Chapter 13: Stairway to Haven
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Carmine tapped his foot as he stared out across the deck into the ocean, the ship sat still and unmoving as the crew still processed what had happened. "Why would she take her?" Celadon asked as he helped Laurel up off the ground, the breacher picked up his shotgun and inspected it as he sat down at the munitions computer.
Regalia spoke up "Raven kept saying something about not getting wrapped up with Qrow and Ozpin so I bet it has something to do with that." She said, Carmine sighed in disbelief "Do we ever catch a break?!" He asked resting his head in his hands, he stood up out of the chair and walked to the front of the cabin. He placed his hands behind his back as we scanned the horizon "Everyone load up, we're moving out in ten minutes. Make sure to bring zip-ties with you in case we take prisoners." Carmine said as he addressed his crew. Carmine signaled for everyone to follow as he walked to the door leading to the rest of the ship.
He walked down the hallway until he got to a door at the end of the hallway, he pushed the door open and revealed the storage compartment, filled to the wall with crates and containers. Carmine and his crew moved into the room, their eyes large in wonder and curiosity, Celadon pried open an unmarked crate "I wonder what's in here?" He said out loud as the lid hit the ground, he pulled a black cover out and revealed a dozen AK-74's, he pulled one out and examined it, pulling back the bolt. Carmine walked over and picked one up, checking the iron sights and the bolt "Onyx had one like this, except he had an ACOG and a Foregrip on his." Carmine said as he grabbed a banana clip and a box of 7.62mm.
Laurel pried open two other crates "These have weapons in them as well, it looks like they were ready for war." Laurel said, pulling out a Spas-12. Carmine clapped his hands together "Alright, everyone check the boxes and load up. Check for guns, munitions, and gear." He said as he loaded the clip into the AK, pulling back the bolt and chambering a round. Carmine walked over to Sun who was looking through some crates "Hey Sun, take this." He said, handing the Faunus the AK, he took the rifle and put the sling around his neck, moving his arm through the sling and letting the barrel point down. "Hey, thanks man!" Sun said, bumping fists with the rifleman.
Carmine turned around and noticed Weiss talking to Blake, he sauntered over and wrapped his arms around to the two ladies, pulling them close to him "And what are you two beautiful ladies talking about?" Carmine asked, Blake rested her head on his chest as Weiss started to speak "Well, we were just talking about what's been going on since the Fall of Beacon and how we both fell for you. We also started speculating what you're going to do once you storm Raven's camp." Weiss said, resting her head on the other side of his chest.
He thought for a moment "Well, I'm going to try to resolve this peacefully but I won't be afraid to engage in combat if the need arises." Carmine said, "But you got to remember that she is Yang's mom so don't kill her, please." Blake said, Weiss nodded in agreement.
Carmine was about to say something but he was interrupted by a voice calling from the back of the room "Guys! You need to see this!" Sun yelled, Carmine, Weiss, and Blake ran over to investigate the commotion, Laurel, Regalia, and Celadon were already there. Celadon stared with his mouth open in shock, Carmine closed it with his hand "Celadon, close your mouth, you look silly." Carmine said, Celadon snapped out of it "What? Oh shit sorry." Celadon said shaking his head, "Alright, what did you fin…" Carmine started to say but stopped as he stared at what Sun found. "What is it?" Weiss asked her silent boyfriend, he snapped out of it "Uhhh…. This is an MAU or Mobile Artillery Unit, this one in particular is called the M109 Howitzer or the Tempered Iron Mountain. Able to rain 105 mm shells down on targets nearly four miles away." Carmine said as he inspected the tank.
"Wait, why is this on a destroyer? I thought carriers were the only ones with storage areas?" Celadon asked, Carmine turned around and leaned against the Iron Mountain "And you'd be right to think that except this is an experimental vessel so they looking to incorporate the aspects of a carrier into the body of a battleship, not a destroyer. It sometimes gets mislabeled as a destroyer but this is a Battleship." Carmine said as he crossed his arms, Sun got his attention again "I also found this." Sun said as he pulled a tarp down, revealing an APC. "Good Fuck! That's an M1126 Stryker ICV, the sheer firepower inside of that thing is insane. That might be just what we need to raid the compound." Carmine said as he climbed up on top of the Stryker and inspected the main gun. He looked over at Sun and Laurel "I need you guys to prep these tanks for combat." Carmine said, Laurel and Sun nodded as they got to work on the tanks.
Carmine hopped off the Stryker and landed on the ground, walking back to Blake and Weiss who were standing next to the wall "Hey there ladies, you got any questions about our little retrieval mission?" Carmine asked, Weiss stepped forward "So we get into the compound, get Yang, then what?" She asked, Carmine thought for a moment "Incapacitate Raven and full speed to Haven, unless Raven wants to portal us to Haven. Maybe she can portal the ship into Haven as well, or else I'll have to sail it over there." Carmine explained as he adjusted his IBA.
Celadon called Carmine over to a large box "Carmine! You're going to want to see this!" Celadon shouted, Carmine looked at his two ladies "Ladies, hold that thought." Carmine said as he backed up toward Celadon, he shot a wink at them before turning around and jogging over to Celadon "Hey what's up?" He asked as he arrived at the crate, Celadon lifted a large four-barrel box out of the crate "I found this, you know what it is?" Celadon asked as he handed it to Carmine. He pressed the button on the side and deployed a handle from the bottom along with pulling the front flap down. "This is an M202A1 Flash also known as The Reaper. It fires up to four incendiary rockets per cartridge. This is a devastating piece of military hardware." Carmine said as he placed it on a nearby table along with three satchels of rockets.
"You find anything else?" Carmine asked as he turned back toward Celadon "Yeah I found a crate of FAL's, a crate of M4's, two crates of UMP-45's, crate of M60's, a crate of Kel-Tec KSG's, a crate of RPD's, a crate of RPG-7's and a crate of Interdynamic MP-9's." Celadon explained, Carmine nodded as he observed the weaponry in the crates in front of him. Carmine picked up an RPG-7 and loaded a rocket into it, twisting it into place and placing it on his back.
He turned back to Celadon "Load all of the RPGs and place them on the table along with a satchel of rockets for each one." Carmine explained, Celadon nodded and went to work. Carmine made his way to the middle of the room and got everyone's attention "Alright guys! Pick your weapons and gear, we leave in fifteen minutes!" Carmine ordered, everyone nodded in agreement. In a matter of seven minutes everyone was lined up in front of him with Blake and Weiss standing at his side, Carmine cleared his throat "Here's the plan: We hit them hard and we hit them fast, a two-front attack which will catch them off guard. Laurel and Sun will take the Iron Mountain while the rest of us take the Stryker, We'll breach the gate and secure the compound. Everyone arm up and load up, we move in five minutes." Carmine ordered, everyone scrambled to double check their equipment.
Laurel was carrying an RPD and a KSG as he climbed up onto the Iron Mountain, Sun was behind him carrying the AK-74 and an RPG with a satchel of rockets. Sun passed Laurel the AK as he climbed up onto the tank, he lowered his equipment down into the Iron Mountain and climbed into the hull of the tank, closing the hatch behind him. Celadon tapped Carmine on the shoulder and handed him his SCAR-H along with an M60 and an RPG, Carmine took the equipment and made his way to the Stryker.
He climbed up onto it and opened the hatch, placing his weapons inside one after the other then lowering himself down into it and closing the hatch, he patched in his comms to Celadon "Celadon, are we docked?" He asked, releasing the button on his neck. There was some static but soon Celadon came through the headset "Yes Sir, just secured the anchor and am now extending the bridge for the vehicle and weapons bay. The door should be opening soon." Celadon said, the headset feed cutting off. The ground started to shake as the wall started to open up, light from the world shown onto the gray walls, the Iron Mountain started up as a plume of smoke shot out of the exhaust pipe.
Carmine turned the key and started up the Stryker, the body rumbled to life as the engine came to life. Celadon came running from the tower and climbed into the APC, sitting down next to Carmine and taking control of the main weapon system. The Iron Mountain slowly moved forward, exiting the battleship and hitting the ground. The tracks ate into the ground as it drove forward and parked next to a tree, the Stryker pulled out next and drove down the ramp to the land in front of them. Carmine pulled up next to the Iron Mountain and put it in park, he climbed out of the APC and sprinted toward the ship, making his way to a computer that was linked to the whole ship, he locked the ship up and activated the security system, closing the cargo bay door behind him.
Carmine ran back to the APC and climbed back into the cockpit, restarting the engine. He pressed his throat and began to speak "Alright, Operation Blonde Fury is a go. Move out!" Carmine said as he pressed the throttle pedal down with his foot, the APC began to drive forward into the woods, the Iron Mountain followed him as they made their way to the compound. Celadon primed the 30 mm Main Cannon and the .50 Caliber Machine Gun, he looked through the periscope as Carmine drove the APC toward the bandit camp. Celadon pressed his throat "Main Gate: Two Mikes out!" Celadon announced, Carmine pushed the throttle forward even more, the engine sounded demonic as it picked up speed.
"Iron Mountain: Fire!" Carmine ordered through the intercom, the main cannon of the Iron Mountain spit out fire as a 105 mm round screamed past the Stryker, the round hit the front gate and blew it apart, sending pieces of wood and metal flying everywhere. The Stryker blew through the smoke and raced into the compound, the Iron Mountain was close behind them as it pulled into the compound, coming to a stop and turning so the barrel was focused on the main tent. Carmine opened the hatch and rose out of it with an RPG in his hands, he aimed at a tower and pulled the trigger, the rocket shot out and flew toward the tower. The rocket hit the tower and obliterated the tower into splinters of wood, burning wood rained down around the compound.
Carmine climbed out and grabbed his SCAR and M60, Carmine placed the Scar on his back and pulled back the bolt on the M60, chambering a round from the chain of ammo in the box mag. Bandits ran out to engage Carmine and his team but were met with a hail of bullets, two bandits dropped to the ground in a pool of blood as Carmine moved toward the tent. A familiar face stepped in between Carmine and Raven's tent, Carmine lowered his weapon toward the ground "Verde, I don't want to hurt you, Raven kidnapped one of our friends and we're here to bring her back." Carmine said as the sound of gunfire and explosions echoed in the background, Verde nodded "I know, I protested her actions but she told me to know my place, you go get your friend and I'll hold them off." Verde said as he withdrew his ax, Carmine walked past him but stopped when he was a little bit behind him "Why don't you come with us, I could use another crew member." Carmine said, Verde nodded "I'll take you up on that offer but let's get out alive first." Verde said, Carmine pushed forward into the tent and entered it.
Raven was sitting at a table in the back of the room, he heard Yang shout "It's what Huntsmen and Huntresses do." Yang said, Raven snickered "Not all of them. Some people are just in it for the money and the fame, but there's even more that are just looking to grow stronger. Your Uncle Qrow and I didn't attend Beacon to become Huntsmen, we did it to learn how to kill Huntsmen." Raven said as she sipped her tea, Yang gasped in horror.
"Daddy and Uncle left that part out, hm? Aside from the Grimm, Huntsmen were the only ones capable of ruining our raids and hunting us down. Our tribe needed a counterforce, and Qrow and I were the perfect age. The entrance exams were child's play compared to what we'd already been through. We were good. So good, that we caught the attention of Beacon's very own headmaster, Professor Ozpin. Even after we were put on a team, I could tell he was keeping his eye on us. Back then, I thought it was because he knew, but it was Team STRQ he was interested in." Raven said as she stood up and walked over to the banner hanging on the wall.
Carmine walked forward and announced his presence "Stop right there, Raven! Yang, are you alright?" He asked as he maintained his LMGs focus on Raven, Yang nodded "Yeah, she was explaining something about Ozpin and Qrow." Yang explained as Carmine lowered his gun "Like I was saying, The Creatures of Grimm… have a master named Salem. She can't be stopped, she can't be reasoned with, and she will not rest until humanity crumbles at her feet." Raven said as she sipped from her tea, Yang stood up "Why should we believe any of this?" She said in an angry tone of voice.
"Now you're catching on. So far you've done nothing but accept what others tell you, but you need to question everything, Otherwise you'll end up just as blind as Qrow… and your fool of a father." Raven said, Yang stood up and discharged a round from her gauntlet into the table in anger "Don't you dare talk about my family like that!" Yang yelled furiously, her eyes turning red. Carmine walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder "Easy there, Tiger." Carmine said as he patted her on the shoulder, her eyes changed back to their usual lavender color, she exhaled and collapsed her gauntlet.
"Listen to your friend, Yang. Your teammates never let you down before." Raven said with a smirk, Yang gritted her teeth "You don't know the first thing about my teammates! About me! You were never there! You LEFT US!" She screamed dropping her head in sadness "Why?!" She asked solemnly, Raven took one last sip from her tea and sat the cup on a crate as she slowly walked around "I know more than you realize. Not just about you, and not just what I've been told, but things I've seen with my own eyes. I know the Grimm have a leader, I know people who can come back from the dead, I know that magic is real, and I can prove it… If your friend calls off his assault." She said as she looked at Carmine.
Carmine growled in anger as he pressed his throat "All units cease-fire… I repeat cease-fire." Carmine said into his intercom, the gunfire and explosions died down immediately as Raven walked out of the back of her tent, Carmine led Yang out of the front to where his crew was waiting. There were a few bandits on the ground with their hands zip-tied together and a rifle pointed at their head, a bandit with a missing tooth looked up at Carmine as he walked up. Carmine crouched down so they were face to face "It's your lucky day, you get to live! Cut them loose." Carmine said as he stood back up, Blake unsheathed her sword and cut the zip tie off, the man stood up rubbing his wrist as he and the other bandits moved back to their tents.
Suddenly a black bird flew overhead, circling twice before flying into the trees "A… Raven?" Weiss said as the bird around "Well they are native to this forest area but why is one here… especially after the combat." Verde said as he placed his ax on his back, Yang stepped forward "I've seen that bird before." She said as she watched the bird. "Maybe it belongs to your mom." Weiss said as sheathed her sword, the bird dove toward the ground and flew straight for Yang. The bird weaved in and out of trees, shapeshifting into Raven Branwen who slid to a stop.
"How… How did you do that?" Yang asked, shocked by what she just saw. Raven stood up straight and placed a hand on the handle of her sword "Well, I could explain it to you…" She said as she drew her sword and sliced open a red portal "… or you could ask your uncle." She said as she sheathed her sword. Celadon stared in amazement and his mouth hung open, Raven laughed slightly "Close your mouth, sweetie. You look silly." Raven said, shaking her head. Celadon came back to reality and gathered his composure "Shit… Sorry." Celadon apologized as he acted busy.
"You're letting us go?" Yang asked cautiously, Raven sidestepped from the portal "I'm giving you a choice… Stay here, with me, and I'll answer all your questions and more. We can have a fresh start. Or… you can go back to Qrow and join Ozpin's impossible war against Salem, and meet the same fate as so many others. But can you really go back to trusting someone that's kept so much from you?" She asked ominously, Yang clenched her fists "All I care about is making sure my sister is safe." Yang said as she stared at her mother, Raven scoffed.
Carmine stepped forward "So with this portal, you think it can teleport something like … a Battleship?" Carmine asked, Raven glared at him "As soon as she is gone, I want you out of my camp." Raven said with venom on her tongue, Yang glared at her "Hey… That man has saved my life more than you have so show some fucking respect!" Yang said pissed off.
Carmine walked over to Yang "Hey thanks for that Yang, I'm sending Weiss and Regalia with you. Weiss because she's your teammate and Regalia as my diplomat. I would send Laurel but he'd probably shoot the first person to look at you two wrong." Carmine said with a chuckle, Laurel pumped his fist "You fucking know it!" He exclaimed, Yang wheeled over her motorcycle and started the engine up, Weiss got on behind her. Carmine spoke to Regalia "As soon as you get there, secure the area and wait for us. We'll sail toward Haven and if you're in the area, radio us. Short range radios should still work fine." Carmine said as he explained his orders, Regalia nodded and loaded her Honey Badger.
Yang drove slowly toward the portal as Regalia followed behind her, Raven spoke up "Yang. If you side with your uncle, I may not be as kind the next time we meet…" She warned her daughter, Weiss rolled her eyes and turned to Carmine, blowing him a kiss goodbye "You weren't kind this time either." Yang said as she drove into the portal, Regalia walked into it after her, the portal closing behind her. Carmine and his crew were left standing in the middle of the camp, the wind lightly blew across the camp. "Alright guys, load up and let's head back to the ship, we got a lot of sailing to do." Carmine said as he rested the M60 on his shoulder, everyone turned and made their way back to the tanks.
Raven stopped Carmine "Wait… Titan." Raven said catching Carmine's attention, he slowly turned around "There are only four groups of people who call me that: My family, My team, Jaune, and My enemies." Carmine said as he narrowed his eyes, Raven stepped forward "I was waiting for Yang to leave to say this but I do remember you. Your team killed five of my captains six years ago, the leader of their killers was called Titan of Wolf Pack. I vowed I would get revenge." Raven said as she unsheathed her sword.
Celadon, Laurel, Sun, and Verde surrounded her "Stand down, Raven." Carmine said as his crew readied their guns, a spent shotgun shell flew to the ground. "If you want to go at one v one, I'd be happy to throw down but know I will not hold back and I will erase you from the face of Remnant. Just do us all a favor and stand down, let it go. Those men had it coming anyway, they murdered an innocent family." Carmine said as he explained everything, Raven sighed and sheathed her sword. Carmine's crew lowered their weapons and backed away from the woman in red.
Verde climbed into the back of the APC with Blake as Celadon squeezed through the hatch, Carmine was about to lower himself down but Raven stopped him again "Carmine… Take care of Yang, okay?" She asked as she looked into the distance, Carmine nodded "Can do, Raven… and… Sorry about your Tribe." Carmine said as he lowered himself inside the APC, closing the hatch behind him. The Stryker slowly drove out of the camp with the Iron Mountain following close behind them, as they drove Celadon broke the silence "So we got a new crew member?" He asked curiously, Carmine nodded "Yeah, he showed strength and determination when we fought, and for him to help us get Yang, I knew he was Wolf Pack material." Carmine said as he drove, Celadon nodded as he looked through the periscope but suddenly coming to realization "Wait… Wolf Pack! Are we members?" He asked, referencing Laurel and Regalia.
Carmine chuckled "Yes, I just haven't been able to perform a ceremony to induct you in completely, you know… Cause of the whole world war thing." Carmine said as he turned the wheel and came to a stop, he hopped out of the APC and ran to the ship, punching in a few numbers into a keypad on the side. The side slowly opened, extending a bridge to the ground and allowing for the tanks to drive into the ship. Carmine walked in as the walls closed behind him "Celadon, come with me. Laurel, Sun, and Verde secure the vehicles." Carmine said as he made his way toward the tower.
Celadon followed him through the door into the command bridge "Celadon, set course for Haven Academy." Carmine said as he started up the engine, raising the anchor from the water below, Blake sat down in the chair beside him as he pushed the throttle forward. The ship crept forward through the ocean, making its way into the open ocean. Laurel, Sun, and Verde walked onto the bridge "Everything's secure." Laurel said as he sat down in the munitions chair, Carmine turned his attention to Verde "Welcome to the B.M.S. Valor, you're in charge of Anti-Air Defenses, the console is to the left." Carmine said, pointing to the computer to the left.
Verde sat down at the computer and turned it on, activating the Flak Cannons on the front of the ship and bringing them to life. "So we're looking at about two hours until we reach Haven so sit tight." Carmine said as he set the ship to autopilot and sat back in his chair, he pulled his gas mask off and clipped it to his belt, taking a deep breath in and exhaling.
*1 hour and 30 minutes later*
Carmine slowly opened his eyes as the ship continued to sail through the water, the radio clicked to life "… Valor… Come in Valor… this is Regalia calling… Valor" The radio crackled the message, Carmine turned around "Sun, clean up that signal!" Carmine said, Sun started turning the dials as the sound of static faded in and out, he spoke into the handset "This is the B.M.S Valor, come in Regalia." Sun said, Regalia came back through "Sun, it's Regalia. Tell the Captain that I just watched the ship sail past, port side." She said through the garbled signal, Sun turned around and spoke to Carmine "Sir, Regalia saw us pass where they're at, port side." Sun said, Carmine nodded and stood up, grabbing the wheel and turning it to the left.
The giant battleship turned to left as the ship sailed for the huge land mass in front of it, Celadon turned around in his chair "Sir, there is a seaport ahead where we can dock." Celadon said, Carmine nodded and pulled back on the throttle, slowing the ship down as it crept into port.
Carmine sounded the fog horn, announcing their presence as he extended the main bridge to the dock, as they all stood up Carmine stopped "Wait Verde, before we go, we got to get you some new gear. Come on." Carmine said as he led them to the Armory, pushing the bulkhead door open to reveal a room full of weapon racks, crates of armor, and boxes of explosives. Carmine walked in and turned around to face the group of people in the doorway "May I introduce to you, the mercenaries' playground." Carmine said as he flipped the lights on, Verde walked in and was in awe. Carmine scanned a stack of boxes, reading numbers out loud "3452-4 3452-5 ah here it is, 3452-6." Carmine said as he picked up a large crate and carried it over to a table, he sat it down and unfastened the lid, setting it on the ground.
Verde walked over and examined what Carmine had pulled out, he lifted a heavy IBA out of the crate. Verde traded his raggedy shirt in exchange for a black long sleeve ballistic shirt, he pulled it on followed by the Heavy IBA, Carmine helped him secure the sides and pulled out an extra piece from the box "Here, this will protect your throat." Carmine said as he secured the throat guard onto Verde's armor, he grabbed a molle vest from the crate and fastened it to the Heavy IBA, securing the sides to the main vest. Verde moved his arms and his body around "Huh, it almost feels like I'm wearing nothing." He said as he shifted the vest, Carmine chuckled "It's made up of lightweight ballistic weaving." He said as he walked over to the weapons cases, Verde pulled a pair of gloves out of the crate, they were black with steel studs on the knuckles.
He slipped them on and adjusted them, Verde pulled the cargo pants from the crate and slipped them on, fastening the tactical belt holster to his waist. Carmine walked back over with three black boxes and placed them on the table in front of Verde, opening all three in front of him "May I present to you the Ruger SR1911, chambering .45 ACP and behind door number two and three you got twin PP-2000's that are chambering 9 x 19mm." Carmine explained as he loaded a clip into each one and handed them to Verde who put them in a holster, the PP-2000s went into holsters on the side of his IBA while the 1911 went into a holster on his hip.
"I got a couple more surprises for you, one is this." Carmine said as he placed an M240B Light Machine Gun on the table "The M240 Bravo, chambering 7.62 x 51mm, it's belt fed so it might be at risk of jamming. Bipod comes on it standard but it can be swapped for a foregrip or whatever attachments you want." Carmine said as he placed a medium-sized box on the table "Here is the second surprise." Carmine said as he slid it toward Verde, he opened the lid and pulled out a black Devtac Ronin Helmet with red lenses. Verde unlatched the back and slipped it on over his head, closing it and locking it in place.
The red eyes came to life as the helmet adjusted itself to its new owner, Verde looked around "Damn, this is nice. I don't think I'll ever take it off." Verde said as he let the helmet auto-adjust, Carmine clapped his hand together "Alright, I think we're good to go." Carmine said as he pulled on his gas mask and adjusted the straps, pulling the hood over his head. Carmine walked out of the armory as his team followed him out, they made their way off the ship and onto the dock, "Celadon, find us a vehicle while I lock the ship up." Carmine said, Celadon nodded and made his way toward a building.
Carmine went up to a keypad and entered some numbers, pressing enter afterward and causing the ship to go into security mode, a minigun came down out of the roof and started moving from left to right. Carmine walked back down the ramp and rejoined his team, smacking Blake on the ass in the process. She jumped and smacked him "Babe, you're such an ass." She said playfully, he pulled her into his arms "But you love me!" He said as he held her, she hugged him tightly "You know I do." She said as she looked up into his crimson visor, her own reflection looking back at her. Celadon ran back "Hey, I found a van we can use." He said panting, Carmine stepped forward "Cool, how much is it to rent it?" Carmine asked, Celadon looked puzzled "Rent?" Celadon asked.
You could see Carmine's shocked expression through the gas mask "Celadon, where did you find that van?" Carmine asked, Celadon rubbed the back of his head "Do you really want that answer?" Celadon asked, Carmine sighed "Let's just go before we commit anymore Felonies." Carmine said as he got into the driver's seat, Blake got into the passenger seat as the rest got into the back. Carmine pressed the pedal down and drove down the road, he took a right and continued to drive toward Haven Academy.
As they drove, the top of Haven Academy broke over the horizon and continued to rise from the ground. Carmine turned left and pulled into a town outside of Haven Academy, he pulled up into the square and put it in park. Everyone got out with their weapons in hand, Carmine looked around the town "Keep your head on a swivel, something seems… off." Carmine said as he withdrew his SCAR-H, he raised his rifle and scanned the area. He kept his rifle pointed down range as he walked forward, Laurel, Celadon, and Verde came up behind him with their weapons raised. Carmine pressed his throat "Regalia, do you copy?" He asked through the radio, the radio static crackled until a female voice came through "Roger, sir." Regalia said through the radio, Carmine lowered his rifle "Yeah, we're in town but where is everybody?" Carmine asked through the radio, there was a momentary pause "Alright, I see you, just go up the road and take a left." Regalia said, Carmine turned around and signaled everyone back into the van.
Carmine drove up the hill, passing seemingly abandoned houses along the way "I wonder where everyone is?" Celadon asked as he looked through the window "A lot of people probably fled after seeing what happened to Beacon and feared that the same might happen to Haven." Carmine said as he turned onto a brick road, the van drove up the road until it reached the end of the road, Carmine shut the engine off and exited the vehicle with his team. Carmine readied his rifle as he walked toward the house, Laurel, Celadon, Sun, and Verde followed suit as they moved closer to the house. Carmine slid the door open slowly and quietly moved inside, checking the hallways as he crouched down by the wall.
He gestured to his team to move in quietly, Celadon slowly stepped through the doorway and crouched down by the wall next to the stairs. Laurel slowly moved into the house and took up point by the wall leading to the kitchen, Verde sneaked inside the best he could for being a heavy gunner, his heavy quiet footsteps causing the floor to creak as he crouched down in the middle of the room by the door.
The sound of voices could be heard coming from the living room as they regrouped quietly "How do you lose your map at a time like that?" A voice asked laughing, a male voice replied "Believe me, I've asked myself the same thing ever since." The voice said, a female voice replied to him "Hey, but you made up for it, Mister Muscles! You should have seen this guy take a giant Grimm head on!" The other voice said, Carmine gestured to Laurel and Celadon to take the kitchen.
Celadon and Laurel moved to stack up on the wall while Carmine and Verde stacked up on the wall by the living room, Carmine gave a hand countdown to storm the room '3 – 2 – 1' Carmine counted down, Carmine and Verde stormed the room and pointed their weapons at the occupants while Laurel and Celadon came into the room from the other door. "Freeze!" Carmine yelled, the occupants shot up and raised their hands in terror. Carmine lowered his rifle and started laughing "Oh, you should have seen your faces!" Carmine said laughing. Yang glared at him "Haha very funny, dick." Yang said as she sat down, everyone else relaxed.
"Verde, this is Yang Xiao Long, Weiss Schnee, Jaune Arch, Ruby Rose, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren. Everyone, this is Verde Amarillo, my new heavy." Carmine said, introducing the man in all black. Verde bowed slightly "It is an honor to meet you all." Verde said, standing back up straight. "Hey, where's Sun?" Carmine asked looking around, he walked in with Blake "Hey, you left us out there." Sun said as he placed his AK against the wall, Verde sat his M240B on the table and extended the Bipod. "So, what were you all talking about?" Carmine asked as he sat down in a chair.
"Well, I was just about to talk about that guy at the Ball in Atlas." Weiss said, Carmine sat back and pulled off his mask, clipping it to his hip "Oh yeah, I had Celadon throw his ass out, it was pretty funny." Carmine said as he scratched his chin "Don't forget that we rocked the house that night." Laurel said, Carmine laughed "Yeah that was fun. I can't wait to do it again." Carmine replied laughing. Ruby ran over to Blake, wrapping her arms around her "Blake, I missed you so much! I'm glad you're back!" Ruby said as she hugged Blake, Blake patted her on the head "I missed you too, Ruby." Blake said as she held Ruby.
"What have you all been up to?" Ruby asked as she let go of Blake, Carmine stood up and walked to the door, opening it up and gesturing everyone over "I've got that behemoth!" Carmine exclaimed as he pointed to the battleship docked in the distance, Ruby, Jaune, Nora, and Ren gasped at the sight "Fuck dude, you got a battleship now?!" Jaune asked bewildered, Carmine chuckled "Yeah, it has so much firepower in it." Carmine explained, he glanced over and saw Jaune's shield leaning against the wall. Carmine walked over to it and inspected it "Oh did you upgrade your sh…" Carmine stopped speaking when he noticed a familiar design on the bottom.
"I… Is that what I think it is?" Carmine asked monotone, sadness could be heard in his voice. Jaune walked up to him "Yeah, it's what was left of her armor, blacksmith said it was very fine metal." Jaune said fighting back tears, Carmine turned to Jaune "Jaune, I did everything in my power to stop Cinder, but it wasn't enough and I am deeply sorry." Carmine said apologizing for not saving Pyrrha, Jaune backhanded him across the face.
"You have nothing to apologize for, I know you fought until you had nothing left and even then you probably pulled some out of nowhere. You gave her a fighting chance and for that, I am thankful." Jaune explained, hugging Carmine. Carmine patted him on the back as he let go, Yang coughed to break the silence "So I got this thing, it's like the real thing maybe even better." Yang said as she showed off her robotic arm. Ruby bolted out to where her sister was standing "It looks so cool, is it just as strong?" Ruby asked, swooning over the robotic arm attached to her sister.
"Yep, it might actually be stronger than the original." Yang said, Nora slammed her arm on the table "Wanna bet?" She asked with a sinister look on her face, Yang sat down across from her and placed her arm on the table, grabbing a hold of Nora's hand. Carmine walked over "Cool, I call winner." He said as they started to wrestle, there was a great struggle as the hands of the two brutes fought each other. Nora grunted as she tried to force Yang's arm down, Ruby cheered "Come on Yang! Don't lose to a girl in a skirt!" Ruby cheered, Weiss looked over at Ruby "Ruby, you're wearing a skirt." She said with a scoff, Ruby grabbed Weiss and shook her "You're not cheering loud enough!" Ruby yelled.
Nora struggled against Yang's robotic arm "It definitely feels like the original, I'll give you that." Nora said with a sinister grin, Yang smirked back "It does have some cool new features." Yang said to the struggling orange haired girl who tilted her head "Oh yeah, like what?" Nora asked, the arm started clicking and suddenly shot off of Yang's arm, taking Nora with it into a wall. Everyone busted out laughing as Nora sat up dizzy, still holding onto Yang's arm. Carmine picked up the arm and tossed it back to Yang, she caught the arm and reattached it with an audible click, Carmine walked over to the couch and sat down with sigh of relief "It's nice to catch a break for once, too much combat can destroy a man's mind." Carmine said as he laid his head back, looking up at the roof only to be met with two pairs of eyes, one blue and one amber.
"Hey you two, what's up?" Carmine asked obliviously, they looked at each other and started to giggle "Why don't you go to sleep, I think you earned it." Weiss said with a familiar purr in her voice, Carmine shrugged and stood up, making his way toward the hallway with Blake and Weiss behind him. Laurel yelled down the hall at him "Remember, only fools don't wrap their tools!" Laurel said with a chuckle, Carmine yelled back down the hall "Remind me to throw you into the sea." Carmine said, everyone started laughing as the sound of a door shutting echoed through the house.
Carmine walked in and stripped his gear off, placing his weapons on the top of the dresser along with his dog tags. Blake and Weiss helped him take his IBA off, placing it in the corner along with his ballistic undershirt, Weiss felt the heavy material in her hands "Carmine, how much does all your gear weigh?" She asked concerned, Carmine thought for a moment "Hmmm, maybe fifty pounds give or take." The rifleman said, Blake and Weiss stared at him wide-eyed "But you move like it's nothing." Blake said dumbfounded, Carmine chuckled "Years of training, Onyx had us run three miles in that gear plus carrying a ten-pound rock." Carmine said, rubbing the back of his head. He stumbled over to the bed and fell back onto it, letting out a huge sigh "Oh it is so good to feel a bed again!" Carmine exclaimed as the mattress ate him.
Weiss threw a towel at him "You need to take a shower before you sleep, you smell like smoke and gunpowder." Weiss said as she opened the bathroom door, Carmine groaned and got out of bed. He walked into the bathroom and turned the shower on, letting the water warm up as he got undressed. As he was about to get into the shower, Blake and Weiss walked into the bathroom, Weiss shut the door behind her.
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Blake pulled her jacket off and hung it up on the clothing hook, Weiss untied her dress and let it fall to the floor around her feet, she walked forward and got into the shower, dragging Carmine in with her. Blake stepped in and closed the door behind her, the hot water was soothing on their skin as Weiss kissed her boyfriend, she pushed him against the shower wall and Blake attacked his neck as Weiss continued to kiss him. His hands moved up and took a hold of their breasts, his magic hands caressing them.
He broke from Weiss's embrace and kissed Blake, pulling her in close to him, her breasts pressing into his chest. Weiss went down toward the ground as he continued to make out with Blake, she suddenly shuddered and dug her nails into his chest. Carmine chuckled and looked down "Careful now, snow bunny." Carmine said with a chuckle.
Carmine kissed Blake's neck as she used his chest to suppress her moans of ecstasy, her hands drifted south and caught him off guard "Woah, easy there kitty." He said with a grunt.
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Carmine shut the water off and got out of the shower, he helped his two lovers out but Weiss could barely stand "How do you do it Blake?" She asked panting, Blake giggled "You'll get used to it, I was the same way when I first did it with him." She said as she dried off her hair, Weiss stood up and grabbed a towel to dry her hair off "You need to eat something sweet or whatever, that tasted too salty." Weiss said as she dried her hair off, Carmine nodded as he pulled on a pair of boxers, he wrapped his towel around Weiss and pulled both girls into his arms "I love you, both. I love you, Blake and I love you, Weiss." He said as he held them close, they smiled and hugged him back. He let go of them and made his way to the bed, pulling back the sheet and sliding into the middle of the bed.
Blake and Weiss exited the bathroom and climbed into bed with him, Blake to his left and Weiss to his right, the girls rested their heads on his chest as they got comfortable. Blake lightly played with his chest hair as laid there in his arm, Carmine closed his eyes and fell asleep, his mind hibernating as he slept.
*Two Hours Later*
Carmine woke up suddenly to the sound of someone yelling, he slowly crawled out of bed and left Blake and Weiss sleeping, he pulled on a pair of gym shorts and grabbed his revolver, quietly opening the door and slipping out of the room. He moved down the hall, cocking the hammer along the way, when he entered the main room he saw a man with black hair and a red cape looking at Ruby and Yang, there was a small teenager standing next to him.
Carmine cleared his throat and spoke up "Who are you and what do you want?" Carmine said angerly, the man turned around and looked at Carmine "Who am I? Who are you?" The man asked, Ruby and Yang tried to speak but Ren stopped them, Carmine chuckled "Carmine Sable, Leader of The Wolf Pack and Captain of the B.M.S. Valor. Now, who are you?" Carmine asked, narrowing his eyes. The man's eyes went wide "Carmine, it's me, Qrow Branwin. We met back at the Vytal Festival." Qrow said, Carmine uncocked the revolver and placed it on the table "Shit, my bad man, It's been a while since Vytal, I barely recognized you." Carmine said scratching the back of his head, Qrow chuckled lightly "I could say the same about you."
Carmine looked down at the small teenager "Who's this pipsqueak?" Carmine asked as Laurel tossed him a shirt, the boy walked forward and extended his hand "Oscar Pine, it's good to meet you, Carmine." Oscar said, Carmine grabbed his hand and shook it. Oscar's body flashed with a green aura, he was suddenly standing more confidently and composed. When he spoke, a ghostly voice emanated from his mouth "It's good to see you're alright, Carmine. I know you fought your hardest against Cinder and the White Fang." The voice said.
Carmine stepped backward and took a seat in a chair "Wh… What the fuck is that?" Carmine asked, placing his hand on his revolver. Ruby walked forward and placed her hand on Oscar's shoulder "Carmine, this is Professor Ozpin, he uh… died… sort of." She said, Ozpin walked forward "Relax Carmine." Ozpin said, Carmine shook his head "What happened? Why are you like this?" Carmine asked, Ozpin leaned against the table "Many years ago I failed to stop Salem and as a result, the gods cursed me so that when I die, my soul is merged with another, like-minded person. After I was defeated by Cinder, my soul found Oscar and our souls merged." Ozpin explained.
Carmine sighed "Good lord! that is a lot to take in." He said, standing up and walking around the room, he shook his head "I'm too tired to process this, I'm going back to sleep, please keep it down." Carmine said, making his way back to his room. As he entered, he closed the door quietly behind him and climbed back into bed with Blake and Weiss, he pulled them both into his embrace as he fell back asleep.
*The Next Day*
Carmine awoke to the smell of breakfast filling the house, as he started to get out of bed he noticed that Blake and Weiss were gone "Hmm, maybe they're eating breakfast?" Carmine said to himself as he got out of bed and pulled on his tactical cargo pants, he reattached his holsters and put the weapons back into them. "500: Check, FiveSeven: Check, Shotgun: Check, MP7: Check" Carmine said as he checked his gear.
He exited his room and made his way to the dining room. Ren, Ruby, Blake, and Weiss were in the kitchen cooking breakfast, Carmine walked in and greeted the room "Morning everyone!" Carmine said as he walked up to Blake and Weiss, he wrapped his arms around their waists and pulled them in close "Here are my angels, as beautiful as ever." He said, kissing them both on their cheeks, causing them to blush.
Carmine walked over to the coffee pot and poured himself a cup, chugging it straight black, Ruby stared in disbelief "What?! No creamer? No sugar? Are you even human!?" Ruby Exclaimed, Carmine chuckled "Little red, when you're in the heat of battle, you get used to drinking it black and when you exhale hot steam, you can pretty much eat or drink anything." Carmine explained as he placed the cup in the sink, Carmine walked into the living room where his team was sitting "Hey guys, how's everyone's morning?" He asked, Celadon shrugged "Eh, it was good until Nora ate all the pancakes." Celadon said, glaring at Nora who was looking away whistling, Carmine shook his head laughing.
"You seem to be in a better mood, we were sure you were gonna shoot Qrow." Laurel said, Carmine shrugged "I need my sleep, without it I become very irritable." Carmine said as he sat down on the couch in between Laurel and Verde, Laurel looked over at him "So… You enjoy that shower last night?" He asked with a shit eating grin, Carmine sighed "Yeah, it was really relaxing. Especially this thing Weiss does where she takes my…" Carmine started to explain but Weiss bursted into the room "Carmine, can we see you in the kitchen real quick?" Weiss asked, Carmine shrugged and made his way to the kitchen where Blake was making something on the stove.
"What's up, sweetie?" Carmine asked, Weiss turned around and wrapped her arms around him "Please don't talk about what we did, you can tell them we had sex but please leave out the details." She pleaded, Carmine nodded "Anything for you." He said kissing her on the lips, he broke from her embrace and walked over to Blake, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her into him, he lighting scratched one of her cat ears which caused her to purr lightly. "Here, we made you breakfast, we got some ideas from your team: Bacon, Hash browns, Steak, and Whiskey." Blake said placing a bottle of "Atlas's Best" on the table, Carmine sighed "God Damnit Laurel!" Carmine exclaimed, Laurel could be heard laughing in the other room, Regalia walked into the room and slugged Laurel in the arm to shut him up.
Carmine placed the bottle back into the cabinet and sat down at the table with the plate, he gestured everyone to take a seat at the large table. After ten minutes, everyone was gathered at the table and Carmine put his fork down, clearing his throat "Now that we're all here, we need to talk to the Headmaster of Haven Academy and see about procuring an airship for Wolf Pack usage." Carmine explained, Ozpin took over Oscar's body and began to speak "You want to speak with Leonardo Lionheart, he is the Headmaster and one of my trusted associates." Ozpin said, Carmine nodded as he ate his breakfast. Blake spoke up "Why do we need an airship?" She asked, Carmine finished eating and cleared his throat "Having a battleship at our disposal is great but we need something faster and that we can get around Remnant faster, we can outfit an airship with weaponry and munitions to make it better." Carmine explained.
Carmine looked around the table at the people looking at him "If everyone is in agreement, then arm up and be ready to move out." Carmine said, dismissing the table. As everyone was leaving he stopped "Wait, can I see Celadon, Laurel, Regalia, Verde, and Sun outside." Carmine said, making his way outside.
Everyone lined up outside as Carmine stared into the distance, Carmine turned around and addressed the group "I gathered you here for one thing: To make you official members of Wolf Pack, it's been three years since my brothers were killed and I was the sole survivor of the group. Today, I'm changing that." Carmine said, the group cheered until Carmine raised his hand. "So, let's begin: Do you vow to protect the people of Remnant, man or woman, Human or Faunus?" Carmine asked, the group collectively agreed. "Do you vow to uphold the beliefs and honor the members that have fallen before you?" Carmine asked again, the group again cheered. Carmine paused for a moment before he continued again "Do you vow to wipe out evil wherever you find it? Whether it be Grimm or Man?" Carmine asked, the group cheered in agreement.
Carmine smiled "Congratulations and Welcome to Wolf Pack, it is an honor to work with you." Carmine said, the group applauded and cheered. Laurel stepped forward "So when do we get those sick tattoos?" He asked, Carmine chuckled "Well, if we can find the guy who did it in Vale then you'll get them, also gotta find a good friend of mine to get your dog tags custom made." Carmine explained as he led them back inside, Carmine made his way back to his room. He grabbed his undershirt from the hanger and slipped it on followed by his ballistic hoodie, he zipped up the front of it, Carmine put on his IBA and secured the sides.
Carmine picked up his backpack and placed it on the bed, he opened it up and checked the contents "Grenades: Check, C-4: Check, Claymores: Check, Flashbangs and Smoke grenades: Check." Carmine said out loud as he checked his gear, when he finished he placed the bag on his back. As he was leaving he picked up his SCAR and placed it on his back, he closed the door behind and made his way down the hall to the main room where everyone was waiting. Nora stepped forward "So why are we taking our weapons with us?" She asked curiously while resting her hammer on her shoulder, Carmine chuckled a bit "Think of it like preemptive planning, just in case we run into any threats." Carmine explained, he made his way out to the Van and got into the driver seat, starting up the engine as the others got into the back, Weiss climbed into the passenger seat with Carmine.
Carmine pressed the gas pedal and drove down the road, taking a left and driving up the hill toward Haven Academy. Carmine looked into the rearview mirror "Alright everyone, be on high alert, we don't know what we're driving into." Carmine said as he drove toward Haven. The van came to a stop outside the front of the Academy, Carmine looked around as he got out of the vehicle "It's really quiet here, where is everyone?" Carmine asked aloud as he readied his rifle, Verde hopped out of the van and chambered a round in his LMG "I don't know but it seems very… odd." Verde said as he scanned the horizon, a crow flew by the van and rocketed into the sky where it circled for a bit before dive-bombing toward the ground where it disappeared behind a tree. Qrow stumbled out from behind the tree "Woah too fast but uh yeah I didn't see anyone up there." Qrow said as he walked back to the group, Carmine grabbed one of Verde's PP2000's from its holster and cocked it, handing it to Qrow "I've seen your weapon so trust me, you need this." Carmine said as Qrow to the SMG from him, inserting it into his waistline.
Qrow led the group into the Academy where it seemed as abandoned inside as it did outside, Carmine signaled for his team to fan out, the six members of Wolf Pack split up and moved into the courtyard.
Celadon walked over to a balcony and looked over the edge "Guys, you may want to come see this!" Celadon called out as he backed up, Carmine ran over and slid to a stop by Celadon "Yo, where's the fire?" He asked looking around, Celadon handed him his sniper rifle and pointed at something in the distance "There." Celadon said as he pointed, Carmine looked through the scope and focused on a collection of tents, there were people at them walking around. Both Human and Faunus conversing and buying or selling goods "It seems to be a market, why did you make it seem like something big?" Carmine asked as he handed the rifle back to Celadon, the sniper shook his head "Don't you see, this place isn't abandoned or deserted, the semester is over and the students went home." Celadon said, the group let out a collective "Oohhhh" as they finally realized what he meant.
Qrow led the group to a set of large doors, he tried to open it but it wouldn't budge "Ahh, the damn thing is stuck." Qrow said frustrated, hushed talking and whispering could be heard through the door, it sounded like pleading. Carmine moved Qrow aside and opened his backpack, pulling out a rolled up pad and placing it on the door, unrolling it upward. Carmine turned around "Alright, everyone needs to something sturdy to get behind. The more solid the better." Carmine said as he placed his back against a wall, Carmine checked that everyone was safe before counting down "3… 2…1… Contact!" Carmine yelled as he pressed the detonator, the door exploded into a million shards of wood that peppered the inside of the room, Verde broke from cover and activated his FLIR lenses in his helmet, Carmine stacked up behind him and together they pushed into the room.
"Contact: One unknown tango." Verde said as the dust cleared, a man with long hair was on the ground coughing and trying regain his composure, he looked up only to be met with two gun barrels "Oh gods, don't shoot!" The man said, throwing his arms up to shield himself. Carmine and Verde lowered their weapons "Professor Lionheart?" Carmine asked as he knelt down next to the man, the man lowered his arms "Yes? Who are you?" He asked confused, Carmine stood up "My name is Carmine Sable, this is Verde Amarillo and we're with Wolf Pack. There are more behind me but we came in first to secure the area." Carmine said, Lionheart looked at the doorway "By blowing up a $100,000 Lien door?! Are you insane?" Lionheart asked upset, Carmine chuckled "When the door wouldn't open, I had to get the door open. Now I could have kicked it open but where's the fun in that." Carmine said laughing, Lionheart shook his head angrily.
Qrow walked forward "Why weren't you waiting for us at the entrance?" Qrow asked pointing his finger at Lionheart, Lionheart grabbed his watch "Huh? Oh, right. Apologies. I guess time slipped away from me." Lionheart said, apologizing. "So, where is everybody?" Nora asked, Lionheart looked at the group of teenagers "Ah, you must be the students Qrow mentioned." Lionheart said to the group, the group addressed themselves "Ruby Rose, Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren, Carmine Sable, Verde Amarillo, Celadon Bisque, Regalia Aureolin, Laurel Vermillion, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, and I'm Oscar Pine" The group introduced themselves, Oscar walked forward and let Ozpin take over "It's good to see you, Leonardo." Ozpin said, Leonardo stepped backward "Ozpin? Is that you?" Leonardo asked, Ozpin nodded "Yeah, it's a long story but that's not the point. Carmine needs your assistance with something." Ozpin said, gesturing Carmine forward.
Carmine walked over to Lionheart's desk and placed his scroll on the desk, a projection emerged from the scroll and created a hologram screen, a picture of the B.M.S. Valor showed up "Leo, this is the B.M.S. Valor, my battleship. It's great but it isn't fast enough for us to get around, we need an airship. We would be very grateful if you could spare one for us to use." Carmine asked, Leonardo scratched his beard in thought, Carmine picked up his scroll and placed it in his pocket. Lionheart placed his own scroll down on the table and projected a map of Mistral, he zoomed in on the surrounding area and showed a large warehouse "Here, in this building you'll find an airship for you to use." Lionheart said, writing down the coordinates and directions.
Carmine wrote down the directions in his scroll and starting the guidance system, he walked back over to his team "Alright, let's go see what kind of airship is in store for us." Carmine said leading his team back to the van but Qrow stopped them "Wait, there's one more thing. We need to get to the Spring Maiden before Cinder and her goons." Qrow said, Carmine stopped in his tracks and turned around "So, we have to worry about the White Fang and Cinder's goons too, that's just not fun at all. Let's just collect the airship and then worry about our next step, besides do we even know where the Spring Maiden is?" Carmine asked as he leaned against the wall, crossing his arms.
Qrow looked down at the ground "That's the thing… She's with my sister, Raven." Qrow said solemnly, the group gasped in disbelief. "Well this is strange, we were just there not too long ago." Carmine said with a chuckle. Laurel walked forward "So, what is the game plan? Total annihilation? Raiding a compound? Ohhh please tell me we're raiding a compound! I could use some free gear." Laurel said clapping happily, Regalia smacked him on the back of the head "You're a huntsman not a bandit, dumbass." Regalia said scolding him, Qrow raised his voice "Ladies please! We're trying to plan here!" Qrow yelled, Carmine walked forward and clapped his hands together "Either we go after an airship or we go after the Spring Maiden." Carmine said, Verde cleared his throat to get everyone's attention "Why don't we split up into two teams, one team goes after the airship while the other one goes after the Spring Maiden." Verde explained, Carmine snapped his fingers "I like it! Wolf Pack will go after the airship, while Qrow and the others go for the Spring Maiden." Carmine said as he gathered his team, Qrow nodded and let Wolf Pack go.
Carmine stopped at the exit and turned back toward the main room "Blake, come with us." Carmine said, Blake ran forward and joined his group, they made their way to the van. Wolf Pack took off down the road in the van, as Carmine drove he followed the guidance system turn for turn. Carmine's scroll beeped announcing their arrival at the facility, Carmine shut the van off and got out of the vehicle "Alright, let's get this ship and go." Laurel said as he ran to the door, flinging it open. Carmine walked in with the rest of the group, Sun searched the wall eventually finding a circuit breaker, he opened the cover and flipped the electricity on. The lights on the roof clicked on and illuminated the room, a large airship sat in the middle of the room. The airship resembled the ones that flew all around Mistral except this one was made of metal, had a set of wings, and six jet engines. Wolf Pack ascended the staircase to the main deck, Laurel inspected the front of the airship while Carmine went into the tower.
Carmine started flipping switches and twisting knobs, pressing the ignition and starting the engine up. Celadon read off the diagnostic screen "Engine 1 is go, Engine 2 is go, Engine 3 through 5 is go, Engine 6 is … go, all engines are a go." Celadon said as he finished reading the screen, Carmine pressed the throttle forward causing the jets to shoot fire out of them. Sun projected his clones off of the ship and down to the facility control panel, one of the holograms pulled a switch which opened the roof. The roof separated revealing the blue sky to the deck of the ship, Carmine pressed the throttle forward causing the airship to rise into the air, Carmine flipped a switch that caused the jets to go horizontal and propel the airship through the air. Carmine steered the ship toward the bay where the Valor was docked, he pushed the steering wheel down causing the ship to fly down to the deck of the Valor, the ship landed on the back of the ship.
"What are we getting?" Laurel asked as he got off the airship, Carmine followed him into the cargo hold of the ship "Alright, we're grabbing four crates of M2 Brownings, there are two guns per crate so we'll mount four guns on each side of the airship. Also there is an AGS-30 Grenade Launcher that we can mount on the front." Carmine said as he loaded the crates onto a cart, Laurel helped him push the cart up onto the deck of the Airship, dropping the crates onto the deck. Laurel pried the lid of the crate off and pulled out one of the M2 HMGs, lifting it up and mounting it on the railing. He let it drop down as he hooked the box mag onto the gun, Carmine lifted the AGS out of its crate and carried it to the front of the ship, mounting it on the bow. After an hour, all of the guns were mounted and mostly manned, Carmine walked into the main Bridge and restarted the ship, the rest of Wolf Pack came back onto the bridge with Carmine as the ship flew away from Mistral.
"So, where to now?" Regalia asked as she took a seat in a chair by the window, Carmine was about to speak when there was a distress call that came through the radio "Mayday! Mayday! This is the Menagerie guard, we are under attack! I repeat, we are under attack!" The radio screamed before cutting out, Carmine looked over at Blake who looked worried. "Well, looks like we're going back to Menagerie." Carmine said as he steered the ship toward the Island of Menagerie. "Wait, how did we receive a broadcast from them? The CCT towers are down." Sun asked, confused. "Relay towers that are scattered across the lands pick up the signal and boost it." Carmine said as he flew the ship. Within minutes, the airship reached Menagerie and flew over the island, Carmine pulled back on the throttle and slowed the ship down. Celadon ran to the outer railing and looked down at the houses below, he could see men with guns running toward a house with people outside shooting in. Celadon ran back into the bridge "Guys! It's the Belladonna House that is under attack!" Celadon said panting, Blake covered her mouth in horror.
Carmine narrowed his eye "Alright Wolf Pack, Prepare for Battle." Carmine said as he made the air ship start to descend.
(A/N: And thus concludes Chapter 13, I hope you like it. Leave a review letting me know what you thought of it, and Remember to Favorite, Follow, and Review. And as always, this is Nightmare 6-4, signing off.)
