Ahhhhhh. So. How is quorintine going for you all? Good, bad, somewhere in between. Well let me give you all something to entertain yourselves with this chapter. We all need somethings to make the time go by.
So lets do a quick recap and I will see you all on the other side.
Last chapter was pretty simple. Summer was having a fight with herself. Her head and her heart were at odds. Should she enter a relationship with John or should she not. We see a number of flashbacks to different times to help shed light and hopefully help in making her mind up. Ruby's birthday and Summer and Cortana cosplaying as the female members of Blue team. Yang getting Tai's weapons and claiming them as her own and getting hired at Signal Academy.
Her finding that she misses John's presence as he heads out for a mission and her nightmares returning. And of corse her jealousy. Then a revelation. John is the Spartan! Gasp! Shock! Her thinking she was going to be killed because she found their secret and then just being told that she was now part of an inner circle.
And that led to her talking to Cortana and just hearing it from her as to what John was like. And that if she did get into a relationship with John then he would never leave her. She would be apart of his team, and he never leaves a teammate behind or out in the cold.
After a shower and talking to her children, she and John go for a walk along a river and that is how they became a couple with Summer starting it. I know that us guys are supposed to ask the girl out but I decided to flip it. Not something you see often in both fanfiction or real world. Different.
Then some dates and finally prom with Summer giving him a kiss to close out the section. And finally, Willow and Jauqes fighting with Weiss secretly listening in.
Everyone caught up? Yes? Ok. See you all down below.
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On the UNSC Infinity
It was an average run in the simulator. Lieutenant, Junior Grade Spartan Fred-104 pressed his back against the wall as he took a peek into the building he was going to check out. The game was a simple round of Slayer. Blue team vs Spartan Team Vanguard. He, Kelly-087, and Linda-058 were up against a full team of four. Sure they were at a one-man disadvantage but nothing they could handle.
He dropped the near-empty magazine from his rifle as a new one slid home as he heard Linda's rifle crack.
'The last one should be inside.' He thought as he saw a red blip on the radar not even fifteen meters right behind him. He knew that she had the firepower to take him out quickly if he was not careful. She had a SAW and a shotgun. As for him, he had his DMR and a shotty. Plus his knives and a couple of grenades.
He looked up and saw Kelly coming in on his opposite side of the door.
He opened a comm to her and asked about doing a couple of grenade tosses. She shrugged and unclipped a frag with him mirroring her with one of his own. On a nod, they tossed them in as they heard her boost out of the way.
He took the time to step in and threw one of his knives at her. It struck true and sank up to its hilt into her shoulder. Not to worry. It's in a simulator so it would have been a virtual dummy knife. He came in and clotheslined her before turning on his heel. Normally he would just put a virtual bullet in his target's head and call it done, but as he was doing that, he felt a shiver run up his spine that caused him to do a double-tap causing his opponent to cry out in pain.
Then came the sound of magazine emptying sounds of weapons fire from Kelly and Linda as the Virtual TTRs slammed into their opponent's white and red armor turning it blue locking her up.
" Ow." came the softest of squeaks.
Fred looked at her then to his two teammates.
" What was that about?" he asked.
" Something happened to John." Kelly said with a bit of an edge.
" Kells, space is vast. What makes you think that John is in danger?" he asked.
" Oh, he is out of cryo. And some woman is with him." Linda said with a bit of malice.
Fred looked at his two teammates with a bit of worry as they were shaking with a bit of rage.
" And you had to take it out poor Caroline because?" he asked.
The now named Caroline got to her feet and removed her helmet to reveal a woman with black hair and kind blue eyes that now held some pain from all the TTRs.
" Sir, Ma'ams. I hope you know that my date tonight is going to be nothing but soreness and pain. What did I do to you three to piss you off? If I did something,
I am incredibly sorry for it but I think my husband would like for me to be alive a bit longer and not to have me need to put ice on my pussy and tits before making love." She said in a strained voice.
Fred just looked at her and sighed before slining one of her arms around his shoulders and helped her out of the simulator.
/Back on Remnant. /
Summer lay on her bed as she looked up at the ceiling. She had a lot of fun last night. Not only was John one of the greatest gentlemen she met, but his aloofness during the night was cute in a way as well as having a sense of power to it. She would never think of taking advantage of how much John does not know about being in a relationship. He was like a child when it comes to any relationship activities. It can be funny at times, it can be empowering, but it can also be a pain. It was not his fault, it was just the way he was brought up.
Now some women would love to have a man like that. One that they are in charge of and can tell them to do and be whatever they want with the man not knowing any better. Making him do all the work and how to do the work while they sit back and watch it all. To push him around and take all the advantage they could.
But she would not become that kind of woman. No. She would give John the respect he deserves and makes sure that he knows some of the do and don'ts in a relationship. How to hold a girl, how to talk or even flirt...how to kiss...maybe even more.
She shook her head. As much as she is falling for John and he, her, she was not wanting to do THAT. She had her fill of sex from being a captive. But what about love? There's a difference between the two. The yearning to be close and willing to be vulnerable and trusting vs the animalistic desire to just fuck and be done.
She still wanted love. She still wanted to be loved and to make love. And she knew that, even if it would be John's first, he would want to as well. Well maybe. Cortana told her that her sister tried multiple times of seducing both herself and John. And failed each time. With the funniest one being when she laid naked on his bed telling him that he can do whatever he wanted to her as she spread her legs and stroked her opening with a finger gathering some of her wetness before sucking the finger clean in a very seductive way. John just grabbed a robe, tossed it to her and asked if she was lost before picking her up and walking her to the hall and leaving her there.
She had nothing to worry about as far as John going behind her back and having sex with her sister. It was still funny when she thought about it.
She stared up at the ceiling still in her pajamas and just let her mind wander.
' What if I was in June's place? Could I seduce him? It didn't work for June, but maybe for me? But June was completely naked and was both waiting and wanting him. And he turned her down? I know he isn't gay but what red-blooded man would turn down a beauty like June out of hand? I just don't understand. I am happy that he didn't but if June couldn't, could I?' she thought as she began to daydream.
But before she could get too far into her dozing, a knock was her at the door. She swung her legs over the side of the bed and strode over to the door. She was surprised to feel a slight dampness rubbing up against her in her panty. Luckily, her nightie hid that. She did not realize how aroused she got from her brief trip into the clouds.
She opened the door to see Cortana standing there.
" Did you and the cavemen have a good time last night?" She asked.
Summer could not help but smile.
" We did. He learned how to dance rather quickly and only accidentally stepped on my toes twice. I am surprised to see how quick he is at learning and adapting. Tell me, was that part of his training?" she asked.
Cortana smiled, " He was trained to adapt and to be quick on his feet. And I can see that he is adapting that quite well to being in a relationship with you. So, when is the wedding?" She asked.
Summer chuckled, " Not for a while. But I do hope that he will pop that question eventually. But not too soon."
Cortana fained a look of hurt, " Summer, are you saying that you do not want to tie the knot with him and not give you daughters a new daddy?"
Summer chuckled, " Of course I do. I just want to make sure that we are not only compatible but to get used to being with him and to learn how we would get along in close quarters. I don't want to go into this half-cocked and mess up."
Cortana nodded at her arguments, " Can't argue with that. And I am glad that you are wanting to do things right. Going at it slow and right. Now, why don't you get dressed and ready. John is down in the armory. He was wanting to take you out on a mission to get some of the rust off of your bones." Cortana told her squeezing her shoulder.
She gave an "Okay." and went to her dresser to pick out her outfit.
Once dressed, she walked down the stairs into the living room to see the girls watching TV, well actually they were playing a video game. An old game that has been remastered to 26th century standards. Some sort of looter shooter that they were mature enough to play. After all, it was just shooting aliens. Who cares. And while Cortana did show her a game that they would have fun in, they would need to wait till they were at least eighteen. Too much blood and gore. Badass main character, but way too much blood and guts.
She leaned on the couch and asked if they all got their homework done the night before.
" Sure did mom. That was the one condition to us getting a gaming counsel. We do our homework and chores first, and if possible some sparring and other training." Yang said as she went to rez Blake.
Summer ruffled their hair with Yang just growling playfully at her mother. Summer just bopped her head in a ' keep your teeth to yourself' and told the three to have fun and that she was going to the armory. They all gave an okay as she walked down to the basement and into John's secret armory. John was working on one of his rifles when she entered. She walked up behind him and gave him a quick hug before sitting on the edge of the bench. She saw that he was working on his MA5C, removing the flashlight and getting it ready for an attachment of some sort.
" So, what are we getting into?" She asked.
John, not looking up, responded. " Something simple. A village just north of the southern border is having a Grimm problem. Nothing too big and something to bust the rust off your skills." he said simply.
She smiled and nodded her head as she grabbed a chair and sat next to her recently made boyfriend. She watched as he worked stripping the next weapon down. Learning how to disassemble it and put it back together on the off chance she wanted to do maintenance on his weapons.
" Wait. Full Bloom is still not ready yet. What will I be taking?" She asked suddenly.
John looked at her before standing up and walking over to another part of his bench.
" I hope you still remember how to use these." John told her as he withdrew two holstered pistols and handed them to her.
She took the two and placed them on the bench and unwrapped them.
Saving Grace and Amazing Grace! They survived! And John got them into working conditions! She looked back up to him with surprised eyes.
" You- you got them in pristine condition!" She said with a smile, " Thank you." she hugged him.
John returned the embrace with one of his own as he felt her nuzzle her face into his chest. He couldn't help but smile at the warm feeling stirring within him.
" I also want you to train with some of the weapons I have here to get proficient with them. You don't have to start now, but I would like to get you started when we get back. And I am sure the girls would like to join in and get some shooting in." John said to her.
" I would like that. Let's call it a date shall we?" She asked looking up.
" Sure."
" When are we going out hunting?" She asked.
" Tomorrow. And we are going to a familiar place." he said cryptically.
" Oh?"
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It was a familiar place alright. A place she was wanting to go for the past couple of months. The same place she had her last mission. And in the same place, she met the man in grey. And how his weapons burned with just a knick. And a place where she almost lost her life to that prick.
She shuddered at the memory as a dull ache came to her side. The same place where she was stabbed. And with that, she checked her weapons.
Her pistols were on her legs with her knife in her boot. As for her primary weapon, it was an M392 DMR. A semi-automatic weapon with fourteen rounds of 7.62 x 51mm. With both a scope and iron sights, she would be able to use her skills of a sniper as this was a form of a sniper.
' At least I can get some practice in. I just hope I did not lose too much of my edge.' she thought as she looked at John.
He was not in his Mjolnir but rather what he would use when he was not needed to be fully kitted up. It was just a set of ODST fatigues and armor. She knew that when on the battlefield, he was a razor honed weapon. She and Tai saw that first hand when they tested him. And she knew that nothing would happen to her.
Already she could see his tactical mind working. The mission was just as simple as it was straightforward. Grimm was concentrating within the area. They did not come too close to the village but close enough to put people on edge and the verge of panic. Something was drawing them here. And Summer had a good guess as to why.
When she and Obsidian were here during the tower rebuild, the man in grey had a grey bone-like revolver. But when she fought him in the woods, it was a venomous purple with a gas leaking out of the cylinder. Could that be what was drawing them? It was possible but she was not going to bet on it.
But she was here and she could get that weapon. Provided that the villagers did not find it. If they did, well she would buy it. If they would not sell? Well, she did not want to be a thief, but if it could mysteriously find its way into her bag, well you get the idea.
She felt the bullhead thump as John opened the door for both him and her and the mission was underway.
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Willow had moved out of the master bedroom and into a smaller guest room. She spent the entire night doing so while that bastard of a husband just sat in his office not bothering to lift a finger to help. When she left his office last night, she saw Weiss standing at the edge of the door looking at her with a mixture of emotions. Ranging from confusion to fear. She could even see tears brimming in her eyes.
She did not know how much she heard but a good chance was that she got a good amount of it. She would need to explain to her what she and her father were talking about. No doubt she would be confused but she needed to understand that her mom and dad were not on good terms.
She brushed a tear from her eye as memories from last night came back. Finding him fucking the secretary in their room, ON THEIR BED! And the argument that came after that. Then the latest. Three other women were all naked and waiting for their turn for him to give. She didn't know why, he couldn't keep it up for no more than a single round, two if she was lucky.
She blew out a breath as she began to fold the pile of clothes that was thrown on the bed. She was going to need to throw out some of them. The ones Jauque got her. At least a quarter of what she had. And surprise surprise, they were mostly lingerie and anything that exposed a little bit more than normal and got the attention of males. A real shame. Some of the lingerie she had she liked and felt good wearing.
" What can I do? Nothing. He drove a wedge between me and my friends and drove them off so I don't have anyone to confide in and talk about problems and get advice. And to add insult to injury, he made sure I would not be able to talk to or visit my family. Not even they know what is happening. I am sure if they did, daddy would take everything away from him and give it back to me." She said to herself as she put the last piece of clothing away that she would keep.
" Mom?" came the voice of her youngest daughter.
She turned and saw Weiss standing in the doorway. She came in and sat on the bed as Willow grabbed a wine glass and filled it to the brim before pulling a shot from the bottle. Weiss looked at her with a bit of worry.
" Mom, are you and dad Ok? I heard you and dad fighting last night." Weiss said.
Willow looked at her daughter and sighed. " Your father and I are not in a good place."
Weiss just looked at her not understanding the underlying meaning.
" Weiss. -sigh- I don't want to ruin anything that you may think but, do you know what cheating means?"
Weiss shook her head. " I think the cheat you are wanting to tell me is different than cheating on a test."
Willow smiled. " You would be correct. The way I mean is when a spouse or a significant other goes behind the other's back and dates another person. Your father has been doing something similar and has been rubbing it in my face."
Weiss's face fell. How was she supposed to take that? Her dad was dating another person behind her mom's back? And rubs it in when he gets caught. Did her dad not love her mother anymore?
" Does dad not love you anymore?" Weiss asked.
Willow closed her eyes and told her daughter the truth.
" No. Your father never loved me. He used me to get our name so have someone he can mold into his image and control so he can be more powerful and rich. He only had you, your sister and brother just to have offspring. I don't think that he even loves you three if I am going to be honest."
" So what can you do?" Weiss asked.
" I can't do anything. Your father cut me off from any friends and family. The only thing I can do is make a shopping list for one of the maids to get me. I can move around the house and gardens, but the only time I am allowed outside the house is if I am with your father." Willow told her daughter.
Weiss's face fell as she hugged her mother to comfort her.
Willow hugged her back as she took a long swig of her wine.
' Weiss, I am so sorry for what I am probably about to become' Willow thought. ' And I would not blame you if you decided to run away.'
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" Suuuummmeeeeerrrrrr."
She looked around as she heard the whispering come again. Was she closer to the man in greys canon? Because that whispering was sure as hell was not coming from John.
Speaking of which, he was walking next to her. She stole a glance at him as they walked. So far all the Grimm they came across were easy to take out. Just some beowolves and a couple of Ursas. As she walked, she fell a step or two behind John. Completely unbeknownst to both parties as she watched as John walked ahead of her.
' So much muscle on those bones. Hmmm, what does his ass look like? Odd I know, but still. He was trained and augmented to have the body of every woman's deepest fantasy. And more importantly what does he...Summer no. You don't need to know what he has downstairs. Although Cortana did say that he would have a little something that would make any lady plenty satisfied and fulfilled. Maybe even have an addiction to him. Ohh that would be nice. To feel his strong hands run along my skin.' She shook her head again to clear it as she stepped up her pace and matched his.
He looked over to her and quirked an eyebrow as he held out a hand with his thumb up. The universal ' are you good ' sign.
She was good, why wouldn't she be good? She nodded a ' yes I am good.'
He gave a nod in acknowledgment and moved on.
' What was that about? Was that some of his battle language? Has to be. I should have him and Cortana sit me down and teach me what everything means.' she thought.
John suddenly held up a fist telling her to halt. She did so without question as she dropped her hands to her pistols on her hips as John brought a hand up to his helmet and switched through the different visor options looking for something.
He did a full sweep of the area before he shouldered his rifle and waved two fingers forward.
' What did he see or hear?' she thought keeping her eyes and ears sharp. She did not hear or see anything but that did not mean something was there. While some Grimm had the stealth skills of a drunken bull in a china shop, others were damn near invisible. The Saber and Diego were one such Grimm.
He looked around gathering intel on his surroundings. He shouldered his rifle and pushed forward at a more cautious pace.
Whispering into her mic she asked him, " What did you hear?"
" Shuffling. To light to be human. Possibly something of a feline style of Grimm sneaking around. Possibly a panther or jaguar. Possibly in the trees. Switch your ammo to an explosive armor piercing payload." he informed.
Wasting no time she took each gun out and changed ammo. During the switch, she kept her ears open and sharp. She looked around trying to see if she can spot the creator and alert John to any change she may spot.
But for the next ten minutes, nothing happened. Sure John would stop and look around but whatever was following them was taking its time and studying them. Whatever it was that was stalking them was being smart. John said it could be a feline but it could also be one of those raptors that she and Obsidian faught. They could be quiet and sneaky.
As they rounded the next grove of trees, a couple of trees stood out. The one that stood out was just your normal run of the mill tree. But it was just the way it stood in the light. She squinted trying to figure out why it is sticking out to her.
" Ssssssssuuuuuuuummmmmmmmeeeeeeeeerrrrr! Over here. Use us. Kill the thing that is stalking you."
She whipped her head around trying to figure out what was whispering to her. It was ghostly haunting and wanted things from her. Sure what it wanted her to kill was the Grimm that has been stalking them. That should be a no brainer.
She got it. That was the tree she jumped into during her mission here. And the same tree she was attacked by the man in grey. So that would mean somewhere close by would be his canon. And even his body possibly.
She started to look around as the whispers grew louder, telling her where to go to find it. It seemed to know that she wanted it. She needed to find it. She looked around keeping an ear open for their stalker and another ear for the whispers that guided her to where it lay.
John for his part was quiet, looking for the stalker so he can take it out.
This was for sure one of the shorter missions she has ever been on and it was a good ' getting back in the saddle' mission. It was short and would not take all that long.
She walked a bit more before she heard 'stop' and looked down. Buried beneath the leaves and grass and other stuff, she made out the grip. She bent down and gripped it before pulling the gun free from its prison. It was still purple with the gas still leaking out from the cylinder.
She could feel the want, the need to cause pain to others. To make people suffer. To kill anyone that would take away her happiness. The faunas that took her were dead, but what about the others? The ones that may not say what they want out loud, but want to dominate the world. They need to be taken care of. Every faunas on Remnant need to be taken care of before she would feel safe. She could start by killing Blake.
She shook her head to rid those thoughts. Ture she was still uneasy around the girl, but she did love her like she would one of Yang or Rubys friends. Hell, she was John's daughter for crying out loud. Blake had nothing to do with her capture.
' What the hell is this?' she thought half tempted to just throw it back on the ground and leave it.
She felt a burn at that thought. This thing was alive somehow, talking to her, wanting to cause mayhem. She needed to keep it under control.
' We are more useful to you. You have plans for us. We can rid the world of your problems. That stalker in the trees, or your mate's enemies from the stars. We can rid them and make sure you are safe. All we require is for you to use us. We can give you the power to protect those you care for, even the power to control them.' the whispers were saying as images played in her mind.
Her new home. So perfect and peaceful as she and John hugged her children as the sun was setting. Of there being no more Grimm to worry about. The fauna would have had their numbers culled and set permanently on Menagerie. And John? She saw him cuffed to the bed with her in a full-on Dominatrix gear with the leather and the whips and paddles.
Again she shook her head to rid the images, especially the last one. She looked to John as he knelt and picked up the man's blade. The organ in the guard didn't pulse so it was dead...or hibernating. But it was still intact and may still have some of the poison in it.
She felt a chill crawl up her spine in a warning. Something was watching her and was ready to strike. She needed to either move or kill it. But since this thing was stalking them, she was more than willing to kill it and be done. She could feel the canon in her hand give off an aura of glee and satisfaction. Like it was happy to be killing again. And she could not blame it.
John dropped the blade before he turned to her and pointed to the canon. Asking if she was done inspecting it. She shrugged before she placed it in the back of her belt. It was a bit of a fight but she managed to get it back there. John cocked his head looking at her. A question? Is he asking her why she is keeping it? That must be it. She was told that a good amount of John's communication was non-verbal and mostly through body language and hand signals. Sooo she had it on a good theory that he was asking a question.
She just shrugged as she walked up to him wanting the sword as well. The chill along her spine turned into what can only be described as a sense of danger. She whipped around to see nothing but a limb bobbing as whatever was on it moved. She was getting really pissed off at this thing. She was hoping to have been done with this mission and be home by now.
She looked around to see if she could spot their stalker in the area but failed. She turned to talk to John when it struck. A black whip shot forward towards John from the side wrapping around his leg. It gave a hard pull that John fell and was starting to slide. That was until he got his feet dug in and forced it to come out of hiding.
It was an arm and horned Grimm on a serpent body. Its arms could extend to whips to ensnare its prey and hardened bone spikes to act as its close-in weapons. It was fast and a slippery Grimm known as whiplash.
Summer drew her M6Cs and pumped the bushes full of lead hoping to get a lucky hit on the thing to release John from its grip on him. It snarled at the two as it tried to pull the bigger and what it thought, more dangerous prey, to it. It looked to Summer and threw a whip at her. It wrapped around her chest, pinning her left arm making that weapon useless and her right hand lost that gun. She had no weapon viable but she was getting dragged towards the man's blade.
She shot her hand out and grabbed the hilt. As soon as her hand made contact, she swung the sword in an arc severing the whip. The Grimm screamed in pain and rage as it started to squeeze John to death. She got to her feet and was immediately crushed as it threw her boyfriend at her. John crashed into her with a grunt. Using the momentum of the throw, he rolled off of Summer to give her room to get back up.
" You are pissing me off you slithering worm." She said coldly as she drew the hand cannon from her belt and shot the whiplash in the head. The bullet seemed to elongate into a spike the size of a forearm as it passed through the head and into a tree.
John looked at her to see her snarling at the thing as she put another shot into its body. After a moment or three, she lowered the weapon and holstered it as she grabbed and holsters the two M6s. John grinned and stood back up seeing that she holsters the cannon and the blade was in her hand. He grabbed his rifle and made sure it was clear before he clamped it on his back before Summer came up to him.
" You Ok?" She asked.
He just nodded before he pointed at her. ' Are you good?'
She nodded as well. John then did something that baffled her. He used his index and middle finger and placed them where his mouth would be. She knew there was something behind it but she did not know.
" Uhhhh, I don't know what that means love." She said.
She could hear John give a short laugh.
" I will tell you on our way home. But why are you keeping those?" he asked pointing to her two new weapons.
" I need them. They are going to be used." She said.
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Ruby was sitting at the table doing her homework snacking on strawberries as she went. Aunty Cortana sat across from her with Blake doing homework as well. Yang surprisingly had her homework done and was working on getting dinner going.
She had a baking dish out with butter spread around as she seasoned the bottom of the pan with salt and pepper as well as some paprika and garlic powder.
She then placed the chicken in the pan with some chicken seasoning before she took out another baking dish. She then threw in some fresh veggies from the store, carrots, beans, peas, and a couple of other veggies.
She threw them in with some olive oil and salt before throwing everything in the oven.
" is that everything Yang?" Cortana asked.
" Yup. Some baked chicken and veggies. Not sure what else I can make though. And thank you for letting me try my hand at cooking. I had a lot of fun." Yang said with a smile.
" You are so welcome my little sun dragon." Cortana said smiling.
" When are Mom and Dad going to be back?" Ruby asked.
" Soon. They called about fifteen minutes ago saying that they were just leaving. So they should be walking through the door shortly after supper is done." she told the young one.
Ruby nodded and went back to work.
Twenty mentis later, the door opens to reveal Summer and John walking into the house. Both came into the kitchen,hugged the three children before taking their turns in the shower.
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Weiss was walking around the mansion trying to figure out what her mom told her. Willow told her that her dad was shamelessly cheating on her and right in front of her. That the only reason he married her was because of her family name and to steal the business out from under her.
When she asked what she meant by cheating, she was told that her father was not only dating other women behind her back but other things. Weiss was still confused when her mom took a deep breath and told her what her father was doing. Why he was bringing other women into the house and why she heard laughing and giggling and moaning.
Willow hated the fact that she just took her daughters innocents away by telling her about what sex was. But she needed to understand why her mom and dad were not on good footing. And that if she were to afford to run away, she would fully understand why.
What Weiss learned over the next month was that her father hit her mother and forced himself on her as well as making her watch as he would fuck female employees and making her take part in some stuff. She would be cuffed and stripped and stuffed with things that she did not want in her. She saw her mother full of bruises and angry red marks. And the worst thing? Some of the women wanted a try at her.
Thankfully, her father forbade that, but she could not take the risk. She needed to leave But how? The house was locked up tight and she could not go anywhere here in Atlas. But what if she was in, say, Vale? She could go on a trip with her father to Vale and when he is not looking, make a run for it.
That could work. She went to her room and took out her blueprints for her weapon she wanted to build, and put in some finishing touches.
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Summer put the finishing touches on Full Bloom. She sent the blade of her scythe in to get pores put in to release poison into targets and got it back just the other day. She modified the receiver to include the aether like gas to coat the bullets she was planning on using with it. And just because the blade could have poison pump through the blade, she had the sheath coat it when drawn.
She left the paint to be a bone grey. A remnant of her past that survived, but was no longer the same. Much like how her life has changed and for the most part, for the better. This weapon would be the weapon that her damaged self would make. Her paranoid, scared, vengeful, angry self. A weapon that no one would make in their sane right mind.
This weapon was made to make its victims suffer as its serrated blade sawed through the flesh as the poison was pumped into the body. And the 50 caliber bullets that it fired would have been laced with and coated in poison.
She sat and looked at her weapon. Her new weapon. A weapon that will cause so much pain. A weapon rebuilt with pain and sorrow. It called for her to use and cause pain. To make those that tortured her feel the same pain and humiliation that she had.
She just sat there looking at it. Listening to it to its whispers filled her ears. She sat not knowing how long when she slowly raised her hand and reached out to grasp it. It was when her fingers brushed the gun when John set a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at him breaking her trance.
" Summer, that weapon looks like it is supposed to make things suffer." he said pulling her up out of her seat and embracing her, " are you feeling OK?"
She fell into the embrace with a sigh. " I am okay. I think I just needed to make it for the woman that I was. For the woman that was held in a warehouse getting raped every day." She told him.
He tightened his arms around her in reassurance. She could feel the heat radiate off of him warming her up. She smiled as she closed her eyes and let him sway with her in his arms. Not so much dancing as it is just needing to do something.
" John." She called to him, gaining his attention, " I want you to take that thing and hide it from me. Put it in a special locker that can only be accessed in dire situations." She said to him.
" I will." was all he said.
She felt the weight leave her shoulders as John led her upstairs to where Cortana, June, Ruby, Blake, and Yang were sitting around the table for dinner. John excused himself saying that he was going to take the thing that Summer has been working on and get it out of the house. Ruby and Yang asked why he would be taking their mother's weapon away from her but he told them that she requested it. And that is what he was going to do. Take the gun, a gun that was once a blooming rose, transformed into a jagged thorn, to the Dawn and seal it away and to hopefully never need to be used.
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*BANG!*
The crack of the rifle was heard as a ploom of dirt was shot up. Ruby looked pleased with her mother's shot. She had one of John's DMR's out on their unofficial range. She had the semi-automatic weapon dialed in pretty well. Her mom shifted targets and fired again sending the can of soda they did not care for all that much sailing.
It was their summer vacation and her mom and hopefully, new dad has gone on a couple of missions. So her mom had time to dust off her skills and learn new ones. And since her new job at Signal starts that September well she will be busy. And she might teach Yang and Blake. That would be pretty cool.
She saw her mom click the safety to 'on' and set the weapon aside as she stood up from her prone position and stretched before picking up the gun and heading back to the house talking with Ruby. She leaned the rifle up against the house as John came out with a couple of things of wrap and tossed one set to Summer.
She smiled and began to wrap her hands as Yang came out with two sets of poles. Each would have been the length of a short sword set up for training purposes. June, Blake, Yang, Ruby, and Cortana sat on the deck and watched in anticipation of the coming spar.
Both took their shoes off and stepped into the metaphorical ring. Both were in sweatpants and tank shirts showing their toned arm. Summer grabbed a set of kata sticks and tossed John his. Both got in position and started the drills.
The girls watched as the clacking of the sticks was heard. And it was not long before the sweat started to bead on their brows. And for Summer, who still had an active sex drive, she could not help let her mind wander as she saw the sweat run down his arms and face. And it was distracting for her. Certain images came to her head that often came with such sweat...between the sheets.
The sparring went on for a good fifteen minutes taking a couple of breaks thrown in there. Qrow surprised the group with his presence. He came by and watched the last bout of sparring and could not help but smile at seeing Summer improve with a short-range stick...or blades. Whatever you want to call it. She smiled as she set aside the kata sticks, took a swig of water before she gave her teammate a long embrace saying that it was good to see him again.
" It is soo good to see you again Qrow. So, what are you up too? Care to spar against John and see if you can last more than two seconds?" She asked as she tilted her head back and took a pull from her water bottle.
" I came to see your little clone." Qrow said with a smile as he dropped to be on Ruby's level who looked at him.
" What is Uncle Qrow?" She asked
" What kind of weapon do you want to make and use when you go to signal?" He asked.
Ruby thought about it for a while but shrugged not knowing what way she wants to go. Qrow chuckled and said that both he and Summer would help her when the time came. When he looked back up to see what the adults were doing, he saw that Summer and John were locked in a CQC spar. The longer he watched and John ramped up the speed and power, he was surprised to see that Summer was keeping up. Sure John was still holding back. If he went all out, he might permanently hurt her.
He looked to see Blake and Yang were sparing as well. He decided to take them up on a spar after all. Now just who should he go with? That answer was answered for him as he felt a tap and turned to see Cortana with a smile.
" Come on old man. You and me." she said moving to another part of the lawn and getting into a loose boxer position.
An hour later, after everyone had a good spar, the group sat and enjoyed a cold drink whether it be tea, lemonade, or water as the birds sang and bees buzzed in the garden.
" Soooo, are we going to shower up before we head to the store?" Summer asked.
" Would not be a bad idea. Hey Qrow, would you mind watching the girls while Summer and I head into Vale for supplies for tonight?" John asked.
Qrow nodded as he stood up and said that the two can have the first shower.
" Come on John. We can share a shower. Have you ever done that?" Summer asked wondering if he did and if she could get a message out of the deal.
John just shrugged, stood, and followed her to the bathroom.
" Don't do anything funny in thier!" Qrow called out to the two.
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Weiss was running around this unfamiliar city, trying to get away from her father without him knowing. She left a note to her mom saying that she was going to run away when her father took her to Vale and that she loved her and Winter and even Whitley so much. But she had to leave. She could not live there with that, man, in the house.
Her bag was around her shoulders as she ran. She hooked a right into a supermarket parking lot.
Only then did she start to curse herself for not coming up with a plan. She knew no one here. Wait. Who was the CEO that was a good man here? The one that took in a young Faunas girl when her parents died and two other girls when their mother went missing and father was killed? Who was he again? John what. John Marrow? No. John Blaskuitse? No. John Mendez? That sounds right. But where did she find him?
The growl of an engine was hard as she saw a truck pull in. It was black with a guard and tow hooks. It looked so aggressive. She followed the truck with her eyes. She decided to make her way upfront when she caught a glimpse of a woman exiting the passenger side of the truck. She had long black and red hair and had a white cape and a black skirt and blouse. A second and a car width later, she saw the driver. A mountain of a man with brown hair and scars. He had a charcoal grey shirt with grey cargo pants and boots.
' Could that be him?' she asked. She needed to get closer and heard a snippet of a conversation.
" ...John. Why not a rom-com? Why must you go for the action all the time." the woman asked.
" Because the girls would not want a rom-com. They would want an action movie full of fighting and action." the man replied.
The name fits the look and she found their truck and slipped into the back finding a place where she could stow away in. Only then did she start to think it through.
In the market
An in and out run was all that was needed. Some soda and popcorn as well as some other snacking items for tonight. Tonight was going to be a movie night down in the basement with a projector and surround system for effect.
Summer grabbed a basket and with John in hand, moved down the isles. First was the popcorn. She went down the snacking aisle and picked up a thing of popping seeds. Nest would be some seasoning. She looked in the immediate area and then had an inner monologue trying to figure out what kind of salt to get. Nacho Cheese, garlic parmesan, or maybe some sweeter ones like brown sugar and marshmallows. A full-on movie theater selection. Unbeknownst to her, she was being watched. And it wasn't John that had an eye on her.
The stalker
Two years. That was how long it was since she was last with her rented slave. She hated that word. She did not want her as a slave, she wanted her as a lover, a wife even. It was love at first sight for her. She may have been covered in grime, blood, and body fluids, but once she got her home and cleaned, she was so turned on by her naked form. Her silver eyes, while dulled with drugs, were pretty, her lips were full, breasts were at the very least a C pushing a D if she wasn't already. Her toned abdomen that held only enough fat to enhance her figure with her hips being perfect to bare children. Her legs and arms were slim but held a strength. And her butt was nice and wide, and the icing on the cake, her sweet sweet nectar filled pussy. It all affected her. The whole drive home she had to squeeze her legs together and keep her arousal in check.
She had enough money to put at least a down payment for her to buy and was on her way there to negotiate a price on her when she found the stronghold surrounded by onlookers, press, and what looked to be a militia their. She thought that she might be able to make off with her if she was able to find her. But she couldn't find her. She was gone and out of her reach.
And for two years she refused to be touched by another woman. Hell for a time she refused to touch herself. She missed her that much.
But that was then, she came to the northern part of the kingdom to take a break from her loneliness and fruitless search for her lost lover. She stopped in this small market to get some snacks and to stretch her legs. She was walking through the store and was fixing to turn the corner down the snacks aisle when she stopped.
Were her eyes deceiving her, or was she looking at her human lover? She blinked and when she did not disappear, she rubbed her eyes and looked again. Sure enough, she was there. She was so happy and excited. She licked her lips and was ready to go and talk to her when the biggest man she had ever seen came up to her and started talking.
She was still going to approach and tell the guy to bug off when she saw her lover not only talk to him but laugh and take one of his hands as he led her around the store. She just stood there processing what she just saw.
' What did I just see? Am I seeing things, or did she willingly and happily go with a man?' she asked herself. Deciding to follow and see what she can gather about her lover and this, this, thing. Didn't her lover know that she has been looking for her for the past two years? She felt so betrayed. She was going to buy and marry her, maybe even talk about children with her. How could she turn her back on her?
So for the next five minutes, she hung back and watched, and planned on how to take back what was hers. That was until they left. She lost track of the two briefly once they entered the parking lot.
" At least I know that she is alive. Now I just need to find a way to get her back."
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John led Summer around the store getting some loose odds and ends as well as stuff for tonight. Supper was going to something simple, pizza. Just something that will let them work while they eat. So pizza it was.
Summer was playfully flirting with him trying to get a reaction from him. All unaware of the woman that was stalking them. John took the lead and open the tailgate of his Warthog and pulled the cooler up to place the perishable items. What he missed was the new duffle bag subtly shifting as Weiss pulled it closer to hide herself.
They put the items in, shut the lid, and packed everything up, and hit the road. As for their stalker, she got in her vehicle and followed them at a discreet distance to see where they live. But lost them after the ferry dropped them off.
It was only a couple minute drive from the supermarket to the ferry and then only ten minutes from the ferry to home. And for Weiss, the ride was bumpy and she was sure that she was going to get caught.
She heard the vehicle slow down and seem to enter a garage. The engine died and she heard the adults jump out of the front and made their way to the back.
" I am just saying John, I want to have a child with you, and as much as I would hate to think of the process, I am sure I could talk June into carrying the child for me." the woman said.
John popped the tailgate and answered her, " I am sure she wouldn't mind and if you want to have a child with me, then I am sure we can think of something, but I am sure June would not want to go to a clinic and get a procedure, she would want the intercourse." John said to her as he pulled the cooler closer and took it out.
Summer hummed in agreement and was about to shut the tailgate when she stopped.
" Hey John, did you leave a duffle bag in here? And a leg?" She asked, perplexed.
"Huh?" Weiss was caught and she knew it. She pushed the bag away and sat up looking at the two adults. She had a sheepish look like she knew what she did was bad but needed to do it.
Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, she looked at the deck and simply said " Hi."
" Uhhh, hello? Umm, can I ask why you stowed away in our truck?" the woman asked gently.
" I ran away from my father." was all she said.
She heard the man ask her to look at him. She did and found him studying her face.
" We met before haven't we." he asked.
" You are John Mendez right?" She asked.
" I am."
"Yes, we did meet. I was younger then, but you met both myself and my mother and sister." She said.
John had a puzzled look before realization hit. " Weiss Schnee."
She nodded.
He held a hand out to her as a way to steady herself as she hopped out of the bed.
" Weiss, why did you run away? Atlas is pretty far from patch." he asked and noted.
" Father came here on a business trip and brought me along. I ran because I can't stand him. He hits my mom and openly cheats on her, forcing her to watch and even to take part in some of the more nasty stuff." she paused as she sniffled, " And I heard some of the other women wounding if they could have a turn with me or Winter."
She was embraced by the woman and was told to follow them into the house. The amount of care and sympathy radiation off of her caused her to tear up a bit. Weiss grabbed her bag and followed them inside the house and into the kitchen. She took a seat as the woman got her a glass of mild and a small plate of cookies.
" Ok, tell us everything." she requested Weiss.
She took a breath and spilled. How it all started when her father missed her birthday with her mother asking him why he missed and his snap, the fights that happened afterward. How once such night she overheard a fight and found that her father degenerates her mother and openly says that he was a snake that took advantage of her blinded love for him to weasel his way in and take everything she was to inherit. Her mother even degenerating herself as she left to move everything she had out of the master bedroom all without any aid from her father or butlers.
Her mom slipping further and further into bottles of wine and ignoring her children and just drank all day. Seeing things she shouldn't have seen at her age.
John set a hand on her shoulder and told her that she can stop. That they heard enough. She nodded and thanked him.
John then motioned with his head and three girls and another woman came in with a man bringing up the rear.
" Weiss, you already know me. But I want you to meet my girlfriend?" He asked, quaking an eyebrow at the woman.
The woman gave a small laugh, " Yes. Girlfriend would be the right word. Unless you plan on proposing in the next couple of seconds." She said with a smile.
John smiled at her and continued, " My girlfriend Summer Rose." He pointed to the other woman, " My half-sister Amethyst, or Cortana and Summer's teammate Qrow Brawnwhen." John introduced the grown-ups. He then pointed to each child, " Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long, Summer's two daughters. Then Blake Belladonna Mendez. My daughter."
He then addressed the group, " Everyone, this is Weiss Schnee. I am sure you all heard what she said about her father, so I won't go into details."
Blake was the one to come up to her, and now that she took the time to look, she had cat ears on her head. A faunas. Weiss started to shake as one of the people she was taught to despise, fear, and hate stood right in front of her.
" You don't need to fear me Weiss." was all Blake said before she embraced Weiss with the other children following suit.
" Weiss. I know that this is all going to be new for you and that you would be nervous. But you can stay with us for as long as you would like. We will get a room set up for you and get some clothes. But I am sure Yang or Blake wouldn't mind sharing a few sets if need be." Amethyst or Cortana said.
" Of course we wouldn't! If you need anything from any of us, don't be afraid to ask! You can even take my bed until we get you one!" Ruby said being the adorable pure cinnamon roll that she is.
" Ruby, that is so sweet." Summer said to her youngest daughter.
"Now why don't we get the oven preheating so we can get the pizzas going and the basement set up! I hope you don't mind Weiss, but welcome to the family. We are having a movie night." Summer said as she turned on the oven. " Qrow, you mind helping the children out getting the projector and screen set up?"
Qrow nodded and grabbed the kids and headed downstairs, Weiss included.
As for John, Summer, and Cortana, they stayed in the kitchen to unpack the cooler and get the pizza's in the oven and other groceries put away.
WARNING! WARNING! A THREESOME LEMON IS INBOUND! TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
John set the cooler on the table and started to unpack it. First was the pizzas which went to Summer who was near the oven. Cortana stood next to the fridge and waited.
She watched as John started tossing things to her and Summer with Summer sending some flirts his way. Cortana could not help but smile at the sight and what she was hearing. And since she saw the warning up top, she knows something is going to happen. Her wanting to see a lemon between the two is about to come true.
She watched as John tossed Summer the popcorn and salts as well as the bowls. He then turned to Cortana and tossed some stuff for suppers, as well as a bag of fruit. Three lemons.
CALL OFF THE ATTACK CHOPPERS! THE LEMON IS DONE.
Cortana looked at the fruit, to John then to Summer and back to the fruit as a look of puzzlement crossed her face before realization spread on it. She was promised a lemon and that she would watch and take part, but did not realize that she got duped into thinking that she was going to see some clothes shedding and moaning in pure pleaser.
Instead, she was given some flirting and a bag of actual lemons. Actual lemons. You know, the yellow citrus fruit that you use for lemonade. She was so shocked that she could not think about what to do.
" Cortana you good?" Summer asked as she leaned into John's arms.
" Hmmm? Oh yea, I am fine. Totally fine. Soooo, are you two going to do anything? Need me to leave the room?" She asked.
Both gave her a look wondering what she meant.
" Uhhhh no?" Summer said.
Cortana sighed.
" So, what are your plans for Weiss?" She asked the two.
The two thought about it for a second before John spoke. " If she wants to move on, then we won't stand in her way. But if she wants to move in and be part of the family, then we will welcome her with open arms." John said.
" I would like that." came Weiss's voice.
The three adults looked and saw the white-haired, ice blue-eyed girl standing in the doorway to the kitchen.
" You would? Isn't this a bit early to make that kind of a decision?" Cortana asked.
Weiss shrugged. " I asked what you all were like. The three all said more or less the same thing. John is hard on them but not in a bad way. You taught them responsibility and that actions have consequences. You showed them that when you work hard at something, you can be proud of it. Nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it. And Summer is a bit more, well, motherly. She is everything one could ask for in a mom." Weiss said speaking from the heart. " My family is fractured, broken, and unsafe. My mom sees us as the only good thing to come from her marriage. Winter took off for a military school to get away from the house and the problems that she was able to see better than I can. Mom, she only looks at us with sorry and pity before drinking the day away. My brother is too young to understand and has been under my father's watch since he was born. My father? Well, you know that story."
The three adults looked at how mature the young girl was.
" Weiss, we would love to take you in. But we would like for you to think it over for a couple of days before you make your final decision. Is that ok with you?" Summer asked.
Weiss nodded a little disappointed but understood. This is a big decision and she did need to think it all through.
" I understand. I hope that I can still stay here until my final decision has been made?" She said.
Cortana was the one that walked up to her and knelt to be eye level with her. " Sweety, you can stay as long as you need. We won't though you to the wolves. Not our nature." she said.
" My sister is right. You can stay as long as you need." John said as the Pizza timer dinged and supper was called.
After supper came nightly chores with Weiss pitching in and helped out with some of the cleaning. After that, it was showering, and then it was down into the basement for movies, popcorn, soda, and other snacks.
She watched as John plugged in a chip and took a seat as the screen stayed black before a blue text came up.
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It was late June and a day that Weiss has been looking forward too. She made her decision long before now, but she was told think things over and she did, and her decision stayed the same. She wanted this family. She watched and took part in what she feels is family activities. She spared and was able to take up a fighting style. Something she was able to do was adapt her fencing style.
She was able to finally get a family that she wanted. One that helped each other out and showed love and respect to everyone. And the banter, the banter between the girls was so new and foreign to her. What she would consider disrespect and be something that she would have been scolded if not slapped for, were getting chuckles and laughs before getting it thrown right back at the person who said it. If she did any of this in her home in Atlas, she would have been backhanded.
She could not help but smile as John, Summer, and Cortana took her to the judge to legally change her name and be placed under John's care. It was a long boring process but when she was done, the judge looked to her with a smile and simply said, " Congratulations Weiss. You are now Weiss Schnee-Mendez. John, congratulations on having a second daughter."
Those were the words she wanted to hear. She had a new family. One that would care for her, not because they need to, but they want to. Her sisters have welcomed her with almost open arms. Blake was kind of reserved but still went out of her way to be with her.
She had met her other aunt, June. Who was so close to Summer in appearance that one could mistake them if it weren't for the hair and eye color being blue. She was a very nice person and loved to be with her sister and the girls, her included.
But today was also another special day, as a way of kind of celebration, they were going to have a trip to the Vale/Atlas border to visit Summer's parents and to introduce her to them. She was scared but excited to meet her new grandparents. She never met her biological grandparents and as such never knew them. All she was told was that Nicholes Schnee founded the company and her father made it grow into what it is today.
On their way home, they stopped at the store and grabbed some snack items and drinks for the trip as well as some pastime activities. Books, art supplies, movies, games. You know, road trip stuff. As they were walking through the store with Cortana taking her hand and Summer in John's grasp, they could not help but feel as though they were being watched. It wasn't until they split for a second to divide and conquer that their stalker made a move on Summer.
Summer was looking at some books to read on the flight with Cortana and Weiss looking at some puzzles when a female wolf faunas stood at the end of the aisle.
" My Rose." she said lovingly to Summer.
She turned and had a questioningly look on her face.
" Uhhhh, do I know you?" Summer asked the woman.
Instead of answering, the woman just walked up to her and gave her the longest kiss on the lips that both were gasping for breath when she broke the lip lock.
" I said that I would buy and marry you once I had the money to do so. I guess I don't need to buy you anymore. We can finally be together." She said nuzzling her face into Summers's neck and kissing it.
Summer pushed her off and simply said that she was not Bie or Lesbian and that she was in a relationship.
" You don't mean that, man, do you?" she asked putting as much venom and spite on man.
" That man just so happens to be my brother!" Cortana spat at her.
The woman turned and looked at her. " Ohhh, you're a hot one as well. I am pretty sure my Rose would not mind if you came with her. We can have all sorts of fun together. Just us women doing one another's hair and nails and having some of the best most passionate sex in the world." she said walking up to Cortana not even seeing Weiss race off to find John, " and some of the hottest threesomes." she said feeling Cortana up and kissing her, just to get pushed off again.
" I do not know what has gotten into your head lady! But if you keep trying to make advances on me and my hopeful sister-in-law, I will punt your ass from here to Reach! And that would be a mercy compared to what he would do to you!" Cortana growled at her as Weiss came back with John who looked ready to personally escort her to the nearest Legendary Sniper Jackal nest.
Both Summer and Cortana stood next to him and wrapped an arm around his signifying safety and that it was Cortana's brother and Summer's new lover. The woman just looked at them in betrayal.
" How could you do this to me? I thought you loved me. How could you leave me for this, this, this, MAN! WHAT DOES HE HAVE THAT I DON'T?!" She shouted.
By this point, a crowd had formed with a safe distance of space between them and the ones in the center.
" You want to know what he has that you don't? For starters, he did not buy me and rape me. He won the hearts of my children and I won the heart of his. I know for a fact that he is a hard worker and can protect both me and my children. But most of all, when it comes to having sex, I prefer a natural dick sliding in and out of me instead of a piece of plastic. I want to feel him twitch as he pumps me full of semen. I want to feel his rough calloused hands on me. He can provide all that and more if what she says is anything to go buy!" Summer said pointing to Cortana, " And yes. What you did to me was rape. I was used and abused by those things that took me and killed my late husband and raped me in front of his dying eyes and my kids. I had no say in what you did to me, I was working for a fix! Not for pleaser. You used me for pleaser and not love. You may think it was love but it was me wanting my fix and doing whatever it took. Once everything was out of my system, I would have wanted to leave and get back to my children. Now please, move on and find another person that will have you. I wish you the best, but forget me. I am not worth your time and effort."
The woman just looked at her with a pained expression. " But I love you. You are the one I want to wake to. You are the one I want to taste every night. I can't love anyone else but you. I have not let anyone touch me since I had to drop you off, hell I refused to touch myself since the raid! Do you know how much I want it to be you to touch me? You are the one I want!" she yelled at her.
By this point the police entered the store broke everything up asking what was going on.
" He took my wife and is not going to let her go!" she yelled pointing to John.
Both John, Cortana, Summer, and Weiss could do nothing more than just roll their eyes or facepalm.
One of the cops looked at what was going on and simply asked his side of the story.
" I was getting dog food and some other trip items when my daughter came and got me saying some woman was kissing my girlfriend and sister and trying to talk her into leaving me. I rounded a corner and saw her looking uncomfortable. I just gave her support with my presence. My sister did more of the talking then I did."
The officer nodded and asked Summer if what he said was true. She nodded telling him that she was a trafficking victim and that she was rented out for a day to her and now she seems to think that he was in love with her.
After much talking and comparing stories and witness's testimony as well as video of the incident did they let John and CO go and carry on with their day as the woman was detained and given a restraining order to maintain a minimum of 100 yards from Summer and her family.
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" What kept you guys?" June asked as she finished packing the cooler with both ice and soda.
" We got held up because I ran into someone from when I was held captive. She seemed to think that I love her and will drop John just because she showed up. Can you believe that?" Summer told her sister.
" No. No, I can't." June agreed, " I got the rest of the girls downstairs with their bags getting the pelican loaded up."
Summer smiled as Weiss looked confused. She was going to ask when the adults started to move about the house getting packed and Zwi ready for the trip. She kept trying to get someone to answer her when John took her aside. She followed him outside and got her answer in the form of some cryptic answering.
" Weiss, you are going to be seeing some things that I would rather wait till you are fully integrated into the family before we tell you this, but no plan survives first contact," he told her, dropping to a knee and placing his hands on her shoulders. " Weiss. You know that I am a soldier. One that is really good at his job. High-risk high reward kind of suicide missions. You are about to be brought into the fold. You are going to be brought into a family that has been sworn to secrecy. I need you to understand this. What you see and what you might hear, does not leave the basement, Ok?"
Weiss looked at him feeling nerves.
"Joh...Dad, this is kind of scary. What did I get into by joining this family? Is it dangerous? Are you a criminal?" Weiss asked, starting to hyperventilate.
John smiled at the last one.
" No. Come. I will show you what I am." He said standing up and offering her his hand to take.
She took it and followed him down the stairs and into a doorway that was in the wall. She walked into a briefing room with a few offshoot rooms. Nothing too far out of the ordinary. That was until she was led into one. And just like with Summer's reaction, she gasped with shock and surprise. The amount of weaponry on the walls were cool but not as cool as the suit of green armor held in the back. And not just any green armor, but the armor of the Spartan.
Her world was blown and she was not sure what she was feeling. She was shocked. Her new daddy was the Spartan? One of the most dangerous people on Remand? And he was her new Daddy? What? That explains a bit actually. The way he was so aloof when it comes to anything in the relationship field, but was a master when it came to training and combat.
" Oh." was all she said as Blake came up behind her.
" Congratulations, sis." Blake told her as she hugged her causing Weiss to jump.
Ruby and Yang were chuckling as they motioned her to help load up the drop ship.
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Onyx and Daisy looked out on the lawn as John brought the pelican in for a landing.
" I wonder what our little flower meant by a surprise." Daisy said to her husband.
Onyx shrugged as he took his wife's hand and walked out to greet their daughter, granddaughters, her boyfriend, and his sister/android/AI, and their daughter.
The ramp dropped and John and the others walked down the ramp with smiles on their faces. But one stood out. She was a new face. White hair and ice-blue eyes. She had the look and gate of a Schnee. If that was the case, well they would hear them out first.
Summer and June fast-walked up to the two and embraced their parents.
" Ohhh, it is so good to see you again." Summer said as she hugged her father with June their mother.
" You are always welcome to come by whenever you need to." Daisy said. She then turned to John and told him that goes for him as well. They scooped up Ruby and Yang before shaking John and Cortana's hands...well Onyx did. Daisy just embraced them with a motherly hug.
It was after that that they addressed the new girl.
" And who may this be?" Daisy asked looking at Weiss.
" Mom, Dad. John took in another girl. May I introduce you to Weiss Schnee-Mendez." Summer said with a smile.
Their smiles dropped.
" Well. This is going to be a bit awkward." Onyx said.
" Why is that?" Cortana inquired.
Onyx took a breath and simply said that when they were retired, it was because Jaques wanted them to attack a rival company convoy that was full of workers and their families as well as hiring them to strike at Faunas dominant villages.
Weiss had a horrified look that her birth father would do such a thing. She knew that he was a racist and would not put it past him, but to hear it was something else.
" We don't blame her for her father's mistakes. But there's a reason why we don't feel comfortable around Schnees." Daisy informed. " But you have been adopted by John and so far Blake hasn't gone insane yet soo, I say you are in good hands." she said chuckling and earning a loud " Hey!" from both Blake and Cortana.
" Well come on in and make yourselves comfortable! Supper will be done in," Onyx checked his watch, " Three hours. I hope you don't mind getting a bit dirty. And Weiss, welcome to the family."
That night with full bellies and content smiles, the children sat at the table playing a board game with the adults sitting in the living room talking and sharing stories.
" ...so you opened an airlock and shot yourself and the bomb into space, through a battlezone, punched through a breach that was opened up by your fighter, and took out a capital ship?" Daisy asked.
John nodded with Cortana commenting that she knows that he is not afraid of heights. And that he may be on the verge of insanity.
" Do you have footage of such an event? I want to gush all over it and see what my future son-in-law did." Daisy remarked.
" You want to see some other cool things that he has seen, or just some breathtaking scenery, we can show you some of the greatest. Like stepping out onto the ring for the first time. That was one breathtaking sight. Or the island of the Cartographer. Oh oh oh, I was not there to see it myself but he got it on his mission recorder, the Ark. Looking up and seeing a galaxy and stars all the while it being daylight. Ohhh you will all love that." Cortana told the pair.
Summer looked at her boyfriend with hope in her eyes that she could see more of what they were talking about. She pulled the puppy's eyes trying to get him to cave...it was semi-successful. He looked at her with a smile and said when they get home.
" Well I don't know about you guys, but I want to spend some girl time before I go to bed. Onyx, why don't you and John do whatever you guys do while we ladies do our nails and hair." Daisy said shoeing the two men out of the room and outside.
Onyx rolled his eyes but kissed her with Summer giving a kiss to John before the two went outside and to Onyx's workshop. Inside was what one could say is a Remnant version of a 1970 Challenger with a gloss black paint job.
John, who only saw a vehicle for its intended purpose. To move things around and get to point to point, could not help but admire the craftsmanship of the car and garage. A big toolbox took up the middle part of the wall with a bench right next to it, jack stands and jacks were where under the bench, and air compressor and just some other things that made a shop a shop. Good lighting and radio to boot. This would be considered the ' hobby' garage while the main one was connected to the house. The 'hobby' garage had one bay that was open for routine maintenance on vehicles and alike, the next bay held the car, and the last held a project still ongoing. It looked to be a pick up if John had to guess. On the rear wall was Onyx and Daisy's squadron emblem. The 108th Wardog squadron that later turned to the Razgriz squad. Their emblem was of a red-headed woman with a winged black helmet.
John whistled appreciation at the amount of time, space, and patience, and persistence.
" Sooo. Since the female exiled us into the wilds of a garage, can I ask you a few things?" Onyx asked John, offering him a seat as he took one.
" Go ahead." John told him.
" I am going to cut through the bullshit and get straight to the point. I am not going to try and intimidate you and do what normal fathers do when their daughter brings a boy home. You and I both know that won't work. But I do ask that you be upfront and honest with me." He paused gathering his thoughts and how to put everything. " What are your intentions with Summer. I know you are a good man and would never hurt her. Or at least not intentionally. I know only a bit of your background and from what I can see, you never had a relationship. So, what are you wanting from her?"
John thought about it before letting out a breath. " -sigh- I don't understand the question."
" Are you looking to marry her one day? Just playing house and not commit to anything? Because I am going to tell you right now, marry her or let her move out and find a man that will. No offense but I want to know that she will be locked in a relationship and not be abandoned for no reason."
John looked at Onyx and saw a man worried about his daughter's future.
" I am going to be honest. I don't know what I am supposed to do in a relationship. I heard the term marriage before but never really understood it. Hell Summer and Cortana have to tell me what to do and how to do it when it comes to dates and alike, and Summer was the one to suggest that she takes the lead until I know more of what to do in that aspect of life."
Onyx went wide-eyed. " My baby girl had to ask a guy out on a date and to take charge. Normally I would tell her to drop the guy and say he was not interested in her but since this is coming from you? I can see it. So. What can I do to help you fit into your new role?"
" Well, what all does she like to do? She never really said and we have now four girls to take care of as well as a ship to get space worthy."
" For you John, I would stick to simple. A picnic in an open field or a park, a dinner at a fancy or semi-fancy restaurant, take her out to the movies or do some stay-at-home dates. A good meal and a campfire. Camping is another thing you can do. Just don't do any child making until you and she are married. While I did like Tai and thought he was a very good man, he pissed me off for knocking her up before he even proposed."
John chuckled at that. Tai did make a bit of a mess with that. Sure they were both drunk and just did it, but that still does not keep a father's wrath at bay.
" Sir, I don't even know why Summer would want to have sex with me. She can't conceive so do it."
Onyx just looked at him. " John. When you have your first, you will understand. Sex is not just for babies. There are many reasons one has sex. Making Love is a popular term. It shows how much in love you are with her. Others see it as a form of exercise, a damn good feeling while doing it but it is a thing. Others do if because of boredom. Often when people are snowed in or something people get so bored that they have sex to pass the time. And some like to do more in their sex life. But those are things that you and she would need to talk about."
John nodded and let a minute or two pass before he spoke again.
" I got a question to ask. Summer needs a new weapon and I was going to make one for her. I know she is good with a sniper so I was going to keep that in the design, but is she good with a sword?" he asked.
" I would say she is. What are you thinking son?" he asked.
Son. That grated a bit on his nerves. He has been called son a few times in his career and did not enjoy it. Only Cole earned the right to use it on him. But this was Summer's father and he served a crack air unit. He could cut the man some slack. After all, he wanted to stay on his good side.
He grabbed a pencil and paper and started to draw out what he was thinking as Onyx grabbed a beer from the mini-fridge and joined him.
Inside the house, the children were busy trying to win. What were they playing you may ask. Well, it is the most competitive game of Trouble one could have. How competitive? Well let's put it this way, some kept getting 6s and needing to roll again while others could not even get out of their starting spot. So much laughing, groaning, and vowing vengeance on losses aaaaaaaand duck.
*CRASH!*
Ummm, let's move on. It seems that the children are about to declare war on one another.
Upstairs in one of the open rooms that the couple has, the women were doing what Daisy said they would. They were doing their nails and hair all in comfy nighties.
" Soo, Summer, you mind telling us how you and John got together?" Daisy asked.
Summer smiled and told her mom about how she had to wrestle with her feelings and her heart and finally talked to Cortana. And how she told her what John was like. His sense of duty would never let him or make him abandon her. " I have learned over the past couple of months that he is naive like a child when it comes to relationships. So I have been taking the lead and explaining to him what all a man does for the woman in question. He remarked that the guy seems to be used while the girl takes advantage of him. She gets all the food and attention and viewings of movies she wants while the guy has to pay for it all and to plan everything. And since he pointed that out it hit me. He is right! Come on, the man always comes up with the activity and has to pay for it. Sure it could be chivalry but it does seem like it can be abused. That is why I do my fair share. We are partners and as such we share responsibility. If he pays for dinner, I get the tip. If he pays for the tickets, I get the snacks and so on and so forth." Summer rambled on for a bit before she came back on track but Cortana picked up to let her catch her breath and thoughts.
" I told her several things. One that she doesn't know what made John the way he is and that he may tell her over time, but for now will remain classified. That and he has an amount of luck that is unmatched." Cortana explained chuckling. " If Summer went to a casino with him she would come back with more money then she would know what to do with it! OR how he has a certain set of gifts that will make her one happy and very satisfied woman. Although she may just get more hungry and thirsty afterward."
June and Daisy looked at her with a quirked eyebrow as Summer blushed knowing what she was referring to. Once the other two women got it they blushed but had smiles with June full-on grinning.
" Ohh, and let's just say that he is extremely loyal. I tried multiple times to seduce him and all he did was through a robe or blanket onto me and took me to my room. Oh, Summer, you are going to be sooooo lucky. I am sure he would not even look at another woman the way he will look at you. I am so jealous that you got such a great guy. And I haven't even seen what he has." June told her sister.
Cortana laughed and said that it is Summer's privilege to find that present.
" But if I were you sweety since this is kind of a reversal on roles, I would completely blow his mind and rock his world when you make love. A good sex life can do wonders." Daisy told her daughter as Summer groaned in annoyance.
" MOM! How active is your libido? I am taking things slow and not rushing it. If John doesn't enjoy or find sex all that fun, then I won't force it. Besides, I kind of had all the sex I could have for one lifetime. IF he does somehow get addicted to it or me, then I am sure we can work something out. But if what Cortana said is true, then I am sure we will both be addicted to each other." Summer told her mother.
" Oh, mine is quite active. And I am sorry for not seeing your, um, captivity playing apart of it." Daisy said.
" Mom it is ok. I just, how do I put it, I have had so much sex and in different styles that any form of fantasies has been fulfilled perversely. As much as I would like to redo some of those fantasies again, I am not sure I want to. Because I have already done it but was against my will and had no say in it." Summer told her.
" If I may ask, what all were you wanting to do? Because maybe down the line I can help remake those desires and fantasies for you so you can purify them." June told her with Cortana agreeing.
Summer just looked at them. "Let's wait till I am married and had at least a couple of rounds between the sheets with him before we go down that road." Summer said earning a laugh and going back to their nails and talking about whatever women do at such times.
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The start of the school year has come and gone. Late September was upon them. And it was here that we picked up this part. You see a couple of things are about to happen that will make us all happy. You happy, me happy, Summer happy, the girls happy, everyone happy. Sooooo, let's get to it.
We start this on a Friday afternoon. John was on his way home from both work and the store. He pulled into the garage and reached over and grabbed a basket full of goods for tonight, and hopefully something that Summer accept. He pocketed the small box and entered the house. He only had until 4-4:30 before Summer would get home. He planned a nice dinner that was still in the hog. He went back out with Zwi following him pawing at the door to be let out. He opened the door and left it open with Zwi moving out quickly to relieve himself as John went to the back seat and took out supper for the night. It was chicken parmesan and garlic bread. He got some grape juice to go with it as well as soda for the children.
He had been prepping for this. This was something that Cortana said he should do. With her, June, and even Glynda's help, he bought an engagement ring for her. A beautiful diamond held in a platinum band.
Flashback for a bit bois.
John motioned for Weiss and Blake to follow him outside. Once out of earshot he got straight to the point.
" Blake. Weiss. I know I am not your biological father, and Blake lost her mother as well. That is why I want to ask you two a question. What are your thoughts on Summer?" he asked them.
Blake was the one to answer. " She is a sweet woman. Ruby and Yang are pretty much sisters and I would love to be able to call her mom."
Weiss said that for the short time she knew the couple and their girls, she fell in love with the family and would love to call them family. That was his opening.
" Blake, Weiss. Do I have your go-ahead to propose to her?" He asked showing them a picture of the ring he intended to buy. Their eyes widened at the picture and what it implemented. They were going to have a mom. Well, Blake was going to have a new mom and dad while Weiss still loved and had her birth mother, she was happy to call Summer her mom.
While that was going on, Summer was asking Ruby and Yang the same thing. And pretty much got a " We already have been calling him daddy." or " Why haven't you done so yet mom? Go get him."
End of flashback peoples.
He already had the girl's permission from both his girls and permission from Ruby and Yang who just gave him a " Are you asking us to marry our mom? You already had it, dummy."
So he has permission from everyone he needs including Onyx and Daisy. But he feels like he should give them one last thing to make up a decision. He asked June to take the Pelican and get her parents for a briefing. If all went to plan, then he would be popping the question tonight.
He got the table set and ready for dinner as he got the basket ready. He stopped at the store and picked up two dozen assorted strawberries. Some were dipped in a variety of chocolates, some were in sugar while others were just plain. He got them in a small cooler placed within the basket. He then placed two bottles of wine with ice packs to keep them child along with two metal cups and a small speaker. He shut the basket and placed a blanket on top. There was a dock that overlooked the ocean. It was supposed to be a clear night with no signs of clouds to block the sky. And it was supposed to extremely clear.
He checked the time and saw that she will be home in just a few minutes. Enough time to look over the weapon blueprints he was going to send in one final time. It was a sword sniper combo. The barrel of the sniper would be in the blade of the sword with the scope and firing mechanism acting like the crossguard with the stock being the handle. Sure there were mechanics to the weapon that could not be seen on the print but he could not help but feel a little nervous. Would she like it? She did need a new weapon that was not tainted by sorrow and hate.
But what about when he broke the news about what made him, well, him. How would they react? Would they still accept him or leave him? Would Summer still have him? He could not know the answer to that yet.
He blew out a breath and decided to do his form of meditation...field stripping a weapon and putting it back together. He grabbed his rifle and did so. It wasn't till he was done did he hear the door open and Summer walked in calling out that she was home. John called out a ' Be right there,' and slapped the magazine into the weapon.
He took a breath and went back upstairs and saw Summer looking over the still-hot dinner on the oven. She took her hood off showing that she had on a black blouse with leather bracelets on, her ever-present clencher and skirt that was flowy yet still seemed to sit just right to tease him, her legs were clad in her favorite stockings and her feet were in a pair of shoes. Not boots surprisingly. She still looked great and his heart seemed to skip a beat. It was a simple outfit but it seemed to affect him.
She turned and smiled seeing him before walking up and wrapped her arms around his neck and placed a kiss on his lips. He, in turn, wrapped her in his arms and kissed her back.
" Hmmm, I missed you. So, I take it that supper is on the oven?" she asked.
John nodded and then asked her, " You up for a stargazing date tonight?" he asked.
The light in her eyes became brighter as she smiled and nodded, " I would love to. We can go when you feel it is right. Just let me freshen up first. That ok?"
John nodded as he called the girls to come in from shooting and sparring for supper. They ate and Summer walked upstairs to her room and grabbed a towel before she went to the bathroom and took a shower.
John got supper put away and told Cortana his plan. She had a smile so bright and big he thought she was going to explode. She started hopping up and down in excitement and even quietly squealed like a schoolgirl.
" Eeeeehhh, tell me how it goes!" she said bringing her hands up to her face.
John smiled at his AI companion. He placed a hand on her shoulder and said to her to wish him luck and that he was very nervous.
" That is to be expected. And I am sure she will accept you. She may need some time to digest the new information and take a longer and harder look at you, but I am sure that she will still love you. And if not, then you still got me." She told him.
He laughed as he helped the girls out with what homework they had left and waited for Summer to walk down the stairs.
With said woman. She stepped into the shower and let the hot water run over her body. She didn't sweat during work but she liked to shower away the wear and tear of the day. She hummed in pleasure as she stretched parts of her limbs to let the heat work into her muscles. But she also could not help but look forward to her time tonight. She took a breath, filling her lungs with the steam the shower was giving as well as letting the water run down her neck, chest, and abdomen as it ran down her legs or dripped off of her nether regions. She couldn't help but let her mind wander and imagine that where she placed her hands, that they were Johns.
With her eyes closed, she lightly ran a hand up and down her side raising goosebumps along her arms and hardened her nipples when she ran them over her breasts. She hasn't done anything like this since she was rescued. Sure she had dirty thoughts but that is something that comes with being alive. But touching herself and feeling herself up? This was the first in a while and she found herself enjoying the feeling. She would love the feeling even more if it was John doing it.
She opened her eyes and let out a sigh before turning off the water and grabbing a towel. She dried herself off before she wrapped the towel around herself and opened the door and went to her room to dress. Now, what should she wear? First should be her underwear. Underwear first. She walked over to her dresser and looked into her underwear drawer. Deciding to go with a matching set, she grabbed a red bra and panty set with black lace over it. She slipped the two on feeling the thong slide up her legs and leaving her butt exposed. She grabbed her normal set of stockings that were more thin pants than anything as they went up to her waist. Now that she was only semi-naked, she walked over to her closet and looked at her shirts. She grabbed a blue V-neck T-shirt with a black button-up over shirt and a black skirt that reached her knees and slipped them on before sitting at a vanity mirror and doing some makeup. Mainly something for her lips and eyes. So lipstick and some mascara for her lashes.
She got up and looked in the mirror and damn did she look good. The shirt was cut low enough to show the barest of cleavage but not enough to be obnoxious. All she needed now as a necklace to match and perfume. She walked over to her necklace hanger and grabbed a silver necklace with a sapphire as the gem. It sat perfectly on her neck and chest.
A puff or three of perfume later, she was walking down the steps to see John with a basket.
She smiled at him as his eyes tracked her movements. She did a twirl and leaned up against the doorway and asked " How do I look?"
John just looked at her before he set the basket down, strode over, and kissed her.
" I take it that you approve?"
" I think you look wonderful. Are you ready?"
Summer nodded and slipped on some tennies and took John's arm as he led her to the hog.
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The sun was only half visible when they arrived at the dock setting the sky afire with different shades of red, orange, and purples and surrounding the few clouds in a golden beam of light. It was a beautiful sight to behold as the sky was reflected off of the water. John had picked the perfect spot and time for this. Summer could feel the glow and light on her face as she smiled and looked over her shoulder to John who was bringing the basket and blanket.
John could not help but stare at her. The way the sun outlined her form giving her an angelic appearance. She was so beautiful. He could not but help in letting his jaw drop slightly earning a quiet laugh.
She walked up to him with a slight sway in her step and promptly closed his mouth with hers as she kissed him. Feeling a bit forward, she slipped her tongue in and started to explore her new territory causing John to freeze up in shock. She broke the kiss off with a string of saliva connecting them and saw her boyfriend's face. She could not help but laugh.
" Let's hope nothing happens while you are off of Remnant." she said as she slipped under his arm and tried to get him to move. When he did she asked if he enjoyed his trip. To which he just asked what happened and what she just did.
She took the blanket and spread it out on the dock and simply said that she frenched him, or as all the regular people would say, she made out with him. John sat next to her and opened the basket to reveal the wine and strawberries and the hidden speaker. He already had it parred to his scroll and once everything was set, he pressed play and an assortment of classical music and songs that had that love feel started playing.
And for the next few hours, well into the night they sat or lay on the dock looking at the darkening sky as the sun gave way too night. And it was a clear night. So clear that the sky was full of twinkling stars and the wisps of the galaxy.
John had fed her some of the strawberries in the basket and poured her a cup of wine for them. They talked about anything and everything with her commenting.
" You know, a few years ago I would ask someone who would be in your place if they ever wondered what was up there. And if they ever would wonder what it was like here." She said as she laid on her back looking up. " But now? Now I know not to ask that question. Instead, I am going to ask if we will ever have the chance to go up there and see and meet them."
John looked at her. She still had the wonder lust for space like any Remnant native.
" I am sure we will. And I hope that you will be at my side when we do go up." he said.
She smiled and looked at him before taking a pull from her glass as she emptied it and refilling it, emptying the first bottle of wine and taking a strawberry and popping it into her mouth. She looked back up and started to point out constellations to John and tell him some of the stories behind them taking a pull after each exploitation.
And by the end of the night, Summer managed to drink both bottles of wine with John only having a cup from each bottle with her.
John looked at her and saw that her eyes were glazed over. She was giggling and getting a bit handsy. He helped her up with her falling into his chest still giggling. John walked her over to a nearby bench and sat her down while he packed everything up and folded the blanket. He looked over and saw that Summer was twirling a lock of her hair as she bit her lower lip with her eyes locked onto him with her legs pressed together. He took her arm and led her to the hog and helped her in as she was stumbling and giggling the whole way.
And the drive home was a challenge as she tried to reach over and rub his thigh. He didn't really know what she was trying to do but it was a bit of a distraction and thankfully the house was ahead. He pulled into the garage, killed the engine, and went to help Summer out of the truck. What he got was Summer wrapping her arms around his neck and legs around his waist as she pressed herself to John's front. She kissed his neck and placed featherweight kisses on his cheek as he walked her up the stairs and to her room where he set her down on her bed.
She had a silly smile on her face thinking that she was going to get some action.
" Are we going to do it?" She asked as she pushed her chest out hoping to get his attention.
John just raised an eyebrow. " Summer. You are drunk. Just rest." he told her as he dropped to a knee and started to undo her shoes.
Summer, on the other hand, thought he was, uhhh, you know. Uhhh, she thought he was going to service her. You know, eating her pussy. So she spread her legs and waited to feel his hands run up her legs and feel her up before gripping her tights and pulling them down or just ripping a section of them so he can start licking her womanhood. So imagine her surprise when all she felt was her shoes coming off and nothing feeling her up.
She looked down past her legs and saw that John was at her closet setting her shoes on the floor before returning to her.
' Awe, how polite.' she thought as she kept her legs spread hoping that he would take the hint.
John just looked at her not knowing what she was doing but knew that she needed change.
" Um Summer, aren't you going to grab your PJs and change?" he asked.
Change. Why would she change? She wanted to be naked and covered in sweat with her man plowing into her.
She stood and tried again to get the action going as she started to undress in front of him as she walked up to him. When she reached him, she only had her bra on her chest before she reached up and kissed him pressing herself up onto him again as she slid a leg up and around him.
John, not wanting to be rude, kissed her back with her moaning into the kiss as she deepened the kiss. She could feel his hands on the small of her back, not reaching for the clasp of her bra.
She broke the kiss to take it off herself when she ran to the bathroom and threw up into the toilet. John came in and held her hair back as she wretched and hurled. She held out a thumbs-up as thanks before she stood up and looked at him with a less clouded set of eyes.
" Thank you." she said as she turned on the faucet to rinse her mouth out. She then looked at herself with a bit more self-control and realized that she just tried to seduce John. She mentally groaned.
" John. I think I am going to change. Would it be ok if I sleep with you for tonight?" She asked.
John handed her a nighty and nodded to her. She thanked him and he left. Once the door was shut, she hung her head and sighed.
" I can't believe I did that." she said grabbing her toothbrush and toothpaste and doing her teeth before stripping off the remainder of her clothing and putting on her nighty. She made one last stop at her dresser and placed her necklace on the tree and made her way to John's room.
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Meanwhile
June was told that if she had problems give Cortana a call. Well, she more or less got the bird in the air and had no real problems. She did call on a couple of gages that were a bit different, but when she was told it was more for the vacuum of space she chose not to worry about it.
When she and her sister were younger, her parents often took them up in training aircraft just to give them some flight time. Both weren't interested in flying but did thank them for the knowledge. And now it did come in handy. While the setup was different, the controls were similar. She flew for a couple of hours before she was at her destination.
She knew that the front yard was large enough to fit the bird so that is what she did. She needed to hurry and get her parents packed and left. John was going to pop the question but he needed both her parents' blessing, which she was sure he already had, and show them what made him who he was.
Once she landed, she dropped the hatch and saw her mom and dad with a couple of shotguns. Both looked at her with a bit of shock wondering why she showed up.
" June? What are you doing here? Is everything okay? Is Summer okay? Is she hurt? What about the girls? Are they okay? Did something happen?" Daisy asked.
" No, they are fine. John and Summer on going on a date tonight. John wanted me to come and get you. He is planning on popping the question tonight but wanted you to be around for one last thing. All he said was that he was going to lift the veil of classification for us. And that was going to be a kind of test. Something that will change the way we look at him was the vibe I got." she told them as she ushered them inside the house to start packing.
" Any ideas as to what it is?" Onyx asked, grabbing a few pairs of pants and shirts as Daisy did the same.
" No idea." June told them.
Not even ten minutes later they were packed and ready to leave. They locked up the house and boarded the bird with Onyx and Daisy going to the cockpit and started a preflight check before lifting off and heading for Patch. They didn't talk, they just flew thinking of what was going on. When they got close to the house, the comms came to life as Cortana guided them in. It was dusk going on dark when they got home.
" So, any word yet?" Daisy asked her daughter hoping to get news on her youngest.
" Mom. We just got here. Let me check ok?" June said dropping the ramp and walking out into the hanger and to the stairs going up to the kitchen. She opened the door and saw Cortana sitting on the couch with Yang between her legs as she did her hair with Weiss doing her as well as Blake. Ruby's hair was cut short and as such did not need to worry about it. She was playing a game while the others did their hair.
Blake's ears flicked as she heard them walk in and turned to see them.
" Any news yet?" Daisy asked Cortana.
" No. Not yet." Cortana told them. The three newcomers sat down as Cortana informed them of John's plan.
They stayed up until they got home with the girls going to bed at their normal bedtimes.
They moved to the kitchen and snacked on a cake that was made while they waited. It was closing in on 11 when they heard the hog pull in. They were bracing for the news. Are they getting a son-in-law, or will she be single forever? That was what they were waiting for. But what they got was a lot of female giggling. They looked at one another with questioning looks.
A few minutes later John came back downstairs with kiss marks on his face.
" What happened to you?" Cortana asked.
" She is drunk and I have no idea what she was trying to do." he said.
" Did you ask her?" Daisy asked, needing to know.
" I did not. She was too far into the bottle for me to ask." he replied.
" What was she doing that is making you confused?" June asked.
" I don't know. She kept arching and leaning back as if she was pushing her chest out. Then she opened her legs and kept them open for some odd reason while I undid her shoes and put them away. Then she started taking her shirts off before all this." he said gesturing to his kiss marked face.
" Wait wait wait. Are you telling me that she was trying to seduce you?" Onyx asked.
" Uhhh sure?"
" It sure sounds like it." Daisy said with a laugh.
" And you did nothing?" Onyx asked him.
" The only thing we did was share a kiss. I believe she was going to continue when she needed to vomit." he told them.
" Ok. You are going into the keeper category. I like you John. You can marry her now." Onyx told him. " So, why did you bring us here? June said it was to fully integrate us into your circle of trust."
" I sent a message to Tai's folks as well. They are already on their way here and staying in a hotel as well as Raven. I am going to tell you how I was made and why as well as what I faught."
" John. You don't need to tell us anything classified just to win our trust. We trust you already for everything you have done in such a short amount of time." Daisy said.
" But I feel like you should know. So please get some rest." he said as he heard feet upstairs moving around. He took a breath and bid them all good night and went to his room and grabbed some sleep shorts before he slipped into bed, then felt a slim feminine arm wrap around him. He turned his head and saw Summer with her eyes closed peacefully asleep.
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Why oh why is the sun so damn bright? That was the thought that was going through her mind as she woke. She groaned as the pounding in her head worsen as the light hit her eyes. She looked around to see that she was in an empty bed in John's room. She looked over and saw the alarm clock on the nightstand. 11:55 AM. It was noon and she was just now getting up? Ohhh this was going to be one hell of a hang-over. She took a breath and got to her feet as she slowly got to her feet. She walked out the door and downstairs to the kitchen shielding her eyes from the glare of the sun.
" Morning sweety." she heard her mom, or was it her sister, say to her causing her already pounding head to pound even harder.
" My head is pounding, please keep it down." she said squinting her eyes and looking for a glass and some pills for her damn head. She fiddled with the cabinet looking for the right container when she felt someone set a couple of tablets in her hand. She looked and saw John there, hand in hers. She smiled before she held her hair and turned on the faucet and pulled a couple of mouthfuls of water in drinking the first one to wet her mouth and holding the second for the pills.
" Thank you hone." She said.
He nodded and poured her a cup of coffee to try and alleviate a headache.
" Did I really sleep till noon?" She asked.
" You did honey. So are you going to tell us what happened last night?" June asked, sitting down next to her.
" hm, John, and I went on a date. A nice date as well." she said propping her head on her hand and having a dreamy look to her eyes, " Got to point out the constellations and tell him the folklore behind them."
" And let's not forget that you tried to seduce him." June added in.
" And I tried to seduce hiiiiiii, wait. I did what?" she asked.
" You tried to seduce him. You know. Get him to have sex with you. Do we need to tell you how sex works again?" Daisy asked.
Summer, who once had a dreamy look in her eyes, now had one of shock. " I WHAT!?" She shrieked grabbing her head as it split.
" You tried and failed to seduce him." June said to her.
Summer looked to John for confirmation. He nodded in the affirmative as she had a hard blush and set her head on her arms.
" But to his credit, he did not touch you or take advantage of you. He is a keeper if you ask me." Daisy told her.
" Put a ring on him, sis. Or I might take him for myself and be addicted to his taste and cock." June told her.
Summer just shot her a glare as a knock was heard at the door. On the other side was Mal and Maria Xiao-Long.
" Mal. Maria. Please come in. Try to keep it down please. Summer is suffering from a hangover." John greeted.
The two walked inside and held looks of sympathy for the young woman with Maria filling a glass of water and told her to pound water for the day.
" So. What did you need from us?" Mal asked, leaning up on the counter and pulling out a flask and taking a pull.
" I think we may need to wait until she is ready. I don't want to overdo it for her." John said.
" Understandable," Maria said.
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After a long, very long day, Summer was feeling a hell of a lot better. Her head still hurt but nowhere near as much. She could listen to music and a normal level and not be brought to her knees from just some simple guitar notes. And the late afternoon sun did not send her crying in pain back into the house. Sure she wore a pair of sunglasses outside and those seemed to help...or a nice wide brim straw hat that she likes to wear to the beach.
She had a great time with family and close friends. Glynda had stopped by to visit and offered to watch the girls for the rest of the afternoon. Something she has not done since Cortana offered to watch them. One could see the smile on her face as she packed them up and went out for the afternoon. It was a cute anime smile.
But the beautiful day, hell even the night, was soon going to be shattered. John made two more calls and both Qrow and Raven flew in. Mal and Maria could tolerate her presence. She did help in saving her partner after all and did show their son the respect he deserved to have had when he was alive.
Qrow they knew was a good boy. He stuck with his buddy and helped in raising Tai's daughter with Summer. Going as far as to act like the cool uncle that lets the children get away with some stuff. The little prick. Letting them have snacks after their bedtime.
They started down the stairs when Glynda came back with four tired kids in tow. John went up to Blake and asked if he could trust her to keep her sisters in line for a few hours.
" I think so. Ruby pretty much ran herself out of energy, Yang while not ready to fall over and sleep is wanting to just relax and I think Weiss is, get this, play a video game. As for me, I just want to read. I am in such a good spot in this book." She said walking over to where her book layed.
" Ok, sweety. If you need something you know where to find us. Knock first though."
" Dad, can I ask what it is you are going to be talking about?" Blake asked.
John looked at her with a loving but hard look. One that said what he says next is of the utmost importance.
" Blake. We are going to be discussing things that will damage you. I, as well as the adults, don't want you to see or hear any of this until you are older. Even then we would rather not tell you unless you are absolutely sure you think you can handle it. But as of the moment, you or your sisters are not ready for it."
Blake understood some of the meaning behind most of it.
" We don't want you to lose your innocence yet. Because if or when we tell you, it will take part of your soul." John told her more gently not using his commander's voice and dropping to a knee to look her in the eye. He could see the gears working in her head. She was a smart girl. She will figure out that this is important and she needs to listen.
She nodded and said that she will keep the rest in line.
He gave her one last pat and stood telling Glynda to follow and to take a seat as they entered the briefing room.
He tapped a couple of controls and made sure the room was secured.
" Before we begin, turn off all devices. Nothing gets recorded and you never heard this and you don't talk about it outside this room. Am I clear."
He got nods from everyone and looked to Summer and took a breath.
" I brought you all here for a reason. For some, it's not so much that I trust you, but more that I am testing you. For others, I am bringing you into the fold of who, and what I am and how I came to be. For one of you, it will mean that you will see all of my cards. My faults. And all the ugly things that will make you question how I have not broken yet." he said getting everyone to look at him. He looked and caught each of their eyes. The last eye he caught was Summer's. She had the most nervous look.
" I will start this meeting by asking a question. What would you do if you were in a fight for the right to exist? What morals do you throw out? What laws do you break to ensure survival?" he asked waiting. After a second of silence, he continued.
" If you came up with an answer, keep it to yourselves. If you haven't, that is ok. Cortana will be telling you what the UNSC did. And how the original purpose of the S-IIs changed. How it changed from surgically ending a civil war to being one of the most effective shields against genocidal aliens. You know parts of the story. Mostly that we came from a war in a different part of space. Now I am going to give you the context to it." John said.
He waited for a heartbeat and started.
" Before I was born there was a war going on. Earth and her colonies were fighting amongst themselves. The outer colonies felt that they were being treated unfairly and as such took to terrorism. They targeted not only military vessels and outposts, but civilian centers and ships not caring if civilians were caught in the crossfire." he began as Cortana opened up clips of what John was talking about. He handed the talking to her as she explained the ORIAN project and its successes and failures as well as laying some of the groundwork for his class.
The assembled group was in shock at the brutality the incerection used. Bombing hospitals and parks. Rule areas that should be off-limits.
" Some fought and killed for no other reason than because they were anarchists. Had no honor. Others did and tried to limit casualties. But theorists have theorized that if radical action was not taken then society would crumble in on itself." Cortana said as she brought up a picture. One that was strikingly familiar.
" Ummm, Cortana, we know you are smart and all but are you trying to stroke your ego? Besides, you said it yourself that you got your body here on Remnant." Qrow pointed out.
" No shit sherlock. This woman was working on her second Doctoral Thesis at the age of fifteen. This is a woman who learned so much that she was in college when other girls her age would have been in high school if not middle school. This is Dr. Cathrine Halsey. She was hired by ONI, the ones that will kill you to keep you quiet on the type of coffee they like kind of people mind you, to come up with another program." She said looking to John to see if he would like to take over.
" I first met her at the school playground when I was six on Eradanis II in Elesiaum city…" He went on to explain how he met her and how he won the quarter.
' This is where the first test comes. How will they react when I tell them I was kidnapped and replaced with a clone.' he thought as he looked at Summer and hesitated if he should move on. Of all the people he wanted to know, it was her. Yet at the same time, he did not want her to know. This is something that could break their relationship off she would leave him. He may recover from the heartbreak, but would he? Would he find another woman that would fall for him and he her and have what he and Summer already have. He didn't know.
" Ok, so she scouted you out when you were young. I am sure ONI came by ever so often to check on you until you were either of age to enlist or to invite you to a military school. Why make it sound like a big deal?" Qrow asked, pulling out his flask and taking a swig.
" I was not asked to join. I was kidnapped in the middle of the night and replaced with a flash clone that died shortly after I was taken." He said matter of factly.
The shock on everyone's faces was to be expected. Qrow spat out his whiskey in shock and started coughing while the others just looked at him with wide shocked eyes the size of dinner plates.
"WHAT!" they all shouted.
John sighed as he saw Summer clamp her hands over her mouth with tears coming to her eyes.
Mal, Onyx, Maria, Daisy, and Qrow were shaking in rage while Raven just looked at the table replaying his response in her head while Glynda sat next to Summer and June for support.
" Where is this woman at! I will personally shove my fighter up her ass the long way!" Onyx growled out.
" Sir. I request that you watch what you say. And remember what I asked earlier. Is she what she did wrong? Yes. But it was necessary and for the greater good." John said not harshly, but firmly.
" John, she had you taken from your family. And for what?!" Maria asked.
" John I have to agree with her. You were wronged in a major way." Daisy threw in with June agreeing.
Summer just looked at him seeing him not as just the man that she was falling in love with, but a man that was taken by a shadow organization of the government and twisted and molded him into a soldier. He asked them to think of what they would throw away in a survival situation. She could not think of what she would throw away. She wouldn't. She had morels and would never abandon them no matter the situation. And the man that she fell for was the result of what his government was willing to throw away. And that was taking children from their beds.
Knowing this could she still love him? Should she stay with him? She was not blind. She caught him looking at her when he broke that piece of news, looking at her reaction. She was shocked to be sure but she was also feeling her heart break. Not in the way that one would feel if they caught their partner sleeping with their best friend or boss, but in the way that they were told that their partner had an illness and only had a couple of days to live. Her heart broke for him.
" I probably was. But they took a schoolyard bully that was a bit too rough with the other children and molded him into one of the finest soldiers humanity has ever made. And for that I am damn proud they did." he told them causing even more shock.
" Damn. Qrow pass that damn thing here. I need a pull." Raven said, with Mal and the rest agreeing. Cortana pointed to the cabinet and said that they kept some of their booze in there. Qrow walked over and grabbed glasses as well as some ice from the freezer and set a glass up for each person who wanted one... except for Summer.
John continued how he was put in cryo and then flown to Reach. How they were told that they were conscripted to become the protector of Earth and all her colonies. That they could not go home and that their fellow trainees would be their new family.
Those in the room with military experience saw Chief Mendez and could not help but give the man some respect. They knew that Drill Sergeants or the equivalent are made to be hard asses to whip people into shape. And Mendez was no exception. He forged seventy-five children into a fighting force. He tricked them, beat them, ground them into dust, and rebuilt them. How he taught them ways of fighting and warfare. Over time, the Spartans learned to respect and even admire the man. Even going as far as to name him as their father.
" Damn. I may not like the fact he joined up with the wrong people, but he has my respect. And he trained you guys from six years old to fourteen? What kind of a hardass was he? We could use people like him in the Vacuolin military." Maria stated.
" He took care of us physically with drills and other forms of training. But Dr. Halsey with the help of the dumb AI Deja…"
" Wait. Why did you call an AI dumb? Arnt AIs supposed to be smart and able to do all the things at once?" Raven asked.
Cortana chuckled. " What he is referring to is a class of which there are two. There are 'dumb' AI and Smart AI. Dumb AI has a limiter and not as much creativity but can stay online until people decided to turn them off. Smart AIs like myself have no such limit. Compared to us the Dumb AIs are like a simple program with a personality. I can compile as much data as I want and have free rain on whatever system I inhabit. I can pilot warships, hack into systems, and much more. The price for this freedom? I only have seven years of service." She told the group.
" Yea you told us and the loophole you found. That body of yours helps keep your systems occupied enough to let you live longer than you would." Glynda pointed out.
John picked up where he left off, "... back to topic. Deja taught us military histories and a full education in math, science, history, biology, everything we would need. Our first lesson was on the ancient Spartans of Greece." John explained as Cortana brought up said soldiers.
The onlookers watched as three hundred soldiers armed with swords and shields and spears held a pass against thousands of Persian soldiers.
" The ancient Spartans were a military state in the nation of Greece. They started boot camp at the age of six as well. They were probably the strongest military states in Greece. Athens had scholars and a competent enough military but was the only state that could compete with Sparta."
" Ok. I am confused. Did earth take children to be soldiers of the same age? And people did not have a problem with that?" Daisy asked.
" Sparta was a military state. Every male was conscripted. Trained in the wilds and in the city. The males were trained to be worriers since birth and were fiercely loyal to their state and king. The women while trained to fight and defend their homes and young in the event Sparta was invaded. Their main job was to birth more spartan children for the state.'' John told them.
" Still."
" When not in war they trained and did have families." Cortana finished explaining ancient history to them as John continued explaining the early days of his training. His first day of boot. The test in the forest where he and the rest of the trainees were separated with a piece of a map, dropped off and left to find the evac point all in the dead of winter. And how John was promoted to squad leader. Then came another 'test'. The augmentations.
" Before I go any further, I need to warn you that the contents of what we are about to share are...graphic. And I am sure some of you will feel queasy." He said.
That earned gulps from those assembled as John took a breath.
" At age fourteen we had the body and physics of Olympic athletes. But we weren't done yet. We were going into another phase of our training. Augmentations." he said as he flexed his hands and remembered the pain he felt as he was torn apart on the cellular and even genetic level and rebuilt.
" John. Are you ok? You look like you are reliving something painful." Summer asked, speaking for the first time. He looked at her and nodded.
" I am not going to lie. It was not pleasant."
She looked at him wanting to reach out and comfort him. It was obvious that this event was extremely painful. It would help explain some of the scars on his body. Scars that were too perfect to be done in combat, but a hospital. She wasn't sure if she should though. He was a broken child soldier. How was she supposed to react to that?
'But he did the same for you when you needed it. The least I can do is to return the favor.' she thought as she stood and took his hand into hers and gave it a gentle squeeze.
She looked up and caught his eye and gave a nod saying that she was there. He nodded in thanks. It wasn't that he was scared, it's just the pain that he felt during the augmentations could come back with the memory. Something you just don't forget.
Wrapping his hand around hers he began.
" On the medical ship Hopeful, we were put in pre-op to mark us up and prepare us for surgery. When the time came, we were given an anesthetic to put us out when they got started."
The images that were shown were gruesome. Fourteen-year-olds laying on a bed with surgical robotics and doctors moving around the Spartans as the arms pushed needles into their arms legs, even a drill boring into their skull as lasers cut open their skins. Some even waking and screaming in absolute horror and pain as one started convulsing in her death throws as she flatlined. Some were shown to be so twisted and disfigured that they could not walk or move. Some just died on the table.
The look on everyone's face was still in their looks of horror. "Seventy-five of us went in. Thirty-three of us were fully augmented with twelve being so crippled they were confined to beds or chairs. The rest...were killed." John said matter of factly. " We had a funeral in honor of them." he said remembering all that he had lost. The images that were shown were their cryo canisters getting shot out into space as the UNSC Atlas held station.
" Duty. Honor. Self-sacrifice. These do not diminish in a soldier. To give your life so others may live is to answer the highest calling." Maria started.
" For they are not dead. They are just scouting ahead for the rest of us…" Onyx spoke next.
"...So when we make the journey, you can come back and escort us to paradise." Daisy finished.
" For Spartans never die. We just go missing in action." John finished earning an
" AHRAA!" Those with military experience shouted. For the fallen.
John could not help but let his heart fill with pride. These people knew how to respect the dead.
Qrow held up his glass in salute and took a pull with the other following suit.
John let a moment pass before he continued telling them what the surgeries did to them. How his bones were damn near unbreakable. Near perfect night vision. Reaction times were almost unclockable. And all that was shortly after they were augmented. So by this point in time, everything has only gotten better. And ONI wanted a test to see what a Spartan could do. So they set up an encounter. He was in the gym when a small squad of ODSTs came in.
" What happened?" Mal asked.
" Something was off with the equipment. Or so I thought. Everything was lighter or slower then they should have been fo environment. But when I did the math with the help from a locking pin, everything was fine and in working order. It was I that needed to be recalibrated. I was going to leave them to work out when the plates slid off on one side and they decided to 'teach me a lesson'. Four on one with two locking my arms and another putting me in a headlock with the last guy winding up for a punch. Needless to say, I broke out of that and broke the guy's nose before we were ordered into the boxing ring. That is when it became a massacre." John said gaining questioningly looks.
"-sigh- I know only three ways to deal with people. If you are my superior, I obey you. If you are my teammate, I help you. If you are against me? May God have mercy because I will put them down." was all he said earning gasps from the others. " I accidentally killed three elite troopers and shattered the fourths pelvis because I did not know my own strength."
Summer moved her hand from his and wrapped herself around his arm.
He told them their first mission and how it went off without a hitch save for him being the only one taking a bullet.
Then they came. The covenant. And project MJOLNIR. Sam's death aboard the Unrelenting. How Silent Storm was put into effect almost six months later where he and a battalion of Black Dagger Space assault troops were to board and plant nukes on as many covenant ships as possible. How it was sabotaged by one Prowler commander that was a mole for the incerection.
The op to recover a disabled covenant frigate that was nothing but a trap for them.
Cortana chipped in a couple of times to help explain things and to say that Halsey had a daughter that she gave up to live with her father because she knew that she did not have what it would take to be a mother.
They also spoke of the times when defeat was just a signing away and John and his Spartans were able to pull a victory from it. Whether it be holding the line so evacuation ships can depart or pushing forward in denial efforts or recon or free a city full of civilians and much more.
The operations that he was a part of until he was recalled to Reach and getting his upgraded Mark V and meeting Cortana for the first time. How Cortana chose him and that she was a specially made AI. She was made from a cloned brain from Doctor Halsey. Their test run at camp Hathcok that, while had live rounds authorized, a squad of ODSTs, a minefield, and an airstrike was most certainly not. That was Colonel Akerson's doing. The prick tried to kill the two of them for petty revenge for taking funding away from his projects. Projects that the S-II's were succeeding in and his failing.
" Jackass." was muffled by everyone.
Cortana nodded in agreement.
" After that, I may or may not have hacked his account and sent a shit ton of money to a brothel and forged a transfer request to the front lines. He was a married man after all. And while I was poking around in the system, I looked at John's full CSV. From his kidnapping to present. No black ink. And I vowed that I would let nothing bad happen to him again."
A moment of silence was held as they processed that as John continued with the battle of Reach. The second strongest stronghold second only to Earth was invaded. And a single ship failed to wipe its NAV data and that the Covenant were targeting the orbital Supper MAC gun generators. The squad split with the bulk of the force going to the surface with three, John, Linda, and James, going to Gamma station to destroy the unsecured data. Jame's flying into space from a needler round hitting his thruster pack. John's fight with an Elite in zero-G and almost lost. Destroying the data and saving a squad of marines...and Linda taking several plasma shots to the head and was clinically dead. The denial of retrieving the ground team and then slipping out of the system and the ice nap that he and the crew were placed in.
Then, Halo. The magnificent ring just floating through space doing what an ancient ring does. The landing was as promised an absolute jaw-dropping scene as well as the drive of rounding up survivors. The raid on the Truth and Reconciliation. The island of the cartographer and the control room.
John looked at each one in that room.
" John. What is it?" Raven asked.
He looked to Summer. This was going to horrify them.
" What we show you next, will give you nightmares." he said as the video played showing them one of the only enemies that would get a reaction out of him. The flood. The entire room was silent as the video played from his first encounter to his last fight on the Autom before he flew off in the long sword. Getting back to Earth and the ceremony and invasion. Finding another ring. Killing Regret and then...the grave mind earning even more people to lose their dinner and liquor. Fighting on High Charity and getting back to Earth at the cost of leaving Cortana behind.
" Cortana. I think I finally see what you meant by knowing what I went through." Summer said to her.
Cortana looked at her and said that she would tell her later.
The alliance with the Elites. The battle in Voi with the Flood showing up again right as Truth flew through the portal. The fight to get to the down ship and finding her message with Spark coming in and taking him to the Shadow of Intent.
" That guy is still kicking. He is so annoying." Qrow let out.
" Indeed." John said as he explained the plan to go through the portal.
There was a shocked silence when they saw the Ark and were blown away even further at the sight of what was eluded too back at the Rose household. There were cheers at the assault on the three-tower emitters that turned to groaned as surprise surprise, the flood showed up. The shaky alliance with the flood to stop Truth with the Arbiter finally assassinating him with the flood's betrayal. John grabbed a banshee and flew to High Charity to retrieve Cortana and to keep his promise to her. And how broken and vulnerable she was at that moment. June and Summer, hell all of the females hugged her by way of comfort. Even John took her into his arms and held her as she tried to stop the shaking she was feeling. She was then embraced by Summer again and let John continue as she poured her a glass of brandy.
" Thel, myself and Cortana left High Charity to blow up as we went to Instination 04B. We fought our way through the flood to the door as Johnsen brought the Frigate to a safe place and drove to the control room. There we made our way in to activate the ring. Spark told him that the ring would be ready in a few days…"
" You didn't have a few days. It was fire it now or lose." Raven said.
" That is what he said. He just got a laser blast to the chest. So we had to kill 343 Guilty Spark. Once he was killed, and Johnson was laid to rest, we lit the ring and high tailed it out of there." John said, showing them the harrowing run from the control center to the frigate.
" Thel made his way to the bridge and with Cortana in the system, we made for the portal. But as you can guess, the portal collapsed cutting us in half leaving us adrift with Thel possibly making it back to Earth. And well, the rest is history." John said looking at the group finishing the story.
He was met with silence as everyone took in all that he said. No one knew how to react. The man went through hell and was still standing. A man that was a child soldier. A soldier that was taken at the age of six because his government feared its own people. A man that was given no chance to live a normal life and possibly never would had he been found and brought back home.
Here, however, he has that chance. He can have a life. He already started one by adopting Blake and Weiss. Here he could settle down and just retire. He could marry and just relax.
He had something going with Summer. And that was something that people hoped was going to happen.
Summer looked at her boyfriend with a mixture of emotions. She was told that a lot of his background was classified. She never questioned it. But this was not what she was expecting. She was honored to be trusted with this information as well with his service record. The fighting and war and blood and the sacrifice that he had to endure shattered her heart for him. He hid this for a damn good reason. If any of this got out onto the net or media, all hell would break loose.
But where did that leave her? She could feel the tears on her cheeks, she did cry. Maybe not out loud or enough to draw attention, but she did cry. She cried for John. For all the pain and hell he was put through. She cried for all the hard decisions he had to make. She cried for all the men and women he saw die and could not help. But most of all she cried for the shattered heart that she had.
Again it was not because John did something bad, it was what happened to him that it shattered. And she was going to make sure that he was given every chance to have the life he was denied. But first...she needed a drink.
She poured a stiff one and downed it before she looked to John. He was taking everyone in and was probably seeing the same thing. Shock, admiration, understanding, and a few others. He looked at her wanting to know what she was thinking. Was she going to leave him had to be going through his head. Well, while she needs to take some time to adjust to this, she is not going anywhere.
She stood and walked up to him, sat on his lap, and wrapped her arms around his neck, and gave him the deepest kiss she could give at the moment.
" John. I am not going to leave you because of this. You were right to keep it from all of us. If it got out or you told the wrong person, the world would be in absolute chaos. I am not faulting you for that. I am not faulting you at all. My heart is shattered for you. And I am going to do my damndest to give you what you were supposed to have since you were born. Just know that I need to take some time to adjust to this." She told him pecking him on the cheek a couple more times as she let go and sat on the chair next to him.
" So I got a question to ask." Daisy said, raising her hand. " Why tell us this?"
Cortana smiled and leaned back. Coiling her robotic muscles to spring in joy.
Summer turned to John as he turned to her. It was Summer that spoke first.
" John. When we started dating, it was a bit of a role reversal. And now I have more context for the reason. I don't have anything on me at the moment for this but, will you…"
" Marry me?" he asked, finishing her question as he dropped to a knee with a small open box with a ring inside. A platinum ring with a healthy sized diamond resting on top.
Her jaw dropped as she looked at it and just let her mind say the first thing that she could think.
" Uhhhhh, jinx?" she said stumped.
" I take that as a yes?"
" That is my line." She said as she launched herself into his arms with her lips smashing into his as she deepened it further as she had her eyes closed as they fell to the floor with her straddling him as she pressed herself to him.
The sound of cheering could be heard from everyone as they raised their glasses in joy.
" ALRIGHT!" Cortana shouted.
Daisy, Onyx, Mal, and Maira gave their congratulations with June sliding in and hugging the two.
Raven wiped a tear from her eye as Qrow handed her her drink and cheered for the newly engaged couple. Glynda had a bright smile as Summer slipped the ring onto her finger. The door opened and the four girls ran in with cheers and body slammed into the newly engaged couple. And somewhere in the unknown, Tai was celebrating with the Angles.
That is right people, Summer and John are now hitched. You know what that means. A wedding is soon. Next chapter hopefully.
And who saw me faking out Cortana like that huh? Ha!
" You jerk!"
Cortana, you are the one who fell for it. You should have been more specific. You chould have said, ' I want to be apart of a sex scean between John and Summer.' But you didn't
" Your still a jerk. I shouldn't have had to be specific."
Cortana, just go back to the story. Summer and John are going to have a lemon next chapter. No bullshit. They are. No clothes and pure mones of pleaser. And I am sure that while John will find the act enjoyable, I think Summer is going to be the one who is going to be addicted to him.
* BOOP*
Now that she is gone, lets do a recap.
The beginning. I am not going to say that Kelly and/or Linda are in love with John, that could be a thing for a one shot down the line but in canon of this story...no. They see him not only as their leader but brother. And are being over protective. I kind of cant wait until the next chapter when they tie the knot.
Mission ensues at familier location and Summer gets a couple of things that she has been wanting. The not Thorn, Thorn and Hive Knight cleaver. She intergrates it into her weapon and asks John to take it from her and hide it.
Weiss having a couple talks with her mom and running away.
Sparring and target practice happens and Summer and John head to the store to get popcorn and other movie theater snacks and drinks as well as supper. Jut for a certain woman to see Summer and lust after her...Stalkerish much? The same woman that rented her. Now she knows that they live on Patch but that is it.
Weiss gets found out and tells Summer and John about what all has been happening at home and why she ran with the offer to stay until she figgers out what she wants to do and partakes in movie night.
Her adoption shortly after and while at the store again, we see Summer's stalker make her move and even make a pass on Cortana. Weiss gets John and everything breaks up shortly after.
They take a Pelican to Summer and June's parents to visit aaaaaand, Jauqes legacy strikes again. Now did he do something like this, maybe. I would not put it past him. The girls play a board game with the adults telling stories and since the amount of females far out way that of the guys, the get exiled and head to the garage to talk.
Now something you probably don't know about me is the car that was mentioned. I like the look of the old Challengers, but one of my dream cars is a Dodge Challenger. A 70s Charger is another one that I like. Especially with a blower on it like in the Fast and the Furious movies. To be honest, I love the look of the older cars from the big three. The Mustangs, Chevells, Challengers and Chargers looked so great. And if they were done right, sexy as hell. And that is the classics. Modern day muscle cars got the Camaros and Vipers as well as the retro style cars.
With car talk mostly done lets get back to the story.
We see Ace Combat 5 make a cameo with Wardog and Razgriz squadron.
John and Onyx talk with Onyx just wanting to know what John was wanting to do with Summer. I can see a father being like that. I know if I had a daughter, I would want her married before she moved in with some guy. Now before people start saying that people live together all the time and why are you making it a big deal. Well to that person, I can say that I do see the grey. I am a God fearing Christan and I can see the pros and cons of playing house. Pros helps you adjust to living in close quarters and if you are actually compatible. You can be the bestest friends in the world but if you can't stand one another in a house or apartment, wouldn't you rather find that out sooner rather then later? Cons- well as said, as a God fearing man I am and have pledged myself to abstinence until marriage, can see what all could happen. If you and you SO decide to share a bed, well bada bing bada boom you are both naked and possibly nocked up...if you are the one who has that kind of plumbing.
John telling Onyx that he has know idea what he is doing and that Summer is kind of taking the lead and John sketching out what he is thinking for a weapon for Summer.
And before anyone asks about trouble...I have been in sweaty games of trouble.
The girls talking about Summer and John talking about whatever women do in such things.
Then came the last two sections. John getting all the things needed for his date and Summer having some steamy time in the shower. They get to their date location with a magnificent sunset. I tried my best to make Summer have this angelic appearance that takes Johns breath away leaving him stunned. A little bit of a cameo to Halo 3s Starry Night trailer with Summer and John looking up into the night sky.
I love looking up into the stars. I love looking up into a night sky so full of twinkling stars being able to see the cosmic clouds of the milky way. I don't think I did enough in making this special but I can always revisit this date in the future.
And Summer gets drunk. And since she is drunk she is not thinking with the right part of the brain. She tried and failed to seduce John.
Then there's John brining a number of people into his circle. I know I left stuff out, but this chapter was getting long enough for me to add in. It was just him laying the ground work of the Insurrection and the Orian program before he was born. And then the rest is history.
And then the moment we all have been waiting for. In a moment inspired by Deadpool, Summer and John popped the question to one another, at the same time. And everyone cheered as the newly engaged couple made out.
Did I miss anything? I don't belive so.
So what else should I bring up. Covid-019 aka the Corona Vires is a thing now. So do with that what you will.
Then there are some releases that I need to talk about. Destiny got a new season. Season of the Worthy. And I am going to be honest, I have not been playing all that much. Season of the Dawn burnt me out so I was taking a season off. I only really came back for 4th horseman. I have tried to do the story but it is under so much shit that I am just not interested. The bunkers are just the obelisks from last season. Am I interested in what they are doing with the story, yes. The triangle ships are in the system? Hell I am ready for the fight. But I think they should tie up lose ends first. I have been watch Dark Side Royalty Lore aka Joker, and he is saying the same thing. They should tie up Methrax and Undren.
And let us not forget the pinnacle activity. The Trials of Saint-14, I mean Osires. I never played it in D1 was not my thing so didn't play it in D2. lSo you guys tell me what you guys tell me. Then Guardian Games. Good concept. I have jumped on a couple of times to represent Titans. That is what I main. I am not a stupid Hunter or a dress wearing warlock.
Ok can I talk about classes real quick? I have a Titan bios, I will admit that. And normally I would say that Hunters are a second. But thier are a number of things that has made me change my mind on Hunters. You see, I not only read fics here, but also on Wattspad. And when ever I see a RWBY x Destiny story, 99% of the time the charter is always a hunter. Look I get it. Remnant have Huntsmen and Huntresses. A play on the name. But Hunters are so over used that I refuse to read a Destiny/RWBY crossover if the main charter is a damn Hunter. I have only seen a couple of stories that the charter was a warlock or titan. Bungie themselves even said that the amount of Hunters are higher then titans and warlocks combined. Look I like a good looking cloak, but I would rather have armor then padded cloth.
"But Red" I hear people say, " Hunters are the scouts of the city. They are made to be in the wild. They are also cooler then the other classes, and we also have Cayde-6! What do you have"
Sure. Look each class has cool sets of armor and ugly sets of armor. I never cared much for Warlocks but the ornaments from Dawn are really cool. The Vanguard armor looked good for the Warlocks. I just never saw myself as the scholler type. I saw myself as the solder type. So I chose Titan. That and it was the one that best resembled Spartans.
And look, you may have Cadye as a Vanguard, but I don't think Hunters have that much of a loyalty to anyone. Lets us look at how a Hunter Vanguard comes to be. A dare. No Hunter is willing to put their pride and want to be in the wilds on hold to train the next generation, help in coordination of forces. Sure no one wants to be stuck in once place for to long doing the same thing. But Zavela and Ikora aren't complaining. They are doing their job to the best of their ability. And since no Hunter has the balls to say " You know, we are falling apart. Someone needs to step up and take the Vanguard position. I may not be the best at it but I will give it my best." And lets not forget the grimor. Almost every story deals with Hunters. Note I said almost. Not everyone. Just a good chuck. Now I belive that the charters in the grimor are getting more evened out but still.
Hunters are now a Clichea choice to use that I refuse to read anything that puts the main charter as a Hunter.
And has anyone looked at the season ornaments for Titans? It looks like Bungie hates us. It looks like they are wanting to push the " Crayon eating, shoulder charging, shotgun toting' stereotype. LOOK AT THAT HELMET! It is hideous. The only thing you can see is what is directly in front of you! Who approved that helmet design? Tell me! Because you will die from a blindside attack that you could not see coming because you are not aloud to look! Grrrrr. I swear Bungie is being racist towards Titans. Titan master race I am done and moving on.
So another thing that happened was Doom Eternal dropping. And what do you want me to say? Go buy it. The campaign alone is worth your time. I haven't played the PvP so I cant give my input to. Now I am not going to spoil anything, I made a promise to one of you guys that I would try not to until you get the game.
All I am going to say is that it is hellafun to play. Some great boss battles...with the exception of the Murodor. First time fighting him was great, but when they spawn him with a swarm of demons is when it gets annoying. Geat fight, but on his own. Kind of like the Warden Eternal in Halo 5.
Is there anything else I can say before comments. Not much else. But I have come across a guy who has started his Halo journey. He is a twitch streamer that first viewed the Halo trailers and then took off from their. Starting with Reach and as of the time of me writing this, starting Halo 5. He has been putting up videos significantly cut down in length on YouTube. So check out Dee Bee Geek.
Now...Onto Reviews!
Fordo
So far the stories been great but... no. Why did you, just... no
Ok so you reviewed Chapter 4 and yea I know what you mean. Alot of people shared your thoughts. I do hope you are still reading. I haven't seen to many people really use the darker part of reality to flush out the world. I could have gone without writing such things, but then people would be lost. I hope you understand where I am coming from.
Halofan2117
This story is amazing and I love this concept.
I personally have never seen this kind of thing done before although I was pissed at what you made Summer and everyone else go through.
But there is nothing I can do about it I still like the story regardless.
And I hope that John kicks Jaques's ass into the next galexy. Spousel abuse is not okay under any circumstances. So please for the love of God! MAKE! HIM! SUFFER! MUHAHAHAH! Ahem sorry got a little carried away. Anyway I have one last question is this story going to travel into the shows timeline at some point? I really want to see Ruby and wiess meeting for the first time.
Why thank you. Belive me, you are not the only one who felt dirty reading what were the chapters,4 and 5? Yes 4 and 5. It was for story though and sadly their are people out their who are just as sick and depraved.
I am not going to say one way or another as to derpface's fate, my mind can change over a million times between now and when I do decide to off him. Hell I might leave him alive at the end. I don't want to spoil it but lest just say if you are related to the Schnee's or just Human, you are going to be in for a really bad time.
Your question about canon. Obviously things are going to change a bit. How much I am not sure because I was going to only do some highlights. I cant say when I am going to separate from the show, I was thinking V5 but that is just an idea. Don't quote me on it.
And I hope you liked how Weiss was brought into the family. Weiss needs to be with people that will love her. I am sure that her mom and Winter do love her, but Winter is at a military school and Willow is now an alcoholic with Whitly not knowing any better and Derpface being the worst person. So yae. RWBY is all together!
Nice talken with you and I hope to see you in the next one.
ikusatsunagi
thx for the chapter. How frequency do you update?
No problem. As to my updating habits? It is ready when it is ready. I don't have a set schedule. Sometimes I don't write at all during my time off. All depends on what all is going on.
Wolf
Thank you for explaining James's actions to me much appreciated and also looking forward to that AU fic If you interested i can help you the possible fourth milf maybe Sienna Kahn she's hot as hell and would be an interesting choice in my opinion.
No problem. I don't blame people for asking questions. In fact that is how we learn. I am always happy to answer questions...as long as they are not, you know, classified. ONI is all around.
As to Sienna. I am not going to say that she isn't good material, but I honestly don't see her wanting to chill with a human in an intimate way. Friends maybe but not lovers. Unless you have an idea then I am all ears. But for an AU the ones that would be part of the harem would be Cortana and Summer ( Duh ) Raven, maybe Willow, and June. I am not a fan of people going nuts on how many women they can fit into a harem whether they make sence or not. Cinder and Emerald because the power of the boner is to strong. Salam? She only has the hots for Ozma right? Wrong. She wants the boner as well. The random woman in the background who only screamed? She is part of it. Jaune and Ren? Well guess what, they are bent. I enjoy the idea of a handfull of women who are chasing me to be appealing, but that is too damn much even if it is just a story. Ok I just had a long ass ramble. So if you have something in mind let me know. Cant say I am going to do it but at least then I got an idea. Nice talken to ya.
Drago - X6627
long time no read Hope you're doing well. How far are you going to take the story? Are you going to take it all the way to the new volume? for RWBY. anyways I enjoyed your story. I'm not sure why. But I feel like this chapter was a bit short. Not sure why you give great detail. But it feels like you may have rushed it. Like you could have put more detail if you wanted to but decided not to. I don't know. Just a feeling. Anyways, hope life goes well for you.
Umm, not sure how to respond to that first part. I am not taking it as an insult, just got me stumped on how to start off, soo Hi? I am doing good. I am not sure how far I am going to take it. At the moment I am thinking 5 but that is subject to change.
And I know what you mean. I wanted to try and keep the last chapter kind of under 20 pages. The long chapters, while fun, burn me out. I could have done a bit more detail, but that would mean a bit more work on making it fit. So in simple terms, I decided to let myself be lazy for a chapter.
Coming up with some of this stuff can be really taxing on the mind. And like I said, I wanted to see if I could do a chapter under 20 pages. I know it was a bit more then twenty with the AN. When I refer to twenty pages I am referring to actual content. I may have gone a page or two over but overall I wanted to try it. Sooo, I hope that explains it and that this is a good medean. The last couple of chapters, not encluding the last one obviously, were like high fifties lower sixties in pages. That and there are spots that if I kept going it would have been the last Jedi. That movie ended five times and it kept going. Hope that makes sence.
dovah117
*a Vex portal open and I get out of it accompanied by a Lucario and a Eevee*a good vacation so what happened in Destiny *I open my palm and my Ghost inform me of all the season of Dawn* well not the best season but hey at least we saved Saint XIV and HEARED SHAXX SANG! I'M ON THE MOON, IT'S MADE OF CHEESE! That was pure gold! So if I'm winning a Crucible match but the other team it reaching out to our score I just need to put that into reproduction? Saladin said that if Shax sang it was over :v, also freaking Cortana she made my day! I was in the university surrounded by my friends and I read the 4 wall breaking and the "Happy IA sound" I tried so hard to not start laughing like the Joker! I can almost hear the wedding bells! And now to save our Ice Queen! Eh will it be Princess now? Considering that Willow is there, also since your blood its garlic can you give me some of it? I have ah problem with vampires *In the background very lowly it's heard*wryyy... *I look back*ah come on give me a break*I put a Well of Radiance and a Ward of Dawn to protect me and my pokemon* Eh can you type faster so that I can finally kill that thing in return I can give you some home made salsa from México (and yes I'm Mexican) just hurry! *I said that while a muscular shadow get closer to the ward*
Ok so we already talked in the PMs. But you still get the shipment of garlic blood and cheese.
So yea saving Saint was fun and great, to bad it was under so much crap. And yes, the Devils Ruin quest was a fun quest, especially the dialogue at the end. Hey, Saladin said that Shaxx is very shy when it comes to sining. He wasn't lying. And as a Wisconsin native, THE MOON IS CHEESE! YOU CAN'T CHANGE MY MIND! Sorry bout that. Aside from garlic, cheese is part of my sole.
And I am glad you liked Cortana fourth wall breaks. I hope your friends don't think you are crazy. And good luck in school...not sure if you are quarantined or not but good luck.
Next chapter is the wedding. And I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Weiss is now a Mendez. Ummm I believe Princes is the right word. Willow would be Queen. Although Queen in name only thanks to derpface.
So your thoughts on season of the Worthy? I dont get into trials or anything like that, I have rage issues so going into a sweaty mode like that would not be a good idea. I also am just burnt out on playing Destiny. I have been playing Doom Eternal and like I said, I will not spoil anything...or try not to. All you need to know is that it is fun as hell. But since Guardian Games is a thing atm, I hop on every now and then to bring glory to Titans.
So yea expect and A-10 run and a Titan YEEEEEET at any moment.
As always its fun talking with ya. Now, I need to Yeeeet a certain thing into space.
Haxorus knight
So who is going to be Ruby's boyfriend?
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Why must you ask that? I no longer have any brain cells. The girls are not even ten years old yet. They have no need for a relationship yet. And if you are wondering about the future, then that is to far out.
Lord Demolitions
Ayyy good to see an update. Anyways, I never liked the whole breaking the 4th wall schtick and I think you're rushing things but hey, you do you. I have my own writing style, you have yours.
At least indicate when you're changing POVs.
Now I know it's probably best you don't add anymore Halo characters, but you ever think of Jorge being here? As in maybe he's aimlessly wondering the wilderness? Was thinking Atlas got a hold of his location and sent Special Forces and Huntsmen teams to capture him and John goes to evac Jorge before they catch him.
I know that fourth wall breaks arn't for everyone but I am going to use it as part of her rampancy. And I do thank you for being respectful on critiques and alike. Like you said, we each have our own style of writing. So I thank you.
I have been putting symbols to help break up sections and even POV changes, but it seems that when I post, they just disappear.
As to Jorge? Sorry but he won't be appearing. He died on the Long Night Of Solace and I can't fit him in. Sorry.
Sm0keyPanda
I am so glad to see the characters tagged now. Thank you so much, it makes it so much easier to find this fic.
Overall review:
This fic has mistakes. Grammar mistakes, spelling mistakes, formatting mistakes. It also has a real problem with setting the timeline, and moving things along a little too fast.
Having said that, I still quite enjoy this fic. It's overall one of my favourite fics involving John. I don't know what it is about this fic specifically, but I just really enjoy it.
One last thing, and I can't remember if you've already addressed this, but if you have then feel free to correct me.
Shouldn't Cortana be going (extremely) rampant? It's been more than two years since they crashed on remnant, with two years before THAT being spent floating aboard the Dawn. So that's more than four years after Halo 3, shouldn't Cortana be going very rampant (a la Halo 4) right about now?
No problem. Like I said, I thought I did tagg them.
As to the mishapps, I am only human and this is my first story. Kind of comes with the territory And to your comment on going a bit to fast, I was kind of hoping to have this be an extended prologue for the next part. Again that is a hope and I also hope that I am not showing all my cards. But glad you are enjoying everything so far.
Ok so your observation of Cortana. I may have touched on what is going on with her but not fully explained what is going on. That I kind of did on purpose because we will be addressing that soon. With that said you would be correct in the timeline. We would be deep into halo 4. The reason Cortana is not going rampant yet is for a couple of reasons. One: There is no way I could do Halo 4s ending justice. The way she was so broken and split I cant do. That is something I am not going to try. I don't want to take the chance of ruining Halo 4s ending. Halo 4 is one of my favorite halo games.
So I hope that helps answer your questions and I hope to see you again.
Ok so with that last comment done, I got nothing else to really say. What did you think of this chapter and what do you think of the direction? See anything amiss or just have a question on something, feel free to ask. Got any theories? I would love to hear them. Just want to sit and bullshit, feel free. I welcome any and almost all feedback. What do I mean by almost? Well if you are just going to tell me this sucks and leave without giving examples or anything like that, IE, being constructive, then please just keep it to yourself and see yourself out. I don't know what is going on in your life and you don't know what is going on in mine. OK? Ok.
A shout out to my Beta-reader Spartan 626 who has been looking over and brainstorming ideas with me. So thank you. If I could I would send you some cookies.
So with all that said, I have one last thing to say.
To all you Spartans- We never die, we just go missing in action.
To all you Slayers- Rip and Tear until it is done.
To all you Guardians- may your light shine bright.
To all you Assassins- stay your blade from the innocent.
To all the you who are sith or jedi- may the force be your guide.
To all you who are in need of support- you have my prayers.
And to all you Ace's- Fly Fast, Check Six
And I will see you all in the next chapter
