Welcome to the sixth instalment of Praetorian of Remnant
I hope you enjoy
Also a big thank you to GoofBall14, I thank you for the review, I'll try to enter more parts of the story without Rogal or RWBY and co and focus more on the villains at times.
Liberandum System (Newly named)
101.42M
Strike Cruiser 'Titus'
They had found him, Metrios couldn't get over the fact that they had actually found him. The Shield of the Imperium, their father, the Imperium's salvation, they had found Rogal Dorn!
Metrios ordered scans to be made on the planet and what they found was very surprising.
It was inhabited by humans… mostly, there was a subspecies of humanity, a subspecies with animal traits. Abhumans, the news of this was quickly spread throughout the fleet and the Templar were in a rage to say the very least. They were drowning in blood lust for the abhumans. Many had pleaded, no, begged Metrios to allow them to purge the filth from the planet where their Primarch resided.
They were ultimately denied by Metrios due to the fact that this was unknown territory. They could not go in guns blazing like some fanatical lunatics and he further argued that if they did that their Primarch would be disappointed. That transitioned to Emperor knows what for them.
The Templars immediately backed down after those words had left his mouth, all of them seeing the logic behind his words.
Other scans had shown that there were five major landmasses, one of which was unpopulated. There was one landmass to the north. There was a dragon-like landmass to the northwestern portion of the planet. One landmass to the eastern side of the planet, one landmass in the relative middle of the planet that was obviously the largest and finally there was one landmass to the southeastern side of the planet.
To add to it the 'Master of Reconnaissance' had also received information that there were five major concentrations of the human/abhuman population on this planet.
One on the northernmost continent, one in the easternmost continent and two in the largest continent. There was also a large concentration of people in the southeastern landmass, but it showed that it was basically all abhumans. However, it seemed as though there was one continent untouched by humanity and its subspecies on this planet. It was the northwestern-most continent. Which suspiciously resembled a dragon with its wings spread out.
Metrios, seeing the best course of action ordered for their resident Omnissiah worshipping Mechanicus to begin to hack into any systems that the planet held that could be of use. It didn't take any time at all, how much time? A few seconds, it was a new record for their resident mechanicus of whom all patted each other on the back.
Aurelian, the resident Magos Dominus read through the history of the planet and explained it all in a brief summary for the Metrios and for the fleet. Their reactions varied but it was obvious that the loyalists were furious that the abhumans dared to raise arms against humanity. However, their anger tripled at least finding out that the world was full of false god worshipping heretics.
However, a greater fury burned within them when they heard of the terrorist group, 'White Fang'. The acts they committed were despicable and the most renown among them was directed towards a noble's son from the northernmost landmass named Solitas also known as the Kingdom of Atlas. It was a disgusting thing, 'Emperor damn them,' among other less savoury remarks were very common thoughts among every crew member in the fleet.
Whilst the rage in the fleet spread, the Magos Dominus, Aurelian also took it upon himself to look through the population database to find the Primarch.
Analysing the features of Rogal Dorn, well Eran Cornelius Schnee in this world's knowledge. It seemed he was hiding in plain sight, in Vale, Aurelian then took a look into the history of the Primarch, on this world, and he found something off-putting. 'Schnee Heir tortured by White Fang', that was the title of one of the news articles, 'Oh, Emperor, abhumans truly are despicable…'
Throughout this minute and a half, the Magos was as still as could be, the rest of the bridge and other five strike cruisers awaiting his words.
Metrios was starting to grow slightly impatient, for a Magos Dominus it couldn't possibly take longer than this to- Aurelian turned to the people staring intently at him and said the words that they were praying to hear.
"I have located the Primarch-" He was cut off, the people not noticing the grave tone in his voice and celebrated momentarily, the same happening on the other ships. It ended when Aurelian amplified his voice and spoke in a grave tone. One that shook the spines of the normal people and made the astartes curious of what could have gotten Aurelian this serious.
"I have located the Primarch, however, it seems that he is not in pristine condition." His words felt like worlds being dropped upon the astartes and crew. What happened to their God-Emperor's son?
"It seems that the terrorist group of abhumans, The White Fang... tortured the Primarch a few years ago and left him without an arm and scars all over his body, almost killing him." Aurelian spoke in a cold tone, his voice had undertones of fury.
After the words were spoken, the words that bound the fate of the White Fang to unparalleled pain, there was a deathly silence. The words were sinking in and soon the astartes and crew members alike, especially the black templars, were shouting for vengeance, they were livid.
Metrios was sitting there listening to all of this, he shouted for order, it along with silence was given to him.
"I understand your anger brothers, we are going to eradicate those abhumans in due time. Magos, you say you found the Primarch, can you tell us where on the planet he is?" Metrios inquired, anger still stabbing itself into his voice.
"Yes, I believe it is called 'Vale', a rather strange name," Aurelian spoke in a matter of fact voice.
"Then brothers, we have found out where we must go first. To find the Primarch! However, we may only send sixty space marines and some mechanicus along with their skitarii. I understand if you protest but we must keep the majority of our forces, space marines especially here in case of an attack." His words were wise and only a few grunts of indignation came from the Black templars, that in itself was saying something.
Metrios let his statement settle in before speaking once more, "Crew prepare the thunderhawks. I want them unquestionably cleansed, they will depart in twenty-four hours."
With that, the plans were made and everyone anticipated who would be chosen to be sent to the planet first.
Beacon Academy
Cinder was frustrated, who wouldn't be. You lay your plan out and have followed it accordingly only for someone to come along and thwart it massively. That someone who was thwarting her plans was Eran Cornelius Schnee. Heir to the SDC and an absolute beast of a fighter that no one could compare to. Well at least she was right, this year has been very damn entertaining with a side of frustrating to boot!
He was a problem, a seemingly unsolvable problem!
She growled in frustration as she laid on her bed in the dormitory still in her uniform, which to be honest was less comfortable then it seemed. Mercury, Emerald and her were trying to figure out a solution to their problems, but they had all seen his fight with Glynda. He absolutely dominated it!
They were all pretty sure individually they couldn't beat Glynda, as a team possibly. But even as a team, trying to beat someone who dominated one of the best hunters in the business? They weren't very hopeful, and he would have more glyphs added to his arsenal every time he killed a grimm, oh how delightful!
She sat up and looked at the other two in her team, Emerald Sustrai. She was a young woman with medium-brown skin and dark-red eyes that she had recruited. Her hair was light, mint-green with a straight fringe and bangs that also had two long locks on each side in the back. She wore two bronze-coloured rings on her middle fingers as well as a pair of strappy high-heeled pumps. Her attire consisted of an intricate white top and an olive-coloured crop top, on the back of which was her personal emblem. This emblem was in the shape of a cut gem. She also wore white pants and brown chaps that end at her calves and an overlong belt, twice-wrapped, where she keeps her weapons as well as a single pouch. She also wore a gold, three-ring armband on her left arm and a string of gold beads near the same wrist.
Beside her was her other companion, Mercury Black. He was a pale, well-built young man with grey eyes and grey hair, partially slicked back while unkempt at the front. He also wore a slate grey and black two-tone partial-zip jacket that covered his upper body. He also wore a single notched belt with what appeared to be a sash or bandana draped over it. Protecting his arms are a set of rerebraces and vambraces.
He also has prosthetic legs that attach part-way up his thighs. However, the legs are usually hidden from view due to him wearing pants and a pair of shoes.
However, while in school whilst in school they usually wore their Haven uniforms, they were a more conservative dark grey outfit with a long-sleeved collared top and white armband. Haven's school uniform consisted of a black jacket with a light grey outline around the edges, a white undershirt and a white band around the student's left arm. The female outfit consisted of a grey and black checkered skirt, whereas the male uniform has a pair of black trousers.
She looked at them with a frustrated gaze, her teammates knew it wasn't towards them but they still froze, an angry Cinder meant a bad day for them.
Cinder just sighed and went to look out of the window, she gazed outside and saw a girl running away. It was Blake something, she didn't know or really care what her name was, but she did know that she was a part of team RWBY. 'Why are you running,' she thought as the girl ran farther and farther, Cinder put that at the back of her mind not wanting to deal with anything else. She looked up at Remnant's shattered moon and saw six dark shapes, she thought it must have just been her imagination.
She turned away and looked back at her subordinates, suddenly a thought formed in her mind and a smile began to grow on her face. However, the thought was less antagonistic than one might think but her subordinates were still growing more and more nervous.
She was simply going to sleep, her subordinates following soon after.
Beacon Academy
It was the next morning in team RWBY and Eran's dorms, it was to be completely honest a shit show.
Eran had given Blake a chance and she ran, 'I should have known not to expect anything else from an abhuman.' He thought grimly to himself as he awoke from his slumber. He had told the girls that Blake was a part of the White Fang but had quit that night and the reactions varied.
Yang and Ruby were both uncomfortable with the subject, they wanted to help Blake and bring her back but Weiss was understandably incensed. She cared about her family most, nothing came above it and finding out Blake, her teammate was a part of the organization that almost killed her brother was… overwhelming.
However, as a collective, they decided they would find Blake and see if she could at least try to state her case and they would go on from there.
So, today the search for the missing abhuman began. Luckily today was a holiday, so they woke up early and quickly got dressed. The team as a majority wanted to hear Blake's side of the story, including Weiss surprisingly enough, it seemed she had given the event more thought. However, there was one person who wasn't nearly as enthusiastic, Rogal. He had already given her a chance, a chance that was most likely the first-ever given by a Primarch. Blake had squandered it and like a cat from rain, she ran.
That morning they drew up a plan to what they were going to do and where they were going to search. Throughout this meeting Rogal felt something, he felt it in his bones, something was coming, something that would shake the foundations of a planet.
They soon geared up and in their combat clothing and weapons headed out in search of a stray cat.
Kingdom of Vale
Blake had run away, she was afraid, she couldn't handle it, her secret was exposed and it was completely exposed now that Eran had most likely told the team. In a way, she was in awe of Eran, if the tables were turned between the two she could almost guarantee she would have told her team by then at the very least.
So in a way she had to thank him for all the good memories with the team.
She was currently sipping on tea on the rooftop of a cafe with a fellow faunus by the name of Sun Wukong. He was actually using his tail instead of his hands to sip on his tea but sipping was still sipping. They had actually encountered each other on the sidewalk, throughout the last night they had talked. Apparently Sun held a grudge for the person who absolutely close-lined him.
Blake, in all honesty, found it funny, however, she did have to warn him that it just wasn't a good idea to mess with Eran. He, in all honesty, didn't seem to care, under that mask of cockiness was the following, ' has stopped working, reason: Do you need one?'
Afterwards, the White Fang was brought up and Sun said a few less savoury things about them which he immediately regretted when Blake said she was in the White Fang. Plus a history lesson about the pacifist turned terrorist group they set off and what were they doing now?
Well, they were basically trying to prove the innocence of a terrorist organization. Sun had heard from the crew members aboard the ship he had stowed away in that there was a large SDC freighter coming today. How very convenient. From there they were off to prove the innocence of a terrorist group.
Across the city team, RW_Y and Rogal were searching for the missing abhuman. Rogal had forced a small smile on his face so the girls wouldn't suspect anything. However, he was getting tired of walking around aimlessly with the three girls whilst they called out the name, 'Blake'! He understood that the girls, Ruby and Yang specifically wanted to find their companion but Emperor damned this was getting absolutely ridiculous!
Oh instead of calling the police that scoured the city day in and day out, no, let's have four people walk aimlessly around shouting out the name, 'Blake'!
He was starting to get slightly frustrated but of course, he would never show it, he kept the small smile on his face as they walked about. Soon enough Weiss had stopped shouting and they stopped, Ruby turned to Weiss and said, "Weiss, you're not helping!" To which Weiss retorted, "You know who could help, the police!" To which Ruby growled out Weiss' name like poison.
"It's just an idea!" Weiss spoke back, whilst waving her arms in an exasperated manner and they continued walking.
"Yeah and a bad one." Ruby once more spoke out, it seemed to be Yang's turn, "Weiss, I think we should wait until we hear her side of the story." To which Weiss retorted with, "So do I! I just want to get this done efficiently!"
Rogal obviously not wanting to get mixed up in the argument did not speak or else be destroyed, time working with the opposite sex had taught him that. However, then came another voice, from someone Rogal knew was there, he, of course, had built up thousands of years of battle experiences, knew if someone was behind him. "And I think Weiss' hair looks wonderful today." The group was frightened and turned around with shock.
Rogal merely turned around normally and said, "Salutations, Penny," whilst waving at her.
To be honest he actually got a kick from seeing the girls surprised it was pretty funny. The rest of the group was silenced for now not expecting this situation to arise, "Hey Eran!" She said cheerfully then looking towards the others and saying, "Hey guys! What are you up to?" Again spoken in her common infectiously cheerful voice.
"Similar to Ruby's but not quite the same," Rogal thought, in a matter of fact tone.
Ruby then spoke, "We're looking for our friend Blake." To which Penny spoke back with, "Ohhhh, the faunus girl." Ruby, Weiss and Yang were completely dumbfounded. 'How does she know,' was a common thought between the three. "How did you know that?" Ruby asked, curious, to what Penny's answer was. The response was simply, "cat ears." The girls were silent and the wind came and brought a tumbleweed with it.
Ok, this time Rogal had to let out a chuckle, this was too good, this understandably made the girls blush in embarrassment.
"So where is she?" Penny asked curiously, "That's the problem, Penny, she's been missing since yesterday." Ruby said in a sad tone, it grated Rogal's heart to see her like this. However, at the same time having a teammate who can't even tell the others who she was, seemed like more of a liability.
Whilst Penny and Ruby were talking it seemed like Weiss and Yang didn't want to be anywhere near Penny and decided to escape while they still could. Leaving Rogal there, he didn't mind but truthfully this girl was peculiar, and he got a feeling in his bones. Something about this girl was unique, he would find out, or the mechanicus would.
When Rogal was brought out of his musings he realised that the two were just about done talking. He caught the last bit, something along the lines of, 'not resting until we find your friend'.
Afterwards, they continued their search of the evasive abhuman.
Blake and Sun had been on the lookout for any activity at the docks but to be honest, it was pretty barren, they were laying on top of a container waiting, like vigilantes. However, basically no workers were here, well considering the time it was most likely past their shift.
As they were about to call it a day a bullhead came from the sky and landed in an open space and as expected White Fang came out, but one figure came out last. One that made Blake's eyes widen, an orange-haired mastermind, 'Roman Torchwick'. Sun and Blake both prepared for a surprise attack, however, Blake was too quick on the draw.
She rushed forward and got behind Torchwick to then put her blade at his neck. Understandably, Sun stayed back to reform a semblance of a plan. Back to Blake, Roman breathed in surprise, eyes widening before dawning realisation came over him, "Oh for fuc-". He spoke in an exasperated tone before he was curtly cut off, whilst this happened his White Fang guards turned towards them getting their weapons out, pointing at Blake, plus the mastermind had a plan.
Blake spoke out whilst relieving her cat ears of the bow, "Brothers and sisters of the White Fang, why are you working with this scum?!" They were gradually getting closer but they hesitated and lowered their weapons slightly.
They didn't respond verbally, their gazes being turned on each other, that was before Roman decided it was his turn to speak. "Oh kid didn't you get the memo? The White Fang and I are cooperating on a joint business venture." His words plain and without deceit, at least from what Blake could pick up on. She pressed her blade closer to Roman's neck before saying, "Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation."
"I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation," Roman retorted as the sounds of bullheads were heard from above, there were, in fact, two of them and the soldiers brought their guns up once more.
At this point in time Roman had twisted his cane so that it would be pointing at one of her feet and shot. It blasted her back while doing significant damage to her foot, making her unable to walk. She was on her back, recovering from vertigo and her bones were cracked, wonderful.
However, it also created a massive explosion, one that could be seen from far away. Thankfully for Blake, it was seen and heard by Rogal, Penny, the rest of team RWBY and basically the entire damn city. Rogal's group consisting of Ruby and Penny quickly went to work shortening the distance between them and wherever the explosion came from. Rogal would not give up this chance, he ran as fast as he could, leaving Penny and Ruby in the dust.
When Blake looked back up, which was in a minute or two, she saw several Romans holding up their canes directly at her face, in a few seconds she recovered from vertigo but she was still at his mercy.
Then Sun decided it was his time to strike, he jumped from behind his cover, onto Roman's bowler hat, then hopped off so he would be in front of Roman. Then use his staff to strike Roman in the chest which sent the criminal crashing a few metres back. Then rush towards Blake and get her behind the cover of a container, before rushing back out into the fray. All the while evading the shots coming from the White Fang.
Roman was quick to get up and proceeded to face the monkey faunus, with the help of the White Fang, even fresh ones that jumped out of the bullheads above. However, unable to get shots on any targets the bullheads left so that they could circle round.
Meanwhile, Sun switched between using his weapon as a staff or nunchuck shotguns. The weapons that Sun used were called Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang, they are dark red weapons with gold detailing that have two different forms: a bō staff and two pairs of gold-chain-linked lever-action shotguns, a form in which they also double as nunchucks.
The bout prolonged for about two minutes, Sun using acrobatics, staff and nunchuck shotgun skills to combat Roman and his posse. Then an unexpected variable came into play. It caused everyone there to look at it, stopping the fight even for mere moments.
It, or rather he was a hulking being in a golden suit of armour with one hand holding a giant chainsaw sword hybrid, the other holding a massive gun and beside him were two glyphs. One was a pure white Deathstalker with some golden textures and the other was the same colour scheme but different creature, the other was an Ursa Major.
That variable was Eran Cornelius Schnee, well to them at least.
He looked around for a moment before bringing his gun up and shooting at one of the White Fang, eviscerating him. There wasn't even a torso anymore, just the legs, that fell over like a puppet that lost its strings. Then the Primarch let his glyphs loose, they charged forward, mauling, decapitating, biting, crushing soldiers into a meaty, bloody paste.
Whilst that happened Rogal walked towards Roman. Roman realised this and turned his cane towards Rogal, and shot straight at his chest plate at a distance of about thirty metres. It didn't do anything but halt Rogal for a second.
However, it seemed the two bullheads from before came back with another one spitting bullets from their machine guns that bounced off Rogal's armour and hit his glyphs, however, not doing much.
After the three bullhead's bombing run of sort more of the White fang came into the fray and stood face to face against Rogal and in the background, in front of his glyphs. They were crushed, Rogal cut two of the soldiers in half and shot another two, eviscerating them while the glyphs did what they did best, destroy.
Blood was splattered over Rogal, on his face, armour and hair, the hair touched by the blood turning crimson red. His sword was splattering blood even more as it's adamantium teeth spun with fury and his gun spitting out blinding flashes every time it shot. A Seraphim of Death and Glory.
'Right I have to leave,' Roman thought as he quickly turned back to the one bullhead that remained on the ground.
Meanwhile, Sun and Blake were taking in the sight, it was something straight out an action film in Sun's mind, who was standing in the middle of the battle not doing anything. While Blake saw it and was horrified, she might have known some of these people! Blake turned away, she couldn't watch, whilst Sun merely grew interested, staring intently, 'I wonder if I can be like him,' he thought. Sun then turned back to Blake to make sure she was ok before joining the fray once more, assisting their saviour.
Just arriving at the scene Penny and Ruby gazed at the death, it was terror-inducing but they pushed it back and joined the fray. Ruby brandishing her scythe and Penny's back opened up to bring out a multitude of identical blades. Penny called them, 'Floating Array', they were multiple grey-coloured blades each with a luminous green power symbol at the centre of the bronze-coloured hilt, and a green line running parallel to one side. The blades could also fold into compact gun-like shapes.
Whilst the battle ensued, Ruby, Sun and Rogal eliminating the soldiers and Penny in quite an impressive manner took down two bullheads. One with a giant green laser-like weapon that reminded Rogal of the Necrons and the other by simply pulling it down.
It was then that Rogal realised, 'An abominable intelligence, haha, I'll have to make her my automaton so the mechanicus won't get their hands on her,' he thought in a plain manner. Sadly soon there were none left but a few survivors using the mercy Ruby and the abhuman had granted them.
Meanwhile, Torchwick was high up in the sky, in a bullhead looking down on them. Eyeing the teens, Rogal specifically, before saying, "These kids just keep getting weirder and weirder." Before closing the side door so that the bullhead could speed off in the darkening day, the other soul surviving bullhead quickly following the former.
Rogal proceeded to deactivate his glyphs, allowing them to fade into the air and turned towards Blake.
The Primarch started to walk towards her, deactivating and holstering his chainsword and bolter. The other abhuman, he recognized it, it was the one he knocked out, well it knocked out itself technically by running into his armoured forearm but still. It ran in front of him blocking his path. 'A bold one, I could have used him in the legion, if he were not an abhuman,' Rogal thought.
Rogal looked down an inquisitive gaze being sent towards the abhuman, "Sorry man I can't let you get to her, I don't even know who you are." He said attempting to hold his ground.
Rogal allowed a sigh to escape him and spoke, "I am Eran Schnee, the one you are protecting is my teammate, her name is Blake Belladonna and she owes my team an explanation. So I will only say this once, get out of my way." His voice strong and overpowering, Rogal's eyes like ice shards, surprisingly the abhuman stuck out his hand and said, "I'm Sun Wukong, also that was badass dude!"
To say Rogal was surprised was an understatement, 'acceptable,' he thought before shaking the abhuman's hand, soon after they both released at an agreeable moment before walking to Rogal's destination.
Ruby and Penny caught up to the two quickly, both going to Rogal's side. Blake heard steps coming and turned around to see a bloody Eran looking down on her, his eyes not giving any form of warmth. Whilst Sun, Ruby and Penny stood on either side of him.
A drop of faunus blood fell on her forehead, her spine tingled and her heart quickened, she brought her shaky hand to her forehead and felt the blood, slowly bringing it to her eyes and gazing at it. "H-h-how c-could you?!" She screamed up at Eran, who was still staring down at her and the other three felt pity for her.
Rogal stared at her before speaking, "I have said it before and I will say it again, it will be the last time I say it. I have killed White Fang before, I have killed them now and I will kill them again, however, the innocent, stay living. I keep my word, unlike you. I kept your secret for you, I was patient, I gave you a chance, you ran away with your tail in between your legs. You left your team, so tell me how could you?" Rogal spoke in a tone that would make a Bloodletter fall back with tears in its eyes.
From then on silence reigned and Blake started to tear up and now the other three's gazes turned more pitiful. Ruby, Penny and Sun all felt bad for the faunus but they weren't going to get in Rogal's way, not when he was this angry.
Meanwhile, Weiss and Yang both arrived at the docks and rushed to find the rest of their team. The two saw the rest of the team staring down at something behind a container, they rushed over and heard the whole thing. 'Brutal…' they both thought, concerning Eran's rebuttal, it made them pity Blake, but in a way they both thought Blake deserved it.
Once they got closer to the rest of the group, Eran and the rest of the team, minus Blake, turned towards them and now they truly saw how bloodied Eran was, it was scary but badass. He looked like he had bathed in blood, it was glorious and frightening at the same time.
Rogal softened his gaze as he looked upon his teammate and sister and allowed a small smile to grace his face.
Penny, of course, being who she greeted them warmly, "Hey guys! Where have you been?" All, of course, said animatedly and with welcoming waves being cast towards the two. The two waved back albeit awkwardly but they still smiled while doing it. Once close enough Weiss went straight to Rogal whilst Yang consumed Ruby in a hug. Yang right after turned to Eran and was about to hug him until he said, "Yang, the blood." In an amused tone that made Yang blush and stop herself from hugging Rogal's bloody amour, Weiss then asked, "Eran are you ok?"
Rogal responded curtly and warmly, "I'm fine and since we're here I think it's time for the cat to come out of the bag." Whilst turning towards Blake who was now in a fetal position shaking, a few tears spilling from her eyes. The rest turned towards the abhuman and Weiss asked Rogal, "Is there any way you could forgive her?" Weiss asked softly, announcing the question they were all burning to hear the answer to. Even Blake listened intently, her ears twitching to hear the answer.
Rogal pondered it, "Redemption is a funny thing, some deserve it, some don't, with this one, I am… unsure. She wasted my charity, but she has done many good things as well and if I give her another chance where's my guarantee that she won't waste it again. How can I trust her?" Rogal like always spoke in a truthful tone, never wavering, also out of the corner of his eye he could see the automaton leaving quietly.
The last part made Blake shudder in regret, however, what came after this really surprised her.
"Eran, if you don't trust her, trust me, she'll redeem herself one way or another, I know she will." It came from Ruby in a sweet, innocent, pleading voice, Rogal turned towards her with a surprised look on his face. "You would risk my trust for her?" Rogal asked inquisitively, the air in Ruby's heart froze and her blood cooled.
They looked at each other in the eye but Ruby felt a fire in her stomach, "Eran, I know she's done some questionable things but if anything I know she can redeem herself." Her words fiery and in a way wise, Rogal was still hesitant, until Ruby got some backup.
"Eran, Blake can do it, she's already trying to be a huntsman, well huntswoman but still she's trying to defend humanity. That's what we're all trying to become. Please, Eran, give her another chance." It was Yang this time her words true without falsehood, her eyes shining with compassion and righteous determination. Weiss was taking a back seat for now, most likely still deciding what response she should give.
'Companionship, it is a wonderful thing to be a part of,' the Primarch thought, Rogal softened his gaze once more and allowed a smile to grace his lips. He turned towards Blake, who was sitting upright against the container looking at him intently. Meanwhile, Sun was merely looking at the scene from the beginning and thinking, 'this could definitely be a TV show.'
Rogal was for the first time in his basically immortal life, unsure.
The Primarch turned towards Blake, her eyes glistening and red-rimmed, filled with insecurity, doubt, fear, anxiety. He sighed, he had made his decision, "Blake, you will be given a chance at redemption, it will not be easy and I will not condone an ounce of deception from you ever again, this is a second chance. It is not something anyone is given. Now, the police will arrive shortly. I would advise that we leave less we have to explain why I am covered in blood." Blake's eyes shined with joy, Sun went to pick her up and carried her as the group walked. However, as they walked Rogal realized that Penny was nowhere to be seen, 'must have had some urgent things to attend to,' he guessed not wishing to add any more questions to the pile waiting around in his mind.
Whilst walking away from the scene they saw police showing up quickly securing the area as best they could. However, none of them saw the cameras in the area, capturing all the events that occurred here and giving the information straight to their headmaster, who was taking an ever-increasing interest in team RWBY plus Eran.
Blake and Weiss were talking along the way Sun being the third wheel, having to help Blake walk. Weiss said something along the lines of, 'I don't care, you're not a part of the White Fang now, you're a teammate and a friend.' It was a nice sentiment.
Meanwhile, Yang was thinking about Eran, occasionally stealing glances at him, 'Why do you feel so close yet so far away?"
However, Ruby was the epitome of joy exclaimed that, "Team RWBY, plus Eran, is back together again!" Now that was absolutely adorable and warmed Rogal's heart, oh was he getting too attached? These were the thoughts that plagued him until they reached the campus grounds.
Beacon Academy
It was a long walk and a long time for Rogal's mind to fight itself, should he tell the truth, yes, would they believe him now with no evidence, of course they would... when Khorne stops killing.
Meanwhile, Yang was now looking at Eran in worry, something was up and little by little he was being more distant. She didn't know why, but she was sure as hell going to find out. The rest of the team were too busy talking about something or other, too happy to notice.
'Not really Rogal, you're not getting too attached.' The voice of his father spoke in his mind. The Primarch's eyes widened but he quickly reigned in his emotions to not draw suspicion. 'How so father?' He asked in his mind curious above all else.
His father was about to respond until Rogal felt something clutch his hand, it was soothing. He looked to his right and saw the flowing golden mane, caring lilac eyes and unblemished skin of Yang Xiao Long.
Her face marred with concern, "You ok Eran," the name made him feel a pang of guilt, he hadn't even told her his real name. Rogal mustered up the happiest face he could and said, "I'm fine, just tired is all." Yang looked at him and he could tell she wasn't going to let this go, she even looked slightly hurt that he wouldn't say anything.
That… now that, he just couldn't handle it, it was like when he got angry at one of Leman's hounds but it used it's puppy eyes. They were unbeatable and now seeing Yang like this, this wasn't what he wanted, to see Yang like this he could never ever want this.
By now the rest of the team was inside, still not noticing the two long-gone teammates. However, one person, from high up in the dormitories saw the scene unfolding between Yang and the resident giant.
Meanwhile, Yang stopped and so did Rogal, they turned towards each other, one wearing a mask the other trying to rip the mask off.
Yang looked up into Eran's eyes and spoke once more, "Eran, you can tell me anything, you know you can, please." Her voice was laced with heartfelt emotion, love and care, meanwhile, Rogal stared at her trying his hardest to keep his figurative mask on. He had never ever had to deal with this before, why was love so confusing and overpowering!?
Rogal merely stared back into her eyes, she had clutched his prosthetic and as he stared into her orbs of love and care he felt comfortable. He didn't feel the weight of the galaxy on his shoulders, he didn't feel the threat of Chaos, Orks, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Necrons, T'au and Tyranids on his back anymore. He felt at peace for the first time in a long time and now the mask came off.
Rogal stared into Yang's eyes and spoke, "Yang, I've been living a lie, a bigger lie than anyone has ever told you, bigger than Blake's. I'm not who you really think I am…"
Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Sorry for the cliffhanger and didn't want to keep you guys waiting any longer for another chapter.
I know I haven't posted in a while but that was due to online classes and such.
Anyways, I will try to get the next one out in a few weeks or so.
Please stay safe, the damned virus has caused us enough trouble as it is.
Please give constructive criticism and don't be apprehensive to PM me, I might not respond immediately but that's probably because of the time zone I am in. So anyways see you in the next chapter!