Before I begin this chapter, I want to see if any of you have heard of about the explosion that took the life of a child this morning in Oklahoma. There are many things I hate, both in this world and the fictious world, the death of children being one of them. They have so much to live for and yet their lives can be cut short in however many years they have lived. Life is precious and I pray for the family who lost their loved one.
Second, how many of you have seen the Anime Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress? It made by the same guys who do Attack on Titan and while there is only one season and a movie that is on Netflix, it's a pretty good anime for those who like trains, zombies and steampunk style series. Plus, for those of you how have watched Pokemon, the voice actress who played Ash does a role in the series.
Alright, lets get onto the reviews.
Jack Smith 1: You'll have to wait and see what happens in the future. Also, I agree with you about your hatred of the Empire. True, the Republic wasn't perfect and full of corruption, but at least they didn't build weapons that could destroy entire planets with a single shot.
Spartan-626: You'll have to wait and see about your theory, but I can tell you that the Empire will appear, but not in full force for a while now.
Alright, reviews are done and more will be answered at the end of the chapter if I get any. Let's get going.
Disclaimers are the same as always, please enjoy.
Chapter 10: Black and White, Red and Blue
"Finally, she speaks! Nearly two of you've given us nothing but small talk and weird looks!" Sun exclaimed. He soon got a firm look from Blake who proved his point. "Yeah, just like that."
Blake rolled her eyes before she closed them and looked towards Sun and Rose sadly. "Sun, Rose… Are you both familiar with the White Fang?" she asked.
"Of course! I don't think there's anyone on the planet who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!" Sun answered.
"Not the words I would have used, but yeah I've heard of them myself. Nothing but bad things about them hombre's and how they view humans as lesser-beings, believing themselves to be the superior beings. Well, not all of them anyway." Rose answered, taking note on Blake's stance on the subject of discussion from two days ago.
Sipping her drink while listening to the two, Blake took a deep breath and revealed a secret she kept hidden from her teammates. "I was once a member of the White Fang." She revealed.
Sun was quick to go cross-eyed, choking on his drink before he put it down, wiped his mouth in confusion while Rose looked to Blake in shock. "Wait a minute, you were a member of the White Fang?!" Sun asked in surprise.
"That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it…" Blake said and began to recollect about her past. "Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus. Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people. And I was there." She began, remembering the protests she took part in.
"I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was a just a youthful optimist. Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking." She continued. "Our peaceful protests continued for a bit longer, but then things turned for the worse when some of the White Fang launched an unauthorized attack during one our protests. The attack resulted in the deaths of numerous people, Human and Faunus who came out to support us. After that, we started to be seen in a less than positive light. Soon our protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor, despite our efforts to expose the people who were violating the rights of every single being on the planet. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect… out of fear." She added, putting down her teacup and looked to a stunned Sun and Rose.
"So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to become a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow." She finished, wiggling her cat ears underneath her disguise to demonstrate.
"So… have you told your friends any of this?" Sun asked, coming to terms with what Blake just told him.
"Something tells me she didn't." Rose said bluntly. "You know, Blake I didn't have an easy childhood myself." She said, getting both Faunus to turn to her. "Believe it or not, I used to be a member of a gang of bandits since I was a little girl. My mother wasn't a bandit, it was more my father really. Both his parents died when he was very young and he was raised by the gang's leader. He learned to read, write and fight the Grimm." She started, getting both Blake and Sun to look at her in shock.
"You were a…" Sun began before Rose cut him off.
"No, I wasn't a bandit but I grew up with them for a few years. After my Ma and Pa got hitched, I came into their lives and both of them knew that this wasn't the life for a child, especially a little girl. So, a couple of years after I was born, they left the life of outlaws and built a ranch on the border between Vale and Vacuo. It wasn't easy, but we managed to make ends meet. We grew crops, raised livestock and hunted Grimm. For a while we had a peaceful life, but that ended when the gang my Pa used to ride with came and killed him for 'walking away from the family'. It was then that I no longer saw those people that I once called uncle as family." she explained.
"I had no idea." Was all Blake could say.
"It was tough after Pa died, but my Ma and I managed to get back on our feet, even hired a few ranch hands who were Faunus. We paid them well and helped to strengthen the bond between Humans and Faunus. But at the same time, I felt like I could do more, so that's what I did. For years I trained to become a Huntress, using what my Pa and the others taught me with my own variations." She finished before turning to Blake. "I guess what I'm trying to say is that you and I are a lot alike, Blake. Both of us had rough childhoods and we both want to forget them and move forwards with our lives. I hold nothing against the Faunus, and I want you to know that when you tell the others, I'll be by your side to help you." she added.
"Thanks, Rose." Blake said with a smile.
Meanwhile, Ruby, Yang, Weiss, March, Arthur and Galen were searching the city for their friends calling out Blakes name hoping she would answer. Well, only Ruby and Yang. The rest of team GARM was keeping their eyes open for anything out of the ordinary and Weiss wasn't helping at all. "Weiss, you're not helping!" Ruby told the heiress.
"Oh! You know what might be able to help? The police!" Weiss said.
"Are you going to keep suggesting that idea?" March asked in annoyance.
"It was just an idea!" Weiss said in defense.
"Yeah, a bad one." Ruby said to her teammate.
"Weiss, I think we should hear her side of the of the story before we jump to any conclusions." Yang said to her teammate.
"Yang's right. We have no idea about who Blake is or was, if we just assume that she's with the White Fang when she's not it will destroy your team." Galen said in agreement, resisting the urge to grab Weiss and fling her into a garbage can.
"I think that when we hear it, you'll all realize I was right!" Weiss said firmly following after Yang.
"And I think Weiss's hair looks wonderful today!" a familiar voice said from behind catching all of them from surprise when who should appear but Penny who somehow managed to find them.
"Aaaah! Penny! Where did you come from!?" Ruby asked in surprise.
"Hey guys! What are you up to?" Penny asked. Yang was quick to answer that they were looking for Blake but all of them were surprised when Penny called Blake a Faunus because of the cat ears underneath her bow. A tumbleweed blew through the wind past them as Ruby realized that Blake's love of tuna should have been a dead giveaway. "So, where is she?"
"We don't know. She's been missing since Friday. Galen sent Rose after her to try and bring her back, but we haven't found them." Ruby answered.
Penny gasped and approached the leader of Team RWBY who was starting to feel uncomfortable with Penny's stalking and offered to assist in the search. "Uh, that's really nice of you, Penny, but we're okay! Really! Right, guys?" Ruby said while trying her best to continue smiling before turning around to see that everybody had already left her with the strange girl as a tumbleweed blew past them again.
Back with Rose, Sun, Blake and Rufus, the four teens had left the café and were walking down an alley. "So, what's the plan now?" Sun asked casually.
"I still don't believe the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed that much Dust before and the current High Leader would never allow this to occur." Blake answered, contemplating everything.
"For all we know, it could be a different tactic of theirs. I mean, the last shipment of Dust was loaded onto a couple of freight trains that left yesterday, guess someone's trying to get the Dust out of the city before the White Fang steals it." Rose pipped in.
"What if they did?" Sun asked with his eyes widening. "I mean… the only way to prove that they didn't do it, is to go to the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it, and not find them there! Right?" the monkey Faunus theorized.
"That… actually makes a lot of sense." Rose said in agreement.
"The only thing is, I've no idea where that would be." Blake reminded the two.
"Well, back to square one." Rose muttered as Rufus rejoined the group after doing his business.
"Well, while I was on the ship, I heard some guys talking about offloading a huge shipment of Dust coming in from Atlas." Sun spoke.
"How huge?" Blake asked.
"Huge. Big Schnee Company freighter." Sun answered.
"You're sure?" Blake asked again.
"Blake. You said it yourself, you guys targeted those who took advantage of your people and saw them as lesser beings. If I were a megalomanic- and I'm not—that's the target I would hit." Rose said putting a hand on the Cat Faunus's shoulder.
Meanwhile, Yang, Weiss, Arthur and March had just exited a shop where they thought Blake might have stopped by, only to find out that she hadn't been at the shop. Still, Weiss held the firm belief that Blake was a member of the White Fang and that in turn made Yang pretty sad. Arthur on the other hand couldn't take much more of the Schnee girl's thoughts. "You think you've had it hard!? You have no idea about what I've been through!" he scolded the girl.
"What you've… You're a Faunus too?!" Weiss asked in surprise.
"No! I am in between. I am a Human/Faunus Hybrid and I'm proud of who I am. I come from a long line of warriors and like many of my kind, we do not approve of the White Fangs methods. All we want is to be treated as equals, but people like your bastard of a father who refuses to even call us equals are in charge of groups like your family's company, then nothing will ever change." Arthur said with a low growl, shocking Weiss for the lack of better words. "People like your grand-father, sister and cousin are those I respect and I thought I could respect you, but now I see you are just as bigoted as your father. Respect must be earned, not given." He added and walked away, leaving Weiss to think about what she had just been told.
As this was going on, Galen had split off from the rest of the group and headed back to the Dust shop that was robbed earlier in the week. The police had finished their investigation, but Galen felt like there was something else out of place. Walking past the police tape, he walked into the store and closed his eyes, reaching out with the force to see into the past. "Let's see what actually happened here." he said to himself.
He opened his eyes sometime later and looked around the store until he found what he was looking for. There, lying in the corner obscured from view was one of the weapons used by the White Fang who did indeed rob the store. The weapon in question was an E-5 Blaster Rifle, used by the droid army during the Clone Wars. "So, the White Fang robbed this place and somehow, they managed to get their hands on a blaster rifle dating back thirty-years or so years. Question is, why do they have them and where did they get them?" he asked aloud, picking up the weapon and examining it.
"Perhaps the answers you seek are closer than you think." A familiar voice said from behind him. Turning around on his heels, Galen looked to see the same boy he saw in his visions standing in the doorway holding their weapon in hand. "If you want a name, it'll have to wait. You should get to the docks, I heard that a large shipment of Dust has been offloaded from one of Jacque's Freighters. I can personally guarantee that you'll get your answers." The boy said before leaving the store, as he did Galen noticed a picture fall out of the boy's pocket. Picking it up, Galen saw that the picture was of the boy and person whom he assumed was someone close to the boy.
Meanwhile, Penny and Ruby were walking down a sidewalk far away from their friends and teammates. Penny kept asking Ruby about the situation with Blake and Ruby kept answering Penny's questions to the best of her capability since there was still so much that she still didn't know about Blake and her past. But for some reason, whenever Ruby saw Blake she felt that her teammate was conflicted and hiding something from the others. 'From the way Blake acted on Friday, she has to be a Faunus. That's actually pretty cool, but why did she keep it hidden from us? We're her teammates and we'll be there if she needs us, but how can we help her if she doesn't talk to us?' she thought.
"Ruby. I've been meaning to ask you something. What can you tell me about Galen?" Penny asked.
"What? Oh! Well, none of us really know a lot about him. He's kind of a mystery, but he's a good friend. He's also got these really cool laser swords. They look like they were made in Atlas, I wonder if he can get me one!" Ruby said before getting excited about Galen's lightsabers. She then turned to Penny. "Oh, sorry. Well, like I said I really don't know much about him. Whenever I ask him about his past or family, he says he doesn't want to talk about it." Ruby said, getting back on topic.
"So, he's your friend?" Penny asked.
"Yes. He helped me out a while back and he's a really good person. I just wished I knew more about him." Ruby answered. But for some reason, she had a feeling that Galen had his reasons for not telling her and the others about himself.
The rest of the day was uneventful for the search teams as day turned to day. Dock lights shined on the docks as Rose, Blake and Rufus laid flat on their stomachs on the rooftop of a building overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers as Sun dropped down to the right of Blake. "Did I miss anything?" the Monkey Faunus asked.
"Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there." Blake answered.
"You'd think that all that precious cargo would be loaded up and shipped out in minutes. Looks like some of these dock hands are just lazy people, I can see plenty of container cars and flatbeds they could be loaded on." Rose added, scratching Rufus behind the ears.
"Cool. I stole you guys some food!" Sun said, holding out a few apples that where in his hands.
"Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?" Blake asked the monkey Faunus, giving him a questioning look.
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" he countered only to get an angry glare from Blake. "Okay, too soon!"
"Hey! Break it up. Look!" Rose shouted as the wind blew all around them as a bullhead's searchlights flashed around before landing in the middle of the cargo containers as the ramp of the aircraft opened up and several black hooded individuals wearing metallic fanged masks came out of the craft, confirming the rumors that it was the White Fang.
Unknown to the four on the roof and the White Fang, the person that Galen ran into earlier had taken a sniper's position on a nearby crane and scooped out the situation. "Captain. We've got the White Fang here. No sign of any metal heads, but that might change soon." The boy said into a device on his wrist.
"Keep a close eye on the situation. Me and my men are about ten minutes out from your location. We're coming in low over the water." The voice on the other side of the device. The boy understood and kept his rifle trained on the White Fang below.
"You really didn't think they were behind it, did you?" Sun asked as the group observed the White Fang bringing out tow-cables to attach the crates to the Bullhead.
"No. I think deep down I knew. I just didn't want to be right." Blake said sadly.
"If it means anything, I'm really sorry about this Blake. I always admired the stance the old White Fang used to take." Rose said.
Just then a new voice was heard. "Hey! What's the holdup!?" The White Fang soldiers turned around to see none other than Roman Torchwick walking down the ramp of the aircraft. "We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?"
"Isn't that Roman Torchwick?" Rose asked after immediately recognizing the man with the bowler hat.
"This isn't right. The White Fang would never work a Human. Especially not one like that." Blake said ignoring Rose's question, stood up and unsheathed the katana mode of her weapon before walking off the edge of the roof, much to the alarm of Sun and Rose.
Landing on the ground in a crouch, Blake made her way towards the group of criminals hiding behind one of the containers before peeking around the corner to see Roman and one of the White Fang members who was holding a coil of rope that wasn't strong enough to hold the crates. "No, you idiot! This isn't a leash!" he berated the masked terrorist before Blake suddenly appeared behind him with his blade at his throat. "What the- Oh, for f-" he began, rolling his eyes before Blake cuts him off mid-swear.
"Nobody move!" Blake demanded as the White Fang soldiers moved in with their guns and swords at the ready while the mysterious sniper kept watch over the scene.
"Whoa! Take it easy there, little lady." Roman said to Blake as his 'allies' got closer to him and his captor.
Using her free hand, Blake reached for her bow and removed it causing her ribbon to fall away allowing her Faunus ears to be shown. "Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you aiding this scum?" she demanded. Most of the White Fang members lowered their weapons, unsure of what to do about this development.
Roman on the other hand laughed. "Oh, kid, didn't you get the memo?"
"What are you talking about?" Blake asked.
"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together!" Roman answered. Blake demanded that Roman tell her everything about it but before she could get any answers, more White Fang Bullheads arrived and hovered above the heist. "I wouldn't exactly call it a little operation…" Roman said with a smile before firing his cane at Blakes feet, resulting in a large explosion that caused Blake to lose her grip on Roman.
Nearby, Penny and Ruby heard the noise and saw the smoke rising from the docks and the two of them headed for the scene. They weren't the only ones, Galen and the others soon rushed to the scene after they also saw the smoke.
Although she was dazed from the blast, Blake was relatively unhurt but she had lost Roman and was now on the defensive, dodging the blasts from Roman's care which destroyed the cargo behind her. Flipping into the air, Blake used her semblance to dodge another series of blasts before retreating behind several other containers. "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty…" Roman taunted as he approached slowly towards Blake's location, only to get a banana peel on his head which he tossed aside and looked up with a growl as Sun, Rose and Rufus leapt from the container above the master criminal, landing feet first with their weapons at the ready.
"Leave her alone!" Sun said to Roman. However, the other Bullheads opened up and more White Fang members arrived, standing by Roman who got back to his feet.
"You're are not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you kid?" Roman said to Sun before he turned to Rose and Rufus. "And aren't you a longways away from your farm, girl?" he asked.
"Farm this!" Rose snarled and drew her swords just in time to block a pair of swords from two sword wielding goons before sweeping them out from under their feet as Sun dodged several slashes before nailing a few of them with his fists and kicks.
Reaching for behind him, he pulled out a collapsible red staff and started to beat down any opponent how got close to him with a single flaming blow while also twirling the staff around, creating a scorching shockwave. Blake peered around the corner of the container and watched Sun jump around, beating another White Fang soldier before landing on the soldiers back, and flew towards Roman. The crime boss ducked down and growled in annoyance, aimed his cane at sun and fired a shot that Sun blocked before Blake leapt into the brawl. "He's mine!" Blake shouted.
Getting in close, she quickly became a blur of afterimages using both her blades against Roman who backed away and deflected each attempted blow with his cane and unusual speeds. Blake continued her attacks, trying to find a weak spot before she finally landed a blow after using her semblance, but Roman was quick to recover, deflecting more attacks before going for a punch in her face, what he hit was actually a clone and the two clashed weapons yet again, before Torchwick jabbed her side.
"Hahaha!" Roman chuckled before landing a few more hits on Blake before knocking her down. Roman then felt something hit him in the chest, damaging his aura as Sun appeared right behind her. Vaulting over Blake, Sun kicked Roman in the chest and disconnected his staff into two shotgun nunchucks spinning them around and firing fire dust rounds in a twin-arc style. Somehow, Roman was able to defend himself from every single bullet before Blake slashed at him and knocked him back.
As for Rose, her faithful canine companion slammed into the gut of one White Fang soldier before Rose slammed her swords into the goon's head, before she noticed two rifle wielding soldiers go down after being hit from behind. Rose soon caught a glint of a sniper lens before another shot took down another White Fang soldier. "Who the hell?" Rose asked allowed before a White Fang soldier managed to get a hit on her, sending her back a few feet before she fired her swords gun mode and shocked the guy into submission just as the rest of her team arrived along with Yang and Weiss. "Well you all took your sweet time." she teased.
"We only just noticed the smoke coming from the docks!" March replied, firing his sword into the air before grabbing the hilt of his weapon, blocking the swords of six White Fang soldiers before slashing them across the chest and knocking them down. "Teatime anyone?" he joked.
"So, the White Fang are involved with the Dust robberies. But why is Blake fighting against them and what is Torchwick doing here?" Weiss asked aloud, casting a glyph and freezing several White Fang goons who like many others in the organization had an interest in killing the Schnee heiress. Using another glyph to increase her speed, Weiss dodged the blasts from several rifle wielding White Fang soldiers before unleashing a series of quick jabs towards them, allowing Arthur to send white and blue fire into his gauntlet blades which upon making contact with one of the enemy swords broke the weapon completely before he grabbed a single soldier and threw them into a nearby crate, denting it.
"It would appear that your theory of Blake being in the White Fang is wrong. She seems to be working against them, but as to Roman Torchwick, that remains a mystery." Arthur answered, firing his wrist guns at several enemies, taking them down.
"Well, whatever the reason, we can't let them get away with this!" Yang added, delivering an explosive uppercut to the chin of one White Fang soldier, before sweep kicking another goon who managed to get behind her and delivered a drop kick to his face.
Galen on the other hand side kicked one White Fang soldier in the ribs, knocking them back before breaking the arm of another soldier and sending his foe flying into the side of a crane as the person from earlier leapt down from the crane and cracked his knuckles. "Do you know what's going on?" Galen asked the boy.
"Robbery in progress." The boy answered bluntly before his marksmen rifle changed into an assault rifle which the boy fired at the White Fang soldiers, the electric dust rounds shocked the enemy soldiers allowing the boy to rush in and land a series of punches on them, knocking them out. 'Let's just hope they don't have any of those 'Clankers' here.' The boy thought.
Meanwhile, Roman fired his cane at the supports of a nearby crane forcing Blake and Sun to jump out of the way only for Sun to end up right below the muzzle of Roman's cane. Before Roman could fire, a familiar voice caught the attention of both men. "Hey!" shouted from a nearby rooftop. Standing on the roof, with Crescent Rose extended and at the ready was Ruby with Penny right behind her.
"Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?" Roman asked in a teasing tone before he snarled and fired his cane at Ruby the moment her attention was diverted, the resulting explosive force sending her back while her scythe flew of in another direction.
"RUBY!" Galen shouted in concern, leaving him open to a gut bunch from a larger-bulkier looking White Fang Goon who then threw him back a few feet. Deciding he was done holding back, Galen called one of his lightsabers too his hands, igniting its blue blade and revealing to the White Fang and Roman that the 'Wandering Huntsman' had arrived.
Several White Fang goons ran towards Galen with their swords at the ready but Galen was quick to dodge their attacks and destroyed their weapons before he called on the force and slammed them into a nearby crate. Gunfire from one of the rifle wielding goons hit right near Galen's feet. Turning to the shooter who opened up yet again, Galen slashed apart the bullets before he dashed towards the enemy, running as the gunshots missed him before he sliced the enemy weapon in half before slamming the butt of his saber into the goon's chin, knocking them out.
Roman looked to Galen and snarled that he had another problem to deal with, not noticing that Penny had leapt down from the roof as the backpack on her back opened up and released a single sword that extended and multiplied into several more blades which hovered behind her back. Penny was quick to send three of her swords towards two enemies, knocking them down before she started to fling her swords at her one enemy, impaling another to a wall and created a barrier of spinning steel, blocking a running attack before she and her swords in tow leapt over another goon, making a wheel of swords which she threw towards several Faunus which were knocked off their feet.
An amazed Sun quickly ran to safety as three Bullheads came in from the sky and opened up with their chin-mounted machine guns, but Penny quickly formed a shield with her swords before she launching two of them into the wall behind her, pulling her back. Her other swords soon started to swirl around her again before she commanded them to open up their blades which started to build up green energy before she used a punching action to send several lasers that sliced the transports in half causing those inside to fall while Ruby and the others watched as a piece of one of the Bullheads landed behind her. "Whoa… How is she doing that?" she asked herself while the last Bullhead which was holding a crate of Dust started to pull back only for some of Penny's swords to dig into the VTOL's armor allowing the orange haired girl to pull with all her might and brought the aircraft down onto a stack of crates, causing an explosion.
"These kids just keep getting weirder…" he observed before he used his cane to close the doors as the final transport flew away. "Weirder or not, they could be a problem and lucky for me, I have the solution to this problem." He said before pulling out his scroll and pressed a series of commands onto his device as the craft flew away from lost battle.
As Roman's Bullhead left the docks, both teams along with Sun, Penny and the mystery boy turned towards the direction of several crates further down the dock which started to rumble. An explosion from several crates forced them to shield their eyes as the rumbling grew louder and louder. The rumbling was soon joined by the sound of hundreds of metal footsteps and appearing from the smoke were hundreds of bone-white colored machines with black sensors and all carrying black rifles emerged. Following them were the same machines that they and Team JNPR fought in Forever Falls while behind them were a dozen medium sized tanks armed that were hovering as if they were powered by Dust.
"What are those things?" Sun asked. Before anyone could answer, one of the tanks raised its main cannon and fired it directly at them.
"MOVE!" Galen shouted just time before the blast hit the docks, leaving a large crater behind them. "Who in the hell would transport tanks!?" Galen asked before he noticed the marking on the crates the machines came out of belonged to the Schnee Company. 'How did the Schnee company get their hands-on battle droids and tanks?' he thought to himself.
He then noticed the boy from earlier reach to his hip and pulled out a familiar object. "I was wondering if these things would be here." the boy said and ignited two lightsabers, one deep blue colored and the other one an emerald green colored. The machines soon noticed this and trained their weapons on the boy.
"Look, a Jedi. Fire!" the lead machine, one with yellow accents ordered the other machines who immediately opened fire. The boy charged at the machines, zig-zagging through the weapons fire before leaping into the air directly in front of the machines and started to cut the machines to pieces, much to the surprise of the others at the sight of someone else wielding the same weapons that Galen had.
"I take it you guys don't have any lightning dust on hand, right?" Galen asked the others who nodded their heads acknowledging Galen's question. "Alright then, the rest of you stay back. I'll go help our new friend with these things." Galen said, trying to keep hidden that he knew that the machines and tanks were relics used by the Separatist Alliance during the Clone Wars, more specifically B1-series battle droids, Armored Assault Tanks or AAT's and B2 Super-Battle Droids.
Back with the boy, he slashed apart two supers with his emerald blade before cleaving another droid right down the middle with his blue blade before a blaster bolt slammed into him, causing his aura to flicker a yellow-orange. "Hey! You're supposed to die after taking a blaster bolt to the chest!" one of the droids complained before getting slashed apart by the boy's emerald blade. Sheathing his emerald colored lightsaber to his side, the boy pulled out a weaponl from one of the holsters on his leg which to was a submachine gun and took out several droids. Galen was quick to finish off a few other droids with a throw of his green saber. "Oh no! Another Jedi!" one droid said in fear before Galen pulled them in and impaled the droid.
"Blast them!" one of the Supers shouted and fired their wrist blasters at Galen who began to deflect the shots away and back at the droids. Numerous droids were destroyed by the returning weapon fire but the large number of droids was keeping the two on their toes.
"So, the 'Wandering Huntsmen' is here as well? Figured you show up." The boy said with a chuckle before holstering his submachine gun and blue saber before he pulled out his assault rifle once more and fired. The larger caliber rounds used by his assault rifle did more damage to the droids but without cover, this left him vulnerable to enemy fire and he had used up all of his electric dust rounds "I take it you know what these scrapheaps are?" he asked.
"I do. There called Battle Droids. They were designed for war, but that begs the question as to why they were inside several Schnee Company containers and what they are doing on this planet of all places?" Galen questioned aloud, sending a powerful blast of force energy towards the droids, knocking several back into one of the tanks.
"So, you're one of them, aren't you? A Jedi?" the boy asked, taking Galen by surprise. "Don't act so surprised. I know all about them." the boy answered, loading a fresh magazine into his rifle before it shifted into a battle rifle, but rather than use it he holstered it whipped out his blue lightsaber.
"How do you know about the Jedi?" Galen asked. Before the boy could answer, one of the tanks started to aim its cannon at the two. When the cannon fired, time seemed to slow down for the both Galen and the boy, when the boy unexpected shoved Galen out of the way just as the cannon fire slammed into the ground and sent the boy flying backwards. The boy bounced off the ground, skidded across the pavement destroying parts of his armor before he slammed into a container, knocking the wind out of him before the boy fell to the ground out cold but still alive.
Seeing this, Galen turned to the tank, reached out with the force and lifted the tank off the ground before crushing it like a soda can, much to the surprise of two teams plus Sun and Penny. "How did he do that?" Ruby asked.
Before Ruby could get her answer, Blake heard something in the distance with her cat ears and pointed out over the water, getting everyone's attention. Coming in low over the water were about a dozen aircraft, many of which launched a pair of missiles at the tanks, destroying five of them before they veered off to the left and right. At first, Blake thought they were Scimitar or Broadsword fighter jets of the Vale Navy but once she got a clear view of the craft, she and everyone else realized that they weren't like anything they had ever seen before, especially when she noticed that one of the aircraft had blue wings with the gaping mouth of a monster never seen before.
(Clones starts)
The doors to the vessels opened up and repelling out of the craft were dozens of troopers with white armor with blue highlights, pauldrons and to many a person's surprise a skirt. Their helmets sported a T-shaped visor and an antenna like device on them. Each of the troopers held sleek black carbines, long-ranged rifles and in some cases a mini-gun connected to a backpack of some kind.
"Stand back kids. Leave these clankers to us." One of the troopers with blue markings on his armor said to the teens, getting confused looks from all of them while two of the mysterious troopers rushed to check on the boy.
The other aircraft landed behind the droids and the men inside of them repelled down as well, firing on the droids them out before unclipping their harnesses from the cables and rushed to any useable cover they could find. In the blue winged gunship, one of the soldiers, this one with red highlights on his armor repelled down, pulled out his pistols and fired at the droids, sprinting to the right towards several warehouses while the aircraft that brought him and his men fired their missiles at the last of the tanks before pulling back to a safe distance.
"Take 'em down boys! Show them what happens when you mess with an ARC Trooper!" the soldier shouted to his men before he got sight of Galen. Smiling underneath his helmet, the trooper with the pistols holstered one of them before pulling a grenade from his belt and tossed at some of the droids by one of the destroyed tanks. The grenade exploded, getting the droids to turn to the trooper's location and fired their weapons at the soldier who dived to the right and fired his twin pistols taking out several droids. The trooper was quick to get back to his feet and rushed over to Galen. "Commander!" the trooper shouted, forcing Galen to turn his attention towards the trooper while weapon fire from both sides flew towards the droids.
"An ARC-Trooper?" Galen questioned, before he took a blaster bolt to his shoulder. Thankfully, his aura prevented any serious harm and Galen called on the force, lifting up a Super Battle Droid and throwing it into several other droids before leaping into the group of droids, called on the force and unleashed a powerful Force Repulse, sending the droids closest to him flying into the nearby containers or into the ocean. Glaring at the droids, many of them started to retreat only to be taken out from behind by the ARC-Troopers from behind them while the ones that landed behind Galen charged forwards surrounding the droids before destroying them. "What the hell are you doing here?" Galen asked the ARC-Trooper before deactivating his lightsabers. The ARC-Trooper rolled on the ground before downing the last five droids with his pistols before he holstered them.
(End song)
"Alright men. Secure the droids weapons and get back on the gunships. You know the plan." The trooper instructed his men who began to do as he said and began to remove the weapons from the destroyed droids before the gunships landed and the troopers boarded the gunships before the police arrived. They left without their Captain who opted to stay behind.
It wasn't long before the police arrived and got statements from the students while Penny slipped away from the group. Blake and Weiss soon made up, but Weiss still didn't know what to think about Sun. As for Arthur, Weiss apologized for what she said and while she expected the Human/Faunus hybrid to scold her, Arthur accepted her apology.
What the two teams didn't know was that Ozpin had watched the entire incident from his office. He closed the video and opened a communication with Qrow who sent him a message that the 'Queen' has pawns. Ozpin knew what the message meant and decided to inform his associate in Atlas about this in the morning.
Meanwhile, Roman who had managed to escape the fight walked into a large warehouse and met with his 'business partners' who were less than pleased with what happened at the docks. Roman blamed the White Fang, but his business partner reminded him that he would continue to work with the White Fang.
A couple of days later, the two-week break for Beacon began and while most of the students went home, Galen stayed behind to talk with Ozpin and the mysterious soldier who helped out at the docks. The boy who arrived at the docks was injured severely so he was taken to the hospital, but it would take some time to get answers from them, but Ozpin had a good idea as to who they were. But for the moment, he and Galen walked into an empty room at Beacon where their 'guest' was waiting for them.
"So, I'll cut right to the chase. Who are you?" Ozpin asked the man.
The Arc-Trooper removed his helmet and to Galen's surprise and confirmation the person was indeed who he suspected it to be; a Clone Trooper. "My designation is ARC-77. But my brothers and generals call me Fordo. I'm the leader of the Muunilinst 10."
No one knew that a group of Imperial Star Destroyers had entered the system and began to search for both Galen and the disturbance in the Force.
And… done. The OC I brought in will be given a back story at a later date, but now we have my favorite type of soldiers in all of Star Wars make their appearance in the story. Thus, this concludes volume 1 of Remnant Unleashed. Now we move onto the filler chapters before Volume 2.
Rose's backstory is much like that of John Marston's from Red Dead Redemption and Arthur is revealed to be a Human/Faunus Hybrid, so there is all of that.
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