AN: Bastion. Action. Bastion. Action.
It was a harsh chilly Bastion morning as Jaune sat in the commander's tent. A sharp, cool breeze blew past his head as he gripped his body protectively woeing the fact that he didn't have anything warmer to wear and the fact that his light armor was not the best insulator in the world.
"Recaf?" A friendly voice said to his left as the feminine voice of Krix said not him s she appeared to his left with a boiling hot mug of black liquid in one hand and two small cups in the other one.
'Recaf? What's that?" Jaune asked as Krix took the wooden stool next to him as they shared the large table in the commander's tent.
It was early morning already, and they were waiting in the Death Korps briefing tent before they got the final specifics for their mission. So far Jaune was almost entirely in the dark except for the fact that the mission was about the Death Korps specialty trench warfare or something like that. As he took a small white cup in hand Krix took the other as they both sat down on the table.
"It stands for re caffeinated beverage. It's made of a type of ground beans form Vacuo that when prepared correctly can give you a jolt of energy in the morning to get up and moving. "Don't you mean off-
"Recaf Jaune here in Bastion we say Recaf," Krix explained calmly as her long pink hair flowed onto the table. She saw still tall. Jaune thought as he looked at the girl. Her R class collar still hung tightly on her neck as it whirred slightly every other second. Her skin was still almost paper white something that seemed to be a condition of prolonged exposure to Bastion's sunless hallways. Apparently, torchlight did not supply enough nutrients to get you a tan. Who'd have thought?
'Sure I'll try it." Jaune said as he held up her glass to Krix who smiled brightly her sharp pink eyes that matched her hair almost stabbing him in his retinas as she poured him a steaming cup of black liquid.
"Try it it's good." She said with a devilish smile as Jaune merely shrugged and put the drink to his mouth and took a large gulp. "Careful I like mine strong," Krix said as Jaune's eyes nearly bulged out of his head as he spat out the tar-like liquid in a way that Krix found to be entirely hilarious.
"What is that stuff?!" Jaune shouted as he finished spitting out the horrible black liquid that had just defiled his taste buds. Whatever this Recaf was it tasted like hers tar with the texture like motor oil. It burned and was hard and if felt like somebody was literally taking a weed whacker to the inside of this throat in the process.
"Bit strong ain't it? Trust me you'll learn to love it after a while it is an acquired taste. Just like smoking! I've seen you with those Vacuo Slims. Don't try to deny it I know you like a good smoke even after you spent all that time publicly saying that you would never smoke."
Krix said as Jaune shot her a dirty look. She replied by laughing in a sing-song voice before putting her strange assault file halberd weapon on the table as she began inspecting it.
Any further dialogue the two might have head was soon cut off as footstep approached the tent at the commander of this particular mission. The man wore grey combat fatigues, with a large black storm coat. Grey uniform, with combat boots, oversized plasma pistols as Kage had defined the strange blue sidearm and grim expressionless gas mask giving Jaune the feeling that the man could see right into his soul stepped into the room.
In short, he looked like every other Death Korps commander as he gave them a swift nod of greeting before he stalked into the center of the room where a large map was displayed on the wall of their tent. Soon after the other team leader stumbled, a grumbled their way inside the tent as the briefing began in earnest.
" The mission will take place here!" The large man in the gas mask said as he slammed the large map that hung on the wall like animal skin with the flat end of his sword. "A significant amount of White Fang presence has been established itself in this area know to the locals colloquially as the badlands. They have taken over large swaths of recourse filled land and fortified them heavily with miles upon miles of trenches. We are going to go there and take them out. Before I go into Mission details are there any questions about how we will be doing this mission?"
The man asked as he turned to face that gather assortment of Bastion leaders as they all gave him their total and utter attention.
"Sir! How will we be getting the Fang out of their trenches? Since they are apparently well dug in it would appear that any direct attack would be difficult and present heavy casualties to our forces." Jaune said as he fought his body to sit down. Damned Recaf! Jaune swore silently as he felt like he was literally going to burst. Not only had the drink state terrible but it gave him the energy of a hundred syrup filled Nora's. As he fought the jitters to sit still.
He was doing his best to hide it from the assortment of leaders and officer but KRix knew what he was doing. She hides it under a shit eating grin that made Jaune want to strangle the pink haired girl with his bare hands.
"Correct! Mister Arc. We will be taking these trenches, and we do expect heavy casualties along the way. Do not worry about the particulars of loss, only focus on completing your objectives as quickly and efficiently as humanly possible and you will be fine."
"Now to the plan. You will be dropped in via aerial bullhead incursion here!" He said slamming another part of the map as he eyed the students carefully.
"After your initial deployment, you will then be charged with taking the first of three lines of these trenches. Don't worry about the rest of the mission will commence after we have bombarded the back lines with artillery shelling. You are to take the middle line of trenches and you are to not under any circumstances go to the eastern front. If you do there are a series of fortified white fang positions. Pillboxes, Bunkers, minefields etc. There you will have to fight your way through to get to the evacuation point here!" He said hitting the map again as the assembled teenagers nodded once.
"But sir if we are going to be clearing out White Fang anyways why leave their fortifications? Surely we do not want them to have a fortified position in an area we just finished clearing right?" Krix asked the man as he nodded once.
"That is correct Miss Chateaux. We do not want the white fang to have a fortified position in an are we just finished clearing. However. We will not be letting them keep said fortified positions. You see after you push past the main line of trenches you will be upon the main resupply station for this local group of White Fang. Your orders are to if possible capture the station intact, if not burn it to the ground. This will destroy their supply lines for miles and render any remaining white fang surrounded, isolated and with our food or ammunition. Making them easy targets for our sapper crews to get to work on."
"After you have accomplished this objective and not a minute before evacuation bullheads will come to ferry you home to Bastion for rest and recovery. Is there any questions?"
"One sir. How are we supposed to destroy this facility should we fail to capture it?" Jaune asked as he eyed the commander evenly as he points to the large map once again.
"For that, you will have to improvise. We have provided some of your compatriots with death charges of the X-6 variety to incapacitate structures. Otherwise, you must think on your feet, or you will die. Any more questions?" "No? Then get moving! We don't; have all say to sit around now do we? We got a fight to win so come of Bastion Death Korps let's show these whiskered bastards what we're made of!"
"What's the play, boss?" Kage said as soon as Jaune mead out to the Bullhead landing zone as Team ARKM stepped onto the large transport ship as it roared into the sky. As the transport reached cruising speed teamARKM sat in a semi-circle around the end of the transport as Jaune depicted the plan to them.
"It's trench warfare apparently-
'Of course, it's damned trench warfare! This is what I was talking about when you said you wanted to sign up for the death korps! Have you ever seen trench warfare Jaune? It's terrible! It is literally the worst type of warfare in my opinion."
Kage said as he worked on his massive pistols as the ship lurched in vicious arc nearly sending Jaune off his seat as they hit a particularly rough spot of turbulence. He was barely held in place by his restrains as Ruby patted his back affectionately as the ship righted itself and her leader continued to talk.
"I don't know why Kage is being such a spoilsport! I mean the last time we did this it was fun! You have nothing to worry about ~Mister Bossman~" Mika sang to Jaune as he shined her axe to a fine edge. Jaune shudder as he watched the dull green bale sparkled in the bullhead residual light as the craft rocked and dipped.
"Says the one person with a damned flamethrower! Of course, you would like trench warfare you weapon's practically built for it!"
"Guilty!" She said as she hit her ghostly face once with a near purely white fist in what was a cute? Manner.
"Have you ever stormed a trench Jaune? Cause if you haven't let me warn you it will be the single most horrific experience of your life. I mean boss it's going to be everywhere, men screaming and dying by the dozens, the hard earth soaked with fresh blood. It is not going to be a fun time."
"Maybe it will be ok? I mean we can't be in that much danger! Trench warfare is the Death Korps specialty after all! I'm sure they have come up with all sorts of ways to do this with minimal risks to their own soldiers right?" Ruby asked as her mechanical eye whirred hopefully as Kage sighed.
"Kid you are an optimist. And while that is a refreshing change of pace it's going to get you killed sooner rather than later so be on guard." Kage said to Ruby who looked like somebody had just kicked a puppy. Usually, Jaune would have attempted to berate Kage for his harsh words but one, Kaged seemed immune to all forms of insults, criticism, and opinions of others.
And two Kage might be right. They were going into a situation where half the team was utterly inexperienced in as a matter of life and death this could go very poorly very quickly. Jaune thought as the craft lurched again as put his head in his hands.
"At least they gave some damned artillery this time. I remember the last time we did this and head to clear all the trenches by hand. That took an eternity before we could finish and we were all half dead and bleeding out by the end of it." Kage spat out bitterly as he cleans his two massive pistols. As his crimson plate male shined in the dim sunlight.
"Those were good times weren't they Kage? It was Just you and me and the screams of dying faunus everywhere. To our left was white fang beg cooked alive in their masks while on our right was the butchered remains of the ones that came before them. It was fun wasn't it?"
"Me and you have very different definitions of fun. Mine usually involve staying as far away from the thing that wasn't to kill me as humanly possible. Not charging across a flat surface into assault weapon fire with no cover and no lines of retreat."
"But that's what makes it fun! The danger of combat! The stress of knowing the only way to go is forward! Isn't that what makes life worth living!?"
"I think staying home and smoking a cigarette all day is what makes my life worth living. Preferably with a liquor that is at least twice my age. Speaking of smoking."
Kage said as he took out a cigarette from one of his many armor pouches. Ashe did Ruby instantly followed his example as she removes her own warm what stick and put in her mouth. Without hesitating Mika lit both of their cigarettes before lighting her own. Sighing Jaune put one into his mouth and waited as the pear scent form of Mika's perfume entered his nostrils he lights his cigarette with her flamer.
As Team ARKM sat in the bullhead, they took a long drag from their respective cigarette. Each was having a distinct feeling that they might not be able to do this ever again….
"GO! GO! GO!" A loud voice said as he bullhead let out a large mechanical groan as it dipped to its side. "ARMK! This it is! Remember our training! Keep it tight!" Jaune shouted as his team leaped out of the bullhead getting a lung full of harsh cold air for their troubles as they stepped feet first onto the badlands.
Jaune head absolutely no idea what to expect of the so-called badlands. But to be fair, it was a fair description of the place. WHAM! Jaune's knees threatened to break as he hit the hard cold earth of the ground. He screamed internally as he crushed his knees as he took his first look at the land.
It was dead. The entirety of the land was dead. It was bleak and sickly with a thin layer Tully fog that covered the dull grey earth giving it a morbid feeling. As a hard early morning air that entered his own as he surveyed the environment there was nothing but cold, flat, dead, grey earth. Harder than steel for miles and miles around. Ahead of him was the dull grey sky that was influenced by the sharp WHUMP! CRACK! Of artillery fire as plumes of smoke and fire on the far ends of the land. As the entirety of team ARKM hit the ground. Pit!pit!pit!
The sound of flying rocks filled his ears as Jaune start to sprint. Those aren't rocks. Jaune said to himself as he sprinted for what appeared to be a massive gathering of Bastion students who had grouped up in a large trench.
Ignore the bullets Jaune. Ignore the gunshots. Just keep running and nothing will happen to you. Jaune repeated his mantra as he leaped into trench knees first. Quickly followed by Kage, Ruby, then Mika. Jaune smiled at Ruby as her baleful red eye regarded him whirring quickly before she dove into the trench line next to him. Jaune grinned at the girl who was finally able to keep her running to a jog so she could keep up with the rest of their team and not leave them behind.
WHUMP! Jaune slammed onto a hard wooden board as the remainder of his team slammed against the cold, stale earth of the trench walls. It was cold damp, and it smelled like there was an open waste ditch nearby as they jumped into the first trench As Team ARKM landed in the channel Jaune saw the familiar form of Horatio Standing at the head of the trench on the lookout.
"Death Korps! This is it! We are taking the trench now! Stick together work as a team and you will survive!" Horatio yelled as he pointed to the enemy trench as the mass of student surged out and began sprinting forward.
"Hell, here we go!" Kage grumbled as they pulled themselves out of the trench on the dull rickety wooden ladders that the trench had been installed on its fronts and ends. As Jaune climbed the dim ladder before he finally reached the precipice of the trench and stepped onto the cold earth. He took one look at the sickly fog-filled field in front of him he wished he had died on the firing line.
"RUN! RUN! Don't star sprinting!" A voice yelled loudly as Jaune stepped forward into a vision of heel. Blood, blood was everywhere, and the whip crack! Of bullets flying file the air as Bastion students began sprinting across the cold dead earth. WHOMP! CRACK! The not so dull crack of partially filled the air as shells detonated in the midst of Bastion lines sending blood and fire everywhere. IT was chaos. Blood flew everywhere as body parts flew through air like pieces of sand as massive plume of fire entered the plains.
Jaune was sure he had gone to hell. Students were screaming and crying as bullets ripped into bodies. Tearing limbs from bodies. Liberating limbs from bodies and snapping heads from necks.
As great plumes of fire filled the line turning whole groups of students into smoldering remains as they were annihilated in an instant. Jaune was panicking as he sprinted through the cold dead earth he hated this. Every step, every stride on the dead ground sent fresh waves of pain throughout his body as the cold earth refused to bend to his feet, as he ran each lungful of air was the equivalent of being stabbed in his chest by along serrated knife as the harsh cold air entered his lungs.
He had nothing! He could do nothing! As he sprinted across the cold earth. His lungs burned and screamed in pain as the harsh air entered his lungs as it stabbed harshly into him. As he ran more students fell into bright bloody smears onto the ground. For the first time, Jaune did not feel pity for the initiation students. They had no aura so when their time comes they died quickly. Everyone else? Oh, they suffered before their time came.
Some were taken apart in storms of bullets, others disappeared into cloud of black onyx styled shrapnel while tuned them into bloody shreds as their limbs ripped off in a spectacular display of blood and bones, some disappeared into clouds of metal, while others still were yanked back and ripped off their feet as if they were pulled back by an invisible hand as they sprinted.
"Keep running!" Kage shouted as he appeared at Jaune's side sprinting full force as they neared the white fang trench line. As the ran the harsh whip crack! of bullets and shrapnel filled the air as more students fell to the clouds of shrapnel and gunfire.
Jaune finally got his first good look at the white fang trench line as he's a masked figure manning the machine gun that shot fiery death into the throng of advancing students. As he prints time slowed and dipped to imperceptible levels as he saw bullets flying in slow motion, as his legs pumped through the ear. The first line of students finally hit the trench as Jaune unsheathed his sword and dove straight in.
The first gunner looked to Jaune in what might have been shock as his mask blocked all traces of emotion. Jaune slashed forward at the man aiming his neck. Ok, I just need to knock him-
FISHT! The man gurgled as Jaune's sword cut deep into his neck severing his jugular as he fell backward.
Vivid crimson blood poured from his throat as he coughed up right scarlet wads of blood. He had no aura! Jaune thought as he saw three more men approach him in masks time slowed, Jaune breathed once taking a deep lungful of cold, harsh air before he sharpens his glare and jumped. He sighed once then he never hesitated.
Instantly he shield bashed one to his left sending him stumbling backward, turning to the one on his right before slicing him in the leg. His sword cut straight through the limb, cleanly slicing it off from his body as he screamed in pain until Jaune reversed the blade using a Mika inspired arena move in a brutal overarching strike decapitating him in an instant. FSHT! Blood flew freely from his severed head covering Jaune in hot red liquid before Jaune brought his sword into the stomach of another Fang members eviscerating him in moment.
FWOOSH! The sound of flames enter his hearing as the familiar scent of chemical fire, and the distinct scent of ozone entered his nostrils as he hear the horrible screams of whitefang for the other side of the line. He knew Mika was somewhere over there on the other side of the trench, hopefully with Ruby. They had gotten separated from them as they ran the gauntlet of fire as they hit the trench line. Jaune had no time to moan them as the fight in front of hid demanded his immediate attention.
"Behind you!" Kage shouted as Jaune ducked instantly as a mass-reactive shell fired nearly deafening him with the retort as a round the size of a softball flew past his head.
Jaune dived forward striking hard against the cold hard walls of the trench, as the sound of shuffling boots filled the air it was a good thing too as his sword pierced the heart of the White Fang member he head shield bashed as he felt the remaining numbers of the students hit the trench as it dissolved into a bloody mess of close quarters fighting, frantic gunfire, screaming shrapnel, whooshing fire, human screams and the distinctive sound of tearing meat.
"This is hell," Jaune said as he as Kage sprinted quickly along the wooden flooring of the first length of the trench and as they ran for their next objective. DUN! DUN! DU! Their feet made heavy footfalls on the rickety trench boards as they sprinted full force throughout the trench. Luckily they had not run into anymore white fang but as Jaune knew from experience luck never lasted.
"First kill? You did well." Kage said quietly to his leader and friend as they ran through the trench.
Jaune was in turmoil complete and utter moral turmoil. He heads done it. He heads finally killed a man. He spent over a month in the arena avoiding killing anybody but then it the heat of the moment he just did it.
At first, he wondered if he would go into shock or at the absolute worst become addicted to it like Ruby was. Jaune loved Ruby like a sister but to become like her...to get that shared look of ecstasy whenever he killed a man? That to him was a fate worse than death and he prayed it would never happen to him, and it didn't...
But instead, something much, much worse had happened to the blonde knight. He heads killed three men without thinking, he just cut them down where they stood and then expecting to be filled with grief, anger or to collapse in a crying heap on the cold dead earth, instead of all of those he felt nothing. No hatred, no remorse, no sadness, no joy. Killing to Jaune felt like nothing, it was not different than when he was folding clothes…
You just did it. You didn't like it you didn't dislike it you just did it. There was no emotion any righteous indignation at the taking of another life. He just slit the man's skin revealing his fleshy parts killing the man in a second follow up strike then repeating the process ever onwards. It was just like folding clothes
As the two teenagers ran they finally made it to the opposite side of the trench as Kage swore loudly.
"We got to go now!" He yelled as a titanic fireball appeared ahead of them nearly deafening them as Jaune swore he he had gone deaf. As the ringing in his ears finally died down Kage was pulling him to the trench line with one hand the other still gripping one of his massive pistols.
"Why Are we advancing alone?!" Jaune shouted as Kage drug hm forward to the mouth of the trench "Because! Did you saw that big explosion? That was the big one! That means our guys are reloading! They won't; provide us with any artillery cover for a while, so we need to go while we still have some timing tactics!" Kage said as Jaune swore loudly as they got to the lip of the trench climbing another set of rickety wooden ladders attached to the cold earth before the hellish sprint began again...
"First-year initiation students Bran Olim and loader Brax Compton reporting for duty sirs! How can we be of help?" Two bright-faced youths said they jumped into the now shared foxhole of Jaune and Kage. As the two students jumped in the defilade an instantly went to work setting up a machine gun of some type as they pointed it out to he fang trench line.
"Get the stubber on that trench line! Put some fire on it!" Kag yellas the students nodded one and began firing. THUNK! THUNK THUNK! The gun fired again and again as it quickly racked the enemy trench line with fire. Jaune hated to admit it, but Kage was right. If they had not advanced when they did they would have been stuck in the first trench which was now awash with enemy artillery fire.
As the heavy gun fired "Kage we need a plan! I say we- WUMP!
Jaune's vision was obfuscated with a screeching scream followed by a bright wash of flames as his eardrums nearly burst as he was tossed three feet into the air. WHMAP! Jaune cried aloud as he smacked into the solid ground of the dirt as he looked for his sword as his breath was knocked out of his lungs making him breathe in large mouthfuls of the harsh cold air making him tear up as it cut his lungs.
As he looked at his left tear filling his eyes as he saw the initiation students were dead. A mortar shell had hit their fox hole directly on top of them. As one was cut clear in half, his upper half slumped over the cooling machine gun as his lower half was located some feet behind him. As long ropes of intestines spilled freely on the cold earth, and the other was simply gone.
"Damn it!" Kage yelled as he jumped to gun grabbing it harshly form the still warm hands of the Bastion student as he aimed it to the fang gun line.
"Jaune! Load the stubber!" Kage shouted as-as he cocked a lever on the gun making a loud metallic Clinking! Sound as he aimed the thing. "The what?"
"The gun load the damned gun!"
Jaune obliged as he offered the belt of ammunition to Kage as the gun resumed its usual THUNK! THUNK! THUNK! The staccato of unleashing heavy caliber shells onto the enemy lines. This conite for another thirty seconds until another similar explosion like the one that killed the initiation students hit within ten feet of them showering them in dirt and shrapnel
"They have our range! We can't stay here!" Juan yelled as Kage shaped as Kage put the stubber down before pausing once and snapping his fingers together.
"Jaune can you shield stop those bullets?" Kage asked as he ducked another bullet that would have surely stuck his head as Jaune nodded once. "Yes, my shield can stop almost anything why?"
"Because if so we can mount a charge on them!" Kage said point to the enemy trench. It was only thirty feet away roughly, but it might as well have been three miles.
"Kage my shield can't cover us both! If we run, you won't make it!" Jaune said as Kage's brown eyes paused once scanning their environment before resting on the dead body of the initiation student. Brin? Brax? Jaune head long forgot their names not that he really paid attention as a vicious smile appeared on Kage's face.
"You let me worry about my shield why don't you?"
"This is going to get us both killed!" Jaune shouted as they ran out of their foxhole as one. Jaune head his word to his right and shield firmly to his left, as Kag head taken the deceased corpse of the initiation student and was now using it as a makeshift shield as they ran, he held the rubber gun single-handedly to his side as he opened up on the white fang trench reigning fire upon them with large caliber ammunition. THUNK! THUNK! THUNK!.
Masked bodies broke apart in bright explosions of gore as they painted their trench red as the two sprinted towards the trench. Fitunk! Clang! Bang! Bullets ricocheted harmlessly of Jaune's shield as he sprinted forward Jaune winced in pain under the hard impacts of bullets to his shield, as he kept pace with kage. Sight! Sklurk! Fethom! Bullets sank into the macabre piece of armor Kage wielded as he ran bullets finding homes in the corpse or flying harmlessly off of Jaune's Shield until they finally reached the trench line.
"GO!" Kage yelled as they both split apart into the trench. Jaune instantly stabbed a man through the throat. Ripping out his sword in a shower of blood before seeing a man leaped him from the back top of the trench. Jaune swore loudly as he tucked his legs into a combat role, the man was far too close there was no- FISSHHH! A green bolt impacted him head boring right through his aura as energy shot slammed him into the cold ground.
"Take that you Oum damned wanker!" A familiar voice cried the form of Zach clad in his odd emerald combat gear leaped into the trench twin energy pistols blasting iridescent green bolts into the white fang defenders. His twin pistol sent green fire into the faunus lines. As shot into them. THUNK! THUNK! THUNK! CLICK! Kage ran out of ammunition of his stubber swearing once he tossed it to the ground drawing his pistol as their massive retorts began to fire into the trench line.
"Sirs! What is the plan here!?" A terrified initiation student cried she jumped into the trach. Was he shorter than Juan maybe around Ruby's age? He wore a dull green outfit with a large black backpack with some type of antenna on it.
"We need to move!" kage said as they fought their way to the trench. As the ran forward. "It's just like Vacuo huh Kage? Me you side by side Judge and hammer with Emerald striker? Back to back?" Zach asked as he and Kage took the front their ranged weapon would prove invaluable to the quickly paced trench fighting as Kage nodded in agreement before they charged forward and the real battle began.
Jaune fought and killed like he was on autopilot. He compartmentalized his feelings of sadness, hatred, injustice at the loss of so much life. He took such useless emotions and stuffed them into a far back corner of his mind for safekeeping as he focuses on the more important parts of life like keeping alive.
As he ducked an overheard sword strike, he stabbed the owner through his fack killing him instantly before parrying another strike. He struck with the need arose and defended when abe. Kage blasted his way through the fight using blunt force and sheer firepower to win the battle. Meanwhile, Zach slipped in and out of combat using his twin guns to pierce heads and stop hearts. As he fried his green energy bolts that seemed to tunnel through your aura like some type of shovel before striking the soft flesh underneath killing their target every time he pulled the trigger. As they fought their way through the trench, even the initiation student contributed to their fight. As he fired an old-fashioned snubby revolver into the fray.
As the two finally fought their way to the end of the trench, the resistance became less and less, as they reached what was to Jaune's relief a large gathering of Bastion student who was apparently being rallied by a strange fourth year.
"Are we going to let some long-nosed bastards kill us?! Are we going to let some bastard that isn't even litter boxed trained come and kill us!? The hell we are! We are Baston Death Korps they can't kill us!" He shouted as the initiation student first years all "Come on boys you want to live forever!?"
He yelled to the student who began to run over the trench line. Mostly first-year initiation student as Jaune was about to take his first step to the trench before Kage tackled him down. "What are you doing!?" Jaune yelled as Kage's large form pinned him to the ground
"Never. Go. First." Kage said as he pointed to Zach who had tackled the first year that was traveling with them yelling at him to get this stupid arse down before he got himself killed, as the first year charge began Jaune noticed the fourth year who head rallied them was not leaving the trenches the mass of first years surged forward only to be turned into a thin red paste by enemy fired an a macabre rain fell over Jaune covering him and Kage in red as Kage spoke. "Remember this Jaune. People, make your sacrifice." Kage said as the word went red.
"Why did he sacrifice them like that?!" Jaune demanded angrily as they ran through the absolute charnel house of the empty ground. The floor which was once a dull life less grey was now smeared with bright red blood bones, limbs and entrails litter the entirety of the ground. As the blood ran into the mud giving it a sickly almost pinkish brown color as their feet made disgusting squelching noise as they ran through the field.
"Because we needed to take the trench and they are running out of ammunition. Terrorist are the last people We expect to use fire discipline, so after they blew all their ammo on the first wave we can just stroll in like such." Kage said as they stormed the third and final trench…
"Tomorrow is the day," Kage said as he checked his guns. Night had fallen and the remaining allies were huddled around a small fire in the recently captured trench. They headed taken the trenches but lacked the manpower to continue so, for now, the Bastion students were resting in the captured enemy trench lines.
"We have to take a break if we are to find out teammates."
Jaune said as his body finally collapsed as he slumped down by the fire.
"I got command on the vox! They say we attack at dawn!" The initiation student who Zach had forbidden to speak his name said as he turned the radio or Vox as they called it on hid back. Apparently, it was a tradition that initiation students do not tell you their names on missions like this so when they inevitably died the blow was lessened.
"So be it." Kage said as he rolled onto his back as the crackling fire illuminated his bright red armor as he closed his eyes and went to sleep in the entry trench."
"Let's get some sleep," Jaune said as he felt his body collapse. "Tomorrow we fight."
"Let's bugger them good!" Zach said as the four boys sat by the crackling fire in the dirt grey trench supported by the cold dead earth as each one waited for the morning...
AN: There we go! The boys are all by their lonesome let's see what they get up to nest huh? And maybe the girls will all be alive too? Maybe...