Hey peps! It's been a while hasn't it? Well, I have returned with a brand new chapter for you guys to read and enjoy. In this Arc several things will happen, team RWBY being formed, Taiyang coming to take back his daughter, Geo learning the truth about who he really is and many more. That's all for now, have a great read everyone, bye.

A Shattered Life

Chapter 23: A New Morning

Black ominous clouds covered the once blue sky, threatening to rain at any second. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning tore across the sky and a peal of thunder came close upon each other. Rain immediately started to fall from the heavens after that, causing plenty of noise when the water drops slammed against the hull of the warship. With such bad weather going on the birds flying near the mighty Galeon searched for shelter everywhere they could, even if it meant hiding inside the ship's cannons or hangars.

A single crow flew along the Galeon, searching for a place to land and hide itself from the terrible rain but it was having some difficulties. Fortunately, it didn't took the bird long enough to find the perfect spot next to small window. When the crow got there it turned to the window and looked at the young couple that was sleeping inside, all warm and cozy. The creature made a few noises before pecking the glass with it's beak, trying to gain their attention. At that moment, Lord Geo slowly opened his eyes and yawned. "...Morning already?" He then heard that annoying sound again. "What's making that noise?" The boy lifted his head and saw a crow behind the window, but he also noticed the awful weather outside. "...I hate storms."

He then laid his head back on the pillow, his eyes stared at the beautiful girl in front of him, sleeping like an angel. Her face was almost covered with her hair but it was clear she had a smile spread across her sweet lips. "She's so cute." Geo caressed her cheek and placed a soft kiss on her forehead, causing Ruby to tight her arms around his figure, pulling him a little bit closer to her. "I could stay here forever." He whispered to himself while placing his left hand on her naked skin.

"That makes two of us." Replied Ruby with a tired tone as she opened her silver eyes. "Your hand is quite warm." She felt his hand running along her back, then he wrapped his arm around her delicate body. "When you hold me like this it makes feel safe and cared for." She said with a lazy smile. "I no longer have those horrible nightmares that I used to have almost every night, because you are always here with me." Ruby was happy, she snuggled closer to him, her breath warming his throat while her breasts were pressing against his chest.

Geo approached her ear and delivered a kiss, causing her to release a giggle. "Hehe! Stop that it tickles." She tried to break free from his grip but it was a losing battle. "Hehehe! This isn't fair, I can barely move." Ruby playfully said as she went for his ear for some payback. "It's my turn now." But when she was about to bite him, the fun was interrupted by a lonely Scroll located on top of the desk that made a loud noise and vibrated. "I think that's yours Geo, you should see who it is, it could be important."

"Right." The young man nodded, he pushed the sheets down and placed both of his feet on the cold floor. He walked to the desk and grabbed his Scroll, after pressing a couple of buttons he unlocked it. "It's a message from Avala, she wants to meet with me in the bridge." Geo gathered his clothes that were scattered around the bedroom, and took a seat on the bed to dress his pants. "She must have something important to report, perhaps the recon team has returned from their mission."

"Maybe." Ruby stretched her arms and yawned. "I'm coming with you." She got up and walked past her boyfriend, who paused whatever he was doing to look at her perfect naked figure. Ruby winked, her cheeks gained a red color as she was quite embarrassed to know that Geo was staring at her, but she didn't mind since he was the only one who could stare and touch her. "You are already having naughty thoughts about me aren't you?"

The Lord's face turned slightly red, making Ruby giggle. "Can you blame me? You are just so gorgeous, specially when you reveal that cute smile of yours." Geo replied while watching his girlfriend dressing her panties and putting on her bra. "Anyway, we should hurry Avala doesn't like to wait, if we take too long she will send someone to search for us."

"Alright." She nodded, Ruby bent down to grab her skirt but she noticed there was a stain on it, she knew how it got there so she threw it into the bathroom. "I'll clean that later, today I will wear the other outfit." Ruby made her way to the closet and opened it. "It's not my favorite but I have nothing else so it will have to do."

Both of them quickly got ready in less than two minutes, Geo walked to the door and unlocked it, he placed his hand on the handle and pulled it down. "Let's go." He and his girlfriend exited the room, Ruby then closed the door behind them and locked it. "There's no need for that none of the crew is going to enter your bedroom without your permission."

"I know, I'm doing this because my sister likes to snoop around my room sometimes, mainly looking for video-games and other stuff." She replied. "So that door must stay locked until I clean everything, otherwise she will know what we did last night...several times." Ruby's cheeks changed color again as she remembered what naughty things she and her boyfriend did.

"Oh my god!" A female voice said loudly behind them, catching Geo and Ruby by surprise. When they turned around they saw it was none other than medical officer Sunny herself. "Ha! You two slept together and it seems there was some action." She said enthusiastically. "I wonder what type of poses you two did."

The young couple covered Sunny's mouth with blinding speed to prevent her from speaking any further. "Keep it quiet, I don't want the entire ship to hear you." Whispered Ruby. "What me and Geo did last night is not of your business, so please don't say anything to anyone."

"M-My apologies, I got a bit carried away for a moment there, please forgive me my friends." She apologized. "Have no worries I won't reveal your actions to a living soul, I swear." Said Sunny, she then wrapped her arm around Ruby's neck and approached her ear. "But I want to hear the details later, like how did he perform and what type of poses you two did?"

"I...I'll think about it." She replied. "Now, if you don't mind we have to head towards the bridge." Both Ruby and Geo walked away from her.

"Wait!" Sunny followed them. "Lord Geo, I bring good news from the chief engineer, he reports that the ship's systems are back to one hundred percent. The bad news is that several of our transports are in need of urgent repairs but we don't have the type of materials necessary to start." She handed him a paper with the list. "Basically, he's requesting resources that will allow him to make the repairs."

"I see." Geo pondered. "Well, tell him to dismantle the tanks that are stored in the cargo hold for parts, we have no use for them and those transports are far more important." He said. "Also, ask him if he can upgrade the weaponry we have on board, I doubt some of these old cannons even fire."

"Understood." Sunny bowed her head. "I'll take my leave and report back to the chief engineer with your orders." She turned to the left and entered the elevator. "Oh and Geo, if you want to learn a couple of stuff about sex poses I can lend you my book, it's really great actually. My favorite position is the one where the woman is on top of the guy and..." The door closed, leaving her talking to herself.

Geo sighed. "She's going to bother us for a while, but she means well."

"Probably, I just hope Sunny will keep her word, she sometimes speaks too much." Said Ruby. "And since we are talking about her, I have to ask. What happened to her husband? She hasn't mentioned anything about him since we left Gwain."

"I only know little, but from what Avala said, it seems that her husband escaped with another woman when things began falling apart." He answered.

"That asshat!" Ruby was clearly angry. "I can't believe he would do something like that to Sunny, she's the nicest person you can meet and she's always there to help in the time of need. That pig should be ashamed of himself, poor Katelyn must be so heart broken about what happened."

"It's a tough situation for the two of them, I can't imagine what they are going through right now." Said Geo. "Listen, how about you and me pay a little visit to Katelyn to try cheer her up? She could use some company, maybe you could even show her your scythe, she really likes weapons in case you haven't noticed."

"Great idea." Ruby smiled as they approached the large doors that led to the bridge, two soldiers bowed their heads and opened the doors. "Thank you." She said while entering the room with her boyfriend. "Oh god!" The first thing she saw was a big holographic screen showing images of a destroyed settlement with bodies scattered everywhere and buildings burning. "W-What happened to those poor people? Did the Grimm attacked them?"

"No." General Avala replied. "This place was torn apart by filthy mercenaries."

"What makes you say that?" Asked Geo.

"I recognize the symbol carved on that house." She pointed at the screen. "It belongs to a vicious mercenary group called the Inferno Legion, they are extremely hostile towards Faunus so only humans can hire them but they aren't cheap and their methods to complete missions is highly questionable." Said the General. "Their leader is a woman that goes by the nickname of Hades, her reputation is known across the four kingdoms, she's the kind of woman you don't want to cross."

"I understand, but if she's a mercenary why would she order her soldiers to destroy this settlement? It just doesn't make any sense." Geo said. "What could she gain from this needless slaughter? I mean these people had nothing value that was worth stealing or killing for."

"A crazy bitch like her doesn't care about that, she enjoys conflict and I bet she destroyed this town for fun." She replied. "I'm putting the Galeon on red alert my Lord, If I am not mistaken the Inferno Legion has a small fleet of ships and they could be nearby, waiting for their next victim to appear."

"Good idea but we still have the recon team out there, tell them to stay alert and to watch for each others back, I don't want to lose anyone else." He said. "Also, scan the town for survivors there could be a few them that managed to escape."

"We have already done that and the scan picked no one alive down there." Said Avala.

Ruby turned to the young Lord. "We should warn the civilians on board to stay inside their bedrooms that way the crew can move freely."

"Leave that to me." Said Geo.