AN: OK! We are Back! It took me a second to get here working on other fics, running a discord, Anime conventions and writing commission work to pay bills is a lot! But Bastion is back! We are close to the end of the second pillar! Only a few more chapters left to the final run in Bastion and then... Beacon... Untill then? Enjoy.
"I... I don't' belong here?" Ruby asked her voice shaking Hino looked at her smaller friend her eyes searching her own for even a hint! Of Treason. Finding none, she paused as for the first time it looked like Ruby was telling the truth.
"I.. no... you do not belong here... you are innocent in this crime," Hino said not saying that Ruby was innocent because she like every devout follower of the light had known since they first trusted their fate to it. That no one no matter who they were was wholly innocent, there was no such thing as innocence just varying degrees of guilt.
"I... I am innocent?" Ruby squeaked out as Hino nodded once.
"Well I would not go that much but you did not do the crime you are accused of that is for sure. The fifth prince is not a thing." Hino said she was not sure what to think. Ruby, her friend, should not be in Bastion. The idea that Ludo would let an innocent in here was mind-boggling it raised many questions mainly why and how as Ruby gulped.
"B-but! But! If I am not supposed to be here, then why am I here!?" Ruby asked as Hino paused she did not know what to say to her friend, she wanted to comfort her and to tell her that this was going to get all better, but she had no idea what to say.
Hino paused she took the time to think acting rashly was never the plan; she took her arms and hugged Ruby. Calming her down and most importantly making sure she had time to think of just what the hell to say to Ruby to make her feel better and fast!
"You might not belong here, but I am glad you are. You are a friend to me."
"But back home! My family! Friends! They think I am dead!"
"And you are not, that is what is important Ruby. Just ignore this; you will be home soon enough as is, however, this happened; it cannot be undone focus on the task at hand and triumph." Hino said, rubbing her friends head Ruby's panicked sobs reached new heights as she rubbed her head softly.
"There you go just let it out ok?" Hino asked as Ruby took full advantage of that and let her body shake as she cried out into her chest as the poor reaper of the school finally began to weep.
"So I think that it will bite us in the ass sooner rather than later."
"Kage what if it never bites us or anyone in the ass? Did you think about that?" Zach asked sighing as his friend refused to see things from an almost positive point of view.
"Did I think about it? Yes. Do I think that it will ever happen? No. Nothing is without flaws and what we did? I know that not only did he not see the end of that, I barely think we even know what the beginning of it all was." Kage said as Zach raised a brow at him.
"What are you two talking about?"
"Blowing up the most powerful being on the planet Zach that is what," Jaune stated as the black haired thief paused.
"I really, really hope that you two do realize that everything you do seems to backfire in terrible ways an I want no part in this bull shit ok?"
"You don't have to ask we don't take volunteers that easy."
"Yeah, no shit you rope other people into your own shit even if they don't want to. Speaking of others where is Red? Thought was with you?"
"She and Hino are relaxing studying in the rebuilt church area."
"I see well that is not a recipe for disaster see you two later try not to die ok?"
"We will," Jaune said dryly as he let out a small sigh. He was tired already even if he was not in any immediate danger of death; he still did not want to test a limit in a school like this.
"So what are we doing now? Do you have an idea for what the goal is?"
"I am going to train in the hall. I want to practice shooting."
"Well that is boring I guess I'll shoot at something in the other range," Zach said shrugging his shoulders as jaune nodded to him, checking his blade to see if it was still charged.
The power weapon was maxed out on power and would not need his aura to recharge it for the moment. The weapon was still hitched to his hip as Jaune checked his scroll.
"Ruby said she was meeting with Hino in the church."
"Oh yeah, she and he went to go talk about whatever the hell that church wants them to believe, at least you got rid of that damned sociopath on your team," Zach said as he almost spat.
Jaune nodded as much as Nickle did add in firepower to Arkham he would rather not have a teammate that could turn him and his whole team into component parts when she happened to go for a hug. Something she seemed more than likely to do.
"Boss, we should think about our next mission."
"Think? Kage, you have an idea?"
"I do, actually. I think that we should ask Ludo for favors."
"That is literally the worst idea that I have ever heard. Have you decided to commit suicide yet?" Zach asked, cocking an eye to his friend as Jaune raised an eyebrow to him.
"What does that mean Kage? I do not like talking or interacting with Ludo more than is necessary."
"And that is something that you should keep up as long as you want to stay alive."
"What I am saying is that we are going to be going on more missions. We should think of something that we want. Something that will give us an edge in a fight. Something that will help us in the field."
"Like?"
"I don't know." The boy said shrugging his shoulder the taller brown-skinned male shrugged his shoulders his armor now tighter less bulky clinking softly as they walked down the hall.
"I was asking you for that idea. I have most of what I need."
Jaune heard his friend but took a second to think about the option. To ask for a favor would mean to take on debt. To take on a debt would mean he might own the man a favor and he did not want to ow Ludo a single thing.
"If we ask for something, it must be direct. Something that we will use every day for the time we have left in this school. Not something that is a one time use, it should not be physical; it should be a moral favor maybe?" Jaune offered as Zach nodded.
"I see that line of thought. Yeah! In fact, make him ask you for a favor that is not easily defined something that is nebulous! That you can't just nail down and have be demanded from you."
"While that is a good idea if we make it like that then whatever we get will most likely be equally as transparent," Kage stated as Jaune nodded.
Engaging with Ludo was often a bad idea. Unless he knew exactly what he wanted, then he should not engage.
No use poking sleeping bears. Jaune thought. The boy had enough close calls already his luck had been pushed strained and overall forced to the absolute limit, and he was not going to push that any more than absolutely necessary.
"Well, that was informative."
"Please! That's all we know!" A frightened shaking voice said as Merrick nodded.
"Oh I know it's all you know but! You are in clear violation of several Bastion rules here." Merrick said as he sighed once again, people thought that they could break the law. Hacking into the Bastion mainframes and making classified information known-
"Wait! We can talk, right?" The faunus asked as Merrick sighed.
"We? No." He killed the man with a knife Merric sighed his neck was split down the center as he slit his throat.
"Merrick?"
"Yes, Nickel?"
"Why did you kill that man?"
"He broke the law, and it was in my jurisdiction to end him."
"But our friends break the law numerous times, why do we not end them?" The strange automaton asked, Merrick did not know just how loral Nickel was to him and he was in no hurry to find out, the blood-eyed thing was not his friend, but she was useful.
"Simple, they cause more benefits than they do harm." Merrick rationalized his actions of killing murdering a group of students that were more or less under his direct orders to hack the mainframe. It was a standard tactic.
Find some technically apt students order them through indirect channels to break into the Bastion mainframe once they did fix the breach and clean up the mess.
If they were talented and loyal, they had a long and promising future in the Bastion Internal Affairs cyber division if not? Like this unfortunate groups was. Then they had just committed an egregious violation of the Bastion rules, and it was his job to enforce the law unto them with extreme prejudice.
"But what will we do with them now that they are dead? Will, we bury them?"
"We do not want burry bodies here Nickel. Most of them have families, and we will send the bodies back to them for proper dealings." Merrick said calmly already planning how to ship the lost students-
"Oh? Will they bury them?" Cobalt asked, touching one body there was a pop! Of meat being split apart as it exploded like a wet grape.
Merrick raised one brown as a bit of flesh almost landed on his shirt the boy barely dodging the wave of viscera as a bit of blood hit this freshly cleaned knife.
"Well, we will not be sending back that one but overall, yes. We will send them back."
"For respect, right?"
"Not at all. They can pay for the burial themselves; we do not need the extra burden. The school has enough financial stress as is. Can you imagine the amount of debt we would accumulate if we paid for every funeral for dead student? We would be bankrupt in the year if we were lucky and tightened our budget, more so than it already is we are running thin enough."
Merrick said with a heavy sigh it was a fact Bastion needed some money the deal with the SDC was a gift from Oum himself, but there was so much to do!
"We need to pay for food, salaries for all of our employees, weapons, armor, training, the lights! They are not just one, you know? We have to pay for so much and when we lose an investment? When our material is destroyed, or we have a team go rogue? Well, let's just say that no one works for free and making money is hard enough when we do not even exist in a legal book. The kingdoms can't just have disappearing money forever you know?"
"I understand!"
"You do?"
"No."
"Than why did you say yes?" Merrick asked already sighing Nickel was eccentric to put things very, but she was useful! And he did like it when things were valuable.
Better than when they are the opposite. He reasoned as Nickel paused, looking over a terminal in the small hacking room set up in the lower level of Bastion. She glared down at it before her blood red eyes that had a tint of pink him them locked onto him.
"What were they looking up down here?"
"Just an anomaly that I had found recently. Someone who is currently in my... employ has a glaring flaw in their record, and I am here to set that record straight."
"You mean, our friend Ruby?"
"That is correct!"
Sharp you aren't you? Merrick thought as the thing nodded. It did look very human from the pale skin that looked almost like snow to the shapely hips, decent chest and a smile that disarmed most hardened students with a glare, it was a compelling design.
No wonder they want you back so bad, if only you were not so dangerous and independent.
"You are looking into her records correct? Ruby is not supposed to be here."
"No point in hiding that, no she is not supposed to be here. I do not know how she was allowed in, but she was and is a student of Bastion."
"Then she should be sent home!"
"That is not that easy Nickel."
"And why not?"
"Because of one, if she goes home, then what?"
"Then she is where she belongs."
"Maybe but! If she goes, then people will ask questions, what happened to her? Where was she? Where is Jaune? She was and is supposed to be dead right now. The fact that she is alive will do nothing but makes things unnecessarily complicated you understand?" Merrick asked as the thing nodded once.
"I see if we allow her to be returned alive, then we will be subject to be looked into by other powers."
"Yes, and we do not want that. We are meant to be independent, and we do not want that now do we?"
"No... no, we do not." Nickel nodded as she let out a deep sigh.
You sigh? Interesting. Merrick thought as the thing walked over to him a small smile on her lips.
"So, what now?"
"That is a good point. Now we need to clean up this mess and by we I mean people paid less than us and take what we want and leave before anyone stumbles upon us."
"People are getting paid?"
"Well, some of us are."
"Can I get paid?"
"Do you want to get paid?"
"It seems only fair if this is a job that I am given a salary for the work that I do."
"What do you even intend to do with your salary if you even get it? Do you want to buy something? And if you do what would you even want?"
'I do not know, but if I had a way of purchasing good or services, I believe that I can better explore and find out what I want."
"That is a good point; do you have any idea? there is a chance that I can procure it for you."
And not have you go on a spending trip the next time I let you leave the damned school. The last thing I would need is you to go into a shopping area and leave a trail of liquified civilians.
"That is quite good! Then if we are going to do that is there anything else you need my service for?"
"Yes, I need you to stick my side."
Where I can keep an eye on you.
"You are still under supervision; you need to look at me working for a little bit longer before I let you go alone."
"That is understandable I am still new at this job, and I am thankful for the help."
If you want to think I am doing that, then more power to you.
"You are welcome now please help me get rid of this mess and do not! Touch anyone I already need to call for a mop."
"So you say that they can help us?" Jaune asked as Zach nodded.
"Oh yeah, they can help us."
"If you wanted a favor done in Bastion then you need to come here if you do not want to be in debt for Ludo," Kage said as they approached a large metal door with a slat in it at eye height.
"This is?"
"This is the Bastion store," Zach said as Jaune nodded that made sense most schools had stored.
Thud! Thud! Kage knocked twice as-
"Who is it!?" A voice shouted from the inside as Venke cracked his knuckles.
"Kage." The slot slid open and crack! A fun shot rang out Kage was blowback a gunshot echoed as Jaune saw his friend slammed down moaned.
"Ow." Kage's aura absorbed the damage making him groan in pain as Jaune hissed. "Kage!? Are you ok!?" Jaune asked as he nodded growing and rising.
"Are you ok!?" Jaune hissed as the boy nodded.
"Fine, I'm fine-
"Venke Kage. Glad you came back." A gruff voice said being the door as the thing clicked! Something metal slid up as the door was swung open inward. A large faunus opened it.
"Welcome to the store." The massive student said, leaning back as Kage groaned Jaune held out his hand as he nodded.
"Thanks, boss, that never gets old."
"He shot you!?"
"Yeah, that's how they check to make sure you are who you say you are."
"They shoot you!?"
"No just him. If it's really Kage he won't die to a shot to the head, and if it's not? Then they should not be saying that they are him."
"That's one way to put it." Jaune growled as Zach walked downward come on boy's it's time for us to get some leg work and do some shopping." Zach said as the three boys walked into the door and entered a world entirely different.
"Where the hell did we go?" Jaune asked, walking into a busy street? It looked like a street was recently hollowed out into the mountain of Bastion. The three of them walked into what looked like a literal marketplace not uncommon in parts of Vale or Ansel was placed in front of the three.
The area was crowded students moved back in forth almost reveal last one of them moved with some type of purpose none looked up almost all had thick hoods over their heads hiding their faces from view. As the crowd moved Jaune felt the heat this place was hot warm like it was in a dessert as Kage nodded.
"What the hell? Is this a market?"
"Black. The specific type of market that you almost never want to be in." Kage said as he gent to walk the floor of the market was roughly covered in broken rubble, dirt and other items.
Jaune followed his friends shocked that such a place could exist, how?
"The hell? Is this place an actually black market?"
"Last time I checked and I check often. If you want anything, you can find it here. Guns, food, liquor other services if you catch my drift." Zach said as he pointed to a variety of stalls that dotted the area. The whole place was filled with a thick heavy sent of fried grease, meat, and the smell of people being made to live in close proximity to each other for extended periods of times.
As jaune stared at the sight Kage pointed forward as he took the lead.
"Follow me, boss. We got to check out some things. If we need favors, we should get them here. It's much easier to deal with our fellow students rather than Ludo."
"At least they can be killed with some level of ease you know?" Zach asked as the three made their way deep into the market.
"I'll take three," Zach said as a woman in a cloaked hood nodded she was standing over a grill of some type of fish? Whatever the fish was, it smelled great as she nodded.
"Credits?"
" You know this," Zach said taking out a call briefcase and offering a wad of-
"Lien!? When did you get Lien?" Jaune asked as the boy gave him an odd sigh.
"Eh? You get it like you get money from any other place."
"But we are in Bastion how the hell do you get money?" Jaune asked, taking a fish on a stick, biting down and groaning.
"Shit! This is good!"
"Thanks! It comes straight from Atlas!" The woman too covered in a hood to see any features best a potential pair of faunus ears.
"You see you can get paid in Bastion, just not in a legal sense," Zach said as he took a bite out of his fish.
"Good shit, Ket. The cod always taste fresh."
"Stolen the other day!"
"Good to hear!" Zach said, taking the third fish in his free hand.
"But how? Who gives you money!?"
"Well, there are a few ways to get paid. One you can find someone with money and either trader, convince or take it from them. That is surprisingly rare actually. You can do favors for others or..."
"Or?"
"Or you take it when you are out on a trip outside of our walls."
"So you take it when we leave? How?"
"I'm a thief. I steal things, that's how you make money, and you can use it in the store." Zach said as Kage walked back, the three of them were in an almost less crowded part of the marker that was busy with the packed crowds of people that were busily moving back and forth.
The boy had a small case of something in his hands and an odd smile on his face.
"Here you depressed shit, wipe that smile off your face it looks unnatural," Zach said as he handed him his fish.
"Here eat something it'll make you almost look attractive."
"Thanks and fuck you."
"Back to you."
"Not in this life."
"You wish you fuck. I know bricks that have more personality than your blunt ass." Sach said as Kage took a bit of the fish and nodded.
"Fresh?"
"Ket only buys them after they have been stolen."
"Nice."
"The box?"
"Oh? This boss? That's something for me. I'm going to be making some ammo today after that I plan on going to our Felicia and ask for some loading servos."
"Well, that sound like a good idea," Jaune said nodding as Zach sighed.
"Ok, you fucks now let's get the hell out of here before someone sees us and decides that we can be jumped on the way back."
"I have a warning if that happens."
"You do, but I don't know let's go, I'm getting tired of this place."
Well, on the one hand, this did not explode; on the other hand, it is not what I thought it would be. Kage thought as he finished his last bit of weaponry he was tired of only having two types of ammunition the results of previous battles with Grimm or Fang had down him the error in not having at least a decent amount of ammunition besides anti-personal and armor.
He needed more. Back to work. Kage thought as he began to work on the forge once again located in the center of the Arkham room. As he worked, Ruby smiled a bit she doing her best to keep her emotions in check, but it was exhausting!
Innocent! I knew I was innocent! But-
WHo the hell did you shoot? Hino had asked that question that Ruby had no answer to. She knew she killed someone that was a fact, but who? The boy she fired on was not the fifth prince he never even existed in the first place!
Then who is he!? Who could he even be? They brought us there to meet him! Was that a lie? Who was that boy!? What did I do?
Ruby kicked her legs out the sound of metal being torn filled her ears Kage was the only person in the room right now she was alone with her friend Mika was out doing something...
Probably bad. Ruby thought, and Jaune was off to train, leaving her alone with Kage something that was not a bad thing not at all! Kage was her friend but...
He's busy working now; I can't interrupt him... even if I want to talk to someone! Ruby bit her lip she tried to make sure that she was not being a bother to Kage but she also really needed to talk!
She was losing it; her mind was tearing itself apart with possibilities of what could have actually happened!
Did I kill him? Did I not kill him? Who was he? What was he doing in the palace!? Who was he? What was he doing in the royal palace!? Why were we placed to guard him? Ruby bit her lips her mind feel like it was being split apart! She had it she got up taking a deep breath and preparing to interrupt her friend before she lost her own mind!
"Ummm Venke?" Ruby asked poking the taller boy on his shoulder.
"Ruby. Is something wrong?" The boy asked pausing, looking over his shoulder as she gulped!
"I! Watcha working on? It looks like you are doing something cool?" Ruby asked wincing as Kage smiled? The expression looked like it hurt.
"Ammunition," Kage said as he saw the fire appeared in Ruby's eyes, her silver one shot wide open shining brightly as her other one zoomed in on him. The fake eye seemed to perk as it narrowed on to him.
"OH! You are making something with guns!? Can I help!?" Ruby asked her ey shining as Kage smiled again; the emotion looked painful like he was stretching muscles that had no business being exercised.
"Actually you can."
"YAY! What can I do!? What are we making!? Tell me! Tell me!"
"Well if you must know and I think you do, I'm making ammunition to take down the more specialized enemies we face in the field."
"Oh? Like what? Tell me! Tell me!" Ruby sounded like a kid in a candy store as Kage sighed.
"Well, the basic ammunition I use is a bolt shell. A basic high caliber weapon that has good armor penetration, an exploding tip, and a semi-guided rocket system."
"So it's a flying bomb?"
"More or less. But it's not the best against everything, It does good damage to most enemies but can often be overkill or underwhelming to more specific enemies. That is why I have these." He said, pointing to a few silver tipped rounds that looked sharp like daggers.
"Those?"
"Kraken rounds, the tip penetrates armor butter and then his a high impact explosion after it buries."
"So it would kill a Death Stalker?"
"Easily but! Then we have the most specialized rounds." Kage said moving over to a small plethora of multi-colored ammunition shells that made Ruby drool. It's like a rainbow. Ruby thought as her eye zoomed in.
That is a rather accurate comparison the are color coded.
"Well, you have a few choices, Hellfire rounds, or incendiaries, Talon round that are more advanced shrapnel, think grenades on a hair trigger not good versus armor but it can purre enemies in an aura, typhoon rounds, those are rare, they poison enemies with toxin that can eat your flesh from the inside out."
"I love them."
"What?"
"I Love them. I want them! I need them!"
"I... ok? Do you want some?"
"I.. I can't use any, my weapon can't fire any of them," Ruby said a pout on her face as Kage paused.
"What kind of caliber is Crescent?"
"Fifty."
"Hmmm with some work I can probably help you out. We can make rounds for your weapon and then make watered down versions of mine they will be far less damaging but! They can add a lot to your ammunition count. Varied ammunition might make the difference between life and death in the field."
"Let's make this happen!" Ruby said jumping up the possibility were nearly endless! All the ammunition types?! All the way she could use them and with Kage helping her guiding!? She could taste the possibilities that would come!
I predict a very beneficial exchange.
"How soon can we do this!?"
"Soon enough. Hell, you can even ask Felica for an upgrade for your weapon. If you want you can ask about adding an autoloader for it!"
"Autoloader?"
"Think your AI can switch out ammo for you in your gun can autoload itself, that way it can save you time in the field." Ruby wanted to kiss him.
"Kage that's amazing! You are amazing!"
"Hey I mean I do try."
"Jaune, so good to see you and yours."
"Ludo. Why are we here? I thought we did not have much more missions left?" Jaune asked already thinking of just how bad this was going to get.
He and all of Arkham had been gathered around the same fireplace that despite being a raging blaze seemed to give off no heat. Ludo sat behind his desk the surprisingly young-looking man whose real ages seemed to be a mystery of anywhere between twenty-two and late sixties smiled at Jaune with an off-kilter grin as his assistant glared at them.
Miss Heil was still silent stoically glaring at the teens as Jaune took a step forward not showing a hint of fear.
"Sir, you called us for a purpose, what is it?"
"Ah, right to the point? I like that, you have your spine Jaune, and you have a mind and the fangs to come with it. Now let's see if you can adapt." Ludo said taking out his scroll as a small hologram of what looked to be-
"The ocean?" Ruby asked blinking owlishly as Ludo nodded.
"Yes Miss Rose, that is what this is, tell me Jaune do you, or any of your team know how to swim?" Ludo asked as jaune froze he had been in the water before but swimming?
"I think so?" Jaune said as he looked to his team.
"I can swim, not that I like it." kage grumbled as Ruby blushed.
"I can't swim well..."
"I can learn to wait a second," Mike said pausing closing her eyes grimacing once before opening the.
"Ok! I just learned how to swim!"
"That fast?"
"Yes, ma'am! I just had to check my memories of past-
"What are you, a robot?"
"Hey! Jaune Kage is being mean!"
"It's pointless, Ludo what are we going to be doing exactly?" Jaune asked as Ludo smirked.
"Simple the Fang has been abusing several cargo lanes in the North Atlas sea; we need you to find them and lead a team of some of our best initiation students on a mission. The Fang is also in possession of some strange new type of weapon that they are using to disable ships so be careful out there."
"You want us to hunt down pirates?!"
"That's coo!" Mika and Ruby and a burst of happiness as Jaune rolled his eyes.
"So you want us to find them and kill them?"
"Yes, and please do try to complete this objective without causing some kind of international incident this time will you? For me?"
AN: OK! That's it! The party is going pirate hunting! The next chapter is the beginning of the climax of the second Pillar! As we see what the high seas have to show and just who the people interacting with Bastion are as old face return and we get to see just what Ludo has planned for the school! All this and more in the next Bastion! Brave Sir Robinson is next! Then Reverse then Dragon Slayer! Untill then? Omake...
Omake Hero of Remnant part two story 2. Meeting of minds…
"So! And I think that we all know that we stand much more of befitting if we do not kill each other! Ok?" Jaune asked moaning it was hard enough to get his men and women now up in the morning without fooling around or drinking fighting etc. but this? This was near impossible.
"Of I agree with your Commissar I want to benefit from our getting more than you can ever know." Sienna purred making Jaune's hairs stand on end. Faunus or not she was a beautiful woman her chest was large her brown skin exotic and well Jaune was many things a man hero a legend to some thankfully never him, but he was human and-
"Sienna! Jaune is a Commissar!"
Oh, and the inquisitor. Jaune thought as Pyrrha pouted yes an inquisitor pouted. Yes, an inquisitor the most dangerous and deadly person ever to walk the surface of Remnant pouted. Things were not looking good.
"Unhand him right now!" Pyrrha yelled if there was ever a reason to be scared on the Inquisition is was not that they were all powerful and all knowing but the fact that they were flawed morally grey individuals that could pout like a juvie when things were not going there way.
As in this area, case in point Pyrrha.
"There is nothing wrong with her being this close to me Inquisitor."
"Yes, I can be as close to Jaune as I would like." Sienna purred running her claws up and down Jaune's arm; he gulped she really was beautiful.
Her golden eyes along with thick black hair, that hung shortly off her head was a great contrast with her brown chocolate skin, and well Jaune did not hate the faunus so much that he could not see a beautiful woman for what it was.
"Jaune, you are staring!" Ruby hissed his aide the commander of the four hundred and eighteenth said elbowing him in the side.
Jaune flushed coughing as-
"I think she is pretty as well sir," Ren said his phlegmatic aid nodding once as Jaune groaned, Ren was loyal as ever, but this was not the time to agree with his eyes.
"Jaune you are looking at the faunus in a way that I know Oum would not approve, perhaps you have been corrupted?" Yang asked, gently lifting her combi-bolter. Jaune felt a shiver of fear run down his spine; Yang was his friend, and as much as she might be his ally she was a servant of the Emperor first and everything else a distant second.
"It would be a shame to put you down."
"There is nothing wrong with a human and a faunus intermingling; you know Yang?"
"That is what you say," Yang said, rolling her eyes as Jaune coughed once.
"Ok! I know there is some tension but we all have something that brings us together there are genestealers in this city, and we have to kill them down to the last one.