The sun showered its light upon the cabin. Taiyang's eyes fluttered open. as he stretched, he realized he was on the couch. He froze. 'Last night wasn't a dream?!' he thought, before he shot off the couch and into Raven's old room to see the cylinder, Box, and body bag there. He just stared for a little while before putting his head in his hands. "Great... There's a body in my house.." Taiyang moped. The man sighed then shook his head. Looking back at the Body Bag, he felt something… unnatural emanating from it. It was negative or sure, but also threatening, it was like.. Madness…
Taiyang was pulled from his thoughts as the door opened and in walked Sanford and Deimos. They were carrying what looked to be some supplies."-and i'm telling you, San, that i can do it! I've watched doc do it like.. A hundred times!" The Demolitionist looked at the technophile, frowning on his face. "Yes, Deimos, you watched doc work, we all have, I'm just, stressed…" Deimos patted Sanford on the shoulder. "We all are, but when has that stopped us?" Sanford was about to answer when he spotted Taiyang. "Oh, morning, Tai, you, okay? you look, tired, in more ways than one." Deimos looked at the huntsman. "Yeah, he kinda does, anyhow, what're ya doin' up so early?" Taiyang sighed. "I'm a Huntsman, we all wake up early, even if we retired, it's just, wired in our brains. what about you?" Deimos shrugged. "Same thing about it being drilled in, but for different reasons, being on the run from the AAHW is hard work." Taiyang Pointed to the Techie. "Okay, you're gonna tell me what the heck this 'AAHW' is." The two Nexians looked at each other, before Deimos sighed. "Fine, fine, Basically, AAHW stands 'Agency against Hank Wimbelton, and they want to destroy him and anyone who opposes them, they are a subdivision of the Nexus core. Nexus city is controlled by that very government." Taiyang looked at Deimos and sighed. "Oh by Oum. wait, you said Hank wimbleton, like the guy you mentioned earlier?" Deimos nodded. "Actually.." the techie patted the Body bag. "That's who we have here! Ol Murderface! Man, you really got to see him fight! He's the best." Deimos praised. 'So that's why they want to revive him, he's valuable to these guys…' Taiyang thought. Things were starting to make some sort of scene, but only a bit. "Well, when will you resurrect the guy?" he asked the duo. Deimos smiled. "well get started tonight, we found a manual inside the van that explains how to work the Vat, so yeah." Deimos sighed. "It may take a day or two, but yeah, also, try to stay a bit back when he wakes, Hank is… Very violent. Like, REALLY violent." Taiyang became a bit worried but only sighed. "Alright, fine, just, don't wreck the room, please?" he pleaded. Sanford patted the man on the shoulder. "We'll try, but we can't say the same for hank."
Taiyang nodded. "Well, I'm going to go get yang, she needs to start training again." the Nexians nodded. Deimos then perked up "ighty then, Hey! Maybe we can help her? I mean, it would be fair to help her train, and you've helped us so much already!" Taiyang thought. It would be helpful for Yang to fight more unknown fighters, plus, he could find out what their fighting styles were. Taiyang ultimately nodded. "Sure, just go a bit easy on her, she's still not used to... Well, y'know." Deimos nodded.
"What's this I hear about going easy on me?" The three turned to see Yang coming down the stairs. " Well, Sanford and Deimos have volunteered to help you get back into fighting shape!" Tai explained. Yang had a bit of a sour face at that. "I'm still good at fighting, dad." She countered. Tai just rolled his eyes. "i know that, but still! Plus, you need more experience with fighting unknown foes. Trust me, you'll need it." Yang just rolled her eyes as Zewi ran from the stairs. He fell a bit, but shook it off as he ran to Taiyang, who scooped him up. "Hey boy! Where have you been?' all he got was a bark. He turned to the nexians "this is our dog Zwei... Wait, why are you two looking at him like that?" Deimos was looking at Zewi like he had never seen a dog. "What is that?" he asked. Taiyang looked at them. "Have- have you ever seen a dog?" Sanford shook his head. "Nope. I think they went extinct when Nevada went to shit, along with most wildlife.." Taiyang looked at them with sadness. Yang appeared behind him. "That's.. Sad." Deimos only chuckled. "Tell us 'bout it.'' The four stood in silence, the only sounds being Zwei's panting and the outside nature. "Well, we're gonna work on getting Hank back, you guys do what ya need to do." Deimos broke the silence. then walking back into the room and kneeling to diddle with the vat. Sanford followed.
That left Yang And Taiyang. They looked at each other, before Tai Put Zewi down, much to the dogs sadness." alright, yang, you ready to get back into shape?" he asked with his hands on his hips, a serious look etched on his face. Yang nodded. "Alright, let's get it over with." she said as she walked outside of the house. Taiyang had a sad look on his face. He exhaled and followed her outside, closing the door on the way out.
Deimos and Sanford stretched before opening the body bag like a candy wrapper. The candy being inside was a bloodied hank, his goggles were their normal red, but the normal glow that was there when he was awake was gone, they were just.. Red. no life behind them. Just a corpse. Sanford Picked the Mercenary up with some effort. "God he's heavy." Deimos was by the vat, opening the door. "He'd kill you for saying that, y'know?" Sanford Faked a laugh. "Hardy har har. Thanks deimos.'' The Technophile rolled his nonexistent eyes, and Sanford set Hank down in the vat, or more like propped him against the wall. The Metal mouthed man's head drooped down and his body slumped, but stayed up. Deimos then closed the vat's door, then kneeled, he opened the Box nearby to reveal an improbability drive, it was a decent size. A little known fact to those outside of the nexus core or anti auditor agency was that the Drives could be used as optimal power sources. Deimos grabbed the tubes from the vat and hooked it up to the drive. Before hitting it with his fist. The drive whirled to life. A spark or two flying out. Deimos stood and The two stepped back, but the drive stabilized itself, and the Light on the vats panel lit up. "Heh good job Dei." the demolitionist said. Deimos just held his fist out, Sanford bumped it. "It'll take a day or two, but by then, Hank will be good as new, just need to re-do some stitches and bang, he's back on his feet." Deimos then kneeled again and pressed a few buttons, the Vat then filled itself with green liquid and bubbles came from the bottom. Hank himself rose up with the water. Just floating there, lifeless still. Deimos and Sanford just looked at him with hope. "Just a little while, hank." the techie said to the people in the room. "Just a little while longer…"
Yang once more fell to the floor. with a grunt. She laid there for the third time. "Not too bad yang, but still not good either." Her father smiled down at her, with Zwei coming up and licking her face. Yang tried to fight down a smile but gave in and pet the corgi. Who panted. She got up and rubbed her sore shoulder. Taiyang's face lost the smile, and was replaced with a concerned face. "Why don't we take a break." he said as he threw a small towel at her, then picked up one for himself. Yang caught it with her arm, and wiped the sweat from her brow. One thought ran through her mind. ' I wonder what ruby's doing right now..'
"GAHHH! MY TAIL! HRGHHHAAAA!"
Tyrian Shouted as his tail flailed wildly, the sting was chopped off by Ruby, who was standing right next to Qrow, who had his hand on his side, trying to put pressure on his wound. Red, Nora, And Jaune stood guard next to them. Tyrian looked at them with crazed eyes. "WHY! WHY DID YOU DO THAT! AHHHHHHHHGRRRHHAAAA" he cried, he was shaking with rage, fear, and something else Ruby could not pinpoint. They all watched and waited for the assassin to move.
Tap Tap Tap….
Jaune looked behind Tyrian, the faunus still too focused on crying about his tail, that he didn't notice the impending doom that would soon come to him. Jaune cupped a hand to his mouth. "Mister! You need to get out of Here." Tyrian looked at him. "Yes- no no no! What would my queen do to me?!" Juane shook his head, "NOT YOU!" Tyrian glared at him "THEN WHO-"
SHENK!
Tyrian froze, his shaking calmed down, then, blood came out of his mouth, and he coughed. Looking down, a blade had impaled him, he reached for it, and grasped it, leaving his bloody handprints on the blade. The blade had ones and zeros on it, 'binary code' Qrow .observed..
Tyrian then felt cool metal on his skull. He writhed to get the blade out of him, but the wielder just lifted the blade, along with him, making the blade embed itself more into him, making cry in anguish. The wielder then spoke.
"Goodnight."
BANG!
Tyrian's Head exploded in Gray matter, and blood only the lower half of his head remained. The blade then shot upward, cutting the corpse in half from the chest ip, it fell from the blade to reveal its wielder.
The Man was tall, six foot at least, and looked in his mid sixties, he had gray skin with a balding head, with a beard, a stitch ran arose his left side of his face. Square sunglasses rested on his face, with a bright red pupil shining through the darkness, he wore a tattered lab coat, along with a metal plate wore simple black pants and gray shoes. The most odd thing about the man was the halo hovering above him. On the lab coat, there was a nametag that read.
'DR. Jebediah Christoff Nexus Core scientist.'