to Walker, noticing him wipe away some tears and put his helmet back on. Tai did the same and the two just pulled him into a group hug while he just sat there as more tears leaked down his face, it had been a while since he had received something like this.
"Kid, we came because Glynda said you we were some of the only people to help. Walker, while we came to see the girls progression we also came to help you get over your parent's death." She said.
"I don't need to get over them." He countered.
"Yes you do Walker. Not only is your mental state deteriorating at an alarming rate, it's also starting to show when you fight. Yang said on numerous occasions you would come back even more bloody than your previous missions and it's beginning to scare her and the girls. Walker... you're beginning to lose yourself." Tai said.
"That's not true." Walker mumbled.
"Yes it is. Ruby said numerous times that you aren't sleeping, get angry at the smallest things, and even start laughing for no reason. She said you aren't yourself when you laugh, you sounded broken and insane." Tai said.
"I'm fine. I just go through episodes when something doesn't go my way." Walker said. Summer perked up a bit when he said that.
"What kind of episodes?" She asked.
"I sometimes have episodes that Skorge is in front of me when I fight the locust. It helps me cope." He said.
"By pretending you're returning the pain." She summarized. Walker nodded and sighed when he realized that maybe they are right. Maybe he needs mental help if he's going to get through this war. But... he was just so tired of it tall. The killing, the loss, the mental and emotional pain, the countless failures.
"I guess I do need help." He sighed quietly.
"That's why we're here kid. Despite Glynda being a strict teacher, she knows when a student is suffering and does her damnedest to help them. She didn't do this out of shits and giggles, she did this because she cares about you. Same as everyone else you're friends with." Tai explained.
"Right. Walker, you not only managed to help my girls at fighting but you've kept them alive and made them stronger than what they already are. You've brought Ruby out of her shell, made Yang stop using her semblance so much, helped Blake openly admit she's a faunus, and even made Weiss stand up to her father. Not to mention the other students respect you after they realized what they're up against and that you were willing to get up early, sacrifice your free time, and everything else to teach them for the obstacles ahead. They look up to you Walker and care about your well being but they can't help you if you keep shutting them out." She said. Tai agreed and watched as Walker hugged his knees and sighed slowly, raising his head and climbing on the bed.
"I guess I'll talk to someone." He said.
"That's all we're asking." Tai said.
"Okay, can you guys leave for the night? I'm kind of tired." Walker asked.
"Yeah." Summer said and began to walk to the door with Tai in tow but stopped when Walker spoke up again.
"And tell everyone outside the room they're running ten laps around the entire training grounds for trying to eavesdrop on this tender moment." He said flatly. Both of them blinked and opened the door quickly to see everyone there with their ears against the walls. They all fell on each other and looked up sheepishly to see Summer and Tai standing there while Walker was on the bed staring at the ceiling.
"Laps?" Yang smiled nervously.
"Around the entire training grounds." Tai chuckled making them all groan.
"That sucks." Neon mumbled.
"Twenty since you all want to complain." Walker said from the room, making all of them clamp their mouth shut.
"You mind if we join?" Tai asked.
"Don't see why not." Walker said.
"Great, we got some exercises they can do." Tai said making all their eyes widen.
"Dad, shut up! Walker, no he doesn't!" Yang shouted and desperately tried to convince Walker to change his mind before he gave a thumbs up and closed the door in her face. She blinked a bit before glaring at Tai while he just gave a toothy grin and brushed past them, while Summer looked at Ruby and wiggled her eyebrows, making her blush in response.
"I sometimes really hate being here." Octavia muttered.
"How do you think we feel? He used to sleep in the room with us." Weiss said flatly. All of them sighed and went downstairs to watch TV but later groaned loudly and threw curses when they saw it on the ground sparking with a huge hole in it. Not knowing Walker had a small smile on his face as he picked up a remote and turned on the TV of his own while the others suffered without one.
AN: Been a while huh? About that I'm sorry that I've been uploading a single story so much and seemed to neglect this one but fear not dear readers, I have come back with a long chapter for you all to read that I have written. So about the training, it's a little... underwhelming and I have a perfectly good reason for that. I absolutely fucking suck at describing how a drill sergeant treats his recruits, even after watching FMJ. Though fear not, my father is giving me some pointers on how his drill sergeant was when he was in basic, and let me tell you he was fucking scary by the sounds of it. A marine who served in Vietnam? Those are some tough dudes, but enough about that. Next chapter will be more in depth of their training and have someone special, so until the next time. Remember the golden rule about reviews, happy holidays, and I'll catch you on the flip side. Take it easy everyone.