A/N: Alright, So. As you saw in the last scene in the last chapter, I have finally figured out how to write in first person. Somewhat decently. With that said, I will for the most part be writing in 1st person from now on as Soap. Also, we have reached a point in my story where I have too many things I want to do with it than I can actually do. At least in this rendition of the story. But I digress, let's begin.

Chapter 15: strength and the

I was still trying to fully process what I had just heard when my radio sparked to life. "Soap? What was that?" Bucky said on the other end.

"To be honest with ya, I have no clue. It just sort of...happened." I said into my ear-piece. "Sarah and I will be up in a second. We will discuss it then."

I turned to Sarah and asked, "You ready to head up?"

"Yeah, I've had enough excitement for one day. Let's head up." She put her hand in mine and I teleported us out of the massive creator.

When we arrived back upstairs in the command center, Bucky was there waiting for us.

"What the heck did you two do down there?" He asked.

"We found something. A plaque that, if what we heard and what was inscribed on the plaque was true, will change what we know about the events of the Grimm War." I replied.

"A plaque? What did it say on it?"

"In honor of he who died to ensure that we would not." I replied.

Bucky nodded, "That'll do it. What are we going to about it though?"

"We need to get Dr. Oobleck in here to see if he can find anything else on this. It's a fucking treasure trove of information down there."

"O.K. That sounds like a plan. There's only one problem..."

What else do I have to worry about? "What's that?" I asked.

"We're out of range to contact them by scroll." Bucky replied.

"Oh. That's not a problem. I have something that will solve that." I said as I exited the room, heading to the hanger.

I did in fact have a plan to deal with the distance, however, it would still take days for Oobleck to show up. Now that I think about it, if Bucky was able to hear that recording then it must have been broadcasting over all of the speakers in the base. Oh shit! ALL the speakers in the base, inside and out. Creatures of grimm would have definitely heard that and will come to investigate. Well, this should be fun. I think I might need RWBY for this. I'll make sure Ozpin sends them as well.

Finally in the hanger, I made my way up the ramp of my Bullhead. When I built the thing, I made sure to install an autopilot system should the need arise. Looks like I finally found a reason to use it. I made my way to the center console and, after navigating the menus, accessed the autopilot function and set the Bullhead's destination to Beacon. Before I left though, I made sure to record a message that would send itself to Ozpin once it was in range of Beacon.

I did one last check over everything and decided that it was good to go. I exited the aircraft and watched as it flew away at an unrivaled speed. It would probably reach Beacon in a couple of days since it flew much faster when no one was on board. However it would still be a while before anything came back.

The Bullhead finally out of view, I made my way back to the command center; It was going to be a long couple of days and I had a fight to prepare for.

(going back to 3rd person here.)

Two days later...

Ozpin was sitting in his office watching the sun set when his scroll went off. Checking it he saw that he had a voice message. He checked the sender and saw that it was from Soap.Soap...hmmm. That's odd. He knows that if he needs me, he can just call me or simply come see me. Unless he got into a situation. I wonder...

His thoughts trailed off as he hit play on the message.

"This is a recording. Ozpin, this is Soap. I am going to need Dr. Oobleck, team RWBY, and some long-range communication equipment sent to my location right away. We have found something. Something that could confirm legends and change what we know about recorded history. Where we, myself and my team, are; I am afraid I cannot say. I am not willing to risk what we have found. But if Oobleck can confirm my suspicions, all that is considered fact about the Grimm War, is a lie. I'm afraid that that is all that I am willing to say over an open channel. Have RWBY and the Dr. pack enough food for four days and to come prepared to fight Grimm. When I say food for four days, I am referring to the food necessary to get over here. I promise that once I receive that communication equipment, I will contact you personally. Around now, my Bullhead is on it's way back to Beacon, probably about an hour out. It's currently on autopilot so please make sure that my usual landing pad is clear so it will land without anything getting in it's way. It will not stop until it touches the ground. As soon as it does and everybody is on-board, it will automatically start it's return trip to my location. You have my thanks ahead of time Ozpin."

Not once has Ozpin not trusted Soap's judgment, with this in mind, he sent a message to the Dr. and team RWBY with the mission details Soap had enclosed.

"I only hope that you are right my friend." Ozpin said aloud to himself.

"Ruby Rose! When you do math homework, you need to show your work!" Weiss said in annoyance. Blake and Yang were doing their homework quietly on their separate beds, trying to ignore the heiress.

"But Weiss..."

"No! I refuse to have my team leader get another barely passing grade on an assignment."

"Why shou-" Just then her scroll went off. "Hold that thought." She looked at the message she received. "Alright Team RWBY! We have our first mission! We have to be at the landing pad in an hour."

"What?! The school year just started. The forth-years haven't even gotten missions yet. How do we have a mission already?" Yang asked.

"Ozpin sent me the message. I'm only telling you what he told me. He said to bring weapons and enough food for four days." Ruby said.

"Well, looks like you two will have to continue your little argument later. We have work to do." Blake said, standing up to get her gear together.

An hour later...

"Professor Oobleck?" Weiss said questioningly when team RWBY arrived at the landing pad.

"DOCTOR!" The Dr. shouted back.

"What are you doing here. I thought that this mission would only be for us." Yang said.

"I'm afraid I have no answers for you today. I am just as confused as you are at the moment."

Just then a Bullhead landed on the landing pad. A Bullhead that everybody except the Dr. recognized.

"Soap?" said the girls in unison. However instead of an answer, they only got the opening of the loading bay doors.

RWBY looked at each other questioningly.

"Well let's not keep Instructor Soap waiting." Said Oobleck as he made his way up the ramp.

Once inside the Bullhead, the doors closed and a voice came on over the speakers.

"Hello girls. Hello Dr." Said a very familiar voice.

"Soap. Where are you?" Yang asked.

"This is a recording. Responses are limited." A monotone voice responded, obviously not Soap's.

Soap's voice came back after a second of silence. "Please sit down and get comfy. You are in for a long ride, hence the four days worth of food. I am sure that this only further confuses you. However I am afraid that I will be unable to answer any of them until you get within range of my communication equipment. Which reminds me, Dr. do you have the long-range communication equipment?"

"Yes I do." The Dr. responded.

"Very good. There are beds that will appear when it is night time. But as I said before, this is going to be a long ride. In two days time, I will be broadcasting on all frequencies. When you hear me over the radio is when you may start asking questions, however I must ask that you keep them until you arrive as we will be dealing with a very large number of grimm. Without any further delay, let us start your journey. I will be seeing you all in four days time." The recording stopped and the Bullheads' engines roared to life. Within seconds the aircraft was off the ground and on it's way. Before the passed out of radio contact of Beacon, Ozpin sent them a message.

"Team RWBY and Dr. Oobleck. Good luck to you. If Soap is right, then you will be the first to know the truth of what happened during the Grimm War. Ozpin out."

(moving back to first person)

Three days later...

Grimm nearly overwhelmed us yesterday, as such I was unable to broadcast to my Bullhead. However today the grimm were much tamer, actually just less in number, giving me the needed time to broadcast.

"Team RWBY. Dr. Oobleck. Come, in this is Soap." I didn't have to wait for a reply.

"Soap!" I heard four voices respond simultaneously. I rolled my eyes knowing that they were crowding around the radio.

"Hey guys, back up from the radio would ya." I activated a camera on both ends and saw them with their jaws open in shock. "Why is this a surprise? Didn't I tell you that I was a technology buff?"

I got a harmonious "no" in response.

"Oh. Well I am. So anything else that happens should not be a surprise. But that's a topic for another day. The place that you are about to reach was once only spoken about in legends. A place that you, Doctor, should know about. Delta Base."

The Dr. got visibly excited when he heard this. "How do you know this?"

"Well, there is a giant 'Welcome to Delta Base' sign in the hanger. I am pretty sure Doc." Alarms went off on my end. I looked to see what was wrong. Grimm, grimm and, oh hey look, more grimm. That's what was wrong. "Guys I got to go. Grimm are attacking again. RWBY when you get here, that will be your job. See you guys soon."

The next day...

Around 8:30 I got an alert that my Bullhead was about ten minutes out. Thankfully the grimm were currently tame, well...as tame as grimm could really get, so I should be able to show them what we found in relative peace.

I made my way to the hanger to greet my guests.

As usual, I got there just in time. I entered the room just as it landed. When the doors opened I was swarmed by Ruby and Yang with questions. Weiss and Blake, thankfully, stayed behind. When Ruby finally stopped asking me questions and Yang stopped crushing me with her bear hug, I was able to actually say hi.

"Hey girls. Yang, Ruby. Please do me a favor. Never do that to me again." I said. Ruby looked away in shame while Yang just nodded her head. "Thanks. Hello Doctor."

"Hello Instructor Soap." The doctor responded.

"Please, let's drop the formalities while we are here."

"Only if you say so Soap."

"Good. If you all follow me, I will show you to the command center." I said, turning around and starting towards the door.

A unanimous "Okay" was heard as I passed through the door.

Upon entering the command center, I could hear the girls behind me gasping in wonder at the century old equipment. I radioed for Sarah to head up from her position to come greet our guests and give RWBY their assignment.

With RWBY now gone and Sarah back from showing the girls their spots; myself, Sarah, and the Doctor could finally get down to business.

"Oobleck, do you know where we are?" I asked.

"We are currently in the command center of the infamous Delta Base. The very base, according to legends, where the Grimm War ended from an act of self-sacrifice by the general that led the resistance against the Grimm." He replied.

Sarah spoke, "That's correct. And if you can validate what we have found, then everything that we know as fact for the war will be false. I am going to need you to hold out your hand and close your eyes until I say."

Oobleck looked at Sarah suspiciously, "Now just why would I do that miss Hearts?"

"Because I am going to teleport us to the location of the artifact. The teleportation process, unless you have a similar ability, will look something like staring directly at the sun." She explained.

Oobleck looked satisfied with her explanation, however he still had a question. "Can we not just take the stairs or possibly the elevator?"

This time I spoke up. "I may be a technology genius, however that doesn't mean that I have all the time in the world. With that said, I have yet to fix the elevators. As for the stairs, well...none exist. The reason for this is that it was a precaution that the builders of the base took against the grimm. If the grimm were to somehow get into the lower levels of the base, the last thing they wanted was for them to start climbing the stairwells and be able to attack from the inside."

Oobleck sighed and took Sarah's still outstretched hand. "Very well."

"You can open your eyes now." Sarah said.

The doctor complied. With his eyes now open, he looked around. "This is what you found? A massive hole in the side of the base?"

I stated walking toward the plaque, "Not exactly. We found this." I motioned for him to look at what my hand was resting on.

He approached the plaque and began examining it. "Is this all you found?" He asked, looking up from the plaque.

Sarah and I both shook our heads no. I got out my scroll and went to the recordings, "We also found this." I pushed play on the message we found, I transfered it to my scroll as soon as I was able to.

After the recording was through, Oobleck went to the nearest undamaged console and powered it on. "Looks like we have some work to do."

A/N: Dr. Oobleck sure was excited about the data that he got from those consoles.

Sarah: I've never seen a man talk that fast before in my life and I don't think I want to ever again.

Soap: I have to agree with you on that. Ready to head back to the church?

Sarah: After the amount of excitement we have just seen? Yeah.

Soap: Good. Let's head back.