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Spectre could see it as he fell a hole right in the sky where the Vex portal had opened tossing him out. "Torren sparrow now before that portal shuts!" He yelled hoping his Ghost could still get a decent transmat signal through the gateway. Luck, as usual, was kind to the redheaded Hunter and Torren managed to transmat it out just before the gate closed.
Torren looked up towards the sky scanning for stars and trying to pinpoint their position. Spectre meanwhile was acting like this was sparrow racing and not plummeting from the sky. He cheered wildly as he performed tricks for his own amusement, enjoying the fun of it all as fell, always trying to keep himself entertained.
He let the bike spin as he checked the lift engine and primed it firing it full blast as he got close to the ground he gently began to hover over the water now. Torren floated up to the adrenaline rushed Hunter who was cheering. "Eat that Marcus! Most tricks ever on a sparrow record beaten!" He pulled off his helmet. "So, Ghost where did we land? South America? North America? Asia?" He asked curiously from how things looked he assumed he was just in a rather unused section of Earth.
"Were not on Earth, Spectre we're lost. As in I can't find a star that matches our known position in the galaxy." Spectre stopped a moment then looked all around slowly. "So, you're telling me, I have all this to explore to my heart's content while we search for the others?" The grin on his face growing, elation in his eyes. This was a Hunters dream a new word to explore and new things to kill. "Torren if we find Wrath remind to kiss that hunk of metal, we just found where going to set up our new safehouses when we get back."
"If we get back. Do you still have that extra Ghost you grabbed?" He asked Spectre who lifted a red shelled Ghost he'd hidden in an ammo pocket. "I recognize her, she flew off years ago to search for her Guardian outside of Earth, her names Dot." He paused scanning her. "Systems on her are green, I can wake her up when we stop to rest."
He paused suddenly overhead rocket a rather impressive looking ship. "Huh... That's going somewhere let's follow it and meet the locals?" He grinned flicking the boost to the ready position.
"Spectre it's not a race. We don't even know where the thing is going." The Ghost chastised.
"It's always a race Torren because everything has a winner and loser... And do we lose?" He taunted playing to his Ghost's competitive side.
"No. We don't lose, ever." Torren answered getting a little aggressive, he'd been taunted for a long time by other Ghosts for not finding a Guardian. However, Spectre and him had always worked hard taking on any task, Torren because he wanted to show his Guardian was truly better than those that had mocked him. Spectre took on challenges for the sake of loot and testing himself.
With that, the sparrow rocketed forward. "Put a marker on the ship." He spoke as the started dodge between tree's Spectre refusing to break speed as they caught up to the vessel now hanging under it off to the left. Spectre kept his focus slowly starting to inch out the ship as they crested a mountain and they both stared at a city ahead. Unflinching in his efforts to outrace a ship with a sparrow he shot off the cliff edge, taking the lead as let his legs hang off.
Weiss meanwhile had grown bored of the ride on the rather small cargo ship, the captain had taken her money eagerly. She wondered if might be a smuggler or worse, but the thought quickly passed as he decent sort though scarred by recent events no doubt. As she glanced out the window as the shuttle dipped a little coming over the mountain she froze as near the ship was a single person craft in midflight it seemed following them.
Weiss couldn't help but stare at even as they neared Mistral, it's speed was now outpacing the cargo ship as it again shot off another hill as both neared Mistral. This machine he was on had to be an outstanding new piece of tech if he was keeping pace with them. The trail it left was a strange glowing purple, as the cargo vessel crested the last peak Mistral appeared below. She smiled as she looked around at the city, enjoying the sights of the sprawling city below. She wondered what she might find in the city below, she'd have to find Winter as soon as possible.
Spectre meanwhile had paused and gave a whistle at the city below. "Damn... That's beautiful." He spoke staring over the sprawling city before him. "I love the style... Reminds of the ramen shops and some of the older districts in the city."
Torren floated up beside him. "Alright, so I've been hacking into their systems... Rather basic compared to what I normally have to break into you. The city is called Mistral... I'll sift through more but why don't we get inside and do a little scouting?" He spoke storing the Sparrow for later, they would need to maintain the gear they carefully now they wouldn't have spare Sparrow if this one exploded.
Spectre nodded. "Yeah, if we can find a communication network of some sort we might be able to reach out to Shara and Wrath. Alright, Torren... Let's avoid attention let's lose the helmet and give me the Last Word, just in case we run into trouble." He told Torren, letting his gear change he Hunter paused. "Change the shader out too... Black will do better here, Old Guard I think." He nodded as the white and gold faded from his armor and he stood adorned in black now.
He made his way down towards the city gates passing through with a crowd a people, the redheaded Hunter smiled as he wandered through the city. His eyes darting from thing to thing a new world, new people, and new adventures. It was going to a hell of a good time. His eyes caught sight of a human-like figure with horns, then another with a tail, and one more with fox ears... Well much like back home seems Humans weren't the only species anymore. He needed to find out more about Mistral... A local watering hole would do nicely
Weiss left the cargo docks carefully slowly stepping out into the undercity of Mistral, wide-eyed she looked around finding a sign she started upwards. Unknown to Weiss, Winter had gotten reports of Qrow's arrival, she needed to find out what he knew. She was tired of being out of the loop she needed information.
Ruby Rose and her friends waited at their rented hotel room while Qrow went out for a drink, they had been told they would have to wait to go after the Spring Maiden. The old huntsman meanwhile was bitter and angry... Spoiling for a fight once more, when a rather capable looking red-headed man dressed in armor entered. Right behind him, the ice queen
Ought to be good for at least ten minutes of entertainment, thought Qrow grinning as his hand moved towards weapon and so did Winter's. Spectre eyes went wide as he stepped backward eyes watching the two. 'What the hell did I just walk into?' He groaned and shut his eyes, calling upon his Arc light, if this was going to be a melee he wanted to make sure he wasn't about to get torn to shreds between them.
Well, Spectre's in for it now. As for our next Chapter, Yang and Shara will be meeting. I'm currently wondering if anything would survive a striker Titan and Yang fist bump? The answer, probably not. Also during these end segments, I may vent a little but I will always post a song that I listened to while writing a certain chapter that helped me set the tone for it.
As such this week's song is Misty Mountain Hop by Led Zeppelin.
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