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Inspiration: Halo ODST
((That's all! Story START!))
Raphael hums as he pulls the book from the reader before standing and takes it to one of the many bookshelves as he fishes for another one. Smiling, he grabs one of his favorite universes before taking it back to the reader as he walks to the front.
"Now, Before we continue I want to ask if you all are enjoying this so far?" He asks as he fixes his leather coat, something he did habitually as he looks around the theatre.
"I am! It was fun to see our friends in these universes… well the last one at least, I didn't want to see Jaune Executed" Ruby says standing with a smile and waving at their host before Yang grabs her and pulls her back down to her seat with a small snicker.
"Yeah it seems fun so far but as the old saying goes, you need more then one sample to get a good idea of the heist" Roman says kicking his feet up as Neo nods.
"Im certainly entertained so far. What will we be viewing next may I inquire?" Ozpin asks as he takes a sip of his coffee, which the students were still wondering where the hell he got it from.
"Before we start… I want to bring a few more of your friends to come watch… ill give them the same rules, no fighting, and anything you gain from the universes is yours to keep, from fighting styles or weapons or the like… without further adooooo" He says snapping his fingers as even more bodies dropped to the floor.
"What the hell?"
"Ack…"
"General!"
"Greetings everyone… or rather, you newcomers" He says watching the group stand up, dusting themselves off and untangling their limbs. "Before you all start asking questions, let me tell you whats going on" He says giving them a very long explanation. He looked at the newcomers, General Ironwood, Sienna Khan, Winter Schnee, Kali and Ghira Belladonna.
After some words of encouragement from the students and Ozpin, they find their own seats. The Belladonnas sitting together, Winter sitting with the General and Proffesors and Sienna sitting close to the Belladonnas.
"So… this is going to be a military drama. One of my favorite universes besides your own. Ive visited a few times" He says smiling fondly. Of course the sound of a military drama got General ironwood to sit a little straighter, now more interested then before. "Lets get started on this then" He says as he walks over to the projector. Still not working, He smacks it a few more times. Grumbling, he picks it up and slams it on the desk before it starts.
(-000-)
The Year is 2552. Humanity is at war with an alien alliance known as "The Covenant. We are Losing. The Covenant have burned our worlds. Killing billions in their genocidal campaign. Earth is our last bastion-a carefully guarded secret.
"Sounds very familiar" Ozpin says, knowing that they were fighting a genocidal war, and it hurts him to see that even now, Humans are being hunted.
"That's what were here for… to protect humanity from the monsters" says Pyrrha with a smile.
But not anymore. A Covenant carrier has breached earths defenses and attacked the African mega city of "New Mombasa" Initial reports confirm major damage and significant civilian casualties. Now Military leaders of the "United Nations Space Command" have prepared a response… Teams of highly trained "Orbital Drop Shock Troopers" are ready to assault the carrier from navy ships in low orbit. This is a near Suicidal mission. But these troopers are the best of the best. And Saving New Mombasa could be the most important mission of the war…
"Geeze… no pressure right?" Yang says with a snerk as she leans back and watches.
The Scene opens up with an ODST Sleeping in one of the pods, her helmet laying in her lap as she snoozed, this was Blake Belladonna, a new person to the squad, she is one of those strong silent type fighters.
"Hey Blake look! Its you!" Says Ruby with a smile and points to the screen, getting a smile from said cat faunus.
"Its nice to see you always doing what you feel is right Blake" Kali says with a smile, getting a nod from Ghira.
"So she's defending Humanity? Quite ironic" Sienna says with a chuckle. This got a raised eyebrow from Winter but she pushed it down for now.
The Scene pans out to the rest of the squad who were crowded around a hologram. Around the table stood, Yang Xiao Long, Heavy weapon specialist of the team. Pyrrha, the Sniper of the group. Jaune, the Technician.
"Theres the rest of us too! Were a team! Yeah we kick ass and take names!" Yang says with a grin as she raises her hands in a fighting pose.
"It is nice to see us still doing the right thing no matter what universe were in" Pyrrha says with a small smile. She had already pusned past the fact that they were fighting a loosing genocidal war. She was strong. They were all strong.
"The Navy put up a good fight" Pyrrha says as what remained of the 15 ships that attacked was only one carrier, it could be far worse.
"Of course they did… its Earth" Yang says crossing her arms.
"Still find the human homeworlds name funny… dirt.. I mean cmon make up something nice ya know?" Roman says putting his hands up in a shrug.
"Eh its not as bad as some other names ive seen in my books" Emerald says, getting a look from Mercury. She read books?
"They did what they could… they missed one" Weiss says as Yang rolls her eyes.
"Yang! That's disrespectful to those who died defending earth! Brute" Weiss says with a huff as Winter put a hand on her shoulder as if telling her to calm down some.
"Im sure she didn't mean it like that" Winter says stoicly as she watches.
"No, they left it for us" Yang responds, as the rest of the team nods. The team kept staring at the carrier, their mission. Some consider it to be… sucidial. It wasn't long however before the Alarm began to go off, Ruby, the leader, walking in with Weiss in tow, the ONI spook.
"Nice! Im the leader here too!" Ruby says with a smile as she rubs the back of her head as she watches on. Weiss smiles as well, seeing that she o was doing her duty, and what she assumed was away from her father.
"I wonder how father would take it… knowing we were fighting instead of being at home with him hiding from the war' Winter says with a chuckle.
"Not well I assume" Ironwood says with a snerk.
"Coward" Sienna says getting a nod from a lot of the people there, which surprised he.
"You know the music, time to dance" Ruby says, holding her helmet in one hand. The rest of the team turn to face their team leader as Jaune looks at Weiss.
"Hello beautiful" He says, getting a small eyetwitch from Weiss and Pyrrha. Ruby was a little taken back from Jaunes comment as she looks at Weiss before looking at the rest of the team.
This caused Pyrrha to look a little jealous at Weiss but turned back to the show. There was no point snapping. Weiss however groaned, reminded of all the times she had been hit on by the blond knight. She didn't hate him, but she just wasn't interested.
"Pods. Now." She says as the rest began to grab their gear and do as they were ordered, headed towards the weapons as they prepared for a drop. Putting on their helmets and the like.
"Replacements?" Weiss asks curiously who held her own helmet beneath her arm.
"This many years into the war…? Who isn't?" Ruby says with a soft sigh as she runs a hand through her crimson hair.
"So we didn't start together? They threw us together…?" Jaune says as Pyrrha pats his shoulder softly in reassurance. This worried him somewhat. Wheres Ren and Nora?
"At least they listen" Weiss offers.
"Yeah… to Me, and their not gonna like what they hear" She says pointing to herself.
"Spooks often hide missions until it needs to be addressed… I can understand why them not liking what they hear" Mercury says knowing how these black ops people operate. His father was an assassin after all.
"That might cause tension in team and management if not handled correctly" Ren says putting a hand t his chin as he watches.
"Orders are orders" Weiss says a bit more sternly.
"Cmon Weiss… what could be more important then that carrier?" Ruby asks walking down the steps towards what she considered to be her ex lover at the moment.
"WAIT WHAT?" Yang yelled as she stood and looks at Weiss, her hair glowing with her eyes red.
"Calm Down miss Xiao Long. This is a separate universe. What those two Adults did is their own business" Glynda says using her semblance to push her back down in her seat who was grumbling at this.
"My orders" Weiss says putting a finger to Rubys chest plate. "And Ruby? Call me captain. Ill pass on that dance… you can show me where to sit though" Veronica says with a smile as she began to walk past Ruby and heads toward her pod.
Back at the others, they were looking over the weapons. "What kind of Armor was she wearing…?" Pyrrha asks as she reaches over and grabs her sniper, checking the scope and began to fill her BDU with spare clips of ammo, putting an M6S side arm on her waist.
"Taking that inside a ship might be… hazardous Pyrrha" Jaune says watching, already his strategic mind working hard.
"I agree, a shotgun type weapon or Sub machine gun would work wonders here" Ironwood says in tandem with the blind knight.
"I dunno P-Money…" Yang says grabbing a shotgun and cocking it, loading ammo into it before putting it on her back.
"See? Shes got the right idea" Nora says pointing to Yang who gave a thumbs up.
"Well if im good at sniping… I think that's what they'll want me to have, covenant ship or no" Pyrrha says with a smile. "Sorry"
"Seriously?" Jaune asks Pyrrha who grsbbed the sniper.
"Well its gonna be close quarters" Yang says to them. Jaune picks up the shotgun and offers it to Pyrrha.
Pyrrha sighs, she should just take the shotgun and leave them be. She no doubt has a backup weapon so theres no need. Regardless, she kept watching with a smile as she leans back in her seat, content being next to Jaune like this.
"Exactly." He says as Pyrrha pushes it away. They turn as Ruby was leading Weiss to the pods.
"Second to last… right next to mine" Ruby says as Weiss kept walking towards her pod.
"Youd think Exes would stay as far away from eachother as possible" Kali says with a small chuckle, getting a nod from Ghira as he watches.
"Maybe hes trying to keep a professional relationship… I would" Winter says. "No matter our history."
"Cozy" Yang says with a snicker as she checks over the shotgun in her hand, loading herself up with as many shotgun shells as she could. "Gonna tell us her name Rubes?"
Ruby groaned lightly and walks over. "MISS Naval intelligence… Our new boss" She heard an Oh shit from Yang. "So Check your mouths… find your chairs… and Get Set for a combat drop" Ruby says a little agitated at the moment as she turns and walks to her own pod, grabbing the assault rifle and putting it in her pod and strapping in.
"Oohh reds not happy, guess its hard to remain professional when speaking to your ex, right ice queen?" Roman says which got an agitated eyetwitch from the elder sister. She heard that way too much from Qrow and now another was calling her that.
"Wake up Blake" Jaune says patting her cheeks a few times, when she woke, Yang pushes her away and smiles.
"Don't worry about him, He don't mean nothing. Nows one of those times, it pays to be the strong silent type." Blake smiles as she takes the gun from her hand, and putting it into the slot of her gun. Putting on her helmet, it clicked with a small hiss as the others got to their pods.
"Thanks partner' Blake says to her, which got her a thumbs up and that cheesy smile that blake loved seeing.
"Anytime you need me" Yang says. This got looks from the elder Belladonnas and Sienna. Belladonna because they knew she was antisocial and to see her so open was a nice change of pace. And Sienna because, well she was human, she wondered if Yang even knew about Blake. Which she had to with her sitting next to her parents.
It took another 5 minutes before the pods close as the pod began to move into positon to be dropped, Blake, and the rest of the ODST squad. Yang smiles as she leans back, always enjoying the adrenaline of the drop. Each pod of the squad displayed Weiss and Ruby on each monitor as they kept moving.
"Are they gonna do what…" Ruby says a little fearfully, a little uneasy at heights sometimes, and now this is so much worse then looking down ladders or a ledge.
"They are called "Orbital Drop Shock Troopers" Miss rose… its only fitting they stick to their namesake" Ozpin says with a small smile.
"Latest intel reports the covenant are amassing beneath the carrier" Weiss says as she waits.
This surprised Ruby as she blinks a couple times. "Their pulling back? Why?"
"They just got there and now their retreating? Why?" Cinder asks with a raised eyebrow. All shes seen so far is they have the technological advantage.
"Jumped the gun?" Mercury asks with a small shrug. They didn't know the context so they left it at that.
"Were not gonna find out way up here" Weiss says as she looks down at the clouds below.
"Troopers! We are green and very very mean!" One by one the pods began to drop to the planet below as they sped towards the planet.
Yang snickers at this. She could've said something more cool or inspirational. It did sound like a very Ruby response though. This got a look from her sister who already knew what she was thinking.
"Damn… the Navy got its butt kicked" Yang calls out as she too flew past the wreckage of the frigate.
"YANG!" The members of RWBY and JNPR Call out to her for that disrespectful comment who looked down, upset with herself at that.
"Bitch" Yang says to the yang on screen as she looks up and continues to watch.
"Hey Yang. Remember when I said keep quiet?"
"Yeah?"
"Consider that a standing order" Said Ruby as they broke the cloud cover as they saw the carrier below.
This got a snicker from Winter, having to remember all the times she had often had to order her own soldiers to keep quiet. Of course they were mostly comments aimed at her or some other huntress.
"Yeah listen to… me" Ruby says unsurely as she watches.
"Stand by to adjust trajectory" Weiss says to them.
"Whatd she just say?!" Jaune says as they each grab their controls to do just that.
"Were way off course!" Ruby says to Weiss but does exactly as she says and follows Weiss's pod.
"Were going exactly where we need to go" Weiss responds as they continued to fall to the city.
"This is why I don't like black operations. They deliberately don't share and it gets people killed" General ironwood says with a scowl at the young Schnees comments. Which caused the younger Schnee to lower herself in her chair.
"But were going to miss the carrier" Ruby says before they all saw something with the carrier, the shimmer going across it.
"Radiation!" Calls out Juane as
"The Covenant just set off a nuke?!"
"A nuke?" Asks Cinder, already knowing how dangerous it was from the way Jaune in the universe said it. The urgency to it. She looked to her Father for explanation.
"Think of it like a large dust bomb… and lets… leave it at that" Raphael says rubbing the back of his neck, not really wanting to get into a whole discussion about nukes right now. Perhaps in Intermission but for now, he wanted them to focus on the viewing.
"No it's a slipspace rupture, their going to jump! You need to-" Weiss was cut off as the EMP hit her. The other Pods were pushed and thrown as some of them deployed their chutes. Some of them couldn't deploy their chutes, but one in particular hit Blake's pod, smashing her glass as she began to plummet to the city below.
"Blake!" Kali and Ghira gasps as she watches the events from the Cat Faunus point of view, watching as she plummeted to the city scape below. It terrifyied them that any version of their daughter was in danger like this.
"Damn… Mission going wrong…" Roman says with a wince, he often had heists and the like always going wrong and it always sucked. This is worse because their lives, their race was on the line.
Ruby also hit the city below quite hard since she didn't deploy her chute.
Blake woke up hours later, it the dead of night as she rubs her head with a groan. "Mmmmph… time to get out of here…" She says as she grabs her weapons.
Kali and Ghira breathes a sigh of release, as well as RWBY as they watch as she frees herself from the pod and lands on the floor below. The lights came back on as the showing had finally finished as Raphael smiles and leans back in his chair.
"How was that one? Enjoy?" Raphael asks with a smile.
"I certainly did, to watch it from the perspective of everyday soldiers and not hunters" Ironwood says getting a nod from Winter.
"Yeah its fun so far… so whats next? Same universe?" Emerald asks putting her hands behind her head and hums.
"Yep.. well watch two or so more viewings before we stop for an intermission" He says as he bangs the projecter once more to get it started
Sooo whatchall think so far? Good? Bad? Let me know how im doing so I can refine it. I have lots of suggestions so for now send critiques on what I can improve on.
-Preview-
"Were it so Easy" Thel Vadam, the Arbiter says looking at the gravestone before turning to Hood. Shaking his hand before walking off to head home.
It would be a long hard rebuild and trust building for the now allies. One he would gladly take.