Chapter 33
AN: Here is the second part of the original thirty-seven thousand word long chapter, hope that you enjoy it!
"Homefront, this is scout unit Nevermore six, returning to base for rearming and refueling. Do you copy, over?" Hannes said, using a more gravely like voice to try and hide who he really was. The rest of the teens looked at Hannes with faces of mixed worry and nervousness.
"Nevermore six, this is Homefront. We copy you. You are not scheduled to return for another hour. " The radio said. Everyone in the chopper looked towards Hannes with worry, who calmly waved his hand.
"I got this." He said with confidence. He pressed the radio button down once more. "We happened up some Grimm that gave us some trouble and our weapons are almost depleted. We are returning for the day for repairs." Hannes said.
"Why didn´t you report this?" Homefront asked.
"I couldn´t reach you, interference from the mountains. We fought the Grimm at the mountains in in sector 4, it blocked out my transmission." Hannes said.
"Yeah, I know how it can be. We lost you for a second there, before you popped up once more. I had hoped that we wouldn´t have to deal with this after the long range trackers were in place, but I guess that is too much to hope for." Homefront said.
"Tell me about it." Hannes played along.
"Alright, just need your access code and you can continue on towards the airfield." Homefront said.
"Of course, my access code is…" Hannes looked down on his phone. "…Bravo Delta Foxtro 2." Hannes said. There were a moment of silence from Homefront, making the students nervous.
"Code checks out. You are clear to land at helipad six near hangar four and five. Welcome home Nevermore six, Sieg Heil!" Homefront said.
"Sieg Heil." Hannes said as he shut the link of.
"Nazi fuck." Hannes said quietly with venom in his voice. None of the student knew what he meant with that.
"Do you have to swear all the time?" Weiss said, growing annoyed by Hannes constant swearing. Even Ruby was getting a little annoyed, since she also didn´t like Hannes bad language. Hannes ignored the heiress. A hole opened up in the shield and the gunship flew through, before the shield closed behind them. The gunship flew over the base towards the airfield, passing over snow free buildings and hangars. They approached the helipad as the gunship started to descend.
"Al right, baklavas and helmets on, its show time." Hannes ordered. The students did as they were told, as Hannes directed the helicopter towards helipad six. Jaune and Pyrrha pulled their baklavas over their heads, before putting their ballistic helmets on.
"So, how do I look?" Jaune joked. Pyrrha looked at him and even though he was now almost completely covered from head to toe in military gear, his eyes was still uncovered. His honest, beautiful eyes. Pyrrha looked away, thankful that her own baklava hid her blush. Jaune raised one eyebrow in confusion. Hannes had looked back and had observed the whole ordeal. He looked back forth and sighed.
"After this, I need to have a talk with that thick headed idiot about girls giving out obvious signals." Hannes said quietly to himself. Ren and Coco as well put on their disguises without that much problem. Coco picked out a small pocket mirror and looked herself.
"Not really my style, but I do like the shirt." The fashionista said to herself. Weiss and Ruby looked at the others and then towards the weapons case, both knowing what was coming next. Both girls blushed at the thought once more.
"Alright, it's your turn now Weiss and Ruby. Get in the case." He ordered. Both smaller frame girls looked at the case with a hint of worry.
"Do we have to?" Weiss whined, not really that comfortable about it all. Ruby however started to grow comfortable about the idea of being locked up in a small case with Weiss. She shook her head once more, Yang had really gotten to her.
"Stop complaining and get in the case." Hannes said, getting irritated.
"It looks too small for the two of us." Weiss complained.
"Not if you two get close to each other." Hannes argued.
"I want my own uniform."
"And I want an unraw quarter pounder with extra cheese right now, but we all can´t get what we want now can we. Now get in the freaking case." Hannes said.
"You know, if one didn´t know what we were about to do, this discussion could really be misinterpreted." Jaune commented. Hannes glared at Jaune.
"You, shut up." He said to the blonde and then turned towards the heiress and her partner. "You two, get in the freaking case. We are about to land." He said for the last time. The two girls looked once more at each other uncertain, before relenting. They got up from their seat and made their way towards the gun case. Coco and Ren had placed the case in front of them and held it open for them. The padding inside had been removed to create as much room as possible for them. Ruby was the one who climbed in first, placing her foot into the case, before stepping in fully. She laid down on her side and scurried to the side of the case to create as much room as possible. Weiss looked down on her prone partner for a moment, before sighing. She climbed in as well and laid down in front of Ruby. Their faces were inches apart, and Weiss looked away with a frown and a blush, while Ruby simply looked away with a blush. Ren closed the case over them and hooked it.
"Case secured." He said.
"Good, ´casue we are landing now." The moment Hannes said that, they felt the chopper landing on solid ground and the engine shut off. Hannes leaned back in his seat and sighed.
"Time to face the music." He said. He opened the cockpit door and stepped out, Blake did the same. The others opened the side door and jumped out. Jaune and Pyrrha carried the case that held their weapons while Ren and Coco carried the case that held the two huntresses. Coco accidently bumped the case into the helicopter, earning a squeak from the case.
"Hey, watch it." Weiss muffled voice could be heard.
"Sorry." Coco said. She looked towards Hannes. "Will they be okay in there?" She asked.
"Don´t worry, I made some air holes for them." Hannes said with a smirk. He then looked down around the base. Next to their helipad, stood more Hind helicopter and while it was in the middle of the night, the base was still in full swing. Soldiers wearing the same uniforms as they marched around, carrying assault rifles in their hands. Armored cars stood on patrol at every corner. Supply trucks drove back and forth. Searchlight illuminated the area from watch towers and alike, with snipers standing at the ready, holding large sniper rifles in their hands. Hannes eyes widen with recognition at the rifles.
"No way, they actually finished production." Hannes said. Pyrrha walked up to him.
"What do you mean?" She asked. Hannes nodded his head towards the sniper.
"That rifle he is holding is a Rorsh Mk 1. I only saw the prototypes ten years ago when we last raided one of their bases." Hannes said. Pyrrha looked at him.
"Is that bad?" She asked.
"Well, it is a railgun sniper rifle capable of firing projectiles up to four times the speed of sound, piercing the armor of most things up to five kilometers away with pinpoint accuracy and it is so light that a regular trooper can use it. I call that bad." Hannes said concerned. Pyrrha looked concerned as well, as she looked towards the sniper in the tower. It carried a similar outfit as the soldiers, but instead of a helmet, it wore some sort of hoody over its head and had less bulky armor compared to the other troopers. The rifle in his hands could only be described as massive. A long, thick barrel with magnetizers in front and a large stock in the back with a high tech scope on top.
"One can wonder what other prototypes they have managed to complete while they have been here." Hannes said. He then looked to the side and his eyes widen once more. "Oh shit, all of you. Get into position and character now!" Hannes hissed and snapped his boots together. They others looked confused for a second, before they looked towards where Hannes had looked. They saw two vehicles heading towards them. The vehicles had a sort of sharp shaped appearance, with a tilted backside from their roof. The one in the front was unarmed, but the other sported a large machine gun on top, manned by a soldier. The top was also surrounded by extra armor to protect the gunner. The jeeps stopped and three people stepped out of the unarmed vehicle. Two were regular soldiers, carrying assault rifles, but the one between them stood out. He wore a stylish black uniform with black leather boots on his feet. On his head, he wore a black cap with a skull and two bones crossed behind it. On his right arm, he had a red armband with the order insignia. They realized that this must have been an officer, so they snapped their feet´s together like Hannes did. Hannes then raised his right arm almost straight up in the air.
"Sieg Heil!" Hannes said, masking his voice once again. The officer stopped in front of Hannes and snapped his boot together and did the same as Hannes with his arm, however, a little more lazily.
"Sieg Heil." The officer said quietly. He then looked Hannes in the eyes. "I was sent to inspect Nevermore Six. Is that you?" He asked. Hannes nodded.
"Yes sir, we just arrived from our patrol for rearm and refuel. As you can see, we expended most of our weapons on some Grimm that bothered us." Hannes said, lower his arm and used it to motion towards the Hind. The officer looked lazily past Hannes towards the gunship, before looking back at Hannes.
"What kind of Grimm?" The officer than asked. Hannes eyes widen slightly, but this action was hidden by his visor still being pulled down.
"Huh, well, I didn´t really get a good look at them, since I was busy piloting the gunship, but my gunner did." Hannes said. The officer raised an eyebrow. He then looked at Blake.
"I guess that you are the gunner?" The officer asked. Blake stiffed a little, now when she was the center of attention. She gave a quick glance towards Hannes, who smiled sheepishly and mouthed "Sorry". Blake switched her attention back towards the officer.
"Yes sir, the Grimm we faced were spikers. They gave chase and as my pilot said, he was to busy avoiding their strikes while I fired at them." She said, trying to sound as authoritarian as possible. The officer stood there, his arms behind his back and still having an eyebrow raised. He then turned towards the others.
"Sergeant, is this true?" He asked. They noticed that he was now looking towards Jaune. Jaune looked around confused for a second, before realizing that he had to answer quickly. The blonde teen slowly lowered the case he was helping carrying and stood at attention, trying his hardest to think of a good answer.
"Huh…Yes sir. We were taken by surprise when they attacked, but we fenced them of once we got organized." Jaune said in a sort of squeaky voice. The officer continued to stare at Jaune with a raised eyebrow, said teen started to sweat nervously underneath his mask. Jaune then slowly raised his hand "Seg hoil" He added nervously in a failed attempt to mimic their words. Hannes had never wanted to strangle a teen more than right now. The officer stood there silent for a moment, making all of the soon to be rescuers nervous that their mission had failed already. Hannes slowly moved his hand to his back, intending to grasp one of his Colts. He grabbed the handle and quietly pulled back the hammer on the pistol. The officer continued to stand there in silence, eying them all. Suddenly, they all could hear the officer's radio talking. The officer put a hand towards his ear and listened. The officer continued to stand there in silence, nodding ever once in a while. When the conversation ended, the officer sighed and looked back towards them.
"Blasted Grimm. They have been a nuisance ever since we built the base here. I see to it that the chopper gets repaired and rearmed. The rest of you, as soon as you have brought those weapons back to the armory, go take a rest, you all seem a little bit tense." The officer said. Hannes gave a silent sigh of relief. Hannes let go of his pistol.
"Will do sir, Sieg Heil!" Hannes said, repeating the same gesture with his hand. The officer repeated his gesture.
"Sieg Heil." The officer said, before turning around and walked away with his bodyguards. Hannes watched them leave, before turning around towards the others.
"It would seem that the disguises work." Hannes said. He then turned towards Jaune. "What the hell was that Jaune?!" Hannes hissed. "A soldier don´t squeak."
"I didn´t know that I had a sergeant uniform! I didn´t even know that I was supposed to say anything!" Jaune explained. Hannes simply rolled his eyes.
"Whatever, let's find the main building and get underground." Hannes said.
"Underground?" Pyrrha asked.
"What, did you think that this was all to it. This base is probably ten times bigger than what you see. The Order have no doubt a huge network of tunnels underneath us, where they have their storage and their main facilities." Hannes said. "Let´s go." Hannes ordered. The teens obeyed, as the group made their way through the base. The walked out of the airfield through its gates, passing two large armored vehicles standing there. The guards at the gate eyed them through their dark tinted goggles, making the teens nervous again.
They walked pass the train station, where the huge train stood. They saw that a large crane lifting a large tank into the air, before directing it towards an empty spot on the train and slowly descended it down towards the train car. Soldier on the train started to strap the tank into place. The tank that was strapped into place looked square in appearance, with its turret almost as big as the body of the tank. Its cannon looked also small in comparison, looking to be a little short. Still, the tank looked robust and not like something you want to face head on. There were also other tanks strapped on to the train with different, smaller appearance. The only way they could describe the other tank was that it had a small body and a round turret, littered with small triangle shaped extra armor around it. In front of the turret sat was looked like a pair of large eyes, giving the tank even more of a menacing appearance. A large machinegun sat close to one of the hatches on top of the turret. The thing that caught their attention the most was the large cannon on the turret. This one was even bigger than on the first tank and longer. Cannons were a rare sight on remnant ever since the invention of laser weaponry. The largest cannon barrel ever built had only been around 75mm and had been used during the Great War, but this looked far beyond it. It looked like it could put a hole through a Death Stalker and keep going. They sure hoped that they wouldn´t have the misfortune to rile its wrath.
On the train car next to it, their eyes widen even further when they saw what was being covered by a tarp. Under the tarp, they could see giant metal feet and equal massive metal hands bent down towards the feet. They all guessed what was being stored underneath there and really hoped that they wouldn´t get caught. They were all glad that they had chosen a stealthy approach, but now they were in the middle of the lion's den, and the lions all looked hungry and dangerous.
"Stay sharp, this disguise won't work forever, so we need to find the underground fast.
"And then what?" Jaune asked.
"We find our friends, find out what the Order is doing and get the hell out of here!" Hannes said.
"Once again, you are simplifying things!" Jaune hissed.
"Alright. Here is a more detailed version." Hannes said irritated. "Ren and Coco, you two, along with Ruby and Weiss, will find out where they are holding Yang, Nora and Velvet, most likely in the prison block area. Find a way to get them out, most likely with a keycard or something and free them. Blake, you will use your stealth skills to locate were they are holding Viktor and then report back to me. I´ll get him out. Pyrrha and Jaune, You will come with me to the command center." Hannes said.
"Why the command center?" Pyrrha asked.
"So we can find out what the hell the Order are doing on Remnant and shut down their defenses. I want to know what they know and also find out how they have been able to become so strong once again. We also need to shut down that shield and their anti-air batteries, or else we won´t be getting out of here in one piece. Is that clear to everyone?!" Hannes hissed. They were all fine with that plan. "Good, now let's get going." Hannes said.
"Hold it."
"Fan också" Hannes thought and turned around and saw four soldiers walking up towards them. "Can I help you four?" Hannes asked, once again on the edge. The four soldiers stopped in front of the group.
"We are from the armory and has been sent to retrieve the weapons you had with you out on patrol." The lead soldier said and what he recognized as a southern accent. Hannes sent a quick glance towards the two weapons cases that Pyrrha, Jaune, Coco and Ren was still carrying, containing their weapons and their two friends. Hannes looked back towards the soldier with an emotionless face.
"That won´t be necessary. We can bring them there ourselves." Hannes said. The soldiers walked passed him
"Orders are orders sir. Now move out of the way, we got a job to do." The soldiers stopped in front of the teens in disguise. "We´ll take those cases now fellas." The lead soldier ordered. The teens looked at each other in worry, then around their surroundings, seeing some of the guard posts was now eyeing them. Hannes nodded to them as subtly as he could to tell them to hand over the cases.
"He-here you go." Jaune said nervously, while he and Pyrrha slowly handed the case over to two of the soldiers. The two other soldiers took the other case from Ren and Coco, grunting a little in the process.
"Man, this thing is heavy. What´s in it?" The soldier asked in an annoying voice that indicated that the man would rather sleep than work. The teens and Hannes tensed up.
"Probably just some Javelin Missiles, those things weight a lot. We´ll check it later as soon as we get back to the armory." The other soldiers said with a more sophisticated voice. They started to carry the cases away, as Hannes waved at them with a fake smile.
"Thanks for the help." He said, his smile faltering. He then pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. "Just what we needed." He said, turning towards the others. "Okay, change in plan. Blake, rescue the others before those soldiers find out that those cases harbors more than just weapons. Do you think that you can do that?" Hannes told Blake.
"Why do I have to go alone?" She argued.
"Because you are the stealthiest of us and it would look suspicious if we all followed them and Ren is needed to rescue the others." Hannes answered. Blake looked towards the soldiers who was walking away with their friends. She turned back towards Hannes.
"What about Viktor?" She asked.
"Don´t worry, he´s tough. We save the squishies first, then Viktor." Hannes said.
"Please don´t refer our friends as squishies." Ren said. Hannes shrugged his shoulders.
"Fine, now get moving." Hannes ordered. The group split into three teams, with Blake going alone after the group of soldiers heading towards the armory. Hannes, Pyrrha and Jaune was heading towards the command center and Coco and Ren was now heading alone to find their captured comrades.
"Remember, stay in character. Just because you are wearing their colors, doesn't mean that the other soldier's won´t notice you acting strange." Hannes said through their comlink.
Blake followed the four soldiers into a large triangle shaped bunker with a stub top. The inside was a large open space with large crates and containers stacked together with trucks and jeeps parked neatly next to each other. Soldiers patrolled the area, both on the main floor and on catwalks above. Workers and engineers walked around, seeing over the vehicles and crates. Along the walls, large flags with the Order insignia hanged and even some flags hanged down directly from the roof above the main floor. They sure liked to decorate everything with that insignia. She made sure to stay hidden from any cameras that could spot her, her past having trained for things like this. She had some form of déjà vu as she moved pass crates and parked vehicles, sneaking pass patrolling soldiers and staying in the shadows. It reminded her of her time in the White Fang and how she had done similar things while sneaking into Atlesian military and Schnee dust Corp facilities. She ducked behind a crate, avoiding another soldier, who passed her without even looking towards where she was hiding.
She slipped out from the crate and moved over hide behind one of those armored jeeps. Two more walked passed her, these people looking more like engineers than soldiers. They had gray jumpsuits with the Order insignia on their chest and they carried tools in their hands. She allowed them to pass her before she continued. She made sure that the group of soldiers carrying her friends and their weapons were always in her sight. They walked towards an elevator, making her eyes go wide. The group of soldiers walked in and pressed a button, making the doors close before Blake could reach them. She stopped in front of the elevator doors, before jumping back into cover, just as a security camera looked her way. She would have to find another way to reach and save her friends.
Once it reached its floor, the elevator opened and the four soldiers walked out. The two in the front carried their case without a problem, while the two in the rear was starting to have some problems.
"Man, I´m taking back was I said earlier. This feels like a lot more than some Javelins." One soldier grunted.
"No kidding. This thing really starts to get heavy when you have carried it for a while. It feels like I´m carrying a person." The other said.
"A fat one." The first commented. Both chuckled at the comment.
"Hey!" A voice then said. The first soldier looked at the other.
"Did you say something?" He asked. The second soldier shook his head.
"I thought it was you who said something." He said. They looked forward. The two soldiers looked around in confusion before looking down towards the crate in suspicion.
"Hey, the two of you, pipe down and keep moving!" The sergeant in front barked. The two soldiers snapped their attention away from the crate and started to jog to catch up to the others.
"Yes sir, sorry sir." The first one said while the other groaned. The squad soon reached a large vault door. The sergeant used a keycard to open the door, the large door slowly sliding open. The squad walked in. The walls were lined with weapons ranging from assault rifles and SMGs. Crates of ammo sat here and there with rocket launchers and machine guns having been placed on racks on the walls. Shelves in the middle of the room had more assault rifles and guns having been stacked as well to make as much room as possible for all this firepower. There were even some heavy machineguns standing at the side. The sergeant and the other soldier walked to one side of the armory while the two others walked over to the table inside the room.
"Alright, let´s see what we have here." The first soldiers said, as the two lifted the case up to the table, putting it down roughly.
"Ow" The two soldiers froze, before looking at each other, their masks covering their faces, but it was clear that they looked at each other in surprise.
"Did you hear that?" The first one said while the other nodded. Both then looked at the crate. The other grabbed his assault rifle that hanged from his back and aimed it at the crate.
"Open it." The second one said. The first one nodded and grabbed his rifle as well and slowly reached for the crate. He unclipped the lock and reach of the handle to open it. He slowly open the crate…
…only to get a face full of rose pellets.
"What the…?" Was all he managed to say, before a strange white glyph formed in front of him and slammed him and his friend hard into the shelves behind them, making weapons drop to the floor from the shelves. The two soldiers slumped unconscious down on the ground, groaning slightly in pain. Ruby and Weiss leaped out of the case and onto the ground, their weapons at the ready. The two other soldiers came running from the other side of the armory to see what was going on, when they spotted the two teens.
"What in Sam hill?" The sergeant said surprised. That was all he managed to say, before Ruby rushed him and the other soldier and a cloud of rose pellets, moving faster than the two could see. The sergeant raised a shotgun while the other trooper raised his rifle, only for a large scythe blade to cut the weapons in half, rendering them useless. The two soldiers looked on in shock at their now destroyed weapons. Both of them then threw the weapons aside and reached for their pistols, until Ruby used the other side of her weapon to smash the two soldiers into the wall. The two soldiers smashed hard into the wall, making some machineguns on the stack next to them wall down. The two soldiers fell down unconscious as well. Ruby stood here in her battle stance, holding Crescent Rose close to her, breathing lightly, before turning towards Weiss, who lowered Myrtenaster.
"That could have gone better." Weiss said.
"Hey! At least none of them were able to contact what happened here." Ruby said. Weiss looked at the four unconscious troopers, before looking back at her leader.
"True, but we better hide these guys before anymore guards comes here." Weiss said, before she noticed that Ruby had suddenly lost full focus on her. Weiss looked at her team leader, who looked around with stars as eyes. Weiss raised an eyebrow and looked around as well. Both of them had now realized that they were in a large armory. Ruby then squealed in excitement an rushed one shelves, before blurring over to some large crates, before blurring over to some of the heavy machineguns.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh." Ruby repeated, rushing back and forth to have a look on all of the weapons. Weiss rolled her eyes over the small reaper´s weapon fixation.
"This is hardly the time to fixate over weapons you dolt! We need to get out of here before more guards arrive!" Weiss hissed. Ruby turned towards her, her arms held at least eight assault rifles of the model AK74M and hugged them closely to her chest. She looked at Weiss with puppy dog eyes.
"Can we not at least stay five more minutes?" She pleaded.
"No" Was all Weiss said. Ruby whimpered, before putting all of the rifles back where she took them. Weiss then walked over to the unconscious troopers. "Now help me with these guys." She said. Ruby walked over to her and together, they managed to lift up the troopers.
"Humph, where should we hide them?" Weiss grunted. Ruby managed to look around, before her eyes settled on something and she grinned.
"I have an idea." She said.
Five minutes later.
"Hey! Let us out!" One of the soldiers yelled while banging on the wall of the crate. All of the troopers had now waken up, only to find themselves stuck in a shipping crate. They were banging on the inside of the crate in an attempt to get out. Ruby and Weiss stood there smirking towards the large wooden crate. There were a single air hole on the side and a very angry eye looked through it.
"You little ladies are in a lot of trouble as soon as I get out of here. Both of you will feel the full wrath of southern justice…as soon as I get my shotgun back!" The sergeant yelled. The girls simply grabbed their weapons crate and turned around and walked towards the exit. "Don´t you dare leave us locked up in here dagnabbit!" The sergeant threatened. The girls continued and gave the sergeant one last smirk, before closing the vault door. The banging on the crate increased, as did the yelling.
"Hey come back!"
"Sarge were just kidding about hurting you!"
"Honest!" There were no answer. The crate stayed silent for a moment.
"I don´t think they are coming back." One soldier said.
"You don´t say dipshit." Another said sarcastically. There were another moment of silence.
"So…did anyone else think those outfits was fabulous?"
"Shut up donut." The three others said simultaneously
Ruby and Weiss walked through the hallway as silent as they could. Even though they had taken care of those four, there were still more of them around here. They closed in on a corner and slowly peaked around it, spotting two soldiers walking away from them. Both girls moved in the opposite direction of them and moved down the new hallway. More guards came walking around another corner and both girls disappeared in a cloud of rose pellets. The two soldiers stopped in surprise and looked at the rose pellets on the ground.
"What the…?" One said, bending down and picked one up. The other looked over his shoulder, just as confused. Neither noticing the two teens behind them, slowly making their way further down.
"Where are we going?" Weiss asked.
"We need to find a way to get to the others. Remember what Hannes said, we were going to go to the prison section with Ren and Coco. If we head there, we will probably find them." Ruby said.
"And where exactly is that?" Weiss asked. Ruby stopped.
"Uuuuh." She said, trying to find an answer. Weiss tapped her foot in irritation. She then looked to the side.
"Fortunately, these people are organized." She said and walked up to a map of the complex. They saw on it multiple levels marked with different icons and rooms, both in a strange language and in common. It was even labeled with a "You are here" marker.
"Alright, it seems like were are on level five in section seven." Weiss said.
"Where are the prison section?" Ruby asked. Weiss looked up and down, but couldn´t find it.
"It is not on here, perhaps it is in another section." Weiss said.
"Then how do we find it?" Ruby asked once more. Weiss scanned the map once more. She than pointed towards and area on it.
"First of, let's get out of here. There is an elevator just down the hall and then to the right that should be able to take us to the surface." Weiss said.
"To bad you won´t reach it." A voice said. Both girls tensed up as each felt a gun barrel press up against their heads.
"Drop your weapons." The voice ordered. The sound of their weapons echoed through the hallway. "Now raise your hands." The girls did as they were told. They slowly turned around and saw two more soldiers standing there with their guns aimed at them. The first one nodded towards its comrade, who nodded in return. The second one walked up to them and picked up their weapons from the ground before walking back to his friend. The first one then reached for his radio.
"Command, this is unit 43. We have something to report." The first one said.
"Unit 43, this is command, please report." The radio said back. Before the soldier could answer, something fast and black then hit both of them in the head. Both soldiers stood still for a moment, before tilting forward and then falling down on the floor.
"Unit 43, what is going on?" The radio said once more. Both girls looked on in shock at the two unconscious soldiers, before looking towards their savior. There stood Blake, still clad in her pilot uniform.
"We need to move now." Blake said. Ruby and Weiss nodded and the three of them sprinted towards the elevator as fast as they could.
"Unit 43, we are sending reinforcement to your position."
Coco and Ren continued on with their mission, as instructed by Hannes. The two of them was still topside, walking past a large garage bunker, filled with square looking APCs with sloped armor and a small turret on top. The troopers standing guard all had this strange looking exoskeleton and gasmasks covering their faces, giving them even more of an intimidating appearance.
"So, where do you think the prison complex is?" Coco asked the ninja in disguise. Ren looked towards Coco, not sure of it either. He then thought of something.
"I´m going to pull a Nora." He said emotionless. Coco raised an eyebrow underneath her baklava in confusion at what he meant, when Ren suddenly walked towards two engineers that was working on a jeep.
"Ren, what are you doing?" Coco asked the teen. Ren ignored her and stopped in front of the two engineers. The two men noticed his presence and looked up from the open hood of the jeep.
"Excuse me sirs, but me and my partner are lost, can you please direct us towards the prison complex?" Ren asked in his trademark emotionless voice. The two engineers turned away from the jeep towards him.
"Sure buddy. Just head up straight up from here…" The engineer said, pointing past some more hangars. "…and then take a right as soon as you have passed the motor pool. Enter the bunker labeled F-3 and take the elevator. The prison complex should be labeled in the elevator." The man said. Ren gave a small bow.
"Thank you, I am sorry for the inconvenience." Ren said. The engineer waved him off.
"Don´t sweat it kids. New recruits always have trouble learning the base layout. It took me five months before I had every place memorized." The engineer said. Ren nodded. Ren walked away back to Coco. Coco had placed her face in the palm of her hand.
"I can´t believe that you are so careless." She said. Ren smirked under his mask.
"Nora must be rubbing of on me." He said in an attempt for a joke. Coco glared at him, before the two of them walked off. They followed the instructions given to them by the engineer and soon found themselves in front of a building labeled F-3. It was a large bunker like the many other on the base, guarded by a pair of guards at each side of the entrance. They walked towards the entrance in sync, trying to match the marching of everyone else. They walked through the entrance, the guards following them slightly with their gaze. The inside had a large room, stored with large crates with unknown content. They made sure to look around as little as possible, to raise as little suspicion as possible. They however looked for an elevator.
"There." Coco motioned with her head. Ren looked towards their direction and saw indeed the traditional doors of an elevator. They walked up to them and pressed the button on the side. They held their rifles in their hands like all of the other soldiers, trying to act like them. Every now and then, they could feel the eyes of people looking at them, the teens silently hoping that they hadn´t been found out, until said persons looked away. The elevator then pinged, signaling that it had arrived. The doors opened.
"Out of the way!" A stern voice said. Ren and Coco had to scramble to the side as a large power suit walked out of the elevator. The power suit was at least eight feet in height and was donned with sloped armor across its chest, arms and legs. A small armored head sat on the top of the suit, where they could see the eyes of a human through its visor. The suit bore the Orders insignia on its shoulders. When it passed them, they could see that behind its right arm was a folded up Gatling gun with an even bigger caliber than Coco´s own weapon. There were also some strange thing on the suits left shoulder that seemed to be some sort of targeting unit. The suit clanked heavily on the ground as it made its way into the main hall. Four soldiers walked out of the elevator after the power suit.
"Don´t mind him. He´s just pissed that he just lost to an Über even with that suit of his." One soldier said before following the rest of the squad. Coco and Ren looked at each other.
"Über?" Coco asked while Ren shrugged his shoulders. Both walked into the elevator and Ren checked the floor map inside of it.
"I have found it." He said, pointing at a level that had the label "Prison Complex". He pressed the level button and the elevator started to descend. Both stood there silent in the elevator, when Coco then raised an eyebrow at Ren.
"So there is really nothing going on between you and Nora?" She asked. Ren mentally groaned and managed to not roll his eyes.
"Yes Ms. Adel. There is nothing going on between me and Nora." Ren said, managing to keep his emotionless voice. Coco smirked and leaned in towards him.
"Is that really it?" She asked smugly. Ren slowly turned his head towards her.
"What?" He asked.
"So you don´t want to snuggle close to her, hold her close and have your way with her?" She asked, still wearing her smirk. Ren now turned fully towards the fashionista and had to fight really hard to keep his trademark voice.
"Ms. Adel, you are now being worse than Yang." He said. Coco chuckled and leaned away from the ninja in disguise.
"It is one of my many charms." She said. The elevator then came to a stop and the doors opened. Both walked out, letting two other soldiers walk in as the doors closed behind them. The duo entered another hallway, lined with doors on the sides on the walls and more troopers patrolling. The duo made sure to fit in as good as possible, patrolling similarly as all the others.
"Alright, now we just have to find the prison." Coco whispered. She then glared at Ren. "And no asking this time, it will look suspicious. Just because it worked the first time, doesn't mean it will work again." She added. Ren nodded and helped to keep a look out for something that could give them direction towards the prison. However, this time there seemed to be a lack of signs. Both looked around slightly, trying their best to spot anything that could help them. The continued to walk down the hallway, the number of guards shrinking as they walked further down. Soon, when they turned a corner, they suddenly reached a hallway devoid of guards. They looked around in confusion, seeing as they were the only ones there. Both then found a map on the side wall. Coco walked up to it.
"Let´s see." She scanned the map. She then grinned. "There!" She pointed on the map. There it was, the prison complex. Ren saw it as well and couldn´t help but to give a little smile, almost unnoticeable, even for a trained eye. The mask however covered it up even further. They saw that they weren´t that far away from it. They just had to continue down the hall and turn left and walk to the door labeled F-3:64.
"Come on." Coco said, starting to jog.
"Ms. Adel, please calm down." Ren said. "You were the one who said that we shouldn´t raise suspicion." He added. Coco turned towards him.
"There is no one here but us." She said.
"They can still have cameras." Ren said. Coco gave a quick look over around the hall, not seeing any cameras, but he could still be right.
"Okay, but let's get there as quickly as we can." She said. Ren nodded and both started to march towards their destination, but there were a little more speed pace in their steps. They continued to walk down the still empty hallway towards their destination.
"Were are all of the guards? For being a prison complex, it is sure devoid of security." Coco said. Ren looked around as well, getting a bad feeling about this.
They soon reached the door with the designation they looked for.
"This is it." Coco whispered. Before she however could open the door, something fast, red and blurry struck her in the head, sending her down on the ground with a groan. Ren raised his weapon, only for something black to tackle him into the wall. He dropped his rifle, but reached for Stormflower hidden behind his back. He had taken the gun from the weapons case. He kept it hidden, thanks to its small form. He felt more comfortable handling his own weapons than when rescuing his friend. He aimed the pistol towards the head of his attacker, only for his eyes to widen when he saw who it was.
"Blake?" He asked. Blake and her friends had just attacked two guards outside of the prison complex, wanting to neutralize them before rescuing their friends. Ruby was going to take on the first and she was going to take out the other with Weiss as support if needed. Blake however, was shocked to see an all familiar weapon pointed at her. She let go of Ren, who rubbed around his throat were she had grabbed. He took of his mask and looked at the Faunus in disguise.
"Sorry Ren, we thought you were guards." She said. Ren simply gave her a small smile that told her that it was okay. Ruby looked towards Blake in shock at what she had just said, before looking towards the trooper on the ground with a sheep smile.
"Sorry Coco." She said. The fashionista pulled of her mask and helmet and smiled at Ruby. She then managed to get up from the ground. Even with she had that helmet on, that kick hurt.
"It´s okay. You got a mean kick there Rubes." She said. Ruby blushed and she and Weiss helped the older teen stand.
"It´s good to see that you are all still okay." Ren said towards Ruby, Weiss and Blake. Ruby and Weiss put the case down and opened it up. The others grabbed their respective weapons from it. Coco took her Gatling gun in its box form. Ren took his other pistol and Blake took out Gambol Shroud. They smiled and looked towards the door.
"Now, let´s rescue our friends." Ruby said. Coco grinned and took the lead. A moment later, the door was kicked down, it flew off its hinges with ease. Coco stood in the doorframe with her weapon spinning. It was a large, open room with a single light in the middle. In the middle of the room sat three girls with their hands behind their back and their heads lowered. They didn´t seem to acknowledge the teams presence. Ruby recognized one of the girls immediately.
"YANG!" She yelled and blurred past Coco towards their friends. Ren was the next to enter and saw Nora sitting next to Yang. He gave a slight smile when seeing his friends, only for it to be replaced by confusion. Something didn´t seem right. Why didn´t any of their friends look towards them. The rest of the group then entered the room. Ruby was almost at her sister's side. Nora then flickered.
"RUBY WAIT!" Ren yelled. Ruby leaped towards her sister…
…only to pass right through her.
Ruby landed back on the floor with a grunt and skidded across it. As soon as she came to a stop, the sound of an alarm blasted their ears.
"IT`S A TRAP!" Blake yelled and turned towards the door. Immediately, a solid armored door slammed down. Yang, Nora and Velvet then disappeared, revealing to have only been holograms. Ruby got up and turned around and looked on in terror at this revelation. She ran to were the holograms had just been, being joined by the others in the middle of the room. Numerous hatches then opened up on the roof and something fell through. These numerous things then landed in around them, cracking the pavement underneath. They all looked around to see what had landed. The one closest to them rose up from the floor and stood at its full height, towering above them. It was a robot shaped like a human, not unlike the Atlesian knights, but this one had instead a skeletal looking face above its shoulders with the Order insignia on its forehead. It also was larger, standing around the same height as Viktor, if not taller. It had large, clawed hands at the end of its arms. Its body was heavily armored. Its soulless eyes were black and empty. All of the other robots raised themselves from the floor as well. The group noticed that they were surrounded, all of the robots stood still, observing them with their empty eyes.
Then they all turned red.
"Intruders detected, scanning situation." The closest robot said in a robotic, emotionless voice. It turned its head slightly down and looked at them. The teens tensed up and raised their weapons. The robot stood still for a moment, the teens not daring to move.
"Scan completed. Subjects: Hunters, four humans, one Faunus. Weaponry: Lethal. Threat level: High." The robot said. The robots right arms then shifted into an assault rifle.
"Solution: neutralize." It then fired.
AN: I know that my description skills are not the best, so here are what each and every vehicle and weapon is supposed to be. The jeeps are supposed to be HMMWV, or more commonly known as Humvees, and on top of them are 50. Cal machineguns. The trucks are supposed to be MAN KAT1 high mobility trucks employed by the German military. The tanks with a rounded turret are T90As, used by Russia and its allies and the tanks with a more square appearance are Leopard 2s, used by Germany and many of its allies. The cargo planes are supposed to be C17 used by the US military. As for the armory, you can use your own imagination for that of what kind of killing power the Order may have at their disposal. The killbots are modelled after the Übersoldat from the latest Wolfenstien game, they are a little tweaked however to involve having transforming arms and to be a little tougher compared to their video game counterparts. While I didn´t enjoy that game as much as I did the first one, I still thought the Nazis still had some pretty cool equipment, in which I will try to insert here and there in this story. The Rorch Mk. 1 rifle is from the game Battlefield 4, from its expansion pack final stand, one of the best expansion packs in battlefield history in my opinion.
As always, hope that you enjoyed and I see you in the next chapter.
PS: Also, did anyone catch the reference about a certain group of incompetent soldiers in this chapter?