Author note: if ya were wondering, the first chapter is more like a brief introduction then a real one. I promise the next chapters are going to be more detailed from now on
The girls huddle up to the T.V as the screen went black. Ruby and Yang were excited to see what it had in store for them, while Blake and Weiss were more focused. The sound of a old projector and a movie start up from the 1940s was heard, showing the company logo for a second, then it started to break up. The projector then showed a soldier firing a MG42 for a second, making them jump from how unexpected it was, then a tank, soldiers marching, planes flying, artillery firing, then a flamethrower. They were scared from the sudden pictures, then felt a chill down their spine as the music was interrupted by what sounded like a ghost singing to her haunted victim, showing the company logo, then it shut off. They were all terrified, it was only a start up and it already gotten the girls to second guess what they were playing.
(Yang: That send a chill down my spine, this is awesome) yang shudder a bit. Blake just shook her head, (Blake: are you sure? the vocals had a dreaded feeling. It's like, its giving a warning) The game then let out a terrifying noise showing the main title of the game, playing a song that made you feel alone and scared. RWBY was shocked on what they seen and hear.
(Ruby: Yang, what do those weapons with the helmet on mean?)
Yang look at her little sister, unsure on how to answer it. Weiss wanted to say something, but she wasn't sure if it's ok to tell her. they press start and selected on regular difficulty.
The game blackens again and reveal a country, then blood dropped on it, showing a symbol that the girls do not recognize. The blood color country expanded, filling most of the land around it. Weiss was already questioning on the country goals. (Weiss: that's probably the land they took, why do they need all that land?) The world shifted to a island with a giant red circle in the background and saying territorial expansion, like with the first one, it took over most of the land around it. The cutscene shows a man, named Emperor Hirohito Japan. (Ruby: so that's the name of the island? Hirohito japans?) (Blake: The island is name Japan. Their leader is Hirohito.)
After showing an army marching and a battleship, which a letter appears and says that "that is their main fleet." They wonder how superior their tech is from theirs (Ruby: To be honest, battleships look cooler than our ships) ruby was a bit excited on the ship, but what is next was unbelievable. It shows a small village then being bombed, then being burn on fire, then soldiers shooting people and burying them. (Weiss: W-why would they do that?! they didn't have a chance to fight back?!) Weiss was furious on how these soldiers handle their people. Blake was remembering the white fang protest and they were gunned down, but they had aura, (Blake: These people were slaughter) she clench her fist a bit, but calm down for now. From dark and horror, the cutscene then switch to another country, one with a striped flag and music that makes them feel good about it, but they still feel a bit of guilt from the clip before and a person giving off a speech.
"Members of the Senate, and the house of representatives. Yesterday, on December 7th, 1941. A date, which will live in infamy. United states of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked, by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan." While Ruby, Blake and Yang was fascinated, Weiss was looking at the scene that was playing. (Weiss: Japan loses 90% of oil supply, Pearl Harbor attacked, war production drive? Japan attacked a base because they lost almost all of their oil supply?) Blake rethink her thought, sure losing all your oil supply is bad, but attacking a country that give you the oil is insane. (Yang: Kick their butt America!) yang was a hype from the speech, but ruby was way too excited to even know. It cuts to the production level which only Weiss was fascinated. Blake was astonish by the number of participants, its not normal for more people to join the military after a disaster. (Weiss: They all are willing to die, all because of one attack, but, didn't they cut off their Oil supply though?) (Blake: Doesn't that mean we are the bad guys as well?)
The game faded to white and instantly show the same flag from before "hey, that's the same flag from the cutscene, that's their military emblem. It looks nice" Weiss just look at Blake, but Blake says nothing for now. (Ruby: I guess Miller is our character) the game zoom into one of the Japanese occupied territories.
"Makin Atoll, little more then sand, trees and a small Japanese military base. Millers Reconnaissance team landed there almost a week ago, since then we heard nothing"
(Weiss: Of course, you will not, it's been a week. Shouldn't they check on them at least 2 days from their silence?) Weiss couldnt belive that it took them that long to figure out they were missing. (Blake: maybe they thought that they were still mapping out the island.) (Ruby: and they have older tech so it probably didn't have enough range or couldn't get a signal.) ruby added while looking at the report of Miller.
"the waiting's over, its time to go in. for all we know, they're already dead, if what little we know about the Japanese is true. It might be better if they are"
(Ruby: What do they mean it might be better?) ruby look at the others but none of them say anything as the film ends with start. The screen faded to black as the mission starts with heavy breathing, which yang was thinking of something else and some basic info of the mission. (Ruby: Semper fi? Is that a saying?) a letter appears on ruby's lap, which reads "Semper fi is short or semper fidelis, or always faithful in Latin" they all turn back to the screen as the screen open its eyes, showing a officer smoking in front of Miller while the guy in the back is getting beat up. "did this what they mean it be better they were dead"
"?: You think just because you say nothing, you are strong?"
The officers said something, but they could not translate as miller helplessly watch the soldier gets interrogated, or in this case, beaten till he speaks.
"U.S Marine: Don't say, a Fucking thing"
the soldier looks at you before the officer pulled him to look at him and ask him a question. The girls were hoping the rescuers get here before something bad happened to them, (Ruby: *hopeful* please be ok, please be ok please be ok). The soldier decided to spit on the officer's face. Disgusted, the officer holds his face up, smoke the cigar one last time, then jam it into his left eye. The girls were cringing at the scene, the sound of the cigar burning his eye while he screamed in pain, it was inhumane, even if it lasted for 3 seconds. The officer told the Japanese soldier something as he left. The Japanese pulled out a knife from his boot, pulled the American face up again
"U.S Marine: Go to hell" the Japanese held the knife to his throat and sliced, leaving a blood splatter on the wall as the soldier choke on his blood and died. Ruby looked away from the screen, covering her face and shaking lightly before she saw the soldier killed. Yang hold her sister close to her, Weiss has nothing to say. Blake look at the Japanese soldier with a glare, thinking, why? (Blake: It's only the first mission, and they killed someone already. Just why?)
The Japanese soldier walked up to miller, he tries to back away but was grabbed by the shoulder and he was about to die. What the Japanese soldier didn't know is that there was someone behind him, but before he knew who it was, he was stabbed in the back by a Corporal named Roebuck.
"Roebuck: Miller, you're ok. Thank god, we're going to make them pay for what they done"
Roebuck helped Miller up as another soldier named Sullivan was choking another Japanese soldier. Ruby look at the screen to see that they are ok, Blake and Weiss sighed in relief that not all were dead. Miller walked up to the Sergeant as he tossed him a helmet and give him a pistol, telling him to
"Sullivan: Grab a rifle, we're gonna tear this place apart"
finally able to move, ruby get used to the controls and picked up a M1 Garand, inspecting the weapon while getting jittery. (Ruby: Oooooo, this rifle looks good, but its not as awesome as Crescent rose) Ruby kept looking at the rifle until the explosives went off and the fighting pursues.
Miller ran up to one of the shacks on the far right as he started shooting the japs (Ruby: (whispered) it even sounds awesome) Ruby giggled a bit as she focus on shooting (Yang: The game looks pretty good, those explosions was banging) Yang was hyped about the action, while Weiss, wasn't that fond (Weiss: Yea, but its just a generic shooter, it cant be that good) (Blake: Weiss, this isn't from our world, who knows, they might have a better story or gameplay) Miller Ran up to some crates and stats firing at the enemy, killing them in 2 or 3 shots. While the battle ensues, there were lots of explosions and screaming, (Yang: Are they trying to kill us or deafen us) yang giggles a bit from her joke.
"Sullivan: Watch our Flank! Don't let them surround us" (Weiss: Didn't we just kill them all before we moved up?) Weiss feels like its pointless if they were any behind us. Miller ran from cover to cover until he headed into the docks. As they walk through the pier, a jap that was on fire burst through one of the doors, trying to take out one soldier with him
"Roebuck: Help Ryan" Roebuck yelled out as miller started blasting the jap. (Ruby: Holy Oum, that was scary.) Ruby was shocked and scared that even in near death, these people will fight o the death. (Blake: That's dedication there.) Blake look at the burning corpse with a bit of sympathy, burning is the worst way to die, in life and game. As the soldier and miller move up the dock. There were 3 japs on the other side of the bridge, but miller took them out with 1 bullet. They kept going till they were at the end, but were getting gun down by a MG.
"U.S Marine: I cant get a clear shot!"
"Sullivan: Then shoot through the damn wall!" (Ruby: Well its only wood and these bullets seem big enough to punch through, wonder what they use as propellent?) Ruby was drooling a bit from her weapon fantasy but Weiss shook her a bit to get her out of her world. Miller shot through the wood and took out the gunner. He then switch to his pistol and picked up a Thompson submachine gun.
"Sullivan: Don't let them get another crew on it" They close into the enemy position, which they fall back into the trees. (Yang: aw come on, where was all that honor you had earlier?) (Blake: You know they are characters in a video game right?) Yang didn't hear what she say as she watch her little sis push them back. (Ruby: *Confused* Hey, where they going?) (Blake: They probably set up a trap for them.) Blake annoyingly look at yang as she answered her question.
The squad walked into the forest, keeping an eye out for a trap. There was no gunfire, no enemies, nothing but the sounds of their steps on the dirt.
"U.S Marine: This place creeps me out man"
"Sullivan: Tojo's at home in this shit. Eyes peeled" Sullivan focus on making sure the squad stays alive. (Ruby: I would be scared to if I was in a forest and its quiet) ruby was shaking a bit, scared if they are going to pop out of nowhere. The squad kept walking until they stumbled upon a small temple near a tree. Roebuck asked one of the marines to check it out.
"U.S Marine: looks like a temple or some shit. . ." he then tripped on a wire and got himself hanged by the leg, which also trigger a grenade that killed him. (Blake: Dang, I knew it was a trapped, but I didn't expect it to be that brutal) Blake focus her view on the hanging soldier, disgusted by the way the soldier died. They were then being charged by some Japs screaming "BONZAI" and ruby was confused on what was happening. One of them got to miller and the world went into slow mo a bit (Ruby: Ahh, What do I do?!) ruby was panicking, pressing random buttons till she pushed on R3 and miller pushed the blade out the way and stabbed him in the throat, Weiss gagged lightly but no one notice. (Yang: Good job Ruby, your not dead yet) Yang jokingly said, then got a pillow to the face. Miller got back up and killed the rest of the japs.
They then got some peace for a while, but the music in the background makes the team feel uneasy.
"Roebuck: Support squad should be here any minute now"
(Yang: At least they got support now, when, will we get back to the fight?) Yang was getting bored from the quiet, point A to point B, walking section until they heard gunfire.
"Roebuck: Shit, they've been spotted!" Roebuck started picking up the pace, miller look over the hill to find a machinegun nest that is pinning the support from the river, in return of getting shot as well. Miller started to fire on the nest, before Roebuck order anyone to take out the spotlight.
(Weiss: Ruby, I think you should take out the spotlight before you started firing at them? So they cannot see the target, even I cant see them as well)
Ruby laugh nervously a bit and shot the spotlights then continue firing on the enemy. Miller was running low on ammo for the m1 so he switched to the Thompson and gun them down close range. She managed to dodged the bullets firing at Miller and into the trench. (Weiss: How are you not dead? you charged down a hill in the open, how?) Weiss was getting confused from how ruby can do that (Ruby: I have no idea, but it works!) Ruby cleared out all the enemies and change her weapons for the Japanese (Ruby: This "type 100" looks sturdy but cheap, yet the "Arisaka?" looks better. You can see the detail on the weapon.) Ruby questions if the rifle is sacred or something, but she will figure it out later. Miller met up with the res of the squad down the river. Sullivan needed to tell the soldiers something.
"Sullivan: Listen up, I want to get through this quick and clean. You hear me? Quick and clean" (Weiss: They really want out of this island, I cant blame them. I want out of that island if that's how prisoners were treated) *cough atlas* they kept walking down the river until they stumbled upon a bunch of laying bodies. The Sergeant and the girls were confused as why they were already dead. (Ruby: Wait, I thought we are the only ones here?) ruby looked at the body, checking if there is any blood on them. While Sullivan is trying to radio command if another unit came before them, their vision was blinded by a bright light. (Ruby: What was that?! I cant see anything) Ruby walked around in circles and fire randomly. the screen faded the light as the supposedly dead bodies, got back up and start attacking. (Weiss: whoa, that is a good tactic actually) Weiss was surprised in the Japanese people tactics (Blake: obviously they know their terrain so they use it to their advantage) Blake added as miller started shooting the japs. the white light illuminated the night as the sound of gunfire surround the area around you, until there was no one left. (Yang:*sighed in relief* well glad that's Ove-)yang was abrupted by the sound of a flare firing, this time from the left as another ambush were trigger. ruby was confuse on where the enemy was until she got shot and find out where it came from and start shooting (Ruby: they really like traps a lot) ruby took cover behind a rock and kept firing at them. After the fighting stop, they were close to the end of the mission, but there was one more occupied village in the way, Sullivan had an idea and told Roebuck to start the engine.
"Sullivan: Miller use your knife and put a hole in that barrel" ruby look at her controller and hold square to punch a hole in the barrel. (Ruby: Ok? but I don't see how this is going to help us) ruby wasn't sure how the plan will work, until the the gas was lit and a trail lead to the truck, exploding a tower in the process (Yang: WHOOO, now that is how you make an entrance) yang mess with ruby's hair a bit as they made their way to the checkpoint. They managed to make it to the enemy's communication base and plant the charges. The charges started ticking as they make it to the boat. But a grenade exploded in front of them, making miller stutter a bit before he got cut with a katana to the chest. The girls cringed at the pain, (Blake: That's going to leave a scar) Thankfully Roebuck shot the jap before he could end us. He dragged miller onto the boat, armed with a pistol to protect them (Weiss: Very convenient that there aren't any baddies to shoot.) Ruby sigh a bit from that experience. When they leave the boat, the explosives detonate, leaving a giant cloud of dust in its wake. (Yang: Awww, it only made smoke) yang was mad that it didn't end with a bang she was hoping for. After that, the game fade to black and ruby paused the game to catch a break.
Ruby was amazed by the game, mostly the weapons, (Ruby: *excited* that was amazing, it was scary at first but it was fun, I feel sooo energized. What about you Yang?) Ruby look at yang and she had the same reaction. (Weiss: Well I for one, think that the game is, quite interesting.) Weiss just smiled a bit. (Blake: The story is kind of straightforward, the guys in green are good while the ones in yellow were bad. The beginning was brutal, but they did mix the gameplay with non-common tactics. But I feel like its only half of the game.) Blake look at the cover then back at the game. (Ruby: Ok then, lets continue on then!"
