Hello there everyone, or the two or three people that clicked on this fanfiction. I, Rogue-eL, am here to present to you a collaboration story between me, and two other members of Slim A Lou Prime's Discord. They are Crusader and Snek. Now before you guy's get your panties in a twist, and comment. (This is taking some inspiration from We Gaze Upon the Shoulders of Giants,) I would like to put those comments to rest.
Yes we have taken inspiration from WGUSG. But with the permission of the Authors as long as we give credit where it is due. (Mainly in the opening scene and so forth.) Then they (They being the Author of WGUSG.) said that it would be all right.
That being said, We do not own RWBY it's story or characters, Just some of the story and plot we take said characters on a ride for. We do not own Titanfall2 or it's characters (Including) Titans, but we do own our OCs as well as some of the OOC interactions of the main cast. Thank you for reading this and please from Crusader, a Snek in the Grass, and I, Rogue-eL enjoy this little prologue.
"SON OF A BITCH!" was the resounding shout of a disgruntled southern Soldier over the headphones blaring into the ears of the late teen as he tried to complete the stupid challenge that they decide to give to themselves in their masochistic quest of pleasure… and achievement.
"CALM THE HELL DOWN CRUSADER! WE ALMOST GOT THIS!" Was the response as a west coast voice shouted out as well. The teen was looking at his screen 8 more enemies remained in the way of their goal and their quest for perfection. They were down to 2 titans and a recently revived pilot, their fourth member dipped when the Harvester's health dropped down to 4%.
With a flourish of his fingers Rogue's Ronin flew across the map as he tried to make it to a group of 2 more titans, his shields almost down as his health was at 2 bars before Nuclear.
He turned around the building revealing 2 of the closer enemies and frankly a pain in the ass. "Crusader, jump on Slim's Titan and try to use a nuke rodeo on that group of three while Slim distracts them with his Upgrade core. I'm taking out the Ions." The teen whispered out of fear for waking his family and parents that slept above the floor he was on.
"DID YOU JUST CALL ME SLIM ROGUE I AM SNEK, YOU HAVE EVEN BEEN CALLING ME KAISER AND THAT STILL HAS NOT HELPED!" The disgruntled voice of Kaiser Snek said to the now known Rogue.
He Ignored the shouts of his team as he activated his sword core. Phasing around his titan enemies he hit them with the hunk of metal the game calls a sword, skating around, blocking, and phasing by the traps the titans would launch and send at him, Then he took down the first one, recharging his sword core, flipping around he sent an arc wave before Phasing behind the Ion when it sent it's fist at him. He was able to knock it down to an almost doomed state before it turned around unloading it's plasma rounds into his Anime nose art.
Trying to shield his titan, for as long as possible he scurried around and hit it the final time causing it to explode in a cloud of flames and smoke. This gave his sword Core a little bit more time before it ran out. "Crusader, Snek those other titans?"
"They're down, we have just the last three that are." Crusader was cut off by Snek's shout.
"Shit they're at the harvester." The sound of Davises annoying voice spoke up about the harvester taking damage and so Rogue looked at his doomed titan and laughed as he started to rush to the three Monarchs that were shooting at the harvester, He skidded past the glowing buildings as he got to them.
"The shields are down team, it is now taking permanent damage!" Davis said, as Rogue saw the health bar drop from 4% to 3% then stop at 2% as the monarchs went to reload and He skidded into their midst and activated his ejection. His pilot hit the codes, as the Monarchs readied their rifles the sound of the Core going Nuclear met his ears as he went flying into the sky his lips dry, all the hours, all the planning, to get three flawless matches in a row of Frontier Defence Insane where all up to this moment, a shot from a Monarch and the Health went to 1%, then the titan's core went off and the three Monarchs where dust.
The sounds of cheering met his ears as Rogue shouted in joy, then his screen went black.
"What the Fu…" Was the start of the Southern man's sentence before he disconnected.
"Crusader? Where did yo…" Then Snek cut off, Rogue looked at his internet, that was all right, his computer screen was black both of them, maybe a restart but why then did Crusader and Sne-
That was as far as his thoughts got before a giant hand reached out of the screen and pulled him towards it. Reaching out in desperation, the teen grabbed one of the sides of the screen as he used his legs to block himself from being pulled the rest of the way in. Then he felt a searing pain coming from his arm at his elbow, as well as both of his legs.
A feeling that he had never felt before as he was suddenly pulled the rest of the way in. He could feel a darkness wrap around him as a hand turned him about.
"Humm, I can't have one of my tools be broken, the other two would not be happy…" He could feel his body slowly be twisted this way and that, "Well I might as well fix you." With that the young teen felt a more intense pain on his body as his back felt like it was being cooked by a branding Iron, and the feeling of molten metal flowing into his legs and arm, with the blessed release as he knew no more.
The being chuckled as it held the teens body, the legs were cut off now as two ports that connected to the bone muscle and nerves allowing for new legs to be placed above the knees, the slight gleem of metal showed through some of his skin near the parts where the metal joined flesh.
The teens left arm was gone from the elbow down, but with what he was getting he should not mind. Two new legs were placed into the sockets that were above where the knees used to be. A deep red energy flowed down into them, his blood slowly changing being fed and receiving small Nanites that would heal and run off his body, as if they were new cells. His arm was placed on next, a smooth elegant limb. The cords went out stabbing into the port as the base of his stump.
The arm gave off a slight crimson glow of blood and energy as it helped to heal the body from it's "Surgery." The metal that was showing though the skin vanished as it was healed by nanites. The Being chuckled as he flipped the human to where he was now looking at the teens face. His pale face looked back, eyes closed, With a tap of one of it's index fingers on the boy's forehead a small energy was sent into his mind as with a final laugh the being tossed the boy through the void and back to his destination.
"I hope you like your gifts, you'll need it to tell you to get your beloved Titans." With a laugh the being vanished from the realm of nothing as the body flew to a world with a shattered moon.
(Crusader)
"SON OF A BITCH!" I yelled as I was ejected from my Monarch titan. I was cussing aggressively in my head while trying not to distract my teammates.
"CALM THE HELL DOWN CRUSADER! WE ALMOST GOT THIS!" Kaiser called out while trying to deal with other titans.
"Crusader, jump on Slim's Titan and try to use a nuke rodeo on that group of three while Slim distracts them with his Upgrade core. I'm taking out the Ions." Rogue whispered. Crusader couldn't help but facepalm at Rogue mixing up Snek and Slim for the… however many times now…
"DID YOU JUST CALL ME SLIM ROGUE I AM SNEK, YOU HAVE EVEN BEEN CALLING ME KAISER AND THAT STILL HAS NOT HELPED!" Kaiser yelled out in anger.
Crusader on other hand had a job to do and that was blow up the titans that were threatening the Harvester. He quickly rodeoed on Snek's titan as he began to fire wildly with a MGL grenade launcher before jumping off and grappling onto a nuke titan in hopes of jacking a power core and inserting a critical one in order to detonate it during that last few seconds he called in his Monarch onto a nearby tone before embarking.
"Crusader, Snek those other titans?" Rogue called out.
"They're down, we have just the last three that are." Crusader was cut off by Snek's shout. "Shit they're at the harvester." A sense of dread filled the soldier known as Crusader as the odds of the Harvester not being disabled seemed slim to none. At least it should have had Rogue not manage to pull off a Hail Mary in the last moments…A simple glad and tired smile grew on the soldier's face before he noticed a hand ripping out of his laptop monster pulling him in as the screen expanded to accept his large frame through it…. "WHAT THE…."
As Crusader seemed to float through the unknown some new tattoos appeared on him, a large black cross on his left shoulder blade, a Jolly Roger appeared on his left wrist, a helmet with crossed rifles on his right thigh, and finally the flag that he swore his allegiance to on his right shoulder in the same way it was worn on his uniform. "Stand by for deployment." A voice seemed to call out. Crusader could feel pain flowing throughout his body before it suddenly stopped, as Crusader woke up in a set of pilot gear…
"What the entire fuck…." He looked down at his gloved hands as the helmet began its boot up sequence. The blue tinted visor system blinked to life as the immediate area became illuminated by the soft glow of the helmet. The familiar feeling of kevlar and ballistic body armor compressing on his chest alerted him to the fact he was not in his barracks room. "Oh fuck me… Drill Sergeant is gonna kill me…"
Then the thunk of heavy equipment being dropped reminded him of the fact he wasn't armed...or he hadn't been previously. As he slowly got up he inspected himself and the armor he wore. It seemed to be a pilot kit but with features from grapple, holo pilot, and pulse blade classes. "Oh fuck to hell yes…." A devious grin spread across his face as he turned to a couple tuff boxes of what he hoped were weapons became the receptacle of his attention. Crusader walked over while rubbing his gloved hands, he eagerly undid the latches to the boxes then kicked the lids up with the tips of his boots. The force of which snapped the lid off and sent it flying into the air, leaving Crusader stunned for a few seconds. He grabbed a RE-45 and a magazine before racking it.
'Wherever they had deployed him...was about to get fucked….' As Crusader looked over the various weapons with a sense of glee, he felt the urge to look up at the night sky. "FUCK YES…. I am going to cause so much chaos that the C.I.A. would be proud…" Crusader could hear the sudden thud of two bodies as two more people appeared, both had a set of pilot gear on, even though one of them had slightly glowing armor on their legs and left arm. The others' faces seemed odd. Almost different.
Kaiser Snek listens to his friends, acquaintances, perhaps companions, he really didn't know nor did it matter much he was still stuck here listening to Crusader's rants and Rogue's verbal dyslexia.
"Crusader, jump on Slim's Titan and try to use a nuke rodeo on that group of three while Slim distracts them with his Upgrade core. I'm taking out the Ions." He heard Rogue call out over the chat his ire immediately evident and aimed squarely at the dyslexic fuck.
"DID YOU JUST CALL ME SLIM ROGUE?! I AM SNEK, YOU HAVE EVEN BEEN CALLING ME KAISER AND THAT STILL HAS NOT HELPED!" He shouted at Rogue as he continued fighting, Crusader getting his titan back in a magnificent drop crushing the offending Tone underneath as he hopped off Snake's Monarch and into his own Monarch.
"Crusader, Snek those other titans?" Rogue calls out on the call.
"They're down, we have just the last three that are." Crusader was cut off by Snek's shout.
"Shit they're at the harvester." He says as his Monarch starts running back to the Harvester, though he knows he won't make it in time.
"The shields are down team, it is now taking permanent damage!" He hears Davis call out as the last few percentages of health drop from the Harvester. His palms get sweaty as he keeps his titan moving towards the Harvester.
4%, 3%, finally it stops at 2% the Harvester mere moments from detonating. He watches from across the map as Rogue's critical titan slides into the midst of the Monarchs just before they can get the last couple shots off and uses the Nuclear Eject to destroy those three last foes, securing them in their victory and final completion of this masochistic quest.
With a cheer he looks at the big words victory, elation swells in his chest as he feels a sense of relief. Their quest was over, three games of Frontier Defense on Insane in a row with no losses. Suddenly his screen goes black.
"What the Fu…" Was the start of the Southern man's sentence before silence as though he had disconnected yet there wasn't the tell tale sound of a person disconnecting.
"Crusader? Where did yo…" The black of the screen seems to lash out wrapping around Snek's body as it pulls him faster than he can react through into the abyss.
He stays conscious for just long enough to see an inky black mass with two deep blood red eyes stare into his soul as he felt his consciousness left him.
"If he gets to change things well why can't I," The being thinks to herself as she watches over the one she had pulled into the inky abyss. She began looking, if one could call an omniscient's observation looking, through the worlds they were, could be sending them. "Yes, this one will do well plenty of unexpected changes yet… predictable enough,"
As she speaks she works on her many minor changes sculpting this weak human into something better suited for her and her brother's entertainment. The being finally settled on something… interesting a pit viper, she worked quickly to implant the sensors into his face. Just below his nose, right above his lips two small indentations, two loreal pits the defining characteristics of pit vipers.
"Good, good, this will do fine, all that's left is this," She presses a glowing ball into Snek's forehead before shoving him through a bright jagged hole cutting the darkness of the abyss.
I felt the soft ground under me, the feeling of a breeze on my limbs, not that uncommon with how I slept. But the sounds of people talking slowly brought me to. When was the last time I heard those voices? not only that why was there was a tingling in my arm as if it fell asleep. Groaning I brought it up to my face as the limp limb came to my face. I was met not with the soft feeling of flesh but with the cold feeling of steel hitting my face. Snapping my eyes open I found that I did not have my glasses on, yet I was still able to see, the limb resting on my face. The dark gray with bits of glowing red flowing through wires as if it was blood even if it was energy. Where was my arm? Where was My FUCKING ARM!?
Then pain. Arks of golden and blue energy started flowing throughout my body as other bits left my body, the hand seemed to spasm as the palm came forward opening up as multiple small ports began to glow. The fingers bent back away from my palm as the glow got brighter, with a grunt, I pushed the arm away as a wave of plasma and thermite was sent out towards a nearby tree. Igniting the tree as well as leaving a trail of thermite in its wake. Pushing up I pulled my legs towards my chest to stand up only for the force that I exerted launching me away from the ground and into another tree.
I could feel the branches snapping, as bits of energy left my body slowly I looked at what was left of my legs. From a little above the knees down they were robotic. I could see little red lines of energy going through my leg stumps and into the dark gray metal that was my new ones. There was a small tingling going through them as I could feel the pressure of my legs against the grounds. Slowly Information started to go through my head. How to use my new legs, as well as how to repair or fix them including my arm. Standing up I looked out at a man in Pilots' gear who was aiming a pistol at me. I glared at the man as I heard the sound of rolling.
Meanwhile, another man was covering his face with his hands while he was rolling on the ground. Letting out quiet curses.
"Crusader?" I said, my left arm and hand folding back into what they were supposed to be.
"That's my callsign…. Rogue… Is that you?" The man looked him up and down suspiciously.
"Yes… well most of me." I said gesturing to my arm and legs, a strand of my long brown hair falling in front of my face.
"Then that must be Snek…." I said gesturing down to the man on the ground.
"Yeah, that sounds about right… do you know where we are by chance?" The man lowered his weapon before sliding it into a holster on his kit belt.
I looked around the clearing we were in slowly scanning my surroundings, Living in the mountains as well as constant visits to Alaska had helped me with taking in my surroundings as well as searching for threats. The first thing I noticed was the crates, as well as the three other boxes. There was the tree that was still burning as well as the feel of an almost dryness in the night air.
"Wherever we are, we aren't in at least the states anymore… what was the last thing you remembered?" I asked as I started to walk over my legs working surprisingly well as if they had never changed, even if they now had more strength then the previous versions.
The man rubbed the back of his helmet. "Beating that last match and winning before getting sucked into this place…" Crusader rolled up his sleeves to scratch his arm before noticing the new tattoo. "Oh shit, when did I get you?" He looked at the skull and crossbones on his left wrist.
As Crusader went over his body, Rogue walked over to the crate one of which had a marking of a bleeding flower with sharp teeth lining the outsides of the five petals, the inside of the flower was pitch black with to slits like eyes, walking up to it the crate made a clicking noise as it opened up, looking into I pulled out a helmet. It looked like The Holo pilot helmet but instead of the T shaped visor, He saw a single optic in the middle near the top with one on the fire left at the end of the T and another at the far right. Then finally there were two more flanking a split chin like peace. There were another three lining the top of the helm like jewels, and finally three more and little mounts around the helmet. The overall color was a matted black with dark gray in the T shape. Before I could place the Helmet down a note fell out of it onto the ground. Reaching down I picked it up.
Hello there, we are the Advocate. One of our kind had sent two people from your world into another and we watched them for a while, but after a bit we thought, Why wouldn't we do the same.
And so you are here on Remnant. Your job is whatever you want to do. As long as it is interesting. Tear the world apart or make it better it is your choice, Hope you like your Gifts we left for you Caleb, And have Fun.
Clenching the note in my left hand it ignited as the hand shook with the slight rage I was feeling. Reaching back into the crate I pulled out a solid chest piece with a robotic arm that would be normally seen on a cloak pilot, as well as a kevlar jumpsuit.
As I was taking off my clothes, Crusader walked by me as I placed on the Kevlar onesie. Reaching back into the container I found a reinforced ammo pouch as well as a grenade bandolier. Looking down deeper into the crate I saw a sheath as well as a knife, there were also pieces of armor that seemed to connect to the chest piece as well as the kevlar onesie. Placing the chest piece on I noticed, Crusader, walking over to Snek with a wet cloth.
Ignoring the conversation that was going on, I saw small ports as well as wires to go into them hooking up the chest piece to the Kevlar suit. Placing on the last bits of armor for my shoulder I pulled out what appeared to be a modified Grappling hook. Placing it onto my right forearm. I looked back down at the Helmet. Staring into the five blank optics, I flipped it around and placed it onto my head. There was a small pain at the base of my neck before the helmet turned on. And the booting sequence began.
Checking the knife was secure. I looked down one more time seeing a data core for a Titan reaching down and picking it up I looked over the deep red optic that was the core. Flipping it around I saw the serial numbers. AK-1447. Turning around I could hear the sounds of Crusader arguing with Snek.
After a quick conversation with Rogue, my full intention was on the individual that was hopefully Snek… Judging by the how he was rolling around and cussing on the ground...he was probably reacting to something in the air seeing as he didn't have his helmet on yet…. "Alright, stay still... " He took out a rag and poured some water from his canteen into it before kneeling down by Snek to take a look at his face. "Stay still alright…. This might burn a bit…" Crusader began to try and remove Snek's hands from his face before applying the rag.
Snek keeps his hands tight against his face doing his damndest to prevent Crusader from moving them. "Kindly don't move em, I just need a sec."
"Why what happened." a voice spoke coldly almost detached as if it was calculating the current scenario.
"Let me see if you've got chemical burns!" I tried to remove his hands once again. "I have to at least check!" I pulled on his arms once again, Snek seemed to be much stronger than what he should have been for his age.
"Just fucking lemme get used to this shit!" Snek shouts back as he tries to make sense of the continuous stream of information coming from his new sensory organs.
"Fine fine... " Crusader stood up and backed off as he watched with some concern and interest. The tree had seemingly burnt down to embers by now as the night grew darker.
I seemed to still be in my usual combat uniform from the army but the only difference was the helmet itself, the size of the braces on my limbs, and finally the kit attached to my lower back. Other than that, everything felt like a normal day in the field.
Once who I assume was Crusader steps back I start slowly dropping my hands and blinking his now more snake-like slit eyes as well as trying to start to make sense of the extra inputs from my new Loreal Pits.
I turn my head once towards the still hot remains of the tree before flinching and looking away again. "So, you're Crusader and that means you're Rogue correct?" I finally speak while glancing at the two others around me.
Crusader looks up from his arms as he looks up and over at the Snek. "Pretty sure it's him...but I don't know with all that metal he has on him…" Crusader's hand seemed to slide down to his holster and the handgun inside it.
Two of his optics rotated inside of his helmet's sockets, as Rogue looked around the clearing. The Longbow he had grabbed from the crate rested in his hands, on his back poked the stock of a Flatline, as well as a wingman elite resting on his hip, and a smart pistol on the other.
"Hands off the gun Crusader. But I now know where we are." Rogue voice came out of the helmet as the rest of the optics looked at Crusader there deep Crimson glow taking him in as his hand rested on his hip. "We should take stock of our weapons and ammo before moving out as fast as possible, Snek go to that crate and get your gear, Crusader did you get the data core from your crate?"
I nod once at Rogue's orders and walk over to the only crate that hasn't been opened, the one with a viper on the case. Inside right on top is a helmet, specifically a slightly modified version of Viper's helmet from the Titanfall 2 campaign, it had been changed to resemble a pit viper but otherwise was basically his helmet. Taking that out and putting it on I got back to the crate, first up was the uniform, pilot kit, and jump kit. Underneath those are the data-core numbers SB-0312 on the side weapons, Data-Knife, Mozambique, Hemlock, and Kraber.
After sighing and walking back over to the crate Crusader began pulling out the last of his kit, a pair of data knives, a green data core, and his weapons…. An R-201 rifle with an extended magazine, ACOG, and a suppressor. An 8-chambered Softball launcher, and a Gen. 5 Smart pistol with a suppressor along with an extended magazine. A titan's data core blinking in an olive drab with FY-2020. Along with a metric fuck ton of lien...
'This is gonna be fun' After racking the R-201 with its fully loaded magazine, a fully loaded 40mm launcher along with multiple .45 auto pistols sitting in their holsters. War was in the air now… Or it was until a simple pinging noise drew his attention.
Turning back around I looked at My two companions, Kaiser was wearing a Helmet that looked almost like an exact copy of Vipers from the Titanfall campaign. Arching up my eyebrow at him, which only lasted for a little bit as I realized he could not see my face.
"So, are the containers cleared?" I asked as they nodded their heads. "You have gotten everything?"
"Ya, we got it Rogue, mind telling us where we are," Snek said as I nodded my head turning my optics towards the night sky. One of the things that I found out was that my optics gave me a wider point of view than normal, giving me almost a 230-degree view. The helmet was still running calibrations, but I currently had my jump ket set up as well as what appeared to be three different abilities, not counting what my arm just did.
"Good, then I can do this." Having my hand unfold launched a stream of arc energy as well as thermite at the crates burning them away.
"What the Hell Rogue?" Crusader said as he looked at me.
"Listen I was given a letter by the Advocates, or the people that sent us," I said setting my Longbow onto my back next to the flat line. The robotic arm over my shoulder securing it. "We are currently on the world of Remnant, in the Somewhat Cluster Fuck that is RWBY," I said as I started to pace back and forth.
"And why were we sent here?" Snek said.
"As entertainment." was my response. "I do not know where we are on the planet, or what time period, but what I do know is this." I said as I turned towards them, a smile spreading across my face. "We can do whatever we want. We were given full permission to fuck with Canon as much as possible, we can tear it all down or make it all better, and I don't know about you but these little fucks have had a life of divide and constant strife because of two little immortals. One who was forced against another who was sent against the rules that were made."
"So I think we should tear them apart, as of now we don't have titans, nor do we have resources but do you know what does. The City of Vale. Ozpin's little playground." I said. "We are going to try and find Vail and once there we can start a little campaign against them."
"But what should we do first?" Snek asked. I tilted my head. A small humm coming out of my speaker. "We need to find a town then get a scroll, as well as information. As in any war, information is key, and depending on where we are, we can affect canon as much as possible."
"Fucking with the norm, I love the idea," Crusader said as he crossed his arms.
"Well then we need to get information, and find a town, so first order, start walking," I said as I turned around.
"Wait, shouldn't we turn on the radios first?" Asked Snek as he looked at me, at least I think he was, "You know I have not thought about that." My left arm reached up towards the side of my helmet, clicking it on, a line of code flew by my left side of my view before multiple readings started to flood in.
"What the fuck?" I whispered, multiple data bars started to go up, as points were located on the hud. 'Distress signal.' popped up underneath them. "Are you guys seeing this?"
"Yeah, what are those," Snek said as Crusader seemed to be looking around.
"We should find one first, maybe they will help use," Crusader said as he was looking around. "True the closest one is 46 miles to the south, I'll ping it," Snek said as one of the marks went from red to gold.
"Alright let's move, and do from what the clock says in the helm it is about 2-3 in the morning, but I don't want to be here if anyone comes looking for us," I said as I turned away from them.
"Let's go double-time it. I want to be at least 12 miles away before we rest, and with these trees, we should be able to do that fairly easily." With that I ran forwards and started to jump off of the branches, sliding by the trees and grappling when I could. The sounds of movement met my ears. As the small area map that I had, showed the others following.
Thank You for reading the Prologue, leaving a Review a comment or a follow. We should have the next chapter out shortly. From Rogue-eL, Crusader, And Snek.