Hello once again, I finished this chapter finally and I am glad with how it turned out as I hope you all enjoy what I've written. This is probably one of the much longer chapters I've written up in a while so I do apologize for the wait but I wanted to make this chapter good in both quality, length and grammar. I'm sure they'll be still some errors though here but still I do hope you all love this chapter. Also just to say if this chapter seemed to be rush it was not so I do apologize if it seems that way. Other than that I change a few things here and there but nothing major so no worries, and once more I hope you all enjoy this chapter as I did enjoyed writing it up.
Onwards now to reading!
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RWBY Effect
Ch. 25: Feros the colony of Mystery: Pt.3-Final
-Zhu's Hope-
"Nora what are you doing?" Pyrrha asked as she, Coco, Penny and Nora who was in a meditative position all were sitting on top of one of the bungalows in the colony. Keeping a watch on the colonist along with the rest of their friends who were keeping guard of the colonies front entrances
"Oh well I'm just trying to calm my nerves with this mediation stuff Ren taught me a while ago." Nora answered as she only seconds later sighed and decided to stop "Though I'm not what you would call a patient type."
"It's the effort that matters friend Nora." Penny kindly replied back, only for her to notice Coco starting to braid her long orange hair "What are you doing big sister Coco?"
"What's it look like silly, I'm braiding my adorable little sister's lovely hair." Coco said with a small smile as she took her time to braid Penny's hair
"Hey where is Velvet anyways, you always have her around you. Not trying to say that in a bad way, it's just weird to see you without her next to you." Pyrrha asked
"Yeah because you two are always locking lips, like oh la la!" Nora said next giggling loudly
"Laugh it up Nora." Coco answered back with an amused smile "Velvet ain't with us right now because she needed to take a quick rest, she taking the nap beside a crate next to Fox." She answered, pointing to the right of the colony where the boys were playing cards while Velvet slept on the ground with her back against a crate that Fox was sitting on
"I see, but why would she need to be taking a nap, she seemed pretty awake when we all got up here." Pyrrha asked confused by that
"I may have kept her up a little late…. We were a little busy having sex." Coco explained bashfully
"Wait what, when did you have time to do that?" Nora asked with a curious gaze
"Because friend Nora, big sister Coco is just that awesome!" Penny stated happily while Coco donned a wide smile from the compliment
"Aw thanks you Penny, you're an amazing little sister. But to answers your question Nora, let's just say me and Velvet are savants in the way of quick love making. It also helps when there's a lock in the Normandy women's restroom." Coco answered proudly as she finished Penny's braid "There how do like it Penny?"
"I love it big sister Coco, thank you!" Penny answered back hugging Coco tightly as her hair was now braided into a long pony tail
"No problem little sis, I do the best I can." Coco replied back happily as she hugged Penny back while Pyrrha smiled at the happy moment
"You two are so carefree, ever since we began training back on…." Pyrrha began saying but stopped herself, frowning now at the thought of their old home
"Back on Remnant you mean, right?" Coco stated with a small frown, while Penny frowned as well
"Yeah…yeah I do." Pyrrha answered as she and the others noticed Nora frowning as well now
"Friend Nora please don't cry, no one likes to see you cry." Penny said with a kind but sad tone as Nora smiled back weakly
"Sorry girls….but can I ask you all something." Nora replied back in a very sad/serious tone that was only heard one other time, that time was the day after the Vale Festival bombing happened. So for her to ask a question in this tone meant she was very distressed about something
"Um…sure." Pyrrha asked with a worried tone as Coco and Penny became nervous also from Nora's sudden change in tone
"Do you girls think we'll ever be able to get something of our old lives back…before all this, do any of you think our world can still be reclaimed…could we…could we possible have that happy feeling back then." Nora asked in an extremely depressed tone as she pulled from her vest a small picture with a group photo that showed team RWBY, a younger Team JNPR and CFVY along with lastly Professor Ozpin and Professor GoodWitch. All smiling happily in each other's company
"Nora…"Coco said with concern, but didn't know what to tell her
"It's okay, I'm just talking is all." Nora answered back as her eyes became serious with anger at what had happened so long ago, which was understandable since everyone else that was on Remnants during it's fall felt the same
"Friend Nora, when was that picture taken?" Penny asked, curious about the photo
"Hm, well it was taken two days after the Grimm breach happened in Vale….that was a nice day." Nora said kindly as she began to re-tell that day so long ago
-Nora's Flashback: Beacon Front Entrances-
"Finally were are so done for today!" Coco yelled out with a tired look in her eyes as she sat down on the paved ground, meanwhile Yatsuhashi, Velvet and Fox took a seat down next to her
"For someone who has all this strength, you seem to get tired way too easily." Velvet joked getting a laugh out of the others, even a slight chuckle from Yatsuhashi while Coco suddenly took her shoes and socks off. Then placed her bare feet on Velvets lap "What are doing Coco?"
"Jokes aside Velvet, would you mind rubbing my feet there all sore and stuff." Coco explained with a smirk
"What why me?" Velvet asked back with a slight blush
"Because your hands are so soft, so you're the perfect person to ask." Coco answered calmly "So could you pretty please rub my aching feet?"
"But…." Velvet asked as she looked at Yatsuhashi and Fox who just looked the other way, it didn't help that Coco was giving Velvet a cute smile that made her heart melt "Alright, but only because you ask so nicely."
"Oh thank you my sexy little bunny!" Coco happily said back as Velvet began rubbing her feet
"Why…why do you have to call me that?" Velvet muttered with a redden tint of blush –"Still her skin is pretty soft and this is just her feet…I wonder how soft her slim… fit…. Silky pale body feels like. I think I should stop thinking about this or I might get myself too excited."-
"Because I can, besides not like anyone else is around to hear me call ya that, expect for the boys here but there our teammates so they won't tease you about it. Still I wonder where the other teams a-" Coco said but was cut off at the last few words of her question….by Nora
"HEY WHATS UP!" Nora yelled out in a joyfully tone, while making team CFVY jump a little from her sudden appearance
"Ah, Nora when did you get here?" Coco asked as she had pulled her feet back and was now in a slight fetal position from the sudden surprise
"Oh just a minuet ago, got to say Coco you come up with the funniest names for Velvet." Nora answered back smiling wildly
"Huh, we'll she heard then." Yatsuhashi stated while Fox just nodded agreeing with him "Question is if you're here then where are the others?"
"Oh they'll be coming in three….two…one and..." Nora answered back as suddenly Ren, Pyrrha and Jaune came out from a top of a small tree, though unlike Pyrrha and Ren who landed on their feet. Jaune fell on his back (extremely hard just to say)
"Oh Jaune are you okay?" Pyrrha asked in shock as she helped Jaune back onto his feet, while he also rubbed his face
"Yeah I'm okay, you know just face planted on a paved walkway. Totally stuff I'm use to hitting my face against." Jaune sarcastically answered as Pyrrha smack him across the back of the head
"You know I don't like it when you get all sarcastic on me." Pyrrha sternly said with a raised eyebrow, while Ren for once actually laughed "What's so funny Ren?"
"Sorry, it's just you two act like an old married couple a lot of times." Ren answered with an amused tone, while Nora and team CFVY snickered at the statement
"What…wh-where did you get that idea?!" Jaune asked stuttering with a tint of blush across his cheeks, Pyrrha also began blushing as she and him looked at one another for a split seconds before moving their gazes away from each other in an embarrassed manner
"Aw that's so cute, when is the wedding?" Coco said with a giggle, but before Jaune or Nora could replied back, team RWBY came in from the bushes
"HEY EVEYRONE!" Ruby yelled out, followed by Weiss, Blake and Yang as second later as they walked up to teams JNPR and CFVY. Fox did a few hand signs
"What did he say?" Yang asked
"Right, Fox just asked why you all were in the bushes and I think me along with everyone else here is wondering that as well." Velvet answered as team JNPR and the rest of Team CFVY nodded in agreement
"We apologize for that, Ruby got us lost in the woods for a few minutes before we heard you all talking." Weiss answered as she turned her attention over to Ruby "I told you we should have stayed on the road Ruby."
"I know….sorry Weiss, I hope you're not mad at me." Ruby replied back with a frown and puppy dog eyes that effectively melted Weiss heart (Though she refused to show it and just began blushing a little)
"I…I'm not mad I'm just trying to be helpful is all, silly girl." Weiss answered back as Ruby hugged her and she just decided to let Ruby keep her hold around her body –"I'M IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW!"-
"Aw that's just cute." Yang stated with an amused grin, but only to yelp just a little as Blake pinched her butt with enough speed that no one else noticed
"Yep, but I want to see your cute little butt later on." Blake whisper seductively as Yang just giggled a little
"Oh my kitten, you know just how to make a girl feel wanted don't ya?" Yang whisper back as Blake giggled and quickly kissed Yang's cheek
"Hey is it me or do they look a little closer with each other?" Nora asked with a raised eyebrow
"I think they are, hm maybe we can get them to tell us." Coco replied back with a mischievous smile, but only to get a light bump on top of her head by Yatsuhashi and a quick ear pull from Pyrrha
"Don't even think about it, they may not want to talk about it and we need to respect that." Pyrrha said with a stern tone
"Thanks mom really thanks, but for real wouldn't it be interesting to know?" Coco replied back with a small smile this time
"No Coco, besides were busy enough with helping out re-building the wrecked areas of Vale, those Grimm did a number on some of the buildings." Yatsuhashi explained with a sigh of tiredness
"Yeah they did, I'm surprised that no one got killed." Ren added in with a relived tone that no one had died
"What are you all talking about?" Ruby asked she and the rest of team RWBY came into the conversation now
"About the damage the Grimm did two days ago." Jaune answered
"Oh right, I'm glad the no one died." Yang stated while the others nodded in agreement
"That's what I just said, but how have you all been doing these two days?" Ren replied back
"We've all been pretty good, just tired since we've been doing almost all-nighters helping the citizens out with re-building with their homes and shops." Coco answered as the rest of her team all smiled weakly
"Same here, though Nora's candy stash has been helping us out. Thanks again for that Nora." Jaune answered next with a small smirk
"It's all good, I'm glad to help my buddies out. Coco would you and your team like some sweets later on today?" Nora said back as with a wide smile
"Yeah sure Nora, thanks really I mean it." Coco answered back with an equally wide and appreciative smile at Nora's kind offer
"Though what about your team Ruby, you four were in the center of this." Pyrrha asked next with a worried tone
"Were fine Pyrrha really we are." Blake answered this time with a reassuring smile
"Blake's right, though we did get some bruisers and such were all still good." Weiss said next
"Though Professor Ozpin and GoodWitch are making us stay out of helping you all out, so that we can heal up. Which also adds problems since the Vale festival is coming up, which means the tournament will be going on. Though because were being told to stay in bed to heal up, we can't find the time for training." Yang added in with a sigh
"Yeah, but it's only because they care and you even have to admit that our bodies are too sore at the moment. But don't worry big sis I'm sure we'll have our time to help out as well and find time to train for the festival." Ruby replied back making Yang smiled at her little sister's words of encouragement
"Your right, thanks Ruby." Yang said giving Ruby and quick sisterly hug
"Well it seems like you all are doing quite well." Ozpin stated as he and Miss GoodWitch made their way over to the teams
"Miss GoodWitch, Professor Ozpin what are doing here?" Ruby asked curiously
"We wanted to see how your teams were doing, Professor Oobleck, Port and some of the other faculty members are helping the other teams out in the town with the re-building." Ozpin answered "Also Glynda and I decided to walk around a little for some air, of course we had a feeling your teams would be here so we just wanted to see how you were. Well to be perfectly honest I knew you all were doing well, but Glynda wouldn't stop hounding me until she had us check just in case; cute when you think about."
"Why did you have to say that!?" Glynda asked with an embarrassed look as she began blushing from the obviously true statement "Fine maybe I did, but believe it or not I do care for all of you and maybe I have been a bit fidgety since the attack two days ago." She explained while Ozpin smiled at Glynda's embarrassment, teams RWBY, JNPR and CFVY smiled widely at Miss GoodWitch's explanation
"Aw that's so sweet of you to say Miss GoodWitch, but we already kind of knew that." Yang answered back with a giggle
"It was pretty obvious." Ren said next bluntly
"Super-duper supreme obvious!" Nora yelled out while jumping into Ren's arms
"Me and Pyrrha took a little while longer to figure out ourselves." Jaune said now smiling while Pyrrha nodded in agreement. Meanwhile Fox did a few more quick hand signs
"He said it wouldn't take a genius to see that, and I have to agree with him on that." Velvet answered happily as Fox gave a thumbs up. Though a second later Coco playfully bit Velvets human ear while also playing around with both her bunny ears with both her hands
"Totally, ain't that right big guy?" Coco said next with Velvets human ear still in her mouth, while she kicked Yatsuhashi In the face with her foot; sending the guy to the side on the ground with a slightly annoyed look
"Yes Coco, I agree but just to say I don't appreciate being kicked in the face. Also word of advice but you might want to cut your toe nails because I think one of those almost cut my left eye a few seconds ago." Yatsuhashi stated with a stern tone, though in reality he wasn't mad since this was one of many usual Coco antics –"The things I endure from my friends"-
"Opp's sorry big guy, won't happen again." Coco answered kindly while Yatsuhashi just sighed and let it be
"Oh, oh sorry to put this on all of sudden but this would be a perfect time for a GROUP PHOTO!" Nora yelled out proudly "Velvet you got your camera with you?"
"Sadly not right now, I had to leave back in the dorms to fix the lens up a little." Velvet replied back sadly, while Nora frowned a little
"Wait no need to frown yet Nora, Blake didn't you just buy a camera a while ago before all this craziness happen?" Weiss said as Blake looked through her pocket and pulled out a small black Camera with a kitty cat logo on the upper right side
"Thanks for reminding me, Yang got me this a while ago and I keep forgetting to use it." Blake replied back as she handed the camera over to Velvet "Who you mind taking the picture, you have the best skills with a camera."
"Sure sounds like a plan, everyone group up." Velvet replied back as she found three sturdy branches to hold up Blake's Camera, then found the timer on the device, setting it for two minutes. Once she was done with that, she made her way over to the others. "Alright we have two minutes to make the perfect poses."
"You heard the lady, let's get to posing!" Yang proudly said as Blake jumped into her arms bridal style
"This shall be our pose Yang." Blake said amusingly
"Then it shall my lady." Yang joked getting a giggle from Blake
"Team CFVY, poses!" Coco yelled out, putting her socks and boots back on as the Yatsuhashi along with Fox kneeled on their right knees while their left legs were against the ground. Coco and a shy Velvet Stood on top of the boys kneeled legs donning a smirk. Fox and Yatsuhashi just donned small smiles
"And team JNPR lets do the same!" Jaune stated next as Nora grabbed Ren's hands and positioned it so that it looked like they both were ball room dancing. Jaune got into a heroic pose with his fists against his hips while Pyrrha wrapped her arms around him like she was praising said hero
"Glynda if you would kindly." Ozpin said as he bent down and pointed to his back
"You want me to get on your back, like a piggy ride?" Glynda asked with a flustered face as Ozpin just smile. Glynda sighed and got on his back, only for seconds later to be lifted up from her feet and having her body held up by Ozpin
"Ruby hurry up, the timer is almost up." Weiss said as Ruby was having a hard time thinking of a pose along with herself
"Hm... Oh I got it!" Ruby happily said as she swept Weiss off her feet in a bridal style like Yang, but also held Weiss left hand with her right hand
"What...what are doing?" Weiss asked as her face reddened and her hearted began beating fast
"Just...just a pose is all...you okay with this?" Ruby asked with blush and a nervous smile
"Sure... you silly girl." Weiss answers back with a small smile
"Alright now everyone say we're tried!" Velvet yelled out
"We're tried!" They all yelled out smiling as the camera went off
-Present times-
"And that's when the picture was taken Penny, but the day after was...was when team RWBY disappeared." Nora explained feeling even more down than before
"Oh that's right, sad now that I think about it. In a way this picture is the last remains of our old happy lives, before everything changed for us." Pyrrha said with a heavy heart at how happy they all looked in the picture, with not a care in the world
"Agreed." Coco added in frowning from those horrid memoires after team RWBY's disappearance
"Still friends Penny, Pyrrha and big sister Coco we found friends Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang. That's a good thing to know, and that even if all our other friends might be gone the rest of us still all have each other." Penny replied back with a small smile, which made the others smile at the her gesture to brighten their mood
"Thanks Penny." Nora said happily
"Yes thank you, still not to change the subject all of the sudden but have any of you noticed that some of the colonist here have been acting weird?" Pyrrha asked now as the others looked at one another with puzzled looks
"What do mean Pyrrha?" Coco asked a little nervously
"Well just to be honest Jaune was the one that brought this up, but he told me that some of the folks were acting jumpy, fidgety and very nervous." Pyrrha answered back
"Wait really, so do you think they're up to something then friend Pyrrha?" Penny asked as she looked over the colonist below with a worried glance
"If they are we need to be ready, which means we should get down now and warn the others. Sounds good ladies?" Pyrrha answered back
"Totally." Nora and Coco answered back while Penny already had made her way down, which the girls noticed
"Come on friends and big sister, we have work to do!" Penny happily yelled out as she began making her way over top the boys and a sleeping Velvet
"Well you heard the lady let's go!" Nora said next excitedly as she and Coco made their way down and followed behind Penny seconds later
"Hm, this our crazy family. I just pray team RWBY, Elizabeth and Garrus are doing okay." Pyrrha whispered to herself as she made her way down as well now
-Meanwhile with Team RWBY-
Unknown to Pyrrha, team RWBY, Elizabeth and Garrus had made it safely to the Exo-Genie building, but not before dealing with a group of Geth juggernauts on the upper skyway. Which Weiss of all people got annoyed with, she out of the Mako and used her Glyphs to launch the behemoth machines over the edge. Let's just say once Weiss got back into the Mako, Ruby pounced on her, kissing her lovingly (Thankfully they both had the restraint to hold back on the more naughty stuff until they found a more appropriate and private time). Once they made it to the end of the upper skyway which turned out to be blocked by fallen concert beams. They then had to deal with a Geth Amateur which took them all a good few minutes to take down pulse with Ruby, Weiss once more, Blake and Yang using their semblance it made the battle go quicker. Lastly after that they did try going into the front entrance of the building they discovered it was blocked by a blue force field, but thankfully they found an entrance from the broken wall of the right side of the building. Though once they all got through the side entrance they were confronted by a pack of Varren which would have led to a battle but Ruby decided to step in, which leads to their current predicament…..
"And don't you ever let me catch any of you trying to killing the nice people here understand!" Ruby yelled out sternly to a pack off Varren much to the shocked of Elizabeth and Garrus along with Weiss, Blake and Yang who already witness this, but still were shocked none the less
"I still can't believe she can do that." Blake said with wide eyed from the bewilderment that a girl as small and innocent as Ruby could make Varren (which she learned were very viscous creatures) obey her so easily
"That's my little sis for you, she's a girl of hidden talents." Yang answered back with an amused yet proud smile
"Oh yes she does, especially in bed…"Weiss said with a prevent smirk
"Oh la la, Weiss you are such a gossip." Garrus joked, only to receive a light elbow to the side by Weiss herself
"You heard nothing!" Weiss yelled with a red face of embarrassment, while Garrus held his side
"Sorry…but it's your own fault you know." Garrus answered back with a small smirk
"Garrus is right, though what is she good at anyways?" Blake asked with a teasing smirk while Weiss just sighed knowing her cat eared friend wouldn't stop asking until she knew
"Well if you must know, she's good applying her tongue and hands on many places on my body if you know what I mean." Weiss answered with a very happy tone and a wide smile, making Blake giggle at the juicy gossip
"Weiss…." Elizabeth and Yang said as Weiss looked to see them glaring at her with twitchy eyes while smiling creepily also
"We like ya Weiss really we do….."Elizabeth began saying as he eye twitched more
"But right now you might want to be careful because….." Yang said next while her creepy smile widened
"That's out little Ruby your talking about!" Elizabeth and Yang finished saying as Weiss and Blake who sadly was stuck between this shivered nervously, this lasted for a few more seconds until Ruby cut in
"Yang, mom…" Ruby said as Elizabeth and Yang turned around to see Ruby jump up then lightly bop them in on the top of their heads "Be nice to Weiss, she is my girlfriend and I do have my needs as she does as well. Also Yang why are you mad, weren't you and Blake the ones who got me and Weiss to have sex in the first place?" she added with a raised eyebrow
"Yeah I know but me and mom just…." Yang began saying as she and Elizabeth hugged Ruby tightly together "Keep the baby of our family safe!"
"But I'm not a baby!?" Ruby replied back with an embarrassed face, while Blake and Weiss couldn't help it but laugh a little now "It's not nice to laugh at your girlfriend Weissy!"
"Oh I know my little Rose, but its so cute when you blush." Weiss answered back as Elizabeth and Yang let go of her now, laughing as well
"Sorry Ruby, but you are really cute when you're embarrassed." Elizabeth said as she and Yang gave her a quick kiss on the forehead, Weiss then gave her a peck on the lips while Blake just gave her a hug, Garrus who stayed quiet for the most part of this just smiled
"Jeez, you all are so silly sometimes, but that's what I love you all for." Ruby replied back happily but the moment was cut off as a round hit against Elizabeth chest plate which thankfully bounced off. But this made her moved a half an inch back in shock. Then the girls, Elizabeth and Garrus pulled out their weapons amming it ahead of them
"Alright who did that?" Elizabeth asked in a stern tone, but was surprised along with the rest to see a young woman with red hair, blue eyes, pale skin and an outfit similar to Julianna's
"Damn it wait…OH GOD I am so sorry miss I-I thought you were Geth or those Varren!" The young girl said in a panic as the group put away their weapons then walked up to the girl knowing she wasn't a threat
"It's okay miss, but why are you here in the first place?" Elizabeth asked as she really couldn't be mad at the girl since the area they were in was pretty dark, so it would have made it hard for the young girl to not mistake her for a Geth or even bipedal Varren (No matter how ridicules that sounded when she thought about it.)
"Yeah that's a good question, miss….." Garrus began to say but didn't her name, and she wasn't wearing a name tag either
"Lizbeth, it was my own fault being here. Everyone else was making a run for it but I stayed to back up data, not the smartest move you could say since the next thing I know the Geth ship had latched on the building and the power went out. So I was trapped and tried to get out but the front entrance was blocked off." The girl Lizbeth answered with a nervous frown as she seem like she had been running for her life till this moment
"Don't worry miss, we'll get you out of here once we actually figure out what the Geth are even after." Garrus replied back kindly
"Though that does help with my nervous mood it's not the Geth, it's the energy field they put up, they don't want anyone to get access to…." Lizbeth answered back but stopped before she could say anything else
"Hey don't worry, please tell us it's important that we find out what the Geth want here." Blake said next with a reassuring smile
"Well…. I don't know for certain but I'm guessing they're here for the Thorian." Lizbeth answered hesitantly
"Okay, would you kindly tell us what the Thorian is?" Weiss asked wanting more information on this Thorian
"I was going to, the Thorian is an indigenous life form Exo-Geni was studying." Lizbeth replied back not as hesitant as before
"That's interesting, but do know anything more or where could find it maybe?" Yang asked next kindly
"I might be able to but not with all the Geth crawling around everywhere. Look we need to get out of this place and past that field." Lizeth answered back
"We will but can I ask now, because personally I want to know if you have any idea on how we could shut that field down?" Ruby asked this time hoping Lizbeth may know
"Sorry miss but not really, though if I'm a guessing girl I would say the Geth ship latched onto the building would be the power source. I saw Geths laying power cables down and around the whole building while I was trying to get out. You could follow those cables, but do expect some Geth to be around there acting as guards." Lizbeth explained giving the others a big piece of information
"If you don't mind but tell us about yourself Miss Lizbeth." Elizabeth continued asking as she had an idea that this was Julianna's daughter, but she couldn't be sure since Lizbeth or Elizabeth for the actual name was somewhat common
"Me, I'm just a research assistant for Exo-Geni and I came here with my mother. Though I don't know if she even made it out alive." Lizbeth replied back with a worried frown
"You might be in luck then, we found a group of survivors a while ago and one was looking for her missing daughter. Her name was Juliana." Garrus said as a smile formed across Lizbeth's face
"She's alive oh thank god, I thought I was the only one left. Wait did someone named Jeong make it to?" Lizbeth asked as she was extremely glad that her mother was alive but sounded extremely annoyed when she mentioned Jeong
"Yep, he's there too and I'm guessing you're not a hug fan of his?" Yang answered as she could definitely understand Lizbeth's feeling on that sad excuse for a person
"Not to sound mean but I was hoping he didn't make it, that guy is way too secretive and he always is trying to hit on the women here. He makes me sick to my stomach." Lizbeth answered back shivering from some irritating memories of Jeong
"If it makes you feel better, I kick him in the nuts with deadly force because he was talking to my mother in a way I personally didn't like." Yang said back as Lizbeth smiled wildly
"Well then if I had ten thousand cruets I'd give them to you for hurting that sleaze ball." Lizbeth stated happily before she turned her attention to Elizabeth "Look we need to get that field down so we can get out of here and so that I can see my mom again."
"We will, but first can you tell us more on the Thorian?" Elizabeth replied back
"I really don't know that much else about it, I think it some kind plant being. Though I do know it's thousands of years old, maybe even older than that." Lizbeth answered
"A thousand year old plant for real?" Garrus stated with a confused looked on his face now
"I have to agree with Garrus, what would the Geth want with something like that?" Blake said as she began pondering a bit on the question
"Maybe they want to help the environment?" Yang joked as Weiss lightly punched her in the arm
"Why would they want to do that Yang, use your head more please?" Weiss said with an unamused look but also in a caring tone
"Very funny Weiss, but yeah guess it doesn't make much sense when I think about it." Yang answered back smiling sheepishly from her comment
"I thought the same thing kind of to Yang." Ruby kindly said making Yang giggle a little in appreciation from Ruby's comment
"If I'm going to be honest it's really only just a plant, I have no idea why they would even bother with it. Sure Exo-Geni was studying it but I don't think they found anything special." Lizbeth answered with slightly nervous look which no one took notice of, expect for Blake
"I see, well thanks for the information. For now just stay here and we'll go open some doors." Elizabeth replied back as Lizbeth took out a small card from her pocket
"Wait take my I.D, this should give you access to the door in the upper right corner behind me along with any other locked doors." Lizbeth said as she pointed to a small lighted steel door a few feet away from them and then handed Elizabeth her I.D
"Thanks you, now let's get a move on." Elizabeth ordered as she and the rest made their way over to the door, Elizabeth then used Lizbeth's I.D and opened the door. Once they were in, Garrus pulled out his sniper but held it under his arms, Elizabeth pulled out her pistol along with getting her biotics ready and the girls pulled their weapons out in their gun modes
"Okay before we get a move on, did any of you noticed Lizbeth was hiding something?" Blake asked
"Wait what do mean Blake?" Weiss asked back as she didn't noticed anything like that, the others wanted to know as well
"I mean didn't any of you notice her facial feature when we asked her about the Thorian, she was nervous the whole time like we were getting to close to something." Blake explained
"Now that you say it I did notice she was a little fidgety with us, but I just assumed it was from her having to run for your life from the Geth. The again she was also a little too clam at times as well." Garrus stated a little surprised he didn't catch onto that sooner now that he thought it over
"But why would she lie to us Blake?" Ruby asked
"Maybe it wasn't her will to, maybe she was forced to or…" Blake said but stopped at her last assumption which Ruby, Weiss and Yang immediately figured out what it was
"Or what Blake?" Elizabeth asked as she noticed the girls worried looks "Girls what else do you think it is?" she asked once more but sterner
"Well….should we tell em?" Ruby asked as she was worried what her mother along with Garrus might think
"Tell us what, I mean come on it can't be that bad right?" Garrus asked back kindly but got a raised eyebrow from Elizabeth "What I'm just saying is all."
"Jokes aside Garrus, what is it that you girls know?" Elizabeth said much more sternly as Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang were getting a little nervous from her gaze. Elizabeth knowing that it would be hard to get anything out of Weiss and Blake, decided to ask her daughters. "Yang, Ruby what do you know young ladies?" she added in as Ruby and Yang flinched a little at their mothers tone
"Okay…well mom when we were in the lower areas of the colony, we may have met a guy who was a little crazy. He ah….he said that something was controlling his mind and the colonist were having their minds controlled also. That's what Blake was going to say last." Ruby explained shyly as Elizabeth looked at Garrus who shrugged, then at Weiss, Blake and Yang who nodded confirming on what Ruby told her
"It's true mom I think, I mean he sounded pretty convincing with what he told us. Maybe the Thorian could be a mind controlling plant monster." Yang added in to back up her little sister, but was pretty nervous herself
"Really so you four met a guy down in the lower areas of the colony and believed every word he said correct?" Elizabeth replied back as she was trying to help the girls realized that they may have just been duped. She especially wanted to make sure her daughters knew this as she had deiced a while ago, before this mission began that she would train them both with the skills she had learned in the N7 program. Elizabeth knew that they wouldn't mind, she was just waiting for the right time to discuss with them about it
"Well we didn't exactly believe him, but we can't rule it out either." Weiss replied back
"Yeah and besides mom what if our info is right?" Yang asked as Elizabeth just sighed a little
"Yang sweetie if that's the case then it is, if not then it's not okay?" Elizabeth answered back in a stern motherly tone
"But Mom-" Ruby replied back but was cut off by Elizabeth
"No not another word about this girls, we'll find out ourselves okay?" Elizabeth said in motherly yet stern tone once more as Ruby just pouted a little, while Yang looked a little irritated. Elizabeth sighed again, but couldn't help but smile at her girls stubbornness "Look I'm not being mean but I want you two along with Weiss and Blake to just learn not to believe every piece of information you're given. I love you both and just want the best for you."
"We know mom, we love you to." Ruby said smiling as she and Yang hugged Elizabeth, then Elizabeth hugged back
"Aw that's so sweet!" Weiss said kindly as Blake nodded in agreement
"Sweet or not, we need to get going alright?" Garrus said as all the girls glared at him "What?" he asked but before anyone could reply back they heard a new, distant and angry voice
"Stupid machine, access the encrypted files!" the voice yelled out
"Who's that?" Garrus asked warily
"Don't know but let's find out, form up in a single file line" Elizabeth replied back as she, Garrus and the girls lined up behind one another, weapons ready than began climbing up the stairs in front of them. As they went up the stairs they could hear grumbles and thuds against metal
"NO I DO NOT WANT TO REVIEW PROTOCAL!" The voice yelled out once more as they group made their way to the top of the spiral stairs to see a Krogan in thick, bulky grey armor with a green crest, yellow eyes and yellow skin. Said Krogan was yelling at a V.I unit in the form of a man
"I am unable to comply, please contact your supervisor." The male V.I replied back to the Krogan in a kind manner
"Damnit tell me what I want to know or I'll blast your virtual ass into actual dust!" The Krogan threaten
"Please contact your supervisor for a level 4 security exemption or make an appointment with-" The V.I said but was cut off by the Krogan who groaned in absolute irritation
"STUPID MACHINE!" The Krogan yelled out in anger
"If there is nothing else please step aside, there is a queue forming behind you for use of this console." The V.I stated as the Krogan turned around to see the girls, Elizabeth and Garrus
"Did we get sold out by a V.I, for real?!" Yang yelled in disbelief
"Oh good I've was wanting to kill something!" The Krogan yelled joyfully as he pulled his shot gun to shot, but before he could pull the trigger Weiss used her Glyphs to launch her and the girls a few inches in front of the Krogan. Seconds later Weiss was able to slash the Krogan's hand and cut it, making the large alien drop his gun from the sudden wound. Then Ruby activated her scythe mode and swung the Blade around behind the Krogan's neck as it clanked against his armor. Blake and Yang aimed their weapons in gun mod with a glares that just said 'Try it and see what happens.'
"Now since your easily outnumber we want some answers." Weiss sternly said making the Krogan laugh
"Why would I answer to four little brats like you?" The Krogan asked but got a reminder when he felt the blade just ever so slightly starting digging through the neck piece of her armor
"I think you just got your answer wise guy." Yang said with a smirk as the Krogan gulped
"What is you want to know?" The Krogan asked scowling as he felt feeling of disgrace from being pushed around by these four brats
"We want to know what you were trying to get out of that terminal." Weiss answered
"Along with any information on the Thorian." Blake said next
"Also why the Geth even want it." Yang asked now as well
"An lastly who hired you to come here, you better answer us now, my sister, best buddy and girlfriend aren't the most patient with this kind of stuff and I'm not either." Ruby said last with a glare -"Please take the bluff, please..."-
"First off I was hired by some Turian named Saren and paid by him via extra-net, two I don't know what the hell the Thorian is but it's probably was what I was told to get information on from the stupid terminal. Happy now you little brats." The Krogan answered as the girls glared more intensely at him
"Yes we are 'KIND' sir, anything else you would care to tell us though?" Blake answered calmly enough
"Actually yes I do….. SEE YA BITCHES!" The Krogan yelled out as he flung a biotic push, throwing the girls against on the ground. The Krogan the picked up his shotgun and pumped a shell into the chamber "NOW DIE!" he roared but was cut down by Garrus who in a mere manner of seconds shot a round straight through the Krogan's throat. Elizabeth then with an enraged glare shot the Krogan eyes dead center with her pistol, then threw a biotic push throwing the dead Krogan's body into the wall behind were the crunching sounds of bones echoed
"No one hurts those girls." Elizabeth stated with a scowl before she and Garrus went to go see if the girls were alright
"Ugh…..my head." Yang muttered as Elizabeth offered her and Weiss who was next to her a hand up "Thanks mom."
"No problem sweetie I'm just glad you both are alright, Garrus how's Ruby and Blake?" Elizabeth asked as Garrus gave her a thumbs up
"There okay so no worries." Garrus answered back as he helped Ruby and Blake up
"Yep no worries mom!" Ruby happily said as she, Blake and Garrus walked up to her and the rest
"Good to know and good job with the Krogan ladies." Elizabeth replied as they all looked at the dead Krogan
"We were going to let him leave here but I guess he chose otherwise." Weiss said with a small frown
"That's what happens sometimes, you girls were being more than kind to him and he chose to not take your mercy. It was all on him, still at least we know Saren was here looking for the Thorian. Now let's go see if we'll find any more answers with the V.I." Elizabeth stated as they walked up to the V.I who appeared before them
"Welcome back research assistant Elizabeth Baynham, what can I do for you?" The V.I asked kindly
"Well the first name is right but last name isn't, why do think I'm her?" Elizabeth asked back slightly confused
"It maybe because of the I.D Miss Lizbeth gave you." Eve answered as she popped out of Elizabeth pants pocket
"Oh right, thanks Eve. I almost forgot you were with us." Elizabeth replied back as Eve just giggled
"Well I did say I'm more of the silent observer." Eve answered back amusingly
"True but you'll probably be needed to help us out now, this building probably has a lot of tech we may need to be hack or examined. You up for that Eve?" Garrus stated while Eve just giggled once more
"Garrus you wound me, of course I can keep up. I'm not that old of an A.I…I think at least?" Eve said back with a smirk
"Um I don't think it would be wise to talk about what you are Eve in front of the V.I." Blake said a little nervously
"No worries Blake, I already hacked the V.I right here so he registered me as just a more advance V.I than he is." Eve explained
"Wow how did you do that Eve?" Yang asked as she and the rest were pretty curious about that
"I only figured out on our way here, but I found that I have a sort of Wi-Fi hacking program. Which means at a certain distance I can hack a piece of machinery but only one at a time and it has a cool down before I can use it again. Just to say I was able to hack this V.I unit so any of us can ask him questions, even if Elizabeth is the one holding onto Lizbeth's I.D." Eve explained with a proud tone as the others were pretty impressed by Eve's new function
"Was there anything I can help you with?" The V.I asked
"Yes you can, was the last user trying to access information about the Thorian?" Elizabeth replied back
"Fetching date, yes the pervious user was attempting to access details on the study of species 37, the Thorian." The V.I answered
"Sounds like we're on the right track." Eve stated "V.I unit, tell us everything you had told the Krogan."
"I was unable to provide the pervious user with any relevant date, aside from lacking proper access there has been no new data available on species 37. All sensors monitoring the observation post at Zhu's Hope have been inactive for several cycles." The V.I answered as the girls eyes went wide in shock
"Whoa hold on mister V.I, what do mean by observation post at Zhu's hope?" Yang asked demanding an answer
"Species 37 is located within the substructure of the Zhu's hope outpost." The V.I answered back
"What, you can't be serious!" Weiss yelled out next
"I think the V.I is Weiss, which means….." Blake replied back as her cat ears flopped down as she, Ruby, Weiss and Yang came to the realization that the information from the man they met in the swears was true after all
"They've been experimenting on the colonist there." Ruby stated with a serious and distress tone. It made her feel sick in her stomach at the thought of all the people back at the colony being controls all this time, along with a deep worry for the safety of her friends at the colony and Normandy. Though the rest of the girls along with Elizabeth and Garrus were feeling the same way she way at the moment
"Yeah that must be it, I hope the others are going to be safe." Yang replied back in slight anger, but she also smiled as she saw Weiss hug and kiss Ruby to calm the girl down. She knew at least when they were separated for whatever reasons, Weiss would make sure to keep her precious little sister safe and happy
"Damn, look ah back to our question but can you tell us anything more about this Thorian thing like anything more?" Garrus asked as he hoped they could find some sort of weakness
"The Thorian is a simple plant life form that exhibits a sentient behavior uncommon with other flora. Through dispersion and the eventual inhalation of the spores, the Thorian can infect and control other organisms including humans. The Zhu's Hope control group has yielded interesting results, before sensors went offline almost 85 percent of all test subjects were infected." The V.I Explained much to others horrors
"But why would Exo-Geni do this, what the reason!" Ruby yelled out in anger as she felt appalled by the new information
"It was deemed necessary to assess the true potential of-" The V.I began answering but was cut off by Ruby
"NECESSARY FOR WHAT, PEOPLE AREN'T TOOLS TO USE YOU ….YOU STUPID JERK!" Ruby answered as she kicked the V.I's terminal, only to hurt her foot in the process "OW!"
"Ruby are you okay?" Blake asked as she and the girls walked up to her with sympathetic glances, while rub stopped rubbing her foot and moving to the side
"Yeah….I just can't believe how cruel people can be in this galaxy." Ruby answered back as she began crying a little, but got a comforting group hug from Weiss, Blake and Yang as they felt the same way as she did
"Elizabeth, we should contact Joker and warn him to get the Normandy ready in case something happens." Garrus suggested as he couldn't help by feel bad for the girls since he knew this was only the surface of what they would probably see when it come to this galaxy and it's people. He just hoped they'd be ready for the rest
"Good idea, Joker come in." Elizabeth replied back as she activated her ear comm, but got static in return
"The Geths field must be interfering with the signal, were going to have to find a way to take it down." Eve stated
"Agreed, V.I can you tell us anything about the Geth ship and the field generating it?" Elizabeth asked
"I have limited data on the Geth, they have blocked all sensors in the facility. Though I have detected an unusual power fluctuation. But I am unable to determine the source." The V.I answered
"I see…" Elizabeth muttered as she decided to ask the A.I one last time about the Thorian to see if she could squeeze out a little bit more information "Tell me, is there anything else noteworthy about the Thorian?"
"Yes, species 37 was discovered only seven week ago when a small team was infected with the spores while examining one of the ruins near Zhu's hope, the outpost was then quarantined and the outpost prepped for study. Within twenty one days around fifty-eight percent of the colonist exhibited altered behavior and within seven days after that it went up to eighty-five." The V.I explained much to the dismay of everyone there once more
"Is the thing smart and if so is there a way to reason with it?" Blake asked now as she and the girls had let go of Ruby whose eyes were a little red from crying a bit
"The Thorian does not show behavior of a predator as the resale of its spores is an act of survival and not aggression. It does trigger an advance in the humans it has enslaved, but we have yet to discover weather it recognizes or is capable of even seeing human as nothing then tools for it's own survival. To say simply the Thorian is at the moment sufficiently alien as to definite classification." The V.I explained
"Great….just great so were dealing with a possible sociopathic plant monster. Just great." Blake muttered in annoyance
"Well now that were asking, I want to know how it even you know controls people." Ruby asked as rubbed her red tear stained eyes
"The will subversion manifest as intense pain if directives are ignored. The effect is severe enough that that subjects are soon conditioned against even the slightest minor thoughts of rebellion. Our observers have suggested that the Thorian views it's thralls in a utilitarian way, care is taken to avoid injuring the infected much like a craftsman with his tools. Lastly as long as no actions are taken, the Thorian will let it's subject live a free life until orders are issued." The V.I answered Ruby who cringed at that
"So basically it's like a man or woman in an abusive relationship. Their significant other hurts them when they disobey, but loves and cares for them when they behave properly in way said significant other likes them to behave." Weiss replied back with a disgusted tone
"Though not exactly the same and not said in the most accurate way, in a sense that would be the case with the Thorian. But unlike in an abusive relationship where it's only involves two people, the Thorian does it the multiples and by the size we've guess it to be; that task would be easily achieved." The V.I replied back to a now disturbed Weiss
"I see…that's ah…that's informative." Weiss said with a worried looked
"You mentioned the size V.I, how big is the Thorian?" Eve asked as she tried to get the subject onto something not as nerve racking
"I cannot say accurately but our observers have made an estimated guess that the Thorian is a diffused creature. It is theorizes that the cognitive abilities are centered in large nerve bundles, but it receives data from kilometers of meandering tendrils. Though few bundles of these nerves have been discover but seem insignificant, the Thorian may actually have a slower process of such stimulation or even perhaps there is an undiscovered nerve cluster we have not encountered yet." The V.I explained
"So in simpler terms there a tone of these tendrils throughout the area, which is makes it almost impossible for anyone to discover it's main center. After all from what's been explained this creature can't fight for itself so it must find a way to maximize it's protection because of is weakness." Blake explained
"Okay so just going to put it out here, but I got most of that just not all of it." Yang said a little embarrassed by that fact
"I know you don't sweet heart, but that's one thing I love about you. Your wiliness to try and understands even if you get a headache." Blake replied back kissing Yang on the lips quickly
"What can I say, I'm a charmer." Yang stated proudly much to the amusement of the others
"Still we can't be certain that is the case Blake, not that I'm arguing with you but there's too many unknowns right now." Weiss said as Blake just nodded understanding what she meant
"So is there any way we can find the center of this thing then?" Ruby asked as the others just shrugged not knowing either "Aw man, there must be a way to find the center cluster though?"
"Don't worry your mom has got an idea." Elizabeth replied back proudly as she turned her attention to the V.I "Please access 'my' personal profile"
"A moment." The V.I replied back as a few seconds passed by "Elizabeth Baynham, research assistant, bio-medical division and security level four exemption."
"Nice going mom!" Ruby chanted happily with Yang, getting a small smirk from Elizabeth but before she could respond the V.I continued
"You are currently under probation due to disagreements with management over establishment company policy. These sanctions can be lifted if your next evaluation is more agreeable." The V.I explained much to the curiosity of the group
"Huh well that's interesting piece of information, looks like the little lady didn't get along to well with the people here." Garrus said with a smirk
"I wonder why, this place is bad enough from what I can tell already." Ruby replied back with an angered tone
"We feel the same way little sis, wonder if we can burn this place down once were done here." Yang said as she and Ruby were now thinking about ways to go with that plan
"Hate to burst your bubbles but even if we wanted to, I don't think it would be a good idea." Weiss explained with an understanding tone as she wanted to do the same too
"Aw why not my snow angel?" Ruby asked with a cute tone and a pouty face
"Because we don't want to make more enemies then we need and I don't think Exo-Geni's owners would be happy with us if we burned this place down." Weiss explained as Ruby just smiled weakly understanding what she meant. Weiss then a second later tickled Ruby's sides and kissed her lips lovingly three times before giggling "Still I can understand why you want to burn this place down in the first place, heaven knows I do also my little Rose."
"Yeah I guess so Weissy." Ruby answered back happily
"You two are so care free, even when were in enemy territory. Wish I could have that mindset at times." Garrus stated amusingly
"True that Garrus, still I want to ask but why was 'I' put on probation in the first place?" Elizabeth asked getting back to the main subject
"You were seen as 'combative' about the operations of the Zhu's hope project, specifically regarding the handling of the infected colonist. As the result you were put in charge of monitoring the colonist for the duration of the observation." The V.I answered
"I see, well anyone else want to ask some questions?" Elizabeth said as the others just nodded no "Alright then, I guess this will be enough for now."
"Going to standby mode." The V.I replied back as Elizabeth, the girls and Garrus all back up from the terminal
"We should get going ladies, because I think we need to do some Geth extermination. Am I right or am I right?" Garrus asked as he and Ruby high fived
"Sounds like a plan to me sniper buddy." Ruby replied back happily "Mom you going take the lead again?"
"Actually no hunny, you and your sister will." Elizabeth replied back
"Wait you want both of us to not that were against it, but isn't like only one person supposed to be in the lead?" Yang asked a little confused on her mother's decision
"Not always so entirely little spitfire." Elizabeth replied back with amusement in seeing her elder daughter's embarrassed face "But for real, you two will take point so take it slow okay?"
"Okay mom." Ruby and Yang replied back as they began walking up side by side on the rest of the spiral stairway, followed by Weiss, Blake, Garrus and lastly Elizabeth
As they began making their way upstairs and throughout the area, nothing was popping out to attack them thankfully; but they all had their hands on the grips and hilts of their weapons just in case. While this was going on Elizabeth was studying her daughter's movements as they lead them. All she could say was that they need work on it, sure they had the calmness part down but they seem too fidgety with small noises that if you took long enough to listen to; it would turn out to be just the inner workings of the buildings system. Still she was proud with the fact that both her daughters were being so calm about this, though Elizabeth train of thought was halted as they all stopped on the upper level of the area at the edge of a broken walkway
"Why did we stop?" Elizabeth whisper as she didn't want to make too much noise with her voice
"Get over a little closer Elizabeth and you'll see." Weiss answered back as she, the girls and Garrus were all grouped up. Elizabeth just shrugged and walked up next to them only to be stunned by the sight she was seeing. Eve also was stunned as she peaked out of Elizabeth pocket to see as well
"This is…." Garrus said but couldn't find the words
"Interesting, weird, kind of creepy." Yang replied back
"Those could be some words Yang." Blake stated in slight amusement
"Still I never thought I'd see this." Weiss said stunned by the sight
"Yeah I know what you mean Weiss, kind of hard to picture it." Ruby stated as she rubbed her eyes to see if what she was seeing was real
"What do think they're doing?" Elizabeth asked very curious now
"I think they're praying." Eve answered as the sight in front of them was four Geths, one white and three black all bowing down to a orb of pure white light that had a large black looking claw over it
"Praying, you mean like they have a religion?" Yang asked in bewilderment
"Yes, Yang that is exactly what I mean….should we shoot them?" Eve replied back as she wonder if they should take the praying Geths down or keep on watching, but before any of them could answer the lights in the area suddenly flickered off just for a seconds. Within that second though the whole group could hear sounds of metal being slashed into pieces. Once the lights flicker back on a second after, to the group's shock the Geths were all cut up into very, very small pieces
"Okay, maybe we don't have to do anything now. But what in the world just did that?" Elizabeth said as she was ready for an ambush if needed
"I can't say myself mom, but we should get down there and thankfully for us some the debri under us can be used as makeshift stairs." Ruby replied back as she began making her way down, followed by the other no sooner
-Meanwhile at Zhu's hope: Docking station-
"KEEP THEM BACK!" Jaune yelled out as he kicked back a colonist in the stomach while his team, team CFVY, Ozpin, Glynda, Coco, Penny, Wrex, Liara, Ashley, Tali and Kaidan who was holding a leash to Zwei who was baring his fangs to look intimidating were all holding back the colonist. This was because for some reason the colonist just started to freak out and going crazy by attacking them…with guns obviously
"THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING DORK!" Coco yelled back in amusement as she used her weapons chain gun mode to scare away the crazed colonist back by shooting at their feet while also laying down suppressive fire
"OKAY SO WERE NOT GOING TO SHOOT THEM BUT HOW DO WE TAKE THEM DOWN THEN, I DON'T THINK OUR AURA COULD LAST THAT LONG WITH THIS MUCH GUN FIRE!" Pyrrha yelled as she blocked a few of the bullets with her shield
"WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS…..What I want to know is why are you three yelling?" Kaidan asked as he threw a biotic push at some of the colonist, pushing them back but not knocking them out in any way "Damn, thought that would work."
"KAIDAN WE'RE YELLING BECAUSE IT ADDS TENSION TO THE BATTLE ITSELF, DON'T YOU AGREE!" Nora yelled out happily as she was had somehow acquired a flash bang
"Miss Valkyrie where did a flash bang?" Glynda asked as she was using her semblance to fling small pebbles, to help Coco with the suppressive fire when need; but also amazed by the fact Nora had weaponry from this place which she learned was made primarily to kill other living sentient creatures. Back on Remnant they really didn't need half the weaponry here since the main concern were the Grimm and all they need to be killed was to be shot or cut up
"I barrowed it from Ashley's stockpile." Nora answered back calmly, while Ashley along with Lira and Tali who were firing their rifles to make the colonist back off overheard what she said
"YOU WHAT!" Ashley yelled out as she turned her attention over to Ren who was sitting behind some crates along with Velvet and Wrex "REN YOU BETTER TELL YOUR GIRLFRIEND NOT TO GO THROUGH MY STUFF ANYMORE OR I'LL TAKE MY ANGER OUT ON YOU!"
"Ah….sure….sure…please don't kill me." Ren answered back slightly afraid of Ashley at the moment
"Wow never seen you so scared Ren, kind of funny to see you that way." Velvet stated as a few bullets bounce off against the cover she was behind
"I'm surprised were even having a conversation right now!?" Tali yelled out as she threw another sabotage which hit a few of the colonist and successfully haywire their guns for a minute or two
"It is surprising, but we can't keep doing this forever." Liara replied back as she ducked from a bullet that got a little to close or her comfort
"You okay?" Yatsuhashi asked with a concern tone
"I am, don't worry alright." Liara answered back with a bashful smile from her boyfriend's concern "Still like I said we can't keep this going."
"Why not this is fun." Wrex asked back with a grin until he noticed Penny was next to him and hidden from the enemies sights "Hey Penny why aren't you shooting back?" he asked with slight confusion
"Oh well friend Wrex it seems that being in those pods for so long have actually done a number on my weapon systems." Penny answered calmly as bullets kept bouncing off their cover like no tomorrow
"What would that mean exactly Penny?" Ozpin kindly asked as a male colonist was able to get up close enough, but before said colonist could shoot Ozpin popped up from cover and wacked the man right across the face, this knocked the colonist out thankfully
"Oh well basically I can't defend myself friend Ozpin." Penny answered back calmly once more
"Why are you so calm about little sis!" Coco yelled out majorly concern as she fired another round of suppressive fire
"Got to admit maybe you should be at least nervous about that Penny." Pyrrha added in as she threw her shield hitting two colonist in the face and knocking them out. She then used her semblance to retrieve her shield back, but not without knocking out one more colonist
"Nice one Pyrrha!" Jaune stated giving her girlfriend a thumbs up
"Thanks Jaune wanny." Pyrrha answered back happily, making Jaune blush
"Please not right now…" Jaune replied back embarrassed by the nickname
"Okay how about we try and survive this before you two get into each other pants!" Fox yelled out hiding behind cover while Jaune and Pyrrha smiled sheepishly
"Good suggestion Mister Alistair, Nora I can't believe I'm going to ask you this but could you use that flash bang of yours?" Glynda asked as Nora smiled widely (In a somewhat creepy way just to say)
"Sure Miss GoodWitch, I even got an extra just in case." Nora said proudly as she pulled out a second flash band, much to Ashley's anger once more
"WHAT THE HELL NORA, DID YOU ROB ME OF ANYTHING ELSE WHILE YOU WERE AT IT?"Ashley asked in slight anger but more of shock that Nora just was so clam about stealing from her –"I'm so going to have to have a serious talk with Nora after this!"-
"Nope, now watch my magic in play!" Nora answered back as she in some way was able to figure out the function of the flash bang without formal training. But to even more of a surprise she threw the flash bang with a throw that could only be classified as Olympic status as the Flash bang itself landed right in the center of the colonists. Then a second later it went off blinding the colonist who in an ironic turn of events rammed their head against the walls, knocking themselves out cold
"Wow, nice throw Nora." Liara said with a wide eyed look as the other nodded in agreement, excluding Penny who was smiling and Zwei who barked happily
"Why thank you I do my best, now let's do it again!" Nora replied back as she unintentionally in a sense of an adrenalin rush active the flash bang and threw it before any of the others could stop her. But the flash bang was throw a little too low and hit against the cover she was hiding behind, landing in the center of the group seconds later
"Nora sweetie not to be mean but that, that was the worst throw of all time…..like ever." Ren stated with a bewildered look
"Wasn't my fault Ren benny a wall was in my way." Nora answered back kindly
"Wait why are we still-" Yatsuhashi asked but a little too late as the flash bang went off
"AH GODESS MY EYES!" Liara screamed out in shock as she fell on her back to the ground
"WHO MAKES SOMETHING LIKE THIS?" Jaune asked next as fell on his knees and hands while trying to pushed through the temporary blindness
"I DON'T KNOW BUT WHO EVER DID IS A SADIST!" Ren replied back as he was rubbing his eyes furiously
"AHAHAHAHA, ITS LIKE WHEN PENNY MACED ME WHEN SHE WAS FLUFFY!" Wrex screamed as he rammed his head against the ground
"Oh yeah I did that didn't I friend Wrex, huh you know the flash from the flash bang should be bothering me but it isn't. Though everything is a blinding white right now." Penny stated calmly
"HOW ARE YOU SO CALM ALL THE TIME?" Kaidan asked as he bumped into Fox and Yatsuhashi, falling over one another in the process
"Sorry Kaidan…" Fox muttered
"No problem, I think I'm just going stay on the ground until this passes." Kaidan replied back with his eyes closed
"Yeah…." Fox and Yatsuhashi muttered as they closed their eyes as well
"Huddle up girls so we don't get knock ourselves out cold." Pyrrha said with a nervous tone as her eye were getting better once again, but slowly as Coco and Velvet moved over to her along with Nora who tripped into them
"Sorry girls!' Nora said in a worry
"No problem, let's just keep our eyes closed until this passes by okay." Pyrrha suggested as the girls just nodded in agreement
"WHY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH YOU MISS WILLIAMS?" Glynda asked as she pinched her eyes closed
"FOR MILITARY PURPOSES BUT I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN HIT BY ONE MYSELF, I MEAN IS THIS WHAT I'VE DONE TO PEOPLE. IT'S HORRIBLE NO ONE DESERVES THIS!" Ashley answered back as she swore never to use flash bangs again
"YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!" Glynda answered back "OZPIN ARE OKAY?"
"Oh yes Glynda I am, don't worry." Ozpin said as he patted Glynda's shoulder
"WHY ARE SO CALM?" Glynda asked in dumbfounded confusion
"Glynda don't you ever wonder why I were these glasses, one for seeing but two they serve as a blinder to protect my eyes. I had them specially made just in case I was ever in a situation like this." Ozpin explained
"Seriously, how the hell do you plan for something that didn't even exist in our world?" Coco asked as she was starting to see a little better now
"I always have a backup plan Miss Adela." Ozpin answered back kindly
"Nice one Ozpin, got to say I'm pretty thankful my helmet can keep my eyes safe from this stuff." Tali replied back happily
"DON'T RUB IT IN!" The other yelled out, other than Penny, Ozpin and Zwei who in stroke of luck had his back turned away preventing him from being effected. But before Tali could reply Doctor Chakwas came out of the hull of the Normandy with a deadpanned expression
"Oh hello there Karen." Ozpin said happily as the others were still trying to get through this temporary blindness quicker
"Let me guess, Nora used a flash bang she got from Ashley's stock pile then used it on the crazed colonist you all were screaming about over the comms. But before you could enjoy the victory Nora used a second Flash bang she took as well in a moment of excitement, hit the projectile against the wall she was behind which then lead to you all at the moment with temporality blinded. Except for Tali and you Ozpin. Because you and Tali already had built in protection from this, did I get that all correct?" Karen asked as the whole group just nodded "Okay then, stay here and I'll be back." She added and went back into the Normandy
"So… I wonder how the girls, Elizabeth, Garrus and Eve are doing?" Jaune asked to calm himself down
"Same." The rest of the group answered back as they waited for medical help from Karen and whoever else she was rounding up to help out
-Meanwhile in the Exo-Geni HQ-
"Okay….okay thank god that's over with." Elizabeth said catching her breath from the three consecutive battles they had just fought
Frist they were encountered by a small number of Geths in a large central room with that blue field up, so they knew they were in the front entrance of the place. That battle was pretty easy as Elizabeth just threw a few good biotic punches, Garrus sniped two more of the Geth trooper's legs clean off, Yang shot a few shells in three others, Blake slice up two of them, Weiss stabbed one and Ruby used her speed semblance to slice up the leader with her scythe. Once that was over the made their way up another set of stairs where their second battle was to start.
The next Battle was a little harder as there were once again Geth troopers, but also two Krogan's tagging along for the attack. Yang was tackled by one Krogan, but was getting punched and kicked in the face by Yang in retaliation while Blake jumped on the poor Krogan's back as she beagn clawing at his eyes to make him let go. The second Krogan was tackled down by Elizabeth who began punching his face in with an annoyed frustration, which when you added biotics made a deadly combo. Thankfully she was being covered by Garrus and Blake's semblance clone as they shoot at the Geths, while Ruby and Weiss were advancing up slashing any Geths who were in their way. About two minutes in the Geths had all been but decimated, Elizabeth had literary beaten the Krogan she was fighting to death though not without getting wounds herself as she had been punched back. Yang and Blake had surprisingly taken down their Krogan without killing him. The second battle for them was a little harder but not too bad, though the last battle was the most hectic which they only had finished seconds ago.
This last battle started a minute or two after they began making their way down a hallway and into a large central room where the Geth ship claws were digging into. It would have been easy if not for the fact the ship had placed a decently sized group of or twenty five Geths troopers, three being Juggernauts, one a white colored commander and two being leapers. Immediately Shepard and Garrus ducked into cover then began shooting at the Geth while Elizabeth threw in all her offensive biotic abilities she knew at them. The girls however were at this point becoming annoyed with the Geth beyond
belief, so like any rational people in their situation they did what most may have done…. They went all out.
The girls activated their weapons melee mode and semblances then charged the horde of Geths as from left to right Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang were destroying the drones with quick haste. The juggernauts didn't even get a chance to charge as Yang pounced at all three of them and began to beat them to a pulp, which was only made quicker by the fact Yang's semblances was melting their bodies from the intense heat coming off her flame covered body. The Leapers also didn't have a chance as Blake and her semblance clone were slashing the drones apart while shooting off a few deadly accurate shots in their heads
Ruby and Weiss were tag teaming against the Geths troopers. They slashed and shot off rounds in destructive combinations to the point Weiss would use her semblance launching up three to four Geth troopers. Ruby would then use her speed semblance to quick slash them as they fell down, and would do this over and over again. After around four minutes the large horde of Geths had been taken care of which leaves the group in their current state of tiredness…
"Yes indeed Elizabeth, I haven't fought like that in a bit." Weiss replied back taking a deep breath
"That was so fun, can we do it again!" Ruby asked happily as she hopped up and down like a giddy school girl
"Only you Ruby, only you." Weiss said as she pinched the bridges from her girlfriend's excitement of the deadly battle that just took place
"Hey it's Ruby, what can ya do." Yang replied back in amusement "Still I'd like to do that again sometime, made out to be a pretty good workout."
"You girls are crazy you know that?" Garrus stated with a twitching left eye at the weird behavior the girls exhibited at times, especially in situations like this
"Don't lung me into this Garrus, I refuse to be brought into this." Blake replied back with an unamused glare
"Really Blake, because I've seen my fair share of you acting weird. Same with Weiss as well." Elizabeth stated with an amused grin
"We do not!" Blake and Weiss yelled back in an embarrassed tone from the pretty accurate accusation since the beginning of this journey, both of them and their girlfriends had been behaving much more stranger than they had back on Remnant
"Right, I do have vids records of you girls you know?" Eve added in as she poked her head out of Elizabeth side pocket
"Wait you have what Eve?!" Team RWBY screamed out in shock
"Oh don't worry, it's just vids of you acting weird is all and nothing sexual I promise." Eve explained "Like one of them has Weiss acting like a maid to Ruby in the docking bays while the others were sleeping. It is pretty funny to say the least."
"What, wait no I was only doing that so Ruby could fall asleep quicker!" Weiss replied back with a very redden face of embarrassment
"Right and the red on your face totally means nothing." Blake answered back as Yang and Garrus gave her a high five
"Oh come on Blake not cool!" Weiss said much to the others amusement, then hers a few seconds later
"With that out of the way, maybe we should get to figuring out how to get this hunk of metal off the building." Elizabeth said
"That would be a good idea to do, give me a second and maybe I can find something to help with that." Eve replied back as she closed her eyes for a ten seconds before opening them again
"So…." Ruby asked wanting to know what Eve found
"I've detected shuttle bay control and it so happens that the Geths ships claws are right in between the shutter. If we can find the correct pressure the shuttle bay doors should close on the claws and send the ship down below to whatever is below the surface here." Eve explained
"Wow that's pretty convenient Eve, we should take you with us more often." Garrus said kindly
"Thank you but Elizabeth may I ask if you give me to the girls, I need to talk to them about something." Eve replied back as Elizabeth just shrugged form slight confusion, but still handed Eve's chip to Ruby. With that she and Garrus made their way over to the shuttle bay controls
"So Eve what did want to tell us?" Ruby asked with a slightly worried tone as she was worried it might be bad news
"Don't worry nothing bad to say, I just wanted to tell you that there's a Geth Terminal behind you all." Eve answered back as the girls turned to see a smooth, purple terminal
"Okay that's cool but why didn't you just tell our mom that then?" Yang asked very confused on why she had to just tell her and the girls that
"Because Yang I know for a fact that Elizabeth fancies Tali along with you and Ruby liking her a sort of secondary motherly figure. I also know you two have gotten decently close to her. You both would like to get closer with her, but you don't want to pressure Tali into being your second mother." Eve explained much the surprised of Ruby and Yang, though Weiss and Blake just giggled at their faces
"How…how did you…" Ruby tried to ask but was too surprised that Eve knew that much
"It's hard not to when my chips is left next to your sleeping bags, you all should learn to talk more quietly." Eve answered back with a smirk
"Oh okay I guess that makes sense." Ruby stated a little embarrassed she didn't come to that conclusion herself now that she thinks about it
"So just to ask but what does this have to do with my girlfriend's question?" Blake asked getting the subject back to the main point, which was Yang's question
"Oh right sorry about that, what I am trying to say though is that we can retrieve the data from the terminal then have Ruby and Yang give it Tali so they can have an easier time getting closer to her along with impressing Elizabeth even more." Eve continued explaining
"That sounds like a wonderful idea Eve, come on then let's get us some Geth Intel." Weiss said proudly as she walked to the Terminal, followed by the others
"If they even have intelligence to start with." Yang joked getting a giggle out of Ruby as they now were at the terminal
"Well were here so now what?" Weiss asked trying to figure out the complex looking terminal
"Easy, Ruby please come up to the terminal and hold me directly at the screen." Eve replied back as Ruby nodded then walked up to the Terminal and held Eves chip out "Good now just give me a….AHAHAHAH MY HEAD!"
"Eve what's wrong?" Ruby asked in a shocked as she and the others could only watch the light form A.I fall to her knees as she silently screamed in pain
-Eve's memory-
"WHAT DO WE DO, WE'RE GOING TO DIE OH GOD WE'RE GOING TO DIE!" yelled a silhouette of a man with a slim human shaped body, but with four fingers on each hand and a large bug like head. Said man was slapped across the face by a silhouette with the same body structure, so Eve assumed it was the same species
"Get a hold of yourselves damn you, we are warriors of the great Prothean empire and we will not be taken down that easily!" Yelled the other silhouette who from what Eve could tell was shorter, had a slimmer but curvy body shape and sounded like she was a female
"WHAT EMPIRE, YOU MEAN THE ONE IN TOTAL RUINS NOW!?" Yelled the man as he and the woman just glared at each other
"Enough!" yelled one last figure who unlike the other two was a foot taller along with a deeper and wiser male tone
"Sir!" The smaller man and woman replied back saluting
"No need for that, now then…" The older man said as he turned his attention over to Eve's direction "Eve can you give us a status report on the pods here?"
"Yes sir, all ten pods are green with full power and back-up miniaturized power generators just in case." Eve answered without her even meaning to as she figured out this would be just like her last memory where she was just along for the ride
"Good, keep checking on the pods for a while longer." The older man said happily
"Sir I still say we get rid of her and the A.I girl, they can't be trusted." The woman said with a nervous tone
'Negative Sergeant, she's been an invaluable to us and besides the A.I girl along with her companions are….they're are last hope. That's why we're here, that why project 'Future Hope' was created in the first place." The older man answered back with a slightly sadden tone
"I….I apologize sir." The woman replied back with a regretful tone
"No problem, let's just-" The older man began to say before the ships alarms went off "Crap, private get the comms on and get some answers now!"
"On it sir!" The smaller man proudly replied back as he activated a terminal of sorts "Control what in the world is going on?"
"Oh god they're here, reaper forces are AHHAHAHAHH NOOOOOO, NOOOOOO!" Answered a young man's voice over the comm but was cut off by sounds of guns fire and a scream for mercy
"That's not good, sergeant, private you two group up with the rest. I'll join up with you but I have to take care of something first understand!" The older man ordered
"SIR YES SIR!" The man and woman answered back with a proud tone as they picked up rifles of sorts, then made their way out
"Sir wh-what's now?" Eve asked in a nervous tone
"Don't worry I got a plan." The older man answered back as he inserted Eve's chip into the pods controls
"What are doing sir?" Eve asked once more now very confused
"Saving you and the ones in the pods here, listen Eve I know your scared even if you are an A.I. But you must keep these people alive because….because in all honestly I don't know if the other ships survived with the other rescued residents of 'that' world. This is why I'm asking you to be strong because these eleven along with whoever else might make it will be the last true hope for the future generations. Goodbye Eve and…and I'm sorry I couldn't have gotten to get know you better." The older man explained a he press a button and within seconds the pod an the terminal she was in were surrounded by a metal encasement
"Activating, cloak check, activating launching sequence in three, two, one and all systems are a go." A female toned V.I stated as the metal encasement she and the pods were in blasted off from the ship which began descending down to what Eve could tell was a rocked covered planet. To her sorrow she saw the ship she was just in get ripped to shreds by two smaller sized Reapers, thankfully though the cloak had kept her from the Reapers scanners. She closed her eyes for what seemed like forever but then noticed the sound of the wind as the encasement around her opened up
"Where…where am I?" Eve asked herself as the encasement opened to show she was in an old abandoned arena of sorts and that she must have broken through the roof
"Landing was a succeeded, have a nice day." The V.I Said before going offline for good
"NO WAIT DON'T….don't leave me alone…." Eve yelled out but was too late as she heard nothing else but dead silence. Eve began to tremble a little as she cradled herself in a fetal position and laid on her side "Okay I'm okay, I'll just take a nap then check on the pods I mean I'm sure someone will come to get me….right?" She muttered to herself one more time before she just sniffled a little, then shut off her holo emitter….
-Back in reality-
"Eve you there?" Asked a voice that Eve recognized as she awoke within her chip, now to say most V.I and even A.I chips were meant to be where they shut off, leaving only pitch darkness
Eve's chip though was different just like her, her chip in a sense had another world of its own within. This virtualize world had a small wooden house in a clear a grass plain, where a virtual sun shined to brighten her world. Eve though knew she had to respond back and was ready to active her chip again, but one thing she always did was look in the mirror that was in her virtual home; but she didn't have to for it now. So with that she like many times before closed her eyes and then a second later was back outside of her chip. But what intrigued her was that team RWBY, Elizabeth and Garrus were staring at her with wide eyes
"What, something wrong?" Eve asked shyly –"I knew I should have look in my mirror….then again I'm really just made of light formed into the vague shape of a girl so no use I guess."-
"Well ah…. ladies a little help?" Garrus replied back but couldn't seem to answered
"Oh ah, Eve we're not being rude about this but ah…ah…." Weiss began to say but couldn't as she then looked at Elizabeth, Blake and Yang who just shrugged not knowing either what to say
"What do mean, what are wanting to say?" Eve asked nervously
"Oh no, no, no don't worry its not bad just surprising but….. did you get a new whole body look?" Ruby answered back kindly, but also hesitantly as she didn't want to freak out Eve
"WAIT WHAT, SOMEONE GET ME A MIRROR OR SOMETHING?!" Eve yelled out which surprised the group from how she sounded freaking out
"Okay, ah….Oh I got it!" Yang replied back first as she active her Omni-Tool to the camera mode the used the flip feature to show the camera pointing at her face instead of Eve. With that Yang turned her arm to Eve who was inspecting herself
"What…what in the world?" Eve said in a state of shock as now she look like a regular human teenager. She was now in multiplies of colors, instead of just her one usual color. She had short brown hair, two light green eyes, lightly tanned skin along with black lips stick and black eye liner. Her torso was that of a sleeveless demi- dark green vest with a black sleeveless shirt under it. Her lower half was a pair of black skin tight demi pants with a pair of black slip-on's "Why do I look like this?"
"Can't say Eve but now we're going have to deal with Yang doing those stupid selfie's like she used to." Weiss answered back with an annoyed tone at the thought of Yang doing Selfies again
"What's the problem with selfies Weiss?" Yang replied back with a raised eyebrow
"They're pointless I mean why not just take a regular picture, it's give much more of a view that Selfies." Weiss explained with a deadpanned expression
"Really Weiss because I thought you'd like to do Selfies, if not for yourself then for Ruby so you send her scandalous photos saying stuff like 'See you tonight my little rose' or 'This is all yours Ruby' ." Blake answered back with a smirk
"What I would never do that!" Weiss yelled back defensively
"Really now?" Blake answered with a wider smirk
"No wait Blakey I have to agree with Weiss on this one, she doesn't seem like the girl to do that." Yang kindly said much to the Blake's surprise
"Why Yang thank you so much!" Weiss replied back happily for the kind gesture Yang juts did
"Your welcome besides…." Yang answered back as she donned on a wide smirk herself "You're more of that girl that would wait for my sister when she was alone in the bathroom and begin making out with her. Among other things I'm guessing from what I can gather with how you behaved with each other, thank goodness for those locks in the bathroom huh?"
"Of course I should have known!" Weiss asked in a fluster tone as Ruby bushed heavily from the very accurate guess
"Alright ladies enough right now." Elizabeth stated sternly as the girls just smiled awkwardly for a few moments "Anyways Eve we don't know how you got that way, the girls just said something about you turning off after your fell on your knees in pain. Me and Garrus only learned about this after we figure out what order of buttons we need us to activated the shutters, should have seen it. But ah yeah that's what happened, anything you remember that could have trigger this?"
"Yes….yes I do I got another memory back." Eve answered back
"Sweet, could you tell us what it was." Ruby asked joyfully, but then Garrus cut in
"Sorry to ruin the fun, but maybe we could ask her when we aren't in the immediate threat of being ambushed am I right." Garrus suggested kindly as the girls, Elizabeth and Eve looked at one another then nodded in agreement
"Alright let's get a move on then." Elizabeth ordered as she took lead this time and began making her way to where the energy field was, followed by the girls, Eve who was in Ruby's skirt pocket and Garrus, but before they could actually get a move on; Elizabeth comms went off
"Commander we got a slight problem and I hope you get the message this time." Joker said through Elizabeth's comms in a nervous tone
"Talk to me Joker what's the problem?" Elizabeth asked in serious tone
"We're in lockdown here, something went on with the colonist and they went haywire. They began attacking and the whole crew held them back by scaring them off for long enough. But then Nora deiced to throw a flash bang which got most of them to back off, until she threw a second one blind her and the others. They're in med bay rest at the moment, but the colonist came back and are clawing the outer hull. They're freaking out a lot more than they were before." Joker explained as Elizabeth comms were loud enough for the whole group to hear
"Alright stay there and hang tight, we're on our way back." Elizabeth answered back kindly
"Oh yeah sure because everyone here wants to go out to the crazed mob, no worries at all." Joker joked back
"Alright wise guy we'll see ya soon." Elizabeth replied back with amusement as she shut her comms off
"Elizabeth you sure they'll be okay?" Blake asked very worried about the others, but it was Ruby who answered back
"Hey don't worry Blake they all are protect by the Normandy and they can take care of themselves so it will be alright." Ruby answered back happily as Blake smirked at Yang's always ever so optimistic little sister
"I guess then I'll take your word for it, come on we should get going again." Blake said as she and the others made their way back to the front. It took them a few minutes to do so but once they got back to the front the energy field was gone and Lizbeth was waiting for them
"There you are, good we should get out of here. I don't think this place is safe." Lizbeth stated nervously
"We will but first I think you need to come clean, like how you knew more about the Thorian then you let on." Elizabeth replied back sternly
"And don't try to act innocent with us, we looked through your files." Blake added in as Lizbeth gulped very nervously
"I….I was afraid alright, I really wanted to stop the test but they threatened me saying I would be next. They even said they'd seen a few employees to get my mother as well, you have to believe me I had no choice. Look when the Geth attacked I stayed behind to send a message to Colonial Affairs so I could tell the about the Thorian, I tried but the power was cut off before I could send the message. I didn't mean for any of this to happen I just…I just was scared. But if you want, I'll let you take me in for what I did since it's the least I can do to somehow make up for this." Lizbeth explained a little teary eyed
"I don't think that will be necessary, you did what you could." Elizabeth answered back with an understanding smile
"But….But I…" Lisbeth tried to reply back but was stopped by Weiss
"Now don't go saying that again, I mean what could you have done when a company this big was threating you. What matters is that you tried to fix it." Weiss stated kindly
"Agreed." Ruby, Blake, Yang and Garrus said kindly while Eve nodded in agreement inside of Ruby's pocket
"I see, thank you then." Lizbeth said with a weak smile
"No problem Lizbeth and don't worry we'll make sure to save everyone that's a promise!" Ruby replied back joyfully as Lizbeth nodded and Yang gave her a thumbs up. Though Elizabeth wasn't keen with Ruby and Yang making a promise they may not be able to keep
-"I guess I'll have to teach them not to make promises like that, well unless it's oblivious they can."- Elizabeth thought to herself with a concern frown, but didn't show her concern as she and the rest made it back in the Mako. With that, Weiss took control of the driver's seat and began to make their way back to the colony
-Meanwhile elsewhere-
"And with that I have taken all you mechanical monsters out." Amber muttered to herself as she had deiced to help the girls and their two companions out a while ago by cutting down those Geths who were praying to the alter, that to the mortal eyes would be just a light. But to her it was a statue of him, of her death obsessed brother Draco. She didn't know how he got the Geth to worship him but he found a way and she was going to stop it, but also with her was a small white kitten with purple eyes on her shoulder
"Amber are you okay?" The kitten asked with a voice that could be matched to a five year old girl's voice
"I am Millianna, just trying to keep my more berserker side at bay and you know how hard that can be when I'm fighting this many enemies." Amber replied back kindly as she scratched under the kittens chin "What I want to know is what are you doing up little lady, you're supposed to be asleep right now."
"I know I'm supposed to be and I usually can even when you're fighting; but I noticed a change in the air a minuet ago." Millianna explained while yawing as Amber nodded knowing this meant something was to come soon. A few reasons why Amber picked Millianna as her pet was because for one she was gosh darn cute, but the second reason was that she had an ability to pick up changes in the near future like a sort of pre-determined warning system. What the change was to be though was anyone's guess
"I see, thank you for telling me then." Amber said happily as she softly scratched the kittens head to help her sleep and within seconds the white Kitten was snoozing on her shoulder. "Sleep well now my friend, you earned it. But it's funny, you and me have been together forever all because you just so happened to be with me when I became….well what I am now. Because of that event you gained your powers, ability to speak and lengthened life span. I don't know I would have lasted this long without you, I'm sure my brother knows how that feels since he's been alone all this time. I just wish he would come back to me as the loving bother I grew up with, along with our cousins Eric and… no I won't speak his name ever again. After what he did I refuse to, I just hope though those girls stay safe." She muttered to herself as she sat on the ground and took this chance to relax with Millianna as she knew sooner or later Draco would strike with no mercy what so ever…
-Back with the Team RWBY, Elizabeth and Garrus-
"Alright so let me get this straight, the Thorian really was under the colonythe whole time and the colonist covered it up. Did I get that right?" Elizabeth asked Lizbeth who just nodded confirming her recap –"Huh and here I believed that a higher up in Exo-Geni programed that V.I to say that to any employ who didn't know about the Thorian already. Along with wanting to give a false location so no one would go looking it."-
"So if that's the case then how do we get to it without getting shot at by the colonist?" Ruby asked next as they were now heading down the ramp and back onto the lower levels of the skyways. But before Lizbeth could answer back the radio in the Mako picked up a transmission
"This is Juliana Baynham (Static) please help us (static)..." Juliana said over the comm, but the static cut whatever else she was or might have said
"That's my mom, stop, stop the rover!" Lizbeth yelled in a desperate tone as Weiss immediately stomped on the breaks while the Mako perfectly parked next to the makeshift camps entrance. Lizbeth then bolted out as the Mako's door on her side opened up, where she made her way into the makeshift camp
"We should go after her." Blake suggested
"Good idea Blake, you girls go though. Me and Garrus will keep an eye on the Mako alright?" Elizabeth replied back
"Yes ma'am!" The girls along with Eve's holo projection from Ruby's pocket shouted proudly as they made their way out of the Mako. Once that was done the girls stumbled upon Lizbeth who was watching as Juliana was being held back and Jeong was freaking out a little
"What's going on?" Lizbeth asked as she and the girls were hiding behind some pieces of wall and watched the scene unfold. The girls all just shrugged not knowing either
"You won't get away with this." Juliana sternly stated
"Get her out of here!" Jeong yelled out as a guard came in from being Juliana and grabbed her wrists to restrain her, though this didn't go over well with Lizbeth
"Get away from her you son of a bitch!" Lizbeth yelled out as she ran from her hiding spot and to her mother who escaped the guards grip. With that they shared a hug of relief, Jeong though began freaking out more now
"Damnit…co-come out where I can see you, all of you!"! Jeong yelled out as the girls all got up and walked up until they were a foot away from Jeong, while the guards all had their rifles pointed at them out of slight paranoia of what could happen "Damn you four are still here which means your Commander and the Turian are as well, it was too much to hope the Geth would kill you. Just to say I found some interesting facts about those two along with a recent update on you four freaks in the Exo-Geni database, I know what you're all capable of."
"Then you have a good idea that you and your guards won't be able to take us down." Ruby replied back sternly much to shock of the girls as they really weren't use to hearing he speak like that. But they figured out a second later she was just playing the part, so they deiced to play along
"My girlfriends right you know, we could wipe the floor with you all in matter of seconds." Weiss said next with a sternly gaze as she pulled out her rapier, making Jeong flinch back while the Guards prepared to shoot which Yang took notice off
"Yeah try and shoot us, see what happens." Yang stated next as her eyes began to turn red and her hair began to catch on fire, Blake stayed quiet but flashed her blade which only made it more threatening as her cat ears straitened up in a fierce manner and her eyes glared around. This made the guards back off as they realized they wouldn't be able to hurt these four girls
"But we can talk this over and be civil about if would kindly consider the offer." Ruby explained as Blake put away her blade, Yang deactivated her semblance and Weiss put away her rapier
"Y-y-you don't understand it's not that easy, communications are back up and they want this place purged." Jeong answered back nervously, much the horror of everyone around him including the girls
"This is a human colony you can't just…just repurpose us!" Lizbeth yelled out in a fearful anger
"Wow I think we should make a mission to fix the companies in this galaxy when we get a chance." Weiss muttered as the girls smirked and nodded in an agreement with her but then Jeong replied back to Lizbeth
"It's not just you, there something here that has far more value than a few colonist." Jeong explained
"I think we know what that is ladies." Eve whispered as the girls knew what Eve was hinting
"You're after the one true thing this place has that you can consider unique, the Thorian correct?" Ruby said as she gave Jeong a glare
"What, what are talking about?" Jeong asked nervously as he couldn't believe a little girl like her could seem so….scary, but as he asked that Blake just sighed in annoyance
"Don't play stupid with us Jeong we know about it's existence and we know that Exo-Geni was using the colonist as lab rats." Blake answered as the scientists and guards there all gasp in horror, then glared at Jeong as it turned out not even they knew about this
"Wait what?" Julianna asked in disbelief
"It's true, it's a telepathic life-from living under Zhu's hope and it's taking control of the Colonist. Exo-Geni knew all along mom." Lizbeth explained with a hint of shame in her tone
"You won't get away this Jeong." Juliana said with a furious glare
"So you keep saying, but nobody is going to miss a few colonists." Jeong replied back but quickly regretted it as he knew that most of the guards and scientists had relatives at Zhu's hope, this was confirmed as the guards pointed their rifles at him and even the some of the scientist pulled small scalpels out with a look that just scream ' I want to stab you'. But before anything else could happen Ruby step in
"Wait!" Ruby yelled out as everyone looked at her now, she knew she had to come up with something quickly and a second or two later of thinking she figure out what to say to Jeong "Jeong can't you see the bigger picture here, the potential this has for the colony itself I mean think of all the promotional opportunities that could be presented."
"What, what the hell are talking about?" Jeong asked a little confused
"Okay think big Jeong, Zhu's hope a small colony recovers from alien attack on a frontier world and rebuilds a new. Add that to your companies profile then see how many people become inspired to join up with you and think of all the investors that will want to chip in after hearing about this." Ruby explained kindly but felt a little sick to the stomach having to say it
"Yeah, yeah your right I mean no one has gone wrong playing the 'champion of humanity' card." Jeong said with slight relief as the girls and Eve just scowled at his attitude towards this
"Sadly it would probably make a killing, but if it gets us back to our lives then….then I'm in for it." Julianna added in with disgust
"It might just work wait no the infected colonist will throw a wrench in that plan, they need to disappear." Jeong replied back
"Whoa hold on buddy you can't just kill them, it's not like they have any control over themselves." Yang said angry at what Jeong was implying for them to do
"She right you know and I don't think the others here would appreciate that either." Juliana said next as some of the guard and scientists cheered at her assumption "See what I mean?"
"Look if you get rid of the Thorian then you should be able to stop the infection, well I think so at least." Lizbeth explained with slight doubt in her own explanation
"We can try that, but there has to be another way of taking care of the colonist without killing them." Weiss replied back with concern
"I think I have answer to that, but let's go over to the corner for our private chat." Julianna answered as she, Lizbeth and the girls made their way over to the upper right corner of the area
"Alright so you told us you have a way you could help take care of the colonist without killing them correct?" Weiss asked once more
"Yes my mother did." Lizbeth answered back kindly
"I do indeed, here since you're the one that asked take this." Julianna said as she handed Weiss a small square chip
"Ah not to sound rude but what is it?" Yang asked a little confused by the gift Weiss got
"That's a grenade mod, or to be accurate it's a gas mod that will send out a nerve toxin of my design." Julianna explained proudly
"But wouldn't that be dangerous for us, I mean what would happen if we go caught in the gas itself?" Blake asked next bringing up a good issue
"No need to worry, from what I've figured out the colonist that have been infected probably also have a weakened system because of the dependency the Thorian has forced on them. Because of that the gas sound work as a paralyzing agent, for those of us that aren't infect the gas would be more like tear gas. You wouldn't die from it but it would irradiate the eyes and lungs." Juliana explained understanding the girl's worries
"Well thank you for telling us, we'll get going though." Ruby said as the girls were about to go but were stopped by Lizbeth
"Wait, look I just want to say thank you for helping me out and helping me get back to my mother." Lizbeth stated happily a she and Julianna hugged
"Yes thank you four so much, your hero's in our book." Julianna added in as the girls just smiled at that, then made their way back into the Mako. Once they made into the Mako, they strapped into their seats
"So who should explain?" Ruby asked as Weiss turned on the Mako's engines
"None of you have to, me and Garrus heard it all over the comms." Elizabeth answered back with a smile
"Wait how did you hear us?" Eve asked as she popped her head out of Ruby's pocket
"Easy Eve, Yang accidently turned on her Omni tools communicator." Garrus answered as Yang sheepishly laughed
"Either way I'm proud of you ladies." Elizabeth added as the girls smiled widely at the praise "Now Weiss let's get a move on!"
"Right!" Weiss answered back as she started the Mako up and began making their way back to the colony
-Meanwhile back at Zhu's hope-
"And with that, the last of the infected colonist have been taken care of." Amber muttered to herself with Millianna gripped her shoulder, as the fact was that all the Zhu's hope colonist were now laying on the ground unmoving. She did though noticed other bodies that had decayed grayish skin, but she assumed they were already dead so she just left those bodies alone
"I'm surprised you were able to knock them all out so quickly, usually there's a death or two. Still does this mean you are going to help them out?" Millianna asked curiously as she yawned a little, making Amber smirk at the cuteness of the kitten
"No not at all Millianna, they have to deal with the bigger stuff themselves. I just decided this time to be activity helpful since it would have been a bother for them to deal with these people. Besides you know what happens when-" Amber explained but was cut off as she began coughing a little, she opened her mask revealing her light made blue eyes, permeant light made blue smile in the emptiness of her mask and coughed out blood "That….that happens when I'm in this plain of existence for too long. I stay to make sure they would make it out alive and they did. Funny though I may not have a physical body, but I still cough out blood."
"Why does that happen anyways?" Millianna asked with a corner tone as she nuzzled her nose against the cheek of ambers helmet, even though she knew Amber couldn't feel her doing that
"It's because of how this galaxy has changed along with the fact of being what I am now. Before I changed I was just like any other mortal." Amber explained calmly
"But what are you now, I mean you told you were an angel but is that true or what?" Millianna asked as she climbed on top of Ambers helmet, which made Amber smile much wider at the kittens antics
"No I am an angel just like Draco is the self-appointed Grim reaper. Though I'm glad I left you back at the home when I went to go see him." Amber explained with a sadden tone
"Do you miss being around him?" Millianna asked as Amber picked her off form her helmet and cradler the kitten's small body in her arms
"Oh yes Millianna I do, I miss the happy times with Draco, Eric and even 'him' who's name I refuse to say. But I miss the days we had being a family with mom and momma, I miss it all and I wish it could go back to that but life is cruel and the Reapers are even crueler. That's why I have to help now, to make sure no more die by them and to maybe; just maybe get my brother back."
"I'm sure you will and I'll be with you all the way like I have been." Millianna answered as Amber hugged her closely
"I know you will and I'm so grateful for having you with me." Amber replied back happily as she hugged Millianna for a few more seconds, just then she suddenly felt that the girls and their allies were coming. Though Millianna never could tell when she began sensing others presence
"Amber what's wrong?" Millianna asked slightly nervous, but only for Amber to put her back on her shoulder and summoned her blue light made angelic wings
"No need to worry Millianna, the girls and their friends are just coming. I don't think we should be seen by them….well yet at least." Amber explained as she flew up into the air, then vanished with Millianna just liked that
-Meanwhile back with the girls, Elizabeth and Garrus-
"Weiss why did you stop the Mako so suddenly?" Yang asked as they had just gotten out of a small scale battle with the Geth, which in this case was dealt with Weiss running over them in annoyance which had Yang deciding not to get on Weiss bad side when she was in a moving vehicle
"Sorry about that Yang, but it seems someone closed the gate. I'll be right back." Weiss explained as she quickly got out of her seat and made her way out of the Mako through the upper hatch since it was quicker to open
"Be careful sweetie!" Ruby yelled out in concern as the Mako's hatch was big enough to have her and someone else poking their upper half's of their bodies outside. This other person being Garrus who was holding his sniper in his hands at the moment just in case anything tried to get the jump on Weiss
"Don't worry Ruby I'm WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?" Weiss replied back but yelled back as she saw a person clawing at the door, said person turned around to revealed that he, she or it had the same body structure as a Husk. What differentiated was that this person had dark grey skin, blackened claws, skunk in in blacked out eyes and no lips to cover it's teeth. Before she could pull rapier out the creature saw her and charged, Weiss thankfully was saved by Ruby who second before had drawn out her sniper rifle and shot the thing before Garrus could
"Weiss are you alright?" Ruby asked in a panic as she put her weapon away and ran up to her with a hug along with also a kiss on the lips
"Of course I am silly, you're the one who saved me." Weiss replied back amusingly as she playfully bopped Ruby on the head
"I know, just get worried is all. Speaking of which…." Ruby answered back as she and Weiss walked up the dead creature and examined it "Okay I'm not the best with most subject but even I know that's a human or was a human."
"Defiantly, but what happened to this person?" Weiss asked with concern but then the horn on the Mako went off getting the both girls attention as Garrus was back in the Mako. But in his place was Yang and Blake were already out of the Mako and making their way up to them
"Hey girls we got to… WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING, WAS THAT WHAT YOU SHOT RUBY?" Blake screamed from the sight of the creature Ruby had shot
"Huh so that's it, really ugly looking." Yang said next with a frown at how ugly and gross it looked to her
"Yes Yang, yes it is. What is it though?" Blake asked
"It was a person, but I think this is the Thorian doing." Ruby asked getting worried now
"I think would be the best guess Ruby, but what do we call it?" Blake replied back
"A Thorian creeper?" Yang suggested as Ruby, Weiss and Blake looked at her then though it over and yeah it fitted the look of this thing pretty accurately
"Thorian creep it is then, but I'm getting the feeling you two came down here to ask us something along with making sure we were alright." Weiss asked
"Oh right, Ruby mom wanted you to open the gate so we can get back into the colony. But you two seemed busy so me and Blake deiced to tell you, you know the rest." Yang explained
"Oh okay then." Ruby replied back as she walked up to the control panel for the gate and opened it. Second later the gate was up and Mako made its way into the bay then parked. Once that was done Elizabeth and Garrus made their way out from the right hand side door
"Took you long enough ladies." Garrus joked getting a quick laugh out of team RWBY as they regrouped with him and Elizabeth
"Either way come on we need to…." Elizabeth said but stopped noticing her surroundings "Why, why are all these colonist knocked out cold?"
"I'd like to know myself, but I think we have bigger problems right now." Blake answered back first as she the others looked to see the newly dubbed Thorian Creepers by the dozen standing up all looking straight at them
"Crap…." Yang said as the Thorian creeper charged in for the attack
As this began Ruby shot a couple in the head with her weapons sniper mode, Weiss was shooting bullet after bullet with precious shot to the legs as to slow down the charging abominations along with Blake who was doing the same. Elizabeth and Garrus were shooting as well, but Elizabeth was throwing biotic a warp every once in a while. Yang though was the most effective in this situation as she charged the Thorian creepers and bashed their faces in with her gauntlets, then fire a shot or two in one-two punch combo. With this sort of melee and fire power the creepers were quickly defeated
"That was AWESOME!" Yang yelled out in joy as she then got a light slap to the back of the head by Blake
"Take this seriously Yang." Blake sternly said
"Yes dear I will." Yang replied back sheepishly as she rubbed the back of her head
"Either way we'll need to keep our guard up and I never thought I'd have to use these. But after seeing how effective Yang's shotgun mode for her gauntlets are well…." Elizabeth said as she pulled out a small pocket sized compact box, pushed a small button and said box turned in a large case
"What is that mom?" Ruby asked with curiosity
"It's a precautionary my dear little girl." Elizabeth answered back happily as she pulled out five small unpainted steel bars and handed four of them to the girls and Garrus
"What are these?" Garrus asked a little confused by what he was just given, along with girls who felt the same
"Press the red button on the top and you'll see." Elizabeth answered as Garrus and the girls did only to be surprised that the bars turned in a stripped down version of the normal shotguns used by the people in this galaxy
"Sweet!" Ruby cheered happily
"I know right, these are prototype guns I've been working on. Basically there stripped down so they can be way more compact, but because of this they don't do as much damage though that's not saying much since it's a shotgun. Also if you're wondering why I only have five in total, these things cost a lot to make." Elizabeth explained proudly
"As cool as there are mom, why do I need one?" Yang asked not trying to sound rude
"One because I need to test all five of these out and two well they have an inferno modifications to the bullets, along with a semi auto function so knowing your sister weaponry interest and your interest in anything fire related you both are the top two subjects. Though like I said I need five people to help me test it and why not have Blake, Weiss and Garrus help out." Elizabeth explained quickly
"Okay now I really want to test this out!" Ruby stated with a wide grin "Mom you're the best!"
"I have to agree, this seems like a lot of fun mom!" Yang added in with equal enthusiasm as Ruby
"Still I should ask this but other than Yang and Ruby, do the rest of you know how to handle a shotgun because I sure don't." Garrus asked
"Nope I don't, but I guess Ruby and Yang would be the ones to know how to use a shotgun." Weiss answered
"Defiantly since Ruby loves weapons of all kinds and my sun goddess, well she uses shotguns all the time anyways." Blake added
"What can I say, up close and personal has always been my favorite approach when it comes to battle." Yang said proudly
"It's so true to, my big sister is awesome!" Ruby said next as she and Yang fist bumped
"Either way we'll just have to consider this a learning experience!" Elizabeth stated with determination even though she didn't know how to use a shotgun herself –"I'm starting to question why I built these prototypes as shotguns in the first place….oh well live and learn."-
"That doesn't make us feel better at all…." Weiss, Blake and Garrus muttered nervously
"No time, we must make haste!" Elizabeth yelled out as she began to make her way up to the elevator, followed by an over joyed Ruby and Yang along with a less then nervous Blake, Weiss and Garrus
-Zhu's hope-five minutes later-
"Oh dear god I am so glad we got here in one piece!" Blake yelled out as she, the girls, Elizabeth and Garrus all were re-loading Elizabeth experimental shotguns again which turned out to be a blessing. The Thorian Creepers though weak, were fast and in hordes very deadly. The group was lucky that Elizabeth had decided on the modifications for the shotguns as it made taking down the Creepers much easier
"Oh yeah totally, mom thank you so much for letting us use these." Yang replied back taking a deep breath as she pumped another shell into the shotgun, followed by the others who did the same
"No problem little spitfire, I was glad to see these shotguns are working perfectly." Elizabeth replied back while Yang blushed a little in embarrassment once again from her nickname
"Still it disturbs me that all those colonist were knocked out, it makes me wonder who did it." Weiss said as she looked around nervously
"I agree with Weiss, whoever did it didn't even alarm anyone. That would suggest who or well whatever did this has an unnatural adaptation for agility and speed." Blake said next as she looked around warily like Weiss was
"Are you saying like our suspects a ghost or something Blake, that's silly everyone know they aren't real right?" Ruby replied back happily until she began shaking a little nervously "I think…oh please god don't let that be true!"
"Don't worry little sis I don't think that's the case." Yang answered kindly to calm Ruby down
"Well actually if you think about there is not evidence that they don't existence either, I mean heck they could be as real as we are but choose to hide away from us." Garrus added in, which made Ruby start shaking again and having him received a punched in the gut by Yang
"Why did you have to say that, what's wrong with you?!" Yang asked in a slight anger as Garrus just held his stomach
"I…I don't know why…sorry Ruby…oh spirts you hit hard Yang." Garrus replied back as he slowly was getting his barring's back
"That I do Garrus, that I do but sorry if I hit too hard." Yang replied back feeling a bit guilty for her (though somewhat justifiable) reaction to Garrus comment
"Its okay ugh I'm lucky I didn't eat anything toady." Garrus said "Still where do think we could find this entrance to the Thorian?"
"I think I know where it is." Ruby answered as she pointed to an large engine of sorts that was being held up by a few cranes as underneath the engine was a set of stair ways leading downwards
"Oh well that is convenient, come on let's get going" Elizabeth said as she and the rest made their way over to the elevator but were stopped as a bullet pass by them. They looked to see a struggling Fai-Dan walk slowly up while aiming his pistol at them
"I….I'm sorry….I can't control myself that easily." Fai-Dan said as he was trying to make himself lower his pistol and even got himself to stop walking
"Why aren't you knockout like the others?" Ruby asked with concern for the man struggling internal battle
"I… locked myself inside one of the rooms in the bungalows when…. when we started to go crazy. I...damn...I…ugh… I just got myself out…. I don't know if can fight this it wants me to stop you." Fai-Dan answered as he was sweating now from his struggle
"Is the Thorian down there?" Ruby asked once more as she wanted to get a third confirmation of the already know information as it better to be safe than sorry
"If you mean the thi…AH DAMNIT….ugh yes…yes it is, ugh get the hell out of my head I won't let you do this!" Fai- Dan yelled out as before the girls, Elizabeth or Garrus could do anything else Fai-Dan had moved his pistol under his chin and shot himself. His body fell down and some blood squirted out unfortunately on the girls only, though Yang and Ruby being slightly closer got more blood on them
"Oh…oh god…." Ruby muttered shaking in shock, Yang, Blake and Weiss did as well as none of them had seen someone kill themselves before. Maybe in movies, games and TV shows back on Remnant they did, but to see it in real life was entirely different
"Girls are you okay?" Elizabeth asked as the Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang were unresponsive and just stared at the limp body of Fai-Dan "Damn, there in shock and we still need to check on the Normandy as well."
"Then I'll go to the Normandy and make sure things are all right there. You just try and make sure the girls snap out of it." Garrus suggested
"Sounds good, but mind taking Eve back as well?" Elizabeth asked as Garrus just nodded, she then reach in Ruby's pocket and pulled to Eve's chip which at the moment was off. She handed it to Garrus who pocketed her chip in a side pouch on his armor. Then he began making his way back to the Normandy with Eve, leaving Elizabeth alone with the still stunned team RWBY
"Now then I think I already figured out how to snap them out of it." Elizabeth muttered to herself as she turned all the girls around one by one quickly, then slap them across the face hard one by one. This successfully snapped the girls out of their shocked daze as they rubbed their pained faces
"Ow what was that for mom?" Yang and Ruby asked in confusion
"So you girl would snap you out of your little daze, I know what you just saw was shocking but none of you can let this stop you now. Were so close we can't stop, do you girls understand?" Elizabeth explained with a sympathetic but stern tone
"Yeah we do but…." Weiss answered quietly back as she, Ruby, Blake and Yang looked back at Fai-Dan's dead body
"None of us expected that to happen." Blake added with a frown
"I know but we need to get rid of the Thorian, so let's get going." Elizabeth replied back
"Yes Ma'am!' the girls chanted with serious looks on their faces
"That's what I like to hear, now let's move it ladies!" Elizabeth replied back proudly as she and the girls prepared their shotguns along with their main weapons for whatever they were going to meet. As they descended further down the Thorian lair they noticed that the walls were covered with plant vines. Once they made it down all the way though they final found the Thorian and what it was turned out to be a large green plant being supported by four thick vines. The group then made their way over to a ledge where the Thorian popped out a green skinned Asari in a black skin tight combat suit, said Asari then stood up and opened her eyes
"Okay, okay you know what nope just nope. Let's all just buy our one time nope passed to the nope space ship and move to planet nope. Where on planet nope we'll live our nope lives' out in nope peace!" Yang yelled out as this reminded her way too much of a horror film she saw as a young child, said film literally scared her for life. Basically she was frighten to no end and the others easily took noticed of this
"Whoa Yang calm down, it's not that bad at all." Blake said slowly calming down Yang
"What the heck is wrong with her?" Weiss asked in shock of Yang's very out of character behavior
"Oh right I remember when me and Yang were younger, she saw a movie that involved people in a town being taken over by seeds that took over their minds. She got so scared of it that our dad had to lock up the movie in a safe which he then buried it in hole that took him four days to dig. Since then she's had a fear of mind controlling pants which makes me wonder why she didn't notice the similarities when it came to the Thorian and that movie, oh well Yang should be fine once Blake gets her to calm down." Ruby explained so calmly that Elizabeth and Weiss looked at her and each other from the fact she just explained it like it was that normal of an issue. Though Elizabeth knew she had bring the situation back on track
"Alright never mind that for now, we're in kind of a possibly dangerous situation." Elizabeth said as she and the girls (Thankfully with a calmed down Yang now) all looked to see the Thorian born Asari (A.K.A Miss Green they dubbed her) just staring at them
"Creepy…" Blake stated as she and the others prepared to shoot both their main weapons and the shotguns if needed which from the looks of it seemed to be the case
"We care little of what you think invaders, every step you've had has been a transgression and a thousand feelers see you as only meat. Meat that is only good to dig or decompose." Miss Green said sternly "I speak for Old growth, as I did for Saren. You are within and before the Thorian, and it commands you to be in awe of it's glory!"
"Great thanks for the nightmare fuel, really appreciate it!" Yang yelled back in annoyance
"Have to agree with my eldest daughter on that, still what is it that Saren wanted from you?" Elizabeth asked with a stern tone
"Ah yes the one name Saren sought knowledge of the one who are gone. The old growth listened to a fleshing for the first time in a long cycle. Trades were made after. The cold ones began killing the flesh that would tend the next cycle and flesh fairly given, the Old growth sees the air you push as lies. She refuses to listen no more!" Miss Green explained in slight anger and annoyance
"Not to get off track but could maybe try and fix your speech, it's quiet annoying to listen to you speaking that way." Weiss asked kindly but with a twitchy eye of irritation
"We not do that old flesh!" Miss Green yelled out in anger
"Alright geez…wait how did you know-" Weiss replied back but was cut off by the Asari
"We know of you and your companions origins, we can sense it in you." Miss Green replied back "But we ask once more for you to leave."
"Well at least she fixed her speech a little." Weiss muttered
"Not an option, release the colonist now!" Elizabeth demanded with a threating tone
"No more will the Thorian listen to those that scurry, your lives are short but have gone on long enough!" Miss Green answered back as she pulled a rifle out, but Elizabeth threw a biotic push quicker and pushed her off the edge
"I was quicker, now come on we got kill this thing." Elizabeth said as she and the girls began making their way through the hall way to their right
As they began doing this Thorian Creepers began showing up and charging the group, thankfully none of them were going to be stopped. Elizabeth and the girls began shooting off left from right with the custom shot guns as they had the stopping power and compact size to move quickly, the group went further and further shooting down Thorian creeper one after another until the stumbled upon a room with an elevated pile of dirt and broken concert. What they saw in the room was a giant nerve like root sticking into the wall connecting to the Thorian
"What is that?" Blake asked as she and the others were trying to figure out what this was, until Yang of all people realized what it was
"I have a good idea on what it is." Yang said with a smirk as she fired a round at the root to see it exploded and hear a shriek of pain from what could be guess was from the Thorian "Ha I knew it!"
"Good guess hunny." Blake said next happily with kiss to check for Yang who just smirked more wildly
"Alright let's see if we can find more of these nodes then." Elizabeth suggested as they all began making their way higher up
Once they began moving upwards again as before the group ran into even more Thorian Creepers, but they were as yet again quickly taken out thanks to Elizabeth's custom shotguns. The higher they went up the more Thorian creepers they took down while stumbling on two more nods, which Yang to the liberty to shoot. Though they did have to deal with Miss Green coming back twice with even more aggressive tactics, each time though Elizabeth was the one to deal with the killing blow as the girls couldn't. Even if it was a clone, it was a life like clone unlike the Thorian creepers who already looked dead. As they all then made it to the highest point, they were now in for the hardest part of the battle as they saw a very large horde of Thorian Creepers and the Asari clone who looked very pissed
"We said you'd die but you insist on fighting, if you give up I'll make sure you die peacefully." Miss Green said with the determination to end their lives no matter the cost
"Sorry not going to happen lady, were freeing the colonist here and that's final." Ruby answered back
"Then you shall suffer." Miss Green answered back with a glare "KILL THEM ALL!" she yelled out as the horde of Thorian Creepers charged as the group began unloading their rounds
"DON'T LET THEM GET AN INCH!" Elizabeth yelled out as the Thorian Creepers we're coming in quicker than going down
"They're too many!" Ruby yelled out as she put away her shotgun quickly and pulled out her scythe then began slashing up the Thorian Creepers coming at her. Eventually Weiss, Blake and Yang did the same, pulling out their respective weapons while Elizabeth used her biotics. They slashed, shot, stabbed, biotic pushed and punched the Thorian Creepers until there were no more
"Well with that out of the way we ca-" Elizabeth began saying but to be interrupted as Miss Green used a enhanced biotic push herself on the group, making them moved an inch or two back on their feet
"Nice try but take this!" Yang yelled out as she ran up and swung at the clone, but Miss Green countered Yang and punched her in the stomach then threw her against the wall to her right. This was followed by Blake, Weiss, Ruby and Elizabeth charging at her, but like Yang Miss Green was able to counter them all and throw them back against the walls around her
"A foolish act you all tried, with each one of my deaths I'm cloned to be stronger each time." Miss Green explained a little smugly
"Hacks I call hacks!" Yang yelled out only to get biotic thrown against the wall behind her again
"Quiet, or you'll die first." Miss Green stated with annoyance as just for fun she began kicking Yang a little
"You bitch!" Blake yelled out and lunged at her opponent, but Miss Green punched Blake hard in the face making her fall on the ground in pain
"Ruby, can hear me?" Elizabeth whisper quickly
"Yeah I can mom, what do we do?" Ruby asked in a panic for her big sisters life along with Blake's life
"I have I plan dear, but I need help. Weiss can hear me also?" Elizabeth answered back as Yang was doing her hardest to stay strong from the abuse she was receiving, while Blake was being held by her left arm struggling to get free
"Yeah I can, what do you need?" Weiss replied back with the same worry for Yang and Blake
"Okay what I need you two is to start insulting her." Elizabeth explained much to Ruby and Weiss confusion
"That's it mom?" Ruby asked with a raised eyebrow
"Yep but Ruby can you hand me Crescent Rose?" Elizabeth replied back as Ruby just nodded and handed Elizabeth Crescent Rose who hid it behind her back "Thanks Ruby, now do mom a favor and get the plan going with your girlfriend."
"Right, Weiss you ready?" Ruby said a Weiss nodded as they turned their attention over to Yang who was still getting kicked while Blake was now being held down on her back from Miss Green's other foot
"Hey Greenie why don't you try that with us!" Weiss yelled out getting Miss Green's attention as she stopped kicking Yang and took her foot off of Blake's back
"Yeah try that with us meanie!" Ruby yelled out next as she threw a rock at Miss Green's head which was a direct hit
"You little brat!" Miss Green yelled in anger throwing a biotic push at Ruby who hit her back hard against the wall behind her hard
"You son of a-" Weiss was yelling out but got the same as Ruby did
"You two keep quiet, I was having fun but now I'm infuriated. Just for that little stunt you both pulled, I'll kill your elder first." Miss Green said disturbingly happy until she heard Elizabeth begin to laugh a little "What's so funny, you should be begging for your life?"
"You want to know what's funny, come closer then and I'll tell ya." Elizabeth replied back as Miss Green was hesitant to do so until she deiced to why the hell not as the woman was going to die anyways
"Fine tell me before I take joy in killing you." Miss Green said as she walked up to Elizabeth, but only to be grabbed by Elizabeth and have crescent Rose shoved in it's gun mode in the Asari's face
"You're going to die right now." Elizabeth whispered as she fired Ruby's weapon and within seconds Miss Greens head was gone with purple blood beginning to squirt out until the body fell limp on the ground
"Is it over?" Yang asked as she got up back up and help Blake back up after
"I think it is Yang." Blake replied back as she and Yang began making their way over to Ruby, Weiss and Elizabeth who were helping one another back up "Glad to see you all are okay."
"Thanks Blake." Elizabeth said happily as she looked at Yang with a worried look "Sweetie are you okay?" she asked examine Yang over with her right hand
"Yeah mom I'm fine, but I got to say nice idea you had…even if it was a bit graphic." Yang replied back as she and the others looked over to the dead Asari body
"I know, I'm sorry you girls had to see that." Elizabeth said back with a regretful frown
"It's okay Elizabeth it was her or us." Blake repaid back with an understanding smile
"Yeah Blake's right mom." Ruby added in happily
"I hate to ruin this relaxing moment but we need to take care of the last nod if we want to end this nightmarish monster." Weiss suggested as she and the girls made their way over to it
"So who wants to do the hon-" Elizabeth said but was cut off as Yang shot five rounds from her gauntlets, destroying the last node as they looked over to the edge to see the Thorian fall to its death
"So you wanted to do the honors huh?" Ruby asked giggling a little
"Oh yeah I was the one to take out the other nodes and because it was payback for making its Asari clone kick me repeatedly." Yang answered happily, but then they heard a noise and turned around to see a sack opening up letting out Miss Green. Except it wasn't her as this version of Miss Green was well blue
'I'm…. oh goddess I'm free!" The blue Asari yelled out in joy and relief
"Okay this is getting weirder now." Ruby said with a bewildered look as she and the rest were feeling better now thanks to their Aura's healing them up, while Elizabeth had injected herself with some Medi-Gel
"I…I suppose I should thank you for releasing me." The Asari said next with a shy tone
"Are you alright miss anything hurt?" Elizabeth asked with slight caution of the Asari
"I'm fine or will be in time, my name is Shala and I ser…I served Matriarch Benzia. When she allied herself with Saren." The Asari Shala answer back as she was still waking up for however long she was in that pod for
"Why though, why did Benzia even ally herself with Saren?" Weiss asked bring up a very important question
"Because Benzia had foreseen the influence Saren would have, she joined him to guide the old Turian down a gentler path. Sadly Saren is a compelling man and Benzia lost her way a while after." Shala explained much to the others worries
"Wait are you saying he can control minds?" Elizabeth asked in disbelief
"Oh great…" Team RWBY muttered with deadpanned expressions
"Yes Benzia underestimate Saren as I did as also, we came to believe in his cause and his goals. The strength of his influence is troubling to say the least." Shala answered with a shameful tone
"But aren't Asari supposed to be like one of the most powerful beings in the Galaxy because if so then how did Saren get one to follow him so zealously?" Yang asked as Elizabeth and the girls looked at her in slight surprise "What Liara told me some of this stuff when we were having breakfast in the Normandy one morning."
"Well to answer your question miss it's all because of the vessel Saren has, an enormous warship unlike any other which he calls Sovereign. I can't explained how bu this…this ship can dominate the minds of his followers. They all become indoctrinated to Sarens will as the process itself is all but subtle. It can be days to weeks, to even months but in the end it's absolute." Shala explained as the group became very troubled by this as Shala continued "I was a willing slave when Saren brought me to this world as he needed my biotics to communicate with the Thorian, so that he can learn its secrets."
"But why were in a pod then?" Blake asked with curiosity
"I was getting to that, the reason was because Saren offered me as a sacrifice to secure and alliance between him and the Thorian." Shala explained
"And here I thought I couldn't hate the Turian anymore than I did, I can't believe he would do that to one of his own followers." Weiss stated with a disgusted look on her face
"As he was with the Thorian, once he got what he needed he order the Geth to wipe out all traces of it's existence. Saren knows everything about what and your friends are doing as he wanted to get rid of the Thorian so that you wouldn't get the cipher." Shala said
"One what's the cipher and two why did Saren want it?" Ruby asked
"The cipher is need to complete the vison that the Commander here received when she activated the beacon on Eden Prim. But that vison was unclear and confusing, that because it wasn't meant for Prothean minds. To truly comprehend the vision you must think like a Prothean, you must know of their culture, history and everything else about their very existence." Shala explained and was going to continue before the Blake cut her off
"Which must me why Saren wanted to find the Thorian, so that he could receive the Cipher." Blake said proud of her realization
"And the Cipher itself must be something that allows people here to do just that." Yang said next also very proud of coming to that conclusion
"Which means the Thorian must have been around the time of the Prothean's or even older than that." Weiss added in happily
"Totally, but if I'm a guessing girl the Cipher isn't a physical tool but tool of the mind. Which is why Shala here was needed because Asari's are known for their ability to touch one's mind." Ruby added in last with a wide grin "Did we get all right Shala?"
"Why yes, yes you did. You four are smarter than you look no offence meant of course." Shala replied with a surprised look on her face
"None taken." Team RWBY kindly replied back
"So basically the Thorian taught Saren to think like a Prothean and I'm also guessing that you'll need to do that mind melding ability on me if we want the cipher." Elizabeth said as Shala nodded
"Correct, when I was infused with the Thorian out identities merge and intertwined. Such knowledge is not taught but simply exists" Shala said as she got right up into Elizabeth face with a blank expression
"Wh-what are you doing?" Elizabeth asked a little nervous having someone this close to her face –"Thank god Tali isn't here, I think she'd kill me and Shala right now."-
"Do not worry, try and relax, slow deep breaths and let go of your physical shell. Reach out to grasp the threads that bind us one to another." Shala answered back as Elizabeth did just that and suddenly became quiet relaxed "Every action sends ripples across the galaxy, every idea must touch another mind to live. Each emotion must mark another spirt."
"This is getting weird." Ruby muttered as Weiss, Blake and Yang couldn't help but nod in agreement as they watch Shala continued
"We are all connected as every living being is untied in a single glorious existence. Open your mind to the universe…" Shala said as Elizabeth was now in a trance staring into Shala's eyes as she lifted her head up and closed her eyes "Now then embrace entirety!" she shouted as her eyes went black and Elizabeth's world went dark
-The Vison-
Elizabeth body was still but she could see it, she saw the vison that started it all and it was clear as before from the blood to the death the haunted this vision. Then suddenly a new snippet of the vison came to her, it showed a bright orange sun then it zoomed out passing one planet to the left. Then finally it reached a centered planet eclipsing the sun. With that finally the Vison zoomed into the planet showing the large squid like ship she and the others had seen leave Eden Prime, with that the vison was gone. Now it should have been done with that, but then she began hearing voices
"Keep shooting damnit!"
"Oh god why is the happening!"
"I'm doing this to help don't you see?!"
"DIE, DIE, DIE YOU MONSTERS!"
The voices became that of a few to millions, guns could be heard, death could be heard and Elizabeth felt as if her head was going too exploded. Just then it stopped an a terrifying figure came into view
"WhY dO yoU prESIst YOu DamN anNOYancE!" The figure yelled out as it was a large behemoth of a man made of bright orange and yellow fire, said fire man grabbed Elizabeth in his left hand bringing her up a foot away from his face
"Who….who are you?" Elizabeth asked a little nervously
"NO ImPortANCE tO yOU, I haVE tRIeD tO wARn thAT mORoniC yOUnger ChILD OF yOUrs. I WouLD HaVe GONe tO yOur EldeST buT I dECIDed tO GO wITH yOU TheIr MOtheR!" The fire man answered in rage
"What do mean, what are taking about and why where you trying to threaten my girls. Tell me damn you!" Elizabeth asked demanding to know what this thing was talking about
"YoU'll fiNd oUt SooN eNOuGH anD I wILl gET riD oF yOU AnNoYances ThEN!" The fire man explained as finally woke up
-Reality-
"Oh goddess what was that?" Shala said in shock as Elizabeth shook her head coming out of her daze of what she saw
"Mom what happened are you okay?" Ruby asked as she tried to make sure Elizabeth wasn't going to fall
"What did you do to our mom!?" Yang yelled out in anger as she was about to lunge at Shala but was stopped as Elizabeth placed her hand on her shoulder
"Yang…ugh Yang no don't she didn't do anything okay." Elizabeth said with a weak smile as she was feeling better now
"For real though what happened?" Weiss asked with concern
"Yeah you just began clutching you head in pain." Blake added in with a frown
"A lot but I'm fine I promise." Elizabeth answered back with a reassuring smile
"I do apologize for the pain you suffered, there was no other way. But you have the Cipher now as in time it will help you understand your vison clearly." Shala explained with a sympathetic tone
"Thank for this but may I ask a few questions?" Elizabeth asked rubbing her forehead a little
"I don't mind, ask away." Shala answered back
"Well do you know anything about the conduit, is there anything else you could tell me about the Thorian, what do you know about Saren and lastly who are exactly anyway?" Elizabeth asked bring up a lot of good questions
"Frist off no I'm sorry but all I know is that Saren truly believes the conduit was the Key to the Prothean's extinction." Shala answered
"Oh joy, sounds like we have an even bigger problem than we originally believed." Blake stated with an angered frown, though Yang hugged her helping clam the girls anger down quickly
"It is miss cat ears, but secondly even though the Thorian and I were one for a while I still never learned anything about it. It was so alien, so ancient and its exact age is impossible to guess as time for it is measures defiantly. Ten thousand years of hibernation broken by a few frantic centuries of activity, its mind was beautiful and an experience that never can be truly described. Now it's gone." Shala explained with a sadden tone
"Hold on do you actually feel bad for that, that monster. The same monster that was keeping locked up in a pod?" Ruby asked in disbelief
"The Thorian was a unique lifeform, a sentient being that lived for 50,000 year or even more like I said before. Nothing else is even remotely like it in this galaxy and don't think I'm not grateful for your rescue, but I cannot help but feel some sorrow for the loss of such a rare creature." Shala answered once more
"You crazy you know that." Weiss stated as Yang and Blake elbowed her sides "Ow, what I'm being honest?"
"Time and place Weiss, time and place." Yang said back feeling good being the one to do the scolding for once
"You opinion is noted, still thirdly I can't tell you much that you don't already know. He's powerful, charismatic and especially dangerous. Once I followed him blinded to his true nature, but I see now he is leading the galaxy into an age of darkness and suffering." Shala said with a guilty tone
"Okay I take it back, you're not as crazy as I stated before." Weiss replied back
"Noted again, but lastly there nothing really remarkable about me as I was just merely one of Matriarchs Benzia's disciples. For nearly two centuries I followed her learning at her feet. When Benzia revealed her plan to join Saren she gave her disciples a choice to leave or stay. Many thought her plan was dangerous." Shala continued explaining as she sighed "But I believed in her and I thought she could turn Saren away from his insanity, instead we ended up joining."
"Thanks for informing us then, but now that you're free what are planning on doing?" Elizabeth replied back as Shala thought it over for a few seconds
"If you allowed it I would like to stay here with the colonist, they have suffered greatly and I have played a role in their suffering. I would like to make amends with them." Shala explained
"That sounds like a good idea. The colony will need all the help they can get, right ladies?" Elizabeth asked
"I think that would be a good idea." Yang happily answered
"Same here, and hey maybe you'll make a new home here eventually." Ruby answered next with a wide smile
"Agreed." Blake stated
"Basically we're saying go for it, you can come back up with is if you'd like to." Weiss said lastly
"Well you heard the ladies, come on let's see how the colonist are doing now." Elizabeth added in kindly as she, the girls and Shala made their way back up…
-Two minutes later-
"And we finally have made it up here, jeez didn't expect the stairs to take longer to climb up." Yang said taking a breather
"It wasn't that hard Yang." Ruby replied back with amusement as she, the girls, Elizabeth and Shala finally made it out back to the surface
"Easy for you to say little sis, you're used to having to keep your breath with that semblance of yours." Yang repaid back also with an amused smirk, but then she noticed Julianna and Lizbeth walking up to them
"Oh thank god your alive, we got worried you may have not made it." Lizbeth said first with a relived tone
"Well we did, though with the whole Thorian thing done and over with what's going to happen to the colony?" Ruby replied back kindly but also worried about what was to become of Zhu's hope and the colonist who lived here
"That's thing I talked to Jeong about it and he said we're going to enough money to keep this place running." Juliana answered with an overjoyed tone as she gave the girls and Elizabeth a quick hug "Sorry about that, but for real it's all thanks to you five that we've got our home back. Just remembered if you ever come back you and your friends will always be welcomed."
"We will, but you ladies don't mind adding someone to your little makeshift family?" Yang asked kindly as Shala walked up to Julianna and Lizbeth shyly
"I'm Shala….I'll do my best to contribute if you allow me to stay that is." Shala said with guilt in her tone, though she got reassurance as Lizbeth placed her hand on Shala's right shoulder
"Don't worry Shala me, my mom and everyone else here will welcome you. All the help is welcomed." Lizbeth replied back as she and Julianna lead her over to a few of the other workers
"I feel good right now, how about you girls?" Weiss stated happily from their accomplishment in saving this colony
"We all feel the same way my snow angel." Ruby replied wrapping her right arm around Weiss shoulders and kissed her on the lips lovingly
"Totally." Blake and Yang answered as Yang copied what Ruby did and did the same with Blake as they kissing a little more wildly
"Save the kissing for a more private time ladies, come on let's get back to the Normandy." Elizabeth said amused as she and the girls began making their way back to the Normandy for a well deserved rest
-Normandy storage bay-one hour later-
"I feel better now, other than the fact my body is sore beyond belief." Yang said as she and Blake were laying together on her sleeping bag
"Totally Yang, ugh I hope we can get some rest before going out again on another mission." Ruby replied back as she laid next to Weiss on her sleeping bag
"I hope that's the case to Ruby, I do to hope." Weiss answered back as she nuzzled her face against Ruby's neck closing her eyes to relax
"Still we need to get some of those side missions out of the ways to, they won't linger on forever to be finished." Blake said reminding the girls of that
"Right, man what should we do?" Ruby replied back as she sighed
"Well how about you let us handle those for you girls?" Jaune answered as his team, team CFVY and Penny came out from the elevator and walked up to team RWBY where they sat down on their own sleeping bags provided for them
"We couldn't burden you with that." Blake answered back with a concern tone
"Hey were capable of taking on the odds, besides we all got seniority over you so we really don't need your permission little ones." Coco joked back smirking
"Guess so then, but maybe we should all talk about this after we get some rest. Isn't that why you all came down here, other than wanting to be in our graceful presence?" Yang replied with a wide smirk
"That also another reason Yang, of course it is." Pyrrha answered with a snicker as the others nodded playing along with the banter
"We knew it all along ladies and gentlemen." Weiss said giggling as she and the rest of team RWBY sat up "Still I don't feel that tired just yet."
"I think we all feel that way Weiss, heck maybe we can play of game of charades." Jaune suggested
"You mean that game where we guess what the person is based on their body movement?" Yatsuhashi asked as Jaune nodded back
"Yes indeed, that sound good to the rest of you?" Jaune asked as the rest of his team, team CFVY, team RWBY and Penny though it over for a few seconds before coming to a decision
"Sounds good to us." they all answered back with a small smiles, though Penny just nodded
"Good but who's going first?" Jaune answered back as Nora too the reigns
"I will, I will!" Nora yelled out happily
"Alright Nora calm down, you can go first. But just try to make it easy enough for us okay?" Velvet said back as Nora smiled widely back at her
"Though if I may ask friends, but we all know the rules right?" Penny asked as the other nodded back "Good, then friend Nora procced."
"You got it Penny, now try and guess this out!" Nora answered back as she began moving her body around with the answer she already decided on and for the time being it was peaceful for them all
-Meanwhile with Ziara-
"And there we go, your right arm should be good as new now Ekail." Ziara said with a proud smile as she was in her pajamas, though covered in a bit of grease from her current project
"Thank you Ziara I didn't realize the wires in my right forearm had ripped. Though I never thought you were good with this sort of stuff." Ekail replied back kindly as he patted Ziara's left shoulder
"Hey no problem, anything to keep my best friend working in tip you condition. Besides its doing this or re-painting my finger nails and toe nails. But to be perfectly honest I'd pick this over the other stuff anytime." Zaria said as she hugged Ekail quickly, though Ekail knew that it was also because they still had a ways before they made it to their destination
"Well I appreciate the gesture then but I'd like to know where you found the time to learn how to fix complex wiring in the first place." Ekail replied back as he rubbed his newly fixed forearm
"I had to know, how else was I going to train him?" Ziara answered back with a small smile
"Train who Ziara?" Ekail asked now curious of who she was talking about
"Well I…I…." Ziara answered back as she began to remember another memory she had forgotten
-Ziara's Flashback, Vale outskirts- Year: Unknown-
Ziara was jumping through the trees of the forest, wanting to find some peace and quiet for the day before she reported back to her master Sovereign on the progress of the planet itself to asset if was to be a threat to him in the future. But as she went deeper and deeper into outskirts of Vale she heard a cry for help. Though she wanted to just pass by, she decided to check it out and once she landed on the ground where the cry for help came; she saw a small brown house that looked like it was broken into. Ziara decided to see what could have happen and as she entered the house she saw blood on almost every surface of the home
"What in the world happened here?" Ziara muttered to herself as she went deeper into the dark house and bumped into two people, both Faunas from their scent, though whatever kind of Faunus they were she couldn't tell as they heads had been beaten to a bloody pulp
Ziara was sad that this happened to from what she could guess was a mother and father which beg the question, where was the child. A grim thought for her as she at times had stumbled upon dead Faunus both old and young. Still she knew if there was a glimmer of hope she would see if the child was alive which in all the other case wasn't so, thankfully for her she could smell the blood of another Faunus leading deeper into the house. Ziara decided to follow the trial and within a few more feet into the home stumbled upon a cracked opened door, along with the cries of a small boy from how the tone of the voice sounded. Ziara entered to see a young Faunus boy wearing a blood stained brown hoodie, grey pants and black shoes surrounded by seven corpses of human men. This was much to Ziara's disgusted of having to see the dead human swine's in the first place, but she had bigger concerns as she walked up behind the crying blood stained boy and knelt down
"Are you okay little one?" Ziara asked in a kind tone as the boy sniffled a little more before looking up at her eye to eye, though his hoodie was slightly big for him so the hood covered most of his face other the mouth and chin
"N-no I'm n-n-not, they killed mommy and daddy…" The boy replied back as he began crying again, Ziara then picked him up and held him close to her body. The boy in a childlike instinct wrapped his arms around Ziara's neck though she didn't mind as she cared more about soothing this child's pain from losing his parent to those disgusting humans
"I so sorry child that this happened to you, but did you kill those men?" Zaria replied back as she loosened her grip so the boy could look her in the eye
"I was scared, they were….they were going to cut me up, I don't know why but I ended up biting their throats out in fear for my life and anger I guess to." The boy answered back as Ziara noticed the blood around the boy's mouth, then a crazy idea came to her mind
"I see, can I ask but how old are you and do you hate humans?" Ziara asked kindly
"I'm seven years old, and I didn't before but after what just happened to mommy and daddy….yes I hate humans." The boy answered back as Ziara smiled from hearing a tone in his voice, the same tone as she had as it was a tone of pure hatred
"That so, well then child would you like to be my apprentice then?" Ziara asked to boy's surprise
"Re-really?" The boy asked as Ziara nodded, the boy then though it over but quickly came to his decision "I will, can you teach me how to…how to kill more of those dirty humans?"
"Yes I can child and when the time comes, we'll kill all of them like the filth they are. But can I ask, what is your name child?" Ziara replied back as she was happy to have found someone else that share her equal hated of humans
"Oh right well my name is…." The boy answered back as he pulled his hood back to reveal his pale skin, blue eyes, red short hair and two black bull horns "Adam Taurus."
"Hm well Adam Taurus I think you and me are going to change this world, making it better for Faunus everywhere while we slaughter the humans at the same time." Ziara said joyfully as she knew she had just found her heir, the heir to her cause of killing all the humans if anything was to happen to her. She was for once in her adult life feeling happy once more
-End of flashback-
"Ziara are you okay?" Ekail asked snapping his fingers which worked as Zaria snapped out of her trance
"What….Ekail what's the manner?" Ziara replied back as she was still dazed by her newly recovered memory
"You were in a trance for a good minuet or two, are you alright?" Ekail answered concerned for Ziara's health
"I am Ekail, I have to go take a shower now and clean this grease off okay." Zaria said with a small smile
"Alright then, but after that try and get some lunch. You need to keep your strength up." Ekail stated as Ziara just nodded and made her way out into the ships hallways leading to the showers. Minutes later she entered the shower and let the water pour down her body, though her minds still lingered on her two memories she had recovered. The one with her little brother and the other with the boy Adam
"Why couldn't I remember them before?" Ziara muttered to herself as she was concern how many more memories would come, still she decided to think on it later "No matter, right now all I should be thinking is the defense plans once the ship reaches our destination. Later though I'll sort out these memories coming to me."
With that Ziara took the opportunity to enjoy the shower for now as she knew after this, they would come, Elizabeth Shepard, her crew, the Remnant group and lastly but most importantly her two preys. She knew once Kianna arrived as well she and her would kill them all but leave her preys last so she could in a way could get closer to her Kianna, her ever so beautiful Kianna…..
So how did you like this chapter, hope it was worth the wait because then next chapters will be having teams CFVY and JNPR doing the side missions for team RWBY so they can recover. Since that will be happing the girls of team RWBY will be having quality time to spend with each other. Along with mother and daughter quality time with Elizabeth, Ruby and Yang. Now there are some question that are probably popping up in your head but you'll just have to wait and see till the upcoming chapter. :D Any who if you want P.M me or leave a review do so as I always appreciate the feedback and thoughts of my readers. Until the next chapter I wish you all a wonderful day or night! :D