What a Day
Being on leave for two weeks was supposed to be a good thing you can come home and see your family enjoy being away from the chaos of Fort Bragg but of course life and my family makes me wish I didn't come at all I thought as I remembered all the bullshit my family made me do and put me through during these two weeks of leave.
Almost as soon as I drove down my father Kenneth had put me to work helping with his remodel of the house. Now normally I wouldn't mind that, but it was the fact that through the entire time I was helping my father told me about how I made a lot of mistakes yad a yada and how my younger brother and younger stepsister were doing better even though my stepsister was still a junior in high school while my brother was about to commission as 2nd Lt in the Army while I already had been promoted to 1st Lt two months ago but he didn't seem to care that much as I was a Military Police Officer while my brother was Infantry and had gone to a better school and all that shit but the worst thing was how all three of them kept bringing up my recent divorce which only pissed me off which was why I had started packing to go to a hotel.
"Dinner time" my stepmother called from the kitchen "Better get down there" I thought as I zipped up my duffle bag and slung it over my shoulder and ran into my father in the stairwell who immediately noticed my bag. "Son why do you have your bag?" he asked.
"Better tell him now" I thought before taking a gulp. "Dad I'm leaving after dinner to go visit Katelyn" I lied but I knew he would believe that as I was close to my cousin. "I already called Aunt Jane and they told me I could stay with them" I said walking down the stairs while my dad followed and was trying to convince me to stay here for the rest of my leave, but I wouldn't have it I wanted to spend my last 3 days of leave relaxing.
"Look I'm just going to see Katelyn and Jane its only 45 minutes away and ill stop by on my way back to Bragg" I said as I sat down to enjoy dinner before my drive. Needless to say my parents spent most of dinner trying to convince me to spend my time at home while my sister spent most of the time messaging her boyfriend.
"I can't believe I thought they wouldn't drive me mad this time" I thought once dinner was over, and I got up to put my bag in the back of my vehicle a black 2002 Crown Victoria before giving my family a goodbye hug and promise to call them when I was there and all that other bs I mean I'm 24 for gods sake I can remember to do that without being told. I started my car and no sooner than I had pulled out of the driveway did I have a smile on my face glad to finally be able to relax.
The hotel room I booked was about 20 to 25 minutes away so not very far, but it had started to rain so the roads were getting wet, and it was getting harder to see but the thunder and lighting made it almost impossible to see the road, so I had to be careful.
I had been driving for about 10 minutes and was thinking about pulling over to wait for the storm to lighten up when a blinding light came out of nowhere blinding me.
"Holy Shit!" I thought as I swerved not noticing that the road was now sand and was that a palm tree was my thought as my car hit one of them and I started too
"God damme this hurts" I thought as everything around me started to go black and fade into black but the last thing I saw was the moon and it was shattered.
This was a great night for Grune Carob he had just been made the Leader of the Menagerie Guard it wasn't the Chieftainship, but it was another steppingstone for Grune's rise to power.
Grune wasn't like most of the Faunus as he was an ancient Faunus a sabretooth tiger Faunus. Grune was tall and muscler standing 6 foot 6 with a tan complexion and wild mane of brown hair and had equally brown beard but what stood out the most was the single left saber tooth as he was missing his right tooth. What also set Grune apart was that he had been a huntsman briefly but retired when he fought in the Faunus Rights Revolution where he held the rank of General and became one of founding members of the White Fang.
To celebrate a few of his comrades wanted to take out drinking but Grune wasn't one for that instead wanting to let his wife know but as he was walking through the center of Kuo Kuana one of his new subordinates approached him before saluting with his spear.
"Lord Grune we found something on the southern beache outside the settlement"
This surprised the sabretooth as there was no indication of any Grimm attacking the settlement. Grune put a hand under his chin to think before talking.
"Send word to Chieftain Bagheera and tell the civilians to get to their homes I will take Dobo and 15 of the guards to investigate this something" Grune ordered rushing to find Dobo and gather others.
It didn't take him long to find Dobo as expected he was at the guard house training some of the newer recruits. Dobo Pinscher was a Doberman Faunus and like the dog he was tall and slender but well-muscled with short black hair and brown eyes. When Grune found him Dobo was leaning on his weapon a halberd while an unnamed Faunus picked themselves up off the ground while Dobo was berating them and the others watching which gave Grune a small smile.
"You all call yourselves warriors! How can you hope to defend your friends and family if you can't defeat me!?" Dobo roared before seeing Grune standing behind him.
"Fall in the new head of the guard is here" Dobo ordered and watched as the recruits scrambled to complete the order and Grune gave them a quick glance before turning his attention to his friend.
"There has been a report of something strange on southern beach I want you and 15 of our best to accompany me to investigate". Dobo nodded before gesturing to some of the more experienced members to follow them and in no time Grune had everyone he needed and set out.
As they were running to the beach Grune could hear the guards chatting amongst themselves about what they would find Grune was just hoping it wasn't anything bad hopefully some cargo from a ship sunk by Grimm washed ashore but they would have their answer soon enough.
"By the brothers what is that?" one of the guards said as the group came across the scene and damn was it a scene. Scattered on the beach were the remains of a vehichel but it didn't look like any vehicle any of them had ever seen.
"Spread out and search the area but be on alert for any Grimm in the area" Grune ordered leaving him and Dobo to talk while the rest searched the area.
"What do you make of this old friend?" Grune asked picking up a piece of metal before tossing it to his friend who examined it for a short time.
"Looks like a vehicle but not any iv ever seen before" Dobo answered tossing the piece he was looking at over his shoulder which hit one of the guards on the head comically.
"Yeah, it does but how did it get here is what I want to know" the sabertooh growled before one of the guards approached the two of them. "Lord Grune, Capt Dobo we found somebody in the wreckage of the vehicle" the young Faunus stated.
"Human or Faunus?" Dobo asked. "Human and only one there is nobody else they need medical attention fast"
This was going to be an even more interesting night than Grune thought. "Alright then grab the human and see to their injuries. Dobo go tell Bagheera the situation" Grune ordered and couldn't help wonder what this would bring to Menagerie, and he really didn't want to think about how Shao Kahn would react either way this was going to shake things up.
