Unknown, Presumably Seaside, location
A Few hours later…
Walking out of the now opened shipping container, the team of Huntsmen in training, as well as Professor Albrecht and the mutated Beowolf noticed the strangely island based locale that they had ended up at.
"Well, this is certainly unexpected. You have any idea where we are, Professor Albrecht?" Colys asked the Huntsman, who just shrugged briefly before glancing around the area they were in.
"As far as I can tell, this is one of the many uncharted islands off the coast, so we should be able to contact Beacon for a ride off the island," Robert said before pulling out his scroll in an attempt at doing so. "While I try and contact one of the professors at Beacon, why don't you four set up a campsite in case we have to stay the night here?" Nodding to the Warhammer user, Colys then turned to his team quickly.
"Alright, you heard the man. Rhydwyn, you and Sinikka should go and find some firewood. Nuada and I will scout out a basic area for a campsite nearby." The noirette ordered as the assigned duos went off to do as needed.
"So Colys, any idea where the ship may have taken us?" Nuada asked his partner as they trekked through the nearby woods.
"Not really. I would just check my Scroll, but it seems that the signal is being jammed." Colys replied while keeping up a brisk jog. Unbeknownst to the two, a camera mounted on one of the trees zoomed in on them, more specifically Colys as the duo made their way to an open clearing.
"Wait, doesn't that mean that Professor Albrecht's Scroll Signal would also be jammed?" Nuada stated as a look of realization crossed Colys' face.
"Well, I guess we're stuck here a while, huh?" The ice manipulator stated while sitting down in the middle of a clearing they had come to. "Might as well stay here, right Nuada?"
"I guess right here would work." The brunette confirmed, joining his team leader on the ground before pulling out his scroll. "Wonder if we can at least try contacting the rest of our team…"
"There's no point right now, as we're here." Came from the opposite end of the clearing as Rhydwyn walked in carrying some wood underneath each of his arms, Sinikka behind him doing the same.
"Well, we are going to want to test it later on the off chance we do get separated." Colys said with a shrug, lying further on the ground while stretching out. "Though for now, I guess we can hang out around here. Is there anything you guys want to do?" As the noirette said this, the mutated Beowulf that joined them for unknown reasons came back with a long red halberd held between its jaws before dropping the weapon and giving off a proud bark. Not long after the sound of a mechanical whirring came from behind the mutant Grimm before an Android covered in red metal plating pushed its way out from the foliage and grabbed the halberd, getting into a combat stance.
"Intruders detected! Identify yourselves or prepare for combat!" The machine's robotic vocals sounded out, sounding somewhat unused.
"Well, uh, I'm Colys Duran." The ice user introduced, with the Android dropping out of its combat stance briefly before leveling its halberd straight at Colys.
"Unauthorized personnel detected. Prepare for combat." Taking a swing at the ice user, the red painted machine nearly gave Colys a haircut from the neck up, though the noirette managed to pull up a quick guard made of ice that the long weapon stopped a few inches through.
"Okay, I guess we're doing this now!" Colys shouted out while ducking under the blade. Jabbing at the synthetic warrior, Colys winced from hitting the hard metal at its abdomen region. "Ok, that stung. Little help here guys?" Glancing behind himself, the team leader let out an annoyed groan at seeing the rest of his team in combat with a red android of their own. Coating his hand in ice, Colys struck out at the machine again, spreading some of his ice onto the android in the process. In retaliation, the red painted warrior made to slash at him again, only to be pinned to the ground by the mutated Beowolf that joined the group. Clawing at its head, the mutant Grimm let out a seemingly triumphant howl. Turning around to possibly aid the rest of his team, Colys noticed that the red machines lay in piles of scrap, Professor Albrecht standing in the center of the wreckage.
"I figured I'd find you four fighting something, just didn't know what." The Huntsman said as the group converged in the center of the clearing. Pulling out a vial of fire dust, Robert started up a small campfire as team C.R.S.N. laid out their sleeping gear around the fire. "You know, normally I would have to ask you guys why you decided to be Huntsman, but I already know why considering I taught you two years ago. But how have you guys been doing, and how's Beacon academy?"
"Well Professor Albrecht, As you can tell we ended up as a team. In our initiation, we took out a Petra Gigas that ended up as Pagos Gigas, so that was a thing." Colys said with a small shrug as he looked at the wreckage. "But you really cleaned house against these things, huh?" Walking over to one of the ruined androids, the boxer lightly kicked its severed head hearing nothing but a dull metallic thud.
"Hey, be careful with those, for all we know they could explode!" Rhydwyn shouted out at Colys' actions. The Team descended into a calm lull as the night continued on. That calm was broken by the sound of a bullhead's engines overhead, the source being a pitch black bullhead, with the same stylized N as the androids on its side in a slightly lighter shade of gray.
"Think that's the guy running this whole thing?" Colys jokingly asked as he thumbed towards the aircraft that disappeared over the treeline.
"No, I think it's just a random Bullhead that just so happens to be landing on the Island that is inhabited by only Grimm and Androids, which bear the same Logo as it." Sinikka deadpanned before grabbing the Gunblade and her luggage. "Now I think we should go after it, and finally get some answers." The time manipulator then walked off in the relative location that the aircraft no doubt landed at.
"Well, you heard her guess we're following the Bullhead then." Colys said, promptly following the sole female member of their small group. The group was met with little resistance, as they made their way to the presumed location of the Bullhead's landing site, coming upon the open doors to a cargo bay that held their target Bullhead, though the only sign of movement was the various androids patrolling in search of intruders.
"So, who wants to just run in guns blazing?" The boxer asked as he activated the Frost Spark Gauntlets with a small pump of his fists causing the knuckles to briefly light up with electricity. In response, Nuada hefted up Armageddon before rushing forward with a cry of 'LEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYY JEEEEEEEEEENNNNNKINSSSSSSSssssss!' Smirking at his partner's actions, Colys jumped at a nearby Android and practically latched onto its back while slamming his fists into it. Swinging its halberd erratically, Colys gained a near face-splitting grin as he managed to maneuver the machine into attacking the other nearby androids, resulting in them being cleaved in two. Jumping off the now heavily dented robot, Colys let out a small spray of Burn dust that was ignited with a snap of his fingers, destroying what remained of his victim. Rhydwyn, meanwhile, ended up in a blade lock with one of the robots that soon ended after a quick sonar pulse caused its joints to lock up and allow the brunette to cleave through his opponent's torso, the light leaving it not long after. Sinikka was busy taking potshots at the machines, the .50 caliber shots tearing right through the various joints of the androids with ease.
"Why am I not surprised that Nuada would do this?" The gray-eyed female questioned as she sliced off the arms of an android that got too close for comfort.
"Because he's always been like this. I'm surprised he waited this long to do something like this." Colys said with a smirk as he continued to pummel another android's metallic skull in, ice spreading onto the machine before it was torn off its legs by the mutant Beowolf. Pointing at another android, the Beowolf growled at the red painted robot before leaping at its chest and ripping out some of its inner workings. Nuada busied himself with crushing the androids alongside professor Albrecht. It wasn't before long though, that the small guard outside the compound was taken care of.
"Well, why don't we make our way inside and end this once and for all?" Professor Albrecht suggested as the group of six made their way into the hangar and through the security doors in the back, entering what could only be described as a large scale lab.
"Well, whoever lives here has a thing for the colors white and gray." Colys commented as they wandered the halls of the facility, the only other sound being their feet on the tiled flooring.
"Technically speaking, white and gray aren't colors but tones. I get what you mean though." Rhydwyn pointed out while looking into one of the miscellaneous windows they passed, noticing a small robotic arm that merely picked a piece of metal up before placing it down again in a slightly different spot. "It seems almost abandoned, and if it weren't for the Bullhead we saw earlier, I would think it was." The brunette spearman said, glancing into another window only to see the same thing.
"Testing, Testing, 1 2 3. Is this thing on?" Came from the speakers built into the ceiling of the compound, the voice sounding hardly used and relatively old. "Well, I guess based on your shocked expressions on the security cameras, I would say yes. It has been so dreadfully long since I last had any visitors. I suppose choosing an Island as my base of operations would cause that. Now no doubt you are wondering who I am, after all, only my teacher, Merlot, made it onto the public news. My name is Hayden Noir." The now named Hayden then stopped talking for a bit as the group of six continued to wander the halls again with no real goal. "I see you somehow got one of Merlot's Grimm on your side, which I must applaud as even I could never bend them to my will or recreate his serum for making them. Quite the shame as it would make things here a whole lot easier. Alas, all I have to work with are his leftover androids."
"So, these mutant Grimm are the result of experiments done by Merlot, huh? I guessed they weren't natural." Robert mused to himself. Noir stopped talking for a while after that, leaving the group to continue to look for where he might be in silence. It wasn't long for them to find something of note, although it wasn't Hayden. Instead, they came across a room with four identical pods hooked up to tubing, monitors above them showing vitals for the inhabitants while a fifth, more elaborate pod stood off to the side with an odd, off-white geist inside. The trapped Grimm pounded onto the glass that entrapped it, and upon noticing the group began to hit at an even harder rate.
"Another mutant Grimm? How many more are we going to find?" Colys groaned out as the Mutant Beowolf walked up and tapped at the glass with one of its claws, causing the off-color geist to back away slightly. Colys decided to walk over to one of the lower head height monitors, finding a string of code on it. "Wonder what this is for?" The Boxer mused while Rhydwyn walked over to one of the pods and cleared away to frost on the outside, seeing a brunette guy around their age with mildly long hair and a slight scar along his face from his right eye to his left cheek.
"Hey Colys, wonder who these guys are?" The sound manipulator asked as he went to check the other three pods, noticing a similar sight of an orange haired woman in one and a gray-haired female elephant Faunus in two, however as he approached the last one the Geist returned to pounding on the glass again, spooking Rhydwyn away from the pod. Growing more frantic, the inverse colored Grimm facepalmed before pointing at a Nuada's hammer then it's pod's glass.
"Nuada, smash the glass of the pod." Colys said after noticing the oddly human gestures that the Grimm was giving off. Giving his partner a nod, Nuada pulled back Armageddon and slammed it against the pod, causing the glass around it to shatter. Floating out of the ruined pod, the Geist gathered some of the glass shards around its fist before floating over to the only pod they didn't peer into, before promptly slamming its glass coated fist through the pod's glass and flying into it. After a few tense seconds, the sound of someone groaning reached their ears as the door of the pod slowly opened, its occupant tumbling onto the ground in a heap. The massive teen had stark white hair, though some red highlights could be seen in it, while he was garbed in a near black hoodie and cargo pants. Standing up and clutching his head, the teen's impressive 6'2" behemoth-like height towered over most of the group, only Nuada and Professor Albrecht being even close to his height.
"I imagine you are the one who freed me, correct?" The massive teen asked while glancing around at the group.
"Well, I mean I did free this one Geist in that pod over there, which then freed you I guess." Nuada said with a small chuckle. The teen looked shocked, one might even say terrified for a moment.
"Wait, a Geist?" The behemoth of a teen exclaimed as if a huge secret was revealed.
"Yeah, it was this weird white color as well. Though I guess Moon-Moon here is also a bit of an exception to the normal Grimm Color rules." Colys said while scratching the aforementioned mutated Beowolf behind the ear.
"Moon-Moon? Doesn't Matter, Thanks for freeing me. Could you give me a hand in freeing my other friends?" The teen asked of the group.
"Eh sure, why not. I'm Colys, By the way." The boxer said while offering his hand to the massive teen.
"The name's Grull. Do you know where we are?" The now named Grull asked as he shook Colys' hand.
"From what I can gather, We're somewhere off the Coast of Vale. Oh yeah, I'm Rhydwyn." The spearman said while crossing his arms over his chest. Nuada in the meantime went to work at prying open the remaining cryopods, starting with the one containing the brunette. The brunette tumbled out, revealing his dark brown eyes before having a small coughing fit.
"Deep breaths Mazon. We're out now." Grull told the now named Mazon, patting his back before moving to open the pod with the orange haired Girl. Ripping open the door, the albino caught its inhabitant as she fell. "I got you, Ray, we're back to the real world." Grull said quietly as the girl, who actually had gradient hair that shifted to blue at the ends, slowly woke up.
"Grull? What happened?" The now named Ray asked as she slowly stood up, Grull aiding her. Colys then walked up with a sly grin and slapped Grull's shoulder.
"Ok, Loverboy. Let's get your last teammate out. I swear if her name starts with an I…" The boxer trailed off. As Nuada ripped the final door open, the Elephant Faunus fell out with Mazon rushing over to help her out.
"Come on, Ivory, no more of that weird world." Mazon said as Colys gave off an odd, pterodactyl-like screech and pounded his fist into the now empty cryopod. The now named Team G.R.I.M. gave him a strange look, before lightly chuckling at his reaction.
"Anyways, thanks again for saving us. So do you happen to know who owns this place?"Grull asked of the Team.
"Eh, some guy that sounded like a real prick. Said his name was Hayden Noir." Nuada said while cleaning his ear with a pinky after Colys' screech. "I never introduced myself, did I? I'm Nuada." When Grull heard the name Hayden, he suddenly grew angry.
"That bastard is who kidnapped us. When I find him that piece of shit will regret dragging my friends into this." Grull growled out while glaring at a spot on the wall and smashing the stasis pod that held him.
"Well, seems your anger issues could give Nuada's a run for its money. What did this Hayden guy do to you to get you all worked up?" Sinikka asked in her usual deadpan.
"Who even are you?" Mazon asked, yet was ignored by all but Rhydwyn.
"Oh, don't let Sinikka's deadpan get to you. She's a real sweetheart when you get to know her." The spearman said with a chuckle. Everyone's attention was turned back to Grull as he continued to smash the pod.
"That asshole is my dear old dad. He was by far the worst father imaginable. He would normally come home mad and drunk because of something happening at his job, and then he would yell and scream at me and my mother, before commencing to beat me bloody. Eventually, I ran from home and I haven't seen him since." Grull stated as he seemed to calm down some after getting that out. Everyone seems to have shocked expressions at this, yet they soon turned to anger, as well as pity.
"Sorry to hear that, but we need to find out what Hayden is planning, and what he has to do with these mutated Grimm." Professor Albrecht said while crossing his arms.
"We could help you if you want. We just need our gear." Grull said as he looked around the lab, noticing a distinct lack of their weaponry. Nuada merely licked his finger and held it as if to test the wind direction, before pointing in a seemingly random direction.
"That way. Your weapons are that way." The Warhammer user stated as he walked over to a now visible storage locker, pulling out what looked to be a rapier, although the blade was a bit blunter. "Who's mans is this?" Nuada asked before Mazon raised his hand, prompting Nuada to toss the recovered weapon to him. Mazon caught it and attached it to his belt where it normally is. Grull then walked over to the storage locker while giving Nuada a strange look before throwing Ray a pair of tonfas, as well as Ivory a shotgun. The massive teen then pulled out a greatsword befitting his size, as well as a shield and a pair of arm guards. The group of ten then began their search, ending up in a lab holding various mutilated Mutant Grimm, howling out in pain. In a shaded corner rested a cell, with the outline of a person, although something was off. Grull approached the cage and turned on the light using a nearby switch, and the contents made him freeze. Inside is what could only be described as the unholy union of Grimm and Human, with the Human part being a woman in her mid-forties. The creature was wearing what might have been a dress at one point but was reduced to rags. Its entire body was coated in black feathers with the exception of her face, which instead had bones around the ears and scalp. Her arms were less like those of a human and instead were like a Nevermore's wings while her feet with talons. Strangely, the creature's eyes were an emerald green. Looking at the group, she let out what was probably meant to be a scream but ended up being a squak and hid into the cage's corner. Grull promptly ripped the cage's door off and threw it, killing one of the many mutilated Grimm. Grull then embraced the harpy-like creature in a hug, tears running down his face, further terrifying the creature. He then whispered something to it, causing it to start crying and hugged Grull back. After a few somewhat awkward moments for the rest of the group both Grull and the being stood up and exited the cell.
"Mom, who did this to you?" Grull asked the being, revealed to be his mother then.
"I-it was your f-father. After hearing what happened to you he wanted to find out if it could be recreated/ He started testing on normal Grimm and human blood, but each attempt failed. Eventually, he started testing with samples of your blood he had and found that there was something special about yours and my blood that was key in the merging. He then started to test on me, and you can see the results." The Woman explained while pointing to herself at the end. Grull began to shutter in rage.
"WHERE ARE YOU, YOU BASTARD! WHEN I FIND YOU I! WILL! KILL YOU!" Grull shouted at one of the many cameras in the room. The massive teen the stormed out as if he truly knew where to go. Moon-Moon then perked up and ran after Grull after letting out a small growl.
"Well, I guess that means Grull can probably sense negative emotions based on what Moon-Moon just did." Colys said as he, and concurrently the rest of the group, followed the mutant Beowolf. Following the trail of destruction, they ended up behind the raging behemoth as he smashed his way to Hayden's location. After not long, they ended up in front of a large steel door. Grull looked back at the group and motioned to Nuada to help him as he grabbed one side. Grinning, Nuada grabbed onto the other side and the duo practically ripped the door open revealing a large room filled with androids, computers, and various mutant Grimm that looked to be part android. Hayden's face showed up on one of the various TVs, his expression set into a scowl.
"You brats will never get to me. Now Grull, Starling, why don't you two be good pets and get back into your cells." Hayden ordered though Grull ignored it.
"Now I don't know where the hell you are getting off doing this Noir, but I, Colys Q. Duran, will make sure that your crimes against Remnant will not go unpunished!" The boxer all but yelled out, his Aura flaring around him like a dark shroud as a cape made of ice formed on his shoulders.
"Wait a minute. God Damn it! It can't be! Who is your father boy!? Tell me!" Hayden exclaimed ordering/begging for the answer.
"My father is named Merlot Duran. Don't know how you would know him though considering the fact that he isn't from on Remnant." Colys deadpanned.
"I knew it! Capture the boy and the two test subjects, kill the rest." Hayden ordered his forces before cutting the video feed.
"Me and my team will go after Hayden. You take care of his forces, and keep my mother safe." Grull stated as he and team G.R.I.M. ran passed the Androids and Grimm into an adjacent hallway. Glaring forward, Colys formed an Ice paladin and sent it towards the enemy.
"I don't know how this Bastard knows my father, hopefully, Grull can get that information while he beats the shit out of him." Colys said as his construct raged hell against the various metal monstrosities. Shouting in glee, Nuada began to crush the red Androids while dodging the gunfire the new, white variants rained upon him. Increasing his arms to thrice their normal size, he slammed it through the ranks of enemies. Rhydwyn stood off to the side as he flicked on Lament's laser, the beam of pure electricity tearing through the androids like paper. Next to him, Sinikka fired at the mutant Grimm cyborgs, her .50 caliber bullets easily piercing their flesh. Professor Albrecht was to most fantastic of the group, using his semblance to crush the Grimm and Androids in rocky tombs. It wasn't long until they stood alone once more.
"Well, what more do you have to throw at us, you prick?" Nuada shouted out, his voice echoing in the now empty chamber. The ceiling began to shake as it split open, revealing a hidden opening in it. The sound of skittering reached the ears of Team C.R.S.N. before dozens of small, spider-like robots poured out and fell to the ground.
"That's it? I was expecting something larger." Colys said as he began to freeze the constructs or have his ice paladin crush them. However, the small androids pounced onto the ice paladin for a moment before they began to heat up, melting the ice construct after a few moments. "Ok, should have kept my mouth shut." Punching one of the spider androids, Colys noticed the lack of outside damage on the construct. Clenching his fist hard, the noirette began to lay punch after punch into the small construct, resulting in a dent slowly but steadily forming in it until was a nothing more than a sheet of steel. Turning to the next nearest spider droid, Colys was met with it leaping onto his face. Shouting in shock more than pain, the ice manipulator grabbed its sides and ripped the small robot from his face, tearing off a few of its legs in the process. Grinning at the solution, Colys began to rip off its remaining legs, throwing the useless body at another of its kind, crushing it from the force of the throw. Nuada began to stomp on some of the small spider droids as well, culling their numbers quite a bit. It wasn't long until the room grew deathly quiet once more….
Blueghast: Well, that was certainly a ride, wasn't it Rage?
Rage: Yes this was a fun crossover chapter.
Blueghast: Wonder how people will react, especially to Colys' father's reveal
Rage: Eh, was to be expected. He is the main character, of course he would have a major plot relation.
Blueghast: I'm just surprised no one did something like this before.
Rage: People probably have, but those stories aren't as popular.
Blueghast: Internet cookie to whoever spots the reference in this chapter though. Not you though Rage. you know what it is.
Rage: You're no fun. Anyways check out my story Remnant's GRIM Team to see the other pov of this story.
Blueghast: Anyways, See you all in the next chapter, yadda yadda yadda, stereotypical review begging bullshit.
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