Seems I've gotten quite a few suggestions for voice actors and actresses for the remaining members of Team GARM. Thank you all who gave a suggestion, but I am in the process of trying to figure out who would voice which character. I will admit that I have been considering Nolan North, Bryce Papenbrook or Sean SW. Johnson for the role of Trigger and Cipher, but that is still undecided at the moment. I'll probably have it figured out when I finish the chapter.
Now, onto the reviews.
54godamora: I think I understand why you skipped the chapter. That Apathy is one scary ass Grimm, way scarier than the Xenomorphs for those who watch the Alien or AVP movies for the first time.
Jack Smith1: Thanks.
Old Glory: While I am glad you liked my chapter, sorry I sounded like an idiot. I've only been to Cabela's, and I haven't really seen them carry AR-15's or such. My big issue is that people like the guys who carried out the Sandy Hook and Uvalde shooting could easily get access to them. I just hate all the shootings, that's it.
BlindFaunusGirl: Glad you liked the chapter. You'll like what happens next.
Darth Cody: Kyle McCarley as March!? He played Mikazuki Agus in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans! I love hearing that guy playing a character piloting a Gundam type Mobile Suit. I think I've got one option.
Luffy L Deathwalker: I like Vic's role as Qrow and while I can't change what the people who fired him did, he'll still play Qrow in my story. Now, Patrick Seitz as March, I prefer him as Scorpion and Laxus from Fairy Tale. Stephanie Young as Rose, interesting. At least it's not the woman who voiced Esdeath. Bryce Papenbrook as Arthur, I love that guy when it comes to his role as Kirito from SAO. He's the son of the guy who played Rito in Power Rangers. Now, Seyden is a male, so Todd Haberkorn would be a good choice, but it might be hard to take him seriously since I know him best as Natsu from Fairy Tale. Now, Johnny Young Bosh as the Fox? I like that idea.
Silverfox3456: I agree, the Apathy is one of the creepiest Grimm I have ever seen. I'd probably sleep with a blaster by my side. Now, as for Adam's death, I won't be spoiling his fate. As for the semblances of Team GARM, I suggest you reread the story. Glad you like this story. As for your new Grimm, I'll take a look at it.
NanomachinesSon: Thank you. Now Kira Buckland as the voice of March's sister, I like that idea.
JojoFan101: I think I have a better idea on who will voice March, thanks to Darth Cody.
Spartan-626: The Revolver Galen took from the farm is the Remington 1858 New Army. Yeah, I think I goofed on that part with Ahsoka, Wrecker and Grogu.
Alright reviews are done, onto the story and a little more Yoda action, with his theme from when he fought Dooku at the beginning of the Clone Wars.
Disclaimers are the same as always, please enjoy.
Chapter 89: The Grimm Reaper
"You had silver eyes?" Ruby asked as she looked at Maria, along with the rest of the group while the old woman held Grogu in her hands.
"I just said that." Maria said again. "Yes, I did have silver eyes, a long time ago." She then put Grogu down on the ground, looking at the little creature. "Have any of you heard the story of the Grimm Reaper?"
"Grimm Reaper?" Galen asked.
"A legendary Huntress who was one of the best, long before my time. She was a legend; I even based my weapon off her. I heard the stories about her, but in everyone of them no one knew where she went, it was like she just disappeared." Qrow explained.
"How does a legend disappear like that?" Rex asked.
"Maybe she went into hiding because of Salem?" Wrecker suggested.
"Oh, I didn't disappear. But I lost the use of my eyes many years ago when I was attacked, so I went underground to avoid being hunted down again. But that's also how I came to know about the Jedi, seeing as I met one by the name of Yoda." Maria revealed.
"You met Master Yoda?" Ahsoka and Faye exclaimed at the same time.
"How did you meet this Yoda guy anyway?" Yang asked.
"Well, first thing you should do is sit down and I'll tell you all about it." Maria answered. And this was the story that Maria told.
Flashback starts
In a mountainous region, the wind howled as a younger Maria Calavera, wearing an ornate skull mask crossed a rickety bridge. Halfway across the bridge, she heard the screech of a Nevermore appearing from the fog. On instinct, she drew her weapons, a pair of sickles and backflipped off the bridge before the aerial Grimm rammed through the bridge, destroying it.
She threw one of her sickles at one of the Nevermore's wings and used the Gravity Dust imbued in it to pull herself back up, while also dragging the massive creature down. Grabbing her other sickle on her way back up, she used the recoil of the weapon to spin and grapple onto the Nevermore, throwing one of her weapons into the mountain and pulling the Nevermore into the mountainside, where it lost its balance before crashing into the ground below.
Maria called her other sickle back to her as she landed on the ground in front of the Grimm, catching her breath as her pray looked at her with a stare that made her gasp before it tried to snap at her with its beak, forcing her off it's head and knocking her back with a swipe. The Nevermore charged forward, but Maria's eyes glowed brightly as the entire area was engulfed by a silver light. When the light died down, the Grimm was petrified in midair before it dropped down and crumbled as Maria stood back up and recalled her other sickle towards her.
As she prepared to leave, she deflected a bullet aimed at her before she noticed she had company. Three men armed with a giant hammer, rifle and a machete came out of hiding while another woman, a crocodile Faunus armed with a pair of cutlasses with gold hilts at her side walked up behind her. "Well, that's a fancy trick now, innit? 'Fraid it comes with the price though, love." The Faunus woman said as she crushed a small, petrified piece of the Nevermore in her hand as Maria turned around to face the woman.
"I don't think you realize who I am." Maria told the woman dangerously.
"Course I do and the names Tock by the way, love." The now named Tock answered before taking out an alarm clock, set the timer and placed it on her belt. "You're the Grimm Reaper, an these… are the last sixty seconds of your life." She added, pressing a button on her clock and starting its timer before she activated her Aura and drew her swords as she rushed in towards Maria.
The ticking of the clock echoed around the area as Tock clashed her blades with Maria. The Grimm Reaper attacked back, but Tock's Aura knocked her sickle out of her hand and was followed by a kick. Maria was able to summon her other sickle back before she started to fight Tock's allies. Deflecting their bullets with her sickles, Maria cut down the rifle-wielding man, knocked out the Machete wielder and dodged an attack from the hammer user before cutting them down before blocking another attack from Tock, who managed to push Maria back and causing her Aura to flicker.
Due to the Gravity Dust in her sickles, Maria's weapons circled around her before they combined into a double-edged scythe. Tock and the machete wielder who came back around, rushed forward to attack, but the Grimm Reaper blocked their attacks, taking down the machete wielder in the process before clashing with Tock once again. The two locked weapons with each other before Tock used her razor-sharp teeth to chomp her way through one Maria's weapon and her own weapons unfortunately, before she headbutted the Grimm Reaper, shattering her skull mask in the process. Maria briefly opened her eyes when Tock slashed her eyes with the remains of one of Tocks weapons while she held a weapon she never saw before with a blood red blade, the last thing she ever saw before she was blinded permanently.
Maria screamed out in pain as her eyes began to bleed, hearing Tock's alarm clock ringing in her ears. "It was a close call; I'll give you that." Tock said menacingly as she walked over to Maria, who continued to cry out in pain, grabbing one of her sickles and tried to fire at Tock who dodged her shots before she heard a clicking, indicating she was out of ammo. "You know, the only reason my master wants you dead, is 'cause of your eyes. But seein as you ain't got 'em no more, you might be able to convince me to spare your life." She offered, but in response, Maria tried to throw her sickle at Tock, only to dodge that as well. "Well, I respect that, a fighter to the end."
Rather than raise her new weapon to finish off the Grimm Reaper, Tock raised her hands and started to shoot lighting from her fingertips, electrocuting Maria who continued to cry out in pain. "I've learned a lot of tricks since I first joined 'er ranks. Been a lot of fun, torturing me prey before I kill 'em. I only save it for those who fight too the end, and you're one of 'em. Lucky you." Tock mocked as she continued to electrocute Maria before she was sent flying into the remains of the petrified Grimm by an unseen force. "What the bloody hell?" she cursed as the sound of a cane hitting the ground echoed around the two.
(Yoda vs Dooku starts)
Emerging from around the corner, was Master Yoda himself. "End your torture of the Grimm Reaper, you will." He said.
"Who the bloody hell are you?" Tock demanded as she jumped back to her feet, her metallic teeth glistening.
"Master Yoda, of the Jedi Council, I am." Yoda answered.
"A bloody Jedi? Well, you'll share the same fate as all the others who've interfered with our plans." Tock snarled, extending her hands and pulled a loose slab of rock from the wall and sent it towards Yoda. Dropping his cane, Yoda caught the rock and hurled it away from him. Tock tried again, but the same result occurred, which only angered the crocodile Faunus who called on the power of the Force once again and pulled more rock slabs from the walls and sent them towards Yoda.
Yoda caught the slabs and pushed them away. "Powerful you are. The Dark Side I sense in you." Yoda observed.
"I'm more powerful than any of you bloody Jedi! Even you, shrimp!" Tock snarled and shot lighting towards Yoda, only for the small Jedi master to catch the lighting and absorb it. "Blimey." Tock said in shock.
"Much to learn, you still have." Yoda said with a huff.
"Well, if that's the way you want it, then why don't we settle this matter with our lightsaber skills, eh?" Tock suggested, igniting her blood red saber once more and twirled it around. Yoda did the same with his own lightsaber and held it at the ready.
Tock leapt towards Yoda as did her opponent and the two began their duel. Green met red as the two clashed against the others blade. Yoda's small size allowed him to easily maneuver around his larger opponent with a series of leaps and flips combined with lightsaber strikes, which greatly angered Tock. "Hold still, you bloody midget!" she snarled.
"Size is not everything, hmm? Small I may be, but larger in mind I am." Yoda responded as he flipped off a rock, avoiding a slash from Tock before the two locked blades. Tock pushed herself towards Yoda, ready to bite a bit of his head off but the small Jedi master pushed Tock back with the force.
"Strong you are in the dark side, but not that strong." Yoda commented, succeeding in angering Tock who rushed in recklessly with a strong attack, which Yoda backflipped to avoid. "Still much to learn, you have. But learn from your failure's, you will not. Do what I must, I will." He said with sadness in his voice.
"Salem will succeed in her mission, a little midget like you will not stop her." Tock snarled and charged in recklessly with her aura deactivated. Yoda remained still as Tock roared and readied her blade, only for Yoda to leap up and slash her across the chest before she came to a stop and fell forward, face first and dead.
(End song)
"Fought well you have, servant of Salem." Yoda said to the deceased Tock before he turned his attention to Maria whose eyes were still bleeding, but her screaming had stopped. "Remove your hands from your face, you must. Help you, I can." Yoda told the wounded Grimm Reaper.
"Will I be able to see again?" Maria asked, still in a great deal of pain.
"Restore your sight, I cannot. Heal your wounds, I can. Perhaps, for the best it is. Hunt you down, her master will, into hiding you must go." Yoda admitted to Maria before he began to heal the woman's wounds. "Learn to see with your other senses, you must. Your eyes, trick you they can sometimes." Yoda told the wounded Reaper before he helped her back to her feet and guided her to the nearby town.
"Who are you?" Maria asked as she was guided away from the battlesight.
"Master Yoda, of the Jedi Council, I am." Yoda introduced.
End Flashback
"After that, I went into hiding soon after, but I never forgot what Yoda did for me that day." Maria told her audience, finishing her tale while the group looked at her with wide-eyed expressions.
"First Obi-Wan, then another Jedi who stopped Magruder's Militia, and now Yoda himself came to Remnant? What is it about this planet that attracts the Jedi?" Galen asked.
"Well, I don't have the answer to that, Mr. Demon Lord. But I'm nothing but a disappointment." Maria answered sadly.
"How can you say that?" Blake asked.
"Child, a Huntress is supposed to protect others to the bitter end. But after I lost my eyes, I only ever looked after myself, for a while anyway. Even after my surgery, I was too afraid to fight. Afraid someone would find me again, finish what the other started. You shouldn't aspire to be like me, especially when some of you are clearly stronger already." She began. "That's what I would say had I not met someone after my last trip to Atlas to get my eyes checked out, she's nimble and agile, always trying to keep an old lady like me out of trouble when she can, even helping me take care of the little one. Knowing her, she's probably looking for me when she found out I didn't make it to the front of the train. But aside from that, there is something I can do." She then turned to Ruby.
"Wait, what? Why are you looking at me?" Ruby questioned
"I think she's offering to teach you how to use your powers the way she did." Galen smirked, looking back at Maria. "We can learn a lot from the older generation, and I think the Grimm Reaper can do more than just give up and die."
"Young man, you're absolutely right." Maria began, looking in Galen's direction. "Giving up, I would only be letting this Salem woman win her fight against Ozpin. After seeing you and your friends fight despite the odds, I think I've still got some fight left in me." She then smiled before she picked up Grogu. "Now, let's get out of the snow and back to civilization."
"That's the best news I've heard today." Rose said in agreement before she climbed onto the trailer and sat down. The others followed suit and either climbed onto the trailer or the Hellcats while Galen powered up his Shark. They hadn't gotten very far when a ringtone from Ruby's Scroll was heard.
Ruby pulled out her Scroll and gasped in excitement. "It's Jaune!" She exclaimed before everyone stopped in their tracks as she answered her Scroll. "Uh, hello?"
"Ruby! Oh, thank you! I've been checking my Scroll for your signal since we made it to the city!" Jaune said over the Scroll, confusing everyone before they noticed a walled city in the distance along the coast over a hill.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived in Argus." Yang said with a smile as she drove towards the city entrance and entered a code to lock her bike and the trailer in a garage, the same as Galen with his vehicle and the clones with their Hellcats. As the group admired their new surroundings, a certain bubbly ginger-haired girl in pink zoomed in and tackled Oscar to the ground in a hug.
"Cute! Boy! OZ!" Nora exclaimed in excitement. Jaune, Ren, Cody, Waxer, Boil, Hevy, Fives, Echo, Kix, Jesse, Hardcase, Boba, Jek, Thire, Rhys, Stone, Alpha and Thorn soon joined them, along with girl who looked like a rare type of Faunus with a lot of fur.
"Are you all okay?" Ren asked as he hugged Yang.
"We were so worried!" Jaune said as he hugged Blake.
"It's been a crazy trip." Yang answered.
"Crazy trip? We had to spend a night in a creepy ass farm that was infested with a type of Grimm that can literally zap a person's will to fight and keep on living, which nearly resulted in us sharing the same fate as those who were living on the farm, because the idiot owner thought he could save on the cost of huntsmen protection!" March corrected.
"Aw, now I missed another fight where I could blow something up." Nora pouted.
"Trust me, you didn't miss anything." Galen clarified.
Nora then noticed Maria. "Wait, who's the old lady and…" she started before she noticed Grogu in Maria's hands and with stars in her eyes, she dashed forwards and grabbed Grogu. "…Who is this little cutie!"
"That would be Grogu." The Faunus girl from behind said as she walked towards the group. "I had a feeling he was with Maria, I told you to keep an eye on him." the girl scolded.
"And I've told you I can handle this little one just fine. I'm used to him following me, but it seems he's taken a liking to a couple of our new friends. And before you say I should have been at the front of the train, it's like I've said before, I'm old and my legs aren't the same as they used to be, you should know that by now, Lop." Maria reminded the now named Lop.
"Lop?" Everyone asked and looked at the girl.
"Yeah, that's my name. I'm Lop Yasaburo and I would like to apologize if Maria caused you any trouble." Lop said with a bow.
"Actually, she was a big help to us when we needed it the most." Galen assured the girl. "You're not a Faunus, are you?"
"Nope, I'm actually a Lepi that's been on this planet for a while now, same with my…" Lop began to say before she stopped herself mid-sentence. "Well, I've been here for a long time."
"You can tell us when you're ready." Kara told the girl, noticing a familiar object hanging from their waist, but didn't mention it at the current moment. "At least we're all together."
"Yeah, we are." Jaune said with a smile before he led the group into the city and onto one of the many trolleys that ran through the city, accompanied by Fordo and Rex while the other troopers decided to check on whether they could reach Aayla or Kit.
"It's a lot bigger than I thought it'd be." Yang said as the trolley rolled down the city streets.
"It's actually one of the largest non-capital cities in all of Remnant." Ren answered.
"No way!" Ruby gasped in awe. "But wait, wouldn't it be harder to settle something this big away from the main Kingdom?" She asked.
"Well, it was, until Mantle showed up. Early settlement attempts by Mistral didn't go well. But colonists from Mantle were able to help them brave the cold climate and return for goods that Solitas couldn't provide." Jaune explained as the trolley crested a hill and revealed the ocean. "The harbor was constructed by both Kingdoms as a means of offloading cargo from Solitas and loading cargo from Mistral. It's one of the largest harbors in the world, next to that big one in Atlas. Trains and ships arrive day and night, transporting or dropping off cargo." He added.
"The two nations worked together to create a hybrid city. While it falls under Mistral domain, Atlas keeps a military presence here to help keep the people safe and keep trade between the two nations steady." Ren added.
"Well, until recently…. The MSDF did recently build a base nearby, but after what happened in Vale, the Atlas military hasn't been very 'cooperative' with them, especially when it comes to new aircraft and Dust." Nora also added.
"I think we all know why that is." Arthur said just as the trolley came to a stop and everyone hoped off the vehicle.
"We should probably start looking for a ship." Blake suggested.
"So, where have you guys been staying?" Oscar asked.
Before Jaune could answer, a voice called out to Jaune. "There you are!" the voice shouted. As the trolley left, the group spotted a woman with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing an orange top and beige light vest, light brown trousers with orange stitches on each side and dark brown boots. Arthur noticed a wedding ring on her left hand and a bootlace neckless tied around her neck. In the woman's hands was an infant with short black hair and brown eyes in a white and blue long-sleeved shirt with denim overalls and white socks. The woman was waving to Jaune.
"Hey, Saph!" Jaune called out and turned back to his friends and the new arrivals. "Guys, this is my sister Saphron, she and her wife live here in Argus." Jaune introduced as Ruby looked back and forth between Jaune and his sister the moment she heard Jaune say she was his sister.
Later on, the group reconvened in the living room of Saphron's house. "I can't believe I'm meeting your sister! I have so many questions." Ruby squealed in excitement.
"Oh, I can give you the rundown later!" Nora said back.
"You guys already met one of my sisters, remember? You met Joan back in Mistral. Speaking of which, I thought she'd be here by now?"
"I think she might be helping with the recovery efforts from the section of the Argus Limited that crashed in the mountains and repairing the track as well. The Grimm in that area aren't to be underestimated." Galen surmised.
"At least they don't have to worry about those creepy ass Grimm." March assured them.
"Language, please!" Saphron scolded. "I'm trying to raise a kid here, so the last thing I want is for his first words to be something nasty." She said, pointing to the baby who was looking at Grogu who looked back and huffed while Weiss, Kara and Yang went wide-eyed as they fussed over Adrian, the two members of Team RWBY making baby talk at him.
"Aww, you're so cute! Yes, you are! Oh, look at your little face!" Yang cooed.
"Aww, coochie-coochie! Aw, baby! Oh my!" Weiss cooed back.
"Who's a cute little guy? You are, yes you are." Kara praised.
Blake then spoke up. "So, Saphron, you're the only Arc living here?" she asked, glancing at the picture on the bookshelf of the Arc siblings all together, with the younger Jaune at the center with pigtails and a deadpan expression while holding a sight that said 'Help' on it while his sisters, except for Joan did various crazy things to him.
"Yep! Moved the second I could. Jaune, Joan and I are the only three living away from home. I guess he just wanted to be like his big sis." Saphorn said while Jaune just groaned in embarrassment. "Aw, you didn't deny it!"
"Well, your brother's a good fighter. I'd follow him into battle any time and anywhere." Rex said, making Jaune smile, despite now having doubts about his skills since he learned he was trained by a former Sith Lord.
"You sound a lot like the others in armor like you. Didn't you say they all clones, Jaune?" Saphron asked.
"Yes, and to clear it up again, they don't age rapidly, not anymore and Boba's more of an unaltered clone who age's normally, something that had to do with his dad requesting it or something like that." Jaune answered just as the door opened. Walking through the door with bags of groceries was a young short dark-haired woman with a single bang down her forehead and between her eyes which were also the same color, wearing a dark navy collar shirt with a light blue cardigan, dark grey jeans, red sneakers, red glasses and a wedding ring.
"Everyone, this is my wife, Terra Cotta." Saphron introduced.
Everyone greeted Terra who was surprised by the number of people who were staying at her house before Weiss asked a question that she had been wanting to ask for a while. "Are you sure it's alright if we stay with you? There's a lot of us, you know."
"Of course, we're happy to have Huntsmen, Huntresses and Jedi. Don't worry about your clone friends, they said they had something already planned out." Saphron assured Weiss.
"You all risk so much to keep people like us safe. It's the least we can do. Especially for such an elite Huntsman like yourself." She said to Qrow before she turned to Galen. "And the Demon Lord himself."
"You know about Galen?" Ruby asked.
"Well, who hasn't heard about the Demon Lord of the Round Table. His exploits at the Round Table were talked about for weeks, especially when they saw your face during the Vytal Festival. Although, I will say I was surprised to learn that you were traveling with the likes of him. Is that even… legal?" Terra asked.
"Think of it as an extended training mission. Trust me, I was a professor. Even went to the same academy as them. Let me tell ya, these kids are way better than we were at their age. Plus, we've got several more Jedi with us, including a couple of professional soldiers with us and a bounty hunter. We've got things under control." Qrow answered Terra.
"Shut up, there's food!" Ruby exclaimed as Ren and Jaune came in with sandwiches they made, before Terra's scroll started buzzing, which she left to answer.
"Is everything all right?" Ahsoka asked.
"Oh, yeah, it will be. Terra's a technician for the towns relay tower. Unfortunately, the military's radar system is also housed there. It's been on the fritz lately and guess who's getting falsely blamed." Saphron explained.
"Sounds like Ironwoods tech isn't as virus proof as he made it after tech deleted that virus." Rex said aloud. "I know it's not my place to say, but shouldn't the military's radar be stored on the base instead of a civilian structure? It just makes it a target for the enemy."
"That's what some of the MSDF soldiers told the base commander, but they didn't listen to them and ended getting into an argument which forbade them from setting foot on the Atlas base." Saphron answered.
"Well, We're trying to make our way to Atlas. We'll probably start at the military base." Ruby said.
"That's a bad idea." Zett said. "We already tried that, and the base commander didn't even listen to us and just slammed the gates on us before we could even ask them."
"It can't be that bad." Yang shrugged.
"Right now, let's just focus on getting some rest and we'll focus on the base tomorrow. It's been a long day and I think we could all use some rest after what we've been through." Rose suggested, stretching her arms and yawned. The others agreed but Lop couldn't help but feel something else was wrong about the whole situation.
And we have finally reached Argus. I'll try to make things different as much as possible for these chapters, maybe even include a chapter or two about Mara's time on Remnant.
Anyway, for the guy who asked about Lop, she's here. Not sure about her sister, but I'll consider it.
Alright, here's more of the cast.
Cinder Fall-Jessica Nigri
Emerald Sustri- Katie Newville
Mercury Black, Larry Foulke- Yuri Lowenthal
Cipher-Sean CW. Johnson
Trigger-Mike Erwin
March Evergreen-Kyle McCarley
Rose Henry-Stephanie Young
Arthur Penwolf-Bryce Papenbrook
Alice Evergreen-Kira Buckland
Neo-Suzie Yueng
Kara-Kimiko Glenn
F-Karen Fukuhara
Lop-Anna Cathcart
Zett Jukassa- Josh Keaton
Plo Koon- James Arnold Taylor
Kit Fisto, Bail Organa-Phil Lamar
Aayla Secura-Jennifer Hale
Yoda-Frank Oz
Barriss Offee-Meredith Salenger
Hazel Reinart-William Orendorff
Tyrian Callow-Josh Grelle
Arthur Watts-Christopher Sabot
Obi-Wan Kenobi- Stephen Stanton (Alec Guinness in the movie part)
Leia Organa-Catherine Taber (Carrie Fisher in movie part)
Wulf Yalaren-Tom Kane
Alright, please read and review and I'll see you all next time. Also, I saw Top Gun Maverick and it was awesome!