Raidriar gave a flat look to Kira's avatar in his HUD, "Clearly not." He sighed. "Turn on night-vision." Everything lit up green to him, showing what was happening.
Roman Torchwick jumped into the Paladin, starting it up, then crashed through the wall, chasing Sun Wukong and Blake Belladonna, who had jumped out a window.
Ignoring the cries of the faunus, Raidriar ran through the hole in the wall Roman made with the Paladin, chasing after them. Ahead of him, he heard Sun cry, "HEEEELLLP!" Raidriar rolled his eyes, knowing what was going on up there. "Big robot! And it's big! Really big!"
Tuning them out ahead, he closed his eyes, envisioning something in his head. In his ear, he heard Kira, "Uhh, Silver, what're you doing?"
Finishing up the entire thing in his mind, he opened his eyes, which flashed for a millisecond, then looked at Kira's avatar, "Creating something," He responded, then yelled out, "Darkness, create!" shoving his hand in front of him.
Shadows casted by the moon and lampposts warped and twisted, moving towards a certain spot in Raidriar's path, forming an object. Jumping, Raidriar landed on the object and powered it up sending him speeding forward, towards Roman Torchwick, Blake Belladonna, and Sun Wukong.
"W-what?" Kira was confused.
Under his mask, Raidriar grinned, "It's simple magic, Kira. You didn't think that I just made this armor without thinking of it. No, I have to Imagine it from the ground up, how it looks, how it works, and what it's made of. That's how I made this, the Sparrow. Of course, it's from a game I used to play, but it's still useful."
Making a hi-pitched keening sound, she muttered, "Your magic's Over Powered, Silv."
Said wiz- sorry, Warlock rolled his eyes, "Don't I know it. Hekkin' hate it."
"But you still use it," Kira pointed out.
"But I still use it." Raidriar agreed.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yang Xiao Long and Neptune Vasilias driving next to him. He heard Yang call out above the wind, "What type of car is that? Never seen it before!"
Grinning under the mask, Raidriar replied, "One of my own make! You won't see it anywhere else!"
Yang looked put out, "Darn, I was hoping that it was public!"
Raidriar laughed, "You won't be able to see anyone making these anywhere else, Yang Xiao Long!" and with that said, he slowed down the Sparrow, letting Yang and Neptune get ahead of him.
Raidriar grinned, hearing Kira mutter, "You are such a troll, Silver." But didn't say anything back.
The Paladin continued chasing Blake and Sun down the highway, who were jumping across cars. Yang, shaking off her confusion, drove up next to it while Neptune readied his gun, pointing it at the Paladin. Roman, who was in the Paladin, noticed Yang's motorcycle, Bumblebee, with the sensors and started to knock cars into their path, trying to throw them off.
Soon, Neptune jumped off of Bumblebee and onto the Paladin, embedding his weapon, a staff similar to a spear, into the Paladin's side, hanging onto it for dear life. Blake and Sun stopped jumping across cars to look at Neptune and the Paladin, Sun yelled something and created glowing yellow clones, which attacked the Paladin, distracting it, while he pulled out his staff and jumped up to whack it. Roman blocked Sun's staff and threw Neptune off, making them collide and fall off the highway.
Turning back around, Roman saw Weiss Schnee landing gracefully in front of a ramp, her rapier pointed downwards. Grinning inside the Paladin, Roman charged forward, only to slip and slide off the ramp from the ice Weiss created.
Snorting inside his helmet, Raidriar dodged another car wreck. Kira gave him a questioning look, "What is it?"
Grinning, he replied, "Ice. Weiss. Ice made by Weiss."
Groaning and sighing at the same time, Kira muttered, "You are so immature sometimes."
"Eh, it's part of my charm." Raidriar slid to a stop, melting the ice with the heat from the Sparrow's engines, and got off, letting the Sparrow fade into darkness. Walking over to the hole in the side of the road, and looked down at the stand-off that was happening between team RWBY and Roman Torchwick in the Atlesian Paladin.
Raidriar stayed silent for a while, contemplating whether or not he should get involved. "Kira?" He asked, watching as the fight broke out, "What do you think, should I join them, or not?"
"W-why are you asking me?"
He shook his head, "I don't know. But- but it feels like I shouldn't get involved with this fight- if I go against Roman, it might help RWBY, but if I help Roman, RWBY might think I'm in league with the enemy. I told Roman that I'm neutral in this, but, am I truly?"
Kira was silent. Finally, she spoke up, "I-I think, if you want to stay truly neutral, you should just- I dunno- not fight?"
"I-" Silver sighed, "Alright." He jumped down, activating the hidden boosters on the armor to give him a softer landing. Turning away from the fight, the armor disappeared in a wave of purple-black smoke, and he was in his normal attire; a green t-shirt, brown pants, gray glasses, and fingerless gloves. With shoes and socks, of course.
Pushing up his glasses, he looked at the icon in the corner of them- the HUD icon. Giving a mental command to open it up, it showed the HUD that's usually hidden, on the top, a bar with health, armor and magic levels, to the right side was Kira's avatar- which also held information below it- to the left was a three-sixty-degree motion tracker, and on the bottom was nothing.
Looking at Kira's avatar, he asked, "Hey, isn't Steven's place nearby? 'A Simple Wok', I think it is."
Her avatar nodded, "It is. Just a few blocks down from where they're fighting Roman." A beat of silence passed as Silver started walking towards the restaurant. "A-are you sure you want to do this? I mean, not fight."
Silver shrugged, not that she could see it, and spoke, "This is a fight that they can win on their own, they don't need me."
"B-but-" Kira started, but was cut off by Silver, "Kira, don't worry. I'll be fine, plus, this'll give me time to do some things I never thought I'd get to do anyway."
"L-like what?" Kira asked.
Silver grinned, "Like working on how to master Magic. I never did work on it when I was alone, only used it to grab things when I was too lazy to get up and grab it- never experimented! Now, I have someone who can help me experiment, record, and even give me a differing opinion on things!"
Kira's avatar blinked, "I-I, okay. So, when do we start?"
Silver still had the grin on his face, "Tomorrow, if we don't have work." A beat, "Do we have work tomorrow?"
The avatar shook its head, "No, it's Color's Day tomorrow, so Tom let us have the day off to explore the city. His words," Kira added.
Silver nodded, "Okay, first half of the day we'll stay in the room- No, Hmm. What do you think? Stay in the room the first half or go into the forest?"
The avatar's eyes widened, "Uhh, I don't know? Maybe stay in the room?" Kira suggested, caught off-guard.
Silver nodded, "Okay, then. First half of the day, we'll stay in the room, then when it hits noon, we'll go out, get some food, then go into the forest to experiment more. If all goes to plan, that is. I wouldn't discount something going wrong sometime tomorrow."
"Err, you're starting to creep me out again, Silv."
Silver waved a hand, "Eh, it feels like a weight's been lifted off my shoulders! Like, you know when you first met me- I was broody, emotistic, just going through the motions, but then you came- and then our time together, and finally, NOW! When I was Raidriar, it was all 'business, business, troll the MCs, business', but now? Well, I'm not going out as Raidy for a while, so, well, I'm not as apathetic anymore. It's time to do something!"
The avatar buried her face in her hands, "Siiiiiiiiiilveeeeerr."
"Yeah, what?"
"You're rambling. Again."
He blinked. "Oh. Sorry. I'll stop now."
"Also, you're there."
"Oh, thanks! I'll end the call, got some people I wanna talk to. See ya later, Kira!" and he ended the call, Kira's avatar disappearing from view in his glasses. Giving another mental command, the HUD on his glasses disappeared and returned to look like normal glasses.
Watching Neptune turn back to continue eating his food, he walked up to the stand, waving a friendly hand, "Heya, Steven! I see you're busy tonight; still got enough food for one more?"
~-_-~Silver and Kira's apartment~-_-~
Kira's head thumped onto the table, face glowing red. She was glad that the avatar didn't show the blush, only her expressions- if it showed that she'd be screwed. But, like, was Silver asking her on a date?
She shook her head- still on the table- no, he wouldn't do that, would he? Ugh, having a crush on the guy you live with is annoying. But does he-? She shut down that line of thought. She would ponder on it later. Preferably when he might not be coming back at any moment.
Wait- is he coming back soon? He did say that he was going to talk to some people, would that take a while? She took her head off the desk and put it in her hands; ugh, ever since that incident, her thoughts have been scattered- things she didn't remember happening, but having memories of it.
Shaking her head, she moved out of the chair in Silver's bedroom and into the next room, flopping onto her futon. To be fair, she hadn't thought that it wouldn't be that comfortable, but it was very comfortable. She could see someone use this for a bed instead of a regular bed.
Blowing out an explosive breath, she wondered- not for the first time- what would've happened if Silver hadn't come across her in that alleyway that day. She'd still be in the streets, wandering around- stealing things for a living, instead of in an apartment living off take-out and whatever Silver decided to cook up. She'd sleep in cardboard boxes or whatever she could find- instead of a nice futon or bed.
She stayed in that position for a while, thinking of what might've happened if she hadn't met Silver, and fell asleep, still clothed.
Two hours later, the lock of the door clicked, allowing access to a certain Warlock. Opening the door a bit more, he said, "Hey, Kira, I got some- oh," He cut himself off, seeing Kira fast asleep on her futon.
Closing the door behind him, he entered the apartment quieter. Setting the box on the counter, he moved over to Kira's futon and pulled the covers over her, making her mutter in her sleep. Standing up, he muttered, "What ever happened to my quiet life." He shook his head, then headed into his portion of the apartment- undressing then flopping onto his bed, falling asleep.
~Team RWBY's Dorm, the same night~
"It had to be him- same exact armor, same name!" Blake exclaimed quietly.
Yang, who was lounging on her bed, said, "Are you still onto this? Yes, he knows our names, but why oh, why, are you so obsessed over it?"
"He's working with Torchwick!"
Ruby, on her bed with legs hanging from it, spoke up, "We don't know that. For all we know, he could easily be working with Hunters."
"I agree with Ruby; we don't know if he's working with Torchwick or not. He could've easily been sent there by Ozpin to spy on them," Weiss spoke up, watching Blake pace, from her bed.
"Yeah, maybe but-" Blake was cut off by Ruby, "But nothing. We'll find out who he is, don't worry. After all, we did take down Torchwick tonight- even if he did get away."
"Welp, if that's all, I'm going to bed. It's late. Night team RWBY." Yang flopped onto her back.
"I shall also turn in for the night, goodnight." Weiss agreed, scooting back and getting under her covers.
Ruby gave Blake a reassuring smile, "Don't worry Blake, we'll figure out who he is in time. G'night."
Blake sighed, knowing it was true. She stopped pacing and moved onto her bottom bunk, snuggling under the covers. Now she had to figure out who 'Raidriar' is on top of why her twin sister was in Vale. And who the guy next to her was.
Alright, who's the guy who put romance into the story?! o wait. that's me. BUT IT WASN'T PLANNED ROMANCE! why, oh why, do my stories have to take a life of their own. and why do i have to go with it.
eh, OKAY! Onto some explanations; If some of you are wondering why Silver was meeting the MCs of RWBY when he didn't want to, it's because he thinks of 'Silver' and 'Raidriar' as two separate people. One's for daily life, the other's for trolling and other things.
and i think that's it. Onto Reviews!
Reviewer 7.1: Okay, I didn't know that. Buuuuuuuut, according to the wikia, Penny Polendina is an Android- it says so on her bio. Also, Silver doesn't know the difference between Android and Gynoid. (heh, even autocorrect on the 'Edit Document' claims it's not a word).
Reviewer 7.2: YOU GUESSED WRONG! Honestly, if he could do that, he would, but he doesn't know the first thing about controlling a giant mech. I mean, he could figure it out, but it'd take lots of trial and error. on the second part, Refer to above.
Reviewer 5.2: "It's God KING, not God-Emperor. Honestly, I'm just trying to have a good time here."
Okay, next chapter's going to be an interlude- just a bunch of short stories of what's happening on the other sides of things; we'll probably see Ozpin, Cinder, and Roman's view on things.
Seeya later!
-FreohrWK
(I'm honestly surprised that nobody's surprised at Tom knowing that Silver's a Dimension Traveler)
Oof, i got my timeline mixed up when I went to write the next chapter. fixed it tho.