How many of you were surprised to learn that Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker were the same person the first time you watched the Empire Strikes Back? That Fulcrum was Ahsoka, Quan Chi was the one who killed Scorpions Family or that Echo was still alive? Well, you all are in for an equally surprising shock this chapter. That's right, it's time to unveil the identity of Fulcrum.
This is the first of several filler chapters that I will be posting before starting Volume 5. As I stated in the last chapter, they will focus on Sienna, Trigger, Neo and the Galm Team, plus Pyrrha so you expect some Rebel vs Empire action in the coming chapters and some Mandalorian themed chapters.
Anyway, before I begin, I thought you should all know that I some how was bitten by some bug without knowing it and appear to have an ingrown toenail and both are annoying. I hope to get the toenail issue resolved soon but have no idea what the doctors are going to do about it. I hope it's nothing like those Doctor Pimple Popper procedures from the show. My mom watches that.
Alright onto the reviews.
Silverfox3456, the guest reviewer: You asked a lot of interesting questions. First off, Pyrrha will return to Remnant, when the time comes. Second, Jaune, Cinder, Ruby, Trigger and Neo are the only people from Remnant that are force sensitive at the moment, how many others are out there on the planet, no one knows. Third, you'll have to wait and see about Raven and her lightsaber.
Antex-The Legendary Zoroark: Thank you for the reviews. Please keep on reading and I'm sure you'll like the other chapters I have posted. Plus, if you like this story so much, just wait when I post Star Wars: Hyper Lethal Vector.
54godamora: Well, after seeing her boyfriend almost killed once, she would be afraid of loosing him for good, not to mention her anger towards Cinder is strong, she was bound to lose control. Now as to how F and Kara will contribute to the story, you'll have to wait and see.
Luffy L Deathwalker: Oscar will appear soon, just wait. I mean, he did make a brief appearance last chapter when he and the other two got off the train. Ruby going on a rampage against the Grimm, call it her first brush with the dark side of the Force.
Spartan-626: You'll find out who left that note for Ironwood and that money grubbing bastard. In regard to the last chapter, let's just say that Ruby will be trained to counter the temptation of the Dark Side and I really suggest you watch Star Wars Visions. It's very good.
Chaotic Skunk Demon: True enough and I'm sure you'll like what Noble Six says about them in Star Wars: Hyper Lethal Vector. I'll take a look at the stories in your favorites, but just so you know I don't read Naruto or My Little Pony stories. Not so much into Pokemon stories, but Digimon is another story.
Mr. Shades42: I strongly suggest that you watch Star Wars: Visions. It's awesome.
Alright, time to start this chapter. Songs this chapter are 'The Only Thing They Fear is You' From Doom Eternal and 'Rendezvous' from Ace Combat 5.
Disclaimers are the same as before, please enjoy.
Chapter 59: Fulcrum
Within the secret White Fang Headquarters, nestled deep in the swamplands of Anima, Sienna Khan the high leader of the White Fang closed her eyes and waited for the four reprogramed AK-130's that surrounded her to strike. One of the reprogramed androids lunged at her with its blade arms but the High Leader blocked the attack with a practice sword before she kicked it away.
Two of them opened up with their guns and fired at the High Leader. Though they were only blanks, Sienna zig-zagged and dodged the bullets as if they were live rounds. Getting in close to the androids, she used a series of hand-to-hand combat techniques to push the androids back from her.
The final AK-130 came in with its arm-blades, but like the first one she blocked and kicked it away. "That was hardly a warmup." She said to two figures in the control, both of whom wore dark brown robes that concealed their faces. "I would prefer an actual challenge."
One of the robbed figures growled and roared before they pressed a button in the control room and sent in roughly two dozen reprogrammed AK-200's, stolen by Adam which he made no attempt to hide. Sienna smirked as the AK-200's marched towards her in a military style. "That's more like it." she said playfully as the androids opened up on her. Throwing her training sword aside, Sienna threw her bladed whip at one of the androids, impaling it before she pulled it towards her and swung her weapon around batted away several more androids.
The androids that were swatted away slammed hard into the walls of the training room were smashed into pieces, something that brought Sienna great pleasure since it was a group of men from Atlas that murdered her father, raped her mother before murdering her and almost killed her after she was assaulted had it not been for the one calling himself Obi-Wan Kenobi who saved her all those years ago. While she had a distaste for the people in Atlas, she had great respect for people like Robyn Hill, Mobius 1, the Penwolf family and a member of the Arc family and skilled huntress. The memory of that day fueled her attacks as she destroyed the android.
One of the androids was able to get a lucky hit on her, but the android was soon quickly and brutally reduced to scrap metal. "Focus, Sienna. Do not allow your anger to control you. Remember, you are better than Adam. I strive to be something better than a mass murderer." She said to herself, taking a deep breath to calm herself down.
Her scroll vibrated in her pocket, prompting her to have a look at it. "Adam." She sighed. "When will he realize that I will authorize his plan." Putting her scroll away, she sent a message of her own to her those she trusted with her life. "If Adam want's his message to be sent, he will have to do it without my consent."
After leaving the training room and freshening herself up, Sienna waited for Adam in the throne room of their headquarters. The massive doors to the throne opened up and Adam walked towards Sienna. His scars from Beacon were not very difficult to ignore. One of his horns had been slashed off and the arm he had lost was replaced by a prosthetic arm stolen from an Atlas relief convoy, shortly before the kingdoms borders and Ironwood stopped sending any aid to Vale.
Kneeling before the high leader and the two guards that flanked both sides of the throne, Adam once again made his plea to attack Haven, much to Sienna's annoyance. "Adam. I'm not going to repeat myself, so I want you to listen when I tell you that the White Fang will not attack Haven Academy." She declared.
"High Leader Khan, I am begging you." Adam implored.
"You should beg for forgiveness and nothing else!" She snapped. "The assault you led on Beacon was not the 'great victory' you clearly think it was, and you should be more grateful your punishment was not more severe. You may be a symbol for many in our organization, but that doesn't make you infallible."
"I was merely trying to follow you example, High Leader." Adam clarified.
"And what Example might that be? That strength and unwavering conviction is what you showed the humans? That they've seen it? I was one of the first to suggest that violence where violence was necessary. Peace bred complacency and acceptance of our place in the world. I will not allow humanity to push us down without pushing them back, but there are lines that we must never cross. The destruction of the Huntsman Academies crosses that line, along with attacking innocent humans, humans who have done nothing to us. The loss of the CCT has brought global communication to a crawl and what's worse, you've invited a far more dangerous adversary to our planet. The White Fang is more of a target now than ever before!" She scolded, maintaining her composure as to not show her hand to soon. "All you have done is justify humanities campaign against us, and for what?! Empty promises from a group of humans? Humans we still know nothing about and come and go as they please! These are examples of your talents being exploited by your shortsightedness!"
"If you want to know more about the humans, then why not talk to one of them yourself?" Adam suggested, raising to his feet and turned towards the entrance. "Hazel!" he shouted. The massive doors to the throne room opened and stepping through them was Hazel.
"Took you long enough." Hazel said impatiently.
Sienna's guards pointed their spears towards Hazel, but Sienna raised her hand and ordered them to lower their weapons. "Normally, bringing a human to this location would be grounds for execution, but I will indulge you, Adam and listen to what this human has to say." She said cautiously, throwing an unseen glance behind her throne to the cloaked figures in the shadows.
Hazel kneeled before Sienna, ignoring the glances from her guards. "I thank you for hearing me out, High Leader. All I am asking is for a moment of your time. Nobody needs to die today." Hazel began. Sienna kept her eyes fixated on Hazel, curious about this human. "You don't like me. You have no reason to like me. But you don't have to like me to get the results you want." He continued.
"I'm starting to doubt that either of you fully comprehend what it is that I want. I want humanity to respect the Faunus. Not fear us. There are things far worse than the Grimm out in the world and now we have a newer more dangerous enemy. I will not start a war with the humans that no one can win. If we truly wish to earn our respect from the humans, we must work with them against the invaders that you seemed to work with so well at Beacon!" Sienna declared, getting up from her throne and locking directly at Adam.
"That's where you're wrong." Adam countered as he advanced towards Sienna as he continued to speak. "We can win a war against the humans. Not only because we have the support of Hazel's master or the Empire, but because the Faunus are the dominant species of this planet. We're better than humans. We have everything humans have and more. Human shouldn't just fear the Faunus, they should serve the Faunus."
"I've had just about enough of this conversation for tonight." Sienna stated before she ordered her guards to take Adam and Hazel away. Much to her surprise, her guards didn't move, and it was then that Adam made his intentions clear. His popularity made his followers in Vale and many in Anima feel the same way, as evident by the four-armed soldiers that entered through the door and pointing their weapons at Sienna.
"What are you doing?" Hazel questioned.
"What's right for the Faunus. From this day forward, I will be the one leading the White Fang." Adam declared as four more soldiers revealed themselves with their weapons drawn just as her guards turned their spears on her.
Sienna's eyes narrowed darkly, almost taken by surprise by Adam's coup. "If you think that I will step aside and follow beneath you, you're wrong." Sienna said dodging Adam's attack that would have ended her life, just in time, much to Adam's surprise.
"How could you have dodged my attack?" Adam asked in surprise.
Sienna just laughed, catching everyone off guard even Hazel. "You really didn't think I knew that you would try and kill me, Adam? I've been well aware of your goals for some time now. You see me as weak, because I view the humans with respect and decency. I will admit that you are right that humans do mistreat us, but that's not every single human on the planet. Humans like Trigger, the Galm Team and even the late Ozpin showed us the respect we've fought for. In fact, I even asked and helped a few humans." She stated.
"What?" Adam said confused.
"Do you know why it is the Gelb Team was so quick to join the fight at Beacon or why all the weapons from your recruitment drive were taken by the clones? It's because I helped them. I… am Fulcrum." She declared, pulling out the very same lightsaber that she used against him at Beacon.
"TRAITOR!" Adam roared.
"The only traitor I see here is you, Adam." Sienna stated, pushing Adam back with an unseen force. "Do you remember the name Richard Autumn. It is the name of the human you killed during our first violent protest years ago, the name of Triggers father. He showed us respect and vowed to help us overcome this era of bigotry and hatred, but you killed him in cold blood." She snarled. "Trigger lost his father, his mother and now his sister. That women you worked with, Cinder Fall is nothing more than a murderer, just like you have become. You've allowed this lust for power to twist your mind, until now… you've become the very thing you wished to destroy."
"Don't lecture me, Sienna. I see through your lies; I do not fear the humans like you do." Adam snarled back.
"I am not afraid of anything. I have just come to realize that violence is not the way to acquire our goal. Being a leader has taught me that much. You claim to be better than the humans, but working with Cinder, Roman and their allies proves that you are nothing more than a pawn to them. The moment your usefulness to them is finished, they will cast you aside like an unwanted child." She scolded.
She then turned to Hazel. "Hazel, I do not know who your master is, but I know about your sister. How she truly died. You are being lied to; Ozpin was not to blame." Before Hazel could respond, Adam dashed in with his lightsaber drawn and ignited, clashing his red blade with Sienna's green blade. "Don't you know it's rude to interrupt a lady when she's speaking." She teased, sending Adam back with a kick to the gut.
"I'll take great joy in killing you." Adam said without so much as even batting an eye. With a snap of his fingers, the doors to the throne room opened up yet again as multiple commando droids entered the throne room.
"If you think I am alone, you are surely mistaken." Sienna answered as the two robbed figures from behind her stepped out of the shadows and removed their cloaks. One of them was a massive hairy looking creature that many thought was a faunus while the other was human looking woman with six tendrils coming from her head. The last figure was the same armored warrior that the commandos fought with. "Many thanks, Gungi." Sienna said to the hairy one.
Gungi howled in gratitude while the girl translated for the Wookie. "He says you're welcome, Sienna."
"I should learn how to understand the Wookie tongue. I hope you wouldn't mind teaching me, Katooni." Sienna smirked to the girl while the armored warrior kept their weapon trained on Hazel.
"Don't try anything funny." He shouted before turning to Adam. "If you want to keep your brains inside your head, I'd tell those boys of yours to chill!" the armored warrior advised.
"Who are you?" Adam snarled.
"The name's Gregor and I'm a clone commando, so that makes me a human. One of the few that your leader trusts." Gregor introduced himself. Hazel just kept his eyes fixated on Sienna and was curious about what she knew about her sister's death. But before he could even ask the question, Gregor threw several flash-bang grenades in his direction, blinding and deafening him and the White Fang soldiers in the room, including Adam.
When the effects of the grenades ended, Sienna, Gregor, Katooni and Gungi were nowhere to be seen. "Spread out and find them! Inform all of our brothers and sisters, Sienna Khan is now a traitor to our cause and in league with the humans!" Adam ordered. Both the White Fang soldiers and commando droids darted off to other parts of the hideout to look for the group of four while Adam turned to Hazel. "Your master was concerned about Sienna's willingness to cooperate. Now she doesn't have to be." Adam assured the human.
But Hazel said nothing, thinking about what Sienna said about his sister.
Beneath the throne room, in an underground tunnel that Sienna had constructed for just such occasions, the now former high leader of the White Fang and her companions raced through the tunnel towards Sienna's quarters. "I need to retrieve my armor before we leave. I will be damned if I let Adam disgrace it by wearing it himself. It belonged to my father and no one else." She declared.
"Taurus probably already has all of his forces looking for us. We get that armor and head to the airfield. The Gelb Team already has our planes fueled and armed. We've got to get to Menagerie and warn Ghira. If Adam wanted to kill you, you can bet he'll plan on killing him and his wife." Gregor theorized.
"Then we must move quickly if we are to warn Ghira. If my spy's information is correct, then Adam will want Blake delivered to him. That man must be stopped, no matter the cost." Sienna said with determination. Her two Jedi bodyguards and the clone commando nodded in agreement and continued through the underground tunnel until they reached the secret entrance to Sienna's quarters.
The now former White Fang leader pushed the secret entrance open and all four quickly made their way inside. Katooni and Sienna quickly made their way behind the changing screen where Katooni helped the tiger Faunus change into her armor while Gregor and Gungi remained on guard incase their new enemies had caught wind of their location.
By the time Katooni had finished helping Sienna change, the ex-High Leader was now wearing black and red Mandalorian Beskar armor with a plated vest, two pauldrons, vambraces, gauntlets, greaves and boots, all of which were made of pure Beskar. "It is time that I leave the White Fang behind and finally fight for a true cause." She stated, sheathing a knife into her boot.
Grabbing the assault rifle she kept in her room, she slung the weapon over her shoulder before she grabbed something of importance to her, that something was the last picture of her with Trigger's family before she left to join the White Fang. "You were right all along, Ray. I should have listened to you sooner. I can't change the past, but I can certainly change the future." She said to herself before she kicked the door down, landing right on top of a few droids. "Let's move!"
(The Only Thing They Fear Is You start's)
The four-man group sprinted down the halls of the White Fang headquarters, but it wasn't long before they were detected by several enemies who heard the crashing door. "Shoot them!" Blaster bolts flew towards the group, but Gungi and Katooni deflected the shots back at their weapons before using the force to slam them against the wall.
Sienna kept on going, using her advanced combat training to beat down anyone who got in her way. She punched one droid before she slammed her armored fist into its head, allowing Gregor to shot it down. Another droid was sliced up the torso by her armor's wrist blade while a fourth one had its arm ripped off and bashed with said arm.
"We've got incoming!" Gregor shouted as he returned fire against the enemies that were charging towards them. His DC-17 roared to life as he cut down droid after droid that just seemed to keep on coming. "Their trying to overwhelm us! We need to push forwards if we're to reach the runway!"
"Then it's appears that we will need to carve a path forward." Sienna stated before she unsheathed her lightsaber and ignited its green blade. Katooni and Gungi followed suit before the three of them dashed forwards, ignoring the weapons fire and proceeded to cut down all those who got in their way. Droids were reduced to scrap metal while the White Fang soldiers had their weapons destroyed and their lights knocked out. "I will not kill any of my former comrades if I have to, spare them if you can but if you must kill them, so be it." Sienna instructed her companions with much distain in her voice.
"It can't be helped if they die, but let's not forget that fact that they are trying to kill us!" Gregor reminded her, tossing a grenade behind him that took out a few White Fang soldiers. "They may have been your allies once, but their acting just like the rest of my brothers when Order 66 was activated, only they aren't being controlled by an inhibitor chip!" he added before following up with more blaster fire that took out a commando droid.
"Don't remind us about that nightmare!" Katooni snapped, hearing the screams of her fellow clanmates in her head as the shooting continued. "I still see their faces every time I sleep!"
Gungi just roared in anger, lifting a White Fang Grunt before tossing them into several more of their comrades, knocking them to the floor and out of the fight. A droid made the mistake of getting close to him and ended up getting their arms ripped from their sockets. "Remind me to never upset a Wookie, especially a Wookie strong in the force." Sienna joked.
"Wookie's are well known for their strength. It's one of the reasons why they are known as fearsome warriors throughout the galaxy. And it's also why they are also hunted and used as slaves." Gregor replied, lobbing a grenade towards the forces ahead of them.
Sienna, Gungi and Katooni then sent a massive blast from the force towards the enemies behind them before Sienna pulled the ceiling down blocked the path behind them. With the forces behind them blocked, the group continued forwards, slashing and blasting anyone or anything that got in their path.
A flick of her wrists and Sienna shot dozens of whistling birds towards the forces ahead of them and clearing the path towards the airfield. "Orbert! Rainer! Tell me those planes are fueled and ready!" Sienna shouted, cutting down several droids and White Fang soldiers with her lightsaber before she sheathed the weapon and started to cut lose with her assault rifle.
"We're almost finished fueling Gregor's aircraft! We would have finished sooner, but Taurus issued an all-points elimination order for you!" Orbert shouted, firing off a couple of rounds from his pistol that downed a few hostiles.
"Finish fueling up Gregor's S27! I'll hold off the enemy!" Sienna shouted back, cutting loose with her rifle. Her weapon roared to life as she downed enemy after enemy, firing in short-controlled-bursts to ensure she didn't run out of ammo or suffer a stove-pipe jam. Her rounds tore through her the body armor her former comrades were wearing, either injuring or killing them while the droids were taken down by her companions.
A pull of the trigger sent the last seven rounds of her magazine into a commando droid before she ducked back behind cover to reload her weapon. As she did, a blast flew overhead and slammed into one of the hangers holding the White Fang's aircraft. The source of the shot was a Spider Droid, much like the one Blake and Adam fought shortly before Blake left the White Fang. "SPIDER DROID!" she shouted before she shifted her attention to the massive machine.
She fired a full magazine from her rifle, but her rounds didn't even scratch the droid's armor. Growling in frustration, Sienna threw down her rifle, ignited her lightsaber and charged towards the Spider Droid, dodging the droids cannon fire as she leapt into the air and stabbed her saber into the droid's head. The droid's optics flickered before they shut down, allowing Gregor to finish it off with a well-placed grenade launcher round.
(End song)
"We're all set!" Orbert shouted as he climbed into the cockpit of his S37. Rainer and Gregor followed suit, as did Gungi and Katooni who both opted for the F20 and F5. Sienna dashed towards her plane, scooping up her assault rifle as more of her former allies and droids started to arrive. Leaping into her cockpit and closing the canopy, Sienna taxied onto the runway as small arms fire streaked over the cockpit as she followed after her companions who were already in the air. Her planes powerful twin-engines propelled her off the runway just as she spotted Adam walking towards the airfield and looking very pissed.
Watching the planes disappear into the distance, Adam growled before he turned to one of his soldiers. "Scramble the Accipiter's and Vulture's at once! Shoot those planes down! We can't let them escape!" he shouted. One of the droids pressed a button on a commlink and ordered the launch of dozens of Vulture fighters to pursue the escapees.
White Fang pilots scrambled to the hangers and powered up their Accipiter's. A fast and nimble VTOL, the Accipiter was the primary close-air-support VTOL of the kingdoms before it was replaced by the Bullhead and F35. Originally, the VTOL's top speed was Mach 0.9 or little over a thousand kilometers per hour, but the ones taking off were equipped with the engine and VTOL capabilities of the Broadsword, increasing their speed to Mach 1.6. In terms of firepower, the Accipiter was armed with a single 25mm cannon that held a twelve-hundred rounds and six hard points for a combination of air-to-air or air-to-ground ordnance. The ones commencing their pursuit were all equipped with air-to-air missiles. The enemy craft rocketed after their enemies, not wanting to disappoint their high leader who headed back inside to plan the attack on Haven.
Half a mile away, Zett had entered the airspace close to the White Fang Headquarters and was about to radio Sienna, but he didn't have to do so before his planes radio crackled, and he heard the familiar sound of a Wookie. "Gungi?! You're alive? How is that…" he began before he heard Gungi howl over the radio for assistance. "Hang on, I'm on my way!" he told the Wookie and kicked in his planes after burners, rocketing towards the location of the transmission.
When he arrived, he overshot the six aircraft and had barely enough time to avoid slamming into one of the pursuing aircraft. Pulling the stick back into his gut, Zett climbed rapidly to twenty-thousand feet before he pulled a sharp one-hundred- and eighty-degrees right turn and dived towards the enemy fighters. The missile tone in his headset blared as he got a lock and fired a missile at one of the enemy Accipiter's. He watched as the missile slammed into one of the enemy planes, turning it into a flaming wreck that fell to the ground below. "Phoenix to Fulcrum! I've arrived with a warning, though I assume that you have already figured out that Adam planned to betray you." Zett said with urgency.
"I'm afraid so. I should have seen it sooner." Sienna replied over the radio, with a great anger in her voice. "Listen, we need to eliminate these fighters before we can proceed to Menagerie. I won't allow any violence to reach the shores of the island!" she added.
"I understand." Zett replied before he heard the voices of Gregor and Katooni over the radio. "I guess we have Hondo to thank for your survival. The same goes for Gungi, as for you Gregor, I don't know how you survived Abafar and made your way to Remnant, but it's good to have you back, Captain."
"I'm just glad I survived that explosion, Commander. Now what do you say we hit these bastards where it hurts the most!" the commando said over the radio. Zett just smiled and suggested that all aircraft form an element on his wings. Sienna, Orbert, Reiner and Gregor formed up on Zett's left flank while Katooni and Gungi formed up on his right flank.
(Rendezvous starts)
The incoming enemy fighters watched as the group of seven planes formed up wingtip-to-wingtip as a volley of missiles streaked towards them. Some pilots immediately took evasive action to avoid getting skewered by the missiles, but for the pilots who met their end they ended up crashing into the ground below. "Split into pairs of two or three and down as many aircraft as you can. We need to create an opening for us to escape!" Zett ordered as he and Gregor gave chase after a pair of Vultures.
Gregor's 30mm cannons ripped into the airframe of the first Vulture while the second one was destroyed by Zett's third missile. A couple of Accipiter's managed to get on their six o'clock and started firing their cannons at the two of them, but both pilots instinctively broke to the right and were now on their tails. 20mm and 30mm slugs slammed into the White Fang aircraft which exploded into numerous pieces. "For a commando, you're not a bad pilot, Gregor." Zett complimented.
"You can thank Miss Kahn for that. She gave me a few flight lessons when I insisted on learning to fly one of this planet's native aircraft should the need arise to take to the skies. She's one tough teacher, but I'm not complaining!" Gregor replied, launching a volley of XMAA's that sent four Vulture's down to the ground in flames. "I'm still a highly trained soldier." He added.
Sienna heard this and chuckled underneath her helmet before she launched several of her XLAA's at several Accipiter's closing in fast. The four White Fang aircraft exploded into flaming wrecks, but the pilots safely ejected, something that Sienna was grateful for. The Gelb Team followed suit with a several of their own long-range missiles, downing several enemy aircraft before they switched to their guns and downed a couple of Vultures that flew right into their line of fire.
Gungi and Katooni each launched a QAAM at an enemy plane and damaged the aircraft. The damaged aircraft turned away from the battlefield and headed back to the White Fang base, but both former Jedi initiates decided to let the escaping aircraft go and returned to the battle at hand. One enemy plane managed to get on Katooni's tail, firing its cannon at her and forcing her to jink from left to right to avoid getting her plane filled with holes. Thankfully for her, Gungi downed the pursuing aircraft with his own cannons, sending the enemy plane down to the ground and spinning in flames. "Thanks, Gungi." Katooni said with relief.
Gungi roared in acknowledgment before he took his F20 into a dive after a Vulture droid that was right on Gregor's tail. The Wookie pulled the trigger and his planes twin cannons roared to life as the enemy fighter was riddled with bullets. The droid fighter spiraled to the ground before it exploded into numerous pieces, killing a few Grimm watching the aerial battle. The Wookie howled before launching another QAAM at an Accipiter, which took a hit in the engine and exploded, taking the pilot to their death.
The Gelb Team pulled the noses of their planes to the vertical angle to allow several enemy aircraft to overshoot them before dropping back to level and launched a pair of their XLAA's at the bogies. The enemy craft executed a series of random evasive maneuvers to avoid the missiles, but they were no match for the missiles powerful onboard radar homed in on the planes, slamming right into the engines of the enemy craft sending four fireballs down to the swamp below.
"Another couple of aircraft downed and we can make a clean getaway! We've got this!"Zett said to the others through the radio. A pair of four Vultures flew right past his cockpit before they dived to the ground below. Zett gave chase and armed his guns as the gun sight reticle appeared on his helmets HUD. Pushing his Dagger's engines to maximum, he let lose a volley of cannon fire that blew one of the Vultures out of the sky. Getting on the tail of the second, he fired another volley downing the second fighter.
One enemy fighter broke to left while the third one continued flying above the trees of the swamp. Zett had a pretty good idea what the fourth fighter was trying to attempt but decided to focus on the fighter ahead of him. Another volley of cannon fire downed the third fighter as red lasers flew past Zett's cockpit, indicating that Zett knew the enemy fighter was now on his 6 o'clock. Unfazed, Zett slammed on his breaks and allowed the last Vulture to overshoot him before he fired his cannons again, downing a fourth droid fighter that day. "All aircraft, break engagement and head west! We've got our opening!" he radioed to the other planes.
(End song)
The ragtag squadron did just that as they broke off their engagement and headed back towards shore. Kicking in full afterburners, the seven aircraft were quick to outrun the enemy aircraft which headed back for the White Fang base. "I always knew this day would come. The day when I would be forced into running from my former comrades." Sienna said sadly.
"Perhaps now is the time for you to make amends for all that Adam has committed in the name of the Faunus. Ghira, Blake and the others are planning on taking back the White Fang from Adam and they will need a Jedi such as you." Zett told the ex-High Leader.
Hearing those words, Sienna was filled with a newfound resolve and decided to do just that. "There's a secret airfield that I have kept hidden from Adam. We'll land there, refuel and rearm before continuing onto Menagerie. It's the most logical course of action."
The others agreed and headed towards the airbase she spoke of. Sienna may have lost the White Fang, but she was determined to set things right, before Adam started a needless war.
And chapter is done. I loved writing this part.
Bet you all didn't see that coming did you? Sienna is Fulcrum and she didn't die and she's a Jedi! I'll admit, part of me hates Rooster Teeth for killing her off after one episode and not even giving her any background. If they write it so that she actually survived Adam's attempt on her life, I'll be really confused.
Now as to why I spared her. I like her voice actor, Monica Rial, the voice actress who voiced both Sienna, Mirajane and several other characters from several Anime's I watch.
As for her armor, if you haven't figured it out, her father was a Mandalorian who married a Faunus woman and that union resulted in her birth. Plus, seeing her kick ass in that Adam trailer made me think, she would make a good Mandalorian Warrior.
Also, Katooni, Gungi and Gregor have been confirmed as her allies and it seems that there is more to the death of Hazel's sister than he knows. That has to do with a theory I have.
Alright, next time it will be time to see what Trigger is up to and what Bo-Katan wants him for. Until next time, please read and review. Oh, and a late happy Halloween and happy birthday to Ruby Rose.