Hello, well, this was gonna be Chapter 1, but I instead decided to add a new prologue part 2 instead, to show how the different groups are integrating with the families they joined.
However, first, the reviews:
thermalsnipern7: Thanks...Stay tuned, because I'll post the next chapter to this...at...some point...eh...heheh...
David sebala: Ib is from a video game of the same name. Krika is from Bionicle, so you'd be right with him. Legion is from Mass Effect.
Tatopatato: Glad to hear it. With Maine...that's explained when he finally appears, but...let's just say it's a long way down that cliff he fell...
Prologue Part 2
3 years after Ib's arrival/1 year after Legion's arrival
It's been 3 years since Ib arrived, and she seemed to integrate smoothly into the family. After a couple years of living with the family, Ib confided with Ruby and Yang a very big secret. They didn't believe her at first, but, eventually, Ib was able to convince them that she was from another world. She explained the Art Gallery, the Fabricated World, Garry, Mary, and her whole adventure, ending with how she sacrificed herself to allow Mary to leave the Fabricated World, while also giving Garry the opportunity to escape. She then told of how she met the Librarian, and described why she was sent to this world. Yang had a look on her face, and, when asked, Ruby and Yang explained what happened to their mothers. Ib realized that the disappearance of Yang's mother may have to do with the coming darkness.
Now, though, Ib was going to meet the 2 sisters' uncle, Qrow. She'd heard of the man, and, to an extent, wanted to meet him. Now, she would get the chance.
After some waiting, a man came through the front door to the house, accompanied by a boy. The man had a cloak, and had some kind of machine on his back. The boy, though, wore a grey hoodie, glowing-blue glasses, and had a variety of devices on his back. He appeared to be fiddling with another device, made entirely of orange holograms, on his left arm. After a moment, the boy looked up...his gaze falling immediately on Ib, unnerving her.
"Hi, Uncle Qrow!" Ruby exclaimed, running up to her uncle.
Yang also advanced, and asked, "Who's the boy?"
Qrow answered, "Oh, you mean Anwaar Getthis...Oh, right, I mean "Legion"? I found him in the forest a year ago. He shows considerable potential as a hunter. I took him in, since his parents were killed by the Grimm and he managed to escape. However, the kid's good: when he claimed to be a sniper, I honestly doubted it: turns out he's as good as he claims. He's also a skilled hacker. He managed to hack into multiple systems. If I didn't know any better, I'd think he was an artificial intelligence."
Ib noticed "Legion" behind Qrow almost looked like he was innocently whistling. Ruby then asked, "What kinds of weapons does he have?"
"Very unusual ones," Qrow answered, "They originally had only one form, but he and I worked together with modifying them: kid's good with machines as well. I swear, that kid's got one wide range of abilities."
"Wow, he sure sounds interesting," Yang said. Ruby's eyes appeared to be sparkling in glee.
"Now...where's this girl you kids told me your father adopted?" Qrow asked.
Ruby was confused. "She was right-" She then noticed that both Legion and Ib were gone.
(-)
Legion strolled around the house, thinking. He'd been learning about this world since he got here, but he easily saw the need to begin making preparations for the coming darkness. Qrow knew of it, at least, which prevented most of the trouble when Legion finally started to drop hints as to his true origins. It didn't come as much surprise when, a few days ago, Qrow had put all the pieces together and confronted him. Legion then revealed his true origins, his history as a Geth, his sacrifice for his people, his encounter with this "Akatosh", his arrival, and finally the importance for him to keep these facts a secret, and therefore, the reasoning for his lies when they first met.
Qrow began discussing possible plans for what to do about the coming threat, including, but not limited to, Legion using his skill with hacking to try to create more Geth. 'In order to create more allies,' he suggested. Legion, unfortunately, pointed out that he'd require access to his own programming, which he doesn't have as a human boy. He pointed out how Akatosh said he'd eventually regain his Geth form, but that would probably not be for a while.
As Legion looked out over a field near the Xiao Long household, someone came up behind him. "You're not from this world, are you?" came a young female voice.
Legion turned around, and saw the middle child of the 3 girls who were, for all intents and purposes, his "cousins". Legion narrowed his eyes behind his glasses, watching her suspiciously. 'How did she figure this out?' Legion asked himself.
The girl looked as though she was going to take a metaphorical leap of faith, and Legion didn't know why...until..."Because...I'm not either..."
"You do realize how crazy that sounds, right?" Legion skeptically pointed out. He didn't know if she was trying to make him talk, or if she was truthful. 'Best to remain cautious,' he decided.
The girl recoiled, but, seeing as she gave the secret away, and she probably knew she couldn't take it back now without diminishing her image, continued, "It's true: I died to save my friends, but someone from the Quadrad of Eternity came and-"
"Did you say 'Quadrad of Eternity'?" Legion questioned. He knew he told Qrow about his origins, and even his encounter with Akatosh. But, he never even told Qrow the name of the group Akatosh was working with! "So you are also someone sent to this world."
"Yeah...I was sent to...what was it that the Librarian said? 'Help stop the coming darkness?'" she questioned to herself.
'Librarian?' Legion asked himself, 'Must be another member of the Quadrad. Their name does hint at there being 4 members...' He then said, "I was also sent here, by someone called "Akatosh", for a similar purpose."
"I was sent here because I'd died...what about you?" the girl asked.
"Similar circumstances: I was forced to disseminate my personality into the Geth Consensus, to distribute upgrades to my entire race. The result ended in my termination," Legion explained. The girl looked at him in confusion.
"I...I'm only 12..." she said, in a semi-confused voice.
Legion realized this girl must have actually been a child when she was brought here. Which meant that she...Legion closed his eyes and lowered his head. 'This girl...no wonder she was selected for this...for a child to face death fearlessly like this...' Realizing this also meant her mind was underdeveloped, he explained, more simply, "I had to remove my mind, split it up, and give it to my race as a whole, because my mind had stuff in it that would make them better. According to Akatosh, it worked, and they are now smarter. And now they are helping everyone else fight the Reapers."
"'Reapers'?" the girl asked.
Legion simplified, "Giant Killer Metal Space Squids that can control minds and melt people down to make more of themselves." The girl's eyes widened in shock. There was silence for a moment, until Legion said, to break the silence. "My designation is Legion."
"Huh?"
"My name is Legion, although, while here, I go by Anwaar Getthis," he clarified.
"Oh, mine's Ib," she said, extending a hand. There was silence for a moment, before Legion grabbed her hand and shook it. "Good to meet you."
"Ib!" The duo looked behind Ib, and saw Yang and Ruby running to them. "Why didn't you say you were going somewhere?" Yang asked.
"I just...went to look for Anwaar," she said, pointing to the kid.
"'Legion', please," Legion replied, indicating the duo as well, "Sorry, I just needed some quiet to think."
"Well, everyone was worried about you two! Come on!" Yang said, motioning for them to follow. The group then headed back up to the house, Legion and Ib ready to conspire, ready to begin preparing for the coming threat.
6 years after Ib's arrival/4 years after Legion's arrival
Ib walked down the stairs, ready to get breakfast. She'd been living here for over half a decade, and she now felt very much at home. As she reached the kitchen, she saw Ruby had Crescent Rose, her hand-crafted Sniper-Scythe, out.
Both Ib and Ruby had made their weapons at Signal, and both used a similar melee form: a scythe. Both of them were tutored by Qrow and Legion. Qrow taught them both how to wield a scythe, while Legion taught them how to use their ranged forms. The main difference was their ranged forms: Ruby's was a bolt-action sniper rifle, more fit for long-range combat, although the massive recoil the weapon has makes it useful as a kind of 'booster' for melee combat; Ib's weapon, Fabricated Rose, was a pump-action shotgun, which lacks the massive recoil of Ruby's sniper rifle, but its explosive pellet shots make for an excellent anti-projectile screen. Yang's even made quips about Ib's weapon being more like a 'portable flak cannon' than 'shotgun', used the way Ib tends to use it.
As Ib entered the kitchen, her adopted sisters took notice. "Hey, Ib! How are ya feeling this morning?!" Yang asked.
"Fine," Ib responded, "So, we're going to be training with Uncle Qrow and Legion again, I take it."
"Yeah, looking forward to it, too," Yang said, "That Legion is a BEAST, when it comes to fighting. And that Sniper-Scythe he uses packs a PUNCH! That Widowmaker of his can't be a sniper rifle: it's more like an anti-armor rifle!"
"That's why you keep moving," Ruby quipped.
"I do keep mo-" Yang began before being interrupted by Ib.
"Moving in a straight line at the guy shooting at you doesn't count," the middle-child replied, giggling.
"She has you there, Yang," Ruby replied, "She should know: she needs to get in close with her weapon like you do."
"Yeah, yeah, let's just finish breakfast and get going.
(-)
The group was currently in a training arena, with 2 teams of 2 ready, Ib and Ruby on one team, Yang and Legion on the other. Both Yang and Ib moved in close, trying to take down each other, or the opposing sniper. Ib utilized her superior maneuverability, while Yang countered with sheer strength and speed. Ruby and Legion both tried sniping the other or the opposing close-combat combatant with training rounds. Ruby used her own maneuverability to prevent any solid hits from hitting her, while Legion used his Barriers to block shots and his superior aim to try to take opponents down.
As usual, Ib used Fabricated Rose as a flak cannon, when Yang got close or it seemed Legion lined up a shot. Meanwhile, Yang was forced to try to find a way around said flak screen. Ruby kept moving all over their side of the battlefield, looking to get a shot in at Legion or Yang, and Legion kept trying to hit Ruby, but Ib's flak screen made that difficult...
...Soon, however, Yang got a little too close to Ib's flak screen, and was knocked out of the fight. Then, it just left Ib and Ruby vs Legion. "Acknowledged. Initiating advanced combat procedures," Ib could hear Legion mutter to himself. Then, Legion shifted Widowmaker to his left hand, and drew The Black Vindicator with his right hand, the Automatic Assault Sword pointed at the group. Both scythe-wielding girls pointed their weapons, as the glasses-wearing scythe-and-sword-wielding young man shifted his weapons to melee mode, knowing what's coming. 'I am fortunate that Qrow has taught me close combat techniques during these years I have been here,' Legion thought to himself.
The Ex-Geth then charged the duo, with them beginning to open fire. However, at last second, Legion deployed a series of Decoys, which he used to cover his maneuvers, which moved too spread out to be blocked by Ib's flak cover. And, soon, the real Legion made himself known by neutralizing Ruby, slamming her with the butt of Widowmaker. Then, it was just Ib and Legion. "Well...it's just us now..." Ib said, nervously.
"Indeed. Let us see if your training can aid you..." Legion stated.
Ib then hissed at him, too low for Ruby or Yang, the latter only just waking up, to hear, "But...I was just a little girl when I came here, you were a combat-capable robot soldier...thing..."
"I know..." Legion stated, before lunging at Ib. Legion was too close to Ib for her to fire her flak blasts, so she had little option but to shift to scythe mode and fight close quarters. The duo began striking at each other. It was easy to see Legion winning, wielding two weapons to Ib's one, and Legion's training regime was more...intense...than Ib's, due to Legion's determination to overcome what he felt was a 'fatal shortcoming' in his combat skills. It wasn't long after that Ib was defeated.
"Yeah..." Yang said, dazed, "We won..."
"I won, you were defeated due to a careless charge." Legion's response made Yang pout.
"Still can't believe you seem to be the one that decides the battles," Ruby stated.
"As long as I'm at long range, or against an opponent with inferior close-range skills," Legion stated.
Ib remained silent, but she looked up at Legion, who continued talking to Ruby and Yang. This wasn't the first time Legion defeated her one on one in a training spar by being too close to her...Now, she's had it: it may not be the first time, but it will be the last...
4 years after Krika's arrival
Krika waited anxiously. For the past 4 years, he's been beefing up security at the Schnee Dust Corporation. As Wolfram Schnee (and Krika) anticipated, Krika's Kralhi increased the defensive capabilities of the Schnee Dust Corporation: with one Kralhi in every Schnee warehouse, a couple accompanying Schnee Dust convoys, and several crawling over the grounds of the Schnee Family mansion, consequences of the war with the White Fang began to decrease, both for the company and the Schnee Family: with this newfound sense of safety, Wolfram had more time to spend with his family. However, Krika realizes that this respite for the family is due to his actions, and one small slip-up could prove disastrous for them.
Which is why he's been hard at work with 3 projects: one, his training: he remembered what Redemption had told him: 'As you grow in age and power...your powers will return. Soon, you will be full Makuta once more.' Now not only is the world at stake, but also this family: the more of his Makuta Powers he re-obtains, the better he'll be able to protect them and the world. Second is a little side-project of his involving some Grimm genetic material and dust he'd been fiddling with. The final one...he was unveiling the results of to Wolfram Schnee...
The human-formed Makuta eagerly led the head of the Schnee Dust Corporation, in addition to Weiss, who'd become a good friend of Krika's, to his laboratory. "So, Chris, you said you had something to show us?" Wolfram asked, when they arrived at some kind of massive dome.
Krika remembered how, while he somewhat trusted Mr. Schnee, he didn't trust the man enough to know his true name as his true name. He'd claimed it was his nickname, but since most of their interactions were business-related, Mr. Schnee typically kept to calling Krika "Chris" or "Christopher". "Yes, now, you've been hearing me point out flaws in the Kralhi's design recently, right?" Krika responded. Since he arrived there, Krika had regained his Sonic Powers, and, using them, he's transformed his voice, and due to it having been soon after arriving he got those powers back, he'd used the excuse that it was something wrong with his throat.
"You mean their size, lack of maneuverability, and inability to keep opponents conscious for interrogation? I remember, why do you ask?" Wolfram asked, and Krika nodded in response.
Krika smirked. "I've been working on the solution. Thanks to Weiss's aid," he gestured to the girl in question, "I was able to figure out an issue I had with one of the weapon systems, and now, I will unveil to you...my newest creation in Robotic Security! Zadakh-1! Rorzakh-1! Bordakh-1! Nuurakh-1! Vorzakh-1! Keerakh-1! ACTIVATE!" Several of the nobs on the dome began to glow...and they opened. Inside, 6 robots sat in racks, before their eyes began to glow, and the robots left their racks, coming to Krika's sides. "Wolfram, Weiss, allow me to introduce you to the next stage of Robotic Security Evolution: the Vahki!"
The 6 robots were color-coded: Zadakh-1 was brown with deep-blue eyes. Rorzakh-1 was black with yellow eyes. Bordakh-1 was blue with orange eyes. Nuurakh-1 was red with green eyes. Vorzakh-1 was green with red eyes. Keerakh-1 was white with sky-blue eyes. All six were armed with some kind of weapons on their hands.
"Interesting. They're certainly smaller," Wolfram commented.
"And more maneuverable too," Krika said, snapping his fingers. Immediately, all 6 Vahki reconfigured, flipping over, their weapons becoming an extra pair of limbs, and the robots becoming quadruped. "In this form, they can climb walls, and with greater speed than in their combat mode." He snapped again, and then...they leapt up and levitated, their legs wrapping over their shoulders and weapons being set up like wings at their back. "Here, they're capable of self-sustained flight, capable of speeds exceeding Mach 1."
Wolfram's eyes widened at this. "And their weapons systems?" he asked.
Krika snickered, before saying, "I've been working on Dust, and some of the affects certain variations have on the neurological functions of organic beings. And the Vahki hold the results of my neuro-dust research. In addition to their stun blast abilities, each Vahki Variation has a unique effect in their staffs: the Zadakh use a device I call the 'Staff of Suggestion': this device makes those under its effect susceptible to the suggestions of another, which can be useful guiding a White Fang agent to a cell. Rorzakh utilize the device known as the 'Staff of Presence': this could be useful in sniffing out White Fang hideouts in the Corporation, as they detect the neural patterns of the target, and allow the Rorzakh to apprehend them. Bordakh utilize a device known as the 'Staff of Loyalty', which affects the neural patterns of the target, and makes them temporarily loyal to the Schnee Dust Corporation, or whatever organization the Vahki works for, and more than eager to root out their former allies. Nuurakh are equipped with a device called the 'Staff of Command', which implants a single overriding command into the target's mind, until the effects wear off. Vorzakh are equipped with a particularly nasty little weapon called the "Staff of Erasing", which erases the higher mental functions of the target, reducing them to a state of blank-eyed wandering, called "Shambling", until the staffs effects wear off. Keerakh, finally, use devices I call the "Staff of Confusion", which distorts the person's sense of time and place, leaving them in an utterly confused state."
Wolfram seemed to analyze these new abilities. "Are these the only weapons?" he asked.
"No, I'm glad you asked. They all share one weapon, this weapon the one your daughter helped me with the problems with..." Krika snapped his fingers, and one of the Vahki, the Rorzakh, came forward. It them materialized a disc labeled "625" and fired it at a target. The target was immediately covered in a thick coating of ice. "I introduce you to the Kanoka Disk Launcher."
Wolfram looked at his smirking daughter, before turning back to his chief inventor. "And how many abilities can they have? And what's with the numbers?"
Krika turned to a screen. "Each Kanoka disk is labeled with 3 numbers: the first one determines its primary flight characteristics: 1s can knock obstacles out of their way and are stronger; 2s can change direction in mid-air, with the user's thoughts; 3s home in on other Kanoka and knock them off-course; 4s dodge obstacles to reach their targets; 5s have enhanced range and fly farther; and 6s return to their user if diverted from course or miss. The second number determined their characteristics: 1s temporarily scrambles the target's molecules, changing the target's shape; 2s freeze the target solid; 3s reduces the strength of a target, either animate or inanimate, and can be used to bring down buildings; 4s cure the effects of poisons; 5s and 6s are polar opposites, in that 5s enlarge targets and 6s shrink them; 7s regenerate tools, buildings, and other inanimate objects; and 8s teleport the target to another location. The final number determines the disk's strength, and is especially useful in making masks..." Krika then pointed to his practically-trademarked bug mask. "My mask was made from a collection of class-8 Kanoka, whose composite effects result in a repulsion effect. 1s to 6s in power result in powerless masks, and have only weak effects, although 2s are stronger than 1s, 3s are stronger than 2s, and so-on. 7s result in what are called "Noble Masks", which have power, but are still weak. Mine is a Great Mask, made from class-8 Kanoka, which are powerful, but can only be used through great mental concentration." He gave a smirk to Weiss: he'd made her a mask shortly after she helped him create Dust-Based Kanoka, and had given it to her only a day prior to this. "There're also the class-9 disks, which cannot be forged due to the level of purity required, but when made, can create a mask with the power to change time itself..." Krika (and Weiss, due to information he told her) knew this to be a blatant lie: the reason class-9 disks can't be forged was due to the requirement of a higher being to make them. Krika then continued, "Kanoka are not only Vahki-exclusive, though: In a week or so, I can have designs for a human-scale launcher ready for usage."
Wolfram smirked. "That would indeed be useful, and these...Vahki...they're most certainly interesting devices. I'll expect you'll want to retain the right to make and use some as you see fit."
"Like usual," Krika replied.
"Well, good work, Chris. I hope you can have a sufficient first batch of Vahki and these..."Kanoka Disk Launchers"...ready in a month." Wolfram nodded, and, with his daughter, departed.
(-)
Weiss wandered around the grounds of her family's mansion. She was once again thinking about how her family seemed to change after the arrival of the young man who used the name "Christopher Nuparu". The kid was very intelligent, and, due to his mechanisms, managed to make life easier for her family: her father was once always angry due to the White Fang's attacks on the Schnee Dust Corporation, but then, "Chris" and his Kralhi came along, and immediately diminished the number of successful White Fang attacks. While they continued with their attacks, in an increasing number, the Kralhi stood stalwart, ever guarding against the White Fang. Thanks to this, Weiss's childhood began to improve, her father becoming less and less angry. And now the guy released his new "Vahki", and she can only feel these will increase the quality of her life.
Weiss knew more about "Chris"...or, rather, Krika...than her father: he felt it fit to try to tell her about what he truly was. At first, she didn't believe it, then, she feared him: he was a being of darkness who was partly responsible for the fall of his world's "Big Good"...but, then, she remembered not only the "end" of his story (his show of mercy to that Toa, his alliance with another traitor of his people, to end his master's Master Plan, etc), but also his actions when they first met. As a result, she approached him, and decided to put some faith in him. Ecstatic, he then explained how he got here, and why. The mention of the "coming darkness" worried her, but he'd promised her he was here to help stop it.
She pulled something out of her pack, and looked at it: it was a mask, similar to Krika's own, in the sense that both were "Kanohi", as he called them. He called the one he gave her the "Kanohi Calix, Great Mask of Fate". However, he also stated that it was forged in the form of another mask, one he called the "Kanohi Akaku", due to that mask design containing scopes on it, which were useful in and of themselves. Krika had also, in secret, been teaching Weiss how to use the mask. She certainly had the mental focus to do so, but she'd yet to be able to successfully use the mask. Krika, however, determined it was likely just a matter of time.
Eventually, Weiss noticed something: Krika, next to his personal Bullhead, the Artidax. The transport craft was specially modified by Krika with various devices. Weiss knew specifically that, after she helped Krika with using Dust to recreate Kanoka, Krika incorporated Kanoka into the design, part of it as a back-up means of flight, as well as an underside pair of Kanoka Disk Launchers. On the side of the aircraft was 2 symbols: one was the Schnee Dust Corporation Logo...the other was the insignia for the organization Krika formerly pledged allegiance to: the Brotherhood of Makuta.
"Hey!" Weiss called to Krika.
The human-formed Makuta looked at Weiss. "Hey, what're you doing here?"
"Wondering what you're up to," Weiss replied.
"Going to check up on something on the Destral," Krika replied.
Weiss knew all about Krika's airship. He'd commissioned the thing's construction, using funds he obtained working for Weiss's father, and had even shown it to her a couple times. However, Weiss's father didn't know about the massive airborne laboratory Krika possessed, due to the ship possessing stealth systems far more capable than any present on Remnant. Weiss couldn't help but feel some pride over being the only person on Remnant to ever be on the most advanced Airship to fly over Remnant. "What're you checking up on?" Weiss asked.
Krika seemed to look around, supposedly for the security cameras usually on the grounds of the mansion, and, seemingly satisfied there weren't any, he asked, "You remember my "secondary projects" I'm working on? One of them is nearly complete, and I need to see if it worked out..."
"Is it related to those little guys I saw on your ship?" Weiss asked.
"Somewhat..." Krika responded. Krika knew she was referring to the Matoran he'd created. Having had experience making Rahi, the Makuta were more than capable of making Matoran...should they choose to. No Makuta had ever had reason to make Matoran before, making Krika technically the first Makuta to do so. Unfortunately, he was only able to make "Diminished" Matoran, or the form Matoran took after Teridax had imprisoned Metru Nui's Matoran population and the Toa Metru took them to the island above. Krika knew why Weiss was asking, and, while he intended to keep this secret from everyone, even her...she'd just done a lot for him, so he felt he owed her this. "If you're curious, I could always just take you up with me..."
Weiss seemed to appreciate that, and she nodded in response. "Let's go," she said, as she joined Krika on the Artidax.
As the duo entered the airship, there as a panicked sound and a flash of light from the cockpit. Weiss looked up front and saw the pilot nervously looking back at them. Krika came alongside her. "Relax, Kelu, she already knows..."
The pilot looked relieved and pressed a button on his belt, revealing a Le-Matoran with a Kanohi Ruru, who turned back to the controls. Weiss knew about how the Matoran were equipped with holographic generators designed to make them look like humans when around humans.
Currently, however, Krika only had the Matoran: as far as Weiss knew, he was still working on things beyond them. 'Maybe he made a breakthrough?' Weiss thought to herself, as the Artidax, entered a thunderstorm. Weiss knew it was fake: the first time she'd gone to the Destral, she thought that Krika was crazy to fly through this...until she found out that it wasn't an actual thunderstorm: it was merely a cloaking device for the 300-meter long airship. The Destral was a tear-drop-shaped airship, housing a ton of labs, living quarters, and 2 kinds of dome-shaped "hives": one was a Vahki hive, like the one in his "official" Schnee Dust Corporation lab, and another he called a "Bohrok Hive". The Destral's hull was silvery, and in areas, extensions made it look paper-thing, but Weiss knew better.
At one point, Krika decided to create Mining Droids, in an attempt to ween the Schnee Dust Corporation away from using Labor Forces, something Weiss's father bought, as it gave less credibility to the White Fang's attacks on them (since the corporation's usage of Faunus labor was one of the White Fang's reasons for targeting the company). However, while mining Dust, the robots would also save some rock-like material miners traditionally discarded as junk. Weiss's father found out about this, and brought the material to Krika for an explanation...and was met with Krika saying he could use it to reinforce both the mining droids and the Kralhi. While confused, wondering what was so special about it, Wolfram decided to not look a gift horse in the mouth and go with it. Weiss was confused as well, but, as usual, Krika would not explain with Weiss's father around.
It wasn't until the 2 were alone that Weiss knew the full extent of the droids' discovery: the junk material was, in fact, a substance from Krika's homeworld: Protodermis. Krika explained the nature of protodermis as the primary material his homeworld, including, but not limited to, how it was used for a variety of things: carvings, construction, disks, masks...and when properly purified, weapons. Krika then explained the nature of Protosteel, as one of his worlds hardest and toughest armor and weapon materials. As a demonstration, he made 2 replicas of Weiss's own weapon, Myrtenaster, one made of traditional Dust-augmented metals, one made of Dust-augmented Protosteel, and used them against a block of Protodermis. The traditional replica barely pierced the block...the Protosteel replica cleanly penetrated the protodermis block, and the wall behind. In secret, as a result, Weiss had Krika modify Myrtenaster with a Protosteel frame. It looked exactly like it did before...but it was now definitely more durable and dangerous.
The Destral's armor and frame was made entirely of Dust-augmented Protosteel, meaning it was definitely gonna be able to shrug off hits even in the places with the thinnest armor. It wasn't invincible...but it was damned near close to it.
The Artidax entered the Destral's hangar, which was mostly covered in modified AK-130 robots. Once landed, Krika and Weiss moved for the labs of the ship, and passed by a lab full of organic mask-like things. Weiss looked at them worriedly: she knew these were Krana, leftovers from the process of creating Matoran. She also knew of the Zyglak, but was relieved when Krika treated his Zyglak fairly, and it resulted in them being loyal to him...even if they were still a little bloodthirsty.
Finally, they arrived at a lab near one of the ship's airlock hatches. In it...was several tubes, one of which had a semi-fluidic dragonfly-like form in it. Weiss looked at it curiously. Krika came up alongside her. "This is the culmination of my efforts...a Rahi..." Weiss looked at the human-shaped Makuta: she recognized the Rahi as the wildlife of the Makuta's homeworld. "These creatures inhabited the world I came from...this particular specimen, the Nui-Rama...is an impressive creature: one fertile female and a single year is all that's needed to start a hive." He then turned to Weiss and handed her a vial. "Since you stuck with me this far..." He the pointed to a port on the tank. "...You should do the honors..."
Weiss was surprised by this, and tentatively approached the tank. After thinking a few moments, she slid the vial into the slot. Then, the...whatever it was, energy?...inside the vial drained into the tank, and the semi-fluidic Rahi reacted, its body becoming more solid, and compressed. Finally, the glass tank drained, and the glass lowered, exposing the now-solid Nui-Rama. Krika walked forward, towards the creature that was now stretching its wings, tail, stinger, arms, and neck. He placed his hand, hovering it above the creatures head...before he motioned for Weiss to come and do the same thing.
Weiss tentatively advanced and did the same. The creature slightly reacted to Weiss's advance, but, after a second gesture from Krika encouraged her to try again, she did, and, this time, the creature settled down. After a few moments, Krika backed up, Weiss following, and Krika opened the airlock. They were now over a forest, and he looked at the Nui-Rama. "Go on...start your hive..."
Weiss looked from Krika to the Nui-Rama, which stretched its wings, and slowly advanced to the exit. Looking back at the duo, the creature finally faced the open sky...and departed, a loud buzzing emanating from the creature as it flew off. Once the creature was gone, and the airlock closed, Weiss asked, "Are you sure about this?"
Krika nodded. "Yes. The Rahi, I've set to be utterly hostile to the Grimm and the Grimm alone. They will not attack humans or Faunus, unless they invade the Rahis' territory, I order it...or you do..." Weiss looked at him in shock. "Your presence here caused the Nui-Rama to imprint on you. You introduced it to life through the Rahi Virus you inserted. You hold almost as much command over that Nui-Rama as any Makuta does. You've been with me every step of the way, Weiss...You know my history, you know what I've done...and you stayed with me. My job isn't over yet, Weiss, but this is a good start..." He then place a hand on her shoulder, "And I would be glad if you remained." Weiss looked at him a moment, before nodding in confirmation. He smiled. "I am glad...Come on, let's get you home before your father worries." Weiss agreed, and Krika smiled. What he didn't tell her was that he only told her a half-truth there: she did have command over that Nui-Rama...but the truth was more complex and extensive than that. He felt, though, that she didn't have reason to know the whole truth yet, and, so, the duo left, Weiss not noticing the contents of one of the tanks...a large, spider-like Rahi with massive mandibles...
4 years after Snape's arrival
Ozpin watched a recording from Severus's most recent training session. In the 4 years Snape has been here, he quickly adapted to the new circumstance he found himself in, something that Ozpin expected from Severus's story. He felt a level of sympathy for the man: he fell for a girl when he was a kid, but he was merely a friend to her, and then, one mistake led to her hating him. He'd already been going down a dark path, and this merely led him further into the dark. Then, when his dark master planned to go after the girl of his dreams, he tried to save her, but failed. At which point, he worked to protect the girl's child, despite the fact he hated the kid immensely (due to the kid being too much like his father, supposedly). He continued working as a double agent, and even aided his new master in a plan that involved killing said master to gain the dark lord's trust, and sabotage him from within. This dark lord was unaware of this betrayal, but killed Snape anyways. The only solace Snape was given was that not only did his plan work, the boy he was protecting returned to life after his necessary death and defeated the dark lord.
Ozpin continued watching the recording, as Snape used his magic and aura against the Grimm he'd been facing. Over the years, the man had created various spells to fight the Grimm, including a new line of spells Snape called "Animus Spells", which, once his Aura was unlocked, he was able to mix his Aura into his spells, increasing their strength against the Grimm. His "Anima Sectumsempra" was especially effective against the likes of Beowolves, while "Anima Reducto" did especially well against Deathstalkers. He's even begun work on a lightning spell meant to fight airborne opponents, "Fulmena", which he'd then upgrade to "Anima Fulmena" as a means to effectively fight Nevermores.
'Yes, Snape is going to be a very useful ally in the coming fight,' Ozpin thought to himself, 'Even if he now is barely old enough to enter Beacon.' A moment later, someone entered the room, and Ozpin knew who it was. "So, how's work on the Fulmenus Charm, Snape?" Ozpin asked.
"It is coming along," Snape replied, "As are my Animus Spells."
"I've seen. Then again, I should have expected such from the "Half-Blood Prince"." Ozpin stated the last part with a smirk. Snape just scoffed and rolled his eyes. "It's almost time for the test to see if you will be able to enter Beacon. I am certain you will be able to succeed."
"Good to know," Snape said, "Good day..." With that, Snape left the room. As he headed back to his room, he bumped into Glynda Goodwitch. "Ah, Professor Goodwitch. Good to see you again."
"Same with you Mr. Snape," Glynda said.
"Still feels awkward being called that..." Snape muttered cynically.
Goodwitch raised an eyebrow. "It would be inappropriate to refer to you as 'Professor', even if that was your profession before coming here."
Snape sighed. He remembered how, 2 years ago, him and Ozpin informed Goodwitch of Snape's origins. She was, needless to say, extremely skeptical, although Snape used both his magic and incredible knowledge to prove it. "I understand that. It does not make it any less...unusual..."
"I understand. So...are you ready for classes next year? I know Ozpin has some high hopes in you..."
"I am about as ready as I can be," Snape said, "The only thing left I can do is...hope for the best..."
Goodwitch nodded at this and left, leaving Snape to his own thoughts, which, like so many times before, went to the Quadrad of Eternity, and wondering what Rinalyne meant by what it said before...
So that's it...you know, at first, I planned this story to be about all 4 characters equally (if not concentrate on Ib a little more than the others)...now, I guess influenced by my selection of categorizing, it seems the Krika/Weiss storyline is going further into detail much more quickly (the months it took to write this chapter were 90% writing Ib's, Legion's, and Snape's parts, and I fear Snape's might not be very good despite that...). Weiss and Krika, I wrapped up in about a week)...wow...not to mention all of the ideas I have for their future...
Also, I did my research and, in a couple areas, I read that Makuta CAN create Matoran (they have the capacity for it, they just never did so), and, as a result, I'm assuming it can also result in Krana and Zyglak. However, since Krika's Zyglak were not shunned by their creator (Krika), they have a different outlook on life: they're aggressive, but at the same time, loyal.
Now, I HOPE I can decide on the next chapter, but...I am SURE this is the LAST time I will be intentionally writing sections for EACH of the main characters, in one single chapter...Now, it'll either be separate chapters, or just whoever I know what to do with...