This is my second part for this fic and again let me know on what you think of this project I've been working on. Sorry for the delay my exams were taking too much of my time so I had to delay a bit. Also any bits of information that your are concern about will be resolve near the future, as well as the military bits, I'm sorta a geek with it, also If make any mistakes please inform me with some constructive review so I can make it better, I'm still new to this.
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A man in a black and grey uniform and a doctor is present in the patients room where Jaune can be seen laying down on a bed with monitors indicating his vitals, the man in uniform ask, ' so what's the damage doctor ?', the doctor said,' well when your men brought him in he was in critical condition, multiple bones and ribs were broken from heavy impacts from what I presume were aura enhanced and there's the wound in his chest, luckily the chest plate he was wearing stop it from going through but it still reached his chest causing enough damage to his lungs and nearly his heart, and he had also multiple infections from dust rounds in his system where the rounds fired, so we had to remove that from his system first before we can operate on him.', after the doctor said the details the man was shocked didn't expect that much damage.
'So will he recover despite the damage he received ?,' the doctor said, ' he'll recover with physical therapy and that aura of his ,but fat load that did in repairing his internal organs, overall he'll be fine in a about two months.' as the doctor finishes his report, 'Good as soon he regains consciousness report it to me immediately, the Colonel wants to know why the men under my command who's been on a recon mission with 10 of my best have brought a seventeen-year-old kid whose also in critical condition.
The scene change as the man walks down a corridor where individuals in similar uniforms pass by him, as he walks through he encounters the men under his company commands, one of his men ask, ' Capt. is the kid alright ?', the man known as his rank responds, ' he'll be fine just multiple broken bones and the wound in his chest he's lucky you arrived on time before we can save him Lieutenant', the man under his command feels relief that he able to stabilize him on time, then the Captain ask, ' also I want to know what caused his wounds and what happened during your mission', the Lieutenant replied, ' When we arrived the kid was already the state he was in when we found him, from what I assume he was fighting multiple individuals who are identified as huntsmen and huntresses, from the battle marks around the area they all engage him all at once, kid must of held them off with only a knife that takes balls, he held but in the end it wasn't enough.' the Captain is shocked he didn't expect that find of report from his Lieutenant.
After all that he's thinking of something that may or may not get him suspended for a while, as he walked through the corridor he reached a office that belong to the head of his battalion, he reaches for the door knob and enters.
The captain response for his entry ' Capt. Coleman reporting as ordered sir ' he salutes as he responded, the colonel raise a salute and respond ' At ease Captain, I want to know what transpired over the last 48 hours before the official report ' the Capt. lowers his hand and states ' Sir what transpired was a situation we didn't expect, it was only suppose to be a recon op the men scouted the area for any new potential deployment sites just incase if one of our specific protocols goes active, but when they arrived to a potential site near the outskirts of Beacon Academy the team found a boy of age seventeen-years-old laying on the ground wounded to hell what seems to be a last stand against whoever he fought, the men called for MEDIVAC for the kid and 48 hours later he's in the ICU still unconscious until now' as the captain finishes his report the Colonel contemplates on what to do now with the kid and asks the captain ' Do we have an ID on the kid ?' the captain answers 'we ran facial recognition and prints he's Identified as Jaune Luna Arc of the Arc family' the colonel raise and eyebrow ' The Arc family ? Aren't they stationed near mistral ? ','they are sir but the kid seems wanting to be a huntsmen in the academies and chose Beacon as his choice'
As the colonel thinks and finally answers' 'well luckily nobody detected your team when they evac the kid further away from the academy, so all in all no risk of us being found, but I have to ask what are you going to do with the kid, Rules says otherwise but we can make an exception in this situation' the captain thinks and responds ' let's wait for the kid to wake up and I'll ask on what happened on his version of events only then I'll make a offer that may kill him or not either way it's his choice', ' Alright Capt. we'll do it your way if not you know the rules' 'Sir yes Sir' the captain salutes and leaves the office leaving the Colonel to think.
2 days later
Jaune POV
'Ughh...my head' I opened my eyes to meet it was bright light I raised my hand to block the light as I raised it I felt a huge migraine coming in my head, I hear a voice saying' Doctor he's regaining consciousness, should I call the Capt. ?' the doctor responds 'yes inform him immediately that the patient is awake', my head is killing me, what happened ? where am I ? how am I alive ? trying to remember the last thing unfortunately the last thing I remember was being stab in the chest by Pyrrah with her spear, ' well damn I lived apparently I'm also shit at dying well on the plus side there so co-called friends/killers are shit at killing maybe Blake or Yang would do better but they still failed to kill me, so it's a draw, then I'll break that draw if I can figure out where am I first ?', the doctor speaks ' Mr. Arc can you speak ?, I respond " yes Doctor ?' the doctor identifies himself ' Ah my name is Dr. Malcolm and I'm the one who operated surgery on you'.
Well damn if he managed to save me in the state I was in, I wonder how many patients he saved, and then I ask ' Dr. Malcolm do you know where am I now ?' the doctor answers as he scrolls through his device ' all your questions on where you are currently and what will happen to you now will be answered shortly as soon as he arrives' I then ask ' who's "he" ?', I hear a door open and a man in black and grey uniform goes through the door, by the looks of it maybe Military? don't recognize the uniform and it can't be Atlas there wasn't any Atlas military stationed near Vale, and he ask the doctor, ' Doctor I hear the kid's awake ?' Dr. Malcolm answers ' yes captain he's awake right now and just asking about you', and now I see now who has the answers I'm looking for , the man in uniform speaks' Ah I guess, you want to know who I am and where your are currently ?' , I nod and he continues ' then let's get started my name is Marcus Coleman, and the your current location is far from vale but currently I can't exactly tell you where you are so just compromise for now of the answers I give to you ' well that answers two of many questions I have and then he ask a question that I'm far too familiar, 'So I'll get to the point, what happened when we found you at the outskirts of Beacon Academy laying on the ground with a huge ass wound on your chest that you barely survived to be extracted by my men under my command', then I think and I answered ' I was running away from beacon and what cause me to runaway is when I hear my former team mates had a plan to get rid of me It never came to fruition but it just fast tracked it when I slipped and saw me hear everything that were planning , so they chased me into the emerald forest as they chase they try to cut me off, they struck me a few times and finally pinned me down and well just ask questions and I answered to best of ability by best means pissing them off further than I planned but it worked though it only gave me a few min at most of fighting them all by that point they finally put me down but they failed to do so seeing I'm alive somewhat right now in front of you'.
After I finished telling my version of events of what transpired, I began to speak " Out curiosity I do have a question that can be answered out of your own expense', then Mr. Coleman responded,' Sure I don't mind as long as nothing to do with sensitive information on who we are and anything related to the location where you currently reside at' alight I have a go, hope this doesn't go awkward,' Why are you both wearing masks ? I get you but the doctor ? I don't get it ?', the reaction the both gave is somewhat calm as they look each other then they look back at me then Doc responds" Oh, well we do maintain a lot of secrecy when it comes to our identities before you ask we also wear this even on duty meaning nobody knows our identities when we make an appearance once in a while nobody would assume anything on who we are'.
As they finish giving me some answers to my never ending questions, I think "hmmm.. I guess that reasonable to hide their identities but now the real question, what's going to happen to me right now ? I have no where to go and I have no idea what's going to happen to me when they let me go if they let me go" as I contemplate on what do from this point forward, the two individual in front of me discuss about something near the entrance of the door where the man in uniform came in they distance themselves far but not out of sight just enough not to be heard, I was about to ask on what's going to happen to me now but they beat me too it the man in uniform then speaks ' the doctor and I have spoken about your current condition, in two months would be enough to get back at your feet but the rest of the details can be discussed later, what I'm going to give you your options, first, when your back at optimal condition it's either we wipe your memory of everything that transpired or you can stay here and work for us and let's be honest when you go back into the nearest civilization I doubt you can find out what happens next after you reach there, second, if you stay here and work for us, you must follow the rules and regulations when it comes to your position and what I'm about to offer may give you chance of payback at those who did this to you, but it will take time for you to achieve that and a high price when you accept this I'll tell the price when work for us.
As he finish giving me my options right now, I think if I ask to be let go they'll wipe my memories, I won't ask how they'll just tell it's a secret, but if I accept to work for them they'll give me on what I need to get payback for what happened to me but they said if I accept to work for them they said the price is high, what price is high for them to work for them?, I know it's not money they would have been specific on that kind of value, but what do I have left to lose, I can live my dream as a hero then I'll just give it up, I know others would tell me that giving up is a fools choice but they'll never understand that life will throw hard at you if I don't give up and it did now I'm at my lowest, I'll accept it.
I then speak, ' I'll work for you' then Mr. Coleman speaks' Are you sure? When you accept this you'll be through the most grueling training regime in your life and more harsher than the Hunter academies, your mind will be broken once you accept this deal, let me ask again are you sure?' I respond again ' I'm sure, I've nothing left to lose I'm at ropes end here why not at least die trying to get my life back no matter the cost' and Mr. Coleman is surprised at least I assumed he's surprised ' Alright kid you accept this I'll form a document for your employment and training for us but now the price, the price for you working for us is your Aura has to go', I was shocked and I thought I needed my aura to function to at least be above the average civilian and I ask' Why ? I thought it would give an advantage to at least be at par with the others at the hunter academies? and he responded' True but Aura doesn't have a place when you work for us and none of your future comrades will have aura, the reason as such well it's also a secret even from me I don't know why but I follow the rules and orders given to us, also if your asking how can you fight Aura Users let's just say we have more than enough capability and weapons for use to level the playing field' and I was shocked they can go up to toe against hunter and huntresses without aura, and I laughed ' HAHAHAHAH' I laughed so I started tears a bit and I calmed down and wiped the tears and I speak again' Well I guess my life just got even harder' the man in uniform chuckles and speaks ' Well that's been settled for now, I'll introduce you officially who I am as well as your future comrades and who we are specifically, I am Marcus Coleman Captain of 3rd Company of the 2nd S.A.C. Battalion of the ION Military'.
I was confused again, ION ? Never heard of them before but to be fair I didn't know much of the Huntsmen and Huntresses History but I at least have knowledge in some military forces active around remnant, and I ask again once more' ION Military? never heard of you before ' and Mr. Coleman responds ' That's because ION doesn't make that much of a appearance anymore not since the Great War, we only appear when we receive contracts by the Kingdoms to clean up the mess they make and not sacrifice there precious Huntsmen and Huntresses to do it for them and they don't want them to know that they hired mercenaries to do their work for them' and I think, 'Since the Great war ?' and ask ' The ION Military participated in the Great War ? which kingdom did you align yourself with ?'
Mr. Coleman responds' Yeah the ION Military has a really long history that even dates back before the Great War, but the Great War is what made us the iconic Off the books Black Operations that the kingdoms normally hire us for, and for your second question we aligned ourselves with Vale, now before you ask I know vale didn't have a record of them hiring us officially , they never told the other three kingdoms that they hired us in order to boost their troops to compete with Mantle's large armies, the reason why they never told the other kingdoms is that the one who hired us specifically never told the Warrior King or the rest of his council only a few were known who hired us in the first place in order to fill in the gap in their forces in the initial start of the war, the King and the council never bother to ask where the additional troops came from as long it filled the deficit of their army so they'll overlook on where they got the troops and continue with the war, After the Great War we were paid and a lot of us returned as mercenaries for the other kingdoms, also during the peace conference of Vytal, it indicated that the kingdoms armies be disbanded so there wouldn't be another Great War, except it didn't included us, it mentioned kingdom large scale armies not mercenary forces, since technically they hired us and we left when the payment was final, so we continued to build and develop our military to this day, despite having rumors that some in the Vale Council hired us for off the books operations when were needed'.
After that history lesson, wow didn't think these guys were that far back even to this day, but to be fair they did mentioned their whole military never showed much of an appearance unless their contracted by the Kingdoms except Atlas, who knows what kind of stick is up their us if they don't want anybody to know any of their Dark secrets, and Mr. Coleman speaks ' That's the summary, you'll know more about us once your training and reconditioning started' and now I'm confused and I ask' Reconditioning ?' and he responds' Yeah, your mind would be filled with doubt when you active missions, so your mind must be steeled through without doubt once the process begins you'll never be the same again, you'll become someone different that your past won't even recognize you, before the process begins I need you to give yourself a new name, the reason why is that having your name here would rise rumors about you specifically, so what's your new name going to be kid?'.
As I contemplate on what's going to happen, I thought' I would never be the same huh, well at least Jaune Arc would be finally rest in peace and someone will have to take his place, now who I am going to now?, it has to be something that represent the sealed fate of Jaune Arc that he would never be brought to pain, hmm... I am dead officially and cross on my grave would be the fate I am now, wait 'Cross' that would be fine' as speak once more' I'll be known as Jonah Cross the last known fate of Jaune Arc' and the Mr. Coleman responds' Nice name kid or should I say Recruit 'Cross', alright then once you healed back up to shape we'll begin the process immediately for your new Identity and from this point forward and in training call me Captain understood ? and I respond' Yes, Captain' and once more the Capt. responds' Good' and he faces the Doc.' He's all yours Doctor fix him up until he's ready for training and reconditioning' the doctor finally speaks' Of course captain' the captain walks to the exit and leaves, and I think this would be the start of something that'll change me forever, I close my eyes so the darkness fell over me as I rest for the next day to come.
Sorry for the late , college been a bitch to handle and my exams been keeping from posting. Once again leave a review on what you think on the second part of this fic, constructive criticism and any advice would be okay for improvements.