An army a thousand strong, thrown their bodies against our mighty walls but not one past our eternal watch, that was the case.
"Yer, hagging in ther," slim spoke.
"Yeah, old man, I'm doing fine, " I spoke as I unleash another barrage from my crossbow. The barrage I unleash tore its way through the holy nation forces like wolves against a herd of bulls.
Crash. A plume of dust was standing in place of the mighty gate.
"TO THE front, men," slim shout.
Together me and my fellow warriors on the walls, leap into battle against The Holy Nation.
"No not you, rust," slim spoke.
"Why though, they need as many men as they can get to hold the line at least," I spoke.
"We won't make it, Rust and you know it, so I want you to go and save your family," he spoke.
And with a parting hug from the man that clothed me, trained me, and gave me a chance when no one else did.
"I'll go and finish the fight, I must atone for what I have done," he spoke.
He started sprinting to the remains of the gate to his brothers in arms. His cotton shirt fluttered in the wind, just like a bird in a cage.
An ear-piercing scream flood the village. Thinking that it was her my systems sprung to life, and found the origin of the noise. It was in our home, dreading the worst I entered.
I awoke to the sound of sleeping bodies, on the cotton filled bag i call a bed.
"I need some air," I spoke as I began to walk to the door.
Click, click. The lock on door was no more, letting the wood block swing freely now.
"What are you doing", Jaune moan.
"I'm just going to get some air, okay," I spoke.
"Don't be too long then," he spoke as return to the warm embrace of his bed.
"Kid don't know how lucky you are," I thought as I shut the door.
In the abyssal hallway, what little light could seep through the gaps between the doors was barely enough for a mere man But, I have never been a mere man.
After what felt like an hour of searching I found an exit. The doors cool, steel exterior of the door was coated in a tree green coloured resinous substance.
"This world is getting stranger by the second," I though.
With a slight push the door swung open revealing a desolate concrete platform with a mysterious woman in black sitting atop it.
"Am I disturbing something," I spoke in my usual suave tone.
Without a word, she started to move to the side, giving me some space to sit. As I cautiously sat down next her at my flesh less body. The moonlight reflecting off of my tarnished steel chest
"You like them," I spoke as I present her my three fingered hands to her.
"Why are you so open about what, who you are," she spoke
"The first word ever spoken to me that I can remember was one rage and violence for what I am. I've lost friends, I've lost family, I've lost lively hoods because of the way I look and I still refuse to hide who I am," I spoke.
"Your noble, I'll give you that," she spoke.
"So, what's your story," I spoke.
"I'll tell, you later," she softly spoke as the sun began to rise.
"So, I'll see you around, then," I spoke as I lift my body from the ground.
"Maybe," she spoke as she entered the building.
"The sun is just starting to dawn, Time to wake up my team," I thought as i began to enter the building. After a few minutes of walk I arrive where I started, my dorm.
"Hi again, I didn't catch your name," I spoke as she begun to enter her dorm.
"It's Blake," she spoke.
A quick turn of the brass, I think, handle and I'm in.
"Morning rust," Pyrrha spoke as I enter the room.
"Morning Pyrrha," I reply.
"How come, you went out so early," she ask.
"I had some problems resting so i went out got some fresh air and got chatting to this hot girl to while i was at it, nothing much." i reply.
"So long as you're not hurting anybody I'm fine," she spoke after sipping from a mug containing some sort of brown fluid.
"Hey, so what are we doing today?" I ask.
"We have: grim studies at eight o'clock, history at ten, then combat practice at twelve," she spoke gasping for air.
"Is that a usual day for you?" I ask.
"No, our days are usually much longer but thankfully today is Friday," she softly spoke like a mother.
"What is this Friday? You talk about," I reply.
Pyrrha didn't speak, all she could do is look upon me with an air of awe and sheer wonder.
"Okay now you're starting to scare me," I spoke trying to snap her out of it.
"What do you mean, what is Friday," Nora shout.
"Well i know it is the name you use for a particular day but, I'm wondering why it is significant," I ask.
"Well it's the start of the weekend," Nora shout.
"What is it, Nora," Jaune and Ren both spoke in unison.
"Okay, okay, this may start to sound redundant but what is the weekend or a week for that matter," i ask.
"Rust, a week is 7 days with the following names Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, okay," Jaune shout.
"And Friday is important because it starts the weekend, which have off," Ren add.
"That clears it up," I spoke.
"So, team leader what's your plan for us, today," I spoke.
"Well we need to get you your uniform but in the meantime, you should be able to borrow mine and Ren's," he nervously spoke.
"Sure, but next time Jaune I suggest you try to be a bit more confident like the team leader you could be," I spoke.
"Us guys can get changed in here you ladies can use the bathroom," I spoke.
"Normally we take it in turns," Ren ask.
"What, we're grown men, we can get changed around each other," I spoke.
"But," jaune spoke.
But, nothing, someday you'll have to get changed in the middle of a stream with your fellow warriors, so let's be grown up and give the ladies some space," I interrupt.
"At least some one's a gentleman," Pyrrha spoke as both her and Nora left to the bathroom.
"Fine then," he spoke.
"Here these should fit you but you'll have to use one of jaunes shirts, Ren spoke as lift a pair of trousers towards me.
"Okay" I reply as I start to remove my cotton robes.
After equipping and buttoning up my new uniform, I ask," How do i look,"
"Fine," Ren replies.
"One problem though, i have the feeling that if i were to run, these clothes would become nothing more than a pile of rags is this feeling normal," i ask.
"Yes," Jaune replies.
"We're finished," Nora shouts as both her Pyrrha leave the bathroom.
"So where next team leader," I spoke.
"We'll, normally we would go for breakfast about now, but given your, you know," Jaune spoke.
"mechanical," I interrupt.
"How about this, you lot can go to get breakfast and i can meet you there," I spoke as I lift my backpack onto Jaune's bed.
"Okay I've got one toolkit, four spare motors, six spare muscles, six-hundred cats and a canister of grog And I can store my shirt, plate mail, shorts in there but my boots i can take the plates off of them and wear them," I thought as I started packing my bag.
After leaving the dorm room, with my bag on my back and my blades at my side I head off to the cafeteria to meet my team breakfast.
"Oh, hi Blake," I spoke as both her and her team exit their dorm.
"Hi," she softly spoke.
"Hiya, again," a short redheaded meat bag spoke.
"Hi, new guy," Yang spoke as she looks up and down at me.
"So, ladies know where the cafeteria is," I ask in my usual suave tone.
"Yeah, we're going there to, you can walk with us," yang spoke.
"So, what's your name," the redhead asks while walking with us.
"Rust, now before you ask I don't have a surname," I spoke.
"Mines Ruby rose I'm the team leader of team Ruby, why don't you have a surname?" The redhead Answer in a childish tone.
"I don't have any family to inherit from and i have no one that can inherit what i have," I spoke.
"So, Ruby, what do you think?" I ask.
"About, what," she asks.
"Well my mechanical form, most people just stare or ask questions like what is your power source or is it true you use the souls of children as a power source," i reply.
"Nah, I thought you were some atlas experiment," she spoke.
"So, Rust where are you from," Yang interrupt.
"I'm from a land of bloodshed and battle fields. A world of sand and swords. A society of racism and rage. But I know the place as The continent" I spoke.
"So nowhere local, then," Yang interrupt.
"Pretty much," I spoke.
"Shall we return to what we were talking about," I ask.
"Wait," Wesis Shout as she started to sprint, towards the group.
"So, this is the, ice queen i have, heard so much about," I spoke.
"You've heard of her?" yang interrupt.
"yeah, I remember that you were teasing Jaune about her," I spoke.
"Yeah, you can carry on it's just in the big hall off to the left," Yang spoke.
After following the blond's instructions, I eventually arrive at the cafeteria. The buildings huge ceiling could easily store most of the bars I drank in, over the centuries, with plenty of space spare.
"The amount of engineering going into this place must have be on par with the ancients," i spoke as I drew close to the table my team have claimed.
Oh "hi rust," Jaune spoke.
"Hi, I was just admiring the architecture, of the hall," I spoke.
"yeah, it's pretty nice," he spoke.
"Pretty nice, the only two things that I have ever seen that can hold candle to this is as rusting bridge that makes me look like a child, and a statue that was carved out of a mountain," I spoke.
"How old are you, you know so that I can get an idea of how old this bridge could be," he spoke
"Six and half, Cen" I spoke.
"Years, that's fairly recent," Jaune interrupt.
"Centuries, not years," I add.
Jaune just stood in awe from the number.
"Hey guys, I think I have blown Jaunes mind," I shout, towards the rest of gossiping team.
"What did you do," Pyrrha sternly spoke.
"All I did was tell him my age," I spoke in my suave tone.
"Which is," she replies.
"Six hundred and fifty years, and just so that you know I'm a child compared to other skeletons," I spoke.
Jaune sprung back to life and spoke," wait, seriously, you're that old,"
"Yeah, but I don't feel a day over 100," I spoke.
"HI team Ruby," Nora spoke.
"You ready for professor Port's class," Yang mock.
"No, Phyrra," meekly spoke as she slowly walks to the table.
"I don't know anybody, who would enjoy one of his lessons," wesis spoke.
"Hey, Jaune buddy, would you kindly go and get me a rum or two," I spoke as i threw a few catan's across the table.
"What are catan's," Jaune ask as he picked up the golden plates.
"Those gold plates your holding, their called catan's and if they aren't accepted then, I'll pay you back, eventually," I spoke.
"Yeah, about that, they don't sell any booze from the cafeteria," he spoke.
"One moment please," I spoke as I left the table.
"Why oh, why, have the gods finally forsaken by sealing me in a place with no god damn booze," I shout as I fall to my knees.
"Shall we tell him," Yang mocks.
"Nah," Nora spoke.
"You can get booze else where you know," Jaune spoke as walk.
"Thank the heavens," I spoke.
"meanie," Nora spoke
"Ah just in time too, my internal clock says it's about ten to eight, so shall we get going," I spoke.
"Yeah," Jaune spoke as
N/A Hi this chapter is a wordy one dealing on the social side of things than my usual content and sorry for it being a few days late. But as always read and review because any errors you find will make the next person's life easier for they will not have to endure them- Last