Note: I own nothing in this story except the OCs.
Chapter 2.
Today was officially the most oddest day for Summer Rose. One minute she was putting her daughters to bed, and was about to sleep herself, and the next minute she knew she along with Taiyang, Qrow and her former teammate Raven Branwen, the mother of her step-daughter Yang had suddenly found themselves in a dark void, and were told to read a book about the future of their universe. Or rather a parallel universe of theirs. But they weren't the only ones.
Aside from the former members of team STRQ, there were Johnathan and Katherine Arc, Achilles and Helen Nikos, Thor and Sif Valkyrie, Ghira and Kali Belladonna, their former headmaster and training teacher, Professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch, Li and An Ren and lastly Jacques and Amanda Schnee.
They were all brought together in this strange realm, by their mysterious host; Imhotep, who summoned them to show them the fate of a parallel universe of theirs. She recalled him reading the book first, and witnessing the arrival of the young man, Riddick S. Rexton, ending up on Remnant. To say the least, she and everyone around her were amazed on how skilled and how lethal the young man is, especially becoming one of those Power Rangers Imhotep told them about.
She recalled everything that transpired through the screen, him arriving to Remnant after nearly getting ran over by a truck, him ending up in Forever Fall forest and facing off a pack of Beowolves, then him transforming into the Quantum Ranger for the first time, and fighting off the swarm of Grimm that arrived soon after. But the one thing that got her the most, was that poor Faunus girl, Kimiko, who lost her mother and father to those vile, Faunus hating men in blue; The Blue Sons. She knew the tension between humans and Faunus were high, but she never would've imagined it would create a group of humans, who despise the Faunus so much, that they would do whatever it took to keep the Faunus under the heel of humans, and prove their superiority over them.
But what sickened her the most, is that they would go as far as to kill, any human they deem as traitors, just for trying to see the Faunus as equals and even falling in love with them. It was horrible! To think they would do something so stupid, just because they have a major superiority complex, they would kill anyone who tries to help them!
While she and the others were happy that Riddick helped that poor girl, however she was horrified by how violent, and how brutal he was when he killed the Blue Sons, along with those two new Grimm, the Razor and Hellhound. Her mother had always told her that life was precious, and must always be treasured no matter what, she always took her mother's words to heart and stayed true to her word. But it would seem that Riddick did not share that view, whenever she saw the look in his blood red eyes, all she could see was nothing. Just an empty pit, a hollowed out void. She could only hope that, if he is indeed in a parallel world of theirs, she hopes that her daughters could help bring light to his darkness.
Looking at the book in her hands, she looked at her team who were smiling and nodding. She looked to Ozpin, Glynda and the other adults who were encouraging her to read. Taking a deep breath, she opened the book and turned to the next chapter, and the screen came to life once more.
(Beacon Academy)
Inside the famous academy was Professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon and one of the greatest huntsman to live. Beside him was his assistant Glynda Goodwitch, they had been preparing for the new school year which is in three months from now, until they had picked up a strange disturbance inside the Forever Fall forest. So they had contacted their field man; Qrow Branwen former member of team STRQ to head there and find out what caused it.
"Hey look, there's you Oz!" Qrow pointed out with a grin on his face.
"I can see that Qrow." Ozpin told him as he sipped from his coffee mug.
Glynda was smiling, feeling proud of herself of obtaining the job she had been wanting for a long time. Just seeing herself on the screen, standing proudly beside Ozpin made her happy on the inside.
"At least 'ole Glynda's still the same as ever, I guess." Qrow quipped which got a snicker from Tai.
Glynda only narrowed her gaze at the drunkard fool. "I'm gonna pretend that's a compliment, Qrow." She hissed at him which he only shrugged, and earned him a smack on the head by Raven.
They haven't heard from him since then, until an hour ago he called them via his Scroll and showed them what he found. And what they saw left them awestruck.
On the video screen they saw a black haired, red eyed young man slaughtering a pack of Beowolves like they were cattle, gone head to head with the Alpha and literally tore its head off with his bare hands! Then they witnessed him being surrounded by other species of Grimm, but what really caught their eye was a bright light and explosion, and as soon as it cleared they saw the young man in a red and black uniform, with a helmet covering his entire head. They saw the power he demonstrated against the Grimm, using his hand to hand combat skills, and a pistol in the shape of a metallic T. Rex head which can turn into a sword.
Ozpin hummed to himself. "Looks like your other self did inform my other self. That's good, at least that way they'll be able to keep an eye on him."
Qrow only smirked. "I do what I do best Oz."
They saw him making quick work out of the Grimm, and they saw him using his sword glowing with an unknown energy, killing the King Taijitu in a flash of lightning and explosions.
But what really caught their eye is when a Hellhound and a Razor appeared, and what made their hearts almost stop was seeing him actually taming the two canine Grimm!
The video had ended as soon as the boy and his newly acquired Grimm left, Qrow's face appeared on the screen. [So, what's the plan now Oz?]
Ozpin had clasped his hand together in thought, from what he had seen this young man had skills unlike anyone he'd seen before, and that uniform he had granted him incredible power. Probably even greater than a veteran huntsman or huntress. "For now Qrow, I want you to try and keep an eye on him. I want you to report to me every now and then, on his progress, until I come up with a plan."
Qrow sighed through the video and ran his hand through his hair. [Alright, just hope this kid doesn't catch me. After seeing that monster of his, I'm still shaking after seeing that thing.] With that he ended the call and all was quiet in the office. Glynda even though she had some tolerance of the drunkard huntsman, couldn't help but agree with him. That demon she saw on the video made her shiver, now she usually is used to facing terrifying things like Grimm, but that demon somehow made her feel frightened.
"I don't blame Ms. Goodwitch. That creature Riddick used on the Grimm earlier, it really scares me to the core." Katherine said while wrapping her arms around herself, letting out a shaky breath from the sight of such a horrifying demon. Johnathan placed a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.
None of the adults could blame her. That demon Riddick used, it was absolutely terrifying, never had they felt such a killing intent. They could still feel the amount of bloodlust emitting from the screen when they saw it. The ones who got it worse, were the Belladonnas. Being Faunus, their senses were much greater than that of humans, so the massive killing intent and bloodlust they felt from the intimidation demon, must've been suffocating to them.
Both Ghira and Kali could still feel their animal instincts going haywire, screaming at them to run as fast and far away from that thing as possible. It was as if they were in the presence of an alpha. An apex predator of the highest caliber, and they know full well to never cross an alpha predator.
Ozpin, even though he doesn't show it, a small sweat drop formed on his forehead at the sight of the demon, he knew that this boy was strong and very dangerous. With the right guidance, he could be a great huntsman to fight against the Grimm. He sipped his coffee from his mug to settle his nerves when Glynda cleared her throat. "Sir, what this all mean, exactly? Just who was that boy, and what was that power we just witnessed?" She asked him.
"I'm not sure Glynda. However, I believe that we may have found, a power that might turn the tide in our favor." He replied before sipping his mug again, gazing at the image of the young Power Ranger.
(Insert opening song - NEXT LEVEL- Kamen Rider Kabuto Vol.1 Opening)
The adults raised a brow when they saw the name of the song appear on the screen, and were wondering what it was for, until they heard it playing.
It first starts off with a musical beat, then a red figure and white figure appeared, followed by a yellow figure and a black figure appeared. Then by a second beat a red and black figure appeared, being viewed from different angles, until it turned it's gaze at the viewers.
The music continued playing as the first four figures landed on their feet with ease, while the red and black one appeared in a burst of flames before leaping in the air, the scene switched to the red and black ranger riding on a motorcycle with his color schemes, through the streets of Vale.
[Kimi ga negau koto nara subete genjitsu ni naru n' darou]
On a grassy field were Riddick Rexton, along with team RWBY in a circle, as the leaves fell and blew into the wind, while Riddick's face held a strong, firm expression, the girls had their own determined expressions.
Summer, Taiyang, Raven, along with the Schnees and Belladonnas were surprised to see their daughters, standing side by side with the young ranger from another world. The former leader of team STRQ was taken aback to see how much her little rose has grown, having heard from the first chapter that she died, and left Tai and Qrow to take care of her daughters over the years, made her feel a small pang of sadness to know she would leave her little girls without their mother in their lives.
[Erabareshi mono naraba]
The scene switched to the sky as a dark sphere had taken form, crashed into the ground and out of the darkness, the Grimm came forth.
This made Ozpin slightly grit his teeth, seeing the Grimm rising from the ground when that black orb crashed into the ground, made him guess the only person who was capable of doing that, was "her".
[Bousou hajimete 'ru sekai wo moto ni modosu ni wa mou Jikan ga nai]
Then the scene switches over to Team JNPR with their weapons in hand, leaping into action, while Ozpin and Glynda were seen in the main office, gazing out the window.
"THERE'S OUR LITTLE GIRL!" Thor howled laughing as he stood up from his seat. "LOOK SIF, THERE'S NORA! OUR BELOVED NORA'S THERE!"
"I know, I see her!" Sif exclaimed as tears of joy fell from her eyes. "My baby girl's all grown up. Mommy's proud of you, Nora!"
Achilles and Helen smiled, feeling proud to see their daughter on the screen, leaping into action and living up to her family. Johnathan and Katherine were confused to see their son on the screen. Johnathan knew that Jaune, wasn't ready to be a huntsman yet, he has a couple more years of training to be a huntsman at least. So why is he there fighting the Grimm? Li and An felt relieved and happy to see their son Ren, grown to be a fine huntsman. They only hope that he grows to be a strong, and noble huntsman in the future.
[MOVING FAST, Kokoro no tokei ni hashirase ashita no sono saki e]
We see Blake in a glass container, opening her eyes and a picture of a white bestial head in a circle next to her. Then Riddick was standing in the rain reaching out for the picture, before switching over to him standing face to face with his ranger self, as they walk through each other. Before Riddick was Roman Torchwick and the Blue Sons, and before the ranger was a field of fire as three shadowed figure stood before him, the one in the middle turned its blazing yellow eyes at him.
Both Ghira and Kali were a little worried, when they saw their daughter Blake inside that glass container, as well as the symbol of the White Fang next to her. When they all saw Riddick facing the infamous criminal Roman Torchwick, along with those monsters the Blue Sons, they all glared angrily at those men in blue. But when they saw Riddick's ranger self facing that yellow eyed figure, something about that figure made them feel...uneasy about its gaze.
[Kimi no tonari tatakau tabi umarekawaru]
Then Riddick was seen shouting into his morpher, before being bathed in fire and in his place, was the Quantum Ranger.
[Me ni mieru SPEED koete 'ku MOTION]
Then the three members of RWBY were facing their own dilemma. Ruby standing before a gravestone, Weiss practicing her glyphs and Yang looking at a picture of her mother, before riding off on her bike. Then the Quantum Ranger was seen running through a series of explosions.
[Ittai jibun igai dare no tsuyosa shinjirareru?]
We see Blake's face slowly gaining a look of horror, as a shadowed figure loomed over the glass container, with four red eyes glowing. Blood was seen falling on the bestial picture, as the one Riddick reached out for vanished, he fell to his knees and cried out in anger, as he was bathed in red, black and purple aura.
Kali gasped at the terrified face of her daughter, feeling very worried about her little girl. Ghira only growled under his breath when he saw his daughter trapped in that glass, as that shadowed figure loomed over his little girl. Something about that figure really sets him off in the wrong way, and yet it felt familiar to him. But what made the two Faunus even more worried, is when the White Fang symbol was covered in blood. Something must've happened in the White Fang, something bad.
[Kousoku no VISION minogasu na]
We see teams RWBY and JNPR on the field, with the Quantum Ranger fighting the Grimm, then Riddick was seen alone out in front of Beacon, when he saw both teams standing beside him which made him smile and look to the sky.
[Tsuite koreru nara]
Riddick morphs once more, before slashing at the screen as the title card appeared, before fading into darkness.
Silenced filled the void as the adults were taking in what they saw on the screen. While Summer, Taiyang and Raven were happy to see their daughters as full grown teenagers, they could only hope that they're strong enough to face the hardship of what is to come, especially if they do team up with Riddick. Willow and Jacques were surprised to see how much their little girl has grown, she almost looked a lot like Willow did when she was her age, still they were worried for her, since she wanted to become a huntress in the future, they can only hope she survives.
Ghira and Kali were worried for Blake, the last time they ever saw her was two or three years ago, before everything went south for the White Fang when Ghira stepped down from being the leader of the Fang. They've been praying to the gods to bring their daughter back and to keep her safe.
Johnathan and Katherine were worried for their son, for years he's been wanting to live up to his family's legacy, just as Johnathan's father and his grandfather before him did in the past. Even with his training, Johnathan still felt that Jaune should at least wait until he became stronger. Thor and Sif were grinning like loons to see their Nora fighting the Grimm, the little spitfire always took after her parents when it comes to fighting, Thor remembered the first time when Nora picked up a toy hammer, and used it on his head. This brought a chuckle out of him, remembering the old days with his little girl playing huntress. Li and An were feeling proud to see their son, Li could remember the times he would train Ren when he would take him out in the woods, of course the boy does have a long way to go, but he knows his son has great potential to be a huntsman.
With the opening over Summer began to read again.
The village was celebrating, the people and the Faunus were shouting and laughing with joy, as their attackers the Blue Sons and their hired assassin Scaramouch dead. The villagers were safe, and here I am sitting at a table watching the people dancing around a large bond fire, and the children playing with Kimiko. Currently I'm eating a hearty meal of fried steak with mashed potatoes, and pork on the side. Sitting next to me were Buzzsaw and Overkill eating slabs of meat and bone, I took a swig of my drink just as the village elder arrived.
"I trust you are enjoying yourself?" He asked me.
I nodded. "Yes, after fighting those assholes earlier, I could use a little rest." I said before biting into the steak.
The sight of the villagers celebrating brought a major sigh of relief out of everyone. "Thank god they're alright." Summer said, feeling happy to see those people are alright. Everyone in the whole group nodded, even Amanda and Jacques felt relieved for the villagers safety. Even the Faunus.
The elder smiled. "Well the whole village and I, are very grateful for all that you've done. That reminds me I haven't introduced myself, my name's Imam, I am the chieftain of this village." He said.
Huh, so he's named after Imam or rather Abu al-Walid from the Pitch Black movie, just like how I'm named after Riddick. Heh, interesting. I then begin to ask Imam a few questions regarding to those men in blue, he told me that they're called; The Blue Sons, a group of humans dedicated to bring out the 'pure blue world' to all of Remnant. He then explained that they despise all of the Faunus, a race of humans with animal-like traits, much like the people in this village. And that they despise those who either see the Faunus as equals, or try and help them.
The adults in the void glared daggers at the screen, still feeling angry at what those horrible men did to that poor girl's parents, the more they learn about the Blue Sons, the more they dislike them.
From what he's telling me, the situation with the Faunus reminds me a lot like the mutant haters, from the X-Men comics. Heh, humans, so weak, pathetic and fearful. I then asked him if that's true, then why are there humans living in this village with the Faunus. Imam told me that while it's true that most if not all humanity hate the Faunus, there are those who think otherwise. Because of this they were seen as traitors to humanity, and Faunus lovers, apparently he was among those who tried to defend the Faunus.
This made Ghira and Kali feel happy and relieved that there are humans that do try to see Faunus as equals, but because of this act made them very unpopular with those who treated Faunus like shit.
To escape all the hate and discrimination, Imam told me that he, and all other humans and Faunus left the so called 'civilized' world to live here, in the Forever Forest in peace. He then told me that most of the Faunus in this village were former miners who were forced to dig up what he called Dust, from what he told me it reminded me a whole lot like the black slaves in the time of Abraham Lincoln, some of these poor Faunus were working under a company called Schnee Dust Company.
He explained that the Schnee family harbor no love for the Faunus, and even use them in their mines, forcing them to work and dig up the Dust. The Faunus here in the village were barely even paid for their hard work, and even treated so damn poorly. And that they couldn't take it anymore, and fled from them. He told me that any human or Faunus who wandered into their village, were more than welcomed to live peacefully here.
Hearing this only made Willow lower her heads in shame, unable to face the screen as they heard what was happening with her company under her husband's rule, and as to why that village existed. Some of the other adults only looked at the Schnees in shock. They have heard about the bad relationship between them and the Faunus, but for the Faunus and their workers to actually leave their company, meant it was really worse than what they heard.
The Schnees. Just thinking about how badly they treated these people so bad, made my blood boil, how the hell could they do this?! They're just innocent people for god's sake! If I ever see the Schnee family, I'll kill them just like I did to the Blue Sons.
This brought a gasp out of the adults, the loudest were Willow and Jacques when they heard Riddick wanting to kill them. 'If he ever did meet out other selves then... Oh no, Weiss!' Willow felt fearful for her daughter's life. If Riddick did meet their other selves, there's a chance that he would kill Weiss as well.
"...He...he wouldn't! Would he?" Katherine asked with a hint of fear in her voice.
"After seeing what he did to those Blue Sons, I can tell he'll actually do it." Raven said with her arms crossed.
Summer took a shaky breath and continued reading.
Imam then told me the reason why the Schnee family view the Faunus in a negative light, is because of a group called; The White Fang. A group made of entirely of Faunus who sought out equality and peace, at first their goal was to use peaceful means of getting people to see them as equals. However as time went by, the old leader stepped down and a new one took charge, and in doing so the once peaceful Faunus group turned into a band of terrorists. Now they use violence to gain equal rights, not out of respect but out of fear.
This made Ghira and Kali freeze like statues. When they heard on what has become of the White Fang, they were horrified to learn on what happened to the once peaceful group. "No. It can't be true, it just can't." Ghira muttered to himself while Kali buried her face in her hands.
Summer and the other noticed the distressed Faunus couple, so the former leader of team STRQ paused her reading and went over to them. "Is something wrong?" She asked when she placed a hand on Kali's shoulder.
Ghira was the first to snap out of his shock and turned to the silver eyed huntress. "It's just...hearing about what's become of the White Fang caught us by surprise." He told her before looking down and clenching his hands into fists. "The White Fang would never do something like this! They were made to bring peace between the humans and the Faunus! How could they've fallen from their noble path?!"
This made everyone raise a brow in confusion. Just how did Ghira know so much about what the White Fang used to be in the past?
"Exactly how do you know so much about the Fang?" Qrow asked feeling curious as were the other adults, the Schnees included.
Everyone looked at the Faunus, Ghira knew that it was too late to keep it a secret, so he took a deep breath and calmed himself down. "I was...once the high leader of the White Fang."
This tidbit of information made everyone gasp in shock, the loudest were the Schnees. Ghira Belladonna was a member of the White Fang?! As well as its leader!?
"As you all know, before all of this happened, us being brought to this strange place." Ghira said while gesturing to Imhotep and the void they're in. "The Faunus were getting sick and tired of being treated as second rate citizens, so we created the White Fang. It was made to be the beacon of peace between the humans and the Faunus, and I was the leader at one time." His paused for a moment letting the others taking what he said in, Kali placed a hand on her husband's shoulder to let him know she's there for him.
"So far, things were going well for us. Albeit in a slow but steady pace. Though there were those among our group, thought our process was taking too long, and some were wanting to use some other methods of achieving equality for our kind."
Johnathan leaned further from his seat. "Then what happened?" He asked feeling curious about the change in the White Fang.
Ghira let out a sigh and continued. "At some point, many of our members were wanting to follow a different method, of course not all of us were willing to accept whatever methods they were thinking about. But in the end I had to step down from being the leader of the Fang, and passed it on to a new leader."
"And who is this new leader, if I may ask?" Ozpin said with his arms crossed.
Ghira turned his gaze at the headmaster. "Her name is Sienna Khan. A tiger Faunus, when I stepped down I gave the responsibilities to her as I saw she had great promise, and potential of staying true to our noble cause. Once she became the new leader, Kali and I, along with some of our followers had left the White Fang and returned to Menagerie."
Then he gained a guilty expression as he lowered his gaze on the floor. "But I had no idea that the White Fang would use such violent tactics. They were supposed to bring peace between our two races, not antagonize each other."
This caught Willow's attention. She got up from her couch and walked towards the distraught Faunus, and kneeled beside Summer. "You mean you didn't know about what the White Fang has done?"
Ghira looked at the matriarch of the Schnee family, and shook his head. "No. We haven't even gotten word of their actions, we thought that everything was going so well with them, we never kept in contact with them for some time now." Then Ghira gasped as a sudden thought entered his mind. "If the White Fang really did turned violent, then that means..."
Kali's eyes widened as she knew what her husband was thinking. " Oh god no, Blake." She breathed as she felt tears seeping through her eyes.
Before they could ask them anything, Summer felt a hand on her shoulder, and saw it was Qrow. "Sum, maybe you should continue reading, then we'll be able to find out more about this later." He said in a somewhat quiet voice.
Summer was reluctant to leave Ghira and Kali, but she knew Qrow was right. Both her and Willow left the Belladonnas who are recovering from their shock about the White Fang, and returned to their seats and Summer began to read again.
Because of them all of humanity are hating the Faunus even more, then it hit me. The Blue Sons, a group of Faunus hating humans, and The White Fang, a group of violent Faunus. No doubt these two groups are bitter enemies, because of their ideals of which race is superior than the other.
Imam told me that both groups have clashed before, wanting to kill one another, not caring if any innocents were caught in the crossfire. All of this, was making me hate both groups even more.
This made everyone worry even more, the thought of a gang war between these two groups, the result would be catastrophic if it gotten any worse, then there would be a good chance that the Grimm would arrive, due to the all the negative emotions from the conflict between the White Fang and Blue Sons.
I then asked him if there was a nearby town, or city that I can find, he told me the closet city was called the city of Vale. Apparently it was named after this country, or rather 'kingdom' if what he's saying is right. He asked me why was I here in Vale, knowing that he wouldn't believe me about being from another world, I told him that I was from a far away place, outside of the kingdoms in another land, telling him that my town was almost like this one. Not having that much technology and just living off the land, and surviving.
"No doubt he wouldn't believe him about being from another world. Hell, I'm still having a hard time believing there's another world were humans live." Tai said while scratching the back of his head.
"You and everyone all over Remnant would, Mr. Xiao Long." Li said with his wife nodding.
I told him that I merely came to Vale to travel around Remnant, unfortunately however, I don't know much about the currency they have in this world, not that I would say it out loud. Thankfully he told me that it was in the form of plastic card, sort of like credit cards. He even showed it to me. It was much like a credit card, with a black magnetic reader strip, he told me that they come in a variety of colors, and showed me the symbol. The Lien symbol is an L crossed with two horizontal lines, much like the currency back at home like Yen and Euros.
He gave me a good amount of it, since I'm pretty much of an out-of-towner, he then offered me to stay for the night as a means of repaying me for my efforts of saving them. After fighting those creatures back in the forest, the Blue Sons and that singing assassin, I could definitely use a much needed rest. Once the party was over, Imam took me to his home, showed me the guest room where I'll be sleeping. Thanking him, I placed my bags near the desk and sat down on the bed, letting out a sigh.
I then looked at my morpher on my wrist, so much has happened in a short amount of time, I mean hours ago I was heading for the Morphicon in Manhattan, I damn near got ran over by a truck, the next thing I knew, I found myself in a forest in the dead of night, with a shattered moon overhead. Then I got attacked by those black wolves, fought them off, then more came and other creatures in the form of the animals I knew, I found out my toy morpher became real, thus turning me into the Quantum Ranger.
Let's not forget me meeting Buzzsaw and Overkill, meeting Kimiko, saving her village from Faunus haters and a musical assassin. Christ alive, this just ain't my day at all. "Ah, I need a shower." I said. I got up from the bed, I grabbed some spare clothes Imam lend for me, so my clothes could be washed. I found the shower and began to strip.
Summer and just about every women in the void began to blush, at the thought of seeing a young naked man on screen before them, though they had to control themselves. They didn't want their husbands to get jealous over them ogling the young ranger, and they didn't want to think themselves as cougars. But when they saw him completely naked, everyone felt their blood turn cold from what they saw.
Once fully naked, I saw myself in the mirror, staring back at me was my body that was riddled with scars. All of them from knives, bullets, claw and bite marks, and on my back various whip scaring as well as burns. All of these were from my time back on earth, whenever I was in Manhattan I would get jumped by several street thugs who tried to mug me for money, however I kicked their sorry asses, but in the struggle I got hurt.
It seems wherever I go, trouble seems to find me. During my fight with some underground gang, I actually slaughtered them, it was my first ever kill at the age of 14. Not only that but also from having to deal with wild animals, living in the forest as well. However, the real eye catchers were a large scar in the middle of my chest, and circular ones on my stomach and lower back. There was a lone and wide scar, going down from the top of my collar bone to bottom of the sternum, and six additional ones too. Two facing upward, while the other two were downward almost like an 'X' while two more was across the middle of the scar.
The scar on my chest was a bit rougher and to some, an unpleasant sight, but it was proof that I survived almost anything that was thrown at me. Now you probably wonder, just how I got this scar right? Well, that's a story for another time. As for the circular scars on my stomach and lower back, they were actually teeth marks, made by the most infamous man eater back on earth; the crocodile Gustave.
I reached into my pants pocket and pulled out a necklace, with a large tooth, bigger and longer than a human finger, this was my trophy. The tooth of the crocodile Gustave himself. After looking at the necklace for a minute or so, I placed back in my pants and hopped in the shower.
"Oh my god! Did he really go through all that?" Katherine gasped with her hands over her mouth and tears threating to fall. Her motherly instincts were crying out for the young boy, even though he isn't her child, it still hurt her to know of what kind of ordeal he went through. She just wanted to find him and comfort him as best as she could, like she would do with Jaune whenever he got hurt.
"At least we know why he was so callous when he was fighting those Blue Sons." Achilles said with a frown plastered on his face.
"I'm more interested in this 'Gustave' creature he spoke of." Ghira said, rubbing his chin when they saw the tooth. "He did say it was a crocodile, but I've never seen one with a tooth that big before. Aside from some crocodilian Faunus, but that's unheard of."
"And he did say it was a 'man eater' on his world. It must've been a rather dangerous creature for him to face." Ozpin said while sipping his cup.
Summer was horrified to learn that Riddick made his first kill at the age of 14, to kill at such an age made her hands tremble. She knew that life was too precious and must be treasured no matter what, even the criminals she's fought before didn't deserve to be killed, and yet Riddick killed those gang members in his world with out a hint of regret, or one shred of remorse. "He doesn't deserve it. He doesn't deserve that kind of life." She muttered to herself griping the book tightly in her hands.
Then she felt a hand on her shoulder and saw it was Raven, who offered a nod and a small smile to put her at ease. Once everyone had calmed down, Summer began to read again.
After finishing the shower, I returned to the guest room, where both Overkill and Buzzsaw laid on the floor sleeping. They had the right idea. I let out a yawn and stretched a bit, before finally moving to the bed, pulling the blankets over and falling to sleep.
Next morning.
After waking up at 6:00 in the morning, I, along with both my hounds were at the opposite entrance of Forever Haven, the name of the village that I'm about to leave. I turned around and saw Imam and the townspeople coming by to see me off. "On behalf of the people of Forever Haven, as elder of this village it is my privilege, to make you an honorary member of our people." Imam announced, as he dipped his finger tips in holy water, and formed a holy mark on my forehead. "This will be a sign from us that, no matter where you go or how far you are, there's always room here for you my friend."
I gave a nod. "Thank you, Imam." I was about to leave, when I felt a tug on my hand.
I looked down and saw Kimiko looking at me, with tears threatening to fall. "You'll come back to visit, right?" She asked. Despite only knowing her since yesterday, she's really grown attached to me, as I have for her. Giving her a gently smile, I kneeled down and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry. I will, a ranger's promise after all. Right?"
She sniffled before wiping her eyes, she smiled and nodded before catching me into a hug. "Please be careful."
"Hm, you to kid." With that she lets go of me, went back to her mother and everyone started shouting and waving goodbye, as the three of us began to make our way through the forest.
Seeing this brought a smile to everyone, Riddick only knew those people for one day, and already they accepted him into their village. Despite his killing ways, they could tell that Riddick has a heart of gold and the soul of a saint.
Somewhere in Forever Fall, sitting on top of a rock, was a young and beautiful girl called Blake Belladonna. Blake isn't a human but a Faunus, a cat Faunus to be precise. She is a fair skinned young girl with amber eyes and long black hair. A ribbon is tied with a large bow on the top of her head, which acts as a cover for her Faunus heritage and disguises her black cat ears. She wears purple eyeshadow in catseye style. She wears a black buttoned vest with coattails and a single silver button on the front. Underneath this is a white, sleeveless, high necked, crop undershirt and white shorts with a zipper on the front of each leg, she also wears black low-heeled boots and full stockings with a color gradation of black to purple at her ankles. Her emblem is visible on the outside of both thighs just below her shorts in white. On her left arm is a detached sleeve with a silver cuff around her bicep, and black ribbons are wrapped around both forearms. A small, loose scarf is wrapped around her neck and a gray magnetic backpack is strapped to her back, hidden by her hair.
Both Ghira and Kali gasped when they saw their little girl on the screen. "Blake!" They both said in unison.
"Your daughter?" Helen asked the two Faunus.
"Yes, there's no doubt about it, that is our daughter!" Kali said feeling tears of joy to see her daughter again, even if it is on a big screen.
Ghira was feeling happy to see Blake again. Both he and Kali missed her terribly, since the last time they saw her was when the Fang was created, but what worried him the most if the White Fang had indeed turned violent, and Blake's still apart of them, he can only hope that she gets out in time before it's too late.
You see Blake, like all Faunus, has had a rough life because of the discriminations, being shown nothing short of mockery and scorn, and treated like shit for years. She was separated from her parents when she was a little girl, and was forced to join the other Faunus in their protests against human cruelty, but things never work out as planned. As time passed she was picked up by the White Fang, the only safe place she could call home, or so she thought. The one peaceful White Fang she knew, had turned dark in terrorizing those who refused to serve Faunus, destroying stores, and robbing from Dust stores.
Because of their actions, the Blue Sons were born. She had been in some of the fights between groups, but unlike her Faunus brethren, she does not idly take the lives of the humans, cause if she did, it would only prove them right that Faunus are nothing but monsters.
Jacques and Willow lightly gritted their teeth at the mention of the White Fang robbing Dust stores, and destroying stores that refused to serve Faunus. But the incident with the Blue Sons in the first chapter, they knew that in some cases it was their fault for the mistreatment of the Faunus, from what Ghira had told everyone, he was very genuine in his words for equality for the Faunus, but because of the bigotry and hubris in humanity, it all came crashing down when Ghira left the Fang and handed it over to that Sienna person. Hopefully, just hopefully they can undo the damage they've done when this is all over.
Ghira and Kali let out a sigh of relief to hear that their daughter had not taken a human life, if she did, then she would've proved humanity right about the Faunus being monsters. They were at least glad to know that she's noticing the changes in the Fang, and they hope that she'll leave.
She wanted nothing more than peace and equality between humans and Faunus, but not all members of the White Fang share that dream. Right now, she was taken on a mission to raid a cargo train, delivering a large shipment of Dust and other supplies to the city of Vale. However she had other plans. Suddenly she heard someone approaching behind her. She looked over her shoulder and saw her partner, and friend. It was Adam Taurus, a bull Faunus and a close friend to her.
Adam is a tall man with red and brown hair that spikes backwards in a windswept way. While most of his hair is red, a portion of it in the back and several streaks are brown. A noticeable trait of his appearance is the mask he wears, which obscures his eyes and upper face. Adam wears a long-sleeved black trench coat with slit sleeves and more red designs and a white symbol on the left side. His trench coat is red on the inside with red flame-like accents at the bottom and his wilting rose emblem on the back over a white floral design. His trench coat is half-buttoned, exposing a red shirt with a black line running parallel to his collar under it. He wears long black pants, black shoes with red soles, and black gloves with more red emblems on their forehand, and he wears a black belt with white domino marks on it.
"Oh no, not him of all people." Ghira groaned while Kali gasped at the sight of the red haired bull Faunus.
"I take it you know him?" An asked while the others looked at the Faunus couple.
Ghira nodded. "Yes. Us and just about all of the Faunus in Remnant knows about Adam Taurus. While I don't know what he's like in this time period, what I do know, is that he's a very skilled swordsman that could go toe-to-toe with any veteran huntsmen."
"Still, I wonder how strong he's gotten this time." Kali said with a small amount of fear for her daughter to be with Adam.
"If the White Fang has turned violent, then it's safe to say that Adam has become like them, if not worse." Ghira said with a dark tone.
This made everyone, minus Raven, Glynda and Ozpin shiver at the thought of engaging the bull Faunus.
These two have been together, in their time in the White Fang and have always come out on top, some would suggest that Adam might have feelings for her, but Blake only saw him as an older brother. However, she knew that as time went on, she began to notice how Adam was slowly changing. He once told her about trying to make a better world for everyone, and yet there was something in his voice, that sent chills down her spine, and in time it began to scare her.
Adam looks to her and nods. "It's time."
She nods back. She knew that the train would be passing by any minute, and they need to get their job done. However, if she caught anything that might endanger the crew of the train, she would leave the White Fang, and Adam, for good.
Eventually they arrived at the edge of the cliff, where the train could be seen coming into view. This may very well be, their last mission together, before Blake leaves. As soon as the train came close, they leaped from the cliff and landed on the train, as soon as they did they prepared to face any security they might come across, and so, they charged running to face off against the guards of the train. But what they won't count on, is the fated encounter with Riddick the Quantum Ranger.
Kali lightly froze at the sudden thought of her daughter meeting Riddick. She's worried that if he does cross paths with her, if he knows all about the White Fang from what Imam told him, then he might mistake her as an enemy, Ghira gritted his teeth to the point where they hurt. 'He better not hurt my little girl, ranger or not he's a dead man if he so much as scratches her!'
Summer could see the worried face from the Belladonnas, and she couldn't blame them, if her daughters had met Riddick then she would be worried sick for their safety. She took a deep breath and continued reading.
Before leaving the village, Imam told me that there's a railway somewhere in the south of Forever Fall, and one direction leads straight to the city of Vale. It took awhile to find it, but we were able to find a cliff which gave me a good view of the tracks. "Finally." I sighed. I bent down to my knee to get a good look of the tracks, from what Imam told me is that every three months, a cargo train would be delivering a large shipment of that dust he told me about into the city, and that day happens to be today.
Then I heard a train whistle from a distance. I looked to my left, and to my relief I saw the train. However, something caught my eye. Reaching into my bag I pulled out a pair of binoculars, zoomed in and to my surprise, I saw what looks like big fight going happening on the train, from what I can see I spotted two people fighting some kind of...robotic spider? What caught my off guard is that those two, are fighting that robot with such skill, agility and precision I've never seen before. These two must be very skilled, and highly trained warriors.
Willow gasped when she saw the train. "I know that train, that's the cargo train that delivers our shipment of Dust to Vale!"
Kali shook her head and lowered it when she saw her little girl aiding Adam in robbing a train. At first Amanda had half a mind to reprimand the Belladonnas for their daughter aiding a terrorist group, but having seeing the saddened and distraught faces, she knew that it wasn't their fault and decided to not chide them for something that was not in their control.
But despite being trained, I know that one of those two is bound to make a mistake, either their trying to protect that train, or raiding the train, I gotta get down there, now. Getting up, I placed my bags on the ground and turned to Buzzsaw and Overkill. "You two hold onto those for me, I gotta a train to catch." I ordered them.
They nodded and picked the bags up with their teeth.
"I'll call for you two when I'm done." With that I took a deep breath, and jumped over the cliff. I felt the wind rushing past my face and ear, most people would think I'm crazy to willingly JUMP over a cliff without any gear, fortunately I've done this plenty of times back home, before I become a Power Ranger. Speaking of which.
"Quantum Power!"
In a flash of light and flames, my whole body was in the ranger uniform once more. Rolling forward I landed on a tree branch, and used it like a spring board to shoot myself back into the air. I repeated the process until finally, I landed on the train. "Now, lets see if I can get to those two, before something bad happens." Grabbing the Quantum Blaster, I raced across the roof top of the train to get at the very end, where the fight was being held at.
"Now that was impressive. Him jumping off the cliff, and transforming into that Power Ranger was pretty badass!" Tai grinned only to be smacked in the head by Raven.
"Now's not the time for that Tai." She scolded which made him lower his head and crying waterfall tears.
I was finally able to make it, I stopped and got a good look at the fight, from what I can see of the robot it's painted dark gray and red. It has four legs on its abdomen, two arms and an upright oriented body. It possesses four cannons, one on the end of each arm, and two larger ones mounted on its shoulders.
Then I turned my attention to its opponents. One of them, a male possibly 20 years old, wore a black jacket and pants, has a wilting rose on the back, red hair combed backwards, and on his face was a mask of sorts. The mask is whitish-tan with red, Japanese style, flame-like symbols decorating the front, and two slits on each side, presumably to allow for vision. I then remembered something that Imam told me, about the White Fang. They always wore bone white masks, the reason being is because many people always viewed the Faunus as monsters, so they decided to become the monsters humanity always saw them as. Pitiful.
I turned my attention to the man's partner, a young girl around 17 years old, long black hair, black and white clothing, fair skin, and to my surprise she had amber eyes. They almost looked like, cat eyes.
This had everyone, Ghira and Kali the most hanging off the edge of their seats, wondering what the young ranger will do once he joins in the fight.
I saw the girl getting knocked back by the robot, as it swatted her partner away, before turning its guns at her. Even though these two are a part of the White Fang, that doesn't mean I won't help her. I aimed the Quantum Blaster and fired at the robot. The first shot stunned the robot, but I fired a couple of times to push it back. As the robot was pushed back, the girl turned to me with wide eyes, I then leaped in the air and landed in front of her. Turning to her, I asked. "You alright?" Using the voice of Daniel Southworth, the man who played Eric Myers the Quantum Ranger from Time Force.
Aside from being trained in hand-to-hand combat, my most favorite talent was disguising and mimicking my voice, meaning I can sound like a whole other person, regardless of age or gender. I even can mimic the voices of several different franchises. The reason why I'm using Eric's voice, is because if I do happen to run across this girl, I don't want her to recognize me by the sound of my original voice.
This caught everyone by surprise when they heard Riddick speaking in a different voice. "My word! Did he really change his voice?" Helen asked feeling surprised to know about Riddick's other talents.
"He did indeed Ms. Nikos." Ozpin told her while sipping his mug again.
Ghira and Kali were very relieved to know that Riddick would help their daughter, despite being a part of the Fang, and they were very grateful for him saving her from being gunned down from that robot.
"Hmm, I wonder if Riddick here could mimic Raven's voice?" Qrow said with a teasing grin, which earned him a smack to the head by Raven.
"Shut up Qrow." She hissed.
The girl nodded dumbly at me. "Good. Stay here, I'll deal with this piece of shit." With that I charged firing at the robot.
Everything was going well for both Blake and Adam, they easily managed to get passed the security guards of the train, and made it to their target. However, Adam started to plant a bomb, she questioned him about the passengers onboard the train, but he disregarded them, not even caring if the people on the train would get killed in the explosion.
The adults in the void felt their blood turn cold when they learned what Adam planned to do, Ghira and Kali took it the hardest, the fact that someone like Adam would go as far as to blow up a whole train and killing all those innocent lives, just because of what he believes in his twisted cause for equality for the Faunus. "How...how could he?" Katherine breathed out. Fearing for the lives of those people on the train.
"Adam has let his anger and hatred consumed him, turning him into what humanity has seen the Faunus as; a monster." Li said with a grim tone.
This made her heart sink. She knew he had changed, but not this much, if he's willing to let innocent people get killed in this raid. It was then she had finally realized, just how far the White Fang had fallen, they were becoming what the Blue Sons and all of Remnant saw them; monsters. Her mind was maid up. As soon as they get off the train, she would leave the Fang and Adam, not wanting to be a part of their insane methods any longer. However, they were spotted by the spider-drone and it began its attack.
"At least, Blake's decided to leave the Fang. That's a good thing, right?" Katherine said hoping to lift the Belladonnas spirits up.
It did work for a moment, but what everyone saw next nearly drained Ghira and Kali of their color.
Both Blake and Adam were fighting with everything they had, the fight with the drone took them all the way to the back of the train, and out in the open. At first it looked like the fight was going in their favor, but the drone easily kicked Blake with its leg, while it swatted Adam like a fly, before turning its guns at her. Blake feeling stunned from the hit, only stared at the end of the gun barrel as it began charging its laser.
As she stared down the barrel, she began to see her life flashing before her eyes, remembering both the good and bad times. 'Mom, dad. I'm sorry.'
"BLAKE!" Both parents cried out in fear as the spider robot was about to open fire on her. They thought they were gonna lose her, but thankfully their prayers were answered.
Before she could close her eyes, a bolt of energy struck the robot. Causing it to disrupt its charging sequence.
Blake turned her gaze over at where the shot came from, and her eyes suddenly went wide. There standing at the roof of one of the carts, was a red and black warrior wielding a pistol in the shape of a T-Rex head, the head was covered in a helmet completely covering the face, leaving only the metallic lips exposed. In all her years. Blake has never seen someone like him. Then the warrior fired multiple times at the robot, forcing it to move away from her, and leaping in the air and landed gracefully before her.
The warrior turned to her and asked. "You alright?"
With the arrival of Riddick in his ranger form, this brought out cheers out of the adults, including the Schnees, all of them were happy to see Riddick stepping in and rescuing the young girl.
Kali was shedding tears of joy, gratitude and relief. She was thanking whatever god was listening, for sending Riddick to save her little girl from certain death. Ghira's tears were falling like waterfalls, he was extremely happy to see his Blake alive and for Riddick stopping that robot from killing her. He would be eternally grateful to the young ranger, if he ever met him in his universe he would reward him with whatever he could ask for, for saving his little girl.
Blake wasn't sure of what to make of this man, the fact that he saved her, a soon-to-be former member of the White Fang, and asked her if she was alright. She slowly nodded, feeling dumbfounded that this man, whoever he is, was willing to save her.
The warrior nodded. "Good. Stay here, I'll deal with this piece of shit." Then he charged at the drone, changing his pistol into a sword. All Blake could do, was sit there wide eyed, as she watched as the red and black warrior easily made scrap metal of the drone. She saw how he elegantly danced around the drone, slicing at the legs, guns and finally leaping into the air and cutting it in half. Both her and Adam had to fight like their lives depended on it, and yet, this warrior easily cut the drone to pieces like it was nothing!
Just who or what, is this man?
"YES! ATTABOY RIDDICK! TEAR THAT DAMN THING TO PIECES!" Ghira roared out as he stood from his couch and raised his arms in the air.
"THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR TRYING TO KILL BLAKE, YOU METALLIC PIECE OF SHIT!" Kali shouted along side her husband.
Both Ghira and Kali couldn't contain themselves when they saw Riddick cutting the robot in half, they wanted to see that thing destroyed for nearly killing their daughter, and they got what they wished for. Their sudden outburst caught everyone by surprise, not that they couldn't blame them for anything. If any of their children were in Blake's position, they'd want to see that robot destroyed too.
I let out a much needed breath, after making sure that girl was alight, and charging at the robot, it didn't even lasted that long. I rolled my shoulders as the two halves of the robot, fell on their sides, I flicked my sword flinging any fluids from the robot. I turned around and walked over to that Faunus girl. I stopped in front of her, my visor staring at her amber eyes, wide as dinner plates with a hint of amazement and slight fear.
Probably because she's never seen someone like me before, I mean I don't blame her. I'd be a little freaked out too, if I just saw someone appearing out of nowhere, and easily cutting down a robot before me.
Anyway I cleared my throat and asked her. "You ok? Not hurt are you?"
My question seemed to snap her out of her trance, she started at me for a second, and shook her head. "That's good." I then stretched out my hand, offering her my aid. At first, she seemed hesitant not sure whether or not to trust me, no doubt since I'm a human and her a Faunus.
"It's ok, there's no need to be afraid. I won't hurt you, a ranger's promise." What felt like an hour, she slowly grabbed my hand and I pulled her on her feet. "There. That wasn't so bad, was it?" I said tilting my head.
Surprisingly she had a small blush on her face, she gave a small smile and shook her head. "No. It wasn't."
This brought a chuckle out of everyone, seeing how shy and timid the young girl acted to Riddick. The sight of Blake blushing made Kali inwardly squeal, finding it rather a cute moment between Blake and Riddick. Ghira smiled, knowing that Riddick wasn't prejudice against Faunus as he helped his daughter up. Though, her blushing around him, even if it was a small blush made his eye brow twitch for some reason.
However, this little moment was broken when they heard a familiar Faunus shouting.
"GET AWAY FROM HER HUMAN!"
(Insert Stand A Chance-The Big O OST)
A shout was heard from behind me, I turned and saw her partner charging at me, his red sword drawn and poised for the kill. With lightning speed, I used my Quantum Saber to block the Faunus' attack. Our sword colliding creating sparks, and sound of scraping metal was heard. I was able to get a good look at the guy, and saw that he had horns on his head, I'm guessing he must be some kind of bull Faunus, the horns are similar to the ones from Forever Haven.
"Way to ruin the moment." Sif said not liking how Adam went and ruined that cute scene between Blake and Riddick.
Ghira let out a low growl when Adam went and attacked Riddick, when he saved Blake's life. He didn't like how ungrateful Adam was being towards the young ranger, and he hoped that Riddick would take him down a peg or two.
No matter, this guy had a lot of nerve for attacking me when I saved his partner, I know that the White Fang hate humans, but from the way this crazed bull's behaving tells me he must really hate humans!
Giving a strong shove, the bull Faunus almost lost his footing, but quickly regained it as he charged at me again. This time I returned his advance with kind. Our swords met once more, and then we engaged each other in a flurry of sword slashes, sparks were seen flying, the clanking sound of our blades were heard in the air, whoever this guy is he's no amateur. He might be even better than that Scaramouch guy yesterday,
Everyone felt their jaws dropping to the floor. The sight before them completely blew their minds away, Riddick was actually holding his own against Adam Taurus in a sword fight! Ghira had his eyes glued to the screen as the young ranger and Faunus clashed their swords with each other. He knew of Adam's fighting prowess and how dangerous he can be in a fight, but he never would've imagined someone being able to match him blow for blow. There might be hope for the White Fang yet.
Suddenly, the bull got a lucky shot, by swinging his sword across my chest, causing sparks to fly off me. Well whadda ya know? Even in real life, sparks can be seen from a ranger suit when struck by an attack.
However all that guy did, was made me mad when he gave a smug grin. I easily wiped it off, when I dashed across the floor using a mock charge and swinging my Quantum Saber across his right shoulder. The bull cried out and clutched his bleeding wound, if he hadn't worn that mask I probably would've seen a look of disbelief.
I gave a small chuckle. "What's the matter? This your first time being cut by a human? Heh, well here's bit of info for you El Toro. I'm not your average human." I said to him with a small grin forming behind my helmet.
"No way! Did Riddick actually drew blood from him?" Willow asked in disbelief.
"He certainly did, but that's impossible! Adam's aura should've prevented him from getting injured, much less a flesh wound." Achilles said trying to figure out how Riddick made Adam bleed, when his aura should've protected him.
"And yet he easily cut him, like his aura wasn't even there." Raven said surprised to see how Riddick drew first blood in this fight.
The bull Faunus snarled, and charged at my intended to take my head. To bad he won't get the chance. I jumped over him, somersaulted in the air, and landed on my feet. He turns around to attack but I was faster, I unleashed a hail of slices as my saber left behind multiple lacerations on his body. The Faunus gasped in pain, right before I slugged him in the face sending him flying on the floor of the cart.
Then I looked and saw that girl I saved standing at the other side of the car. I knew what she was planning to do; she was gonna sever the connection between the two cargo cars. I quickly made it to the other car, just before she could sever the connection.
Just as she was about to cut the connections, we heard the crazed bull shouting at the top of his lungs. We saw him charging and leaping into the air, no doubt he wasn't planning on us leaving. Well, too bad.
I quickly changed my saber to its blaster mode, and shot the bastard out of the air, and back onto the other car.
(End background music)
Everyone watched in stunned silence when they saw Riddick shooting Adam back on the train car. From what Ghira had told them about Adam, they weren't sure if Riddick would be able to survive his encounter with Adam, and yet he managed to hold his own against him and defeated him. The first to break the silence was Summer, as she continued to read the book.
The girl gave an apologetic look and utter 'I'm sorry' before cutting the connections of the cars. As the car was shrinking in the distance, I could see the bull slowly getting up just before it vanished from out site. Letting out a sigh I placed my blaster back in its holster, and was about to leave when.
"Wait!"
The girl called out, making me stop. I turned to see her walking towards me, until she was a few inches from me. "I just wanted to say... Thanks, for helping me back there." She said while fidgeting with her hair.
I merely gave a shrug. "It's no problem, I was just around and saw what was happening on the train, and decided to drop in."
"But why? If you knew what we where doing, you could've stopped us. Yet, you choose to save me. Why?" She questioned me, not doubt feeling very confused that a human would help a member of the White Fang.
Everyone were curious as well, wanting to hear Riddick's thoughts about the White Fang. Then another background music began to play, and like the one from the first chapter, this one was also a melancholic music.
(Insert Suffering- Guyver OST)
"I'll be blunt. While it's true your group did a lot of bad things, from what I heard from a local town, what I do know is that not all Faunus like you, share their crazy methods." I told her crossing my arms. "And unlike El Toro back there, you didn't have one ounce malice or any ill intent in you."
She only looked at me with wide eyes once more, no doubt surprised to hear this from a human like me. She lowered her face like she's trying to hide something. If she really is a member of the White Fang, and that bull back there is her partner, then why would she... Wait a minute, does this mean she's?
"Are you...willingly leaving the Fang?" I asked her. She stiffens but slowly nodded. "So you're a defect, eh?" I asked her once more. Again she nodded. "Heh. So your eyes are finally open upon seeing how far the White Fang's fallen."
This made her look at me with a stunned expression. "What?"
"I mean, it's good that you decided to leave them, and start over. That tells me that, you have what it takes to make a real difference."
"And how would running away make a difference?!" She exclaimed as tears were beginning to form. "All my life I've done nothing, but run when things got bad. I thought I finally found a place where I could be accepted and do good for all Faunus, instead I find myself helping cause more pain and suffering. SO HOW CAN A WANTED CRIMINAL LIKE ME, MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THIS GODFORSAKEN WORLD OF HATE?!" She screamed at me, her tears falling down represented all the pent up guilt and pain from her time in the Fang and being treated like shit by humans.
Ghira and Kali were shedding tears when they saw Blake in such a way. Her pent up frustration, guilt and pain was like a hot spear head going through their hearts, the look on Blake's face hurt Kali more than anything. Her little girl was hurting, having faced all manner of hardships and mockery and scorn from society, that she would hide her Faunus heritage just to be accepted for WHO she is, and not WHAT she is. She wanted so desperately to hold her daughter in her arms, to take away her pain and to let her know her family is there for her.
Ghira gritted his teeth and clenched his hands tightly, feeling horrible for not being there for Blake when she needed him the most! If he hadn't stepped down as leader, and prevented them from turning violent, then his daughter wouldn't be so ashamed of herself being a Faunus! He made a vow, when this is over he would return to the White Fang and retake his place as leader once again.
Willow only lowered her head in shame, feeling guilty that her company had a hand in the creation of the violent White Fang, her family and just about all of humanity were responsible for the mistreatment of the Faunus, and causing them pain.
"Get stronger." I told her with my voice as hard as steel.
"W-what?" She blinked her teary eyes.
"What?" The adults echoed Blake's word, as they were caught by surprised by Riddick's words.
"If you really want to make a difference, you must become stronger." I began to tell her. "Don't let the weight of your past and your sins, hold you down. To do so would prove that you're weak. You must be willing to become strong, and to carve your own path in life. If you truly wish to make difference, you must train hard and become strong. You must have a strong will, if you wish to overcome the obstacle in your path."
My words hung over us in the air, none of us said anything as the Faunus girl looked at me with awe. No doubt my speech broke through, hopefully it'll give her the courage and the determination to achieve her goals. "I, I don't know what to say. Thank you." She said with a small smile and blush forming. I nodded, and turned to walk over the car.
Hearing Riddick giving advice to Blake on overcoming her sins, put everyone at ease, Ghira and Kali the most. Both husband and wife were very grateful for helping Blake by telling her to become stronger. Kali had her hands clasped together as she bowed her head. "Thank you, Riddick. Thank you, thank you." She silently thanked the young ranger, having lifted her daughter's spirit.
Ghira smiling as he nodded and uttered his own thanks to the young human.
"Wait." She called out again. "Can you at least tell me, who you are?"
Looking over my shoulder, I said. "You tell me your name first."
"It's Blake. Blake Belladonna."
"Blake, eh? Well Blake, as of this moment you can call me the Quantum Ranger." I told her my ranger name. Seeing a clearing coming into view, I knew this is my stop. "Well, remember what I said Blake if you really want to make a different. Until we meet again, see ya!" I gave her a two finger salute, and jumped off the train and vanished into the woods.
(End background music)
All Blake could do, was watch as the trees the warriors jumped in went by. Never in all her life had she heard of such a man, this Quantum Ranger character, was unlike any human she ever saw. His words echoed in her ears, his words were truly inspiring, they held wisdom as well as strength. Enough for her to clear her mind of what transpired today, however, now that she's left the White Fang and Adam behind, there's no way they'll ever welcome her back.
She choose this path, she wanted to make a difference to the world. Make it a new and better world, for both humans and Faunus to live in peace. "If you really want to make a difference, you must become stronger." The ranger's words echoed within her mind, clenching her fist she gave a firm nod. If she truly wanted to change the world, she must train and become stronger than before. The very first thing she'll do when she reaches the city of Vale, she'll find a place to begin her training, and hopefully apply for the entrance exam for Beacon and become a huntress.
"Hmm. So Blake wishes to apply to my school then, huh?" Ozpin said while placing his chin in between his thumb and index finger. Suddenly Kali held his hand in hers, as she kneeled before him.
"If she does become a student at your academy, please take care of her professor Ozpin! Help her become a better person, so she won't have to hide herself from everyone around her!" She pleaded with teary eyes. The thought of her daughter becoming a student at Beacon, was the only way for her to try and bring peace between humans and Faunus, and she wanted her daughter to have a new, better life than what she had in the White Fang.
The headmaster stared at the near-teary eyed Faunus, he turned his gaze at Ghira, who also had the same pleading look. Both parents want what they believe is best for their little girl, and her couldn't fault them for it.
Smiling, he nodded. "I'll see to it that she gets enrolled, as soon as possible."
This made both Ghira and Kali very happy. At least Blake will be able to start on a new path in life, rather than follow the dark path of the White Fang.
I stood there watching the train leaving in the distance, I sighed and reverted back to my civilian self. "I only hope she'll take my words to heart." I said to myself switching back to my real voice. Then I placed my index finger and thumb near my lips, and gave a loud whistle. The whistle echoed throughout the forest, some of the local animals heard it but paid no attention. However, I heard growling coming from some bushes, and then two familiar hounds came running towards me. It was Overkill and Buzzsaw who heard my call.
During our walk through the forest, I trained these two to come to me by the sound of my whistle. I've done it before with the wolves I've train back home on earth. Both Grimm hounds stopped in front of me, panting and presenting me my bags. "Good boys." I told them, scratching their heads.
With my bags in my possession again, we began our journey through the forest again, and thankfully I could see the city limits not to far from here. The first thing I'm gonna do when I get there, is order these two to remain in the forest until I call for them again, find a cheap enough hotel to establish a base for myself, and lastly find a place where I can get information and the layout of the land of this world.
If there's one thing I'm good at it's surviving, and I am a survivor.
With that Summer closed the book and the screen dimmed.
Everyone was taking in what they had just witnessed, Riddick learning about the Blue Sons, the Schnees and White Fang, him meeting Blake and fighting Adam, it was all an amazing event. However, some of them were still saddened in some parts. Ghira felt guilty for letting the White Fang falling to a dark path, and straying from their once peaceful goal. Willow and Jacques were worried for their daughter Weiss, having heard Riddick swearing to kill them just for what they did to the Faunus, as a whole.
"Now that Ms. Rose has finished reading, I believe it is Mr. Xiao Longs turn to read." Imhotep said while gesturing to the blonde fighter.
Summer passed the book to her grinning husband, feeling anxious to see what happens in the next chapter. "Well, here goes nothing."
To Be Continued.
