'Old roads to new places'
RWBY – Days Gone
The smell of blode, smoke, death in the air… another village in the midle of being destroyed. The corpses of men and women as well as gimm laying all around. Some huntsmen died defending the vilegers, some died running for their lives, and some died to the rippers… all thats left are two boys not older then 5, crying in fear for their lives as they were about to meet their maker by the hands or should i say claws of a beowolf.
As a bullet pieced the skull of the Wolf like grimm… a man gun in hand walked to the boy while scaning the surrounding for threads. As he go close to them ge kneeled down tho them. ''Hey there, everthings gona be alright, the grim cant hurt you anymore. I will make sure of that, but firt we need to get out of here its not safe here!'' The two boys loked at him with feer in their eye, the the looked at each othere. He didn't look like on of the people that atacked the vilage. He wasn't one of thase mad men. He loked like he was in his early thiertys, a small smile on his face that was rather badly shaved. He wore a cap with the shield part turned to his back, he bore a light grey t-shirt with a jeans biker cut jacket and a pair of black worn jeans with black combat boots. ''Come on we need to go'' he said as he led the to a bike, and helped them on. He quickly got on and starter it. The sound of the engine going they shortly wanished from the now destroyed village…
Somewhere in the otskirts of Vale. About 12 years later.
''It's geting worse and worse. Every time we do Ripper bounties it's way worse than described on the board. I tell you if the ideots think we risk ouer lives for less than its worth they are at least as mad as the rippers!''
''Calm down Domi. It wasnt that bad.'' He said while packing his gear on his bike.
''Not that bad you say'' said Domi as he throws his shotgun into a leather poket on his bike.''They said about 10 rippers… therer were at least 30, heck maybe even 40. If the think the can get away with underpaying the only guys willing to do the job they cut themself! I tell you that much Jauney.'' He said finishing to pack his things and seting himself onto his bike.
''We will deeal with Copeland when we get to him. For now lets focuse on the road and getting to the village. We need to restock on ammo and ration, we are almost out!'' said Jaune finishing packing and mounting his own bike.
''Right, right… im almost out, 11 shels left and 8 bullets. Hopefully we won't encounter anything to bad on the way to… whatever the village is caled.'' Domi said.
''You just jinxed us. Now somethins gona hapen.*sight* At least i got my bolts and my machete. You should think about geting a sword or something like that, for when you run out of ammo.'' Jaune said in a naging tone.
''I got my trusty boot knife for that. And normaly i dont run out of ammo. But this… this was hell, i should get another shotgun. A doblebarel for emergencies.'' Domi stated with a smirk on his face.
'''One shotgun is enought! Let's just befor it gets dark, i don't want to camp in the woods tonight! I want a comfy bed tonight!'' Stated Jaune in a angry tone.
Domi simply answered with ''K'' as the both of the started their engines and started driving towards the neares wilage.
They did not know what fate had in stock for them…
About 20 minutes later on an road leading to what looks like nowhere, Jaune and Domi apeared riding their bikes as always they didnt care for any speed limits or heck any trafic laws, who cares we live in a world of monsters that want us all dead, who cares i we go over the speed limit.
''Feeling better?'' Asked Jaune
''Better, nothing better then the road to take your mind of things. Can't even remember why i was angry… oh wait i do. Copeland triend to ether scam us or get us killed… or both!'' Said Domi in a angry and iritated tone.
''Just try and not kill him before we get paid, a corpse cant pay us after al… holy shit thats a lot of freaks!'' Jaun shouted and pointed to a horde of freak and a bunch of newts. As bouth of them stoped to watch what was going on.
''There, thats a huntsmen, and hes having trobele'' said Domi. ''Come on, we got to hep him. We can use some more hunters aroun!'' He said driving towards the horde.
''You are going to get yourself killed!'' shouted Jaune.
''If this wont kill me something else will!'' Domi shouted back.
''You and your death wish… whats the plan?'' Jaune asked.
''I will lure them away, you grab the huntman, maybe i will molotov the freaks, we will see.'' Domi said with a wide grin on his face.
Domi drove tovards the crowd yelling and shouting, grabing their attemtion. At least most of the horde, some stayed and kept atacking the huntsmen who turned out to be a huntress. Who fought with a… riding crop?! Asked Jaune to himself. As he went to join the mysterius huntres.
Said huntres used her riding crop to magicaly keep the freaks at bay, throw them away and throw semingly random things at them(boulders, stone, threes, yes fking boulders!).
Jaune drove up close to the huntes, braking and coming to a swift halt as he unshets his pistol and starts to fire precisely at the freaks.
''Hold out till my brother comes back, im almost out of ammo!'' Said Jaune to the mysterius huntres.
''Don't wory about me, keep yourself together'' said the huntres.
Jaune fired the rest of his bulets with acuracy to the heads of the grimm. As his las bulet was fired he switched to his crossbow.
Meanwhile Domi had a horde of freakers behind him as he seached thrue one of the pokets on the bag of his bikes. And for the love of the gods he was relived when he found the object he searched for. It was botle full of some fluid and some crystals swiming in it. Some cloth was diped in it and was hanging out. The end of the cloth was diped in some red dust. Not enought to explode, just enought to egnite the cloth whe aura was used on it. It was a molotov. On of the few ways Domi loved to end grim. Who could blame him, everyone love some chared grim!
Domi ignited the fire dust at the end of the cloth using his aura, a smal flame igniting.''Take this you freaks!'' Domi shouted as he threw the molotov into the midle of the horde behing him. The glas bottle hit a freaker right in the face as it shatered, as a large ball of fire and lightning exploded. The explosion was larger than Domi expected it to be, he thought it would be half as big, but he wasnt compleining. He stoped his bik with a u turn and prepeared his handgun and shotgun to pick up the streagler left from the horde. The former horde once had over 100 freaker and newts to its name, now only 11 freakers and 5 newts were left.
Domi quicly emptiend his pistol, each shot a headshot, 8 of the grim were dead. With the pistol empty he grabed his Super 90 shotgun, and waited that the freaks come closer so each shell would do maximum damage. So he did, freaker after freaker meeting its end at the semi automatic shotgun. As he unloaded his shotgun, with no shell left he was left to face of a single newt. He stood up from hes semi siting position on his bike and started walking towards the newt. Doing so he took out his boot knife, spining it around his left hand to find its balance. With a swit strike to the gut and a puncture of the grims scull, it was dead.
Back with Jaune and the mysterius huntres. Jaune was fireing crossbow bolts one after anouther. The huntres keeping the grim at bay, as bouth of the hear a masive explosion from the direction Domi lead the heard of. As the both turn to see what is going on, they saw a masive ball of fire and lightning. ''Is that his semblance?'' the huntres asked. ''No… hes just a genius when it comes to explosives, fire and dust. I thout he said he was out of molotovs thou!'' Jaune nswered with a calm voice.
There were stil about a dozent freakers left, Jaune was down to 5 bolts, and decreasing fast. Firering his last bolst, Jaune put his crossbow on his back strap, and pulled a rather shaby machete form said strap. He then procided to get of his bike, which he never left while firering his arsenal. He took a basic loking fighting stance, and started choping at the zombie like grim.
Swing, chop… head off. Swing after swing the heads of the gim fell. Jaune not realizin the last of the grim got behind of him, he hear a very familiar shotgun. 3 shots, 3 dead grim.
''What would you do without me!?'' said Domi to Jaune at the now somewhat safe location, literred wit tons of smoking grimm corpses.
''I knew there were behind me'' aswered Jaune.''Sure you did'' said Domi.
''Now if you could give me a hand to retrive my bolts?'' asked Jaune.
''Your crossbow, your bolts, your problem!'' explained Domi.
Catching her breath the huntres stated ''Thank you very much for your help. My name Glynda Goodwich. Huntres, head mistrees and combat instructor at Beacon acadamy.'' Explained Glynda ''May i know who i have the pleasure with''with'' she looked at the men… they were just two boys, she just realized. They couldnt be older than 17, the age of the first years at beacon. The both of them were about 6feet tall, and rather scragly build. One with blone haire and blue eyes, haire covered with a cap and the hood of the black short sleeved hoody he wore. Above the hoody he wore a biker like jeans vest and a pair of dark blue jeans and black combat boots. A pistol holster on his left side of his belt, another belt across his chest held a quiver of now colected bolts, his crosbow and the rather shaby looking machete.''The name is Jaune '' he itroduced himself. ''The names Domenik, but most people call me Domi, as for a surename i got none, well you could call me as well caus of my brothere here!'' Glynda now loking at Dominik, she saw a boy with short dark brown haire, with white higlights, amber eyes and a face covered with a short beard, if you can call that a beard. He wore a grean bandana, roled up to cover his forehead, whitc covered a scar she could tell from the end of the scar poking out of it. He wore a tight grey long sleved shirt with the sleves roled up to his elbows. The same jeand biker vest covered his shirt as his partner. He wore a pair of black jeans with patches of leather on his knees, and a pair of black combat boots. He had a pistol hoster straped to his left leg at half lenght of it, the pistol inside, on his right was a ammo belt for shotgun shells, which was empty. His belt was more masive and semingly tight around his weist. The buckle was a downwards 5 point star, made out od silver or crome. Holding a Super 90 shotgun.
Glynda the took a brief look at their bikes, which she found interestin, Jaune's was painted grey with silver and crome acents while Domi's was black with the tank and some acents painted the same grean as his bandana. Both bikes looked like chopers, but modified for off road biking. And some part looked rather illegas she thought as she saw a canister probably containing nitro.
''Aren't the two a litle to young to be out here by yourself, i dought that your huntsmen!'' she stated in a ether mad or voring tone.
The two of them looked at each other, and started laughtong. As the calmed down Jaune spoke up ''We are no huntmen, we are drifter, we live out here on the wild road.'' He explained. ''We know how to take care of oursef, thank you very much!'' stated Domi.
Glynda was shoked, two boy on there own on the road, fighting to survive.''But why are you out here, dont you have a place to stay?'' she asked in a voried tone.
''We lost everythin when we were 5. Our town got destroyed by grim, we got picked up by our uncle Deacon who took us under his wing, taught us how to drive, shoot, how to survive before he died.'' Stated Jaune.
Glynada was shoked at was she hear. These two boys lost everything, they had to grow up early just to stay alive. ''I am sorry, i didn't knew'' she sai apologeticaly.
''No harm done'' said Domi ''The road is suprisingly good therapist, a long ride, the breaze in your haire, kiling some freaks… it can fix most of your problems'' he added.
''But not all'' added Jaune.
''Yeah'' sighted Domi.
Glynda was out of it. She didnt knew why but she wanted to help them, to give them a better life. Normaly Glynda Goodwich is a strict, rule folowind, and order loving women, but right now she felt that she needed to do something about them. She wanted to proteckt them… was it her mother instinkt? Can it… no it can't be she thought. With a sight she spoke up '' The two of you seem very capable fighters and strategist, you managet to take out a horde of grim whre is was about to get overrun.'' The two boys shoke there hed is suprise. '' I normlay wouldn't do this, but this is a special case so… would the two of you like to atend Beacon Academy and become huntsmen?'' she asked them.
Both of the looked suprised, but in a good way?
''We can talk abou this when we get somwhere safe, we need to get out of here before we get caught by anothere horde, im out of ammo, and i dought you have any more the i do!'' stated Domi and Jaune nodded.
''We can talk when we get to the nearby village, Ms. Goodwich would you mind joining me for the ride?'' asked Jaune and she nodded and took a seat at the back of Jaune's bike. They started their engines and were of towards the nearby village leaving behind a battlefiel filed with smoking grim corpses.
Half an hour later, some vilage at the outskirts of vale.
'''There, a bar… we can talk while geting a drink.'' Said Domi.
''Aren't the two of you a bit too young to drink'' asked Glynda.
''Out here the only thing that maters is that you can kill grim, no questions asked.'' Said Domi while Glynda gave him a death stare. ''Fine… non alcoholic drinks, you happy now?'' he asked. Glynda just nodded happly.
The got of the bikes and headed into the lokal bar/in. The two sat at a table near the back of the bar at a wall. Domi went and ordered some food and drinks and joined his brother and the huntres at the table shortly after.
''So…'' Jaune spoke up ''why did you offer us tho join Beacon, isn't it a school for the best of the best and the rich people of noble familys?'' he asked.
''Well… the two of you showed great skill and teamwork fighting those grimm out there. It would be a shame to let such talent go to waste!'' she explained. ''So will the two of you join Beacon academy?'' she asked.
The brothers looked at each other not knowing what to say. No one except uncle Deacon ever complimented their skills. Out in the outskirts you eather have the skill it takes or you don't and die. Simple. The didn't know what to do. And before the could think or say anything.
The sound of bikes was heard outside the bar. Nothing unkommon. But the sound was familiar, to familiar.
Seconds after the engines went quiet a man walked into the bar.
He had short brown hair, shorter than Doni. And a short bear, more than Domi. He had a claw scar on the right side of his face. He wore a grean t-shirt, a olive grean jeand jacket with brown leather patches and apair of worn working jeans and a pair of working boots.
''You!'' yelled Domi ''you have some balls to show yourself Copeland!'' yelled Domi with a killing intend in his voice.
''Dominik, calm down, what did i do to upset you?'' asked the man now known as Copeland.
''What you did… what you did?'' yelled Domi ''You eithere tried to faking scam us or get us killed. 10 rippers you said, my ass 10. There were at least 40. We almost died out there crlearing out ripers!'' Domi shouted at Copeland almost charging at him, only to find Jaune barely holding him back.
Glynda was shoked at what se hear. Rippers. Did he realy said they cleared 40+ rippers. That would be a huntsman mission of hight priority and even higher rish. To think that two boys cleared 40+ rippesr on their own.
''I am so tired of your shit Copelend. We are done doing suicide runs for you and your faking camp! You should have treated us better, we are some of the best drifters out here!'' Domi stil shoutin.
''Some of the best…'' said Copeland.
''Ok now i even got enought of you bulshit Copeland!'' said Jaune in a angry tone, not as angry as Domi thou. ''Pay up and go fak yourself in da knee!'' added Domi.''After we get paid, don't expect us to see us ever again Cope, except for when you get a bounty on your head.'' Said Jaune still angry.
''Here… I even added a bit extra for the trobble.'' Said Copeland, handing over a letter conteining lien.
''Get out of my sight befor i change my ming and shoot you.'' Said Domi with a murder intend in his voice.
''If you had any bullets left i wouldn't be standing. Would i?'' said Coplend turning and leaving the bar.
Both of the brothers still furrius turned to each other. They knew they had enought of this bullshit. Then they turn to Glynda.
''We accept…'' they said in unison.
Glynda knew the two of the were raw, but raw diamond is still worth a lot. This is gona be an interesting firs year at beacon, she knew it.