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Hello again, this is tkdboy2000, and welcome to another chapter of RvB X RWBY: Division. Being fully honest, I underestimated the amount of traffic that this site gets. I thought the first chapter would only get, like, 20 views and no favorites. Seriously, I thought no one would like this. Call me a pessimist, but that's just how I feel.

When I said bi-weekly, I meant once every two weeks. But, since I am getting pretty time-efficient, I might actually be able to make it at least one chapter per week, maybe two if I'm quick.

Responding to a review from the first chapter: Yes, I know that describing the final fight is nowhere near as epic as what Rooster Teeth did, but that was just my personal idea on how the fight went down. I just wanted all of the Reds and Blues present to hear Church's message.

Now, on to the chapter.

Red vs Blue and RWBY belong to Rooster Teeth.

Division

A Red vs Blue X RWBY Story

Chapter 2: Recovery

"…Ain't that a bitch?"

Epsilon's message played through Tucker's new armor. The entire room had gone completely silent, save for the whirring from the computer fans and the automated system telling the Reds and Blues that that was the end of the recording. Eventually, Grif, of all people decided to try breaking the silence with some of some of his trademark snarking.

"You know, if he was here, I bet he'd say 'Meh, Tex could've done a much better job.'"

Everyone just turned to stare at Grif. "What? Too soon?" he asked, before getting slapped in the back of the head by Sarge.

"Grif, just… not now," Sarge said, dejected by the fact that Church was gone. True, Church was a "dirty blue," but he was still an ally that left before his expected time came.

Everyone continued to stand in that spot in silence, before that silence was once again broken. This time, by the radio, receiving a call from Kimball. "Everyone, another ship is on its way. We've identified it as alien in origin!"

Tucker recovered slightly upon hearing the word "alien," and managed to pull himself together just enough to form a coherent sentence. "I have to go greet them. I'm the human/alien ambassador, after all," he said, before slowly turning around and leaving the bridge, followed by Carolina, who wanted to make sure Tucker got to the Pelicans in the docking bay, so they could leave the ship.

Eventually, Sarge left as well, with Simmons and Grif joining him in a more silent exit. Donut, Doc, and Lopez also left, although they took a different exit, because Doc didn't want anyone to hear Donut's gross sobbing. On their way out, Lopez punched a wall hard enough to make a dent in it. "¡Mierda!" he shouted, which echoed through the mostly empty halls of the Staff of Charon. They chose to take the Falcon they crashed into the side of the ship.

This just left Washington and Caboose in the bridge of the ship.

Wash spoke first. "Caboose… I'm so sorry…" he said, patting Caboose on the shoulder.

"I-I didn't even get to say goodbye…" Caboose replied, his voice shaky. He was crying underneath his helmet.

Wash just remained silent for a few seconds. "Hey," he said, "he'll come back. He always does, after all…"

"He… he'll be back. Yes… yes, that's right. He'll be back. I know he'll be back!" Caboose shouted, his emotions suddenly pulling a one-eighty. He then cheerfully walked out of the bridge like a happy little kid.

"…Hey, F.I.L.S.S.?"
"Yes, Agent Washington?"
"Please, don't tell the kid I lied to him. It would just break his heart."
"Yes, sir."

After a few seconds of silence, Washington leaves the bridge, and directs a flight crew in that direction, so they could properly land the Staff of Charon without crashing and burning.

Later that evening, the Reds and Blues had resorted to their usual antics in order to cope with the fact that Church was gone. Grif stress-eating, Simmons just doing some random programming, Sarge shouting at Grif, and so on. However, one particular soldier wasn't even in the mood for his usual shenanigans. Agent Washington, who was patrolling the halls at the time, thought he heard Church's voice coming from the bunks. With hope and curiosity, he opened the door.

"Church!?" he shouted. However, all he saw was Tucker, who was simply looking at a screen, sitting alone. He didn't even react to Washington's outburst.

"Ah... I'm na-I'm not gonna make it. Tucker, there's something I need to tell you."
"What is it?"
"I just want you to know... I always hated you. I always hated you the most."
"Yeah, I know you did. Now hurry up and die, you prick."
"Okay. Herk!... Bleah..."

It didn't take Washington very long to figure out what Tucker was doing. Instead of leaving, however, he sat down next to him. Tucker didn't react to his presence at all, at least visibly.

"How are you watching this? These are Alpha's memories..." Washington asked, genuinely curious as to how.

"Epsilon told me that he exchanged some memories with Alpha back in the base. It's how he managed to stabilize himself: He forced some of the memories back into Alpha." Tucker explained. Washington knew that Epsilon helped Church remember his past, but he never knew that he also took some of Church's memories, which surprised the grey soldier.

The two of them sat in silence for a bit longer, letting the clip play out further.

"You're not Church! Church is blue. You're white!"
"Rookie, shut up, man! I'm a freakin' ghost! Have you ever seen a blue ghost before?"

"So, this is how your Blood Gulch adventures started?" Wash inquired.

Tucker sighs. "...yep. This is the start of it all. The moment Church was shot by a tank, and why he spent most of his time in the Gulch thinking he was a ghost." Tucker's voice just dripped with melancholia. He sighs. "Even if he thought we weren't friends, I always saw him as one."

"Then honor him. Do your best to help the people of Chorus."
"Why? Why should-"
"Because we are his legacy," Wash stated, not even letting Tucker finish his sentence. "Church gave his life to save not just us, but the people of Chorus. It's up to us to make sure that Church's death wasn't in vain, and that the people he protected are capable of protecting themselves."

Tucker took a few seconds to let those words sink in, before he lets out a sigh.

"Fine. For Church. At least this way I'll prove I'm not a complete fuck-up."

The months following the downfall of Malcom Hargrove were peaceful, considering everything that had happened. Vanessa Kimball, realizing that the people of Chorus didn't have a place to call home, began repurposing the New Republic base into a temporary shelter while several dozens of volunteers began building a new city, called New Armonia. Given the newfound peace and quiet, the Reds and Blues decided to mostly retire from fighting, and helped with reconstructing society on Chorus.

Everyone mourned for the loss of Epsilon, or rather, Leonard Church, Private of the Blue Army. They archived all of the files that he sent through the Temple of Communication and built a small memorial in his honor: A silver statue, painted cobalt, of a soldier in Mjolnir mk VI armor, with a sniper rifle, the Freelancer emblem etched into one shoulder plate, the Blue Team emblem on another, and the Monitor lying on the ground next to him (using the actual Monitor they recovered from Hargrove's office), with a plaque that read: "'Sometimes, you just gotta have faith' -A/E." On a nearby podium is a screen that will play one of the thirteen files Church sent from the Temple, as well as his farewell message to the Reds and Blues. They built it next to the planned site of General Doyle General Hospital in New Armonia.

Tucker used his energy sword to activate the Temples of Bountiful Harvest and Weather Manipulation, causing a rapid growth of wheat, vegetables, and fruit trees, and giving the planet a light amount of rainfall to water said plants, and ensure that they continued to grow. He also activated the Temple of Procreation. Kimball made him swear to never talk about what happened. Junior, meanwhile, managed to convince Santa to aid the citizens of Chorus with the reconstruction, whilst the rest of the aliens helped to clean up the radioactive fallout at Crash Site Bravo. Santa obliged, mainly due to the fact that he was the child of a Great Key's bearer.

With Church gone, the Meta's armor was useless. After all, Tucker wasn't going to get a new A.I. anytime soon. So, he took off the suit and changed back into Flowers' old armor, and donated the M374 to Chorus, in hopes that when they get an A.I., they can make use of the enhancements. Until then, Kimball plans to make it a museum exhibit.

Grif stayed in the barracks for most of the time, although he did occasionally "help out" by harvesting some of the crops and aiding in the baking of the bread. They're… still searching for his stashes.

Caboose, unsurprisingly, reactivated and tamed most of the Mantis drones that were dropped during Charon's assault. They now patrol the perimeters of the abandoned bases and around the New Armonia construction sites. Although the soldiers know that they've been reprogrammed, they're still wary around the drones. The ones he wasn't able to tame were shut off again, and disassembled for spare parts.

Simmons, being the nerd that he is, began helping Kimball set up the basic government systems that she needs, and also helped draft some blueprints for New Armonia's power plant. He's managed to get better at talking with Jensen and that hot one that plays volleyball, but he's still a bit insecure and tries to end the conversations as quickly as possible.

Sarge, alongside several volunteers, disappeared for a few weeks. When they came back, some troops were missing, but there were a couple of Space Pirate prisoners that chose to flee from the assault on the Temple of Communication, as well as a truckload of UNSC weapons, which he donated to the army. He also (somehow) managed to acquire a few teleportation grenades, which he also donated to the army. During his travels, the thought he saw Locus, but immediately dismissed the thought. He also brought back Felix's corpse, to be burned with the rest of the Space Pirate corpses. Vanessa chose to keep Felix's armor as a museum piece, but removed the hard-light shield for analysis and replication.

Lopez spent most of his time in the New Republic base. More specifically, he stayed in the garage, making sure everyone's vehicles were working right. He often deferred to Santa when it came to the Ghosts, but otherwise, he was the only one keeping the vehicles in working order. He still doesn't know why Tejano music keeps playing through the radios of every jeep he fixes, though.

Donut was in charge of decorating the capital building of New Armonia, once its construction was completed. Despite his… flamboyancy, he did a pretty good job at making the place look like a government building. He even explained his usage of the pinks and the wine bar: The "light-ish reds" were a part of a symbol consisting of red, orange, maroon, yellow, gray, teal, sapphire, blue, brown, purple, and pink. The wine bar was for celebrating holidays.

Agents Washington and Carolina continued to train the soldiers of Chorus, just in case someone chose to attack the planet while they were still rebuilding. The Freelancers were still grieving over the loss of Church, but they powered through it for his sake. Agent Washington in particular took the time to have the Greek symbol Epsilon tattooed on to his left forearm.

After some careful consideration (re: being forced to make a decision by Dr. Grey), Doc chose to stay behind on Chorus when everyone else leaves, for some supplementary medical training with Dr. Gray. Lord knows he needs to learn more about being a medic. His O'Malley personality was surprisingly calm and more willing to go along with everything, although that was mainly due to the ever-present threat of electroshock therapy from Dr. Grey. He said he was going to visit some old friends of his once his training was over.

Eventually, Chorus had reached a point in development where the Reds and Blues were no longer able to do much more to aid them. As such, Kimball and Carolina contacted the UNSC, and requested a private transport to an undisclosed location, known only to the one that received the call, the Reds and Blues, their pilot, and Vanessa Kimball. When the time came for the Reds and Blues to leave, they met at the old abandoned gas station, where the entire population of New Armonia gathered to see them off. The ship was yet to arrive, but all of the soldiers proceeded to say their goodbyes anyways.

Tucker simply shouted to the crowd, "Goodbye, everyone! We'll miss all of you!" He then muttered under his breath, "Even you, Palomo…"

Caboose held Freckles in his arms and said: "Don't forget to brush your teeth every day!" Freckles followed that up with his normal "Affirmitive!"

Grif just stood there and waved, unable of thinking of much to say. He did, however, hand a sheet of paper to Bitters. Everyone assumed that it was a map of his stashes, but Bitters said nothing on the matter.

Simmons got a peck on the cheek from the volleyball chick. He had a complete mental shutdown and was perfectly still for the rest of the send-off.

Sarge, Agent Washington, and Carolina gave everyone a salute, although Sarge proceeded to aim his shotgun skyward and fire off some blanks, with several other soldiers following suit.

Donut started weeping while waving both of his arms, with Doc in the crowd saying how much he'll miss them.

Lopez stood just off to the side of the soldiers. In an attempt to have a more "fun" farewell, and to show that he isn't always a cynical pessimist, he was juggling his head, a dummy grenade, and a small music player playing some Tejano music. He actually made a few bucks out of it, but he just tossed the money back into the crowd. He didn't need it.

When the ship arrived, the Reds and Blues, as well as the people of Chorus, stopped what they were doing and just stared at it. It looked just like the Mother of Invention, save for a few details here and there that made it look a bit older. Painted near the top of the ship was its name, "Necessity." A Pelican launched from the ship's docking bay, which slowly began its descent towards the cliffside, re-adjusting the thrusters so that it was hovering safely above the cliff. Simmons and Grif spoke first.

"Shotgun!"
"Shotgu- fuck!"
"Shotgun's lap!" Donut chimed in.
"Fuck!"

Carolina sighs.

"Well, this is it. General Kimball?"

Kimball looks at Carolina. "Yes?" She asks, despite knowing what's next.

"Farewell," Carolina says, giving a salute to the general before boarding the Pelican, with the rest of the Reds and Blues following suit. Except for Caboose, who was still waving, and had to be carried in by Tucker.

If only they knew just how much everything was going to go wrong.

I'll leave it up to you as to which one called shotgun first. Anyways, that was the second chapter. I might revise this one later on, but until then, it's staying the way it is. Yes, I know it sucks, but still. Like I said last time, I'm not the best storyteller.

Also, did you spot the pun with the ship? I certainly hope you did.

I chose to keep things as vaguely canon as possible, with an explanation as to why Doc wasn't at the Reds' and Blues' new bases: He received some extra medical training from Dr. Grey, then left and, not knowing where the Reds and Blues went, met with the Blues and Reds in Desert Gulch.

If you read this chapter in its entirety, please leave a review. I would love to hear some feedback on what I can change. If you didn't… why are you here and not reading someone else's story? Like Weiss Reacts! That's a good fic!

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