(I did go back and fix a obvious error that I forgot to rectify as I have so colorfully put as 'fuck it' so it is fixed now so yay)
I will say this now A PART ABOUT THIS WAS A BITCH TO WRITE! mainly Ozpin's and James's second talk as I just said FUCK IT and left it as is and wrote onward.
I have noticed I may be past due but I will say this: COLLEGE RUINED THIS but enough of my matters. Not that anyone cares *que sad music here* Anyway this is the chapter to see if your predictions are true or wrong and the review section is alight with fires of rage. I will use said fires to roast me some S'mores...or hotdogs which ever I can get my hands on first.
Thus you may read, review, rant, rave, and attempt to kill me cause I ran your Waifu through the dirt and called it art...possibly no promises
"Ahhh...peace and mother fucking quiet" Alex whispered as he slouched into the chair. Sienna rolled her eyes and returned to studying for Port's midterm. Liam was 'studying' but everyone know he is reading a comic. Anza had her book open but took a page from Nora a table over and was out cold.
He was beginning to relax in over a year till, "Psssst! Alex wake up!" the man in question groaned and facepalmed the source of the voice and pushed away. "Leave me alone...trying to...sleep" he groggly said trying to nap in a awkward position that warranted a throat chop. Unfortunately Yang was the source and cracked her knuckles and did throat chop him.
Alex started gagging and hacking a up a lung and sprung up holding his throat. "YANG GOD DAMNIT!" he said in between coughing fits. After calming down, and a death glare form the librarian, Alex dragged Yang out of the library and into the hall.
"What was so important that warranted you to almost kill me" he asked looking at her with maintained rage. "It's something related to Blake…" she looked very paranoid as she looked side to side. "What's wrong with your introverted, book reading, smut loving, secret faunus, tuna loving partner this time?" he looked justifiably unamused and not deeply concerned.
"You had to have noticed the bags under her eyes right?" Alex only shook his head " No Yang, She is rarely around me enough or I'm not bothering to notice the small details" it was all true which Yang had to accept. She managed to get him to follow her to a more secluded area i.e his shop. "That's not the point she was perfectly...her own style...of healthy till the day at the docks" Yang said worriedly andAlex noticed they were outside his 'shop'.
He facepalmed 'God damn it I have been suckered in...well already down the rabbit hole' was his prevalent thoughts "Alright...what do you need" he was going to regret this he knew it. "Thank you Bro" she hugged him and he was slightly caught off guard by the hug and her calling him 'bro'. 'Well shit now I HAVE to give it my all...damn my past self for saying what I said'.
He patted her on the back. "Alright, alright let go of me before I have to break your arms to get out and give me the rundown of what happened...as I am here may as well do some work" Alex was let go and handed Ember Celica and walked into the shop. Not to his surprise but to Yang's, and her eyes turning red in her own form of overprotectiveness, saw Lazu playing some card game against Melody, Sizz, and Lavender.
Alex set the bracelets on his work bench, sat down on his rolly chair, and set to work. Yang reigned in her emotions and her eyes returned to normal. She pulled up a chair and sat by him watching him work. "Start from the top I can work and talk" he said as he made Ember Celica unfurl. "Well her normal introvertedness was always making her distant but it was Blake and ehr norm so we didn't notice it at first but I began to notice the slight discoloration under her eyes and saw she was more lethargic than normal"
Alex removed the plating protecting the delicate inner workings and hummed. "Common signs of sleep deprivation...I take it she zones out a lot" He said as he reached for a welding mask he managed to get, put it on, and handed Yang some welding goggles. She put them on and Alex grabbe done of hi stools and sparks flew. "Yea she zones out in Ooblecks class but the second she sat down her head crashed onto the desk" she sounded worried again.
Alex's lips pursed both in finding a anomaly in Yang's weapon and in contemplation of the given information. "Where is she half the time" Alex set the sparking tool away and got a pair of tweezers and plucked out a piece of shrapnel. He set it on a pan and went back to 'gutting' one of the gauntlets.
"She is either in the library or the computer lab 'researching'" Alex knew she was finger quoting. "Hmm and this all happened after your little dock excursion" Yang nodded yes which Alex saw from his peripherals. "Anything out of the norm? Anything she would not normally do" he flipped the large visor up and glared at something and grabbed the tweezers again and pulled more shrapnel out.
"She saw Torchwick leading the White Fang, started yelling, there was a explosion, and I started punching, throwing, and breaking kidneys" 'Explains the superstructure stress im seeing' he thought as he inspected the gauntlet. "Hmmm from what you said, the Torchwick character, the time afterward, her more introverted self, her sleep deprivation…" Alex actually stopped his work and leaned into the chair while tapping his chin in thought.
The words 'Solving World Hunger' were written all over his face and one can see gears turning overtime in his head. "I am going on a hunch that she was a lot like you when I found you and reminds me of me somewhat" Alex went back to work and she started piecing it all together. "That BITCH!" Yang was about to bolt out if it weren't for Horus grabbing her arm and shaking its head no.
"Before I let you go tell me, how long has this been going on" he still was absorbed in his work and Horus let go of her as her attention was on Alex instead of running. "About two weeks…" she looked suspicious of his motives. "Then approach the situation from that fact: She is going to be delirious and most likely hella cranky especially her Cat heritage affecting said cranky side cause they love their sleep" he began to rebuild Ember Celica.
"When you take that into consideration you will avoid destroying your friendship and won't burn your bridges with her" Alex handed her the two golden bracelets "Remember this as your going to confront her, and please do not go too overboard" he looked up to her with worry for her social life if anything.
"I will...thank you Bro" Yang hugged him again and he hugged back and left him there to deal with her friend. "Alex you have most certainly changed and reverting to your normal self before you started to...deteriorate" Verdinia's voice echoed between their link. He smiled and looked to her chassis. He simply nodded, walked over, and stepped onto her waiting hand and embarked. Once the clamps let go and the Shop's large metal door opened the Ogre titan walked out and towards the Emerald Forest with Memoria Amissa and Rubrum Mortem holstered on the titans back.
Lazu looked at the exchange "That was random" She looked back to the poker game they were playing. And realized she had all the cards for a royal flush and went all in. The mechanicals had good poker faces but she had better. When they played their hands the two specters lost for obvious reasons and Melody had a full house not expecting Lazu had a royal flush and promptly raged.
/\[V]/\
Verdinia relished and committed these moments to her databanks or 'memory'. She could feel his relaxation through their link and his fun. In her cyberspace she thought of following in Melody's footsteps in creating her avatar. So far she did this on her own downtime.
But so far, she has a 5"6' pale women with a metal like dress, white hair, pale white-grey skin, and teal colored eyes. But she filed it away for now, she looked back and helped mark target's for Alex and classifying them according to projected threat level. She largely ignored the carnage and marked threats as soon as they appeared and focused solely on Alex's happiness.
Times like this for Verdinia were few now a days but when they do happen they were always amazing. "Verdinia you know you can make small talk right?" she heard him and was shocked out of her musings. "Just not used to having you alone with me" Alex merely chuckled.
"My bad...I try to make time but the shenanigans of Ruby and Yang always get in the way...Not to mention Melody constantly breathing down my neck playing mother hen, and Lazu being Hailey 2.0 with the semblance that are only in a stalker's wet dream" he laughed as he pulled the broadsword out of a dissipating Ursa Major.
The young Beowolves near the carnage looked to each other at the evil cackling coming from the metal beast and backed off scared. The alpha of the few packs there growled at them and they lunged at the metal beast only to be cleaved in half scattering the younger Beowolves into the forest.
The younger Ursa just stared, roared, and on all fours ran back into the forest. What Grimm attacked were just Grim who did not know better. Alex punted a few Boartusks and that deterred the cartwheeling little hooligans for the remaining time he butchered them.
"Yes you have been roped in more and more of the 'shenanigans' as you say" her voice held mirth and Alex could feel her smiling. "HEY!...take my side at least" he pouted and Verdinia laughed and unknowingly activated her avatar. Alex saw a window pop into existence with a white haired, pale grey-white skin, women laughing in sync with Verdinia. Who then caught on and was promptly shocked that showed on the avatar. Who then experience embarrassment that also showed on the avatar. The avatar then began to shake her arms in front of her "This was a mistake! I..err…" her hair fell down from where ever it was and covered her right eye and Verdinia was surprised it happened.
"I did not add that…" she then remembered Alex was holding in his laughter, surprise, and likewise embarrassment and trying to lower his heart rate. "ALEXAVIER!...stop having lewd fantasies with my avatar...you have Lazu for that" Verdinia's avatar crossed her arm and looked away pouting.
"But if you were to think about it, are we not already technically 'married' if thats how your viewing?" Verdinia was puzzled by that leap of logic and it showed on the avatar. "I don't follow" Alex held up a finger "We are linked, We are by eachother 24/7, we trust each other and loyal to each other, and most of all: I am inside of you" The avatar's face showed Verdinia musing the words he said and the avatar blushed at realizing what he said.
"..." the shocked face he got as a reward was priceless and began to laugh like a maniac and had to hold his sides. The Grimm steered clear of the demented laughter of death. "ALEX! WHAT...WHY...HOW….YOUR A GOD DAMNIT HORNY ASSHOLE!" she yelled which caused him to laugh even harder. "But it is true" she grumbled and mumbled but she did mumbled 'yes' so point one for Alex but he needs to catch up to her on thousand.
Verdinia sighed and the window, and subsequently the avatar, winked out. "Still I do miss these moments" Alex merely hummed in agreement and went to find more Grimm to kill. "Strange how they were all out to eat me but now they are running away like bitches... it amazes me" Alex looked around waiting for Verdinia to give him a target to shoot with Rubrum Mortem.
Verdinia greedily basked in her time spent alone with Alex.
/\[V]/\
Ruby was in her room sipping her milk carton while also ignoring Weiss's rant at Jaune over something. Considering she was the only person in the RWBY dorm and Weiss was in JNGR's dorm could be heard was worthy of a medal. She decided to go for a walk and maybe hangout at the Shop.
She walked out the dorm, drinking her milk in peace and happiness. When the air suddenly picked up and there were sudden swirl about it. Naturally, Ruby looked in every direction around her, then looked up. Above her was a something, if she had to describe it would be playing with clay trying to mold it into something.
That's when it spontaneously ripped open in a swirl of teal and black with lightning arc like discharges. The sounds of gunfire and explosions were prevalent throughout when there was a near ear shattering explosion and a object got sent through it. The portal or Rift closed and Ruby had to use her semblance to dash out of the way of the falling object. Looking at it, it was very apparent it was taller than her, but shorter than Verdinia, coming up to her waist if she remembered correctly.
Ruby cautiously walked towards it, and snapped her sight up as she heard the portal give off a ear shattering crack as it vanished. Looking at the metallic entity she walked around it while being ready to book it to the shop. As she looked it up and down, it was largely white with orange lines on the edges with weird fins on the 'back'...it was hard to tell where the back began. The 'head' kinda looked like the specter's...kinda...hard to tell.
She noticed a faint blue triangle above the head and rubbed the grime and soot off it to reveal the IMC logo and her eyes widened. She pulled out her scroll and opened the app Alex gave her and Yang to contact the person of their choosing, and she miss tapped and hit Melody's contact. "Yes ruby?" she didn't get a face only a box with a line that fluctuates to her voice ranges.
"I thought I called Verdinia...nevermind where is Alex?" there was a pause "He is with Verdinia in the Emerald Forest why?" she sounded concerned and curious. "I found something that came from a portal in the sky, crashed,-" Melody hung up on her and Ruby stared at the scroll with a look of hurt.
She heard Melody's footfalls fast approaching, looking back to see said form jogging to her location. When she got there she looked at the large, and a few feet in a crater, mechanical entity. "I honestly have no idea what this is...Alex may know but he is out with Verdinia in the forest for some much needed bonding time...she never gets out" Melody's left arm produced a beams that resembled a triangle and it moved across the robotic alien thing.
Ruby nodded and just stared at the thing. "Well whatever it is, the Armor has multiple puncture marks, severe internal damage, and…" she stared at the holographic projection on her forearm. "Seems like its power core was blown apart...it's a miracle it is still in one piece" Melody lowered her amr and the teal holograms all over it disappeared and simply stared at it.
Then she looked to the right seeing the three specters jogging to them. Ruby was starting to piece together what she was planning. "Your going to drag it to the shop" Melody simply nodded and began ordering the specters to certain points and oversaw them drag it back the way they came.
Ruby waved and said bye to Melody who waved back, "Yang will not believe this at all"
/\[V]/\
Yang was laughing and rolling on the floor, her hair back to it's normal golden shine. "Yang it's true! Some mech thing fell from the sky and is at the shop!" Ruby was trying to explain the situation to her sister while Blake laid on her bed and reads, Weiss rolled her eyes "Are you sure it was not a figment of your imagination?" Ruby looked at her with a glare worthy of praise.
"YES I AM SURE! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT!" she yelled and she was looking like someone needed to be put in a straight jacket, and sent to a padded room. Weiss was about to retort when there were fast and loud foot falls, not several seconds later their door was thrown open with a very red faced, and very winded Alex.
"Ruby...you….alright" he said in between breaths and Ruby only nodded. "Good...At least you we're...not hurt" Alex then excused himself and left. Yang looked wide eyed and looked to Ruby as her face shifted into worry and surprise "You really did almost get crushed" Ruby snapped to her with a look of rage "NOW YOU BELIEVE ME?!" "At least you did not explode" Weiss said as she returned to her studies.
Then Blake spoke which was new, "I have a question: Why is Alex attending a school if he already has training that surpases ours...somewhat" Weiss turned around also curious why. "Well he doesn't need all the classes we do, aside from Grimm Studies and Remnant history. And since he was in the military that's where he feels most at home so why no be a Hunter" Yang said with Ruby nodding.
"Like Yang said, He doesn't really need classes like math or whatever but we need to apparently" Ruby looked at the wall mounted shelves and glared at her english book. "There has to be more to it only taking those two classes was not why he was accepted" Blake noted a weird outlier, she closed her book fully committed to decipher his reason for being here.
"Well...he may or may not be our second or third year combat instructor" Yang said sheepishly and scratching the back of her head. "That mongoloid may be our second or third year Combat instructor?!" Weiss was shocked to hear this. "I may have overheard Dad talking with the headmaster about find a way to get him to get the hunter's license and heard that" Ruby's anxious twitch of twiddling her fingers was made apparent.
"Well that does make sense, he has the combat aptitude and the smarts given everything he does, only things he needs is how to kill Grimm and our history...but why be our combat instructor?" Blake was still puzzled on the last part. "Well know my fighting style?" Yang scratched the side of her face lightly and Blake and Weiss nodded.
"Alex taught me how to funnel my anger into my strikes then my mind" Blake was wide eyed "That explains how you literally punched a guy through steel containers" Yang shrugged. "He also taught me how to fight without Crescent Rose" Yang smirked "Well he taught you how to throw a punch and where to hit a man" Ruby pouted.
Weiss was still skeptical "What can he teach us what we already learned before attending Beacon?" Yang looked at her smirking "You know how he wiped the floor with you?" Weiss scoffed "It was the opposite" Ruby held up her hand "If we're say who beaten who, Alex had you dead to rights cause of his Pop rocks" Yang was snickering which everyone raised an eyebrow out. "It's nothing but she is right if it was not for those grenades of his you would have beaten him in speed, buuuut you did let your anger get a hold of you...and that says something if I am saying it" Yang said and she did have a weird but valid point.
"Well...he…" Weiss tried to find a way to come out on top (not it that way, which you are now thinking off and shame on you...she is underaged first of all) but no dice. "Fine so he may have a thing or two to teach us but doesn't mean we can apply his advice or techniques" Ruby rolled her eyes "Trust us when we say you will want to" To reaffirm the point Yang rubbed her upper right arm and winced in pain.
"Just thinking about it vaguely hurts" Blake looked at her with a glare of confusion "What was that" Yang brefly rubbed her arm again. "Well during our training before Beacon, Alex taught us some techniques and stances that he thought would benefit us and it did, but...when applying them he did not hold back and my right arm was in a cast for the better part of a month or so" Weiss was suddenly afraid of becoming a second or third year student now.
Blake's pupils almost blotted out her irises. "That is brutal…" Weiss nearly whispered as she hovered her hand over her mouth. "Well he did say he wants us prepared to fight with everything we have on a moments notice" Ruby said sitting down to lightly rub her left leg. "That keeps explaining how you handled yourself at the docks" Yang awkwardly smiled.
"He jokingly said I had more testosterone than physically possible for a girl my age" Weiss had to hear this "I may have picked him up with said broken arm and hurled him though several trees and crippling a nearby Ursa for life". Ruby was struggling to hold her laughter in "Later we nursed the Ursa back to health and it became our guard dog...I named him Zwei" Yang snapped her fingers "Wonder if he is doing okay".
Weiss and Blake were shocked and jaw dropped to the respective girls. "You managed to tame a Ursa and named it Zwei…" Ruby's face portrayed her gears turning "I think it was a Ursa Major" Yang nodded her head in agreement. "Okay your family is officially crazy" Weiss said turning around returning to her studies.
There was a knock on their door and Ruby opened the door to see a postman with a clipboard and a face of absolute fear. "A-A-A-Are you t...t..the owner of a Ursa?" Ruby's face was one of surprise and nodded. She was handed the clipboard and she hurriedly signed off on it "YANG! HURRY DAD SENT ZWEI!" Yang bolted after her sister as she took off leaving behind rose petals. Weiss and Blake just stared more shocked then fearful as the postman was on the floor in a fear induced coma and took off after them.
/\[V]/\
Alex sat in his chair as he stared at the Reaper that is attached to chains suspending it from the floor. "I did scan where it 'fell' and I can confirm it was the same anomaly that brought us to Remnant" Alex still stared heavily at the Reaper. "Did Ruby say what came with the Reaper?" Alex looked to Melody who shook her head. "No all she said was it fell from the sky" Alex returned to staring at the Reaper.
He clapped his hands on the armrests on his rolling chair and jumped up. "Lazu wanna help me fix this up" the girl in question finally looked to him in surprise and nodded vigorusly. "Well let us get to work...Melody work the Shop arms, Lazu push the tool chest here Verdinia have the specters be gophers for us and bring up the schematics of the Reaper so we know what to replace and what I need to put on the shopping list"
Alex got up from his chair and caught the rolling cart and began to rummage through the well kept tool chest that resides on it. He handed some to Lazu and grabbed two, he walked to the suspended leg and began to detach it. As he got it removed and a arm Melody was controlling set it aside, The shop's garage door was thrown open and one word made him drop his tools.
"ZWEI!" Ruby screamed and took off. Alex excused himself and took off after her. Lazu just looked shocked then looked to Verdinia "What and who is Zwei" Verdinia turned slightly to Lazu "The pet Ursa Major".
/\[V]/\
Alex caught up to Ruby and Yang was already hugging the Ursa who was a literary giant black and white teddy bear. Glynda looked at him with a look of absolute rage and curiosity. "Alexavier...please explain why there is a Ursa here not mauling the students?" Alex merely smirked "Trade secret" that got Glynda to sigh/growl. Ozpin stood behind her, merely looked at the sight with a raised eyebrow.
"Who's a good Zwei...Who's a good Zwei?...you are" Yang began to speak to the Ursa as if it were a dog and the ursa was 'smiling' as non-threateningly as it could. Alex merely patting its head plate and checked the large bear over. Ruby was on it's back where the spikes were not present and scratching it's sweet spot if the now apparent thudding of its back left leg was evident.
Weiss and Blake just arrived and were puzzled how Alex beat them to it. "How..when" Alex could see Weiss broke before she happened here. "Trade secret" he said again and motioned them to come forward "He won't eat you in half...unless one of us tells him to that is" He had a evil smirk. The Ursa looked at Weiss and Blake and smelt their large amounts of fear but surprisingly did not pounce on them only stared before succumbing to the back scratch and was lulled into a blissful state.
Alex checked to make sure it's yellow-red collar was still attached and not in disrepair, only to find the name tag scratched a little. Blake was the first out of the growing crowd to begin walking, albeit hesitantly, towards the world ignorant Ursa and rested her hand on its furry neck. The ursa momentarily leaned partially into Blake's hand and she smiled lightly and began to pet the large beast. "He is a giant teddy bear...nothing to fear" Yang said who helped Ruby down and Zwei 'woke up' and looked over to the sisters. "What else did Dad send us" Ruby asked as Yang looked to the crates behind Zwei.
Alex motioned for Zwei to bring his head down to his level more and began to whisper something into its ear. The bear did do anything once Alex left, Weiss began to walk towards the Ursa and reached a hand out to pet it. Only to be met with a big pink tongue.
Weiss was momentarily lifted a inch and covered in saliva which caused everyone to laugh and Alex was rolling on the ground not even attempting to hide his laughter. Weiss just looked herself over "this...is...just...sickening…" she slowly walked back to the dorms. Blake merely patted Zwei's neck "Such a good boy" the giant teddy bear merely rumbled in happiness at the praise.
Yang came back with a note "Apparently, Zwei here caught the local police's attention as he raided a apple orchard, and a honey farm" Yang squinted at another part and laughed "Dad said he loves his girls, asked Alex to make sure no one does anything to us, and he attached a picture of Zwei covered in honey" Yang unclipped the photo and showed it to Alex and Ruby.
The crowd long dispersed along with Glynda and Ozpin as RBY and Alex lead Zwei to Alex's shop. Blake held a minor look of surprise "Who knew Ursa are like actual bears and eat honey" Alex shrugged "We use it more as a treat to reinforce positive actions and behaviors" Alex said as he pushed the a cart of several crates worth or apples, meat, and honey. All of which is in crates, that somehow does not make what's inside them spoil...somehow.
Once they got to the shop Yang and Alex went to work of lugging the crates indoors as Ruby and Blake played with Zwei outside.
/\[V]/\
Ozpin took a sip of his mug as he looked at his monitor when the door to his office opened once again to General Ironwood. "Hello Oz, after a very eye opening interaction with your 'enforcer' I can safely say he was the anomaly I told you about two near three years ago" Ozpin took his eyes off his monitor to look at him with a raised eyebrow.
"And why tell me this?" Ironwood sat his scroll down which projected the world of Remnant and a red triangle appeared a few feet away from the sphere. "Two years ago Atlas observatories and sensors detected a unidentified object on a crash course towards Vale, specifically the mountainous range of Vale" He let the hologram emphasize his point showing the predicted flight path.
"But mid fall it corrected towards the island of Patch in a very calculated matter only capeable from a flight program Atlas has in blueprints" Ozpin still had his eye raised and wondered where he was going with this. "A month after it's crash landing a team was dispatched to recover the object and this is what was found" the hologram switched to a large vessel capable of carrying two or three of the mechs Alex uses. This gave Ozpin some questions, "And what pray tell does this tie to my 'enforcer' James" he gave him a look of skepticism, his eyebrow still raised. "Near the cockpit on the hull I believe was this insignia that I found on the Enforcer's mech" the hologram transformed into the IMC emblem.
"Alright so he is not from here yet he is human, I fail to see the point your making" Ozpin in his many, many, many, years of wisdom and knowledge did not know where he was going with this. "After two years and the past few weeks we detected another anomaly but it crashed somewhere on the landmass north of Sanus" Ozpin did not know of Alex's outing into the Emerald Forest but was not worried.
"And…" Ozpin Was still waiting, "Once a team's searching for the possible occupants was over, my team recovered the artifact" the same vessel from before appears but the area where the insignia was different, and that drew his attention. "As you see the emblem is different, it appears the skull insignia." Ozpin set his mug down, intertwined his fingers, and looked at the hologram that brought up both emblems.
"Yes...what does all this mean still James" he had a vague idea but he needed more information before he made any conclusion. "What I am trying to say is bring your Enforcer in and make him explain and confess as to his true agenda and who he really is along with this conspirator. Remnant is in danger Ozpin" Ozpin sighed, hoping he would give a better explanation but he was curious as to what and who the owner of the skull was.
Ozpin concided and pressed a pager and spoke "Alexavier Barnett, please come to the Headmaster's office" and released the button and merely waited. "Please take a seat, He will have to leave Oobleck's class and must say very needed course" James nodded and took a seat to Ozpin's right.
After ten minutes of the two talking, Alexavier entered and stood at attention in front of the desk and hidden his immense hate of the general all too well. "You called" his voice was even and the underlying hatred was very apparent to Ozpin but lost on the general. "Please take a seat and please tell me the significance of this" Ozpin asked James to show the emblem with one look.
James nodded and tapped the scroll as the skull emblem appear. The effect was instant as Alex's eyes dilated, grinded his teeth and barely withholding a growl. "What about them" James flinched at the aggression let forth by him. "Just tell us who and or what this belongs to is all" Ozpin said before James dug his own grave.
"That belongs to a bunch of criminals, anarchists, and fools who banded together to form the 'Frontier Militia' to oppose the IMC over some petty bullshit" was his response and James's face did not show anything but his eyes showed him to greedily absorb this information. "Anything else to divulge?" Alex's hands nearly broke the armrests of the chair but left it warped "They are nothing but cold hearted baby killers, rapists, marauders, and zealots devoted to the name of 'peace and freedom' from the IMC and any of their sympathizers".
Ozpin furrowed his eyebrows at this "Interesting...If you do not mind my asking, why did they form against your employers?" James also wanted to know "It all started from the same general cause, the IMC needed resources to manufacture materials and fuel and some of those deposits were on settled worlds and were asked to relocate to new plots of land, but the residents did not move and were forced off their land, some of the more resistant, hostile ones were gunned down".
Ozpin again furrowed his brow at the information as James leaned forward to listin in better. "The catalyst to their formation was a world that was forever changed when a rouge drill agitated a fault line and the whole world cracked killing over a million innocents and it was not the IMC's fault that much I am sure".
"So this 'Militia' started to fight back and consolidate power...why did the IMC not nip this in the bud sooner" James asked looking him directly in the eye, which he regretted as he was faced with a killing look. "The militia would have formed sooner and with more support, events would have been pushed forward and I would have died with my family" Ozpin knew that look and stood up and walked over to James.
"I think it's time to call this meeting done and for you to leave" Ozpin hopped James would not be stubborn about this. Alex was the only one to storm out in a collected but still enraged manner before James's even got up. "Ozpin, If that was his reaction to this Militia. We need to find them and keep these two form meeting in a heavily populated area...If they happen to have a mech of their own like your Enforcer's"
"While I do agree with you on this, from what Mr. Barnett was able to share with me, this 'Militia' was the enemy he spoke of and how dangerous of a threat to anyone they view as 'corrupt' or controlling and acts like the IMC will warrant their instant hostilities...considering all of the above is prevalent throughout our culture we may be at risk" James seemed to rub his chin and conceded to his point.
"yes...I will watchout for anyone or thing bearing this 'Frontier Militia' insignia" James left the office as Ozpin sighed heavily and lounged into his chair and looked at his cup 'I will need a fresher batch, this one is cold'
/\[V]/\
Alex sat back down in the class and barely paid attention to the history of remnant as he fought to control is urge to punch something into the core of the planet. The sisters, who sat on both sides of him, were worried as per normal but let it go and both eyed Liam in order to pounce on him to keep him alive and not permanently hooked to a machine as he is put into a coma.
"Now, who can tell me the oldest family names of Remnant?" Oobleck said as Weiss raised her hand which was ignored as he tried to find a different student. Surprisingly Jaune raised his hand. "Yes " Jaune cleared his throat. "The major families of old of Remnant is the Schnees, Arcs, Winchesters, and the Rose familes I believe" Oobleck sipped his thermos and nodded.
"Correct Mr. Arc, The Schnee Family is known for today their dust but before they were known for being the first to master dust and their inherited Glyph semblance that only manifests in their daughters, The Arc family is very known for being legendary leaders and warriors and possessing the most rare and destructive semblance that only appears every five to ten generations the semblance name is unfortunately and regrettably lost" He pushed his glasses up and took a sip from the thermos.
The Winchester family was known for their exceptional skills as Blacksmiths and still to this day produce the highest quality of arms and armor, The Rose family history is one for the most obscure as the only quality that is recorded is their silver eyes, Now who can tell me the tale of the legendary Silver eyes"
Rose snapped her hand up and was waving it like a madwoman. Alex merely smirked his anger diffusing. "The tale goes that those with silver eyes are destined to be legendary warriors against the grimm and as the legend says, that a single look from such a warrior can freeze grimm in their place" Oobleck nodded and smiled at Ruby's explanation.
"PRECISELY! The Silver Eyed warriors were the first warriors to fight against the grimm before the creation of Hunters and Huntresses" Alex tuned this part of the history out. He learned enough about family names enough, Yang and Ruby were sharing a smile and Alex had to ask. "What got you two so happy?" he whispered.
The two shared another look and smile. "Just that you are happier than when you walked back in" Ruby said returning to her doodles and Yang preparing to sleep when it got boring enough for her to do so. Alex shrugged and fought against the lecturer's ability to put him to sleep.
/\[V]/\
Alex groaned as he stood there next to Glynda. "Class, I will be out for the next few weeks to help with the Vytal Festival preparations and as such I asked Ozpin to...find a replacement" the last part seemed forced. "So the headmaster has selected Alexavier Xiao-Long Barnett to be your substitute Combat Teacher and you are to listen to his advice" She sent a secret look of contempt and hate to him and walked off.
He stared at the 100-200 plus students and sighed. He brought out his scroll and tapped some commands into it. And stood there waiting for that one person to cough. Seem's Yang caught this and made Jaune cough and Nora made Cardin cough.
"You two who just coughed into this blissful silence, come forward" Jaune groaned and Cardin seemed petryfired but walked to him. "Now you two will enter the arena and simply duke it out while the main course takes their sweet ass time getting here and The rest of you shit for brains" Alex looked to the class as Cardin and Jaune walked to the opposite arena entrances.
"After their match, I will ask two teams at a time to test their metal against...something of mine in preparation for a final I will give in a sense that may or may not be graded...it is up to the headmaster and Miss. Goodwitch but hey, I am just a ungrateful substitute so why must you listen to me" There were some laughs, mostly from the sisters, their team, his team, and some random people.
"Now" Alex smacked a button behind him and the Arena closed all outside sight and sound from the two combatants "BEGIN!" Alex looked to the match and simply watched. The two combatants went at each other with Jaune mostly on the defensive with his team's clear worry about him.
After ten minutes Jaune's aura was in the orange while Cardin's was in the yellow. Jaune charged at Cardin but the swing of the mace swatted him away but the shield taking the brunt of it and Jaune's aura hit zero but no buzzer sounded. Nora noticed this and yelled from her seat "ALEX! Jaune has no aura left! Call off the match" she was ignored as Alex merely stared down at the two combatants.
Yang grimaced along with Ruby "Oh this is gonna hurt" the blonde brawler said earning NGR's worry especially Neo's. "Why is he not calling it off" ren asked as the other students there are worried. "Alex always trained us without pulling any punches, it is to teach us that the combatant will not retrain themselves and simply stop when your aura is in the red or depleted.
Ruby only sighed and looked worried over her friend. Cardin swung his mace thinking he still had Aura left and Jaune blocked it with his shield, got sent skidding and rolling against the floor screaming in pain while holding the now broken arm and Alex sounded the buzzer. "Get the medics in there Cardin return to your teammates" Alex said over the intercom as Cardin suddenly feared for his life and dashed out and to his team.
He turned around sending the red glare to them all "do not expect me to sound the buzzer when your aura will drop to zero, You will learn that in war no one will spare you just because your aura is gone, You will learn to no pull punches now Will Weiss and Bailey report to the Arena" Weiss got up and was visibly scared along with the other girl who looked even more so.
Alex hit the starting buzzer and the two fought. Alex kept a watchful eye over the arena but spoke to the class. "You will learn the simple fact about life your 'opponent' will not relent, will not show mercy, most of all they will not give up" As he stared Bailey's aura disappeared and Weiss stood there "ALEX CALL THE MATCH!" Alex did not and Weiss was a few points from her aura being broken.
Bailey launched and kicked Weiss in the ribs and sent her rolling against the floor as her aura broke taking the brunt of the attack but her ribs were probably cracked, not broken. "As you see class, my point being proven in that instant" He saw some faces were twisted in anguish and hate, the hate directed to Alex as he let this happen.
He did however hit the buzzer before Bailey advanced on Weiss. Alex felt his scroll vibrate, took it out, and saw a message then closed it. Will Teams RWBY-minus Weiss, JNGR- minus Jaune, and MGTA please enter the arena" Alex said as he walked through a opened doorway that lead to the underside of the arena. A mechanical form that wo MGTA,RWBY,and JNGR as Melody walked onto the platform that oversaw the arena.
"I will be overseeing the match and following Alex's directive" the mechanical form then, fluidly like a human, turned to see the three teams assemble in groups forming a semi circle. "Yang...why did he call us here?" Blake asked as she shrugged but unfurled her gauntlets and tensed along with Ruby.
Seeing as the sisters had more experience with Alex the others followed suit. Everyone saw their tensed movements and wondered what was going on till a circle in the center of the arena opened and a giant two to three story mechanical appeared colored black with red veins all over it that emerged from the eye sockets of a skull on the nose.
Which was revealed to be ahatch and Alex rose form the seat standing inside it. "Now comes the best part, I will take on these three with only the fists of the mech I am in, And I will not pull punches and aim to cripple, Remember that" he said as he sat back down and hatch closed over him.
Ruby and Yang stood at the ready as the rest took stances waiting. The Titan stood there staring at them. Ren felt fear through his semblance that would normally stamp it out. His dilated eyes made Nora on edge. After a few tense seconds the Titan lurched forward with a fist cocked back that struck the ground near the core of the three teams scattering them.
Ruby began ordering the others into sects based on their weapons and abilities. Nora,Yang and Liam being heavy hitters. Ren and Blake being hit an runners, Anza, Ruby, and Neo being distractors. Alex knew which ones to look out for obviously but knew it was slightly tipped in their favor. But Verdinia's sensors will alert him when someone went to strike at the back.
Alex dashed suddenly to the left missing a strike form Yang, while catching Nora's hammer and flinging her at a Liam who was going to clip the legs sending the two tumbling away. Alex turned around bringing up the vortex shield catching several projectiles from Ruby's rifle and flung them toward Blake who used her clone to take the hit and launch herself upward.
Alex heard someone land on top of Verdinia, and she mechanically said "hostile is rodeoing" Alex suddenly charged towards Yang as she had the look of fear and came to a stop in an attempt at flinging Ren off, which succeeded,as he did not expect it and impacted Yang, Alex sharply turned around only for the visuals to get clouded in a pink mist. Alex used the hands to swat the pink mist away.
As he got partial visibility the titan's legs gave out and he collided with the floor, the hatch facing the ceiling. Alex knew only Blake could have used her ribbon to bind the legs and someone strong enough to topple him. Alex waited as he heard some of them yell in victory only for alex to grab the ribbon and tank snapping Blake to him into the palm of the metal hand. He also broke the ribbon binding his legs and started to stand up.
Alex knew Blake was attempting to wiggle out of the grip but was squeezed bringing her aura down significantly. He the hurled her at a Yang who had to reposition herself to catch a speeding black bullet called Blake and the two crash hard into the floor with Yang taking the brunt of everything.
Alex whipped around and smacked a airborne Liam into the dome and his aura nearing its breaking point. Alex dashed left missing a volley of grenades and caught the rest in a vortex shield. He looked around at who the throw them at and threw them at Anza who merely meeped as she got a face full of ten grenades of pink fury. Alex looked over the battlefield, Anza was helping a Liam up as both of them are nearing their breaking point, Sienna had yet to attack for some reason, Yang is barely holding herself together if her hand holding her side was evident by anything, Ruby looks lost at what to do, Blake is out cold, Nor ais cradling a unconscious Ren on her lap. Neo just stood at the side smirking.
"Is that all? I was expecting more" Alex taunted and got Nora and Anza's death glares, Yang charging, Ruby and Sienna agreeing on something, and Liam merely fell down unconscious. He swatted Yang down breaking her Aura and maybe breaking her right arm, Dashed left and shoulder checked Nora into bouncing off the tiled floor removing her from the fight.
Alex turned around only to be pushed back by a explosion. Looking he saw a Sienna, who was staggering, at the explosion she generated and a Ruby flying at him using her semblance. He threw a fist at her only for Ruby to shatter and saw Neo grinning. Alex spun around to see ruby already flying at him, There is not enough time to throw a punch but he did bring the arms into a X pattern ato guard himself. But Sienna had other plans and used her aura to augment her feet and arms to off center his balance, Alex could not correct himself and Ruby slammed into him.
When the titan slammed into the floor Ruby stood on top of the titan angling the scythe at the hatch and the buzzer was sounded. "Victor to Teams RWBY,JNGR, and MGTA" Melody's voice rang out. The sound and sight cancellation on the dome vanished and there was whoops and hollers. Alex righted himself as medic teams carted the unconscious teens out.
"I will say this...you kids have potential...same for all of you kids" Alex used the titan's hand to gesture to the other students. "If you can master your craft you can take on Grimm and Non-grimm with ease! But only if you train and hone your abilities like the poor sods who had to face me dismissed" Alex said and the student's talked and filed out. Alex disembarked and eyed the exterior damage to Verdinia and found out from the A.I that the body shield did not go down during the fight leaving her scratchless.
"ALEX! That was dangerous and you know it!" ruby said glaring at him and Sienna was about to maim him. "Ruby we both know what goodwitch signed me up for" the girl in question huffed but conceded "But did you have to incapacitate them?" Alex only nodded yes while Sienna punched him with a aura infused fist to his face sending him skidding against the paneled floor.
"I deserved that" he laid there dazed as Ruby went to check on her sister and Sienna went to check on her team. Neo merely glared at Alex and skipped to Jaune to help him to the infirmary.
/\[V]/\
In the Wilderness near Forever Falls there was a small structure, with no additional floors but a two story tall addition connected to the small structure, in all I looked alike a L on its side. In front of the taller part, there was the cloaked figure who hit a button on the side as a metal shutter lifted and closed after the figure walked into it.
Once inside the Figure looked up to the large mechanical being there. It was nowhere near as big and armored as Verdinia but it made up for it in it's speed. The figure went over to a console and activated it bring up a blueprint for a 'Ronin' Titan and a bright blue rectangular optic came to life.
"Felicity, Is everything alright?" the titan spoke in a accent akin to how the records of old earth siad how a samurai of Japan spoke. The figure removed their hood revealing a female going by facial structure with a large scar running down her face crossing the bridge of her nose yet missing both of her eyes. She was pale, with brown hair and blue eyes.
"Yea Scar...everything is alright" she said as she looked over the console running system checks. "This is about the Black Reaper is it not" Felicity sighed and nodded as she touched the monitor and swiped left brining whatever was on the screen to a much larger one which showed multiple windows all filled with data all around a picture of the Black Reaper himself: Alexavier Barnett.
"Okay let's run this again" she said as she hung up her cloak revealing her to be still in her Militia pilot armor of the assault variant (i.e if you use the assault rifle like the r-101 in the original Titanfall). She sat on a chair looking at a datapad that no doubt is connected to the large screen. The titan hummed as it spoke. "Our intel on The Black Reaper is as follows: His name is Alexavier Barnett, has a standing one million then escalated to ten nonillion credits for his capture or death...and responsible for your scar" Felicity repressed a grimace/growl as she ghosted her scar.
Remembering how the Black reaper's sudden metal shoulder forced her to headbut the controls above her and the titan taking over getting them out of there. "He has over one million, close to two kills under his belt be they civilian casualties or militant is unknown. He is also responsible for the deaths of Garnett Ryan, Simon Phillips, Gregor Hollins, and Jonathan Yeager" the faces of her comrades that were with her defending the harvester reminded her of how she failed them.
"During Operation Grizzly, the research facility where the time gauntlet was developed and perfected, the Black Reaper moniker and bounty was born as Alexavier Barnett slaughtered 6 platoons, 10 titans, and a whole team of SRS Marauder titans leaving one who is currently in a medically induced coma at a Mental penitentiary followed a violent psychotic breakdown the days following the battle" Scar reported on information as Felicity looked at the screens.
"Afterward he was seen on the Planet Typhon defending the Fold Weapon, Acting Pilot Jack cooper and BT-7274 initially encountered the Black Reaper as he left BT-7274 at 20% combat effectiveness as he lost his amr and minor motor functions for a time, Later during the time the Fold weapon was about to fire they had a encounter forcing a Apex Predator lieutenant to force him onto a Widow transport" Felicity brought up BT's optic with a red X through it along with Jack's face with a similar marking.
BT and Jack managed to stop the fold weapon but its energy feedback interfered with Alex's jump drive in a unknown way and transported him here on Remnant" Scar reported as she brought up a certain researched notes on the nature of their Jump drive tech.
"Yes...seems the Fold Weapon was capable of the ability to bore holes in time and space destroying its target but it's energy feedback is capable of sending something, or one, through Dimensions" scar said as he looked over the paper faster then Felicity. She nodded and looked at a different window. "Prior to Operation Grizzly, SRS specialist Summer Rose lead a op to target his family in hopes of catching him there, but the report said he was not and left the family dead as a warning...it appears this had the opposite effect as multiple command personnel were tortured and killed" Felicity could not stomach seeing the photos taken of their deaths.
"What she did was wrong...who leave the subordinates alone?" she knew Scar held no answer so he remained silent. "Unknown, but Specialist Rose then vanished months afterward, and records of Remnant and photographs here are definitive proof that SRS Specialist Summer Rose originated from Remnant and is capable of going to either 'dimension'" There was one thing that did not agree with her.
"She has children here does she not?" Scar hummed in response as he brought up taiyang Xiao-long, Yang Xiao-long, and Ruby Rose. "Taiyang Xiao-Long is a retired hunter that served in the same 'team' as Specialist Rose, and after a divorce with the mother of Yang, then the two married and had Ruby rose" she then looked at another piece of information.
"And ironically Alexavier Barnett saved his family's killer's children" Felicity wondered what he would do if he was leaked this information and Scar picked up on her accelerated heartbeat and breathing. "Odds are he will initially deny it but bring him enough proof he will believe it true and it is unknown of what he will do or how the ones he views as a second family will react to this as well" she sighed and set the datapad down.
"This is all kinds of wrong…" Felicity said "I want to avenge my comrades but at the same time I do not want innocents caught in the cross hairs" Scar merely agreed "It would be wise to not get civilians and non-combatants caught in between us" she got up and stretched. "As much as I hate to say it, but does Cinder have anything for us to do" she resisted the urge to shiver.
"Yes i despise our current predicament but she has us by the 'balls' as you would say and one anonymous word from her and Atlas will hunt us down to reverse engineer my chassis and the world of Remnant will become a version of our dimension at that point" Felicity gritted her teeth and rubbed her eyes. "But yes she does have work for us and sent a file that looks like transcripts from one of the Hunter academies, judging by the paper, and the seal it belongs to Haven Academy"
Felicity groaned "And what pray tell is the name I am going under" Scar merely stayed silent "Felicity Nitrus" the girl groaned. "Who comes up with these names" Scar shrugged, he was picking up his pilot's habits. "There is a deep seeded tradition after 'the great war' to name children after colors as it represents the Remnant Human's will to express themselves"
She shrugged "When is the op starting, what gear is recommended, and will I have to wear that ungodly looking uniform" Sca processed her questions.
"Next week at 6, the replacement gear that was requisitioned so Alexavier will not recognize you, and yes, unfortunately, you will have to wear the uniform" Felicity groaned. "Wish I could bring you with but it would seem odd...seeing as the only Titan they have seen is his...odds of them seeing you would certainly bring Atlas down on the both of us" Scar agreed "For that I had an earpiece with a direct connection between us that I have a suspicion Alexavier and his titan may pick up if they scan the normal encrypted frequencies"
Felicity Thanked him "Now...lets see what we are to expect...and I hope Cinder knows our team name sounds like something akin to Sea and Men" Scar merely shrugged "I doubt she knows or cares"
Felicity was sure as well but would bring it up with her when the time came. "There is note attached, The White Fang will transport me to a secondary location for when her endgame launches so we can duel against the Black Reaper" his pilot perked up at that "Now that sounds like a plan" she said then glared at the large multiple screens and honed in on the center and glared at Alexavier's face.
"You will suffer the Grim Reaper's scythe this day Alexavier" she vowed as she went to work preparing for their eventual encounter"
SO WHO EXPECTED ME TO SAY IT WAS THE RONIN TITAN AND PILOT? no one? I'm saddened but if you guessed the Ronin LET ME KNOW SO I AN GIVE YOU A COOKIE! it is chocolate chip and for those who do not like it...erm tough luck and accept the god damn cookie.
Anyway, seriously with Cinder, Mercury, Emerald, and Neo in the canon of RWBY it spells out CMEN when sounds like a word for the liquid a male secretes when they ejaculate and please you minors DO NOT FOR THE LIFE OF YOUR PURE MINDS look it up. Seriously I have a feeling rebellious kids read this. or those kinds of adults who view casual mentions of said word as heresy.
Where was I...oh yes, We are getting close I suppose to another big drop on all the shit..maybe...I do not know but given I have 5 volumes worth of RWBY lore and stuff to work with...ahit will get real...I may have to go farther then 30 or 40 chapters to include everything but hopefully I can finish this so I can get to laying the ground work for one of the future projects which I will put a poll up so you guys can request which one I do next...also help me figure out if I should do a crossover again with one of those or keep it in one universe...though I amy still pull some elements from other universe just not in a true crossover like in WaC.
Thank you to all those who stuck by this bullshit of a story that is insanity incarnate, you give me support to write onward and actually strive to meet some form of expectations...whatever they be. AND OH GOD IM GETTING SENTIMETNAL QUICK SOMEONE PUNCH MY FACE...no one...your all gunna sit there (or stand or whatever) and let me suffer...YOU GET A COOKIE!
Anyway, Tootles and Good Hunting!...
FUCK YOU FOR GETTING THAT STUCK IN MY HEAD AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE! (No hate within this statement as the Author respects all his readers and please do not kill us, we are starving children who work in his sweat shop making bombs to give to children in the form of rattles and Legos)