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Guest: I am glad you like this story, here have another. If you know Eldar then you probably have a good idea. Yea research and development (¬‿¬). Don't worry the other classes are going to making an entrance in the further… or I could make a story that follows the journey of a Sons of Liberty Marine.
"Fear has two meanings. Forget everything and run OR face everything and rise the choice is yours." - Malkus Rose Lord of House Rose
*fourteen years earlier*
"Come on Wolfgang don't be a wimp." A boy quipped.
Wolfgang and three other boys were standing on the edge of one of the Freedom Knight's graveyards. An eerie fog blanketed the graveyard. The moonlight was upon the graveyard making some of the fallen Knights armor glimmer in the night.
"B-but we were always t-told not to go into t-the graveyards b-because of the Knights that w-walk around in there." Wolfgang said obviously scared of the graveyard.
"If you want to hang out with us then you're going to have to go in there and get something valuable and bring it back here." The oldest of the boys said pushing Wolfgang forward.
Wolfgang was a very shy kid. Whenever someone he did not know came into the Keep he always hid behind his mother or one of his brothers. His mother told him that he needed to make some friends outside the Keep walls, not wanting to disappoint his mom he did just that. Only he ran into a group of boys that took advantage of his shyness and innocence very quickly.
"I-I think I should go home." Wolfgang said moving back only to stop when the older boy drew a knife on him.
"Look kid you're going to go in there or else." The older boy said bring the knife to Wolfgang throat.
"Ok ok I'll go." Wolfgang said stumbling back and slowly moved towards the graveyard.
The thing is Wolfgang never told them that he was a Rose.
Wolfgang slowly made his way toward the graveyard. He looked back ones and while to see all if the other boys still looking at him. One seemed to be laughing at him while the others just stood there with their big smiles on their faces.
The fog soon engulfed Wolfgang as he walked in, only the stars could see him now.
Wolfgang started to feel the cold air against his skin intensify as he moved into the graveyard. Goosebumps started too appeared on his arms as he moved further in.
During his one on one classes back at home he was told of the many graveyards that marked the continent. They held the fallen Freedom Knights that fought Chaos during the Third Slaanesh War. Every kid was told not to go into them, because of the Knight AIs that would sometimes reactivate to find their missing pilot. With their AI core damaged they would, more times than not, be reduced to animal like thought patterns.
Sometimes Scavengers would go into these grave yards to salvage the knights, but they would never return. Other times other Freedom Knights, backed by Space Marines, would go and try and capture some of the wandering Knights to help the AI inside of them. Other times they would just put them out of their misery.
Wolfgang suddenly bumped into something and fell down. He looked up to see what he walked into. Looking back at him was the face of a Freedom Knight its legs missing and its optics as black as the void of space.
Wolfgang let his breath go and got back up to his feet. His camo pants were stained from the mud he just fell in but other than that he was fine. Wolfgang started to walk again, while looking for any Knight that might look like it had something valuable.
*Thump. Thump. Thump*
Wolfgang's heart stopped.
Wolfgang's instincts kicked in causing him to run to the nearest Knight and hide underneath it.
The sound of the Knight Walker started to get louder. Wolfgang started to tremble in fear, while praying to God that the Knight would not find him. As if God answered his prays the sound of the walking Knight started to fade as it moved away from his location.
Wolfgang sighed in relief then crawled out from underneath the walker and started to move further into the graveyard.
'If this is anything like the games I played then the better stuff is at the center.' Wolfgang thought as he scanned his surroundings.
As Wolfgang trudged along he spotted a spark in the distance. Thinking it something valuable Wolfgang ran towards it. A smile appeared on his face as he ran at the sparkling object, once he brought back whatever it was to the boys then he would soon have friends.
His smile vanished when he got to the sparkling object. It was just an exposed wire from a Knight on its side. Even a six year old boy could tell that its value was practically nothing. However the hatch to the cockpit was open.
Wolfgang's smile reappeared as he walked up the Knight and started to climb up it. Once he was on top of it Wolfgang lowered himself into the cockpit. Only to be greated by the skull of a pilot that died in battle.
Wolfgang jumped back and hit his head against the hull of the cockpit. Wolfgang grabbed his head as pain started to swell up in the back of his head. After a few minutes the pain started to fade allowing him to start his search again.
The cockpit of the Knight was nothing to behold there were holes everywhere, the viewing screen was cracked, and the skeleton was making it hard to move around.
Wolfgang used a loose piece of metal to smash the main screen, he was about to try and dig around for anything valuable when his head shot up.
*Thump. Thump. Thump*
Wolfgang's hand shot up and pulled down on the cockpit hatch to close it. Darkness filled the cockpit except for the few beams of moonlight getting in through the holes in the hull.
The sound of the Knight was getting louder and louder, soon the ground started to shake as the Knight moved closer.
The Knight outside started to speak, but its speakers were damaged so all that came through were broken words and some bits of English all wrapped up together in a demonic like voice.
The only words that Wolfgang was able to make out was pilot, gone, find, and together. The sound of metal scraping against metal started to become evident as the Knight searched the other Knights. The ground shook as the Knight moved around, but then it all came to a sudden stop.
Suddenly the air was filled with the sound of a horrible scream. The sound was deafening to a point where Wolfgang clutched his ears just to get the ringing to stop. Then the Knight started to move again.
Wolfgang sighed, not noticing that his foot just hit a large piece of loose metal.
*Clink*
Wolfgang heard the sound of metal straining as it was forced to move quicker then It should of. In an instant Wolfgang knew that the Knight had heard him.
Wolfgang started to repeat "please don't find me." In his head not realizing that he was also saying it out loud as well.
The Knight started to bang on the Knight that Wolfgang was hiding in. The Knight shook from each hit it took.
Suddenly the side of the cockpit was crushed exposing Wolfgang to the Knight.
Wolfgang looked up to see the Knight Walker that had been stalking him.
The once noble Freedom Knight was now nothing more than a wreck, a sad shadow of its former self. Its shield was blown off, its left arm missing and its right arm, was limp at it side. Its left eye glowed ominously as its right was missing as was most of the left side of its faceplate. Parts of its body sparked from the exposed wiring while reactor coolant leaked out of some of the holes in its hull.
The Knight said something but Wolfgang did not need to understand it to know what it said.
"Found you."
The Knight then tried to pick Wolfgang up using its cockpit hatch since it did not have the arms to do so normally. Wolfgang was so preoccupied with avoiding the cockpit hatch that he did not notice the sound of another Knight fast approaching.
Suddenly a fist smashed into the Knight's head sending it to the ground.
Wolfgang looked at the Knight that just attacked the one trying to grab him.
The second Knight had damage similar to the first but this one had its fist operational. The second Knight ran over to the first and began to punch the first over and over again until the first's face caved in.
Wolfgang stumbled out of his hiding spot falling to the ground as he got out.
The second Knight then turned to look at Wolfgang, was now back on his feet and backed up in fear back up into the Knight he was hiding in
They stared at each other for a good minute before the Knight slowly walked up to Wolfgang, then fell to its knees in front of him.
Wolfgang was surprised that this Knight was not trying to grab him, and despite his better judgment he slowly got closer to the Knight.
The Knight's hand slowly extended its hand towards Wolfgang. Once its hand was halfway to him Wolfgang did the same. When their hands touched each other Wolfgang started to hear a purring like noise came from the Knight. The Knight then turned its hand over to allow him to get on. Wolfgang was hesitant at first but after a few moments he climbed up on the Knight's hand.
The Knight began to lift Wolfgang up, standing up as it lifted him, to suddenly stop and looking into the fog. The outline of a Knight was moving toward them. The Knight quickly finished lifting Wolfgang to its upper hull, allowing him to take cover behind what was left of her top side armament.
It was at this time the other Knight came into a view. This one was missing its right arm as well as the upper part of his hull. There was also a sizable hole in its faceplate force it to make use of its upper cameras to see. But it did have one weapon on his left arm, a chain sword, and his light weapon looked to be operational.
The other Knight charged at the Knight Wolfgang was riding on; firing its stubber at the two as it ran at them. The Knight Wolfgang was on ran at the charging Knight in turn, moments later their two melee weapons met in a clash.
The two knights were both trying to overpower the other, however with their damaged frames they were literally falling apart. Suddenly the first Knight threw itself into the other Knight sending it stumbling back.
The first Knight then charged at the second throwing its fist into the second's chassis. However the second was waiting for this and parried the firsts with his chain sword then brought its weapon down on the first's upper right armor. The rusty armor fell apart as the teeth of the chain sword tore into it.
Suddenly the top armament on the first Knight's armor started to move up until It was pointing slightly above the second Knight's armor. It then fired its last missile straight into the Second Knight's exposed upper armor. The missile hit its mark sending the upper part of the second Knight's chassis ablaze. The second Knight stumbled back and started to crumble, the AI's sheer will power the only thing keeping it from crashing down. The Knight looked up to Wolfgang before the walker fell silent while remaining standing.
The Knight Wolfgang was on walked up the now burning Knight then delivered a punch to the Knight's face sending it crashing to the ground. Wolfgang came out of his cover spot and made his way to the front of the Knight.
"You won!" Wolfgang exclaimed.
The Knight let out a rumble of satisfaction, at Wolfgang's comment. The next sound Wolfgang heard was a hissing sound coming from the upper front portion of the hull. The Knight was opening up its cockpit.
Suddenly Wolfgang found himself flying through the air straight into the arms of his older brother Joseph in his white combat armor. Next to him was his oldest brother Albern, or Jack, also in his combat armor which was just jeans, boots, and a duster coat.
The Knight that Wolfgang was once on turned to face the three Roses and let a rage filled screech then charged at them, determined to reclaim what it had lost.
"So little brother how did you meet this one." Joseph quipped as he jumped out of the way of the charging Knight.
"I can explain-"
"Yea Jake already beat up those kids that forced you to come in here." Joseph said setting Wolfgang down behind a destroyed Knight. "Now stay out of sight." he said before running off to join Jack in the fight with the rampaging Knight.
Albern was easily dogging the Knight's wild attacks while using his White revolver to shoot at the joints of the Knight, the .50 cal bullets ripped through the old armor with ease. Joseph soon joined in shooting his grappling hook at the Knight's face plate then pulling himself up to it than using his ripjack claw to destroy one of the Knight's optics. The Knight tried to shake off Joseph but with his claw digging into the Knights optics he was not going anywhere.
Wolfgang watched as his Brothers fought the Knight that saved him. He couldn't help but feel bad for the Knight; after all, it did save him from the crazed Knight and the other Knight that fought against it. For all he knew that AI that was controlling the Knight thought that these two people were attacking it's... Plot.
Wolfgang was brought out of his thoughts when he heard the Knight crash to the ground. The Knight had lost one of its legs and was now on its front chassis his head was looking up at Wolfgang's oldest brother.
His brother raised his white revolver to the Knights AI chassis that was just below the Knight's top armament.
Wolfgang shot up from his hiding spot and ran as fast as he could.
His brother was about to pull the trigger when Wolfgang appeared in his crosshairs.
"What are you doing Wolfgang?" Albern asked with his bone chilling voice.
Despite his voice Wolfgang knew that Albern was a very loving brother, he would often take time off from work to spend time with Wolfgang and Joseph play hologames, joyriding the plains, or shooting off the various guns he collected from his runs.
But most of all he was protective of his brothers.
"I'm returning the favor." Wolfgang said copying something he heard Albern say when he overheard him talking to people.
"You mean to say that this Knight saved you." Albern concluded.
Wolfgang nodded his head rapidly.
Albern looked at the Knight, who had changed its focused to Wolfgang when he came into sight. The Knight was trying to move its hand but Joseph had his ripjack in the Knights arm stopping it from moving it very much. Albern looked back to Wolfgang who was giving him his best puppy dog eyes he could give. Albern silently cursed himself. He could never bring himself to say no to him when he used those eyes.
Albern sighed heavily, and lowered deliverance.
'Wouldn't of fired anyways.' Albern thought to himself.
"So what, do we just leave now?" Joseph asked.
Albern only replied by bringing up his arm and activating the tacpad on his arm.
"This is Preserver Albern Rose requesting Knight Salvage team to my coordinates be advised Knight AI is hostile." Albern brought him arm back down. "Alright Wolfgang now you need to care for it."
"But I don't know how." Wolfgang said innocently.
"Then you best learn how."
The Brothers waited for the salvage team. During this time Albern opted to call their mother and inform her that they found Wolfgang. He then proceeded to talk her out of sending out the Keep's Honor Guards to retrieve them.
Wolfgang was sitting beside the Knight that had saved him, while Joseph had removed his ripjack from the Knight's arm piston but the damaged to the piston stopped its arm from moving up very far. However it was able to get its arm beside Wolfgang before it gave up trying to move its arm any further.
Joseph was searching the other Knights for anything useful. He was making a pile in front of the Knight Wolfgang was sitting next to. He had found power actuators, gears, small pistons, and even AI core parts.
Soon an airship's lights shined over the sight, were the Brothers were waiting. The Knight growled and moved its arm closer to Wolfgang in response to it's arrival. Ropes soon fell down from the ship allowing Engineers, a Techmarine and three Space Marines, wielding anti-armor weapons, to land.
Another ships came and joined the other soon after, this one was much bigger than the first. The wings on this ship were short because they held the engine then would rotate allowing the ship to hover, there were also a set of engines on the tail that could also rotate.
The salvage team started to open accesses panels to get a reading on the Knight's status. All the while the Knight let out growls as the engineers climbed all over it. Wolfgang stayed in the Knight's view per the Techmarine's instructions; saying things along the line of the sight of Wolfgang would calm the Knight down as the engineers worked.
It took a good thirty minutes to get the Knight ready for an aerial extraction. Deactivating its limbs, weapons, and any other part that could damage the Knight and/or the VTOL was disabled. A few on sight repairs also had to be made. The armor was so weak that they ran the risk of tearing the Knight apart just from picking it up.
The VTOL let down a large mechanical arm that hooked on to the Knights back. The Knight tried to move but found it couldn't which led to it panicking, letting out growls and hisses through its speakers. Wolfgang tried to claim it down by trying to get it to focus on him but the Knight's AI was too panicked to notice Wolfgang waving his arms at it.
"Why is it panicking? We are trying to help it." Wolfgang asked the Techmarine.
"This AI is very old and has most likely been shut down for a long time. During this time the core could have been damaged or its Neural net could have become corrupted rendering the AI to animal like thoughts."
"Can we help the AI?" Wolfgang asked looking at the Knight that was trying to figure out why it could not move its body.
"Yes we can but not here." The Techmarine said then looked over to Albern. "We are ready to go where are we dropping this off at?"
"Take it to House Rose our engineers will take it from there." Albern answered him.
"Quite the promotion you're giving this Knight. The color may be faded out but this Knight is a Corps Knight."
"I'm not the one giving the promotion." Albern said looking at Wolfgang.
"Well we are ready to go. We will give you a ride back to your Keep." The Techmarine said waving down the first airship.
The airship landed allowing the salvage team and the three Brothers to board.
The flight was a short one. Wolfgang was sitting in-between his brothers, Joseph was sleeping and Albern was looking out of the airship into the distance.
"Hey Albern I-I'm sorry-"
"You don't need to apologies Slim." Albern said trying not to use his normal cold voice. "You were trying to make friends like mom asked you to, you just ran into the wrong crowd. We are Humans we make mistakes."
Albern put his arm around Wolfgang and brought him into a hug. Wolfgang smiled and returned the hug to his brother.
"I love you big brother." Wolfgang said happily.
"I love you too little brother." Albern said putting a rare smile on his face.
Ten minutes later the air ship landed just outside the House Rose gates, letting the three brothers off before taking off again. The VTOL flew over to the House Rose Mechbay to drop off the Knight they had salvaged from the graveyard.
The three brothers approached the gate, the guards quickly opened the fifty foot gate to allow them in, as soon as they entered they were greeted by their mother who was waiting at the gate for them ever since she sent out Wolfgang's brothers to find him.
Wolfgang's mother was a very attractive woman; she stood at 5, 5 feet tall with dark blond hair and brownish green eyes. She didn't have a very muscular body but she was not fat either, her hips were a tad bit disproportionate but she was still the envy of many woman on Reach. She still looked young despite being 450 years old.
She ran to Wolfgang and picked him up while giving him a bone crushing hug. Wolfgang's eyes started to roll back as the hug only got tighter and tighter.
"Um. Mom Wolfgang does not have an augmented spine you're crushing him!" Joseph said urgently.
Wolfgang's Mother stopped crushing her son when Joseph reminded her. "I'm so sorry Slim."
"It's ok mom." Wolfgang said weakly before he fell limp in her arms.
After Wolfgang's mom calmed down they explained Wolfgang's run in with the other kids. They all went to the mechbay to check on the Knight that saved Wolfgang.
The Knight had a good dozen Knight Engineers working on it; removing armor, broken parts, and bullets that were still embedded in the Knight's armor and internal systems. Standing on a platform in front of the Knight was the lead Knight Engineer.
"Samuel how bad is it?" Wolfgang's Mother asked the lead engineer.
Samuel MacAomalain was a very muscular man who worked as the Lead Engineer for House Rose's Knights. When it came to machines he was a genus; give him a pile of scraps and he would build you a fully functional Freedom Knight. He stood at five feet tall but he was not a pushover nor was he a man to mess with. He wore his beard like a Viking but on request of Wolfgang's mother kept it bushy rather than letting it run down his body. His hair was steel grey and he had hard blue eye, for clothing he wore combat pants with a belt and a white tank top shirt.
"Th' auld gal is bit da heel, but we'll hae 'er up an' runnin' within th' week." Drayton said with his think accent. "She's got some auld parts 'at arenae gart anymair sae we will hae tae will hae tae make them based aff th' parts she has."
"What of the AI?"
"We'll hae 'er it an' intae th' hans ay th' teck's hands suin enaw."
"Thank you Samuel you are blessing to this family."
"Dornt mention it lest I can dae."
"Wait did he say?" Wolfgang whispered to Joseph.
"I have no idea." Joseph whispered back.
Wolfgang's Mother looked to Wolfgang. "I do believe it is well past your bedtime. Jack make sure he gets their"
Wolfgang walked off with his brother, but he only made it about half way before the time caught up with him so Albern carried him the rest of the way. By the time Albern got to Wolfgang's room he was already fast asleep in his arms. The door to Wolfgang's room automatically opened allowing Albern to walk in and place Wolfgang on his bed.
"Sweet dreams little brother." Albern said before leaving.
Hey guys hope you enjoyed this chapter. There will be one, maybe two more, chapters of Wolfgang's memories of the time he first met Rosa. I thought it would be better to tell of Wolfgang's and Rose's first run in rather than Wolfgang talking about it in the present time.
The next chapter Wolfgang will be learning about Rosa.
I was also thinking I already have a story with a crossover to Highschool DXD why not send Wolfgang and his crew to the Percy Jackson universe instead. I could see Wolfgang attracting the attention of the Greek (assholes) gods. Hell I even got a title A Mortal with Benefits (laughter) or something else.
For the actual plot of the story it would probably be something like Wolfgang going in with Rosa (minus Knight or with if you guys want plus Knight. I know Leo would love it) and having to figure out how to either get back to his universe or getting his crew to him to help protect humanity.
OR
I can put a few Legion of The Damned space marines into that universe and have the "leader" of them have a son in that universe. how this happened you might asked. I do believe you can have kids in that universe by giving ones essence so copy and paste that with Legion of the Damned member to a normal human female and boom Legion of the Damned Jr. For the plot will I am open to suggestions or I will come up with it soon.
Well let me know that you guys think.
God bless and purge all the things.