Hello everyone, Melody here. So the tie in story is going to be called Blackjack and it should be up soon. The chapters will slowly get long over time also. Anyway I don't have much else to say here, responses will be at the end of the chapter like normal so let's get this going.
Sincerely, Melody
Normal P.O.V.
Currently Boone, Raul, Cass, Veronica, and Ulysses were all standing in Ozpin's office with teachers at the school. They were discussing how they would needed an Aura while they were Remnant. It confused most of them since nothing like this happened in the Mojave. Crazy stuff happened like fighting aliens and finding a skeleton in a fridge with a fancy hat but to them that was normal. This was just plain old crazy.
"So you're going to unlock are Aura?" Boone asked since he didn't really understand what they meant.
"Yes we are." Ozpin answered him as he took a sip from his endless coffee mug.
"That should be interesting." Raul stated as he adjusted his helmet.
"Yes it should be, now everyone stay still as we do this." Glynda told them all as they lined up.
Then the teachers each took one of them and started to recite a small chant as they started to glow. As soon as they were done saying the chant the five wastelanders started to glow. Boone had a greyish black aura, Raul a green one, Cass a light brown one, Veronica had a light blue one, and Ulysses had a red one. When they stopped glowing they all felt refreshed.
"How did that even work on us?" Ulysses asked as he looked at his hands.
"Well you are all beings with souls, unlocking one's Aura is fairly simple if you have one." Ozpin answered as he picked up his mug.
"Well then, will we have one of those powers like Six?" Boone asked as he leaned against a wall.
"Possibly but it normally takes a long time for a Semblance to form." He answered another question.
"Um Ozpin, have you seen this?" Glynda asked as she held up her scroll and showed it to him.
The picture on her scroll was of a pack of Feral Ghouls with a Glowing One attacking some Beowolves. The wastelanders saw the picture and their jaws dropped. Boone dashed over and grabbed the scroll.
"How the hell did they get here?" He asked the others in his group.
"I have no clue, did the brains do something?" Raul asked as he looked at the screen.
"What are those?" Professor Port asked.
"Ferals. Their Ghouls like me but the radiation had melted their brains." He answered the man as he looked down towards the forest. "So the photo was taken from there?"
"Yes it was. We need to send out a group of Huntsmen and-" Glynda tried to say but was cut off.
"And get your sorry asses killed. You don't know wasteland creatures like we do. The one that is glowing green is leaking radiation. Have you guys ever dealt with radiation?" Cass asked in a snarky tone. They all shook their heads since none of them aside from Ozpin and Glynda knew what it was from Ross. "Okay then so we'll deal with this. All we need to do is use some Rad-Away afterwards." She told them as she looked over to Veronica. "You have it right?"
"Oh ugh well you see the thing is…" She mumbled the last part as she looked down at her feet.
"What? Speak up."
"I said I kind of forgot it…" She clarified with a sheepish laugh.
Cass stared at her for a second before her face started to burn with rage. "YOU WHAT?!" She shouted which caused everyone in the room to wince.
"Well I was taking survey of our gear and I guess we didn't grab the bag with the Rad-Away or Stim-Packs or really any of the chems. You were the one that was supposed to grab it anyway!" Veronica retorted.
"I shall go back and collect the supplies. I shall also speak with the brains to see why Ghouls have entered Remnant." Ulysses told them as he reached into his coat and pulled out a large gun. "I will return in a few days, if not I have died or the teleporter teleported me to a different place." He told them all as he pulled the trigger then vanished in a blue puff of smoke and electricity.
"I think he forgot to set up his beacon." Veronica commented as she stepped back then made a run for the elevator to not have to face the wrath of the currently whiskey drunk Cass.
"Well then in the meantime we need to take those Ghouls out and contact Six and tell him to get his ass back here." Boone said as everyone took ten steps away from Cass.
"There is an gym you can go to to let off some steam, it's in that building." Ozpin told the woman who simply nodded then walked to the elevator which came back up.
"Well amigos, let's go take care of this." Raul told the others as he pulled out his revolver and made sure it was loaded. With that said they all entered the elevator with Cass.
With Team FLME
They were currently decorating their new dorm room. Mercury had hung up and X-Ray and Vav poster, Emerald had shared a bookshelf with Faina, and Lothur placed a painting of a Beowolf on the wall. It was around seven so once they finished they made their way to the cafeteria. Unlike the others Lothur still had his weapon with him as they made their trek to the room.
"Why do you carry that everywhere with you?" Emerald asked as she looked over to him.
"Because these are my buddies." He answered as he gestured to the case. "Plus these little guys keep me in control and make sure I don't go psycho like I did yesterday on that Basilisk."
"Okay then." She said, not quite sure how to respond.
"So what's with the howling? You like a werewolf or something?" Mercury asked as he rested his hands behind his head.
"I don't like that term. In those stories it's normally only wolves, I'm more of a Shifter." He explained. "My Semblance is based off of my emotions. If I'm pissed off I turn into a giant bear if I use it, when I'm excited I turn into a wolf. It all depends on my state of mind."
"That seems like it would be a hassle." Emerald commented as they entered into the room. "How much control do you have?"
"Her." He stated as he pointed at Faina who nodded.
"I make sure he doesn't do too much damage if he goes berserk." She tells them as she pulls out a vial. "This shit will knock almost anything out."
"So what about you guys. You mentioned being taught by a teacher here already. What's up with that?" Lothur asked.
"Well the Headmistress is our adopted mother and our adopted father is Professor Ross. Ross adopted her before me and sent my dad to jail the same night he adopted me." Mercury answered as they entered into the line and started getting their food.
"They trained us since we were kids." Emerald injected.
They continued to talk until they all had their food and went to find a table. There was only one empty one and it was near team CRDL. As they all sat down Lothur sent a glare towards Cardin since he was pulling on a girl's ears. Said glare caused him to stop since he witnessed what Lothur did to the Basilisk. Then they all started to eat.
"Jeez let's just ask them!" They all heard a woman say as a group of four walk people walked over. "Mind if we sit with you guys?" She asked as she looked at them.
The group consisted of a wolf faunus man in the normal school uniform but with a top hat and glasses. Another guy that was fairly tall wearing the normal uniform, along with a scarf, gloves, and a beanie. Along with two girls, one in the normal uniform and the other in the males uniform. They all had treys in their hands.
"Sure." Lothur said as he moved to the side so they could sit.
"Thanks." The guy with the top hat said as he sat down across from Mercury.
"So what's your names?" Mercury asked them as he took a bite from his sandwich.
"Oh well my name is Merlin Timberwolf, this lovely lady is my partner Senna Terra." The top hat man said as he motioned to the girl wearing the male uniform. "The pale guy is Taupher Onyx Richards and the girl latched to his arm is Colleen Grant." He had neatly cut grey hair, peach skin, and blue eyes. Senna had tan skin, short pink hair, and light brown eyes.
"It's nice to meet you guys. I'm Lothur Blutmond, the midget is Faina Chernyy, minty is Emerald Sustrai, and silver there is Mercury Black." He replied with a chuckle until Faina punched him in the side of the head.
"I swear to god if you call me midget again I will kill you." She growled at him as her eyes flashed red.
"Hey calm down Faina." Mercury told her as he rested a hand on her shoulder.
"I think we will get along." Taupher said as he sat down in a monotone. He was pale, had steel coloured eyes, and long hair that reached his waist and faded from deep black to stark white.
"Jeez try to show a little emotion Odol." Colleen told her boyfriend. She had a peach complextion, brown hair that was short, and green eyes.
"Too tired." He answered again with a monotone.
"Well then. Maybe if you fight someone it would wake you up for a bit." She suggested.
"Too tired." He said again as he took a sip from his coffee cup.
"A sparring session could be fun." Lothur spoke up.
"Hey after we eat we could go to the training room and spar." Merlin replied as he took a bite from his sandwich.
"It's too late in my opinion so I'm out." Emerald told them as she leaned back a bit.
"I gotta agree with her." Mercury agreed and Faina nodded with them.
"I'll make sure you don't get too hurt." Senna said as she looked over to Merlin.
"Oh come on I'm not that fragile!" He complained.
"You nearly broke your leg during the initiation." Taupher commented as he stared into his cup.
"But...I...We...Whatever…" He gave up on trying to prove them wrong.
"God grow a backbone man, you're the team leader don't let them get you down!" Colleen yelled at him.
"Wait you're the leader?" Lothur asked since he didn't believe this guy could be one.
"Yeah I lead Team MSTC (Mystic)." He replied.
Merlin simply smiled sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head. Then they all started to talk about what they all thought of the school. They also discussed some of the homework for the teachers that actually gave out homework on what was technically the first real day of school. Evil bastards. After a bit Taupher had gotten up with Colleen and was about to leave.
"Hey Taupher where are you going?" Mercury asked as he looked over to them.
"Call me Onyx." He replied as he walked off. "And to the dorms." He told as he left with Colleen trailing behind.
"Well then… He seems a little creepy." Emerald commented.
"Yeah he is." Merlin agreed.
"I don't even remember seeing you guys during the initiation." She admitted to them.
"Not surprised since we were all last to be launched." He nodded while chuckling a bit. "Honestly we were also last to get our team put together."
"I still don't remember you there though." She said again as she started to look them over.
"Welp I'm done eating. Let's go Merlin, I wanna kick your ass." Lothur said as he got up.
"Sure, let's have a good time." He replied as he got up then took out his scroll.
Lothur P.O.V.
It took us forever to actually get to the training room. Before we got there Merlin had called his locker and grabbed his weapon. It seemed to only be a coat and a deck of playing cards. When we got there we even saw Pyrrha Nikos fighting a few of the training robots. Merlin and I just watched as she fought them. It was fascinating in my opinion but she wasn't my type.
"Hey Pyrrha!" I yelled out to get her attention. SHe jumped a bit since she wasn't expecting anyone which caused me to laugh.
"Oh hello." She said as she turned around and smiled. "How may I assist you?"
"Well we were wanting to spar and since you're here do you wanna watch us and tell us how we can improve? I mean you has won that tournament four times in a row." Merlin suggested as she just smiled and nodded. "Great!"
"Thanks." I told her as we entered the ring.
"You're welcome." She replied as she sat down on the bench and waited for us to start.
"Need a minute to stretch?" Merlin asked as he cracked his neck.
"Nah I don't, but I do need to do this." I replied as I dropped my case on the ground and eight bots crawled out. "Activation Protocol: Himmlische Klingen." I ordered as the bots became swords and started to float.
"Hm." He said as he pulled out a few cards. "This should be interesting."
"Yep." I stated as I waved my hand a bit. "Cut him down ladies."
As soon as I gave the order the blades rushed at him. Cutting and slashing, trying to take him out quickly. He would flip and duck to avoid them but this just made me laugh. I was about to snap my fingers but I was stopped but him throwing a card at me. Since it was just a card I caught it easily.
Normal P.O.V.
When Lothur flipped the card over to see the back Merlin chuckled. On the back of the card The Fool was written down along with a red glowing zero. Then the card blew up in his face. Lothur tanked most of the blast but it still pushed him far back. When he looked up he saw his four floating swords wrapped up in wires and Merlin smirking.
"So did you like the card?" He asked arrogantly.
"Activation Protocol: Himmlische Explosion." He replied as he snapped his fingers.
The bots started to fold down into mini gunships and got out of the wires. Then the floated high up and started to rain down bullets on Merlin. His eyes went wide as he started to move around erratically and dodge the bullets. Lothur laughed at the look on his face, as did Pyrrha.
"Okay then if you're gonna play like that." He huffed as he pulled out four cards and threw them at the bots which engulfed them in flames.
"Hey what the-" Lothur was about to say until four explosions cut him off.
He looked up in horror as four heaps of scrap metal fell out of the air and onto the ground. His jaws was on the floor as he stared at the remains. Then his eyes started to glow a bright red as he glared at Merlin who was currently fearing for his life.
"H-Hey I-I'm so-sorry man!" He screamed as he ran out of the building, a trail of dust in his wake.
"YOU GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" Lothur screamed as he started to run after him.
Pyrrha was left in the gym not really knowing how to react. So she grabbed her weapon and Lothur's since he forgot it and started to walk back to the dorms. What she just witnessed was fairly entertaining in her opinion.
And that's a wrap hope you guys enjoyed that chapter. Next one we will be getting back to Six and Qrow, I just felt like writing this one. Anyway let's get to the reviews.
RedRat8: I know it has its limits, I wasn't trying to make it seem like the end all be all power source. I was just saying I thought it was the better than nuclear power. Anyway glad you enjoyed the chapter.
The Crimson Commando: Eh I haven't decided but since I'm mostly working with New Vegas I guess it's the ones from that one.
Guest: Nah he doesn't have any
Buzzsaw935: Yes ferals!
Shaneman17: I might have the first one-shot done by Sunday so if not it'll be up on Monday.
ILikeHotDogs: Eww Neptune, I really don't like him. He insults the god he is based off of.
Dino Knight: I guess so, I'll explain it more in Blackjack though so you'll get your answers there
Anyway again, hope you all like the chapter. I gotta go though so goodbye everyone and all.