CH. 5 Backstory and Androids
"It all began after my abduction…"
A small Jaune was thrown onto the ground of an alien ship. Tears were welling up in his eyes as he looked up at the creature before him. He had rough scally skin, two large eyes, and horns protruding from his head.
"W-where am I?"
The creature spoke but Jaune didn't understand him. It turned around and had a collar in his hands, from the looks of it there was a serial number on the side
"My abductors were slaver's, Slamoids to be precise. They normally travel through the galaxy in large ships collecting children to sell to high bidder's"
Jaunes mother put a hand to her mouth, she felt distraught at the news she heard. His father had a clenched fist, some of his siblings were a bit skeptical while his tqin had a worried face.
"Anyways…"
The Slamoid walked over to the small Jaune and tried to put the collar on, keyword tried. When reaching out Jaune bit the mans hand, causing him to drop the collar and Jaune kicked it away.
The small Jaune had a small victory but was quickly overshadowed by the Slamoid striking him with his foot. Jaune clenched the side of his chest from where he was kicked. The Slamoid walked over to the collar and put it on Jaune.
"I was a slave after they put on the collar, gave me a number and everything"
His family was silent for a while, until his older sister spoke up
"How long were you a slave for?"
"For about 30 minutes. Basically what happened after was…"
Alarms began to blare and red flashing lights attacked Jaunes vision. The Slamoid panicked and drew his pistol from his holster. Walking to the halway the slaver couldn't even raise the weapon before he was gunned down.
The gun slid over to Jaune and he picked it up. Jaune pointed the gun at the door before he heard footsteps. They were getting louder and louder until a Jaune saw a boot.
"Hey there little guy"
Jaune loomed up and saw a towering man he had long combat pants, flannel shirt with a leather jacket over it, a bandolier with a knife strapped to the side. Jaune saw the mans face and he saw a kind face, he had a brown goatee with graying bits, long brown hair flowing to the back of his head, and a pair of round glasses adorning his face.
"Whats your name little one?" The man asked crouching down to Jaunes eye level
"J-jaune. Jaune A-arc"
"Ain't that a nice name. My crew calls me Ernest, but you may call me Gary. Gary Gygax"
"From then on I was a member of Gary's crew. They taught me just about everything I needed to know. They taught me how to fly a ship, shoot a gun, hand to hand, and basic galactic. Some of them taught me coding, mechanical-engineering, simple workshop builds and repairs, cooking, cleaning, sewing…"
snrk* "sewing? Your serious" asked his younger sister"
"You bet I am, hell I even have some things to give you guys. You know...to make up for missed birthdays"
"Aw, that's so sweet" his elder sister said
"Anyways, they taught me cool shit and for the next 3 years. Until tragedy struck, a tyrant by the name of Thanos got this nice golden glove and started a rock collection. To make a long story short those stones had unimaginable power and he used them to wipe out half of all of the universes population"
This shook the family. "How did we not know of this, something of this level would have been noticed" his father said
"Meh, not really for this planet. Although I hate to say this, our planet has one of the highest mortality rates in the galaxy. I ran the numbers on my ship, it's only a miracle that there is still life here. Your world leaders probably did notice it but most likely ignored it"
"So your saying, people died on such a grand scale and nobody cared?" His third youngest sister asked
"If it makes you feel any better, they came back"
The silence in the room was tense, not a single person spoke for a bit. Jaune cleared his throat grabbing his family's attention
"Anyways, for 4 years I travelled on my own to set a name for myself, during that time I did a multitude of things like steal, ki-put people down, and sell very valuable...things?"
Jaune had to correct himself on what he said if the looks on his families face was to go by anything
"Jaune Aurelius Arc.."
"Oh, so thats my middle name"
"Quiet!" His mother bellowed, jaune shrunk "you mean to tell me that throughout these 9 years instead of returning home you decided to rob people, sell peoples belongings, and kill people!?"
"If it makes you feel better...they were really bad people"
"It doesn't"
"Besides even hunters have laws that the councils have and regulate" his father added on
"You see, here's the thing. In space the only law enforcement is called the Nova Corps and during that time they were decimated and were barely a functioning security force. Not only that but the Guardians also were down a couple members.
So there was no major law enforcement. Of course there were smaller groups like the Ravagers and smaller factions but they weren't as effective as the Nova Corps were"
Jaune gave his familie a small, sheepish, smile. His mother sighed and rubbed her head.
"I'll let this off the hook only because the sheer joy of seeing you again is overshadowing my unyielding rage. Understood young man?"
"Crystal"
"Good, please continue"
"Well, after 4 years I had an incursion with two members of the Guardians, Rocket and Nebula. One being an anthropomorphic talking racoon and the other a blue skinned cyborg lady. If they were her right now I would be dead.
Anyways, that day was the day I got the Illusion…"
"What's that" his younger sister said
"My space ship. Yeah that's right, while you're trying to learn how to drive a car I already have my own spaceship. Who's the cooler sibling now?"
"Jaune, the story" his twin replied
"Huh. Oh, right well that day we fought at first but then found out the dude I was sent to kill was also on their hit list. So being the techno guy myself I hacked into the system and disabled the alarms. The two went up to kill the guy while I blew up his place. During that time I found the Illusion and hijacked it. Now I have the coolest ship ever.
Eventually I helped them fight the angry purple giant on a planet named earth and met the rest of the guardians. Needless to say they're all right but I made a best friend out of an earthling, his name is Peter and he has spider powers"
"Is he a faunus?" Asked his twin
"Nope, he got bit by a radioactive spider and can now climb walls and stuff. I spent a year with Peter and experienced something utterly dreadful. School. It was horrible, but eventually we went abroad on a road trip to europe.
Unfortunately, trouble found Peter and we had to fight off an illusionist and his drones. After that I got some video game consoles. A gaming pc, some movies, anime's, cartoons, memorabilia, and more. But most importantly music, Earth has the best music to date"
"I bet it's not as good as remnants" his second younger sister said
"Shut up, i've listened to the garbage you call 'mUsIc' here in remnant and it pails in comparison to Earth's music"
"Prove it"
"I will" Jaune pulled out his android but was stopped by his mother.
"Not now children. I guess that's the end of your story, right?"
"Well, yeah that's the gist of it. Not much to say other than that. I missed all of you, June i'm sorry I wasn't there when…" Jaune points to the wheelchair she's in "that happened"
"Don't worry, it's alright. That was a long time ago and its a bit difficult to get used to but I make do"
"What if I told you there is a way to get your mobility back"
Junes face lit up but then it got overshadowed by a somber one.
"Jaune, that's not possible. Even the best scientist in Atlas couldn't fix me what makes you think you can"
"Because I'm from space and have space tech. I know someone who had a problem similar to you and he wears a mechanical sling for his legs that allows him to walk and even run. Just trust me ok"
"Yes, alright I will"
Before the family could continue there was a low rumbling outside. The family was alarmed but Jaune just got up and walked to the front of the house. Opening the door he saw his ship hovering in the sky and with a press of a button it landed.
Jaune looked at it and turned to see his family, they were all awestruck at what they saw.
"Yeah, Jaunes right this is cooler than driving a car"
Before the could continue to talk Jaune spotted something near the top of his ship. Activating his thrusters he flew up and saw a girl latched onto the ship. Prying her off Jaune took her to his family where they could see better.
"Um, who is that?"
"No clue but I need to get her checked out. The ship has a small infirmary so it should be able to help her" with that said Jaune walked inside his ship, followed by his family
Jaune walked out of the 'medical' area to meet his family. They were awestruck with how advanced his ship was and how much stuff was filled into it.
"Jaune, as your father all I can say is that I am proud of you"
"Thanks dad"
"So how is she?" Asked his twin
"See for yourself" walking in they saw that the girl was still in her clothing but had some wires connecting to her and a monitor.
"The good news is that she is good. The great news is that she is a bio-mechanicle android with a self thinking AI that shouldn't even be possible for a planet like remnant but is"
"Wow"
"Also she was being hacked into…"
"What!"
"But I was able to stop and abolish the hack with a simple antivirus. Thank you Norton"
"Um Jaune?" His twin asked
"Yes June?"
"Where's the aura bar?"
"Don't have one? Don't need one"
Jaunes mother and father looked at each other, a mix of worry and fear around them. June looked at Jaune surprised the same could be said for the rest of his sisters.
"Jaune?" June said
"Yes"
"You mean to tell me that throughout all this time, for the past 9 years you fought people without aura?"
"Well yeah, that's how everybody else in the universe is. I do have protection and some fights I do come out a bit more than scratched but I evolved and adapted"
June looked at Jaune for a bit but steeled herself, wheeling herself over to a sitting Jaune she placed her hand on his chest and began to chant something.
"Woah, woah, woah. June what are you doing" Jaune said pushing her hand away.
"I'm unlocking your aura"
"Well don't please. I don't need it"
"What do you mean you don't need it? Jaune you've been fighting people without aura"
"Yeah like all normal people"
"Urgh. Jaune let me unlock if for you"
"No, I mean it. June I don't trust this aura"
"Well, I have it!"
"Look what good it did to you" Jaune noticed his mistake and was about to make it up if it wasn't for June to beat him to the punch
"I was a huntress on training, but at the battle of Beacon I went to fight a woman named Cinder Fall. She orchestrated the whole event, killed many but I fought her. I thought I stood a chance against her but I was wrong"
She looked at Jaune and then back at her lap.
"My semblance was premonition, it allowed me to see into the future 5 seconds and because of that I thought I could beat her. If it wasn't for Pyrrha arriving backing me up, I don't think I would be here right now
Your right in being apprehensive, aura made me overlook my weakness' and look where it got me. I'm sorry for pushing something on to you that you didn't want"
Jaune sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. He kneeled and hugged his sister.
"It's alright, I'm also sorry for lashing out at you. It's just that i've seen people who thought they were invincible die because they overestimated themselves with their power. I don't want that to happen to me"
"Well, you could learn from them and be mindful of what happens to you in the feild" Jaunes father spoke up.
The touching scene was cut short when Jaune heard a soft groan. Looking at the ginger haired girl he saw her start to get up.
"What, where am I?"
"Your currently near Vale, by the Arc homestead"
"Wait Vale?!" The girl looked alarmed, Jaune walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder
"Hey, whats your name?"
"Penny"
"Well Penny, mind telling me how you got on my ship?"
"I was at Amity when it was attacked. I fought back but in the end lost conceousnes. I somehow ended up on your ship and am now here...um?"
"Huh, oh Jaune. And that's… "
"Friend June, it is good to see you again"
"Hi Penny"
"Wait, you know her? Why didn't you say anything?"
"We did have that fight, remember"
"Oh right"
Jaune looked at Penny and noticed her frantic look
"Is something wrong?"
"Um yes, we need to go to Atlas and I'll explain everything on the way there. Sca- looking at your ship I have...uh deduced that its very fast?" She said with a sheepish smile
"I already know your an android" she looked disheartened "and I could care less. If you speak human, look human, and act human, then your human." Penny nodded at that.
"Well then I guess this is goodbye huh"
Jaune turned and looked at his family. Jaune smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, but let's not call it a goodbye. I hate goodbyes." Jaune was about to escort them out when he remembered something, getting up he ran towards a door and opened it. Inside were a multitude of presents wrapped up. Jaune's family looked bewildered at this but Jaune picked up a few and gave them to his parents and elder sibling.
"These are birthday presents that I got for you guys. To make up for the ones I missed"
His parents thanked him and stepped off with the presents, of course the whole family had to help since it was a lot of presents.
The Illusion took off after a bit and left the Arc family household.
Jane looked at the fleeing dot and looked at a small box in front of her. It was wrapped up nicely and upon opening it was a large sweater. On it, it said "happy birthday, your one year closer to dying"
June sighed and looked back at the sweater she put it on and realized just how soft it was. Looking at her father he too had. A sweater. On it, it said " yes i'm the man, yes my wife scares me" she giggled at that and shook her head. Life was to get much better.
That concludes chapter 5 for Galactic Guardian. Surprise I'm not dead, just really busy with the holidays and such. I'll try to squeeze in either a Transmog chapter or Squirrel games chapter.Some things to note, Jaune doesn't unlock his aura. Some of you might say "why?" and although it's said in the story, some may brush over it and write a review protesting about it. So please, if you don't understand something re-read it.Don't worry Jaune will get his aura at some point but not now. Other than that I still have some things to add. Thanks for reading and Happy Holidays.
Omake
Peter looked at Nick Fury, this was supposed to be a simple field trip but now he is being told that an enemy from a different multiverse was attacking them. Peter looked at Nick.
"Isn't there someone else who can do this? What about Thor"
"Offworld"
"Captain Marvel"
"Unavailable" replied Agent Hill
"You got me" a voice said from behind Peter. Turning around he saw Jaune in his outfit leaning back on a chair with a bottle of soda.
"Who the hell are you?" Asked Nick
"Oh, you know just a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy"
"I wasn't aware one was still here"
"I mean I got my own ship and stuff. Also, if your gonna knock Ned out at least put him faceing up on the bed, makes it more believable"
Peter sighed into his hands and looked at Jaune. Looking back at Nick it was obvious he wasn't amused.
"Mind telling me how you got into Mr. Parkers school trip?" Asked Nick
"Foreign exchange student"
Nick nodded his head and peter sighed into his palm. Jaune can be a great guy but at times he could be downright emberassing.
"Also Pete, Ned and I were wondering what we should upgrade the class to. Having some space money means I can upgrade us to premium or master"
"Could you just shut up for a bit and not embarrass me infrony of the Spy"
"Didn't you ghost him"
Peter really wanted to punch Jaune right now.
