Cash and Dust

by BOBthieBomber

Viktor Kirillov, Russian mercenary and genetically modified super soldier. A soldier without a country and a man with a troubling past. Comes from a world that considers him a freak or a monster. After an accident, he finds himself in a new world filled with people similar to him, but yet not the same. The only question is, is this world ready to take him in?

35. Chapter 34

Chapter 34

AN: The third part of the original chapter consisting of over thirty-seven thousand words.

Twenty minutes earlier

"Okay, stay close to me and don´t do anything unless I say it." Hannes said, walking in a steady pace. Pyrrha and Jaune followed close behind him, making sure to act like all the other soldiers they had seen around the base. The trio walked through a hallway that led to the center of the base. Hannes was sure that the command bunker would be in the center. He argued that the Order high command always like to be in the center of attention. Hannes had then revealed another plot in his plan. Underneath his flight suit, he had been wearing an officer uniform. Where he got it, they don´t know, but they had learned to not question were Hannes kept all of these costumes of his. He completed the look by pulling out an officer cap out of nowhere and then placing putting on a gasmask to once again hide his face.

"Are you sure that that will that not draw attention?" Pyrrha had asked.

"Don´t worry. I remember that some Order officer always carry around a gasmask over their faces to both be more intimidating and ready if there is a chemical attack." Hannes muffled voice said.

"The intimidation part sure is working. I have never seen a gasmask that look like that." Jaune said.

"The Order likes to keep the classics. Even though this mask is advanced, it is styled after the gasmasks they used during the war." Hannes said, his eyes looking through the two holes of the mask, the sound of the filtered breathing slightly creeping them both out.

"What war?" Pyrrha asked. Hannes waved his right finger back and forth rapidly.

"History lesson can wait. We are almost there." Hannes said. The trio reached the edge of the hallway and stopped in front of a large armored door. The door was flanked by two soldiers in the large power armor that Ren and Coco saw earlier. Their Gatling guns were unfolded and their hands held the trigger at the ready. Hannes walked unnerved up to the side of the door and used a keycard to open the door. The teens once again wondered where Hannes had gotten it from. The armored guard to their right turned his head slightly towards the trio, his first gripping slightly harder on his weapon. Jaune gave a quick glance towards the man in the power armor. Its unreadable helmet unnerved him and he became slightly faster in in steps as the trio walked through the door.

Once inside, both Pyrrha and Jaune gave a quiet gasp at what they saw. They were now in the command center. It was a large room with rows of terminals with workers sitting at them, typing who knows what. There were large screens on the walls of the room, displaying things from vehicles, news reports from different kingdoms and the largest screen displayed in front of all the terminals showed the world of Remnant. Guards patrolled amongst the terminals and on catwalks above. In the back of the large room on the second floor, there were a smaller room with glass walls and had a large table in the middle, surrounded by chairs. What really took grabbed their attention what was in the middle of the room. There, there was a giant holographic image on what they could only assume was their planet. It looked extremely detailed and each of the kingdoms was displayed with border lines and each capital was marked with a star.

Hannes started moving once more, making so Jaune and Pyrrha snap out of their trance of the large room. They follow him once more, as they walk past the terminals.

"Okay, this is what we are going to do. We are going to find a terminal with access to the base defenses and to their main files. I will hack into their mainframe while the two of you stand guard. I will shut down their defenses, find where they are hiding our friends, get them, find the others and then get the hell out of here. " Hannes whispered. Pyrrha and Jaune, both worried that it would be so easy, still nodded. They pasted the large rows of terminals and entered another hallway. On the sides of the hallway, offices with glass walls were lined up. Hannes scanned each office, looking for his prize. He looked forwards and then smirked underneath his mask. They soon reached another door at the end of the hall, flanked by two guards on each side. Hannes walked up to the door, the two guards looked at him.

"I am here to inspect the mainframe, make sure that no one is tampering with it." The two guards looked at each other, their masks hiding their facial expressions. "Is there a problem?" Hannes asked, trying to sound like an officer. Both guards looked back at him.

"No sir, it is just that we are under strict orders from the commander himself to not let anyone in." The guard to the left said. Hannes marched up to the guard and stared him right into the eye through his gasmask. The guard tensed up.

"Excuse me?" Hannes said, his voice filled with irritation. The guard gulped.

"W-we are sorry s-sir. We h-have our orders." The guard whimpered. Hannes continued to glare at the guard.

"And I have my own Orders. We need to be sure that there are no intruders present, especially since this base harbors one of the greatest enemies to the Order. Do I have to remind you what he have done?" Hannes said angrily. The guard rapidly shook his head.

"N-no sir. I fully know what he is c-capable of." The guard said.

"Then move out of the way, unlock the door and let me and my guards through, or do I have to shoot you for insubordination?" Hannes said just like an officer would say. The guard quickly shook his head and went over to the door and used his keycard to open it. He then went back to his post and raised his arm.

"Sieg Heil!" He yelled. Hannes lazily raised his own arm.

"Sieg Heil." He said and walked through the door, Pyrrha and Jaune following. The door closed behind them and Hannes then started to laugh. Jaune and Pyrrha looked at him in confusion as Hannes wiped away an imaginary tear.

"Oh man, that never gets old." He said to no one in particular.

"What do you mean?" Pyrrha asked. Hannes turned towards her.

"These guys are just as scared of their officers as they are of us. So you just have to play on that fear to get what you want." Hannes said. He then clapped his hands. They continued into the room through another door and Pyrrha and Jaune gasped once more. In front of them was a large computer that made up the whole wall of the room. Hannes walked up to what they assumed was the mainframe and kneeled down in front of it. He then pulled out a large scroll out of his pocket and flipped it out, its holographic display powering up. He pulled a cable and then looked around the mainframe.

"Let´s see, is there a plugin here somewhere?" He asked himself. Pyrrha and Jaune walked up to him and looked around as well.

"There!" Jaune said while pointing at what they were looking at. Hannes smiled and reached for the plugin and connected the cable. He then switched his focus back to the tablet and started working.

"Alright, I will start hacking the mainframe. This will take some time since I don´t want them to detect that I am in here. You two, keep a look out for anyone and make sure that they don´t disrupt me." Hannes ordered. The two teens nodded and walked away.

The two teens walked around the room, their hands gripped tightly on their issued weapons. Jaune seemed uncomfortable with his weapon, as he started to fumble around with it.

"Are you okay?" Pyrrha asked him. Jaune switched his focus from the weapon to her.

"Oh, I´m fine. I´m just not used to handling these kinds of weapons. I have always preferred Crocea Mors instead of regular firearms." Jaune said. Pyrrha then giggled.

"Yeah, I noticed that yesterday." Pyrrha said teasingly, while Jaune blushed.

"I still don´t see what the issue was all about, so I accidently managed to break one of those rifles. It's not like it was supposed to be indestructible." Jaune said in defense.

"From how both Viktor and Hannes made it sound like, it was supposed to be indestructible." Pyrrha said.

"Yeah well, Yang broke one too." He said.

"She accidently snapped it in half, you simply touched it and it broke apart." Pyrrha said once again teasingly. Jaune once again blushed. There were another moment of silence between them.

"So Jaune…" Pyrrha began, as said teen looked at her. "About what Hannes said in the chopper." She said.

"About what?" He asked. Pyrrha seemed like she tried to find the right words.

"In what he said about us?" She said. Jaune scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

"Y-yeah? That was a little awkward?" He asked, smiling awkwardly underneath his mask. Pyrrha looked at him, her blue eyes staring into his own.

"Why do you think that?" She asked. Jaune looked away.

"I can´t see why he thinks that." He answered. Pyrrha raised an eyebrow. "I mean, you have done so much for me. I would have died there in the forest if you hadn´t saved me. I told you my secret yet you still helped me. You have helped me with my training and I wouldn´t be here if you hadn´t done that. You are the most wonderful, beautiful and kindest person I have ever met…" He said. Pyrrha was glad that her mask hid her blush, his words truly touching her heart.

"…So why would you want to be with someone like me?" He finished. Pyrrha then felt her heart shatter when he said that. "You are a star, a campion, a hero. Me? I am a loser, a shrimp, a punching bag." He looked down towards the ground.

"You got here because you worked for it. Me? I cheated my way into Beacon. Faked a signature and here I am. I am thankful for all you have done for me, but why would you want to be with me. Someone that can´t even protect himself." Jaune finished.

"Jaune…" Pyrrha began. Jaune turned away from her.

"I-I´m sorry Pyrrha, I didn´t mean to take it out on you." Jaune said, about to walk away in the opposite direction, when suddenly Pyrrha grasped his arm. She pulled the surprised teen towards her and dragged down his mask. Before Jaune could say something in protest, Pyrrha dragged down her own mask and kissed him. If Jaune´s eyes had been widen before, they were then nothing compared on how wide his eyes were now. His eyes then slowly shrunk in size as he closed his eyes in a bliss and kissed back. He wrapped his arms around her and the two of them simply stood there for a moment, their lips still connected to each other. Their lips then parted as the kiss ended. Pyrrha then rested her head on Jaune´s chest, the teen's eyes slowly opening, before going wide once more. Jaune looked down on Pyrrha´s bliss filled smiled.

"Huh, Pyrrha?" He began. Pyrrha then looked up at him with a determent look.

"Don´t ever say that about yourself Jaune. You are one of the kindest and bravest people I have ever met. Almost everyone have I ever met has either tried to get me for my looks or my fame, but not you. You was always there when I was sad. You have helped me at the best you can. You never cared if I were famous or not, you still wanted to be my friend." She rested her head once more against his chest and sighed happily. "I always wondered what I have done to deserve a friend like you." She finished. Jaune stood there in silence, shocked at what she had said. He then wrapped his arms around her once more.

"Are you sure about this?" He asked. Pyrrha gave another happy sigh and smiled, her head still on his chest.

"I have never been so sure in my life." She said. The two of them continued to stand there, embracing one another.

"I love you Pyrrha." Jaune said.

"I love you too Jaune." Pyrrha said.

Meanwhile, in the other side of the server room, Hannes looked up from the tablet towards where the two teens stood.

"Apparently, keeping a lookout means something completely different to those two." He said with a smirk, before looking back towards the tablet.

"At least those two finally admitted their feelings to each other. I told you Viktor, my gut is never wrong when it comes to relationshiwait a minute! ...Did Jaune say that he cheated his way into Beacon?" Hannes sat there with a raised eyebrow for a moment, having raised his eyes in confusion, before his tablet beeped. He looked back towards it and smiled.

"Alright, I´m in." He whispered to himself. He started to press on more icons on the tablet with a smile. "That should take care of the defenses." He said.

Meanwhile, at the outskirt of the base. A large truck with an automated missile launcher on its flatbed suddenly turned off, its launchers slowly lowering their aim towards the ground. One nearby guard looked at it with a raised eyebrow, before shrugging his shoulders and switched his attention back towards his patrol.

Back at the mainframe, Hannes continued to smirk, as he rooted through the many date files that belonged to the Order.

"There is indeed some interesting stuff they have on here." He said to himself. Pyrrha and Jaune then came walking back towards him.

"Area is clear." Pyrrha said. Hannes looked up from the tablet and towards the two of them.

"Good to hear, I have managed to crack their code and I am currently going through their files." Hannes said.

"What did you find?" Jaune asked.

"Pretty interesting stuff. Troop movements, arsenal manifest and so on." Hannes said before he frowned. "Unfortunately, the stuff that I want to find is heavily decrypted. I will need some more time to decrypt it." Hannes said. The moment he said that, alarms suddenly blared of. The three of them looked up towards the roof in surprise at the alarm.

"That will dock have to wait ´till later. Let´s get the hell out of here!" Hannes yelled, as he unplugged the scroll and packed it back into his pocket. The trio ran towards the door and walked though it. They reached the little section room between the server room and the command center once more. Hannes straighten out his uniform and put his gasmask back on.

"Alright, masks up. Just because that the alarms have gone off, It doesn´t mean that they know that we are here." Hannes said and opened the door.

Only to be hit in the face by a giant metal fist.

Hannes flew back through the second door and impacted with his back first straight into the mainframe. Hannes slumped down onto the floor in pain, his gasmask falling off in the process.

"Or they are fully aware that we are here." He meekly said, before falling unconscious. Pyrrha and Jaune looked in surprise at Hannes, before looking back towards their attacker. Both narrowly dodged another fist coming towards them before they could get a good look at them. They jumped back into the mainframe room through the second doorway and into the mainframe room. A giant form then came through the doorframe or more literally, it crashed through the doorframe, as it was too small of a fit for the giant figure. Pieces of the wall fell down onto the floor.

Now in the newly created hole in the wall, stood a giant robot looking armor. The man in the power armor looked towards the two intruders and narrowed his eyes behind his facemask. The teen´s nervously gripped their weapons in their hands, ready for the inevitable fight. The power armor then straighten out his right arm and a giant Gatling gun then erupted from the back of his arm. It folded itself into the armored fist of the armor and the man aimed it towards the teen´s. Both teens' eyes widen when the barrels started spinning.

"Run!" Jaune yelled and both teen´s jumped to the side, just as large caliber shots hit the ground where they a moment ago had stood. Pyrrha landed in a graceful roll, before coming to a stop in a crouch, while Jaune landed on his front and skidded across the ground. The man looked slowly back and forth, seeing that his targets had now split up. He focused towards the girls, as she seemed to be the more elusive target. Pyrrha´s eyes widen once more when she saw the giant turn towards her. The armor once again fired, forcing her to move. She jumped behind some more computers, hoping that it would as cover. Her hopes were soon dashed when the bullets simply tore through her cover, forcing her to move once more. The armor continued to fire when suddenly, something pinged against his helm. He stopped firing and turned around, the armor giving a soft "Hrrr" sound as he did so. He saw the blonde teen standing there with his rifle raised towards him.

"Get away from her!" Jaune yelled and fired once more. The bullets punched harmlessly of the man´s armor, landing on the ground with similar "ping" noises. Jaune´s rifle suddenly clicked, making the teen look down on it, before looking back up towards the armor. The man then raised his Gatling gun once more, the barrels spinning up.

"Uh oh." Jaune said. The bullets once more came flying, forcing Jaune to jump to the side. He landed on his elbow, making him hiss a little in pain, before forcing himself up to run once more. The armor followed the teen with his aim, growing frustrated that his shots continued to miss these elusive teenagers. Pyrrha then landed on his shoulders, making the armor stop firing in surprise. She had her hands across his mask, blinding him. He raised his arms up to grab her, but she let go of his head and jumped over them. She landed in front of him, as the armor glared down at her. She jumped to the side to avoid another fist from him. She landed on his side and delivered a powerful kick to his torso. While it hurt her foot to kick such hard material, it indeed had its intended effect, as the armor slightly staggered to the side. It then turned towards her with another glare, only for her to jump to the side once more.

While the armor surpassed them in strength, firepower and armor, they had one advantage over him, speed. Pyrrha landed behind the armor and got an idea. She reached out with her semblance towards the armors feet. As the armor was about to turn around, an unseen force suddenly grabbed his feet, before he fell face first into the ground, cracking the floor slightly. The armor groaned and pushed his fists into floor to push himself up.

Pyrrha moved once more while the armor then move his right arm and aimed it towards her, sending more bullets her way. Pyrrha landed on the armors left side once more and ducked underneath a left swing from the giant. She rolled underneath his legs and send a kick into the back of the armor. The armor staggered forward, before turning around, looking more pissed than hurt. She realized that her attacks did to little damage. If only she have had her own weapons, this fight would have gone better.

Then a grenade came flying into the armor side. The small sized explosion made the armor stagger once more. The armor turned towards this new threat, only for another grenade to hit its torso, scorching and bending the armor. The armor staggered backwards once more, as Jaune came running towards it, his hands on the grenade launcher on the rifle. He fired another grenade towards it, hitting it once more. He tried to fire another one, only to notice that the grenade launcher was now empty. Instead of reloading, Jaune charged towards the still stunned armor. As the armor recovered from his attacks, Jaune leaped into the air and struck the armors head with the stock of the rifle. This however did nothing, as the stock broke from the attack against the hard metal of the helm. Before Jaune could correct his mistake, the armor then backhanded him hard. Jaune flew straight through some pipes at the wall, before impacting the wall, cracking the wall in the process. His aura mostly protecting him from the attack, but it still hurt like hell.

"Jaune!" Pyrrha yelled in terror, before jumping backwards, narrowly missing another swing from the armor. The armor repeatedly swung his armored fists towards her, trying to hit the huntress in training. Pyrrha threw of her mask and helmet, feeling that they were in the way, letting her bright red ponytail wave free. Pyrrha gracefully dodged attack after attack, jumping and ducking just in time to avoid being hit. She landed on the ground once more, only to jump again, as the armored fist struck down on the pavement, cracking it. What she wasn´t noticing was that she was slowly pushed into a corner of the room. When she finally noticed it, it was too late. The armor stood between her and the wall. She reached into her semblance and sent a wave of magnetism towards the armor, only for it to slightly flinch. It didn´t even skid across floor.

"That trick won´t work on me a second time girl. I have magnetized my feet, connecting them to the metal underneath the pavement." The man in the armor said. While she couldn´t fully see his face, she could hear his smirk. She then acted on instinct. She charged towards the armor. The armor raised its fists once more, ready to defend itself, only for Pyrrha to throw herself against the ground on her back. She skid across the ground, aiming for the space between the armors legs. She started to pass underneath, only to stop abruptly while she felt enormous pain in her head. She was dragged back from underneath him and was then held up into the air. The armor had managed to grab a hold of her ponytail with his left hand. Pyrrha now cursed that she had taken of the helmet. The armor held her head up to level with his.

"Any last words little girl." He mocked, as he raised his right hand and aimed the Gatling gun towards her head, the barrels spinning up once more. Pyrrha responded with a kick to his head, making so that the man´s head jerked to the side. She then started to tug on her hair and tried to force open the fist that held to it. It didn´t even budge and he had a grip on to much hair for her to try and pull out, the pain already making it hard to concentrate. The armored man slowly looked back towards her.

"Bad move." He said, about to press down on the trigger. He then yelled out in pain, letting go of Pyrrha in the process. Pyrrha fell down on her hands, before looking towards what had happened. She saw Jaune, bruised with some blood dripping from the side of his mouth, having stuck a large pipe into the leg of the armor around the knee. He twisted the pipe around, causing more damage to the leg. The man inside the armor roared in rage and tried to swing towards the blonde teen. Jaune jumped to the side, leaving the pipe still impeded into the metal. The armor then grabbed a hold of the pipe, pulling it out. He then raised his right arm to aim towards the teens. This however was a mistake, as he had unconsciously used said arm to hold himself up when he fell down on his knees. The surprise of suddenly losing his balance made him fall down on his back. His thumb still on the trigger, caused him to spray the bullets everywhere. The two teens once again jumped behind cover to avoid the barrage. The bullets flew everywhere, hitting computers, wires, pipes, the floor, walls and the roof. They all however miraculously missed Hannes, who was still leaning towards the mainframe unconscious with a small smile on his face.

"Mmmh, calm down girls. There is enough Hannes to go around…" He mumbled in his sleep with his drunken smile.

The bullets continued to fly everywhere, the man in the armor flailing around on his back like a stranded turtle. Some more bullets then hit some wires connected to the roof, cutting them off. Electricity sparked at the ends of the wires, as they started to fall down from the roof. The armor finally managed to unjam the trigger of the Gatling gun, before looking up. He saw the two wires falling down towards him and he yelled in terror. The two wires connected with him and both Jaune and Pyrrha had to cover their eyes from the light that flashed. The man roared in pain, as thousands upon of thousands of volts of electricity pumped out from the broken wires into him. The electric charge spread from the wires towards the broken computers, making the once still functioning explode. Pyrrha and Jaune had to jump from their makeshift cover before it exploded as well. The electric charge traveled to the mainframe and climbed down. Lights and screens exploded in the process, before the charge hit Hannes.

Immediately, Hannes eyes shot wide open as similar amounts of electricity pumped into him as well. His hair went straight and his pupils traveled back and forth extremely fast. Hannes didn´t say anything, but instead grinded his teeth together in shock at this abrupt awakening. In a hallway nearby, were dozen of soldiers ran in formations on high alert as alarms blared, the lights suddenly flickered. The soldiers looked at them in confusion, before continuing their charge. Soon, the lights inside the room gave out and the flashing stopped. Pyrrha and Jaune peaked out from their cover behind a pillar to look at the aftermath.

In the middle of the room laid the armor, now unmoving. Smoke emitted from it. Every screen and computer had exploded and the room was now lit up with red emergency light, as the normal lights had also exploded. Against the now destroyed mainframe, laid Hannes still. His eyes still wide open and his hair straight out. A small electric current flickered between the longest strains of hair. His teeth still clenched against each other. Pyrrha and Jaune carefully made their way out from behind the pillar and towards Hannes. When they reached him, Pyrrha kneeled down next to him.

"Are you okay Hannes?" She asked. She had not expected the answer she received. Hannes coughed out a puff of black, scorched smoke, before blinking in surprise.

"Woah! That is one hell of a way to wake up." He said, blinking rapidly, looking around confused. Pyrrha reached down a hand, which Hannes gladly accepted and she helped him up. "And I had the most wonderful dream as well. I think you were in it Pyrrha." He said. Pyrrha raised an eyebrow in confusion. The sounds of boots sprinting across the floor towards their direction caught their attention.

"Uh oh." Jaune said.

"Right, we are inside a secret military base. Now I remember." Hannes said. He pulled out one of his pistols. "I have a feeling that stealth is no longer needed." He pulled back the hammer with his thumb. He then checked into his pocket and saw that the scroll was unhurt, even after that electrical charge "I have what we came for, let's leave once more." Hannes said.

"Through the main door? Who knows how many there are out there! And if there are more of these…" Jaune said, motioning towards the still emotionless power armor. Hannes grimaced, agreeing with the boy.

"Good point. Then what do we do?" Hannes asked. While the two men started to think of a plan. Pyrrha looked to the side towards the wall.

"How about that?" She asked. The two men switched their focus towards her and looked towards where she was pointing. They saw and air duct in the wall.

"An air duct? You suggest that we go through the ventilation area. We will be sitting ducks if we are captured!" Hannes said.

"We have more intruders in here, get them!" They heard someone say outside the room.

"But is the best plan we have for now, let's go! I rather not get pumped full of lead again, it hurts like hell!" Hannes said, running towards the air duct. The two teens looked at each other.

"Again?" The wondered.

"I said MOVE!" Hannes yelled. This snapped the two teens out of the confusion, as they followed Hannes. Dozens of soldiers then rushed into the server room, rifles raised, scanning every corner of it. Two soldiers walked up to the downed power armor. They checked for a pulse. There were none. The rest of the soldiers looked everywhere for the intruders. The room was empty. One of the soldiers turned around and shook his head towards the squad leader. The squad leader growled and reached for his radio.

"Homefront, this is unit fifteen. We have a downed AST, the pilot is dead. The server room is mostly destroyed as well. No sign of the intruders." He said.

"Copy that unit fifteen. Continue the search and then join up with the units moving towards section F-3 to contain the rest of the intruders." The radio said.

"Copy that Homefront, out. All of you, scan this entire section and find them, move out!" The squad leader ordered. The soldiers then emptied the room, leaving it quiet once more. Meanwhile, inside the air duct, Hannes released a sigh of relief. They had managed to enter the air duct and then closed it behind them just in time. The darkness inside the air duct as also further protected them from detection. They were currently in the process of climbing up through the ventilation system. The part they were currently in went straight up, so they were forced to climb by pressing their hands and feet as hard against the wall as possible. Pyrrha was the one that climbed first, followed by Jaune and then Hannes. Pyrrha looked up and saw and edge.

"We are almost there." She said. Her hand then slipped. She gave a yelp of surprise as she started to slide down. Her descend was then suddenly stopped, when her butt pressed against something. Her face went red, as she realized what she had landed on.

"Thank you Jaune." She said, getting a good grip on the walls once more and started to raise herself from Jaune´s face. Jaune´s face was almost equally as red as Pyrrha´s. he gave of a small, awkward smile.

"No problem. I quite enjoyed the view." Jaune found himself saying, making his eyes go wide that he had dared saying that. Pyrrha didn´t seem to mind, as she simply blushed harder with a smile.

"I wish I could say the same." Hannes muffled voice then came. It was now Jaune´s turn to turn even redder, as he felt his own ass pressing against something. He hadn´t fully stopped Pyrrha from falling down as he had thought. No, he had also started too slide down with his hands, only for Hannes to stop his fall with his own face. Jaune started to climb after Pyrrha once again, lifting himself of Hannes.

"Now that was an experience I could have lived without." Hannes said. They reached the top and both Pyrrha and Jaune helped Hannes over the edge. "But I have to say Jaune. It was surprisingly tight and muscular. You hit the jackpot Pyrrha." Hannes said with a smirk. This only caused the teens to blush once more, as Hannes laughed.

"Let´s continue." Hannes ordered. Pyrrha took the lead once more, as she started to crawl through this new section of the ventilation system. Jaune was about to follow her, when Hannes suddenly grabbed his shoulder. "Oh no, this time, I´m going before you. I have had enough of having your ass on my face for a lifetime." Hannes said, slightly pushing Jaune back and then started to crawl after Pyrrha. Jaune didn´t want to argue with the man and simply nodded, but he had wished that Hannes had worded that better.

"And don´t worry, I won´t be looking at your girlfriends ass." Hannes said, making both teens blush once more. "Even though it is a nice one." He said smugly.

"You better." Jaune threatened. Hannes laughed.

"Ah, so I can call her your girlfriend now. So much can change in such a short time, am I right?" Hannes laughed. Pyrrha blushed harder while Jaune scratched behind his head, still a blush on his face. "Man, you kids are just so easy to tease with." Hannes said. They continued through the vents, losing count of time. The space was cramped and they was forced most of the time to crawl on their fronts to be able to go forward.

"Now I know what a TV dinner feels like." Hannes suddenly said through the cramped space.

"What?" Pyrrha asked, stopping to look back at him.

"It's a quote from a movie back home called Die Hard. It stars one of my most favorite action actors ever, Bruce Willis." Hannes said with a smile.

"Don´t you mean Spruce Willis?" Jaune asked from behind him. Hannes slowly looked behind him, his eyes staring directly into Jaune´s soul, making the teen flinch.

"What did you just say?" Hannes said in an emotionless voice.

There then was a creaking sound.

"What was that?" Jaune then asked. The creaking continued. The group started to look around as the creaking intensified. Hannes stayed quiet, trying to figure out what that sound meant. The vent then jerked down, making the trio flinch in their awkward positions. Hannes now figured out what the creaking sound had indicated to. They were too heavy.

"Uh oh." Was all he said, before the vent disconnected from the roof and started to fall down. The trio screamed in a mix of surprise and fear, as the large ventilation tube descended quickly towards the floor in this new room. The moment it hit the floor, the trio roughly rolled out from the tube by the momentum of its falling. They stopped rolling about two meter away from the now broken ventilation, their heads spinning.

"Ow." Hannes said, rubbing the side of his head. "Where are we now?" He asked aloud. There were then numerous of clicks and the sounds of rifles being loaded and aimed towards them. Hannes looked around and saw that he and the teens had landed right in the middle of an active rally area in the base, filled to the capacity with hundreds of soldiers and other enemies, all now currently having their weapons trained on them. One soldier in particular then raised a strange looking rifle, which then started to hum and a blue light emitted from the front.

"Ah crap." Was all Hannes said, before the rifle fired, sending out a ball of electricity towards him and then everything went dark.

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A killer bot fell down onto the ground, its red eyes slowly diminishing. On its back, a large scythe blade had impeded itself. The user then pulled the blade out to avoid more incoming fire. Ruby jumped through the air in a backwards roll and landed right next to Weiss. Said heiress tried to block the incoming fire from more bots with her hieroglyphs, but the bullets simply pass through them. Weiss was forced to start moving side to side to avoid being hit. Ruby grabbed her partner and blurred out of sigh, just before some bullets would hit the heiress. They appeared on the other side of the room, with Weiss being a little delirious, but quickly shook it off.

"I could have handled them." Weiss said.

"I´m sorry to say this Weiss, but no you couldn´t. I have already lost Yang, I don´t want to lose you to." Ruby said determinably, before disappearing in another cloud of rose pellets. Weiss rolled her eyes, before avoiding a robotic fist trying to hit her head. Weiss wheeled backwards, before landing in a fighting stand, her rapier Myrtenaster raised. Two bots charged her, their hands having switched into swords.

On the other side of the room, Ren leaped side to side, charging another bot. He reached it and skid between its legs. The bot turned around, only to have a dagger impede itself in the throat of the bot. Ren then used the blade of Stormflower to twist around inside the throat, before ripping the head clean of. He then kicked the decapitated bot towards another bot, sending both to the ground. Ren admired his handiwork, but then both bots got up from the ground. The decapitated bot reached down towards the floor and picked up its decapitated head. It put it back on. Ren saw the wires reattach themselves and the bots red eyes switched back on. Both bots then aimed their assault rifle arms towards him. Ren leaped to the side, avoiding more bullets heading his way.

Blake used Gambol Shroud in its blade form to deflect an attack from another blade. The killed bot pushed forward, making Blake´s feet slowly started to skid across the floor backwards. She struggled to push the bot back, but it proved to be stronger than it looked.

"These things are tougher than normal Atlesian Knights!" Blake Yelled.

"No kidding!" Coco yelled back. Coco had her gun out and was firing towards a group of the advancing killer bots. The heavy firepower from her Gatling gun tore through the ranks of the killer bots, but there were so many of them. It didn´t help that they were also heavily armored, so it took more shots than normal to bring one down. Her Gatling gun then finally clicked. She leaped to the side to avoid the incoming bullets from the advancing army. She stood back up and switched her weapon back to its briefcase form.

"I´m out of ammo!" She yelled. Ruby and Weiss came into view, being forced into the middle of the room by the bots. Ren and Blake then came next. Soon, the five of them stood with their back against each other, holding their weapons tightly in their hands. The rest of the room was filled with the bots, all slowly advancing. They then raised all of their rifles and aimed towards them. The group saw no way out, they were surrounded on all sides.

The bots then lowered their rifles and stood more in attention, but their weapons were still slightly aiming towards them. The teens raised their eyebrows in confusion at this.

"So, these are the intruders!" A voice then yelled out. The group looked upwards towards the voice. There, on a new edge that had opened up, stood a man clad in a urban military uniform with a black beret on his head. He stood with his hands behind his back and a smirk on his face. His soulless eyes scanned the group in the middle of the robot horde.

"I would strongly suggest that the five of you lay down your weapons and surrender." He said in a accent similar to what they have hard both Cardin and Velvet speak in, still wearing his smirk. The group glared up towards him.

"And why should we do that?" Coco dared. The man motioned his arm across the army of bots beneath him.

"Well first of, you are surrounded." He said mockingly.

"We´ll find a way." Ruby said, the group nodded. The man simply chuckled.

"Perhaps, but would you five really be keen to continue fighting, if your friends wellbeing was on the line?" He said with a smirk. This caused the group to look around in confusion once more.

"Excuse me?" Weiss said. The man simple snapped his fingers and three soldiers came walking up behind him. Before the soldiers, they escorted three people, two dressed in soldier uniforms and one in an officer uniform, with bags covering their heads. Their hands were tied behind their backs. The soldiers then stopped behind the man, close enough to the edge so that the group could clearly see the prisoners. The soldiers than pulled of the bags and the group gasped. They saw the faces of Pyrrha, Jaune and Hannes, their faces covered in bruises and marks. Hannes blinked at the sudden appearance of bright light, before looking down towards the group.

"Hey guys, things didn´t work out as planned I guess." He joked with a pained laugh. The soldiers behind him hit him in the head with the butt of the rifle, making Hannes groan in pain. They also now saw that Hannes also had a weird mask covering his mouth. Both Pyrrha and Jaune turned to glare at the soldier, only for their own guards to force them to look back forward. The group also noticed that both Pyrrha and Jaune had a pair of collars around their necks. Team RWBY knew all too well what these collars were for, especially Blake, who still had nightmares about that experience. Never had she felt so helpless. The soldiers then aimed their rifles towards the heads of their friends, finger on the trigger.

"So, do I have your attention now?" He asked with a smug smile. The group glared towards in silence, before complying. The sound of their weapons hitting the ground could be heard, except from Ruby´s, as she put it gently on the floor.

"So, as you can see. We have known about your miserable excuse for a rescue attempt the moment you lot landed in this here base." The man said, turning his back towards the group and looked towards his prisoners.

"It was then simply a method of luring you all into a trap. I knew that since we had captured Viktor, Hannes would no doubt come and try and rescue him. We just had to have constant surveillance of the server room and constant check on when someone wanted to tamper with the servers. I had however expected him to come alone, but I guess that can be blamed on that we captured some students from Beacon as well." The man explained.

"What´s with the collars?" Coco asked.

"These collars were designed to inhibit an individual´s aura and semblance, rendering them defenseless and easy to contain. I´m not going to go into detail on how they work, since I´m pretty sure that your feeble minds wouldn't be able to handle all the information." The man insulted.

"And Hannes mask?" Weiss asked, confused over why they had put that on the Swede, but she had a sneaking suspicion.

"Is to make sure that Hannes don´t eat the guards again." The man said.

Yup, that was what she thought. The others looked at each other in disgust as he said that, while Hannes shrugged his shoulders from where he was.

"Where is my sister!?" Ruby then yelled out. The man looked slowly back towards her with a bored expression. Some of the killer bots raised their rifles once more and aimed towards Ruby. The small reaper stepped down, for now.

"Your sister?" The man said with a raised eyebrow while looking towards Ruby. He then looked more clearly towards Ruby. "Hang on?" The man now fully turned his attention towards the little reaper.

"You look familiar somehow. Have we met before?" He asked. Ruby narrowed her eyes towards the man. The man then smiled wickedly in recognition.

"Ah yes, I now remember. You bear a strong resemblance to the late Ms. Rose. Quite a nasty business about her. She stuck her nose in places it didn´t belong and it cost her her life. Have you perhaps heard about her?" The man asked. Ruby clenched her fists together.

"She was my mother." Ruby said. The man looked confused for a moment, before smirking once more.

"Then it makes me glad to see that you are following in her footsteps. Sticking your nose in other people's business that is none of your problem and get killed while doing just that." The man snapped his fingers. All the bots then raised their rifle arms, making the group tense up and back into each other.

"Prepare to fire." The man said, smirking.

The base then shook.

Both group of humans and the army of robots stumbled on their feet.

"What in the world?" The man said confused.

"NOW GUYS!" Hannes yelled. He threw his head back and used it to knock the gun out of his guard's hands. Pyrrha jumped into the air and moved her tied arms from her back to her front. She then roundhouse kicked the gun out of her guard´s hand and then roundhouse kicked again in his head. Jaune rose up from his sitting position and charged his guard, seeing as the man was focused on his friends. He tackled the man with his elbow and then kneed him in the stomach. The soldier grunted and then clutched his stomach, before falling over. The man turned around to see what the commotion was, only to have Hannes charge headfirst into stomach. Both fell over the edge and down onto the main floor, a couple of killer bots moving out of the way. The bots then turned their focus away from the hunters in training and focused on where their master had fallen. Two men then stood up, one of them holding the other around the neck with his arm.

"Nobody move!" Hannes yelled, holding a pistol towards the head of the man. The killer bots focused their weapons towards Hannes, their laser sights all aiming towards the same place, the center of Hannes head. Hannes, noticing the laser sights, pulled back the hammer on the pistol with an audible click.

"I mean it." Hannes threatened. The kill bots didn´t relent, marching slowly towards the two of them.

"Stand down." The man then ordered calmly. The bots complied and lowered their weapons slightly. There were an eerie silence hanging in the air. Neither side moved. Pyrrha and Jaune looked over the edge down towards Hannes and the man. The group of hunters trying to look over the army of kill bots to see what was happening and Hannes glaring daggers at the man in his grasp.

The man then chuckled.

"What so funny Smith?" Hannes spat. The man moved his head slightly towards Hannes, only stopping when Hannes pressed the gun harder towards his head.

"You still think that you can win? You are outnumbered, outmatched and outgunned. It was a valiant effort, but useless in the end." Commander Smith said with a smirk. Hannes continued to glare towards the man.

"And how is it useless?" Hannes asked, playing along.

"First, these kill bots aim are as good as yours, with a simple move of my finger, they will shot the gun out of your hand and then charge you. Second, even if you managed to shoot me before they attack you, you can in no way fight them of. You are no Viktor." Smith mocked, still grinning. Hannes looked confused towards the man for a moment. Then he chuckled. It was Smiths turn to look confused.

"May I ask what you are finding so humorous?" Smith asked. Hannes looked at him, his mask hiding his smirk.

"You think that I planned to take all of these things down. Nah, I am only the distraction." Hannes said.

"Distraction?" Smith asked.

"Yeah, seeing as every single kill bot is currently focused on us two…" Hannes continued to smirk, as Smiths face was filled with dread. The moment Hannes had finished, chaos erupted once more. Before any kill bot could turn around, a large scythe blade tore through at least five of the unsuspecting robots. Ruby jumped past he downed robots and slashed two more as they turned around.

"Let´s get them!" Ruby yelled, the others joining in on the massacre of machines.

"WHAT ARE YOU JUST STANDING AROUND FOR YOU TIN CANS!? GET THEM!" Smith roared in rage, while Hannes erupted into laughter. The bots started to turn around towards their original targets, but this time, the teens were ready. With the robots guard down and their weapons lowered, they were easy picking. Smith looked on in terror, as he saw his trap fall into shambles. Hannes then loosened his grip around his neck. The commander turned around, only to see Hannes leaning back with his fist raised.

"Nighty night." Hannes said, before the Swedish mercenary´s fist connected with the commander's face. The commander stumbled backwards, walking straight into one of the robots. The robot turned around, only for two shoots to hit it right into its optics. Hannes held the pistol high and fired another shot. This one hitting right in one of the joints in the robots neck. The head of the robot almost fell of, hanging by its wires. This caused the robot to malfunction, as it started to spray bullets everywhere.

"S-System F-failure: Error E-Error." The robot repeated. Many of the bullets hit the other robots, causing further casualties amongst the robotic ranks. Hannes rolled underneath the barrage of bullets next to the robot and grabbed its assault rifle arm.

"Mind if I borrow this terminator?" Hannes said, before striking down on the metal with his elbow, smashing the robotic arm in two. Hannes then grabbed a hold of his newly acquired assault rifle and put the machine out of its misery with a well-placed shot into its chest. Hannes then lowered the high caliber assault rifle and started to fire from the hip towards the rest of the army. He let go of the assault rifle with his left hand and grabbed the pistol with it. He stood there, firing akimbo with both weapons, hitting all his targets right in their vulnerable spots at the neck and in the joints on the legs and arms.

"YEAH, get some mother fuckers! Bring. It. On!" Hannes yelled, the floor underneath him being filled with empty bullet cartridges.

"You want some of this huh!? Come and get it than!" Hannes yelled once more. The continued to fire, until both guns clicked. Hannes looked down on his now empty weaponry and then looked up towards the surviving robots aiming towards him.

"Well shit." Hannes said. The robots was then suddenly gunned down by a combined might of large caliber sniper rounds, pistol ammunitions, Gatling gun fire and lastly, a wave of ice. The last robot fell down on to the floor, its eyes going dark. Hannes continued to stand there, slowly lowering his weapons and breathed heavily. He then looked to the side. He saw Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Coco and Ren standing there, their weapons lowered and smirked plastered on their faces.

"Can´t let you have all the fun." Coco said, shifting her weapon back into its case form. Hannes smirked back and threw his empty guns onto the floor.

"True, that would have been selfish if me." Hannes said. A thud next to them grabbed their attention and they saw that Pyrrha and Jaune had jumped down to them, or more correctly, Pyrrha had jumped down with Jaune clinging on to her. Pyrrha stumbled however on the floor and Jaune lost his grip, resulting in the two of them becoming a pile on the floor.

"Ow." Jaune said.

"Sorry Jaune." Pyrrha apologized. Jaune looked at his girlfriend. It still felt weird calling her that.

"Don´t apologize, you did have some extra weight to carry on the way down." Jaune said. The others walked up to them and helped them up. Jaune grasped the collar around his neck.

"Stupid thing. How do I get it off?" Jaune said irritated.

"Not like that you won´t." Hannes said walking up to the teen. He looked the collar over.

"Can you get it off?" Ruby asked, concerned for her friend. Hannes face twisted in thinking.

"I don´t really have that much experience with these things as with Viktor. There is however two ways to remove them. You can put in a code that releases them or…" Faster than anyone could see, Hannes whipped out his knife and cut into the collar, scaring the crap out of Jaune. Hannes then quickly ripped the collar of and threw it to the side as hard as he could. It didn´t even have time to travel halfway across the room before it exploded. All of them had to shield their eyes from the explosion, while others like Ruby and Weiss fell backwards from the shockwave.

"…Or you remove it before it has time to explode with a knife." Hannes said calmly. Jaune stood there, breathing heavily with a hand over his heart. He then moved his hands over his body to make sure that everything was still in one piece He then glared towards the Swede.

"Next time, warn me!" The teen yelled. Hannes waved him of and walked over to Pyrrha.

"Are you ready?" He asked. Pyrrha tensed up a little, but nodded. She closed her eyes while Hannes prepared to get to work. Hannes then slowly leaned forwards and reached towards the holographic display on the collar. He typed in a number and the collar then simply clicked of. Pyrrha´s eyes shot open, as she felt her aura and semblance return to her. Hannes then grabbed the collar and threw it slightly to the side. It landed on the ground and then stayed quiet. Pyrrha rubbed around her throat, happy to have the collar gone. She then looked towards Hannes.

"You knew the combination?" She asked. Hannes nodded. Jaune then came marching up to the Swede and glared at him.

"Then why didn´t you use it on my collar?!" The teen yelled once more. Hannes looked towards Jaune with a smirk.

"I wanted to see your face." He said, giving of the biggest shit eating grin ever conceived by man. Jaune´s left eye twitched while he stood there, trying to comprehend it all. He then simply groaned and dragged his hands down his face, finally giving up trying to understand Hannes. He was like five Nora´s while they were on sugar. Alarms then blasted of.

"All units, intruders have escaped containment in section eight. All units are to report to that area immediately!" Smith´s voice then ranged out over the speakers.

"We need to get out of here right now!" Hannes yelled.

"What about our friends?" Ruby pleaded. Hannes looked conflicted.

"Ah crap, why can´t anything ever go as planned." He paced back and forth. "Alright, let me think, let me think." He repeated. He then snapped his fingers.

"Okay, this is what we are going to do. Ruby, Weiss and Blake, I think I saw while I was in the mainframe that there were another prison complex in section five. Get there as fast as you can and rescue your friends before the Order have any time to move them." Hannes ordered. "The rest of us will move towards advanced containment and rescue Viktor. When we have done this. We will then get the fuck out here!" Hannes ordered. The others nodded at their given orders.

"Alright, let´s move ou…"

"BELAY THE LAST ORDER!" The speakers then suddenly yelled. The group looked confused towards them.

"What?" Hannes asked.

"ALL UNITS REPORT TO ADVANCED CONTAINMENT IMMEDIATELY IN SECTION THREE. VIKTOR HAS ESCPAED. I REPEAT, VIKTOR HAS ESCPAED. ALL UNITS REPORT WITH HEAVY WEAPONS. HE IS SUPPORTED BY MORE PRISONERS. ALL UNITS, REPORT THERE IMMEDIATELY." Smith's order blasted across the room. The group stood there dumfounded, when suddenly the base shook once more.

"That would explain the shakes." Hannes said. The then looked towards the rest once more. "Okay, new orders! All of us need to get to section three immediately before they overrun our friends!" Hannes yelled. The teen's didn´t need to be told twice, as the whole group then started to sprint out of the room and down the hall towards section three. They didn´t slow down once. As soon as a squad of soldiers got in their way, they were simply kicked out of the way and flown into the walls. Fortunately, it seemed like most soldiers weren´t after them, but were instead massing towards section three as ordered. The closer the group got to said section, the number of enemies increased exponentially.

"Alright, we are almost there, through this door." Hannes said, having taken the lead, and started to slow down. He stopped just before a large armored door with the words "Advanced containment" above it and raised one of his pistols. The rest of the group stopped behind him and held their weapons ready as well. Pyrrha and Jaune had taken their weapons from the case as well. They could hear over the alarms gunfire and explosions on the other side of the door. There were people yelling and then came the unmistakable roar of Viktor. Hannes looked back towards the group behind him.

"Alright, be ready. We don´t know how many of them there will be here and exactly what kind of heat they are packing. Be ready for anything." He warned. The group nodded and held their weapons ready. Hannes walked up to the controls of the door and pressed in a code. The door then hissed and the locks disengaged. The door then slowly started to open and Hannes moved in front of the group and took out his second pistol, pulling back both hammers with his thumbs.

"Alright, here we go…" Hannes said, narrowing his eyes. The door then fully opened and the group charged in, their eyes moved back and forth, weapons scanning the room and fingers on the triggers.

"Huh, I guess we missed the party." Hannes said, lowering his weapons. The rest did the same. The room before them was filled with the unconscious and dead bodies of soldiers, terror squads, killer bots and power armors. Hannes walked up to one of the power armors and saw the marks of a fist having struck it right in the chest. The head had then been crushed by someone stamping down on it.

"Yup, Viktor was here alright. Only he is this brutal towards Order members. And the fist in this guy's chest is also a dead giveaway." Ruby walked up to a destroyed killer bot and saw that not only had its head been crushed, but its torso had been scorched as well.

"Yang did this. She was here!" She said, recognizing her sister's handy work anywhere. The group looked around, seeing more evidence that their friends had been here. They then heard a groan from their left. They turned and saw one of the bodies stir. One of the soldiers started to rise from the floor, pushing himself of the floor. The soldier rubbed the side of his broken helmet and shook his head. The sound of a gun cooking. He looked up and saw the barrel of an M1911 aiming down on him.

"You better start talking now or there is going to be problems." Hannes said. The soldier´s eyes widen behind his broken goggles and nodded his head.

"What happened here?" Hannes asked first.

"What do you think?! Viktor happened. We were sent to intercept him and his escaped friends but they overwhelmed us. Viktor simply plowed through our armor and his comrades were too agile for us to hit. They slaughtered us." The soldier said.

"Where did they go?" Hannes asked.

"Hell should I know. I was knocked out in mid fight." The soldier responded. Hannes reached down and grabbed the soldier by the collar and lifted him slightly off the floor. He then pressed the barrel of the gun against the forehead of the soldier.

"I will ask again. Where did they go?" Hannes threatened. The soldier raised his hands in fear.

"I-I don´t know. I´m telling the truth. I was knocked out in mid fight." The soldier stammered. Hannes narrowed his eyes.

"Hannes" Ruby´s voice yelled out. Hannes turned towards her and saw said huntress pointing towards a large hole in the far end of the room.

"I think I know where they went." She finished. Hannes nodded and turned back towards the soldier.

"Nighty night." The said and headbutted the soldier, sending him back into the land of the unconscious. Hannes moved back towards the group and joined up with them. He looked through the hole and saw that it was leading to a pair of stairs going up.

"It looks like they are trying to get topside. No doubt trying to find a vehicle to get out of here. I say that we do the same." Hannes said, walking through the hole. The rest did the same. Their footsteps echoed through the stairway, as they made their way up.

Ruby was the first one to reach the top, bursting through an already busted down door. She skidded to a halt and turned back towards the stairs.

"Come on, we have to catch them!" Ruby yelled. Moments later, the sounds of heavy breathing and wheezing could be heard from the stairway. Hannes was the first to emerge from it, breathing heavily and rested forward on his knees. The rest didn´t fare any better, as they also breathed heavily and had to fight to not fall over from exhaustion.

"Slow down Ruby, not all of us as the same stamina as you. That was a lot of stairs for us to walk on." Hannes said.

"There is no time to slow down!" She said, blurring away once more. Hannes stood there quiet for a moment, looking at where Ruby had just been, and groaned.

"Come on then guys, once more into the breach." He wheezed out, waving them to follow. The rest groaned as well and followed the Swedish merc. There were all now in a large storehouse. Like the room downstairs, this room was as well in a chaotic state. Large crate´s laid turned over, their content of weapons and supplies having spewed out on the floor. More soldiers and power armors laid around the room, both either dead or unconscious. The group ran past them all towards the large doors leading to the outside. The saw a large hole in the doors, once again showing the way to were Viktor had run of to. Outside, they could hear both alarms, gunfire and explosions going off, all on the same time.

"At least Viktor leaves an obvious trail." Hannes commented. They saw Ruby standing in the frame of the hole and looked outside. She looked back towards the group, as they approached her.

"How does it look like outside Ruby?" Hannes asked, stopping behind the small reaper.

"Not good." Was all she said. Hannes raised an eyebrow and looked out as well.

"Sweet mother of Jebus." He said. Outside, there were utter chaos. Hannes saw overturned Humvees and a crashed attack helicopter right outside of the hangar. More bodies laid amongst the vehicles. Explosions rocked the ground and they could be seen in the distance. The group exited the hangar and stopped amongst the destroyed vehicles.

"Where did they go now?" Hannes wondered out loud.

"All units, the escapees are trying to escape in a hijacked cargo plane. Destroy it before it can leave!" The base speakers blared out.

"The airstrip then." Hannes said.

"How are we going to get there in time?" Blake wondered. Hannes thought about it for a moment, when another Humvee came driving on the road next to them. This one had a large armored chassis in the back, meant for troop transport. Hannes walked out onto the road and stopped in the middle of it. The Humvee screeched to a halt, its driver not expecting to see him. Hannes looked towards the Humvee for a moment, before smirking.

"Our ride is here." He said

"Yeeeehaaaaw!" Hannes yelled out, the Humvee transport flying across the sky and landed bumpily on the ground, its occupants flailing around in the back.

"Can you be more careful!? There are no seatbelts back here!" Coco yelled, banging on the wall between her and Hannes. Hannes simply continued to laugh, as he made a sharp left turn pass some barracks. The base guards had now also realized that the Humvee was no longer occupied by their own troops, so everywhere they drove, they were being fired up. They passed another squad of soldiers, who was as well firing towards them. A soldier raised a rocket launcher and fired.

"Incoming!" Hannes yelled, making another sharp left turn, making its occupants flail inside once more. Jaune and Pyrrha was sitting next to Hannes in the front, but they were now regretting their choice, seeing as they would rather not see what was going on outside the vehicle.

"And once more!" Hannes yelled, steering hard to the right, making Pyrrha fall onto Jaune. Both looked into each other´s eyes and smiled. Time seemed to slow down for both of them, the rest of the world simply seizing to exist. They simply looked into each other's eyes. Pyrrha couldn´t help herself but to lean down and rest on Jaune´s chest. Even in the middle of a daring and dangerous escape, his heartbeat was calming and soothing to the champion.

"I have waited so long to do this." Pyrrha said. Jaune was about to embrace her back, their lips inches away from each other, when a sharp right turn by the car made Pyrrha fly off Jaune and back in her seat.

"There is a time and place for everything, but this ain´t neither the time nor place for making out." Hannes said, turning once more, avoiding another missile. Both teens blushed, remembering that they were currently in a life and death situation. Their vehicle passed the barracks area, every soldier now trying to get them. The vehicle was riddled with bullet holes and most windows where cracked, but still yet, Hannes drove without any problems.

"Thank god for bullet proof glass." Hannes commented with a smirk. They were almost at the airfield, so close that they could actually hear the planes over the gunfire. They speed towards the gates, when Hannes noticed that the entrance was blocked. He saw Humvees and trucks blocking the way with both soldiers and power suits standing amongst them. That wasn´t what was worrying him. In the middle of the blockade, stood a dark clothed figure, wearing curved, metal armor and had a mask that was a boldly styled art-deco human face. Jaune and Pyrrha noticed Hannes terrified expression at the sight of this new, strange soldier. It then raised a huge weapon towards them. Hannes eyes widen.

"Oh shit!" He yelled, weering hard to the left in between an alley of buildings. Bullets, rockets and lasers then impacted the road, moments they had just been driving on. Their Humvee drove down the Alley, before it screeched to a halt. The occupants in the back flying into the front wall, their pained and surprised shrieks could easily be heard. However, The front occupants looked forward in horror. At the end of the alley before them, came a large T 90A Main Battle Tank driving from the side. It started to turn its turret towards them, infantry surrounding its sides. Hannes looked back and saw that the way back was to long for them to reverse. He looked back forward.

"EVERYBODY, OUT!" Hannes yelled. The group did just that, the back door flying off its hinges, as Coco kicked it open, happy to leave the vehicle. The turret finished turning and immediately, a shell was fired. The Humvee exploded in a fiery mess, its former occupants flying of their feet. They all landed randomly around the alley on the ground, pained groans coming from each of them. Hannes slowly raised himself up from the ground, shaking his head in the process, when machine gun fire started to land around him. He looked back and saw beyond the burning wreckage of the Humvee, that the tank had fully turned itself and was slowly making its way into the alley, still surrounded by infantry. The pair of eyes on the T 90 looking intimidateley towards the group. It lowered its cannon and aimed towards them once more. Hannes looked towards the other side of the alley and saw that the people from the blockade was now storming in from the other side.

"We need to get out of here, NOW!" Hannes yelled. The moment he said that, he felt a hand grab the collar of his shirt.

"Going up." Coco said, before throwing Hannes upwards, the swede yelling in surprise. Ruby grabbed on to Weiss and started to jump on vents to reach the roof of the buildings. Blake and Ren followed closely behind and both Coco and Pyrrha helped each other with Jaune.

"They are getting away!" The tank commander yelled, having poked his head out of the turret. Soldiers started to fire towards the teens, but they had already reached the roof. Hannes was the first up, landing roughly on his front. He groaned and raised himself of the roof, as the others joined him. Hannes looked back towards Coco.

"Now that was some quick thinking, nicely done." Hannes said. Coco raised an eyebrow.

"I had half expected you to yell at me for doing that to you." She said. Hannes shrugged his shoulders.

"Meh, Viktor have done the same move to me once or twice." He said. A spotlight then interrupted their conversation, as a Comanche attack helicopter came flying towards them. Its machine gun spewing out bullets.

"Move!" Hannes yelled, the group complying and started to charge across the roof to escape this new threat. The Comanche flew just above them, its shoots harrowingly missing its targets with its machine guns. The group jumped over to another rooftop, still head in the direction towards the airstrip.

"We need to get down from these roofs!" Hannes yelled. The group veered hard to the right to avoid a missile, the explosion rocking the roof. It started to collapse, as the group charged towards a catwalk down to the ground once more.

"Get down, now!" Hannes said, stopping just before the catwalk to make sure that everyone was still present and safe. He looked towards the incoming chopper and shot of a few rounds towards it with his pistol, before following suit with the rest of the group. Moments after, bullets impacted where he had just stood.

"Man, these guys really wants us dead." Jaune said, catching his breath back down on the ground. The rest was breathing heavily as well. Hannes slid down the bottom ladder and turned towards the rest.

"We don´t have time to relax, we need to get to the airstrip before the others leave. If they have a heavy transport, that is our ticket out of here." Hannes said.

"And if we don´t make it?" Weiss asked. Hannes tried catching his breath before answering.

"Then we have to find another way to get out of here." Hannes said. The other´s weren´t satisfied with this answer, but agreed none the less. The sound of a chopper once again grabbed their attention. They each hugged the walls around them, as another Comanche flew overhead, its spotlight illuminating the area. The light went back and forth, before leaving with the Comanche. Hannes looked towards the direction the chopper was going, seeing that it was heading towards the airstrip.

"Alright, I think that they have lost us for now, so they are focusing on our friends. We need to hurry, let´s go." Hannes said. The group made their way through the buildings, until they reached a metal fence. On the other side of it, was the unmistakable scenery of the airfield they had landed in when first arriving here. Hannes grabbed the fence and started to climb it.

"Alright, we are almost there." He said, reaching the top and started to crawl through the barbed wire on top. "Ow, just ignore the barbed wire and you will be fine." Hannes said.

SWISH

SWOSH

A perfect square part of the fence fell down, as both Ruby and Ren relaxed with their weapons. Hannes, now having gotten to the other side of the barbed wire, blinked a few times, before starting to mumble to himself.

"Show offs" He said loudly enough for the rest to hear. This earned some giggles from the girls and chuckled from the boys. Hannes gave them all a glare, before waving with his hand.

"Let´s go." He said. The group started to run once more towards the large airfield. Suddenly, the ground shock once more. The quake caused the group to lose their balance in surprise. A collected chorus of pained yelps was followed, as each fell down on the ground. Hannes picked himself up and dusted himself up.

"Now what?" He asked. Large explosions then filled their view, as hangers and parked aircrafts then flew skyhigh. The group stood there in silence, with the ground shaking once more. More explosions then erupted behind them from the main base.

"Alert, main reactor compromised. Chain reaction of explosions spreading throughout the base through the pipeline. All units, evacuate the base!" The speakers then said. The group looked towards each other in shock, when another explosion then rocked the base. They then saw the shield around the base giving out, slowly flickering in and out of existence, before disappearing completely.

"Delay that order, stand and fight for the Order!" Smith's voice then yelled over the speakers. More explosions followed and alarms were going of everywhere now. The group started running once more and reached a hangar area, stopping behind some crates. They could see the ultimate chaos amongst the ranks of the Order. Troops had spotted them but was ignoring their presence. They were trying to escape, as the explosions intensified. Cars flew through the air and soldiers was cast around like ragdolls by the blasts. The group looked on in shock for a moment, as the ground shock once more.

"With that keeping them occupied, we can focus on finding the others." Hannes said. The group then moved once more from behind the crates, moving past burning hangars and overturned vehicles. They soon reached a large area, filled with parked cargo planes standing neatly parked next to each other.

"Alright, which cargo plane is theirs?" Hannes said, looking over a large assembled squadron of C 17 cargo planes. The rest of the group looked to their right, seeing something.

"Huh, Hannes?" Ruby started.

"Not now, I'm trying to find the others." He said. "Now, which aircraft can it be." He repeated, not noticing a large cargo plane currently pulling up towards the runway behind them

"Hannes." Ruby repeated a little louder, having fully turned towards the cargo plane.

"They should have probably taken an aircraft that was already ready to take off." Hannes said to himself. The large American cargo plane at the edge of the runway then started to speed up, its large tires struggling against the pavement.

"Hannes!" Ruby yelled. Hannes groaned and turned around towards the little reaper.

"What is it?" He yelled. He then looked to his left and saw the approaching cargo plane. Is pupils shrunk.

"…Crap." He said. He then started to charge towards the runway, as the cargo plane was picking up speed. Hannes started flailing with his arms to grab its attention.

"Hey, wait! Don´t leave us here!" He yelled. He looked up towards the small windows that made up the cockpit of the plane, hoping that they would spot him. It was however too late, as the cargo plane blew past him and then started to tilt backwards and slowly started to lift of from the runway. The blast from its engines blew Hannes away. The Swede flew over the group and landed back first into some more crates. The group flinched at the sound of the impact. Hannes laid unmoving for a moment amongst the crates.

"…Oooow." They could hear Hannes moan. The group ran up to the crates and started to move them out of the way. The then helped Hannes to stand back up on his feet. Hannes staggered for a moment, before shaking his head clear of his vertigo. He then looked towards the horizon, the group doing the same. They saw the large cargo plane slowly disappear into the night, its lights on its wings then shutting off to fully conceal it. "There they go." Hannes said sadly. The rest of the group continued to watch where they had last seen the aircraft for a couple of more moments, before looking towards Hannes.

"Are you sure that it was them?" Jaune asked. Hannes looked towards the teen.

"No doubt about it. That cargo plane should have been going a couple of more hundred feet on that runway before lifting off. I only know Viktor who is crazy enough to try and fly a cargo plane before gaining full speed with it." Hannes said. "And I also saw a certain red haired little girl in the cockpit of it." Hannes said, looking towards Ren.

"Nora…" Ren said hopefully and Hannes nodded. He then put his hands on his hips.

"They are safe for the moment, but now comes the question about us." Hannes said, another explosion in the distance. The base was still burning in some places, but the fire wasn´t as intense now as it used to be, as firetrucks bearing the Orders emblem was seen driving towards more burning areas.

"What about our chopper?" Ruby asked. Hannes shock his head.

"It is fast and agile but it won´t do. The Order have no doubt got most of the fire under control and are now ready to shot down any aircraft trying to leave. Smith will also be very determined to capture us again, now that he has lost Viktor." Hannes said. "There must be a way out of here." He mumbled.

"Driving?" Jaune suggested. Hannes shock his head.

"Too far and the terrain is too treacherous for us to escape in a ground based vehicle." Hannes said.

"The train?" Blake suggested. Hannes once more shock his head.

"Too well-guarded."

"A jet" Coco suggested.

"To little time."

"Their stealth helicopters." Ren suggested.

"Too…"Hannes trailed off. He then snapped his head towards the ninja. "What did you just say?" He asked with wide eyes.

"When they kidnapped the others. They used some strange vehicle that was fully able to turn itself invisible, simply disappearing before our eyes." Ren explained. Hannes stood there silent for a moment, blinking a few times.

"Why didn´t you tell me this before!?" Hannes then yelled out, catching the rest of guard. Hannes then grasped his head. "They actually finished production of the UH 70 Stealth Hawk? We need to find one now and then get the hell out of here!" Hannes said.

"Stealth hawk?" Weiss asked. Hannes looked towards her.

"A prototype American stealth utility helicopter, perfected by the Order. It has the ability to turn itself completely invisible and also dull the sound of its rotors, making it the perfect insertion vehicle into hostile areas. Me and the guys only faced the UH 65 version, that could only dull its sound, but we had found evidence that the Order may had been trying to upgrade it to be fully stealth." Hannes grasped his chin. "I guess that they succeeded." He then shrugged his shoulders. "But I have something similar on my wrist." He said with a smirk and showed them the device on his hand." Come to think about it, I haven´t used it a single time during these two chapters." Hannes commented.

"What?" Weiss asked.

"Never mind. What we have to do now is to try and find a Stealth Hawk and use it to get the hell out of here." Hannes ordered.

"I have spotted the intruders." A group of soldiers then appeared from behind a hangar. Hannes whipped out his gun and lazily shot of four rounds, hitting each soldier right in the face.

"And we better hurry." Hannes added. "Let´s just hope that one survived the explosions." The group then took off from the runways towards the still standing Hangars. They passed each hangar, looking through each of the large doors, trying to find their prize. More soldiers headed their way, supported by heavier troops. Each hangar they checked, they had to do it while under heavy fire. They lost count on how many hangars they checked and how many bullets they avoided, but they continued to check. The fastest of them was Ruby, who moved like a blur between both soldiers and hangars alike. She soon reached a hangar with closed doors and soldiers outside. She charged the guards before they could react. She first tackled straight into the gut of one of the soldiers, knocking the wind out of him. She leaped over him and used the blunt area of her weapons to knock the other out with a hit to the face. The other soldiers aimed at her, but got tackled by the rest of her team that had finally caught up with her. Ruby smiled towards her friends, before looking towards the large closed doors of the hangar before her. Hannes came walking up to her side. She looked at him.

"This is the last one." She said.

"Let´s hope this it is the right one." He said.

"This one is closed however." Jaune said. Hannes didn´t say anything at first, but only smirked and reached into his pocket.

"Haven´t you guys learned anything from tonight's lesson." He whipped out something small out from his pocket. He threw the thing towards the door. Said thing sticking to it and the teens could see a countdown on it. "If you can´t find the door…" The things exploded in a fiery inferno, pieces of twisted and burning metal flew past them. The group shielded their eyes while Hannes continued to smirk, unfazed by the explosion.

"…You make your own." He finished.

"When one think that they have finally grown used to your behavior." Jaune commented. Their moment was interrupted once more by more gunfire from the base guards. "Get inside." Hannes ordered. He used his feet to flick a rifle, dropped from the unconscious guards, from the ground and into his hands. He turned around and started to fire towards the approaching enemies. The group made their way inside the hangar, with Hannes entering last while backing in. He then took cover behind the destroyed door at the edge of the hole and started firing from behind cover. Impacts from the enemies fire fell everywhere around him, forcing him back into cover.

"Coco, Ren, Pyrrha, I need some support here!" He yelled. Said teens nodded and ran up to take up positions around the hole. She whipped out her own weapon and started to lay down covering fire to the outside. Soldiers were forced to take cover, as vehicles started to roll in to provide supporting fire. Hannes took aim once more with the grenade launcher, firing of a grenade that hit a Humvee straight in the hood of it. The vehicle came to a stop and its occupants jumped out moments before it exploded. Hannes took cover once more and reloaded the grenades. Coco then peaked out and started to fire her own weapon, shredding cover and vehicles in the process. Pyrrha and Ren peaked out at the same time, assisting each other to suppress their enemies. Outside, the base guards took cover behind crates and vehicles alike, all focusing fire towards the hole.

"We have them surrounded." A soldier yelled, switching out an empty magazine for a new one. The soldier was then forced down to avoid the incoming fire.

"They sure don´t act like it." Another said, focusing fire towards the hole.

"Call for armor support." Another said. Back inside. Hannes reloaded his weapon and continued to fire. Coco went back into cover and looked down towards her gun.

"I´m empty." She yelled, referring to her weapon. Hannes went back into cover, allowing Pyrrha to fire in his stead and looked down towards his weapon.

"I´m running low to." He looked towards the two others. "How about you two?" He asked.

"We still have some ammo left, but if things continue like they are now, that will quickly change." Ren said. Hannes frowned and looked towards the rest, who was currently trying to find the light switch to the darkened hangar.

"How´s it going back there?!" Hannes yelled towards the others. The rest of the group didn´t hear him, as they were too focused on their current task. It was almost pitch black, none of them being able to see anything in the darkness. All except for a certain Faunus. Blake scanned her eyes across the large room and smiled.

"We have found them!" She yelled. The others looked at her in surprise.

"Have we?" Ruby asked.

"Found it!" Jaune yelled and switched on the lights. The lights came on one after one, revealing rows of neatly parked transport helicopters without a single round area on their surface. Hannes looked away for a moment from the firefight towards the vehicles.

"Well I´ll be damned. The ninja wasn´t lying." He said, reloading his weapon and started to fire.

"You thought I was lying?" Ren asked. Hannes shrugged his shoulders.

"I was desperate for an idea and you're sounded the best, but I had my doubts." Hannes said, firing some more. "Glad I was wrong." He added.

"Alright, we fall back individual wise." Hannes began, turning towards the rest of the group standing next to one of the choppers. "You get that thing started and await our retreat!" he yelled towards the teens next to the chopper.

"How do we do that?" Jaune asked.

"Press buttons until the damn thing starts!" Hannes yelled back, flinching from an explosion just beyond their cover.

"And how do we get it out of here?" Blake asked.

"Look up." Hannes answered. The teens did so and saw a giant hatch on the top of the hangar.

"What the…?" Weiss said.

"Emergency hatch for helicopters if you need to evacuate and don´t have the time to move a chopper out from the hangar. Perfect for us. Get that hatch open!" Hannes said. "Now stop asking stupid questions and get the damn thing started!" Hannes yelled. The teens looked at each other for a moment, before entering the chopper. Hannes then turned towards the teens with him. "Okay, Pyrrha and Coco, you are first to retreat to them when they manage to get the thing started. Join up with them and then wait for me and Ren. Move on my command." Hannes said. The two girls nodded. A new sound then grabbed their ears and they looked out to see a large eight wheeled vehicle drive up next to the soldiers and aimed a large machine gun at them.

"50. Cal, get down!" Hannes yelled. The group did so. Moments after, large caliber bullets pierced their cover easily. Hannes crawled towards the edge of the hole and started to fire towards the automated turret on top of the Stryker IFV. Bullets impacted around is base, but this only caused the machine gun to turn towards him. Hannes didn´t stop however and continued to fire. The machine gun then fired of some round and one impacted right on Hannes arm. Next thing he knew, his right arm was ripped straight off from his body because of the large caliber bullet.

"GAH, FUCK THAT HURT!" He yelled, rolling behind cover and grasped the area where his now missing right limb was once attached. Blood dripped down on the floor. "SHOOT THE TURRET!" Hannes yelled. Both Pyrrha and Ren then peaked out and started to fire towards the turret on the Stryker. The machine gun aimed towards them, but a bullet hit its mark right underneath the machine gun. The machine gun was suddenly stuck in place. Hannes peaked out from his cover and smirked.

"Good shot guys, the gun is jammed, but that won´t hold them of for long. Soon, they have even bigger guns here." Hannes, forcing himself up against the wall. Coco went over and helped to support him.

"Are you okay?" Pyrrha asked, turning towards him with concern in her eyes. Hannes used his still attached arm to wave her off.

"Don´t worry, this is not the first time this have happened, believe me." He said with a smirk. The teens looked at each other in confusion. "I´ll explain later." He added.

"We have a problem." Ren said, firing off some more bullets out into the courtyard. They looked out and saw three power armor units movie towards them.

"Fucking ASTs! We need to move!" Hannes said. The sound of a vehicle starting up behind them grabbed their attention once more. They saw the rotor blades on one of the choppers starting to spin and saw also Jaune sitting in the pilot seat, cheering. The hatch then opened on top, with Blake jumping out from a second store room moments later.

"Alright, Pyrrha, Coco, get to the choppa!" Hannes yelled in an Austrian accent, laughing at his own impression. The joke however flew over the heads of the teens, making Hannes groan in frustration. "Just go!" He yelled. Both girls sprinted towards the chopper, while Hannes whipped out one of his pistols with his still good arm. Both he and Ren started to shoot towards the incoming power suits. Said suits whipped out their own large caliber guns and started to shoot their way. The bullets pierced through their cover, forcing them on the ground once more.

"Ren, go! I´ll be right behind you!" Hannes yelled. Ren nodded and raised himself of from the floor, while Hannes peaked out once more from behind cover and started to shot towards the head of one of the ASTs. Said power armor had to slow down and cover his headplate with his large, armored hand. Hannes pistol then clicked. He moved his right arm to reload, but remember that it only was a stump at the moment.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that" He said. Hannes then rose himself of the ground and sprinted after Ren. "Time´s up, let´s get the hell out of here!" Hannes yelled. Coco and Pyrrha had reached the helicopter and had made their way inside. Coco climbed in and looked towards the front of the chopper.

"Hello, what do we have here?" She said smugly. She walked up to the front and saw that on the side of the helicopter, folded inside, there were a Gatling gun placed, not so different in caliber with her own. She smiled and punched the window open. She folded the large gun outwards and grabbed its handles.

Back with Ren and Hannes, the two of them was making their way across the large room towards their waiting ride. Hannes grabbed his arm on the way and stuffed it into his shirt, although uncomfortably, it worked for now. Soldiers now started to pour into the hole, supported by power armor, since the enemy fire had seized for the moment. The Coco started to fire. The soldiers immediately retreated back into cover, while the power armors were forced back from the Minigun fire. Coco smirked and shot with steadfast accuracy with the gun, having almost zero recoil.

"Not as comfortable as my own, but it works." She said, not letting the fire up.

"That a girl Coco!" Hannes yelled, laughing when seeing the fashionista giving the Order hell. She of course didn´t hear this, since the sound of the gun easily drowned out his voice. The two of them was almost there, just a few more steps.

Then a shot went right through Ren´s leg.

"Agh!" He yelled out in pain, tripping and falling forwards. This earned some gasps from the others in the chopper. Ren tried to stand back up, only to fall down once more. The pain was unbearable, as he felt that he couldn't move his left leg at all. He then felt a strong grip grab on to the collar of his shirt.

"Ain´t no man left behind." Hannes yelled, holstering the teen over his shoulder with his one good arm and charged towards the chopper. He threw the teen inside, earning a grunt of pain from Ren, before charging into the pilot seat.

"I´m normally right handed, but let´s see if I can fly using my left hand. Hannes pressed his foots down on the pedals and pulled on the throttle before grabbed the cyclic with his left hand and pulled back. The chopper slowly started to lift of the ground, although a little wobbly in its path. Coco continued to fire towards their enemies, now supported by Ruby and Blake, before the doors where shut. The landing gear folded into the chopper and it rose towards the ceiling.

In the moment the chopper was approaching the open hatch in the roof, Smith burst into the hangar. He saw the chopper and whipped out his own pistol, a silver colored Desert Eagle, and started to shoot towards the fleeing chopper. A lot of the bullets did damage to the chopper, but it soon flew out of the hangar.

"God dammit! Shoot it down now!" Smith yelled. Outside, the chopper rose up from the hole and then speed of towards the edge of the base. With the shield out and the bases defenses shut down, there were nothing to stop them from escaping.

"Incoming!" Hannes yelled, veering hard to the right to avoid a missile, the chopper releasing flares in the process. More gunfire from the ground flew in their direction. The choppers armor so far being able to handle it, but that could change.

"We need to get out of here!" Jaune yelled. Hannes concentrated on the controls, trying to find something.

"Here it is!" He yelled. For a moment, he let go of the cyclic and pressed a button on the console, before quickly grabbing said flight instrument once again. The moment he had pressed the button, the sound of the rotors suddenly stopped. A strange wave then went over the chopper, starting in the front and ending in the back. The chopper then faded out from existence. The front disappeared first, followed by the middle and last, the tail. Where there had once been a transport chopper, there were now only thin air. The soldiers on the ground stopped firing, looking around the sky. Smith ran out of the hangar, looking around the sky for the chopper. He had the same luck as everyone else.

"GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!" He yelled, throwing his beret on to the ground and started to stamp on it. The surrounding soldiers and power armor looked at the display with both fear and uncertainty. Smith then stopped hopping and pointed towards the nearest officer.

"Get our fighters in the air now! We still have time to hunt down both the cargo plane and that blasted chopper." He ordered. The officer nervously shook his head.

"We can´t sir, the explosions damaged the runway. We can´t send up any fighters." The officer said.

"Then use the VTOLs!" Smith barked. The offices shook his head once more.

"Can´t do that either sir, the VTOL hangar was damaged as well, the fireteams are currently trying to put out the fire, but I doubt that any of the fighters are flyable." The officer said. Another officer then walked up to Smith.

"Huh, commander." He tried. Smith ignored him and started to yell once more, grabbing his face.

"Gah, what the hell went wrong?! We had them, we fucking had them all. WHAT HAPPENED!?" Smith roared.

"Commander."

"If they had help from the inside, I will personally skin them alive!" Smith raged.

"Commander."

"I want every soldier questioned and every security footage checked. I will find who is responsible for this!"

"Commander." Smith turned towards the officer.

"WHAT!" He roared. The officer flinched in fear, before slowly saying.

"I-it is our l-leader, he wants a report." The officer stammered out. The color instantly drained from Smiths face.

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"We did it, we fucking did it!" Hannes yelled with a laugh. Hannes looked back towards the rest of the group. He noticed all the glum faces on his passengers. "Hey, what´s the matter? We made it. We didn´t lose anyone and the only damages we have our Ren´s leg and…" He waved his stump of an arm. "I call that a success." He said.

"How can you call that a success?!" Ruby then yelled, surprising Hannes. "We failed. We didn´t rescue our friends and we all almost died!" She slumped back in her seat and buried her face in her hands. Hannes blinked a few times, before starting up the autopilot and walked up from his seat. He walked up to Ruby and grabbed her shoulder, shaking her out of her hands.

"Now you listen to me little lady…" He looked everyone once over "All of you listen." He barked. "We did not fail!" He yelled. He walked back and forth. "We accomplished our objectives, we infiltrated their base, we escaped their trap, we got their Intel and we would have saved our friends if they hadn´t decided to do that themselves." He said. "Now I don´t know how they got out, but we know that they did." He looked them all over "All of them! That ascent that cargo plane was doing could only have been Viktor. And I know that the girls were with him on that plane." Hannes said.

"How do you know that?" Ren asked, flinching a little in pain while Blake and Pyrrha helped put bandage on his wounds. Hannes simply looked at Ren and smirked.

"Because when it comes to hot babes, I can sense them." Was Hannes response. The group simply looked at him oddly. "Hey, my chick sense is a real thing. I sensed Yang while I was in the forest did I not?" Hannes asked. The teens looked at each other.

"Well…he kinda did." Ruby said.

"I still don´t believe it." Weiss said. The teens then looked at Hannes once more.

"Alright, I take your word for it." Ren said, while not completely convinced, was still a little calmer at the saying that Nora may be fine.

"That´s the spirit." Hannes said cheerfully. He then grabbed his chin with his still one good hand. "I can´t however figure out how they managed to escape." He mumbled to himself. Then he remember something.

"Oh yeah…" He said, grabbing everyone´s attention. He reached into his jacket and pulled out his arm.

"I´m going to need some help reattaching this, any volunteers?"

AN: The Stealth Hawk is based on the awesome looking black hawk helicopter from the game Call of Duty Black Ops 2, however, with the ability to turn invisible. The AST is also based on the same power armor of the same name from Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, with not that much difference, other that it can take more punishment. While I´m not the biggest call of duty fan, they still make some of the most pretty awesome equipment appear in their games. I also finally paired Pyrrha and Jaune together, my favorite shipping when it comes to RWBY, just before Bumblebee and White Rose (Wink wink). But how did the others manage to escape, find out in the next chapter.

So as always, I hope that you enjoyed it and I see you in the next chapter.