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Sorry for the waits, hopefully I can get back to my fast updating schedule. And by the way, this episode Donut will be voiced by Dan Godwin like in the DVD release. Not Miles like in the web version.
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Chapter 6- S.O.S.
"It's cool! I wonder what we would do if we were stranded on another planet?" Ruby rubbed her chin.
"Explore and capture the biggest, meanest, monster we can find!" Nora shouted. "Then saddle that puppy up and ride it."
Ren shook his head, "Unless we had to do that for transportation, there would be no need."
"What we would need to do is take inventory, ration our supplies, and ensure we can extend those supplies for a while." Weiss explained.
"You sound like Wash." Yang commented.
"Well he wasn't wrong." Blake pointed out.
Weiss nodded, "Thank you, we would essentially need to do everything they have done. And more, their campsite is disorganized and unstable. It would have been smarter to quarter inside the ship."
"Well they're in a jungle, it's probably too hot." Jaune shrugged.
"They're in full metal body armor and Grif doesn't have cooling fans." Ren deadpanned. Jaune shrugged sheepishly.
"Honestly crashing on another planet sounds fun." Yang sighed with a smile, "A completely new world. Though there's still a lot of places here that I want to see first."
"Becoming deserted on another planet is not my idea of fun." Weiss grimaced, "It certainly isn't for them."
"Sarge seems to be enjoying himself." Pyrrha pointed out. Nora giggled.
"Sarge is Sarge, I'm confident when I say that no matter what we'd do. We'd survive much better than them." Weiss gestured to the screen.
"S.O.S." Appeared on the screen with the theme.
"Save our ship." Weiss read.
"Oh that's what that means? I just knew it meant ``help us." Ruby admitted.
A machine whirs from within the cavern and noises arise in the background. Caboose can also be heard
Caboose: "It's alive. It's alive! He's ali- Aw, it's dead. (short pause) No, it's alive again! Oh, thank God that was close."
"Hm." Ren hummed shortly.
"I don't know if I should laugh or feel worried." Pyrrha commented.
"What do you think it is?" Jaune asked.
"The big monster!" Nora shouted.
"That doesn't sound so far-fetched now." Weiss mumbled.
Cut to black. Fade in and pan to a shot of Tucker and Washington repairing the comm tower
Tucker: "Ok, how about now?"
Washington: "(hits radio twice) Nothing."
Tucker: "Hold on. (short pause) Ok, try it again."
Washington: "(hits radio) Still nothing."
Tucker: "Balls."
"I feel like they should switch." Ruby commented, "Wash is the one who's been fixing it."
"And Sarge should help him, he knows how to fix stuff." Nora added.
"I hate to agree on that but yes he does." Weiss nodded, recalling his work on the warthog over the seasons.
Washington: "Hey, what exactly are you doing down there?"
Tucker: "Oh, you know... Calibrating."
Yang groaned, "Ruby is always 'calibrating' her sniper. Whatever that means."
"I calibrate my baby when she's in scythe mode too." Ruby stated proudly.
"What does that mean?" Jaune asked.
Ruby and Yang both shrugged.
Washington: "...Calibrating."
Tucker: "Yeah."
Washington: "...You haven't done anything, have you?"
Tucker: "Dude, I don't know what I'm doing or why you sent me down here."
Weiss rolled her eyes, Yang and Blake chuckled.
Washington: "Right. Guess I should have expected that."
Tucker: "Hey Wash, I think we got a situation."
Washington: "What kind of- (looks down and sees Red Team) ...Oh."
Yang snorted, "Code red."
"Boo." Ruby sighed.
Grif: "Good to see you too."
Washington: "What do you want?"
Sarge: "Figured it'd be a good idea to come over and lend a hand."
"I said it first!" Nora raised her hand.
"Sarge knows how to fix things, but he also has a tendency to become sidetracked with useless and impractical projects." Weiss explained.
"The emp warthog was cool and the giant simulation room was even better!" Nora argued.
"Lopez built that room." Weiss corrected.
Washington: "No, that's a terrible idea. Please don't touch anything."
Simmons: "But we could provide tech support!"
Sarge: "Have you tried using any D batteries?"
"Sarge always uses D batteries, it was what powered Lopez's weather weapon thing." Nora commented.
"I still wonder if the D stands for Dust battery?" Weiss asked. "They've never mentioned Dust but I can't think of anything else it could stand for."
"They have something called gunpowder but that's it." Ruby shrugged.
Washington: "Power isn't our problem. These battery arrays are solar."
Weiss smiled at the mention of solar power.
Sarge: "Well, there's your problem. This baby needs to be converted to diesel on the pronto!"
Washington: "Solar is field-standard for communication systems."
"I wonder if it's possible to make solar power the standard.. sometimes it sounds ridiculous. Power from the sun?" Weiss shook her head.
"Hey if plants can do it, so can we." Ruby shot a grin at Weiss who smiled back.
"And by we, I mean you and your money." Ruby clarified.
Weiss rolled her eyes and chuckled, "Yes I know, thank you Ruby."
—Scrooge McJaqcues SS— Not Canon
"I want this researched immediately, make sure everyone involved signs a contract that they cannot speak about their work to anyone under threat of lawsuits and fines." Jacques ordered into his scroll with a hungry grin. "Divide the goals of the project into separate teams, I don't want anyone, even the scientists, to know what exactly they are working on. Only you as the head will know everything and can put the pieces together. The same level of discretion binds you as well, consider this project top secret for the company."
Whitley heard a muffled and garbled "Yes sir" from the other line. Father must be speaking to the head of the SDC's R&D division. He would never go against father, he has grown rich from doing whatever father asks.
"I will have more to say on this matter later." Jaqcues said in a way to signal the person on the other line that the conversation was over. After he got another response of "Yes sir" he hung up. Whitley looked up at his father expectantly.
The CEO of the Schnee Dust Company smirked, "A monopoly on two forms of power. I will be crushing any possible competition while also doubling or possibly even tripling current profits!" He took a deep breath through his nose, as if he could smell the success of his new venture. Letting it out he smiled, "The best part will be the look on James's face. He's been subtly trying to undermine me for years, the military applications of solar power far outweighs civilian uses. He will have to depend on my company even more than he does now."
Sarge: "Well ooh-la-la, Private Hippie! Hey, I got an idea; why don't we just plant a garden in? Grow some organic sun-dried tomatoes, and open a farmer's market. Then on the first Saturday of the month, when the UNSC ships show up to buy some fresh sustainable produce, we just hop on board and ride back on the power of love!"
"I like the first part of his plan." Ren hummed.
"It would be very fruitful." Yang nodded.
"Actually some consider tomatoes to be vegetables. But I liked your pun." Ren smiled.
Washington: "...Tucker, if they touch anything, or if he makes any more suggestions, prod them with your sword."
Tucker: "Ha ha, now that's something I can get behind! Bow chicka bow w- Wait, no! No no no no no!"
"I ship it." Yang quipped.
"Please don't." Blake sighed.
Sarge: "Fine, well I guess you don't want any help from our incredibly advanced robotic companion. (beckons to Lopez 2.0)"
Lopez 2.0: "Hola. [Hello.]"
Washington: "Nope!"
Grif: "Racist!"
Blake snorted, "Please, the only racist one among them is Simmons." She joked.
"Against people and robots." Ruby crossed her arms, completely serious.
In the foreground
Sarge: "Hey tree-hugger, what if I told you it runs on recycled cooking grease? It's perfect. Grif sweats the stuff."
"And bleeds gravy." Nora recalled.
"Hey Weiss, there's a third energy source for ya." Yang smirked.
Weiss grimaced, "Absolutely not."
Grif: "What else was I supposed to drink once we ran out of soda?"
Simmons: "There's always water."
"Water is the best thing you can drink for a healthy mind and body." Ren explained. "With natural ingredients even more so."
Ruby raised her hand "They drank ketchup in Blood Gulch, how healthy is that?"
"Yeah I want to try it." Nora giggled. "It's probably better than the algae you had me drink."
Ren's defeated look told them just how healthy ketchup was to drink.
Grif: "Please, what are we, cavemen?"
Washington: "I said no."
Lopez 2.0: "¿Seguro que no quieres ayuda? Esto parece un trabajo relativamente simple.[Are you sure you don't want help? This looks like a relatively simple fix.]"
Tucker: "Whoa, is that Lopez?!"
Weiss rolled her eyes.
Simmons: "Not exactly. (whispers) This one isn't very smart."
Lopez 2.0: "En serio chicos, estoy viendo el problema. Lo puedo arreglar justo ahora.[Seriously guys, I'm looking at the problem. I can fix it right now.]"
"He's like how Lopez was originally." Jaune sat up, "Remember when Lopez wanted to serve Sarge and saw him as his father?"
Weiss's eyes widened, "Now I do, I forgot about that. He realized how terrible and incompetent his master was soon enough though."
"I wonder if and when this Lopez will figure it out." Yang gestured to the screen.
Tucker: "How can you tell?"
Sarge: "Oh, a mother knows."
"He's not the father this time, he's the mom!" Nora gasped.
Lopez 2.0: "Bueno, si nadie me va a detener, voy a arreglar su torre de radio.[Okay, if no one is going to stop me, I'm going to fix your radio tower.]"
Lopez 2.0 walks towards the base of the comm tower.
"Maybe this Lopez isn't so bad." Weiss rubbed her chin.
Blake smirked, Weiss has said that Lopez is her favorite because of his sarcasm and scorn towards the reds. But the real reason she enjoys him so much is because of his defiance. She respects all defiant characters except for Grif.
Washington: "Why don't you three go check on our food supply? It's been a while since I've done a full inventory."
"He's going to send Grif to the food? I don't think that's a good idea." Jaune mumbled.
Simmons: "You can't shove your bitch work on us! What do we look like?"
"Organizing things sounds like something Simmons would actually like." Jaune commented.
"It's relaxing to clean and organize." Ren added, Weiss nodded in agreement.
Tucker: "Uhhhh... Bitches?"
Wash: "Tucker, I want 100 squats."
"That's nothing!" Nora slapped her thigh, "If you're not adding another zero to that you're not doing enough!"
Tucker: "What? But it was leg day yesterday!"
Wash: "You are a space marine, private. Everyday is leg day."
"The same can be said for huntsmen and huntresses," Pyrrha laughed.
"I hate that leg day means more than just running." Ruby groaned, "I don't like squats."
"I prefer arm day but meh, gotta have chicken legs." Yang shrugged.
"Gotta have chicken legs?" Weiss raised an eyebrow.
"Have you ever seen a chicken leg? They look ripped." Yang explained.
After a moment of doubt, Tucker starts doing squats.
Tucker: "This is bullshit."
"That is not proper form." Pyrrha noted.
"He's squatting but not exercise squatting." Jaune frowned, "Back straight and feet parallel right?"
"Right." Pyrrha nodded, "And that reminds me, today is your leg day."
Jaune groaned. "Why me?"
"I hope your form is better than Tuckers." Pyrrha chuckled.
Grif: "Ha! Who's the bitch now?"
Tucker: "Your sister was my bitch if I remember correctly."
"He's not remembering correctly, she was Doc's." Blake deadpanned with a slight grin. Yang burst out laughing.
Grif: "What did you say to me, bitch?"
Wash: "No one is a bitch, now both of you be quiet."
Grif: "...Simmons is kind of a bitch."
Simmons: "Hey! What the fuck?!"
Sarge: "Ah, can it Private Bitch."
It was now Nora's turn to burst out laughing.
"Poor Simmons." Pyrrha winced.
Simmons: "(sulks) Yes, sir."
Tucker and Grif: "Bitch."
Ruby and Nora giggled, Weiss and Pyrrha shook their heads, Blake and Ren only had small grins on their faces, Jaune chuckled and Yang clapped.
"That was beautiful, very well written." Yang continued to clap.
Washington: "I said be quiet!"
Wash punches the radio box. The radio tunes up.
"If something doesn't work, just hit it!" Nora grinned.
"No Nora, we already had to get a new microwave." Ren pleaded.
Grif: "Holy shit."
Washington: "It's working. I-I don't know what I did but it's working!"
Lopez 2.0 emerges from under the comm tower.
Lopez 2.0: "¡Camaradas! ¡He reparado la torre de radio! ¿Están satisfechos con mi trabajo?[Comrades! I have repaired the radio tower! Are you pleased with my performance?]"
Sarge: "Lopez, you're ruining the moment."
"And he will get no credit, just like the original Lopez." Weiss smiled sadly, "I'm quickly warming up to this new Lopez but I don't see why the original had to be replaced."
"Let's see what happens, maybe the original Lopez will come back. And then you'll have two!" Ruby grinned.
"I hope that happens."
Washington: "Mayday, mayday, this is Agent Washington, can anyone read me? Over."
No response.
Grif: "...Maybe they're screening our calls."
Simmons: "What do mean 'they'? Who's 'they'?"
Grif: "I dunno, people who know us?"
Simmons: "What?"
Grif: "Look, I wouldn't pick up the phone if any of you fuckers called me."
"He doesn't always answer if they try to talk to him in real life either." Weiss commented.
Yang coughed, "Blake!" And coughed again.
Blake rolled her eyes.
Washington: "Mayday, mayday, we are survivors of a shipwreck, and are in need of immediate rescue, please respond."
Tucker: "Don't call them back right away, you gotta wait, or else you'll look desperate."
"If you have to worry about that, don't. As long as it's not immediately after or super late or super early it's fine. I hate that myth." Yang sighed.
"And besides, they are desperate! They're calling for help not to go out on a date!" Ruby threw her hands up.
Simmons: "But we are desperate!"
Ruby nodded.
Washington: "EVERYONE SHUT UP!"
Grif: "Woah…"
Blake winced, "He can't stay calm forever."
"He's the only one keeping them alive, it had to get to him at some point." Pyrrha nodded.
Ruby and Jaune looked at each other, both understanding the stress of leadership more than the others could.
"And they're being really annoying." Ruby added.
Jaune laughed and nodded in agreement.
Washington: "Mayday, mayday, this is Agent Washington and the red and blue troopers of Project Freelancer! We are stranded, does anyone copy?"
No response.
Washington: "Mayday, this is Agent Washington, I am a soldier."
No response.
Washington: "Is anybody out there?"
No response.
Washington: "Can anybody hear me?!"
A voice can faintly be heard on the radio.
Donut: "...Hello? is someone there?"
Blake's ears perked up, Yang's and Ruby's eyes narrowed.
Weiss noticed their reactions, "What is it? Is it someone else we know?"
"I think so." Ruby frowned.
Washington: "Yes! Yes, we're here! Do you read us?"
Donut: "...Hello...is this...prank call..."
Ruby smiled "Oh it's-"
"Donut." Weiss, Blake, and Ruby chorused.
"Yeah it's definitely him." Yang nodded.
"What are the chances of that happening?" Jaune asked.
"They got very lucky, out of.. well everyone. Donut answered." Pyrrha commented.
Blakes eyes narrowed, "hmm.."
Yang sighed in relief, "Good, Donut's back. He was gone for basically the last two seasons up until the very end. And he wasn't around for all of season six either. He deserves more screen time."
Washington: "No no no no, this is real, please you have to listen to me! My men and I are shipwrecked!"
Simmons: "It's an emergency!"
Grif: "Black Hawk down!"
Sarge: "Code Red!"
"I like that their emergency code is code red." Yang grinned.
Donut: "What? Like a lightish red?"
"Not this again." Weiss shook her head.
"It's pink!" Nora shouted.
Everyone pauses for a short moment taking in what the voice just said
Tucker: "What the fuck did he just say?"
Donut: "Cause I mean, red is a pretty broad spectrum. There's scarlet, vermilion, like a deep burgundy."
"And pink." Nora gestured to her outfit.
"Crimson." Ruby grinned, gesturing to her weapon and outfit. Pyrrha smiled and did the same.
Sarge approaches the radio
Sarge: "Donut, Is that you?!"
Donut: "Sarge? Oh hey guys! What have you all been up to?"
Sarge: "We're stranded in the middle of the jungle with dwindling food and limited supplies."
"Simmons's cabbage garden and Sarge's sun dried tomato garden can save them." Ren commented.
"Simmons's garden is.. radio something. It's dangerous." Jaune pointed out.
Donut: "...That sucks."
In the background
Grif: "No shit, dickhead!"
In the foreground
Sarge: "Donut, I need you to listen to me. You need to send help. Call command."
"Command? They still have a command?" Nora scratched her head.
"I don't think so, project freelancer is over." Ruby shrugged.
Donut: "Command? I think I know a guy if you want to turn this call into a three way."
Yang laughed, Blake shook her head with a grin.
Sarge: "No...Don't do that. I need you to write down these coordinates."
Washington turns to talk to the Reds
Washington: "Who is Donut again?"
Simmons: "Cheery guy. Pink armor."
"Lightish red." Weiss corrected sarcastically.
Grif: "Kind of stupid."
Tucker: "And a little-"
Washington: "Wait, did I shoot him once?"
Grif: "Bingo."
Blake chuckled, "That he remembers."
"Good! He shot Donut and he should feel guilty." Nora crossed her arms.
"He doesn't sound guilty." Pyrrha noted. "Then again Caboose never felt guilty either, nor Sarge. None of them have ever felt guilty about shooting each other."
Washington: "Got it. And he's competent enough to trust with our lives?"
Cut to Sarge and the radio
Donut: "Sorry, did you say 'five' or 'nine'?"
Sarge: "I said eight."
Donut: "Oh."
"Should probably have him read back the coords." Yang laughed.
Cut back to Washington
Washington: "Right…"
Washington walks back over to Sarge
Washington: "Okay, Donut, those are our last known coordinates but be sure to let the rescue team know that we've got no clue where we actually landed."
Donut: "Don't worry guys! No matter how deep the bush, Private Donut always finds his man."
"Donut is like Wyoming, he always gets his man." Yang quipped.
"Wyoming never got Tucker though." Jaune grinned.
"Which is impressive, how they survived against the many freelancers they have fought against still baffles me." Weiss commented. "If they could survive that, they can survive being shipwrecked. Because essentially they're surviving each other. They have plenty of experience doing that too."
Sarge and Washington both look at each other nervously
Sarge: "Roger that son."
Radio static cuts in
Donut: "What was that? You're breaking up."
Washington: "Just send help as fast as you can."
Donut: "Okey dokey!"
"I have a feeling they won't get help." Ruby commented.
"Because it's Donut?" Weiss asked.
Ruby giggled, "No, actually because I think Wash is right. They don't know where they are."
"And there's a strong chance something is interfering with their rescue." Blake added.
The radio loses connection and everyone goes quiet
Grif: "So, what happened?"
Sarge: "Well boys, I don't want to jinx us or anything like that but... we're gonna be rescued!"
"Aww, they're not going to be rescued now. He jinxed it." Nora sagged. "But that means they'll be in Blood Gulch 2 forever!"
"Blood Gulch 2?" Jaune asked.
"Yeah, it's a canyon in the middle of nowhere. Valhalla doesn't count because they called it Valhalla. But it's Blood Gulch 2 in spirit." Nora explained.
The Reds and Blues start cheering while Washington looks over from the Comm tower.
In the background.
Tucker: "Alright! Slow clap!"
Simmons: "I can't wait to eat a hot dog!"
In the foreground.
Washington: "Now guys-"
Sarge: "There's no possible way anything can go wrong! Everything is going to be good forever!"
"They're getting their hopes up too soon." Blake commented. Ren and Pyrrha nodded.
The group is still celebrating. Simmons is jumping up and down while Tucker does donuts with the warthog.
Simmons: "Forever's a long time! That sounds great!"
Grif: "-No way that could be true but fuck it I'm excited anyway!"
"Grif is right." Blake added.
"Well they could get rescued." Ruby argued though not believing it, "I mean Donut knows now."
"Eh, it's too early for them to be rescued. Something's going to go- Donut's going to crash with them!" Yang cut herself off and laughed.
Weiss facepalmed, "I believe it, I bet the rescue ship will crash and miraculously the sole survivor will be Donut."
Blake smirked, "That would be ironic." She joked.
"I think it would be ironic if…" Nora trailed off with a giggle, joining in on Blake's joke.
Washington: "Guys, it can still be a few days before they-"
Sarge: "Lets eat all the food rations tonight and then fire all of our excess ammunition indiscriminately into the air to celebrate!"
Weiss facepalmed again.
"There goes Wash's plan." Blake sighed.
"And that's why Red team should not be trusted with taking inventory." Pyrrha chuckled.
The group are still cheering and are shooting their guns in the air.
Simmons: "Wooh! Just like a kid on the internet!"
Grif: "Too late, I already did it last week!"
Simmons: "Then let's fix up that old Warthog that's been hanging near our base!"
"That could be useful." Weiss hummed.
The group are still cheering then realize what's been said and quiet down with confusion
Simmons: "So we can crash it into the other Warthog because 'fuck it'!"
Weiss sighed.
"Yeah! Demolition derby!" Nora and Yang cheered.
The group continue cheering
Washington: "Listen, let's not get our hopes up just yet."
Tucker: "Aw, come on Wash. Lighten up. We did it, we made contact."
Washington: "Well, it is the first good news that we've had in awhile."
"Wash deserves good news." Blake commented. "He made it all possible."
"With Lopez's help- er Lopez 2's help." Weiss corrected.
Caboose runs over to the group
Caboose: "Hey everyone!"
Washington: "Caboose! Where've you been?"
Caboose: "Yeah, I went on a walk like you said and now, everything is gonna be good, forever!"
Sarge: "Told ya' so!"
Washington: "Wait, Caboose, you were miserable, what happened?"
"Oh no." Jaune's eyes widened.
"Whatever Caboose found is going to be bad." Yang laughed.
"I can't wait to see what he did this time." Pyrrha chuckled.
"Big monster, big monster!" Nora chanted.
Caboose: "Oh, where are my manners? I haven't even introduced him."
Freckles theme begins to play.
Yang laughed when she heard the music, "Here it comes."
Washington: "Introduced who?..."
Caboose: "FRECKLES! COME! (whistling)"
A series of loud, thundering steps occurs, revealing the machine, the Reds and Blues silently look up slowly at the oncoming Mantis.
"Big ROBOT!" Nora whooped.
"A big monstrous robot." Weiss sighed.
Pyrrha laughed heartily, "Caboose made a new friend."
"It looks awesome! It's like the Atlesian Paladin but better!" Ruby cheered.
"Even scarier." Jaune shied away from the screen.
"Where did it even come from?" Blake asked.
"It's what he found in the wreckage, and he fixed it." Weiss answered.
"Hm, it seems everything will not be good forever." Ren deadpanned.
"They're fucked." Yang laughed.
Caboose: "EVERYONE, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MEET FRECKLES! FRECKLES, say hello."
Freckles: "Enemy soldiers detected."
"Firing main cannon." Ruby said in a robotic voice.
Nora, Yang, Jaune, and Pyrrha laughed.
"Is Caboose going to kill Wash with a giant killing machine now?" Weiss chuckled.
"I hope not." Blake frowned.
Freckles takes aim at Grif and Simmons
Caboose: "No, those aren't enemies, Freckles. Those are Grif and Simmons... our enemy!"
"Caboose is the kid who makes friends with dangerous animals." Blake commented.
"Except his animals are military grade killing machines." Ruby grinned, she looked like she could and would drool at the sight of Freckles.
"And the name." Yang laughed, "Freckles, that's a good pet name."
"That thing should be called the killer 9000 or something." Jaune commented.
Freckles: "Firing main cannons."
The group laughed.
"I knew it!" Ruby shouted.
Caboose: "No! Bad Freckles! Down!"
Freckles: "Yes, Master."
Caboose: "Bad Freckles…"
"And he is in complete control of it, that's more terrifying than if it was an out of control robot." Weiss commented.
Pyrrha nodded, "Caboose has a history of making friends with dangerous military hardware."
"Meet the new Sheila I guess." Yang chuckled.
Nora gasped, "Who would win in a fight?"
"Sheila." Weiss, Blake, Ren, Yang, and Pyrrha answered.
"Big robot." Jaune answered.
"Freckles!" Ruby answered at the same time.
Nora looked aghast at all who said Sheila, "What? How could she win against Freckles?"
"One round would probably destroy that thing, two at most." Yang answered. "Sheila has thicker plating probably, I mean she's a tank."
"But the big robot always wins." Jaune explained.
"It has a heavy machine gun turret and rockets!" Ruby added.
"And more maneuverability." Yang added, "But I know my cars, vehicles, whatever. Tanks beats everything."
Caboose turns back to the others
Caboose: "So, what have you guys been up to?"
Grif: "Ehh...umm…"
Screen cuts black and fades into a murky, misty forest where Washington's distress signal can be heard playing.
The group sat up, noticing the tone shift instantly. As if a Grimm was close by. They knew a threat had appeared, or at the least felt as if one had.
Washington: "Mayday, mayday, this is Agent Washington and the red and blue troopers of Project Freelancer, we are stranded, does anyone copy?"
No response, Locus's theme plays.
Washington: "Mayday, this is Agent Washington, I am a soldier."
Locus is seen listening to the distress signal
Washington: "Is anybody out there?"
"Uh oh." Ruby mumbled.
No response
Washington: "Can anybody hear me?"
Locus turns slowly and the screen blacks out before his visor is fully seen.
The episode ends.
"Wash was right, something or someone might find them first." Yang commented.
"I think someone just did." Blake said with a mixture of dread and excitement in her voice.
I think after this series of fics I'm going to do an ATLA fic. I know I did a poll a while ago but eh, I love ATLA and I have a few ideas I want to try out.