CHAPTER 4 IS HERE, LADIES AND GENTLEMENT!
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Gamerman: I maybe going to use that model, but NOT as a carrier vessel (like it says in it wiki), maybe I would change it to a corvette o destroyer variant, only time will tell, my friend.
Kushmaster5000: -March 1: Believe me, I know for a fact that even with the technology that we have in 2019, we could still defeat any kingdom military (well except, huntsman and huntresses, I'm pretty sure that a entire battalion will be annihilated, before someone or something could take her down)
-March 2: Yes, it is from code geass, BUT, it has a few difference, they don't have slash harkens and their aren't going to be any MVS swords, but they have a combat knife or a revolving blade sword (or chain sword, if you want to be more simple) and they aren't going to be implemented with any float system or any flying system (nor any time soon, at the very least)
(P.S: and no, what I'm saying about the knightmare in the review isn't a spoiler or anything, they are just changes that I do, to not copy everything about the originals)
Now before you read, this chapter has very little to non any type of action scenes in it, this is just talk and some politics, nothing else, nothing more.
I DON'T OWN ANYTHING RANGING FROM TECH TO CHARACTERS, DOES ARE OWN BY THEIR RESPECTED COMPANIES (EXCEPT MY OR READERS OC)
NEGOTATIONS AND A NEW ALLIANCE IT'S BORN
It's been 4 days since the attack and operation of search and rescue, still underway, but hopes to find anyone alive after the third day of the operation, so far, there are thirty thousand wounded, ranging from small wounds to gravely wounded, with fifteen thousand still missing and with a confirmed of eighty thousand dead and still climbing.
And there, you can feel a little bit of tension between the faunus and the unknow army (Americans), after the word spread that they are mostly humans, the faunus are thankful that they save them from the destruction of their people and island, but most of the faunus don't trust human that easily, but without their help, they would be in hell.
Tin the ground, the less gravely wounded are being treated in different places in Kuo Kuana, and the gravely wounded are being treated in an auxiliary medical ship that arrive recently. To which provoke a multitude of gasp on awe, as the ship appear out of nowhere.
Right now, an eagle light transport is departing from the USS Ernest D. McWhorter, inboard you can find Joshua, Michael and 4 more people of his team, they just coming back from giving their report to the admiral, and the admiral give them the task to escort Ghira and his lieutenants to the carrier, if they are in conditions, to the carrier. They want to speak with them.
After arriving to the medical ship hangar, they disembark from the transport and walk to the room where Ghira is staying.
"Do you think that he will trust us?" ask one of the spec ops.
"What do you mean Nat?" as Joshua.
"I mean… we pretty much, destroy the trust that we had with Ghira or the lieutenants, when we appear in Ghira's house" said Nat, as matter of fact.
To which shut up everyone, seeing the logic in what Nat said, they just walk in silence until they reach the room where Ghira is staying, Michael stop in front of the door.
"We know that for what we did, we break the trust that we had with Ghira, we maybe even never recuperated that trust again with him or anyone in the island, if word got out of our real affiliation, but no matter what high command or if I lose my job, I will come to the aid of this island, because is the right thing to do" said Michael, with a determined face, which the team nodded in agreement.
They enter the room and find that Ghira isn't alone, but it isn't a surprise who is accompanying him, they can see Ghira in a medical bed, in the side a holographic heart monitor (with all the other medical equipment) and the other side was Kali sitting in a chair and from what it looks like they interrupted a conversation, they turn their faces and thought in their faces they didn't show it, in their eyes they could seen a barrage of emotions, nervousness, sadness and little bit of betrayal and anger (this last 2 comes more from Ghira then Kali)
There was silence for a few minutes, until Joshua started to speak. "I know that, we are the last people that you want to see, but we had orders to take you to the carrier, because the admiral with a ambassador want a meeting with you and your lieutenants, but if you have to say something to us, because of keeping in secret all of this and accept any punishment that you assign us" said Joshua.
Kali was looking at both, with a nervous and preoccupy. Meanwhile Ghira just keep looking at them in silence, in deep thought and after a few minutes, he let a long sight escape from his mouth.
"I should be mad, for everything that you keep hidden, for lying to us about everything I should just exile you from the island" said Ghira, making some of the group to lower their heads in shame. "But if it wasn't for you, your warning of the coming attack and the call for help, we would have been annihilated by the Grimm, so I thank you for that and for all the things that has happen, a punishment won't be necessary".
They all sighted in relief and Joshua give a smile and a nod to Ghira, Kali smile and sighted in relief, knowing that nothing bad was going to happen.
"I going to ask to the doctor if you are able to live the hospital" said one of the teammates.
"Go do that, Benjamin" said Joshua.
Benjamin nodded and goes out, as Benjamin walks away, Michael asks Ghira where are the other lieutenants, to which Ghira answer that they should in their houses or in the American Command Center in the main plaza, Joshua sends Nat and Peter to search for them and bring them here and ask if Kali can come with him, because she acts as a second chieftain that, help Ghira. Joshua contacts the admiral to see if it's possible and the answer was a yes, she can go to the meeting.
20 minutes later, Benjamin come back, saying that the doctor has given permission to leave, but with strict orders that he can't use or move the left arm, so an immobilizer was put in the length of the arm, 10 minutes later the lieutenants arrive and all with minor injuries.
Michael, Joshua and his team with Ghira, Kali and the lieutenants, board 2 eagle light transports and go to the light carrier, even with the ships been here for more of half of a week, they can't stop staring the ships in awe and wonder at the vessel.
The transport enter in one of the side hangars, they disembark, Michael, with Joshua and his team say to follow them to a door, that let them to a corridor, as they walk to a private room, Ghira and his group see crew members doing their job, both human and faunus, where you can even feel in atmosphere that there wasn't any malice of bad emotion, but you can feel peace, prosperity, but most of all a presence of equality, something that Ghira and his group never thought that they will see.
A few minutes later they arrive to the private room, where a table with 10 seats with glasses and water, in the middle of it a disc with the length of a hand, with a big window in which you can see the outside, but it was empty.
"where's the admiral and ambassador, that you were talking about?" asks Ghira.
"Give me a second" said Joshua, as he activates the communicator.
"Admiral, the guests have arrived, they are waiting for you" said Joshua, through the radio.
"We are on our way, sergeant, we received a call from Central Command, about someone that wants to be in the reunion with Ghira and his people" said the Angel.
To this, Joshua raise an eyebrow in confusion, he hasn't been informed with any news of someone important arriving to this. "May I ask who is coming with you, ma'am?" ask Joshua.
"Sorry, sergeant, but until the meeting starts, she won't appear" said the Angel.
"Understood ma'am" said Joshua, as he ended the transmission.
"The admiral and the ambassador are under way, they have been contacted by our superiors about someone else coming to the meeting" inform Joshua to Ghira.
"Did they tell you, who is coming?" ask Ghira, frowning a bit, Joshua shook his head.
As they wait for the admiral and company, in the private room the occupants were doing their own things, Michael excuse himself and walk out of the room, Joshua and his team guarding the private room, Ghira and Kali viewing the beautiful view of Kuo Kuana and the lieutenants siting in the chairs, drinking water or talking to each other.
After a few minutes, the admiral comes in, with a man in his mid 40's, with short black hair with a bit of grey, with tanned skin. Dress with a gray pants and suit, with a white shirt and a black tie, with black shoes.
"Sir" said the soldiers inside the room, with a salute.
"At ease, soldiers" said the admiral, as Joshua and company go back to their positions.
"So, you all must be Ghira, his wife and lieutenants?" ask the Angel. Which earns nods from those mentioned people.
"It's a pleasure to meet you lady and gentlemen, my name is Angel Winters, I am the admiral of this strike fleet and by mi side it's ambassador Jonathan Black" said Angel, with Jonathan shaking the hands of everyone.
After the greetings with both parties, they sit in the chairs to start the meeting.
"Before we start with any negotiations, it's obvious that you had questions, so let's begin from there" said Johnathan.
It didn't take long before the questions started.
"It's obvious that you aren't from Atlas, your weapons, vehicle, vessels, even the way you treat faunus isn't something that Atlas would do, except huntsman and huntresses, so who are you?" ask Ghira.
"To answer that question, I had to invite our friend for it, Delilah please present yourself" said Angel.
"Yes, ma'am" said Delilah.
Ghira and company all turn to the door, but what happen next astonish them, the disc in the middle of table spark to life and a figure materialize out of the disc.
The form had the silhouette, of a woman in her 30's with a pilot suit with a body made of a red light.
"Good morning lady and gentlemen, my name is Delilah" said Delilah.
Ghira and his group look baffle at this and the guards, in the room, were trying not to laugh. One of the lieutenants is the first come back to his senses.
"Wha-t are you?" ask the lieutenant, stuttering a little.
"I'm what you only see in science fiction, I'm an AI or artificial intelligence" said Delilah.
Ghira and his group are in astonishment, wonder and awe, this people had created something that Atlas hasn't even reach in their technology.
Ghira brought everyone back to the matter. "Before we get side track in anything, I want that answer, who are you?" ask again Ghira.
"of course, chieftain Belladonna" said Delilah.
With a snap of her fingers, the windows of the room polarized, and a screen appear from behind.
"For you to understand we must go way back, before your kingdoms, before your great war. To the real story of our world…" said Delilah.
6 hours later.
They had been thinking, for an hour, about everything that they had seen, and they could just believe it.
The American had leave as they watched their history and return when they were finishing and waiting for a response about it.
"I I just can't believe what I have seen" said Ghira, in astonishment.
"Even if you don't believe it, it's the truth, our history has taught us a lot about our mistakes and we want to live them in past, so we can thrive into a good future" said Jonathan, with Angel nodding in agreement.
"Want do you want from us?" ask Kali, nervous about the answer and getting the attention of the Menagerie Faunus, with the same nervousness in their eyes.
Jonathan sees the look in their faces and quickly speaks to lower their nervousness.
"It's ok, we don't want to force you to do anything, our country knows that if someone is to be force to do something, taking their will per say, it will start a strikes or in the worst case scenario a rebellion or war" said Jonathan, with a friendly smile, that lowering a bit the tension with the Menagerie group.
"Then what do you want from us, we aren't, to say the least, someone with big connections or good economy, we are just people that wants to survive this terrible world" ask Ghira, earning nod from his group.
Jonathan and Angel nod in agreement, "We understand, but that isn't what we are looking for, we came here to help you" said Jonathan, confusing the Ghira and his group.
At seen their faces, Jonathan decided to explain it. "The United States president and congress have reach to the conclusion, that Menagerie with her city of Kuo Kuana and his habitants are in desperate need of help, so humanitarian help is going to be send, with mostly medical supplies and food supplies, with the option of mutual defense pact with Menageries government and military forces" said Jonathan.
After Jonathan explain what they intend to do, Ghira and his group discuss about the proposition, maybe these humans are saying the truth, living with faunus and AI in peace isn't proof enough, but they need to see if what they are saying is truth.
"But, why helping us? we are just faunus, half of humanity, not including you, only see us as cheap labor, even as slaves" said Ghira, telling the truth.
Jonathan stand up and walks to the window. "You have seen our history, you know that in our past we have done the same terrible deeds that some of the kingdoms are doing to your people, but we learn from them, we are at peace with 2 intelligent species that are vastly different then us, In both physical and mentally, but after seeing what the "new" humanity has done, we want to change that" said Jonathan.
"What do you mean by that" ask one of the lieutenants.
"You all have seen our way of thinking, we think in a concept of equality, freedom and liberty, but the kingdoms, except Vale and maybe Vacuo, have a concept of subjugation against those that are different then a human, every military commander, politician and even the president, knows that when we reveal ourselves to the world and know our way of thinking, they will see us as a treat" said Jonathan, surprising the Menagerie group.
"Before that time arrives, we want to save everyone of that future before it's too late" said Jonathan, with determination in his eyes, which was shared by Angel and Joshua's team.
After what Jonathan said, Ghira and his group started to see the bigger picture and the points that Jonathan said, a few minutes they reach to the conclusion that he is right, the ideology of the united states and the kingdoms, except Vale, is complete different from one or other, even if they find a neutral ground, like fighting the white fang or the Grimm, it wouldn't last and they will be at each other's throat.
Ghira stand up and walk strait to Jonathan, the 2 just fic themselves to watch the outside, the beautiful view and could be more beautiful if it wasn't for all the destruction of the northern and southern side of the city, just the thought that the bastards that did this escape, Ghira, couldn't help but clench his fist.
Then Ghira turn to look at Jonathan and stretch his hand.
"I accept what your government is offering me, it's obvious that with the road that the White Fang is taking, we will al be in danger. Said Ghira. With determination in his eyes.
Jonathan smile to this and shake the hand of Ghira.
"But, before we make this official, I want to ad something else to this" said Ghira.
"And what that would be, Mr. belladonna?" ask Jonathan, with curiosity.
"I want you to find the people that did this to my home, that kill all that people just for petty revenge, I want them to bring them here, so that the family of those that lose someone can feel a better, that they avenge their love ones" said Ghira, shocking his group and surprising the American.
Jonathan look to Angel for an answer, to which was a nod, with the same determination in her eyes to those of Ghira.
"I believed that can be arrange" said Jonathan, earning a nod with a small smile of Ghira.
After a few days the arrange of the humanitarian aid, was done and the help will be sent in boat by one of their military base/port in south Anima and will be deliver during the days in which the White Fang isn't in menagerie.
During those days, Ghira explain who the Americans are, and why are they here. To say that the population was surprise is an understatement but seeing that the Americans are very different to the kingdoms, they are willing to give them a chance.
During the past few weeks, ships full of builders started to arrive to Kuo Kuana, to repair all the damage made by the explosions and to rebuild the homes of those affected, Ghira told the builders to just reconstruct the houses, and not making them more modern, until the Americans reveal them self to the world.
After the reparations were made, Admiral Angel ask the president and secretary of defense to let a regiment in charge of the defense of menagerie, disguise as civilians that fought the Grimm horde, to which was granted, this was informed to Ghira, to which he was confused by it. They explain it that when the White Fang sees the attack, they would put more of their soldiers here, in more danger Menagerie will be, Ghira sees the reasoning and accepts it, with 3 corvette class that will be patrolling underwater for any unwanted visits.
Later that month, Sienna Khan with her "royal" guards, to see why they didn't come to the monthly meeting, only to find the garrison dead, she immediate confronts Ghira about this, to which Ghira answer truthfully, about the attack of the mercenaries and the Grimm attack, even Ghira take her to the mass cemetery that the had to build for all the dead, seeing miles of graves, with some of their families still grieving their love one, including one mother trying to attack her, screaming at her because of the road that the White Fang took, that this happen.
Shock can be seen in the eyes of Sienna and her guards, immediate Sienna starts a private meeting with Ghira, she is in shock when she sees the total casualties and immediate offers to Ghira that she would send more White Fang soldier to defend Kuo Kuana, but Ghira denies, Sienna looks at him in rage and confusion.
Ghira, seeing that look, decide to present the Menagerie army, which confused her. Ghira explain that during the attack by the Grimm horde a lot of civilians decided to protect their homes, to which Sienna nod in understanding, as well to present her to a "huntsman" that was in the Valerian military as a lieutenant colonel, now colonel, Bastian O'Connor.
After a few days staying and seeing the training of the Menagerie army, she decides to leave, but before that she says to Ghira to she would send White Fang soldiers to replace the ones that died, to which Ghira if find with it. A few days later the families of the soldiers that were ordered to stay and defend Menagerie, arrive and started to settle in. there were a few problems with the families that were married to a human, but remembering that they were Americans, they tension lower immediate, but keeping their guard up.
During the next years, thing started to turn up for the better for the city of Kuo Kuana, with the Americans earning the trust of the population, the humanitarian aid work wonders during the first year, which after that it turn into a trade treaty.
5 years later, builders and contractors started to appear, in the days that the White Fang isn't in Menagerie, to speak with Ghira about the modernization of the city, once the United States reveals to the world, as well with a little modernization to Menagerie military force with kingdom made weapons, thanks to some contacts that Ghira has in Vale.
The next year, Ghira receives news about the capture of all the mercenaries that attacked Kuo Kuana, after a 6-year manhunt they got them all, after the White Fang leave Menagerie, he contacted at least one member of the affected families to tell them the news. After a few days a military warship arrive with all the prisoners, to which were move to the main plaza, in which all the families were waiting.
After a full day the families have their revenge in their love one, living a the very least 10 people barely alive, with the rest dead with broke bones, stab, shoot, bleeding to death, beaten to death.
After all that the next months will be of peace, but Ghira still received reports that the White Fang is still going in a darker road and that they are still sending attack to Menagerie that had been stop thanks to the corvettes guarding their waters.
Vale, Dust till Dawn.
"I said put your hands in the air!" said a man.
"Are you robbing me?" said a girl.
"oh, for fuck sa… YES!" said the man, losing his patience.
"oohh" said the girl, with a little smirk.
Authors note:
Sorry, if the chapter didn't have anything related to action scenes, but there must be chapter like this every once in a while.
So this story is going in a little hiatus, NOT because of writers block, but because a have another story that I want to publish in the site and I want to put the same number of chapters of this one or higher and I going to leave a clue word: swarm, figure it out from there.
And that little part in the end I for you to know that we are entering to show itself and leaving Menagerie (for now at least), but I'm not going to start with chapter 1, because that has been done to dead, so I'm going to start at chapter 2, with the OC team I have created, with inspiration of other games and anime's, arriving to Beacon.
P.S: next week, classes in my institute starts, so my stories aren't going to be updating as fast as it was before, I'm saying this so that any of you aren't disappointed, ok.
P.S.2: but before that happens, at the very least the first chapter of my new story will be out by the end of the week or any day of the next one.
So as always, reviews are welcome, follow the story if you are interested.
Have a wonderful week and as always.
See you around.