Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Cybernetic Couple. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.
(Atlesian City of Mantle, 2 months before the arrival of team RWBY)
Ruddy grunted while he slowly sat up, he was covered in bandages and slowly opened his eyes.
"Where am I?" Ruddy asked before he blinked as he saw a figure behind him and turned to face it.
"Father, Ruddy is awake." Ruddy heard and he grunted while he put his hand to his chest which felt all wrong.
"I know your feeling entirely feeling some discomfort, the damage to your body was very extensive." He heard and blinked before he turned to look at the figure.
He knew who the man was, every soldier in Atlas who had a tech class knew who the man was.
"Dr. Polendina?!" Ruddy asked while Polendina chucked and had his chair walk over to the soldier.
"Easy, Sergeant. You've been nearly bitten in half, your spine was nearly bitten clean in half, that and both your arm and leg were damaged very badly… If not for surgery, you'd be dead… Or you'd be living in a wheelchair like me until the day you croak, my daughter saved you and brought you here." Ruddy heard from Pietro while he started to think back to his last action before he had passed out.
He grunted in pain and then he blinked and shocked while he looked to the side with surprise.
"Penny is your daughter!?" Ruddy asked while Pietro chuckled and laughed.
"Yes, she is. I'm going to guess that I'll have some explaining to do… But for now, you need to rest, those cybernetics within your body are still adjusting and one wrong step could send you into a coma or worse." Pietro said before another figure came from the shadows.
"Hello, sergeant!" Penny chirped as Ruddy struggled to say words to the girl.
"Hi, Penny…. You have rocket boots, huh?" Ruddy asked, having no idea how to stop or even to start a talk with Penny. She confused him to no end and he had no idea how to even begin to ask questions.
"Your body was damaged too much for simple medicine, so I modified it with cybernetic limbs… Though their prototypes, something I would sadly like to admit means even I am a bit fuzzy on their form and function. I do want to point out your strength and speed have improved, if only a little bit." Pietro said while Ruddy felt his back and noticed what had to be stitches.
"What about the city? Mantle was being overrun, that's why we had more soldiers sent in… Or should I say that's why General Ironwood ordered more men into the city." Ruddy said while Penny spoke up a few minutes later.
"I have eliminated an entire group of Grimm; their numbers have decreased significantly." Penny stated before Ruddy turned to look at Pietro.
"Penny is a lot more than your average 18-year-old teen, sergeant. I'm sure your familiar with her snapping the neck of a Beowolf? You do recall the one who nearly ended your life before my little darling killed it?" Pietro asked while Ruddy blinked and then nodded while he clenched a fist and felt the motors and hydraulics under it.
"So, what do we do now?" Ruddy asked, Pietro asked while Penny spoke up a minute later once more.
"Father suggest you assist me with clearing out the Grimm…. What was the term…? Partner, we could be partners!" Penny said and rocketed over to the boy who blinked and turned to look at a monitor rather then stare into the eyes of the girl who saved him.
He would be lying if he thought that Penny wasn't nice, but she had no sense of personal space, it seemed.
"Once he recovers, darling. He's hurt, he'd be dead if you brought him here a few minutes later… I heard General Ironwood is coming to the city soon... I'm surprised he'd like to visit the city of Mantle personally given its state." Pietro stated before Ruddy spoke up.
"I can't deny nor confirm it… But I'm going to need a weapon if I'm going to help Penny with the city… That and a few days to consider the fact that I'm going to be setting off every metal detector in existence from now on." Ruddy stated before Pietro chuckled.
"Feel free to use my work shop… But I would like for you to wait 48 hours before you try it… If your insistent on it, Penny will assist you with it." Pietro said before he started to go and give the duo some time to talk and relax.
He knew Penny would help Ruddy, but it was amusing to see the duo try to work together.
Still, he knew Penny was able to take care of herself, but she would be taking care of Ruddy as well.
She had lived as his daughter kindly to be fair… Before the accident that nearly took her from him… Before she was a cyborg.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that Ruddy isn't unstoppable, your see some of his weaknesses next chapter. next chapter will be on next Tuesday and will show Ruddy constructing his weapon and him and Penny talking, until then, Lighting Wolf out