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Chapter 27: Aftermath
The Shadow Cadre had escaped, taking their prisoner with them. After a futile attempt by Felix and Diamond to chase after their boat, Arctus covering Penny while she restrained a captured Hellion Eudialyte, Eagle standing in horrified silence. Penny had declared their mission over and had the Team sent back to Halo Academy for immediate debriefing and mandatory medical checks while she delivered their own captive to the authorities.
It had been several hours, the pale winter sun setting behind steely grey clouds and Eagle Arc was currently sat on the sofa in Ren and Nora's living quarters; hands trembling as she sipped a mug of tea; tear tracks staining her face her red and puffy eyes threatened to spill more. Stood beside her was Felix, the Lion Faunus giving her concerned glances which mirrored her honorary Aunt and Uncle's
"So what now?" Eagle managed to sniffle out "We've gotta be able to do something right?" Ren and Nora's eyes darted to each other, both of them privately wondering how much to tell her. Nora decided to give her the truth
"Right now nobody has any leads" she saw Eagle's crimson eyes narrow and quickly continued "Penny has known your Mum for years, she's already out their looking now. Flax and Daisy are already joining her, with those two Bull-Heads and contacts they'll find her before you know it"
"Your Aunts Victoria and Citrus will be searching by tomorrow, Hellebores will be here as soon as she can. They'll find her Eagle, I promise" Ren added. Eagle seemed to consider the news for a moment before she rose to her feet, the news that her Aunts were joining the search having the exact opposite effect to the one intended
"I'm gonna help" she stated bluntly "I'm going back to those tunnels. If we need a lead then I'm going to go down there until I find it. They must have dropped something in the fight" she took several determined strides towards the door, only to find herself held firmly in place by Nora's grip on her shoulder
"Aunt Nora, get off me" Felix couldn't help raising an eyebrow as he discreetly positioned himself between his partner and the exit, her voice was lower and more menacing than he'd ever heard it
"Eagle please" Ren insisted "We're asking you not to do anything reckless-"
"THEY KIDNAPPED MY MUM!" the hoarse scream of desperation broke the hearts of everyone hearing it, but Nora refused to relent
"And we have one of them" the older Huntress answered flatly "And they know it" the proverbial cogs could be seen turning in the ivory armoured teens mind and when she spoke the ruthlessness of her statement stunned Nora
"Then tell me where the one we caught is. I'll beat the answers out of her if I have to"
"Eagle don't be-" Nora found herself quickly interrupted
"You asked me before if I had it in me to kill someone, right now yeah! I think I do!" turquoise eyes widened and Eagle pulled herself free of the strong grasp on her shoulder and stomped towards the door
"Eagle I'm not letting you go out there like this. I can't"
"What if it was one of your Mums Felix?" Eagle demanded
"Then you'd be stood here doing exactly what I am and you know it" there were a few seconds that seemed to last an eternity where bloodshot crimson eyes bored into deep navy blue
"Just let me go Felix" Eagle's voice cracked as fresh tears welled up in her eyes "Please" the shorter blonde ran his hands through his dirty mane of hair
"Look, sleep on it and tomorrow when-" he was silenced as he collided with the door, vaguely aware of the gasp of shock from Nora and Ren pulling Eagle away from him. He hadn't even seen Eagle move before she'd lashed out in blind fury
"Felix oh my Oum I am so sorry" Felix's natural instinct to respond in kind was forcefully pushed down as he took a deep breath and wiped the blood dripping from his nose away with the back of his hand. Eagle had broken down completely at this point, utterly unable to look him in the eyes while her shoulders shook with silent sobs.
"I'm gonna let that slide" Felix breathed out as he pulled her into a hug "Because I know how I'd react if it was Yang or Blake, but you can't go Hunting them down like this. They've managed to take us every time we've met, if you try and fight them all when you're not thinking straight I don't even wanna think about what they'll do….I don't wanna lose my best friend" hearing the same words she'd said to him only hours earlier, though it seemed far longer removed what little fight she had left in her. She clutched onto Felix's shirt and cried into his shoulder until Ren gently laid a hand on her shoulder
"I can use my Semblance on you, but only if you want me to" after an almost imperceptible nod from Eagle Ren focused himself, the pair of them appearing washed out in sepia tones as Ren's Semblance not only masked emotions from the creatures of Grimm, but allowed him to take a portion of someone's rage and grief into himself. The effect was instantaneous, the girl who'd been running on fumes and anger for the last several hours collapsed forwards, passing out from fatigue. Felix and Nora catching her
"We'll put her on our bed, she can sleep there for a few hours" Nora murmured "How's your face?"
"She's got one hell of a punch" Felix admitted with a grin. While the pair of them manoeuvred the now unconscious Eagle into the bedroom and placed her on the bed, a knock at the door could be heard. Felix pulled the sheets over his partners' sleeping form and stepped back into the living room, shocked to be greeted by the sight of a familiar grey haired and grizzled man stroking his beard with one hand while using his scythe as a cane in the other
"Uncle Qrow?"
"Hey Stranger Danger" Nora added with a weary smile
"Stranger Danger?" Felix enquired
"Long story and I'm not telling it" Qrow growled "I was just telling Renny here that I heard the news about Toni. Haven't seen her in years but I'm not sitting this one out"
"You're coming out of retirement?" Felix was honestly gob smacked, Qrow Branwen had been retired for as long as he could remember; the fact that he may actually see another of the living legends he called family in action was almost enough to be considered a silver lining, almost.
"Yeah for a one off" Qrow grunted before regarding his nieces son "How're you holding up Fluffy? I came to get contact details for Toni's sisters but I promised Yang I'd check in on you while I was here" he was obviously pointedly ignoring the still drying blood adorning his nose and various burns and cuts from his mission
"Yeah I'm okay considering" Felix shrugged "Should probably go see if Arctus and Diamond are out of medical yet, he had to get a shot battery after he got knocked into the sewers"
"Smells like you did as well" Qrow noted suspiciously
"Yeah well, I didn't have any open wounds at the time so-"
"Medical, now" Qrow's tone made it clear that he would here no argument "I don't care if you're squeamish about needles, get some antibiotics at the very least. And find your sister, no doubt she'll worry about you as much as your mothers"
"Wasn't squeamish about needles when I got my ink" Felix grumbled somewhat childishly before sighing "Fine, I'm going. Professor Ren, can you let Eagle know where I am if she wakes up?"
"I'll make sure she knows" hearing this Felix left Ren and Nora's small apartment leaving the pair of professors to regard Qrow
"So what're you really here for?" Nora demanded with predictable bluntness
"It does seem a bit odd that you'd come here for contact details for the Arcs" Ren added, Qrow merely shrugged, silently wishing he still had the old flap he'd given to Yang years ago
"I haven't seen any of Craven and Ivory's kids in years, don't have current Scroll numbers. I know you two are here, I know you're Arcs by adoption. Felix is here and he was involved in this mess and if I'm getting back into the game I suppose I should probably give Goodwitch some fair warning; Oum knows there's probably gonna be some kinda mess for her to clean up after this"
"I suppose when you put it like that it does make sense" Ren sighed "I'll show you to Goodwitch's office, I can transfer the details of the Arcs on the way"
"Thanks Renny" as Qrow turned to leave he caught sight of bright yellow blonde hair from the bedroom, the door having been left ajar. The old Huntsman forced himself not show any of the rush of emotions that came over him; his daughter was mere feet away from him, coping with the abduction of the only parent she'd ever known and he was standing here doing nothing. Silently Qrow promised himself that whatever his feelings were for Antonia Arc he would bring her home and make this mess right, for Eagle's sake.
"WE HAVE TO GO BACK!" Raffia's bellow echoed in the steel walled room whose dim lights flickered overhead casting everything in a dingy yellowish hue, the target of the Axolotl Faunus's fury was his captain; Carcharodon had removed his hooded robes and was currently pacing the room irritably
"We'll find her Raffia, but we can't turn around now. There'll be Hunters-"
"Then we massacre the Hunters!" Raffia spat, caudal fins adorning the side of his flattening against his skull "We've been too kind to these Skoulikia! We lost enough in Mistral and we bled enough in Atlas, no more Car!"
"Listen to yourself" the Shark Faunus snarled "Massacre Hunters? Have you forgotten the wounds they've dealt you?"
"So we do nothing?" Axolotl demanded furiously
"We wait" Carcharodon hissed, cutting his insubordinate follower off "We follow the plan. Our prisoner makes our weapons useful. We can hold her life over the Kingdom's head, trade her for Hellion-"
"Trade? You want to bargain with these people?" Raffia's expression was one of utter disgust "As if the Kingdoms can be trusted! You've gotten soft Carcharodon, this would never have happened while Mizu was captain-" his tirade was silenced by a hand closing around his throat, his feet leaving the rusting steel floor and his back colliding with the wall forcing the air from his lungs. Carcharodon bore down on him, fangs bared as he held the smaller Faunus in place
"Make no mistake Raffia, that no matter how durable your Semblance makes you; if you ever use my sister's memory in the wrong context again I will find away to hurt you" in his berserk rage the current leader of the Shadow Cadre failed to notice the heavy footsteps thundering towards him until he found himself pulled away from the wall, causing Raffia to fall. Rounding on whoever dared to lay hands on him and deploying his blades he found himself facing Onyx Ursabane; the Red Waves were promptly retracted
"Car, enough….I miss Mizu as well, I miss 'em all" the Puma Faunus breathed out. Carcharodon simply stalked away from him, returning to pacing the cramped room and glowering at Raffia as much as his pure obsidian eyes would allow. After finally managing to force his ragged snarling breathing under control he focused on Onyx
"What of our prisoner?" the gargantuan young man ran his hands through tangled and messy hair, concern evident when he spoke
"She has quarters and food, I've tried to assure her that we have no intentions of harming her. I don't like this Car; it isn't our way….I think we've meddled in things we shouldn't have"
"I think you might be right" Carcharodon finally admitted "But we've come too far to turn back. We stay the course, we get Hellion back and then we set sail"
"I'll still follow you" Onyx assured him "Nothing will change that"
"So will I" Raffia hissed "We'll have our vengeance"
"We will" Carcharodon agreed "But right now we have a more pressing issue, the Kingdom will soon find this ship if we stay here"
"Stealing another may be easy" Onyx growled "But moving our supplies, weapons and prisoner without detection might not be"
"I have no intention of giving up this ship. It's our home now, even if it does pale in comparison to the Despoiler Kraken….which is why you won't like what I'm suggesting" the Shark Faunus showed a rare moment of uncertainty before continuing "We're going to disguise it as a wreck" there was a moment were it seemed that Raffia might fly into another unhinged rant at the idea but the Axolotl Faunus managed to control himself. Onyx let out a mournful sigh, his tone sounding as though he'd been asked to put an ageing family pet out of its' misery
"You want me to be the one to break her"
"I want her to look broken, she still needs to be seaworthy at a moments' notice" Carcharodon corrected "I already have a hiding place in mind"
"The other grounded hulks we saw on our approach?" Onyx guessed, earning himself a nod of confirmation
"I trust you asked the locals about them?"
"Of course" Onyx chuckled "They call it the broken coast. Ships that were destroyed during the last war, Vale was where it began. When the fighting started the people ran the way they always do, many of them ran into the Grimm and had no Hunters to protect them….The wrecks have all been picked clean and the locals pay them no mind"
"Then we should be left in peace until we need to move" Carcharodon mused "Onyx we can't be more than twenty miles away from this 'Broken Coast' take us in slowly. Raffia I need you on the prow, with Hellion captured we lack our scout. Keep watch for anything moving in the water" as his remaining two followers nodded and silently left to carry out their orders Carcharodon finally allowed himself to relax, he physically crumpled under the weight of his decisions while repeating a mantra to himself in a desperate hiss, struggling to make himself believe
"Justice will be worth the cost, justice will be worth the cost….It has to be"
Arctus and Diamond were the only ones currently occupying Team FADE's dorm, exhausted and leaning against each other while watching the snow falling outside as it caught the light. After leaving the academies' medical facilities with a plethora of antibodies in their bloodstreams at the nurses insistence they'd returned and showered, then tried to process the events of the last forty eight hours
"You're sure you're okay?" Arctus murmured, his eyes lingering over the bruised skin of his partners' jaw; a considerable amount of his face and stomach was covered in mottled yellow and purple bruises but that bothered him far less than the idea of Diamond being injured
"Big guy I'm fine" she assured him for the umpteenth time with a roll of her eyes "Couple of shots and a couple of stitches that'll probably be out tomorrow when my Aura recovers enough"
"Sorry, sorry. I'm just worrying about everything" the Bear Faunus sighed, as Diamond pulled his arm a little tighter around her and squeezed his hand Arctus couldn't help the way his eyes roamed over her, a little of the bandage covering the gash in her shoulder was visible beneath the overly baggy T-shirt she was wearing, as was a considerable amount of flesh that he struggled to tear his gaze away from until something occurred to him
"Isn't that one of my shirts?"
"Might be" Diamond mumbled "I'm keeping it though" Arctus had no problem with this and gently pulled her closer and planted a soft kiss against her bruised jaw. Diamond's response caught him by surprise, one moment he was sitting, the next he was pinned down with his girlfriend straddling him and kissing him
"Hey" she breathed out as they eventually broke apart "Mind if I sleep here tonight, I mean actually sleep, not make out all night….It's cold and I know you're gonna laugh at this but I think we could all use a hug right now" Arctus held her close and rested his forehead against hers
"Yeah we could….You think Eagle's gonna be okay?"
"Honestly" Diamond sighed apprehensively "I'm not sure, but we're gonna do everything we can right?"
"Of course" they found themselves interrupted by Arctus's Scroll
"This is becoming a running gag" Diamond growled, Arctus chuckled as he reached for the offending device
"Believe me I'm thinking of 'losing' it" then he saw the called ID and that it was a video call, he answered immediately "Hey Dad"
"Hey kid" Gangrel's expression became unreadable at the sight of the person currently sharing his son's bed "Diamond right? Merc's kid?"
"Yeah" Diamond confirmed. Gangrel nodded
"I was on a few deployments with him in the war" Diamond could tell that something was being left unsaid but the older Faunus had turned his attention to his son "Arctus, we need to talk in private"
"I'll go" Diamond offered
"Nah it's fine" Arctus assured her as he clambered off of the bunk "Dad hold on a sec" he crossed the room in a few paces and opened the window, climbing onto the ledge he cast a Glyph outside which he stood on and allowed to carry him onto the roof where he tried to make himself comfortable; the freezing temperatures enough to make even the Atlas native shiver
"So, what's up?"
"I know about Antonia Arc's kidnapping, I heard you were there. What happened? Are you okay?"
"Cuts and bruises mostly" Arctus shrugged, exhaling slowly "We got word about the attack while we were still on a mission, the attackers were the same group that stole those weapons from the Scavenger Guild-"
"The copycat bandit tribe?" Gangrel growled rubbing the scar under his left eye "Well that'll be why we haven't found 'em in Mistral"
"They're not copycats" Arctus corrected, realising he should have given his father this information much sooner "There's a student in my class who's part of the Nikos tribe. These guys call themselves the Shadow Cadre of the Frost River, he knew the name. As far as we know they're the last surviving members of their tribe"
"Then what the fuck are they doing in Vale kidnapping scientists?" Gangrel demanded irritably "Fuck, what were they doing in Atlas? No Anima tribe has ever been that brave before"
"Did you ever find out who the other group was?" Arctus asked, Gangrel shook his head
"No….And this is classified but, as far as we can tell all the bodies we recovered look like they might have been part of this tribe. All of them had tats that we couldn't match up to any gangs. So whoever the other group were they're capable of mowing down trained fighters"
"Holy Oum" the younger Faunus gasped
"Yeah" Gangrel grunted "This is as far as you go kid. I need you to call your team off for me"
"Dad I'm on a team with Antonia Arc's daughter-"
"I know, I know. Which is why I hate asking, I know you want to be out there" Gangrel lamented "I mean for fuck sake, Toni Arc is half the reason your Uncle Rover is still alive and she's the only reason Rover and Missy can have a kid. How are they by the way?"
"I haven't actually seen 'em recently" Arctus admitted somewhat guiltily, his dad gave him a somewhat annoyed glance
"Anyway, as I was saying. You need to stay out of it from now on"
"Dad-"
"No" Gangrel growled "Winter gave me the green light. Antonia Arc knows more than a few of Atlas's state secrets. I'm most likely going to have to order some questionable shit, I might have to send undercover black ops agents into a Kingdom we're allied with. You cannot afford to get caught up in this and I can't do my job if I'm worrying about you getting caught in the crossfire"
"Fine" Arctus grumbled after a tense silence "Fine, I'll stay out of it"
"Trust me I know how you feel kid….I know how your Grandpa used to feel now as well, Oum I regret the trouble I caused him"
"Just catch these ass-holes Dad"
"That's the plan hopefully everyone can stick to it" the older Faunus gave a weary chuckle and a yawn, metallic clawed fingers of his cybernetic left arm becoming visible behind his head for a moment "Anyway, I'm gonna have to call it a night. Tomorrow is gonna be eventful"
"Night dad" Arctus halted, catching a second glimpse of his fathers' prosthetic "Did you let Athena paint your nails?"
"Yeah, so?" Gangrel shrugged, extending the claws out to their full length and displaying that they'd been coated in a pale purple nail polish, one of his daughters' favourite colours. Arctus couldn't help but laugh at the sight
"Yeah yeah keep laughing. I'll tell your sister about how you were snuggled up to your girlfriend"
"Dad what the hell?" Arctus gasped, utterly horrified at the notion. Athena-Jade Slate with that information at her disposal, would be impossible to deal with. Gangrel merely laughed in response
"Get some sleep kid, you look like you need it. Nice talking, one day we'll be able to actually have a chat without it being work related I promise"
"Let's hope so" Arctus sighed "Night Dad" a moment later the call ended and Arctus was left alone on the snow covered roof of Halo Academy, admiring the view of sprawling metropolis below him illuminated by it's own countless neon signs and floodlights. Eventually he rose to his feet as created a Glyph, as nice as the view was he would much rather be holding Diamond right now.
Eagle had been woken up when her honorary Aunt and Uncle entered their bedroom, Lie and Nora Ren had told her she was more than welcome to spend the night on their sofa but Eagle had declined, Team FADE's dorm may have been on the other side of the campus but it wasn't that far of a walk. She'd hoped the quiet and solitude would help her manage her thoughts, it hadn't. Beneath the immediate spark of unfamiliar rage every time she thought about the Shadow Cadre there was a deep, seemingly limitless well of fear that seemed to freeze her blood in her veins at the thought of her mother; whatever issues there were between the two of them Eagle very much loved Antonia and the thought of anything happening to her was terrifying. Besides the consuming fear and anger there were other emotions to grapple with, a feeling of uselessness and guilt; the latter caused by her lashing out at her partner. She'd never intended to hurt Felix but she'd lost her self control
"Hey" as if summoned by her bleak introspection Felix was suddenly in front of her, evidently having been returning to the dormitory himself; Eagle being so caught up in her own thoughts had failed to notice him until he was only a few feet away
"Hey" she mumbled back eyes downcast as she was unable to meet his gaze, not when his face was still bruised from her punch
"I suppose there's no point asking if you're okay….but how're you feeling?"
"Like a jerk and failure and you probably agree" Eagle found herself blinking as her eyes began to sting, fresh tears threatening to fall, she aggressively wiped them away while muttering to herself "No, we're not doing this again" Felix pulled her into a hug and the taller blonde allowed herself to cry into him for a few moments while he tried to soothe her
"Nobody thinks that Eagle, nobody. And we're gonna fix this, I don't know how but we will"
"Thank you" the taller blonde managed to choke out between sobs before releasing her grip on her partner and pulling away
"Come on, let's go" he motioned to the hallway and Eagle realised that she was closer to the dorm that she'd thought, the two of them continued on in silence until they reached their destination. Opening the door they found Arctus and Diamond sharing a bed, the two of them obviously cuddling beneath the sheets
"Okay break it up" Felix teased, though his exhaustion was evident
"Dude fuck off" Diamond shot back through a yawn "We were half asleep" the pair extricated themselves from each other and Arctus pulled himself up into a sitting position while taking care not to hit the bunk above
"Where were you?"
"Some stuff needed taking care of" Felix answered quickly, saving Eagle the stress of having to explain anything. The Lion Faunus's eyes narrowed as he steeled himself "So, we all know what happened. We all know who did it. What now?"
"You want us to look for the Shadow Cadre?" Diamond asked with a raised eyebrow
"You're damn right I do" Felix growled "We're getting Eagle's Mum and then we're breaking some heads" Eagle's sudden burst of hope expired quickly
"The Professors aren't going to want that, they won't help. My Aunts will tell me to sit this out I guarantee it"
"My Dad called" Arctus sighed "He wants us to stay out of it as well, Eagle's Mum is important enough that Atlas may be sending Specialists over….you didn't hear that from me"
"That's something though" Eagle desperately searched for a silver lining, Felix was not so easily dissuaded
"And? We're giving up 'cos we were told to? By people that didn't even know who the Shadow Cadre were until we started digging" Diamond was the first one to answer
"As my Dad always said; It's only a problem if they catch you. I'm in" Arctus predictably followed
"What the hell, it's only a treason charge. Yeah I'm in" Felix nodded in approval
"Okay, I'll talk to Corey and the rest of Team CLIR. We should probably involve Team NEON as well, Helios might have some answers" he paused turning to Eagle "This is your call though, you wanna call this off and we'll do it" Eagle's crimson eyes filled with tears again as she looked at her team-mates. When she'd first arrived at the academy she hadn't dared hope she'd find such an amazing group of people. She cracked a broad smile and gave a watery chuckle
"You guys are the best friends anyone could ever have….I'm in. Let's save my Mum"
Atop one of the countless half demolished buildings contained within the ruins of Vale's exclusion zone a lone figure was perched on a snow covered and partially collapsed roof. Crimson eyes glowed a little brighter as a snarl of frustration escaped Phobos; the target of the Grimm's irritation was twofold. Firstly the barrier between the Grimm and the prey, the wall of the exclusion zone and the gargantuan weapons mounted upon it had felled dozens of Grimm barely twelve hours ago. The problem that the wall presented had so far proven insurmountable, aerial attacks were brought down just as quickly the moment they drew close.
The second problem was far more curious. Phobos had begun to hear voices, or rather a single voice which seemed to come from all directions at once while yet at the same time being clearly within the Grimm's own head. A low sultry and insistent voice whose singular demand Phobos was compelled to act on, only to be hindered by the impassible obstacle of the wall and its' defences. Phobos cocked its' head, ears upright in a canine fashion as the voice resonated through the Grimm's very psyche once more.
"Come home my child. Come home to Mother" The concept was alien to the beast, nevertheless every fibre of Phobos's being was devoted to escaping this prison and leading the Grimm to freedom and slaughter.
"Soon" Phobos growled out the single word before turning and bounding along the roofs of the blasted streets, further away from the searchlights of the Kingdoms' defences and the countless neon pinpricks of the hive city beyond, further into the moonlight ruins until the sounds of growling and snarling could be heard below. Phobos glanced down at the living tide of obsidian flesh, claws and fangs. Above him countless Nevermore cawed and screeched, their forms barely visible save for their glowing eyes.
Phobos gave the closest thing to a smile its' fanged maw would allow, the pack lost to the Hunters and the wall was unfortunate but it had been nothing but scouts. Below, stretching out in and around ruined buildings as far as the eye could see was the real threat; almost ten thousand creatures of Grimm waiting for orders as they stood watch over a spawning pool as more of their kind clawed their way free of its' viscous inky depths.
"Soon" Phobos repeated.
Authors Notes:
So, that's the Vol.2 finale. Just capping off the action scenes and setting things up for Vol.3
I think this might be the last chapter of this story for 2017. I'm going to working on a story using somebody else's OCs for a RWBY Secret Santa project next week, so watch out for that.
Also fuck the FCC with a million cacti and petrol for lube; not connected to the story but we're all thinking it aren't we.
So anyway, let's summarise:
I'm sorry for hurting Eagle, I can hear my readers sharpening the pitchforks from here.
May be bringing some more of the Arc sisters into this.
"Stranger Danger" is a Downward Spiral callback.
Qrow coming out of retirement. You know we're all gonna enjoy this.
Nora isn't stupid, hyper and basically a puppy with thumbs yes. But not stupid; she knows Qrow doesn't just turn up randomly. He did need the Arcs contact details and he did want to see Goodwitch but he also wanted to see Eagle.
The Shadow Cadre are just as distraught at losing a member.
Raffia is clearly the most reactionary and unstable of the antagonists, also the most likely to go off the rails.
Still teasing the Shadow Cadre backstory.
Mizu is one of the deceased members of the Cadre I mentioned in an earlier chapter, surprise, she's Carcharodon's sister and the former leader.
Yeah Arctus is never getting that T-shirt back.
"This is becoming a running gag" another case of Diamond almost breaking the fourth wall.
Gangrel having to choose between not being a hypocrite to his son and his job which is effectively national security.
"That's the plan hopefully everyone can stick to it" is actually another callback to the Downward Spiral, it was Gangrel's line to Blake before they tried to disrupt the White Fang Dust shipment.
Yes the six foot eight Bear Faunus with a cybernetic arm and a service record the size of a phone book lets his daughter paint his nails.
Felix and Eagle's friendship is a pleasure to write.
You didn't really think Team FADE were going to be sitting anything out did you?
"Come home my child. Come home to Mother" don't expect me to pay this off for a long time. But those of you who read the Downward Spiral can probably guess how this will play out, especially if you can work out the connection with Ozymandias 'Call me Oz' Eldritch.
Oh yeah, Phobos doesn't have a pack. Phobos has an army.
Thank you to ShadowAlex2000, FleetOfWarships, Ferrous, Arkanes Shippou, LightningDusk, FluffyFirefly, SumoSnipe and Araniladin for their reviews on the last chapter.
I don't have any concrete plans to destroy Sentinel, I won't rule it out though.
Yes I have plans for Eagle and Hellion.
Seeing animations of my OCs weapons would be amazing.
You know I feature the dankest memes.
I'm glad people seem to like Antonia Arc, we'll be seeing more of her.
There are never enough Battle Droids to make a real difference.
Dread Pirate Toe-beans seems to be a fan favourite.
As always thank you to everyone that reads this, with a special thanks to those of you that follow, favourite and review.