Sorry that it took me forever to get this chapter up. I've been helping another writer with editing his stories. I got so engrossed in them that I was neglecting mine in turn. But I still gave it my all. Go check out "The smuggler Faunus" and "Halo Combat evoled: Ruby Rose new Journy." By All hail Lord Megatron. The guy has great story ideas but needed help, so I'm helping him with a few stories and practicly became a co-athor in writing them. To me his stoires are like building foundations with a few struts and support beams while I put in the rest in adding details with the walls and roof. The stories are not perfect but they are a far cry from what they were before.
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"Ruby, for the last time, behave yourself," Weiss schooled her team leader for the umpteenth time. Weiss rubbed her head of the small migraine she had as this had been repeating this occurrence on seance Ruby got a reply from her mother, Summer. Ruby asked her f she could show her the weapons she used while she was out in space and agreed on a demonstration. Her team leader became so excited that the whole team left to witness the little presentation. Ruby even had them bring their weapons to showcase the veteran huntresses for her approval.
Thou she will not admit it. Wiess was still a little hesitant to believe elder Rose's story about being out in space. Atlas had not been able to go to outer space due to Dust not being able to work outside Renmant's atmosphere. It's why any space program that's developed always falls shot due to such limits. With few finding alternative solutions other than Dust thanks to backroom business owners like her father. Any hope of such a thing like space travel is considered science fiction.
"Let her have her moment, Ice Queen." The resident team's blond brawler commented. "Once Ruby gets going on about weapons, then nothing short of several plates of cookies or something else that is important will distract her," Yang said.
The four stood by the entrance of the school's shooting range. An arrangement of fields that any weapon could use. From pistols, shotguns, and sniper rifles to heaver weapons like missile launchers and grenades. It was everything a school that trains warriors needs for target practice or testing weapons.
"So when's mom going to be here anyway?"
"How bout you try looking at your six little Spitfire." The four turned to the voice only for the sister to gasp in shock while their partner's jaws dropped.
There walking towards them was the mother they had been waiting for to show up. But that wasn't what they were staring at; it was what the Huntress was wearing. For Weiss, Summer Rose was wearing black body armor that would be better suited for Atlas Specialist like her sister. Blake eyed the women's armor as she saw it's battle-worn and tested plates, showing that she wasn't new to a fight.
Ruby and Yang were getting flashbacks to their childhoods as they saw the white cloth on their mother's shoulders. Of the last time, they saw Summer before leaving on her final mission and watching her whiter cloak disappearing in the distance. Seeing Summer wearing it was like getting their souls slapped. Ruby felt a strange joy seeing her mother wear it. Yang not as much as her sister.
"Mom? Where did you get your cloak?" Yang asked as she stared at her mother.
"And where did that armor come from?" Weiss asked as she walked over and began examining it up close, much to the women's amusement.
Summer was happily ready to provide answers. "Well, what I have on is a custom set of armor made of thick interlocking plates of ablative ceramics I've got from various purchases, this particular set I have worn into combat for the last several months. " Summer answered the heiress question before shifting her eyes towards Yang. "As for my old cloak, a certain bird brain left it with a note on it." Summer saw Yang narrow her eyes slightly at that before going back to normal.
"So who wants to shoot some guns today?" Ruby started waving her hand in the air like an eager child. Weiss rolled her eye, and Blake and Yang smiled at the sight. Summer just looked amused, seeing her daughter like this. From what she could gather, Ruby was a gun nut.
"Should have seen that coming, should I?"
"Do you even need to ask?" Yang said playfully.
Summer shook her head at her eldest daughter's answer. "How about this?" She said, gaining the four girls' attention. "I see that you girls also brought some of your gear with you. How about I demonstrate either one of my guns or abilities that I've picked up over time and one of you show me something in return? I am, after all, going to be a teacher for the coming semester, so it stands to reason that I will need to know what you all can do. Sound fair?"
The request made Ruby very happy. "Sure thing, mom! Look, I've even brought out Cresent Rose!"
Summer blinked in surprise as Ruby drew out a big red box from her back. Now the Commander had seen all kinds of weapons from all across the galaxy. From elegant and artistic guns the Asari produce. To the bulky and crewed, the Krogan slap together on the spot. Granted, she felt a bit of inner turmoil of awe and intimidation when she saw the box form out into a giant scythe bigger than the child that wielded it, made her small innocent daughter look as dangerous as a Krogen Warlord with a war hammer.
It took a lot out of her right then not to burst with tears of pride for her daughter.
Remnant's weapons sure have advanced while she was away. Summer thought as she looked at the reforged weapon of the parts leftover from her Iron Thorn. "May I?" She asked.
Ruby slowly handed her oversized weapon to her. Summer felt the wight fall into her hands and felt a small, if a lack of a better word, 'pulse' from it. A feeling she often got after seeing her old friends after she was back from the dead. It was the same thing now. She was once again meeting an old friend. Sure it looked different, but the presence of metals formed into a new shape was still there. Shifting the scythe around in her hand, she gave it a once over and gave it a slow twirling rotation. To the Commander's surprise, despite the large blade at the end, it felt perfectly balanced.
"Wow, and I was told you made this?"
"That's right!" Ruby replied with a happy nod. "When Uncle Qrow showed me the remains of Iron Thorn for the first time, I was determined to rebuild her better than ever!"
"And instead of making a claymore sniper rifle like it was initially, you formed the unholy union to make a demon love child of a high powered firearm and an old gardening tool? I'm very proud of you, Ruby. " Summer said, making her daughter smile brightly.
Summer handed back the sniper scythe to Ruby and stepped up to firing range before turning around and facing the kids. "Alright, let's get started with this demo." She reached for her hip and pulled out her pistol and let it unfold in her hand. Ruby took one look and was instantly in love with it, along with Blake showing interest as well in the little hand cannon. Weiss looked at the weapon with some curiosity while Yang looked indifferent and just smiled.
"This is the M-6 Carnifex. It's a favored sidearm of mercenary leaders and mercenary tech specialists. An expensive but powerful weapon found on black markets and great against armored opponents." Summer went up to the target control panel, started pooping up targets at thirty yeards, and aimed her Carnifex.
Summer fire several shots in from the hand cannon with controlled fire. She regarded the hight recoil of it felt against her hand was kicking in the years of training she had as she watched as her targets came apart. After about thirty destroyed targets, she lowered her heavy pistol and turned back to the girls that were watching her. Summer had managed to gain more interest out of Blake and Weiss as their eyes seemed glued to the gun with their minds working. Yang's head tilted to the side like a confused puppy while her sister looked like a happy puppy that got a dog treat.
"Wow! Hom many rounds does it shoot? Can it transform into anything?" The questions asked by Ruby shot off one after the other.
"No, Ruby, it doesn't change into anything else. But it does have options in terms of ammunition types." Summer activated her Omni-tool over the gun, and a blue hologram appeared over the barrel. She then fired several shots, each coated in a blue glow. The targets that got struck ignited with blue arcs of electricity danced around where the rounds impacted. Before the girls could speak, Summer waved her Omni-tool over the gun again, turning hologram from blue to white. More shots went out and hit more of the targets downrange, turning several of them into ice sculptures. Summer finished her small demo and turned back to the four stunned girls. "As you can see, with 'Mass Effect' technology within it, I can mod my shots with cryogenic properties, electric currents, set enemies on fire. If you have the right modifications for your particular fighting style, you can cause a lot of damage to your opponents."
"Wow!" Ruby said in awe.
"Wait a sec," Weiss cut in before her team leader could say anything. "You were firing a lot of rounds just now and haven't reloaded once. Just how many shots can that thing fire before you have to reload?"
Summer smiled at the white-haired teen. She wanted to get technical with her tech. "The shots fired from my pistol are the size of a grain of sand." The girls looked at her in surprise. "They are shared of a mental block that's inside the gun and fires it down a set of railgun coils and is propelled at a high extream rate of speed. Depending on the block 's size inside the gun and what the current mission being, you could go through whole missions without ever having to reload. At least till the ammo block is all used up." Summer flipped the gun around and held it by the barrel with the handle towards the Hairless.
Wiess hesitated for a moment but relented and took hold of the gun. She held the Carnifex loosely in her hand.
"Go ahead. Pop off a few shots. See how it feels," Summer said to the Schnee.
Weiss noded and resed the hand cannon and fired a few shots. She was surprised by how heavy the recoil of the gun was against her hand. But the Heiress kept the gun firmly in her hand as she didn't want it to go flying out and away from her. "It certainly has a bit recoil then I thought it would have."
Summer chuckled as she watched Weiss hands it over to a vibrating Ruby to try. After Ruby, Blake and Yang try it out the Carnifex pistol.
"It's not a bad little gun you have, Mom," Yang commented before she handed the hand cannon back to its owner.
"It's a pretty useful little weapon. Excellent as a backup for when you have a sizeable opponent ready to come at you."
"Are backup weapons very common in the galaxy?" Blake asked. The N7 Commander nodded.
"Most defiantly," Summer replied. "It's pretty mandatory for most. I always have my teammates carry at the very least two weapons that they are most suited to their fighting style." Summer then noticed that about the girls. "Now that I think about it, girls do any you have more than one weapon that you train with other than the ones I see?"
The girls gave each other some confusing looks before looking back at the veteran Huntress. Ultimately it was Yang that spoke. "Why do we need a backup weapon? Our weapons, Aura, and super cool Semblances gives us all we need."
Summer couldn't help but stare weirdly at her daughter for a moment before realization kicked it. She smacked a hand to her face as more memories of the lessons she went through growing up. Along with how they seemed to counteract some of the things the galaxy has taught her the past decade.
"Whelp, that is going to change around here." The all-girl team looked at the Huntress with varies stages of confusion. "When I go to hit the school forges with Ruby on recreating my old weapon, you all are going to be making new weapons to act as backups to your pre-existing ones."
"Excuse me, but we are perfectly fine with what we have," Weiss said firmly.
"Says the girl that got disarmed by a Boartusk on the first day of school," Blake commented.
Weiss became red-face at the remark. "That was a musculation, and I won that fight."
"To which that proves my point. Had you been facing more than one opponent or were not in a position to retrieve your weapon in time, then we would not be speaking today, Miss Schnee." Summer told her. Making the platinum blond blush in embarrassment. "Look, think of this as a new experience and like I said. It will be a backup weapon, not your primary weapon. Something that will be with you if you're in a pinch and get you out alive."
"...I understand, Professor," Wiess said with some reluctance.
Summer waved her hand over in annoyance. "Just Summer while at out of class Miss Schnee. I never thought I would be a school teacher in my life. I'm instigating this just because I want you all to succeed in life and not be cut short."
"We know Mom. The next thing we expect is you forcing us into armor next," Yang said half-heartedly. But her attitude changed when she saw Summer looked interested in her comment. "That was a joke, Mom."
Summer's back suddenly stiffens straight at the mention of those words. Much to Team RWBY's confusion.
"That was a joke."
'Oh shit! EDI!' Summer had forgotten about her. When she decided her choice on destroying the Reapers and the crucible fired her off back to Remnant. It wiped out all synthetic life that is currently in the galaxy like the Geth, but that would also mean she killed EDI!
"Mom, are you ok?" Ruby asked, bringing her out of her mind boggle of how she just now realized she killed a friend.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Ruby. I just realized something important that I forgot till now." Summer replied.
"Did you remember something, are you getting more memory flashes?" Yang said in a worried tone.
"No, it is not that. But it is something that I'm going to have to face later." One that I am not going to look forward to confronting with Joker. He and EDI were just getting along and thinking about a possible relationship. One that I just killed off. "Don't worry about it, Yang. Now, where were we?"
Qrow stood in silence as the elevator went up the Beacon tower. Ozpin had summoned him for that concerned Summer. The Branwen twin felt like something new was going on, and with the Vytal festival around the corner, he could only think what Summer was going to get mixed up.
The elevator doors opened and to reveal Ozpin's office. With the man himself standing at the window and
"You called Oz?"
"Qrow, thank you for coming on short notice." The man said as he turned to him.
"What's happening, Ozpin. Your message said it was about Summer?" Ozpin nodded as he took a seat at his desk.
"Correct. I assume that Summer has told you all about the events that she took among the vast star ocean above us?" He asked.
Qrow nodded his head. "She gave her daughters' team and me an unabridged version and several highlights of her adventures."
Ozpin raised an eyebrow slightly at the news. "The rest of team RWBY knows? Well, that should be expected from one of the top first-year teams. I've seen them grow closer as a team and can't wait to see what the future has in store for them."
The drunken Huntsman narrowed his eye at the old wizard. "Oz, you know my warning. Also, neither Tia and especially Summer would not be fond of any backroom plans you have like you did for my team," he warned.
Ozpin raised his hands in mock defense. "And indeed, I do not, lest I fear Summer's anger. The wrath of a mother is not something I want to envoke."
"Glad we're on the same page. Summer told her story to you?"
"Indeed. What Summer went through is something very few could endure. With the knowledge that we are no longer alone in the universe confirmed by Summer, we need to prepare for whatever outcome of arrival we may perceive, whether it be good or bad." Ozpin explained.
"What? Like some kind of planet-wide invasion?"
"Possibly," Ozpin said before taking another sip from his mug. "But I hope that is not the case. Summer explained several factions that are out in the galaxy that we should keep an eye out. These groups have me worried should they ever come to our world, as they possess technology that would rival the full might of Atlas's military fleet in a straight fight."
"Which not all the kingdomes have access to." Qrow saw where this is going. "Have you warned the others about this?"
Ozpin shook his head. "For now, I'm keeping things close to my chest. The attack on Amber and much of the power of the Fall maidens stolen. As of now, only the two of us, Glynda, Taiyang, and now team RWBY, knows of Summers trip to the stars. General Ironwood is on his way from Atlas with his students for the Vytal Festival. I will let him in on this development when he arrives." Qrow narrows his eyes.
"Jimmy is coming here? Away from his high tower in the sky," he said. Ozbin nodded. 'Well, this should be interesting."
"Indeed."
"So what other threats should we be worried about that may come fro above Summer's storytelling?" Qrow asked his old boss.
Ozpin locked his eyes with the elite Huntsman. "Summer said shes' dealt with the Reaper threat, but with the possibility of the galaxy opening up to Remnant would cause a lot of shocks and in turn, will cause a panic which will..."
"...attract Grimm." Qrow finishes off.
"To also which will gain her attention," Ozbin said.
Qrow bit back a curse as Ozpin kept talking. "We know that her followers may be operating within the city. If news of galaxy we're in and of current galactic events are any indication, we need to be ready for the possible outcome of Salem trying to manipulate them to side."
