HELLO MY WONDERFUL READERS! It is I, Jeremy 'Scout' here with another chapter of Remnant's Panzers! Now before we get to the chapter I would like to shoutout fellow writer, Crusader322. He's writing a story called Great Tankery World Cup. Its pretty good so I recommend giving him a read. Now then HiR is still in the works. Making it about as long as your average Unkown Legends chapter written by KTwizard. Another great fic. Good one as well. In the meantime enjoy these chapters which are going to be about 1-3 thousand words each. Not very long, but long enough to keep you guys entertained and short enough that I'm not stopping chapter 8 of HiR for an awfully long time. Without further ado, let the chapter begin!
Chapter 3: Saviors
Saemonza, for the second time that day, opened her left eye as she looked up at the girl casually standing on a tank. Oryou was making the StuG go as fast as possible which was 9.3 mph to catch up with her team. The Napoli Turn had cost them a lot of speed but they had thinned out the numbers with the shrapnel after the shell tore through a few Grimm. though the Grimm were much faster than their top speed and were already closing the gap.
"So are you guys the visitors Professor Ozpin was talking about?" The strange girl asked. Saemonza just stared at the girl with both eyes open. Erwin did the same but her serious look faded into one of shock. Neither of them had any idea where she had come from and how she had seemingly appeared out of thin air onto the roof of the StuG. What surprised them even more was that she had casually landed on the roof and was holding a giant scythe.
Ruby just stared at both the girl's shock before turning around and looking at the Grimm horde. "Oh wow you guys have a lot more Grimm after you then I first thought. My friends should be here soon though, so don't worry." Ruby said happily.
Erwin looked at the girl then at Saemonza then back at the girl. Saemonza and Erwin couldn't hear her over the engine but because she was looking at Saemonza, and because Saemonza could lip read quite well. Saemonza, you pick up what she said?" Erwin asked. " tank jostling around made it a bit hard but something about how there was a lot of Grimm and that her friends were almost here." Saemonza replied.
"So these things are called Grimm, huh? Commander, did you pick that up?" Erwin asked over the radio. "Yeah. I've never heard about them though. These things seem like something that would be common knowledge... Have you guys ever read about them in your books?" Miho asked. To this question all of Hippo Team replied with a no. "We can learn about these things after we've taken care of them I guess. For now just keep driving." Miho ordered.
Ruby the entire team had been standing on the StuG as it drove on looking at not just the two people she met but also the vehicles ahead of them. She had recognized their vehicles as tanks but she had never seen these exact kinds of tanks. Tanks may be rare because they were phased out of service for mechs and robotic soldiers and a lot had been scrapped, but Ruby was a weapon experts and knew her tanks very well however she just couldn't name the tanks she saw.
After pondering on this thought she realized that the two people she had met were talking using a device on their neck. She knew it was a radio almost insantly otherwise they wouldn't be talking. However Ruby didn't know what they were talking about as she couldn't hear them speaking. She ultimately decided it wasn't too big a deal and looked at the Grimm chasing them setting her Scythe into rifle mode and popping shots off into the horde. While the StuG was nowhere near a smooth ride, especially when one is standing, Ruby managed to land some shots.
She would've kept shooting had she not felt someone lightly tug her cape. Ruby turned around and noticed the person wearing the strange military hat was signaling her for her to enter the tank. Having never been inside a tank before as well as getting tired of keeping her balance on it she waited for the girl to descend before excitedly following suit.
It was cramped inside the tank however once inside she saw another person wearing a long piece of red cloth with short dark brown hair and similarly colored eyes. She saw the girl with the strange military cap as well as a miltary jacket. In the front of the tank was another person however she could only see their back as they were focused on driving. All she could make of them was their midlength black hair which looked quite messy.
The tank was just as loud, if not louder. Not by much though. Ruby realized that the other girl she had seen with the machine gun was still outside, she could tell from the fact that she could see the girl's lower body still, and he sound of her machine gun firing. "HERE TAKE THIS! PUT IT AROUND YOUR NECK! Erwin yelled at Ruby handing her one of their radios. Ruby took it and did as she was told.
"Ok you should be able to hear us now. Now then who are you and what are those things that are chasing us?" Erwin asked. "Wait, you guys don't know what Grimm are?" She questioned. Erwin shook her head. "How? Everyone should know what Grimm are! They've been trying to destroy humanity for as long as we can remember!" Ruby exclaimed, bewildered at how these people somehow didn't know what Grimm were.
"Did you hear that, commander? Those things chasing us apparently want to kill us." Erwin said. "I heard it. That's actually really scary. We've been chased before but never with someone or something doing it with the intent to kill. Maybe that's why it felt different." Miho said, though she mumbled that last part. "Momo practically feinted when she heard that they were trying to kill us. Not that I can blame her. " Anzu put in, though without her usual playful attitude.
At first Ruby was confused before realizing that the people in the other tanks in the column must've been answering over the radio. "Ok so what's your name?" Erwin asked. "My name is Ruby Rose." She replied. As she said this Saemonza's voice came over the radio. "Crap! The gun's empty and this barrel is done for. I'd use my bow but it took a lot to bring some of these things down with the MG so my bow would be useless against these th-OHHH CRAP THAT"S HOT!" She yelled as she dropped the barrel and it slid off the tank.
"Wait a second... Ruby, you said that your were friends would be here soon, right? Because I think they just got here." Saemonza said. Almost as soon as Saemonza finished the sentence a loud explosion could be heard, followed by a voice yelling, "BREAK THEIR LEGS!" and more explosions. "Oh damn... Hey uhh Ruby was it? Your friends, specifically the ginger and the blonde girl, are hardcore." Almost as soon as Saemonza said this more explosions were heard.
"Ok I've got to see this." Satoko said as she opened up the commanders hatch. The others decided the same and opened their capola's as well. As they did they all looked and saw 7 people, all of them around their age, maybe a little older. And not only that, these people were doing stuff that they couldn't hope of doing. On top of this they were fighting the Grimm as they were called, and not only winning but doing so with ease. Well except for one person who seemed to be doing alright, but not as good as his friends.
"Ok wow... just how strong are you guys?" Satoko asked over the radio. "Well I mean we're pretty strong. Except for Jaune, but he tries his best and he's improving with our help so he should catch up to us eventually. But can you guys not do that? Do you not have aura or something?" was Ruby's response. "Aura? What's that?" Miho said over the radio, confused. "Have you guys been living under a rock?! How do you not know what aura is?! And the GRIMM of al things as well? Just who are you people?" Ruby asked very confused about it all.
"Uhhh We're not from around here..." Miho said, trying to dodge the question. "I noticed. Anyways, Aura is the manifestation of our soul. It bears our burdens and shieds our hearts. At least that's how Pyrrha says it." Ruby said. "So it's like a force field of sorts then?" Anzu asked. "Yeah. That's how most of us think when it gets mentioned." Ruby replied. "I see. So mind telling us where we are. And im assuming this aura let's you and your friends fight Grimm the way you do?" Erwin asked. "Yep! Now then you guys can stop your tanks. My friends should be done... CRAP! I missed out on the fight! " Ruby said as she realized that talking with the girls in the tanks had made her miss the fight.
"Oh... Sorry about that. Alright then. Full stop everyone!" Miho ordered. With that said all the tanks came to a stop. "Everyone, let's get out and meet the people who helped us." Miho said somewhat excited to meet those that had saved her and her friend's lives from the Grimm. With that said Erwin noticed that Ruby's friends had almost caught up to the tanks.
'I wonder if we can get aura...' she thought.
AND THAT"S THE END OF CHAPTER 3! Sorry for the awkward ending, I didn't know how I could make it better without going into whatI have planned for next chapter. Now then, this will probably be the last chapter of this story until I finish chapter 8 of Helljumpers in Remnant. But before you go I have an important question to ask y'all! Should I make Erwin a faunus? It came into my head because her soul name's nickname is The Desert Fox and her hair is meant to symbolize a fox's ears. I could have her ears be hidden under her cap and that's how she would hide them. Maybe. Up to you guys though since I didn't want to make the move and upset you guys. Also for some reason I've been thinking about a Kotobuki and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure crossover with Young Joseph and Caesar, and maybe even Stroheim and possibly Speedwagon ending up in there as well. After all Young Joseph did want to be a pilot. Anyways that's all for now, thanks for reading the chapter and I hope to see you soon in chapter 8 of Helljumpers in Remnant and once that's done, back here with the Oarai girls. Anyways this is Jeremy 'Scout' signing off
