Hiya everyone! Win here with something new and a bit different. This is my first real crossover, and needless to say I'm definitely nervous about it. I hope everyone enjoys, and hopefully I'll have the next chapter of Wolf Queen ready by next Friday!
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"Mama?" A little girl's voice calls out softly as servos are heard whiring into motion.
"I'm right here, Monkey." A surprisingly pleasant, if slightly robotic contralto replies. "But who the fuck turned off the lights?"
"I dunno, and where are we?" The little girl asks as a flashlight begins to shine in the chamber. But the weak light isn't sufficient to illuminate much more than the area around it, revealing a rock covered floor as well as a pair of giant metal legs. "At least your legs are there this time, Mama."
"Thank the Creator for that one." The mechanical voice replies as a glowing optic begins to sweep around. "I got no idea, kiddo. This is all new to me. Hell, my sensors are even screaming that there's all sorts of new metals around us in minute quantities, along with some really weird crystal formations."
"Hello? Is anyone there?" A woman's muffled voice calls out.
"Monkey, swap to my thermal imaging. Maybe it can make a dent." The voice orders quietly as it ignores the question.
"Okie dokie." The girl replies as a trio of screens appear in front of her. "Not much. The only heat signature other than your's is coming from a cave in about twenty yards north-northwest, and the TMM behind us."
"Raven! Give me a hand! I swear I can hear someone talking in here!"
"My, what big ears you have grandma." A second woman's voice replies teasingly as the Titan and her pilot hear the sounds of rocks and gravel moving.
"Har har. Shut up and dig."
"Mama, I don't think we're under the barn by my old house anymore." The girl calls out, a hint of fear creeping into her voice.
"Stay calm Monkey. Get ready to hit my floodlights, ok?" Mama orders calmly as more servo and hydraulic noises fill the air.
"I can hear you! Hold on! We'll have you dug out soon!" The woman calls out once more as the sounds of metal against stone begins to fill the air, the rocks beginning to fall inside the cavern now.
"Hey! Watch it Sum! That's a scythe, not a fucking pick axe!" The woman identified as Raven calls out.
"Just keep digging! One's a child! I just know it!"
"Ok, ok! Goddess, but never mess with a faunus woman's maternal instincts!"
"Hit em. Let's see where we are and if we have enough room for a brawl, Monkey." Mama orders as more and more light starts to filter into the rocky chamber.
"Okie dokie Mama!" The girl chirps as she flips a pair of switches. A pair of bright lights turns on and are swept slowly across the rubble strewn chamber, revealing the source of all the mechanical noises to be a twenty two foot tall black and red war machine that is slowly standing up. The machine itself is badly damaged, as if it has seen heavy combat recently. It's pilot's compartment also stands open, a little blonde haired girl who looks to be about ten sitting in the pilot's chair in a child's sized pilot's outfit. Behind them is a large black rectangular shape. A steadily flashing green light is the only indication that it is something man-made.
"Shut em off, Monkey. We're back against the wall again."
"What else is new lately?" She replies bitterly as she flips the switches once more, shutting the flood lights off. But the darkness is pierced by an extremely bright lantern being held inside a moment later.
"Ahhhh! Too bright! Too bright!" The girl shrieks.
"Hey, that's kinda bright. You mind?" The machine calls out as it moves a giant hand to block the screaming girl.
"Oops! Sorry!" The woman's voice calls out as she dims the light. "Better?"
"Much. This really doesn't look like any fucking cave I've ever been in." The robot calls out as it moves it's sophisticated optic around. "How the fuck did we end up here anyway, Monkey?"
"I dunno. All I remember was Danny telling us to grab the TMM and to run for shelter. We ran into those two Ronins and that Scorch on the way." The blonde girl replies calmly as she once again flips the switches to reactivate the machine's own lights. "I don't see your predator cannon."
"It's on my back." The mech replies calmly. "Oh shit, Jenna!" The machine turns on its feet slowly while looking around. "Jenna! Answer me baby!"
A second, shorter war machine painted in white and chocolate brown groans as it appears from the other side of the rectangular object. "Stop yelling Mom. I'm right here. Danny didn't make it though, I think that dick Gabriel got him." The one named Jenna calls out sadly. "Bastard tried to rodeo me, but Danny tackled him."
"Oh shit, Marder sent his favorite lap dog to the surface?" The one called Mama asks as she helps the second one to her feet. "Sorry about Danny, Jenna. Gonna miss that ukulele playing Hawaiian."
"I know I caught Duke's IFF. But I don't think I saw Dutchess's." The girl informs them calmly.
"Thank the Creator that he didn't send both his monsters!" Jenna declares in surprise as she leans over. "You ok sis?"
"I'm fine Jen." She chirps back. "Mama, we got company."
"Excuse me? Ummm, may I ask what's going on here?" A woman wearing a white cloak and gorgeous quicksilver eyes asks as she appears before the two Titans and the girl. She is joined by a taller woman with piercing red eyes and what appears to be a weapon case of some kind held in her left hand. Turning back to look at them fully, Mama studies them for a moment, while shielding the girl with both her hands. The woman in the white cloak is a bit shorter than she expected considering the strength of her voice, but according to her sensors she has a weird mix of human and animal DNA. The other woman however registers as completely human though, and both of them are heavily armed.
And according to her sensors, they both have shields up, but no shield emitters. Huh.
"Monkey, put your helmet on and close up." The machine named Mama orders the little blonde girl quietly, who does so without questioning why. "Depends on who wants to know?" She replies to the woman, who nods in understanding.
"My name is Summer Rose-Branwen, and this is my wife Raven." The reddish black haired woman introduces them both, the taller red eyed woman nodding in silent greeting. "We were on patrol when some of the village kids came running to find us. They said they saw a bright flash in here before the mouth of the cavern collapsed." She informs them.
"Technically, it was our kids that came running." Raven reminds her with a smirk. "Don't let me forget to ground them for being so far out."
"Hush Birdie. Listen, I'm not going to pretend to not get into your business, but neither of us would ever harm a child." Summer informs Mama calmly. "We have two daughters of our own."
Mama's core nods as she moves her hands away from her torso, her pilot's compartment staying closed for now. "I'm BLP-1124, and this is my daughter, JEC-9718. But you can call me Mama and her Jenna."
"Hey!" Jenna waves brightly. "Nice to meet you strange animal woman and her wife who has a bird's name!"
"Ummm, what exactly are you two?" Summer asks as she looks at them curiously while ignoring the animal woman greeting.
Raven nods in agreement. "Cause you two sure as hell don't look like anything Atlas has. Trust me, Jimmy would be showing you guys off twenty four seven if he did."
"We're Titans!" Jenna declares proudly before Mama can tell her to hush. "To be specific, I'm a Tone Prime, and Mom's a Legion Prime."
Mama nods. "And you two have no idea what we're talking about, do you?" She asks resignedly.
"Not a clue." Summer admits as Raven nods in her own agreement.
"Wow! Giant robots!" A little reddish black haired girl suddenly cries out as she appears at the mouth of the cavern. "But they don't look Altesian!" She adds as she tilts her head to one side. "Weiss and Willow would have sent me pictures of them already."
"Rubes, wait! Mom and Mum told us to wait in the village!" An older blonde girl admonishes her as she appears next. Her long hair is done up in pigtails, and she is panting heavily as she looks around. Spotting her mothers, she grimaces. "Oops."
Summer sighs as she looks at them both. "Ruby! Yang! What are you doing here?"
"You were taking too long mommy, so I got worried!" The girl named Ruby replies as she pokes her fingers together. Mama spots the rather adorable looking rabbit ears on top of her head, as well as her strong resemblance to Summer and Raven both and realizes that not only is this animal DNA present in Summer, but that she's their natural child.
"Sorry mom, I couldn't keep up with her." The girl named Yang apologizes as she rubs the back of her head. Mama takes note of the resemblance the girl has to Raven, and runs a quick comparison with her and Summer next, arriving to the conclusion that this Yang girl is in fact Raven's daughter and not Summer's. But, since she does claim her as her's without argument from her biological mother, then the Titan's respect for them both has just climbed exponentially.
"Mama, can I come out now? I need to pee!"
"Yeah, come on out Monkey." The Titan replies with a chuckle. "If they were gonna pull something, they would have by now."
The compartment reopens and the girl leaps out, assisted by a pair of jets on both her sides as well as her back. Looking around desperately, she starts to whimper as she hops in place. "Gotta go!"
"Birdie, stay." Summer orders as she holds a hand out to the girl. "Come on, I'll take you."
"Thank you!" She replies as she takes the older woman's hand and all but yanks her out of the cavern and outside.
"Putting some trust in us?" The dark haired woman asks calmly as Ruby and Yang vanish with Summer.
"Considering the shitty day we've had, I'm willing to take a few things on faith right now." The Titan replies as she leans against the rectangular object. "Especially since I get the feeling we aren't on MSHM-03 anymore."
"Nope. This is Remnant." Raven confirms as if this is perfectly normal for her. "Specifically, we're roughly five miles from a village my wife and I are contracted to protect right now."
"Remnant? It's not on any of my charts, Mom." Jenna calls out.
"I know, Jenna." The Titan replies tiredly. "I think Marder made good on his threat to destroy the planet with that damned fold device if we didn't hand the TMM over."
Summer returns at that point, looking absolutely furious as the three girls follow behind her while chatting excitedly. "Why is a ten year old girl every bit as heavily armed as I am?! Even my own children aren't allowed to carry weapons, and this area is extremely dangerous!"
Mama sighs as she shakes her optics, her core dimming a bit. "Cause the three of us have been on the run for a few years now. There used to be six of us Titans, along with Danny and Monkey, but we lost a few."
Summer looks to be ready to protest again when the girl tugs on her white cloak. "Please don't be mad at Mama. If it wasn't for her and the others, I would be dead and my Daddy's TMM would be in the IMC's hands."
Summer sighs as she leans over. "What's your name cutey?" She asks as she puts her best mom smile on her face.
"Sarah Bogard, ma'am." She replies excitedly with a wide gap toothed smile. "I'm Mama's pilot!"
Raven looks at the Legion Prime with a raised eyebrow. "Your pilot?"
"It's a bit of a story. Look, Sarah needs a bath and real food, not the MREs she's been having to eat for a couple of weeks now." Mama informs them. "If you guys can help me out there, I'll tell you what's going on, deal?"
Raven nods. "Deal. Follow us." She replies as she gathers Ruby into her arms with a smile.
"Woo hoo! Real food!" Sarah cheers as she puts her helmet on and leaps back inside of Mama, who chuckles.
"Yeah, real food Monkey. And hopefully someplace me and Jenna can recharge. I'm on my last fuel cell." She reassures the girl as her pilot's compartment closes behind her.
"Saaaaaaame!" The Tone Prime cheers as well. "Wait, what about the TMM? And the others?"
"I still have all their cores in my satchel." Sarah whispers sadly. "I never got a chance to move them."
"Leave it. I got a feeling there's no IMC to worry about around here." Mama adds as she begins to move forward while taking her predator cannon off her back as she follows the Branwens. "Besides, did you not see the fact that Ruby has rabbit ears?"
"So does her mommy! She showed me when I asked about them!" Sarah informs the two war machines. "She said she and Ruby are Faunus. Can I be a Faunus?"
"I don't think that's how it works, Sarah." Jenna giggles as she reloads her tracker cannon while also extending her missile racks out. "I'm five by five, mom!"
"It's Monkey, give her an hour and she'll figure it out." Mama chuckles as she reloads her own Predator Cannon and test spins the barrels. "Monkey, how are my missiles looking?"
"Two full racks left!" She chirps brightly as she grips the Titan's controls, taking direct control of the multiton war machine expertly. "Radar's clear too."
"Core on a swivel, Jenna. Your little sister is still precious cargo till we figure all this out."
"Solid copy!"
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Summer Rose-Branwen smiles as she watches Ruby and Yang chat up a storm with Sarah, who's a bright and surprisingly happy little girl considering she's a child soldier.
She's not amused about that.
The blonde girl is now wearing one of Raven's old button up blouses she uses around the house, along with a pair of shorts that are still a bit too big for Yang. Her short, once dirty blonde hair is now a vivid golden yellow and her skin scrubbed clean to reveal her pale skin. And Goddess but can she eat! She ate as much as Ruby, Yang and Raven combined, and was still looking for more!
But now that she's held up her end of the bargain, it's time for the two machines to hold up theirs. Marching out to them, she approaches where they are busy talking to the village's engineer about how to recharge their power cells.
"Excuse me!" Summer calls out as she stands in front of the one called Mama. "I believe you owe me an explanation about why a child is trained to fight."
Mama looks at her and nods before looking back at the man helping them. "Keep working on Jenna. My last cell is still almost fully charged. Her's is about dry."
"Yes ma'am. Again, you don't mind if I try to convert this one to use our own native power source, correct?" He asks as he holds up one of her power cells.
"Go for it, I got a spare in the TMM." She replies before looking at Summer. "Yeah, I need to explain a few things."
"Yes, you do. She's only ten!"
"And has been my responsibility since she was six." Mama adds as she settles down on a nearby boulder, ignoring the protests of an older man, who stupidly kicks her and howls in pain while holding his foot. "She's my youngest, my little grease monkey, and I'm ready to die to keep her safe." She informs Summer seriously. "Me and Jenna are all the family she's got left now, and as much as I hated letting Jenna's old pilot teach her the basics, there wasn't much of a choice. She had to be able to defend herself if I wasn't there anymore to do it for her. Hell, she took to piloting me, Jenna, and one of our fallen named Frost like a natural."
"Spoken like a true mother." Summer admits as she smiles. "But it still doesn't explain anything either." She points out.
"Oh yeah, you got a point. Ok then, let me start at the beginning." The massive Legion looks at Summer directly with her core, the huntress watching in fascination as it focuses on her. "Sarah's father, Terry Bogard, was a brilliant inventor who designed a hell of a lot of stuff for the colonial militia. From combat armor, to weapons, to even a brand new type of Titan, the man was a mechanical genius. But his masterpiece creation was a portable machine to repair us Militia Titans in combat zones called the Titan Mobile Maintenance, or TMM." She explains. "But since he was developing it for the Colonial Militia, and not the IMC, that really pissed them off when they found out. But especially a guy named Marder. He couldn't handle the fact that we had a genius on our side."
Summer nods. "They came to try to take it?" She asks, getting an answering nod in return.
"They did. The primary invasion wave hit us on Monkey's sixth birthday, which was also the day her oldest brother was getting married to my former pilot. She… she got killed and I got ripped apart stalling so Sarah's family could get away. Creator, but I'll never forget Monkey screaming as one of her brothers carried her away to the shelters." The armored war machine sighs. "Like with Embers and Jenna, I took to Monkey really fast. She was so damned curious about me and how I worked and everything, especially since her mom was gone with the Marauder Corps and her Dad was always busy. So Zoie and I, we both fell in love with that little blonde grease monkey, and Zoie fell head over heels in love with her oldest brother."
Summer giggles. "I know how that is. Ruby's inherited my father's love for gadgets and gizmos too. Me and my mom could never understand him when he started to talk in geek."
"Yeah, I miss Zoie. You two would have gotten along. But anyway, Marder, that jerkoff general I mentioned before, sent a ton of troops to MSHM-03 to find the TMM, which Terry had hidden away in a really safe place, while the rest of the planet's troops and militia members organized a counter offensive." The Legion continues. "They even patched me back up enough to get back into the fighting, which was great for the Militia, but not for Marder's troops. When he found out that not only were we still not cooperating, but were starting to force his troops back off the planet, he released an artificial designed plague on the planet. It killed everyone, IMC and Militia alike except for one person."
"How did Sarah survive?" The huntress asks as calmly as possible, while she does her best to control her horror at the information the Titan is sharing with her.
"For some reason, it mutated inside of her. Dunno why, and neither did all the eggheads back on Harmony." She replies heavily. "I was terrified of finding her like everyone else, puking her little guts out literally, but instead she was begging her brother to not die. It broke my heart, so I did the only thing I could do, and got her away and to safety along with the only other Militia Titan to survive all the fighting, a Ronin named Shadow."
"Oh goddess." Summer whispers as she covers her mouth with her hands, her ears flopping down to lay flat on her head. "That poor baby, she's so lucky to have you."
Mama's core nods sadly. "Been Monkey's mom ever since, and my girls, Shadow, Ranger, Frost and I did our best to keep her safe and happy, especially after I was informed that her birth mother…"
"What about her birth mother?" Summer asks quietly, already dreading the answer.
"Killed in action trying to stop the IMC from perfecting an alien device they were trying to weaponize." She replies sadly. "They succeeded, then destroyed the capital of the Colonial Militia with it not even a week later. Millions were killed faster than you can blink. But before that happened, the six of us decided to flee with Sarah, to keep her out of their clutches."
"I see." Summer sighs at the news. "You said there were six of you total? What happened to the others?"
"Destroyed one by one while we stayed on the run. Lucky for them though, we managed to save their cores. Once we find a safe place to set up, we can maybe build them some brand new chassis with the TMM, not really sure though." She replies. "But Jenna did lose her pilot, who was the one I told you ended up training Sarah because we had no other choice. The IMC was rounding up all the remaining Militia members and executing them publicly. And since Monkey was with us…"
"She would have been executed as well." Summer finishes as she shakes her head. "That's absolutely monstrous."
"Exactly. So we ended up going back to MSHM-03 to find the TMM and destroy it before it could be found. But that bastard Marder decided to just blow the planet up instead of bothering to try to take it from us. Thank the Creator that the planet was all but abandoned by then."
"So then how did you end up here?" The huntress asks curiously.
"Beats the fuck out of me. All I know is one second Jenna and I have our backs to the TMM, both of us and Sarah ready to die fighting against Gabriel and a Merc named Blisk who been hired to help in the IMC's search, the next second I'm coming back online in that cave." Mama replies. "Don't get me wrong, I'm beyond grateful that Monkey's alive. Hell, I'm grateful you guys found us too! Just my weird shit-o-meter is pegged out right now."
Summer giggles as she nods. "Well, I can understand and respect your decision then. She was trained out of necessity, not because you wanted to take away her childhood. But still, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm physically standing in front of you, I would definitely be thinking bullshit."
"You have no idea, sister. I'm just glad she's adjusting so well. Normally, she'd be freaking out, cause she can't handle change too well. But the last two years have been really rough for her period." Mama sighs. "Been over a year since she's even had another kid her age to even play with." The machine pauses for a moment, her core dimming before brightening again. "Yeah, it was around that time Frost, Jenna, and I were doing some merc work for the natives of a desert planet named Kharack. Taught Monkey a whole hell of a lot about their technology while we were busy dealing with their short tempered Gaalsien neighbors."
Summer nods as she looks back at the three girls, who are chatting as they play with the small stockpile of dolls and other toys they take with them from village to village. "My two have gotten good at making friends pretty quickly. My wife and I have to move around alot for our work, and we have to bring them with us now, ever since my mom died of cancer two years ago." She pauses as she bites her lip. "Especially since neither of us trust her brother either." She adds quietly.
"What kind of work?" The Titan asks as she pats the giant gatling gun beside her, while choosing to ignore the last part about Raven's brother. "If it's ass kicking, I'm definitely your girl."
Summer grins. "As a matter of fact…" the huntress goes on to explain to the Titan her work as a huntress for hire, the Grimm, as well as why she and her beloved Birdie travel from place to place, defending villages mostly, while taking on local hunts as well.
Mama listens quietly, even as she silently starts looking for any and all information on these Grimm on any open local networks. To her surprise, she hit a jackpot on Summer's own comm device, and soon has gigs worth of intel. More than enough to help her reach a decision. "Summer, I got a proposal for you." The Titan declares as she begins downloading local maps, regional maps, as well as political and sociological information next, all while hoping the rabbit woman has a robust data plan. "My monkey needs friends, hell a family again. Jenna and I, we need repairs and a way to recharge ourselves as well as a place to call home. So, Jenna and I give you and Raven a hand with these Grimm, and in exchange we make some of this lien stuff as well." She offers.
Summer looks thoughtful. "We have been straining ourselves lately." She admits. "And there's a nasty Wyvern not far from here that we aren't sure if we can take on ourselves, but the village can't afford more huntsmen either." The rabbit faunus admits to the Legion Prime. "Honestly, Birdie and I are starting to worry that we may have bitten off more than we can chew."
"Sounds to me like we could both stand to benefit from all this then." Mama chuckles. "Look, my girl and I are built for combat on any kind of fucking terrain you can throw at us, even deep space. Once the TMM is set up and Sarah figures out how it works, we can hopefully rebuild Shadow, Ranger, Embers and Frost. That gives you an ungodly amount of firepower at your disposal with the addition of a Northstar Prime, a Scorch Prime, and a pair of Ronin Primes."
"You did hear me when I said they could barely afford us here, right?" Summer counters. "And that Raven and I are worried we can't handle that Wyvern if it's bigger than we were told?"
Mama swipes a smirk across her chassis, right below her core. "That's the best part, Jenna and I are willing to work for recharges for ourselves, and food, clothes, and shelter for Sarah. Girl's already smarter than most adults we know, and I've met plenty of them in my 87 years of service. And flight capable enemies I can handle no problem with my other baby here." She declares as she pats her predator cannon fondly.
"Sum, it's not a bad deal." Raven points out as she walks up, wrapping an arm around her waist lovingly. "Hell, that engineer wolf guy thinks he can convert them to dust batteries with just a few modifications."
"Mom and I can bring down that Wyvern, no problem!" Jenna declares loudly as she joins them, Sarah and Ruby giggling as they ride on top of the amused Tone Prime. "Gimme a few hours, and I might be able to drain enough juice from that plasma railgun inside the TMM to get one good fight in."
"Do it." Mama orders with a nod before looking at Summer. "And if that wolf guy gets us back to full power, I'll bring it's skull back my damned self."
"Ok, hold on. How is she your daughter?" Raven asks curiously. "You two aren't the same kind of Titan are you?"
Mama focuses on the taller of the two women. "The blonde isn't Summer's daughter, but your's. But she still calls her her daughter, right?"
Raven smiles as she nods in agreement. "Yeah, she does." She replies firmly.
"I've raised Yang since she was six months old, so you're damned straight she's mine!" Summer adds fiercely as she glares at the Legion Prime.
"Exactly. I was there when Jenna was installed and christened. She started following me around like some little lost puppy, so she grew on me. Her and Embers both. Ergo, they became my two girls and Sarah's older sisters." Mama sighs. "Granted, Embers went down during our initial escape, but we hung onto her core too. Always hoped we could hot swap her into another Scorch."
Raven looks thoughtful for a moment. "Everything sounds good to me, and would get us better work too." She admits.
Summer nods in agreement. "Glynda's been bugging us to come back to Vale, but Lionheart's also after us too. Send them both proof that we four together can bring that Wyvern down, and they have to start letting us take on higher priority hunts."
Raven nods slowly in her growing agreement. "With these two and the rest of their friends, we could afford to finally settle down someplace nice, maybe even be able to afford to send the girls to either Signal or Sanctum here in Mistral."
"Sounds like a win win to me." Mama points out as she offers a finger to Summer. "Partners?"
Summer takes the finger and shakes. "Partners." She agrees.
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Summer led the two Titans back to the cave and past it, guiding them towards the last spot they had spotted and had a brief skirmish with the Wyvern. Now settled into the Legion Prime's cockpit, she watches through a trio of holographic screens as the two Titans search through the thick woods.
"You know, I fully expected you to be more of a wrecking ball." The rabbit faunus admits as Mama carefully maneuvers around a tree almost as large as she is.
"Me? Nah, had that bad habit broken by another Ogre almost fifty years ago or so now. Sucker caught me in a trap, and my pilot and I almost got killed."
"Ogre? Like the Grimm?" She asks curiously.
"Nah, nothing like that." The Titan chuckles as a picture of an Ogre class Titan appears on one of her screens. "This was me, right off the assembly line. First oh thirty years or so of my life I actually worked on a salvage yard. Good times."
"Mom, I think I found that Wyvern." Jenna calls out.
Summer sits up, her eyes scanning the screens. "I don't see anything."
"Patch me in, Jen." The veteran Legion orders, a feed from Jenna's core coming in a moment later. "Summer?"
"That's it." She declares as she nods. "Let me out and I'll help."
"Stay put. Let me and Jenna handle this. Jenna?"
"Yeah mom?" The Tone replies as her tracker cannon is seen aiming at the Grimm, which is crouching down on its wing joints as it's spiked tail waves menacingly.
"Herd it my way." The Legion Prime orders as she scans her surroundings. "Gonna set up in a small clearing twenty two meters to my left."
"Copy! Engaging target!" Summer watches as the Tone opens fire, three rounds hammering home quickly and efficiently into the roaring Grimm, right before a volley of missiles slam into it, sending it tumbling violently into a tree.
Mama meanwhile abandons subtlety for speed as she moves to the clearing, frightening several different types of wildlife as well as accidentally crushing a boarbatusk underfoot with a squeal. "Sorry, not sorry."
"Head's up Mama! Big bitch incoming!" Jenna calls out as her tracker cannon sounds off again. "Fuck! I only got two rounds into it!"
"Keep it coming towards me, babygirl." Mama orders as she swaps from long range targeting to short range, her combat systems ready to lock onto the giant Grimm. "I'm on site!"
"Mama, are you two still sure you can handle this?" Summer asks as she watches through the Titan's consoles. "Wyverns are really dangerous."
"Yeah, we got this." She replies calmly as her targeting systems lock on to the Wyvern, which is slamming itself through the trees with a screech, two tightly placed rounds still smoking from its left shoulder, and one wing blown off at the shoulder joint.
"Come to Mama!" The Titan roars as she opens fire, emptying the entire magazine into the creature of darkness. The Wyvern's chest armor all but implodes as it gets slammed by the furious volley, the beast shrieking in pain and rage. "Jenna!" She calls out as she reloads.
"Target Acquired!" She roars as the last round hits the Grimm from behind before it gets hammered forward towards the heavyweight Titan by a massive onslaught of missiles from the Tone Prime's salvo core ability.
Setting her feet, the Legion Prime rears back with her predator cannon and waits. Once the Wyvern is forced into her range by the concussive force of the exploding missiles, she rams it forward and slams the multiple barrels into the cracked and ruined armor plating. "Thanks for playing, asshole." The Titan declares smugly as a superheated spike suddenly rips through the Grimm while the Titan deadlifts it into the air with ease. "But you lose." She adds before hitting the broken Grimm with a massive blast from the barrels of her weapon, ripping it into pieces.
"Holy Goddess save the cookies…" Summer whispers quietly as she makes the sign of the crucifix across herself.
"Awwww, it's dissolving!" Jenna whines as she appears, tracker cannon held in a high ready position. "How are we supposed to report it?"
"We got our combat recorders, Jenna." The Legion Prime replies as she reloads. "Should be good enough."
"I just witnessed it." Summer adds as she checks to see if her scroll, which she had placed in a pouch hanging from her neck, had recorded the short, but brutal battle. Nodding in satisfaction after verifying the video, she turns it off to save the remaining battery.
"I need to get back, mom. My batteries are flashing." Jenna reports as she walks up while reloading. "I doubt you want to drag my heavy butt."
"It is getting late." Summer adds as she checks a Wuffie the Beowolf watch on her right wrist. "But wow are you two impressive!"
"Nah, just good like that." The Legion chuckles as she stores her predator cannon on her back. "Come on, Monkey's probably going nuts. She's definitely not used to being left behind."
"Or Raven." Summer adds with a giggle. "She's used to being out with me."
"Hold up. I'm getting a signal from the TMM." Jenna reports. "But it's coming from the village."
"Double time for me! You catch up Jenna!" Mama orders as she gets moving, the ground shaking with every heavy step.
"Is she sure?" The huntress asks nervously.
"Oh yeah. Jenna's got some of the best sensor packages I've ever seen. She's actually built for electronic warfare." The Legion informs her as she barrels through the forest. "But how in the fuck did that damned thing get to the village?! Unless…"
"Unless?" Summer asks as she dials her wife's number and waits.
"The skid we had it on can be controlled via remote, but the remote got trashed by that jerkoff Gabriel Hicks." She explains. "But then again, Monkey's got a talent with machines, just like her father. Terry always said only she could bring out the TMM's full potential, he just never explained how."
"Come on Birdie, pick up! Pick up!"
"Hiya! Thanks for calling my awesome Mommy's scroll! Ruby speaking!" Ruby chirps brightly as the call connects.
"Ruby! Thank the Goddess! Where's your mother?!"
"She's busy with Sarah. We went and brought her thingamajig back from the cave after the village headman unlocked her aura cause she cut her hand on a sharp piece of metal." Ruby explains. "This is so cool! She's making another one of those robots! She said it's her other sister! Can we have a giant robot sister, Mommy?"
"SHE'S DOING WHAT?!"
"THE ELDER DID WHAT?!"
"Oops, I gotta go. Mommy's looking for her scroll and looks really mad. Ok love you mommy bye!"
"No wait Ruby don't!" Summer groans as her scroll disconnects to end the call. "Mama?"
"I'm moving my fat ass as fast as I can!" The Titan replies as she knocks several trees down with a well timed shoulder block. The two of them worried as to what kind of shenanigans Sarah and the others are up to now.
The two Titans and the huntress don't notice the glowing red eyes or the angry growl of another, even larger Grimm following them as they make their way back to the village…