Here's the next chapter guys.
Also in the comments, people expressing their disappointment in Pyrrha dying. Here's the thing, I'm actually sure whether or not it will happen. I am not that far into the this story to figure out what I should do. Yes, Pyrrha will play a role later down the road. But right now, the story is primarily focusing on the Reds and Blues.
Chapter 5: Red vs. Blue vs. White
Remnant, Continent of Sanus, Kingdom of Vale
POV: Captain Lavernius Tucker
Premise: The Whites are up to no good again, but Sarge plans to stop them.
"Oh..god!"
"Shit…"
"Ugh…"
The Reds and Blues all groaned as they got on their feet. Apparently, teleporters worked the same in every universe.
"God I forgot how much teleporters suck!" Tucker groaned in pain
"You don't know half of it." Doc added
"[Whimps.]" Lopez chuckled, "[Robot body for life y'all.]"
"True Lopez." Grif replied
Tucker then adjusted himself before talking again, "Alright, we should get moving."
"Hey...Tucker?" Wash chuckled
"Yeah?" the aqua soldier replied. He noticed that his team was chuckling slightly as for Red Team.
"What's wrong?" Tucker asked them, "What's so funny?"
"Tucker look at armor." Carolina muttered, trying not to laugh as well.
Tucker looked down at his armor. Sure enough, it was covered in a mucky black substance.
"Are you fucking kidding me!?" Tucker shouted, "What the fuck is this black stuff!?"
At this point, everyone else was laughing out of control. Even Caboose, though it was more of a fake laugh.
"Tucker, don't worry. I'll help clean off your armor." Caboose said to him
"Oh, I'll help to!" Donut added
"Oh great."
Later…
The Reds and Blues were now walking through the sage green forest they found themselves in. Pine trees filled the scene, it was also slightly cold with frost on the ground. Indicating that they were up north.
"You guys know you didn't have to spend too much time on the codpiece." Tucker said to the two after they helped him clean off his armor.
"That's just my sign of not letting another man down." Donut replied
"Uh, I just helped." Caboose muttered
"Hey guys." Carolina spoke up, "We should probably find a place to rest for the night soon."
"She's not wrong." Sarge agreed, "We're also gonna need a map, that way we can find out we're Beacon is."
"Beacon?" Locus asked confused
"Beacon Academy." Simmons explained, "It's a school to train huntsmen, Team RWBY lives there...or at least we hope they still live there."
"Goo point Simmons." Grif said to him, "Time works differently between universes. So for all we know, we could either be years in the future."
"Oh not that again!" Tucker groaned
Locus then asked another question, "Grif, you said train huntsmen. What are those exactly?"
"They're warriors." Grif replied, "Apparently, they train to-LOOK OUT!"
Suddenly, a large black creature came out of nowhere and attacked the group. The creature roared and swung its claws at Simmons, who immediately rolled out of the way and fired his rifle at the beast. The bullets went right through the creature, weakening it. Carolina then delivered a powerful punch that was enhanced by her thrusters into the Grimm's guts. The creature fell to the ground with a large 'thud'.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?" Wash shouted
"That…" Doc announced, "...was a Grimm."
"And you didn't let me have a shot at it!" O'Malley added
"That was Grimm?" Carolina questioned, "They all look like giant black bears?"
"Some do." Simmons replied, "From what we saw in Blood Gulch, they are Grimm that look like wolves, bears, pigs, even birds. Who knows what they also look like."
"If this one was here, then a more should follow." Tucker muttered darkly
"I agree." Sarge said to him, "The Grimm are drawn to negative emotions. So think positive fellas."
"I don't think it was us that attracted the Grimm." Locus retorted
Everyone looked at him curiously.
"Says the one who was once a murderer." Grif quipped
"That was a misunderstanding." the merc grumbled
"I know...just wanted to remind you."
Suddenly, the sound of automatic gunfire filled the air. From the sound of it, it wasn't far.
"I think that brought the Grimm into this area." Locus explained
"Yeah, no shit dude." Kai replied
"Come on let's go!" Tucker shouted, as he ran off in the direction of the gunfire.
Later…
The Reds and Blues were now standing on a large mountain overlooking a frost-covered valley. Locus and Simmons were both on one knee, each looking into the scope of a sniper rifle.
"What do you guys see?" Tucker asked them
"Looks like a village." Simmons muttered, "Some goons are attacking it. White cloths and face masks that look like Grimm. They have firearms and transportation."
"That must be causing the Grimm to be here." Carolina suggested
"I got something." Locus spoke up, "Three individuals. One looks like the goons' leader, black clothes, and a funny looking mask, he's got a katana sword as well."
"And the other two?" Wash asked
"One's male in his thirties." Locus explained, "Red hair, hat, white coat, scarf, and a cane. The other is a girl that looks like neapolitan ice cream."
"The goons are coming in from the north, the Grimm are coming in from the south." Simmons added as he stopped looking through the sniper scope, "So what's the plan?"
"Who needs a plan?" Sarge chuckled, "Come fellas, it's time we use Red Team's signature warthog maneuver." Sarge then ran off.
"You heard him." Tucker said to everyone, "Let's wing it."
Everyone then followed suit.
POV Change: Village Entrance
Adam Taurus smiled venomously at the sight of the human settlement being raided. This is how humans were supposed to be treated. Like the animals that they are. As slaves to the ever more superior race: The Faunus. Things were doing better for him since he made a deal with some 'special' clients. Even with Blake no longer at his side, he knew he would succeed.
"Team A." Adam said into his scroll, "Round up all the humans for me."
"As you wish Adam." Team A's leader replied before Adam ended the bull faunus then turned around to his fellow business associates Roman Torchwick, and Neo Politian.
"So this is what you do when you're bored Adam?" Torchwick questioned
"It's better than just standing in the way of freedom Torchwick." Adam retorted, causing Neo to roll her eyes, "Once the humans are dead, you may take the dust."
"Enough to honor our contract?" Torchwick asked
"Enough to honor our contract." Adam repeated
Suddenly, Adam's scroll began to ring. The bull faunus instantly answered
"This is Team C! We are taking heavy resistance! Over!"
"They're Grimm, my brother." Adam replied to him, "Do what is necessary to win."
"It isn't the Grimm Adam." the voice explained, "It's GAH!"
The call then end abruptly, catching Adam off guard.
"Brother? Brother!? Dammit!"
"What's going on?" Torchwick asked him
"Team C is taking fire." Adam explained, "I'm sending more men...to…"
Adam started to trail off as a strange noise filled his ear. A cheery music beat started off low, and began to grow.
"...What the hell is that music!?" Adam asked no one
His question was immediately answered by Torchwick pushing him to the side.
"Look out!" the crime lord shouted, ashe and Neo pushed him to the ground. Adam looked up and noticed a green military vehicle with two front seats and a machine gun turret flying through the air before landing on the ground and driving off into the village. Running over several of his men in the process.
The bull faunus sneered in anger, "Who are those guys?!"
"I don't know." Torchwick replied, "But they're probably huntsmen."
"If they're huntsmen, call for the bullhead." Adam growled, "We're leaving."
"If you insist." Torchwick muttered
POV Change: Red Team
Grif drove through the town like a maniac running over any white clothed goon he could see before stopping in the middle of the town square where most of the goons were along with their human hostages.
"Yahoo! Now that's what I call riding shotgun!" Sarge quipped, as he blew guts out of a goon with his shotgun, "Blammo! Ha Ha!"
"Excellent shot and follow-up one-liner sir!" Simmons said to his CO as he scouted for more enemies with the warthog turret.
"Thank you Simmons!" Sarge replied, as he killed another goon who was trying to board the jeep, "Now get to blastin'."
"Yes sir!" Simmons replied, and started to fire on any goon that came into his line of sight.
"Yeah suck Blue! And you too White! Suck it crackers!"
"Crackers?" Grif questioned, "I thought you were Dutch Irish?"
"Fuck that!" Simmons retorted, "Shut up and drive bitch!"
Grif then started to drive around the village square running over numerous goons, while Sarge and Simmons did their own things.
"Ohoh, you want some, how about this?" Simmons taunted them, "You like that? Yeah, I got plenty more here! Take that ya honkey mother fuckers!"
"Alright guys, that's enough." Wash shouted from the roof of a nearby building, "I think that's enough trolling for gentlemen."
"You sure?" Sarge asked, "I could go for a few more one-liners."
"No thank you." Carolina spoke up, "We need to keep the civilians safe. You guys are gonna defend."
"Do we have to too?" Grif asked
"Yes." Wash replied, "You guys already killed nearly half of these goons. Let us have some fun for once."
"Fine." Sarge grumbled
Grif then drove the warthog off into the village leaving Was and Carolina alone.
"One of them is still alive." Carolina muttered darkly
The duo walked up to a wounded goon who was holding his injured leg, which had a bullet wound from Sarge. Wash grabbed him by the collar and pulled him up.
"What are you doing here?" Wash asked him, but the goon just snickered
"Humans." he sneered , "Always straight forward. I won't tell you anything."
Wash looked at him confused, "What do you mean 'human'?"
"I'm not your kind." the goon shot back, "As a member of the White Fang, the Faunus shall run supreme across Remnant."
"We'll see." Wash replied before tossing him to the ground, leaving him to die.
Suddenly, a gunshot came out of nowhere, catching the two off guard. A red sword then swung at Wash, who immediately kicked the attacker in the gut before Carolina delivered a spin-kick to his head.
The attacker slid across ground on one knee before coming to a full stop. He was a young man, maybe in his late 20s. He had red hair that was spiked backwards with brown streaks in it. A mask covered his eyes and nose, and he wore a black outfit with a red undershirt. But the biggest thing was that he had two bull horns on his head.
"You must be a leader of this White Fang." Carolina said to him
"Your instincts are correct, human." he snarled at her, "But I'm only the leader of White Fang in Vale."
"Who are you?" Wash asked him
"I am Adam Taurus." the now identified Adam replied, "May I ask what a pathetic human like you is doing here?"
"Just passing through." Wash said to him, "But what makes you think you can steal from these people?"
"These humans, like yourself." Adam explained, "Are animals, and I am setting an example for the rest of the world. In order to bring peace."
"You say 'peace'." Carolina retorted, "But I think you mean the other word." she then got into a fighting stance.
"Ugh." Adam groaned, "Typical humans." he then charged at the two with his sword. A 2v1 battle breaking out.
POV Change: Donut, Lopez, and Doc
"Mwahahahaha! Yes! Die Satan's minions!" O'Malley laughed as he drove his alien motorcycle around the east side of the village, all while firing his rocket launcher at several Grimm that got seperated by their pack.
"O'Malley. That's not very nice." Doc said to his alter-ego.
"Shut up, it's the appropriate amount of nice." O'Malley retorted, "Taste oblivion you creatures of pure darkness! It tastes like Red Bull! Which in fact is disgusting! Hahahahah!"
"[Hey asshole!]" Lopez shouted from behind cover, "[Watch where you're driving bitch! You nearly ran over me three times! At least try and take out the Grimm for once!]"
A Grimm charged at Lopez, forcing the robot to shoot with his SAW. Several Beowolfs charged at him, he jumped up in the air, enhancing it with his armor's thrusters, before delivering a powerful ground pound around the creatures. Causing a huge shockwave knocking them all away.
"[I will not let you cross the border!]" Lopez shouted
Several more Grimm took notice of Lopez and started to charge at him, only to get run over by Doc in the motorcycle.
"Man, I haven't had a killing spree since my last residency!" he muttered out loud
"Shut up, you work at a free health clinic!" O'Malley retorted
An Ursa Major then roared as it approached Doc/O'Malley. With the intention of killing him.
"Son of a bitch/Son of a bitch." the two egos muttered at the same time...only for the Ursa to suddenly stop abruptly upon feeling something hit him.
A glowing blue object was on his head.
"Is that a spider?" Doc asked no one
"What do you think asshole?" O'Malley shot back
The blue object exploded, blowing off the Ursa's entire head. The rest of the body then slumped to the ground.
Doc/Malley and Lopez then looked up at the rooftops to see Donut standing there, grenade launcher in hand.
"Nine points you dirty whores!" he shouted, he then jumped to the ground and smashed a small Beowolf with his hammer before pulling out his battle rifle and firing a three-round burst into an Ursa.
"Ah, I love the smell of napalm at night." Donut sighed
"Uh, we don't have any napalm." Doc muttered to him, "And this isn't Vietnam."
"[And it's not night time, moron.]" Lopez added
"Oh, right." Donut replied before getting on the radio, "Hey Tucker, we're all done over here. How's it going for you guys?"
POV Change: Blue Team
Tucker slashed at a White Fang goon with his sword as he was on the radio with Donut.
"Going good here!" he replied, "Get back to the town square, I think Wash and Carolina are gonna need the help."
"Copy that!" Donut said to him, "Double O Donut always gets his man!"
"Right…" Tucker muttered as he dodged a A goon attacking before stabbing him with his sword. He then turned to Kai, who was nearby firing at several goons with her SMG.
"Look guys, if you want to ask me out. Just ask." she taunted at them
One goon then tried to stab her with a dagger, but missed.
"Hey, you nearly killed me...that's kinda hot." Kai muttered before grabbing him, and kicking him in the gut with her knee and slamming him to the ground with her thruster pack.
"Damn, not bad Kai." Tucker said to her as he approached her
"Ugh, I haven't been this sore since that makeout session with mom!" she muttered out loud
"Yeah…" Tucker replied, "...wait what?"
"Kill the humans!" a goon shouted as he charged at the two with several of his compatriots behind him.
"Oh shit." Tucker muttered
Just then, Caboose came out of nowhere and fired his assault rifle with the assistance of Freckles.
"TARGETS ELIMINATED. TARGETS ELIMINATED. TARGETS ELIMINATED." the AI announced as each bullet killed a goon each. All while Caboose shouted:
"BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!"
Caboose then stopped firing and lowered his gun.
"ALL HOSTILE FORCES HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED." Freckles said to the trio
"Nice one Cabooose." Kai said to him
"Yes! I win!" Caboose shouted
"Hey, I just realized something." Tucker muttered, "We're all that's left of the original Blue Team from Blood Gulch."
"Tucker, I knew that already." Kai said to him, "How have you just realized this?"
"Yeah, stupid Tucker." Caboose added
"Oh give me a break." Tucker retorted, "I carry this team now."
Suddenly, Red Team showed up in their Wart hog at full speed. Grif stomped on the brakes, only to fly out of the driver's seat, and crash into a pile of crates.
"I told you to wear your seat belt dirtbag!" Sarge shouted from the warthog
"Hey, we were in a hurry!" Grif shot back
Simmons then looked at Blue Team from the jeep's turret, "How's it going here."
"We're almost done." Tucker replied, "Also please refrain from pointing that gun at me please."
"Whoops, sorry." Simmons muttered as he pointed the turret away from him.
"These dirty Whites." Sarge growled, "They're ruining everything!"
"Whoa-ho-ho." Simmons muttered at Sarge's comment
"I knew the day might come when the White Team would reins its plaintive face on this world!" Sarge ranted, "They've done it in our universe, and they will do it again. The Meta. Agent Wyoming. And the Whites are back to take it all!"
"Um, Sarge?" Simmons muttered, "You're bordering on really offensive territory…"
"Borders?!" Sarge questioned, "Ha! Whites don't care about borders! They go where they want! Take what they want! And leave nothing in their wake but indie rock and smoothie shops! Blagh!"
"Wait, isn't Donut lightish-red?" Tucker asked him, "What does that make him?"
"That's why Donut is our ace-in-the-hole." Sarge replied, "He's the only one who can walk between worlds, time as well. That makes him our White spy!"
"Man, Tumblr is gonna hate this." Caboose muttered
"He has to act White!" Sarge continued, "Ski! Take up golf! Spend way too much time trimming your lawn!"
"I'm pretty sure Donut is already one step ahead of you Sarge." Kai replied
"He should also pop his collar!" Sarge added
"Sarge, I'm not sure." Simmons said to the red soldier, "As you're second-in-command I have to question the long-term strategy of this particular course of action."
"Simmons!" Sarge said, "I know this sounds crazy. But either I'm right, or I'm just an old man who's lost his marbles because he can't adjust to life outside the military chain of command, and continues to have increasingly absurd things to declare war on as a subconscious way of avoiding the sad truth that he no longer really knows who he is!"
Everyone looked at him.
"...You wanna sad thing?" Caboose muttered, "...That is exactly how he acts."
"Yes." a voice muttered, "How sad it is to see a broken man with no life ahead of him."
Everyone looked up to see a man in a white coat, scarf, and hat standing on the rooftops. He had red hair, green eyes, masquera, and carried a cane.
"What the fuck!?" Simmons shouted, "He sounds just like Doyle!"
"But that's impossible!" Tucker replied, "Doyle died on Chorus!"
"Doyle?" the man questioned, "My name is Roman Torchwick. Now, it's been pleasant speaking with you all, but I must hurry back with the rest of my men."
"You're the one who attacked this village?" Kai asked him
"Not just me, my dear." Roman replied, "Me and my associates."
Suddenly, Tucker noticed something appearing on his HUD's radar. He turned around and blocked an attack from a girl. The girl was short, standing at only about 4 feet tall. She had a similar design of an outfit like Roman's, except no hat and scarf. Her hair was brown and pink along with her eyes, and clothes colors. Her overall design was similar to Neapolitan ice cream.
"Contact!" Tucker shouted, as he took out his sword and started to slash at the girl. But instead, he hit glass, and her image just scattered away into pieces. The girl suddenly reappeared and hit Tucker in the back with her umbrella. Knocking him back into his friends.
"She can turn into glass?" Kai questioned
"No, I think that was her semblance." Simmons replied, "The people of Remnant all have them.
"Well whatever the bitch is using, we should try and use it against her." Sarge said to everyone as he took out his shotgun. He turned around and noticed Grif standing behind him.
"Grif! You walking tater-tot!" Sarge said to him, "Where have you been!?"
"Uh, trying to put my dislocated shoulder back in place."
Sarge turned to his left and another Grif standing there.
"Grif!" Sarge shouted, "There you...are...what the...if your Grif, then who in Sam Hill is this!?"
Suddenly, the first Grif pulled out the girl's umbrella and hit Sarge in the face with it.
"OW!" Sarge growled, "Why you little pest! I finally get ya Grif!"
The first then materialized into the girl from before, and got into a fighting stance.
"Grrr." Sarge growled, "I've always said I would never hit a girl. Well screw that now!"
Sarge pulled out his combat knife and pistol and slashed at the girl, who blocked the knife with her umbrella. Sarge then fired his pistol at her. But the girl opened her umbrella and the fabric seemingly blocked every bullet. She was immediately hit in the back with something, as an explosion went off behind her. The real Grif was standing there holding his Grif Shot. He fired several rounds from the grenade launcher, which the girl blocked three of them. One went off near her leg causing her to stumble slightly. Sarge then went up behind her and fired a round into her back. She took notice of this, and managed to block several more shots before Grif fired another grenade at the girl. She went flying into Sarge who instead kicked her in the gut with his knee and then hit her in the face with the butt of his shotgun.
"Fight Neo!" Roman shouted, "Fight my dear!"
Grif then went in for the next part of his fair share. This time he drew out his energy sword, an orange plasma blade that slowly turned cyan at the tips. He tried slashing at Neo, but like with Tucker before, she shattered into pieces of glass as Grif's sword made contact with her.
"Dammit!" Grif hissed, "Where'd she go!?"
"Hey fellas?" Roman said to them from the rooftops, with Neo now right next to him, "Look I know it's been fun. But Neo and I need to get moving. Bye!"
Roman and Neo then ran off back towards the village square.
"Get back you coward!" Kai shouted at him
"Wash! You got two bad guys heading your way!" Tucker yelled through the radio
"You're gonna have to give chase!" Wash replied, "Carolina and I are having trouble-OW fuck!"
"Come on guys!" Tucker shouted at everyone before running back to the village square. With his team running behind him, and Red Team in the warthog.
POV Change: Wash and Carolina
"OW fuck!" Wash cried as Adam delivered a punch into the ex-Freelancer's side.
Carolina fired her plasma rifles, each bolt was something Adam simply couldn't handle. While it wasn't aura-piercing. He could feel the hot energy burn him severely, and his aura was taking a long time to heal itself. He charged at Wash again, who took out his combat knife and slashed down the bull faunus' back. Adam then swung Wilt at Wash but missed, so he took Blush and fired several rounds with one hitting Wash in the shoulder. Carolina then fired several rounds from her pistol, with Adam backflipping to dodge each shot. He then did a spin kick towards Wash's head, knocking him out.
"Wash!" Carolina shouted, before staring down at Adam.
"Like the rest of you humans." Adam sneered, "Weak and pathetic."
Wash got up, and looked at both Adam and Carolina. He had his battle rifle out ready for action, but something wasn't right. Wash was shaking slightly as he looked around.
"Carolina?" he muttered, "Where are we?"
"What?" Carolina asked, "Wash what are you talking about?"
"We're supposed to stop the Insurrection." Wash said suddenly serious, "The Director ordered us to find the Sarcophagus. We could get moved up on the leaderboard."
"Oh no…" she muttered in fear, "Wash, listen to me."
Wash rolled his head back before looking straight, "Huh? Carolina? You're supposed to be dead?"
"Wash." Carolina said to him worryingly, "Wake up-GAH!"
She was hit in the head by Adam before the bull faunus ran off towards the north entrance. Carolina then looked at Wash who pointed his rifle at her.
"You better tell how the fuck you survived-OW!"
Wash then toppled by Locus who held him down.
"The needle!" Locus shouted, "He needs his medication!"
"I don't have it!" Carolina replied, "Doc has it!"
"I have what?" Doc asked as he, Lopez, and Donut ran up to them.
"The medication now!" Locus barked at him. Doc quickly brought a needle and gave it to Carolina, who then stuck it in Wash's neck and injected the medicine. Doc then ran over and knelt down by Wash.
"We got this!" O'Malley said to them, "Go after him!"
Carolina nodded at the medic and ran off after Adam followed by Locus. While Lopez, and Donut stayed behind.
POV Change: Roman Torchwick
Torchwick and Neo had then regrouped with Adam back at the village entrance. A bullhead had been waiting for them.
"Well, they're definitely not huntsmen." Adam said to associate
"Indeed." Torchwick replied, "Nice fella if ya tell me. Let's get out of here."
As the trio were boarding their hijacked transport. A figure grabbed onto Torchwick as the ship took off. Neo tried to jump out and assist him, but Adam kept her from doing so.
"Keep her steady!" Adam stouted to the pilot
The figure turned out to be Caboose, who delivered several blows to Torchwick. The mob boss then fired a dust round from his cane, knocking him back slightly. The blue soldier then took out his rifle, and fired at Torchwick.
As this was happening, Adam went to the pilot, "I got this! Go help Torchwick!"
The pilot got without saying a word, and Adam took the controls. Caboose continued firing at Torchwick until he noticed the pilot standing at the bullhead's entrance.
He stopped shooting…
The eyes were the same…
It was her…
He couldn't tell what she looked like, all he saw was her eyes.
Torchwick took advantage of this and fired a round of fire dust at Caboose, which hit the blue soldier. Causing him to flip in the air and hit the ground.
"Oof! That's gotta hurt!" Torchwick quipped as he started to walk towards Caboose. But he stopped suddenly and looked at something at his feet: a pendant of a silver rose connected to a chain. Torchwick picked up the pendant and examined it. He knew exactly who it belonged to.
"Interesting pendant you have here my boy." Torchwick said to Caboose, as he was getting up
"That doesn't belong to you." Caboose responded
"Indeed you are correct." Torchwick said to him, "It doesn't belong to you either. It belongs to Little Red."
"...You know her?" Caboose asked in shock
"Oh I do." Torchwick replied, "In fact, she has caused me a lot of trouble."
"I can't imagine why." Caboose shot back
"Well, she and her team won't be a problem for much longer." Torchwick announced, "In fact, you have given more reason to hunt her down."
"I won't let you do that." Caboose muttered
"Prove it then…"
The two stared at one another until Caboose took out his pistol and fired at Torchwick. The bullet hit his leg. The pilot then sent a flame of fire at Caboose who rolled out of the way and fired his assault rifle at her. The rest of the Reds and Blues arrived and fired at the bullhead. But Torchwick managed to get inside the ship, dropping the pendant in the process, and the ship flew away.
"Dammit!" Tucker hissed, "Is everyone alright?"
"We're good." Simmons replied, "Wash is still out."
Tucker then looked at Caboose, "Caboose is everything alright?"
"He knows…" Caboose replied
Tucker looked at him confused, "What?"
"That guy, Torchwick...he knows Ruby." Caboose replied, "She's a threat to him."
The Reds and Blues then realized that seeing their friends was gonna have to wait...