Wow, four months? School kinda does that, especially if you're studying engineering. Anyways if you managed to read this far into the story, then you the real MVP. But seriously I'm still surprised by the reactions I got and I appreciate the feedback. Just know that I only write when I have free time so it doesn't update as fast. This next chapter is kind of a filler but don't fret, more is coming in the indefinite future. Until then, I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Chapter 6: Another filler? Really?
Dormitory wing 2037 hours
"Well that went better than I thought it would." Ivan said.
"Don't jump to any conclusions yet Ivan, Ozpin and his assistant are watching the helmet camera feeds to verify our story." Greg replied.
"Oh, damn I just remembered I have footage of that New Year's party at the barracks on my cam. You guys remember, right?" Nick asked the group.
"Yeah, I remember: Alex was the duty NCO so he couldn't drink, Ivan got into a fight with Sergei and they ended up destroying all the furniture in the common area, Vlad threw up on Natasha and she kicked him in the groin, Dimitri took a piss in a dryer that Anna still had clothes in, I lost my room key and had to scale the building to our room on the fourth floor and I can't believe you got all of that on your helmet cam." Greg finished recalling the events.
"Yeah that one. Heh, good times right guys?" Nick said with a smile.
"I'm sure Ozpin and that Goodwitch lady will appreciate seeing all that." Alex said, voice dripping with sarcasm.
"By the way Nick, where did you disappear to after Alex and the other duties got the party under control that night?" Ivan asked.
"I honestly don't remember much. All I know is that I woke up the next morning tied up in the dumpster behind the barracks." Nick replied
"You didn't record anything?" Greg asked.
"Nah, I think the battery died by that time."
"Son of a bitch! Why won't this stupid door open?!" Alex screamed. Pulling furiously at the door handle to their room.
"Alex, you've been trying to open that door for like 10 minutes, it was funny at first but I really want to take a shower and go to bed already." Greg said.
"It's this stupid scroll key thing, it doesn't work for some reason." Alex replied.
"Let me see it." Nick said while snatching the scroll out of Alex's hand.
"Oh, please like you can open-" He was interrupted by a flashing green light followed by a click and Nick opening the door with a smug grin on his face.
"Oh, go get killed."
"I already did." Nick replied causing everyone, even Alex to laugh. Not surprisingly, the four Russians are already making jokes about their untimely demise. One thing about military personnel is that they deal with so much bullshit and fucked up situations daily, that the only thing they can do is just laugh and go with it.
"Well I know when I'm beat, so go ahead and have first dibs at the shower." Alex said to Nick as the four entered the room. It was your typical four-man room: four beds, four nightstands, four desks, a book shelf in the center with smaller shelves on all the walls, two large closets and a bathroom. The room even came complete with extra linen, toiletries and what look like spare athletic clothes for sleeping.
"Thank God, I thought we were going to have to sleep in our sweaty ass uniforms." Nick commented while removing his gear. With his weapons, vest, and helmet set down next to one of the beds, he grabbed the towel and hygiene bag sitting on the bed and made his way to the bathroom. In the meantime, the rest of the squad would relax and wait for their turn in the shower.
"It was really nice of Professor Ozpin to let us sleep here for the night." Ivan said while lying on the bed he claimed for himself.
"He's seems a little too trusting don't you think? I mean we basically explained our situation, which in my opinion sounds like the plot to a bad story and he just takes it as is and gives us room and board without payment? I feel like there's some ulterior motive." Greg said, voicing his skepticism while removing his boots.
"Well I'm guessing that since we kind of saved the survivors of a doomed town, he's giving us the benefit of the doubt. He strikes me as an intelligent and logical man, who could've had us thrown in jail or an asylum but decided to hear us out. Now he didn't say he completely believed us, which is probably why he wants us to meet him tomorrow morning to discuss the content on the helmet cameras and where to go from here." Alex reasoned to Greg and Ivan, who both nodded in agreement to his thoughts.
"Yeah I guess that makes sense. I guess we'll just have to wait until morning." Greg responded, putting his concerns to rest for the moment. Right now, everyone just wanted to shower and get some sleep.
"Hey, can I ask you guys something?" Ivan asked.
"What's up?" Alex responded.
"Did either of you learn any English while in Russia?" Both Alex and Greg took a moment to think before answering Ivan
"I learned some basic words and phrases. You know, enough to get by" Alex responded.
"I can hold a conversation in English, if that's what you're asking." Greg answered.
"Well I never learned any English and I doubt Nick knows any. But did you guys notice that we've been speaking perfect English as well as understanding and reading it. I bet we can also write in English as well." Ivan said to his comrades. Both Alex and Greg looked at each other before realizing that Ivan noticed something before either of them did.
"Damn, with all that went on today, I didn't even notice that." Alex calmly stated.
"That was a good observation Ivan. Now the question is can we still speak Russian?" Greg asked.
"Надеюсь, мы все еще будем говорить по-русски (I sure hope we can still speak Russian)." Alex spoke fluently.
"Well that's answers that question." Ivan said.
"Alex, do you have any insight or an explanation to that?" Greg asked. Alex thought for a moment before saying anything.
"After everything that has happen up to this point, I'm not going to dwell on this. If anything, we just became bilingual with minimal effort and I'm not going to question it." He responded.
"That works for me. I guess we don't need to bring this up ever again." Greg stated.
"Should we tell Nick?" Ivan asked.
"Ah, he's not going to notice and even if he did I doubt he'd question it." Alex responded. The bathroom door swung open and out walked Nick wearing the sleepwear heading towards his bed.
"Man, that felt good. You're up big guy." Nick motioned to Ivan who was already walking towards the bathroom. It was another 15 minutes before everyone had a turn in the shower and another 20 before they fell asleep. The room was nice and quiet with only the sound being the occasional snore from the exhausted Russians. They earned this peaceful rest before their second meeting with Ozpin.
Ozpins office
"That poor boy, he's going to feel that in the morning." Ozpin said with amusement.
"Considering he threw up on her and ruined her nice dress, I can't say he didn't have it coming." Glynda spoke in her usual stern voice. The two were just finishing up watching all the footage on the helmet cams. What was captured on camera was a variety of footage that was mostly training exercises such as long-distance hikes, CQB and unarmed training, utilizing several weapons on a firing range and riding around on vehicles. The most interesting thing they saw was the footage of them jumping out of planes at varying altitudes. True, they themselves launched students into the Emerald forest for initiation, but that was a one-time deal and the students had their aura and semblances to help them land. These men on the other hand jumped at very high altitudes a number of times with only a parachute to help them land and as far as either of them could tell, it didn't look like any of them had an aura or a semblance.
"What do you think Glynda?" Ozpin asked.
"Under normal circumstances I would have considered Mr. Volkov's story utter nonsense, however he has video proof to back up his claim and I sincerely doubt any of those men are competent in video editing." She replied.
"So, they really are from another world. I have seen more than my fair share of odd occurrences, but this situation certainly is strange. Of course, it's only sixth on my list of strange situations." Ozpin calmly stated while taking another sip from his mug.
"Still, what are we going to do about them? Even though I'm sure they have no ill intentions, they're still dangerous and based on what we've just watched they have killed other humans." Glynda spoke with mild concern. Most of the footage was just training and a few moments of the guys relaxing and having fun, but there was also combat footage on there that got their attention, particularly the footage that shown their supposed "deaths" that led them to Remnant.
"Yes, they have killed, but what we were shown is that their enemies were anything but innocent. In fact, those terrorists used similar tactics as the White Fang and Alex and his friends are no doubt trained to combat those insurgents." Ozpin explained.
"It's a shame that a world without Grimm exists, yet the inhabitants are waging war against each other." Glynda sounded disappointed more than anything.
"Yes, most unfortunate, but we can finish this discussion at tomorrow's meeting. After all it is getting late." Glynda simply nodded then dismissed herself leaving Ozpin alone with his thoughts. He had an idea forming in his mind that would be discussed the next time he met with the Russians.
Beacon cafeteria 0710
Another day has come and the cafeteria was filled with half-awake students eating breakfast in preparation for another day of classes and training. Most of the classes began at 9, so breakfast was served from 7 to 9, which is what the Russians decided to do before their follow up with Ozpin. Currently they were sitting off to the side, wearing only their basic uniform. They figured they didn't need to be geared up for breakfast with the exception of their pistols that they kept holstered to the side.
"Blech! That's the worst thing I've ever eaten!" Nick exclaimed while he exaggerated the motion of scraping his tongue off.
"Really? Cereal is the worst thing you ever had?" Greg said in a mocking tone.
"Okay not really, but this Pumpkin Pete cereal is crap." Nick then proceeded to take a swig of his coffee, gargled it, then spit on the cafeteria floor.
"Did you just seriously spit on the floor?!" Alex asked.
"Yes, it's that bad. You can taste it if you don't believe me." Nick said defending his actions. Alex just rolled his eyes, but decided to humor him with a spoon full. As soon as the cereal entered his mouth, he immediately had instant regret and had to use all his strength to swallow.
"God damn, it tastes like cardboard with sugar on it." Alex said while copying Nicks action of gargling with coffee, minus the part where he spat on the floor. While the guys laughed among themselves, they failed to notice two familiar females approaching their table.
"Well, it seems you guys really are handsome without those masks on." Coco said in playful tone. She went on ahead to set here tray down and take a seat next to Alex, while Velvet sat across from her and next to Ivan.
"We almost didn't recognize you guys without all the gear and the masks on. Luckily Coco remembered your weird forest clothes." Velvet chimed in.
"Coco, Velvet nice to see you two. Where's those other two guys?" Greg asked.
"Fox and Yastsu normally sleep in through breakfast. We usually just meet them in class." Velvet answered.
"Yeah, those lazy bums say they would rather sleep than eat, but then they end up complaining about how hungry they are during class." Coco added.
"I'd be lying if I said I've never done that before." Ivan commented.
"Anyway, how are you ladies doing today?" Alex asked just to make conversations while he and the rest tried not to notice that Coco and Velvet's school uniforms fit them a little too well.
"Oh, we're doing fine. Just another day full of classes and what not." Coco answered.
"What did Ozpin want to talk to you guys about yesterday?" Velvet asked Alex who was ready to answer.
"Not much really, just our names, a detailed account on what went down in Oxford and a thank you." He calmly answered. Nothing wrong with telling half-truths.
"Well don't you guys have a home to go to." Velvet asked unaware that the Russians had an uneasy feeling growing inside them. Coco and Velvet both noticed the slight hesitation until Alex broke the silence.
"We don't have a home anymore I'm afraid. We were trying to make our way North to another town or city, when we stumbled into Oxford and well, you guys know the rest." Alex didn't exactly lie, but he didn't tell the whole truth. Both Velvet and Coco were shocked at his answer.
"Oh, I'm sorry for asking." Velvet sadly replied. Her sad tone tugged at the Russians heartstrings and the way her ears drooped could break the hardest heart.
"It's alright you didn't know. But I would prefer if we didn't talk about our home." Alex replied with a reassuring smile. He managed to get Velvet to perk up and avoid talking about where they're from. A win-win for his conversational skills.
"On the bright side, Ozpin let us crash here for the night and we're meeting him later to talk about other stuff. Hopefully he can help us find a place to stay in the city." Greg added to reassure Coco and Velvet.
"Well even though we've only known you guys for less than a day, you'll always have a home in Beacon and Vale." Coco said while giving Alex a friendly pat on the back.
"Thanks Coco". Alex replied with a genuine smile.
"Alright enough of this mushy-feelings crap. Let's talk about the kickass party we're going to throw at our new place!" Nick exclaimed, changing the mood of the table.
"Nick, every party we threw or got invited too ends up with us getting drunk off our asses and waking up with bad hangovers and in some cases, waking up halfway across town." Greg explained while Coco and Velvet both had amused looks on their faces.
"Sounds like we need to hang out with you guys more often." Coco said.
"Well in any case you two ladies are invited, as well as any friends you know." Nick responded.
"Hey what about us, can we party too?" A new voice spoke from behind. The group looked up to see a some-what familiar blonde bombshell followed by 7 other people. Alex quickly scanned the crowed and recognized the four girls from yesterday. It seems they had brought friends.
"I don't know, is your sister going to try and steal my gun again?" Alex sarcastically asked while looking directly into Ruby's eyes. She quickly faltered under his stern gaze and hung her head low in shame. For the life of him, he just couldn't stay mad at the poor girl.
"I'm sorry, I... I just wanted to look at it." She spoke so softly and mousy he could barely hear her. First Velvet, now Ruby? He liked to think he had a hard heart, but it was starting to falter. She finally looked up and used her ace in the hole: The infamous puppy dog face. Alex couldn't take it anymore. He slammed his fist on the table, then pulled out his pistol while unloading the magazine and making sure it was clear before he handed it off.
"God damnit here! Just stop making that face… please." Alex handed Ruby his pistol, who's mood did a complete 180 and suddenly lit up. She looked it over with awe, taking in the details and admiring the craftsmanship. Everyone else at the table had light smiles on their faces. "How the hell did she do that?!"
"Aww Alex, you act so tough but you're just a big softie, aren't you?" Coco teased while being genuinely impressed. Nick decided to join in on the teasing.
"That's right Coco, underneath that cold and calculating exterior, is a warm fuzzy teddy bear. He's single by the way." Nick felt a sharp pain in his shoulder as Alex's fist made contact. It was worth it in Nick's opinion.
"Anyway, why don't guys take a seat." Alex addressed to Yang and the rest, who took seats around the group. Ruby and Weiss sat next to Coco with Blake and Yang sitting across from them next to Velvet. JNPR sat on the other side of the Russians with Jaune and Pyrrha sitting next to Nick and Ren and Nora across from them next to Greg.
"Alex, right? Thanks for being so considerate towards my sister." Yang said.
"It's fine miss…?"
"Xiao Long. Yang Xiao Long. You can just call me Yang though." She him gave a flirtatious wink the same way Coco did yesterday. And like yesterday, all he did was cock an eyebrow at her.
"Right, well I'm Alex. Next to me is Nick."
"What's up?" Nick greeted in his usual tone.
"And across from me is Ivan and next to him is Greg." Alex said finishing introducing the squad.
"Good day." Greg spoke formally.
"Hello." Ivan said with a friendly wave.
"You guys are some of the new first year teams, right?" Velvet asked to which everyone nodded yes to.
"In that case, I'm Coco and this is Velvet, we're second years and part of Team CFVY. Coco addressed the crowd.
"Well, you've obviously met my sister Ruby." Yang pointed to Ruby who was still inspecting Alex's pistol.
"This is my partner Blake." Blake merely nodded but kept studying the four Russians, mostly out of curiosity.
"And this is Ice Queen." She said with a smirk.
"Hey!"
"Fine, and that's Weiss. We make up Team RWBY led by my sister." Yang said proudly.
"Your team is named after your sister? Talk about a coincidence." Greg commented.
"I guess it is. Anyways, over there is Team JNPR. We're good friends them. There's vomit boy sitting next to Pyrrha." Yang said.
"Vomit boy?" Alex asked as he looked to Jaune, who awkwardly chuckled while scratching the back of his head.
"Uh, it's actually Jaune. That's just my nickname… apparently." He answered.
"Gee, I wonder how you got stuck with that nickname?" Alex sarcastically asked.
"Let's just say he owes me a new pair of shoes." Yang answered, while glaring at Jaune.
"Was he drunk?" Nick asked.
"No, I get airsick easily. It's more common than you think!" Jaune tried to defend himself but judgement was already passed on to him.
"No way he'd make it in the VDV if he gets airsick that easily." The Russians collectively thought.
"And finally, that's Ren and Nora." Yang finished. Ren nodded a greeting to them, while Nora appeared to literally be buried in pancakes.
"How the hell can she get like 50 pancakes, but I couldn't get an extra scoop of eggs?" Nick asked the remaining members of JNPR but all they did was shrug at him.
"None of us really know, and it's probably for the best we don't find out. After all, they'll keep Nora content for the next half hour at least." Ren calmly explained while Nora was slamming down pancakes like nothing. Meanwhile Greg was looking back and forth at Pyrrha and the small Pumpkin Pete's cereal box on Nicks tray before he put two and two together.
"Pyrrha right? Is that you on the cereal box?" Greg asked the Greek themed girl.
"Yes, that is me." She replied with a smile. Probably the sweetest any of them have ever seen.
"How did you get on the box?" Ivan asked.
"When I won my fourth Regional tournament, that's when I got signed on as a mascot. It's normally reserved for cartoon characters or star athletes. But the cereal is not something you should be eating if you're an athlete." She explained.
"No kidding, it smells okay but tasted like stale cardboard coated in enough sugar to give you diabetes." Alex responded. It was then Nora looked up to add the conversation.
"So, you're saying it tastes worse than it smells?" Nora had no idea she set Nick up for the perfect comeback.
"Ah man, if I can count the number of times I've had that problem with women." You could literally feel the sudden change in mood at the table. Ivan and Greg were both laughing while Alex facepalmed, but was still laughing.
"God dammit, that's not something you say in front girls, especially EIGHT girls! Still, he saw an opportunity and thank God he took it." Alex thought to himself. He glanced quickly around the table to see everyone's reaction. What he saw was appropriate based on his first impressions of everyone: Yang and Coco were caught off guard but soon broke into laughter with the Russians, Pyrrha and Velvet were both beet red in the face, the guys had slight tinges of red and tried not to make eye contact with their female counterparts, though Jaune had a weak smile forming, Weiss had a look of absolute disgust on her face, Blake didn't really react much but was still surprised and Ruby and Nora didn't react at all due to Ruby not understanding and Nora for being… well Nora.
"That's messed up, but your timing was perfect!" Yang said finally catching her breath.
"I don't get it." Ruby said.
"I'll tell you when you're older sis." Yang responded.
"So, I'm never going to find out?" Ruby asked, to which Yang responded with a head nod. Everyone else got over the initial shock and started to calm down, well except for a certain prim and proper heiress whose fists were clenched, teeth were gritting and a large forehead vein was visible.
"Ugh, you… you…" Weiss couldn't even form a complete sentence, but boy did she want to chew Nick's ass out. Nick just kept smiling at her struggle.
"It's okay to use your words Snow White, people might think you're retarded if you can't speak clearly."
"And he wonders why he gets his ass kicked all the time." Alex thought.
"You, disgusting filthy pervert! How dare you talk to me like that? And do you kiss your mother with that mouth?!" She was practically fuming and yet Nick looked completely unfazed with that smirk on his face.
"First off: my mother's dead, may she rest in peace and second it's not really a dare if I already did it." He said matter of factly. Weiss suddenly felt torn. On one hand she wanted to smack that stupid grin off his face, on the other she felt bad for bringing up his mother. For now, she thought the best course of action was to keep her mouth shut.
"Sorry about your mom Nick" Ruby spoke full of sadness.
"Hey, I've had years to get over it. Besides let's not spoil the morning. Oh, I know, how about a joke? He turned to look at Jaune. Hey Jaune!"
"Yeah?" Jaune asked
"Sex!"
"I don't get it." The blonde knight walked right into Nick's web.
"I know you don't!" Nick exclaimed. It took Jaune a minute to understand and his already fractured confidence just took another hit. This time everyone laughed, even Weiss seeing as how Arc was the butt of the joke. Pyrrha lightly chuckled but laid a comforting hand on her partners shoulder when she saw him hang his head low in embarrassment. Alex checked the time and noticed they had to meet Ozpin soon. As much as he enjoyed talking to his new "friends", it was time for business. After a quick smoke break obviously.
"Well it was nice meeting you all, but me and the guys have a meeting to attend to shortly. I'll need my pistol back." He indicated to Ruby who reluctantly handed back to him.
"It's an interesting weapon: It's simple, but seems very effective. I noticed the rest of your friends have one like it also. Which reminds me, can I see the rest of your guy's weapons?" She practically had stars in her eyes when she asked. Alex just smiled at her.
"Maybe later, right now we're going to smoke before our meeting. Anyone care to join us?" He half joked, half genuinely asked out of curiosity. Everyone just gave him disappointing glances. Damn kids.
"Why do you guys smoke, isn't it bad for you?" Velvet asked. All of them just shrugged.
"Sugars and fatty foods are bad for you, but you still eat them, right?" Greg argued with logic.
"Besides, all the cool kids do it." Nick joked but got nothing but even more disappointing looks.
"Well before you guys leave, I wanted to ask how did you know I was trying to grab your gun yesterday? I mean you grabbed my wrist without looking back. Do you have a sixth sense or something?" Ruby asked Alex.
"No, I just saw your reflection in the napkin holder." He answered. Ruby was surprised and disappointed at the same time. Surprised that it was something so simple and disappointed that it wasn't anything cool.
"Take it easy guys, we'll probably see each other later." Alex said while he and the rest of the squad grabbed their trays and made for the exit while RWBY, JNPR and CV watched them leave.
"I knew they were just a bunch of ruffians and degenerates." Weiss spoke up.
"Speak for yourself ice queen, I think we need to hang out with them." Yang countered. Everyone else seemed to agree with Yang to some extent.
"Coco, how do you know those guys anyways?" Blake asked, speaking for the first time since they sat down. She kept her mouth shut not because she didn't trust them, but because she wanted to observe who these men were.
"What, you guys don't know? Those are the guys that saved the survivors of Oxford yesterday. They held off the attacking Grimm until we arrived even though the fight was over by the time we got there." She answered and suddenly had everyone's attention.
"There the one's that all the news stations and sites are talking about?" Jaune asked.
"Yeah, our mission yesterday was to provide protection for the evacuation crews. We thought we may have been too late, but there they were, on the rooftop waving us down with many Faunus survivors." Velvet explained.
"I never would've guess that they were those guys. They act so… immature." Ren spoke his mind.
"Not if you saw them yesterday." Coco said.
"I'll be honest when I first saw them, they actually scared me. They were wearing all this gear and had weapons that to be honest, looked more suited to use on other people than on Grimm. But the most intimating thing about them was that they kept the lower half of their faces covered by a wool mask they wore under their helmets. Alex even said that the masks do provide an intimidation factor and since Grimm don't get intimidated, he was no doubt talking about people." Velvet finished explaining her first meeting with them while RWBY and JNPR had concerned looks on their faces.
"But, when I spoke to Alex he was very polite and professional. Actually, all of them were… even Nick. And not just talking, but their actions as well. They were very alert and on guard the whole time even though the Grimm were routed. I watched Nick keep a lookout while Ivan and Greg directed the bullheads where to land and helping bring the injured-on board. And there was Alex, directing them on what to do. He spoke with such power and authority, I was about to tell my team to do what he says. Alex is their leader and the rest no doubt, respect his authority but he is also willing to get his hands dirty with his team. They obviously work well with each other and have built a strong bond amongst themselves." Coco finished her description of the Russians, while the rest of the table reflected on what she said.
"Wow." Was all Ruby could say. From her perspective, Alex sounded like, no… WAS a better leader than herself and she feared she couldn't amount. But also in her mind, he seemed like a nice guy who might help her become a better leader.
"And here I thought they were just a bunch of idiotic goofballs." Yang said with a smile.
"I can't believe we just ate breakfast with famous people!" Nora shouted with glee.
"Do you know anything else about what they did in Oxford?" Pyrrha asked.
"Mostly rumors, but I think they might have been true." Coco answered.
"Like what?" Weiss asked.
"Well, we heard they saved a Faunus child from being killed by an Ursa and helped reunite her with her mother. Then we heard that they had a radio on them that they used to call for help and administered first aid to the wounded while they waited, even if they burned through all their medical supplies. The last one I'm not too sure about but supposedly, one them choked out an SDC employee for being unhelpful and making off handed remarks towards the surviving Faunus. If it's true, then my lien is on Alex choking the guy." Velvet said with a smile. She really hoped that last rumor was true.
"Again, those guys? The one's who make crude sexual jokes and act like children?" Weiss asked in utter disbelief to which Coco and Velvet simply nodded.
Blake on the other hand, was smiling at what Coco and Velvet said about Alex and his friends. She really hoped all the rumors about what Happened at Oxford were true. Humans helping Faunus, not caring about appearance and even standing up to an SDC employee? The rumors just had to be true. Her faith in peaceful Human-Faunus relations was slipping every day with no sign of any improvement. Blake knew she had to ask Alex later in private. There just had to be a silver lining somewhere.
A/N: Like I said there is more to come but I am at a crossroad on where to progress. I can either follow the canon storyline or just go with an AU where Beacon and all the sad stuff doesn't happen. It'll probably come to me while I'm doing calculus homework. Again thank you for the support and don't be afraid to call me out on stuff.
On a side note I do have another story idea rattling around in my head. You know those stories where the Continental U.S. is brought to Remnant and the Kingdoms interact with the Americans? What about that, but instead an alternate history Continental Europe where Nazi Germany was victorious in WWII. A modernized Greater German Reich brought to Remnant? Atlas military vs the Wehrmacht? How will the kingdoms react to a nation with no qualms about war and racial purity? Again it's just an idea floating around in my head.
Until then, Hawk out.