After a short talk, the group of five were talking on the main yard of the school,though Hellix found funny all of them wearing school's uniform,the last time he saw Jakson on a school outfit was when he still assist at Invicta university,but for his luck he didn't make it too far into the university...instead Deker,Gent and Neron look almost like normal teens, removing the horrible things they had done in the past of course.
"Well,you four better don't ruin this up now. I will come from time to to time to check you" the Ex-Marshal say in a proctective way and (in certain way) specially talking to his son
"Yeah, can we watch ourselves sir..." Deker say unconcerned like if they were leaving their dimension for another "Just don't forget about us,in case things get to dirty here"
The Marshal shake his head in response and with a facepalm he adds murmuring "...Of all people,why you have to be the leader.."
"What was that?"
"Nothing Sentinel" He sigh "I mean Deker" Hellix look at them,feeling both proud of them,especially his son. And worried at the same time. A sound coming from his earpiece interrupt them,pressing a button he answer with a short "yes" and look at them again "Well,this is the goodbye for now" The four salute them with their hand on their foreheads "You don't have to do that anymore,I am retired. Just call me Hellix" A circular portal with a puprple edge similar to a saw appear behind him,all of them hug their teacher (except for Gent who didn't know him that well)
"We will see you later,old man!" Deker add with a smile
"Deker. Don't push your luck" The Marshal answer short and direct
"I'm totally not pushing my luck!" The Light Assault answer with a scary smile and walking away
"You sure about this Gent? We could still use someone with intelligence on Auraxis"
"Pretty sure boss" His voice,now unmodified,sound more soft and younger "Just promise me,if the Vanu alien things go to Auraxis,you gonna call us,right?" Helix nod in respond
"Tell my family I'm gonna make the Vanu pride when I come back!" Neron say with a smile
"Dad,don't drink all the vodka. We don't gonna be there to laugh and record that moment again" His son say, both Buster let out a laugh and hug each other
"..I...I'm proud of you son" The older Buster hold a tear of happiness,he didn't want to look weak. But deep inside,he knows they wouldn't care and that he is only holding those tears for himself "I'm proud of all you...But please,act like you had never kill anyone" the foursome look at each other insecure,the Marshal shake his head with a smile and walked into the portal,putting first the left leg then the right one,he then turn around looking at them. And with one last gesture, the portal closed lifting dust of the ground...
"So, mom and dad made a restaurant..." Jakson start to tell about his life,with his squadmates...Or how he calls them now, friends. Friends,curious word for him,not because he never used,but because he use it on people he used to fight against almost everyday
"Wait,you...Working on a bar-restaurant?" Iris look at him surprise and unbelieving,but also chuckling "Nah. I don't buy that"
"I did,you ask them.." The Terran look at his fellow Auraxians "The Finest Hour. You two use to go there at least once a week to talk with me and dad"
Both Neron and Deker sigh and nod,meanwhile Gent stay quiet watching,trying to figure out how to get in the conversation. The only one he knew from that quartet,was Deker and thats because they are in the same squad of "The Iregulars" unit. His mind turn back, when they still were on the same squadron Drop Shot Unit or DPS, for short.
"Okay?...I still don't believe the restaurant thing,but whatever" Jakson let out a "Hey!" But she ignore him and look at the other three "What about you guys? What you did for the last month?
"I joined to an exploration unit. We went around the globe,activating warpgates and stuff, we even find a way to get to the core of the planet, but we don't want to go there...yet..." Deker responded
"I dedicated my time to explore more about the Vanu, may their enlightment reach us all, and discover a few things in my science camp..." Neron add "But we also work with Deker's unit from time to time,thanks to them we found a lot of the ancients technology"
"What about you,backpack guy?" Gent look at her surprise due the random question, even though he find funny the nickname "What's your story?"
"Uhm,I dedicated to the nano-machinery camp and advance math...I focus on making vehicles and fix stuff with small machines. But also created a few things for myself" His brown skin making contrast with his Asian dark brown eyes, making a weird combination between Asian and American
"Oh, that sounds cool...Now I notice. How you gonna fight,if you don't have your weapons?" She stay quiet for a second,but then add "Or you plan to use those machines all the time?...Because if you do,I want mine!" The four young men look at each other and stay quiet,then out of nowhere start to laugh,making pouty to the faunus "W-what is so funny?!"
Neron,who practically couldn't stand without the help of the night desk "You...on a Max unit?!" his legs couldn't hold on any longer and he felt to the ground aswell as the others "My lungs are burning" Another burst of laugh invade the room,until they couldn't breath
"Oh god,that was painful" Jakson say trying to incorpore himself and wiping a tear from his eye "But glorious"
"Why is it funny?!"
"Sorry. We just-" He wipe another tear "I can't think of the chance of you being a Max...Besides, you need a lot of training before even been avaible to use a Max. Not counting you need a pocket engineer and those things aren't exactly comfy to say" Deker answer her "Also,why you want to be in one?...Besides of feeling like a badass"
She put up a finger but slowly put it down,with her arm no long after.
"And not like we will let you inside one anytime soon,anyway. So..." Gent added,before Iris could respond he yawn "Well,I'm going to my bedroom...Goodnight lads" He walk out of the room
"We should rest as well-" Deker say and strech "Purple,Red and me have a lot to recover on homework...And lets hope Oobleck didn't put a lot of it"
"...Well...I have bad news for you..." Iris walk to the bathroom and close the door behind
"...Iris...Iris,what do you mean?!" the three shout at her without response
The next day...
*Beep,beep,beep* the alarm clock sound,6:45 AM.
Iris woke up grumble a bit, her bed as her hair, a disaster. She force herself out of the bed, when she opens the door to the bathroom,someone open it from the inside...
"Oh...Hi Iris.." Deker say, Iris now shock and her face red as Pyrrha's hair, staying looking at him "What?" The light assault sure,but slowly (And by slow I mean. Really. Really slow) realized,he stand his upper part naked. In front of his partner. His face turning red as fast as he realized,looking at her "W-w-w-wait a m-minute..."
"Y-you pervert!" She shout angry as she run to him and slap him to the ground,when she unload her somewhat fury on him,she walk into the bathroom and shut the door behind her
Neron,who barely start to wake up walk to his team leader "...You poke the wasp nest. You know that?" The Infiltrator say semi-awake,the Conglomerate still dizzy due the hit...
During the breakfast
"...Uhm,what happen to him?" Yang ask,refering to Deker's red cheek,she didn't know the commotion of emotions she ralease
Jakson chuckle
Gent try to hold his laugh
Neron facepalm himself and shake his head,even though he start to laugh
Deker hope for the ground to eat him alive
And Iris stay blushing bright red,trying to choose between slapping Deker again or ask for sorry. Maybe she will do both later
"It's was a bad morning,let's leave it like that" Deker finally answer grumpy and keep eating his breakfast
Team RWBY look at each other and shrug "So,uh...Gent. Where are you from?" Ask Ruby trying to start a conversation "Or that's classified?"
Gauss,who wasn't expecting any conversation, stay quiet for a while. Until Neron who was besides him elbowed him "Oh,uhm...Oshur Prime...well,was from Oshur Prime,before they turn into battle island and turn into Oshur...At least the planet didn't fall apart"
"Battle-what?" Rose tilt her head
The engineer shake his head "Long-story short. A meteor fall and turn a whole continent into smalls island. Crazy day..." He start to rub his head "But I don't remember a lot from most of us fall knock out almost instantly and where transport to Amerish"
"...Wait,how do you survive if you were on the sleeping on the ground?" Weiss tilt her head confuse
"...Nanites kid. Let's leave it like that" Gent say, but in reality he didn't know. No one knows how no one died from literally a meteor but he head stories, mostly rumors
"Excuse him. He doesn't like to talk about his home-continent" Deker try to continue the conversation "And,where are you from girls?. I'm from Solsar"
"Yang and I are from Vale" Ruby answer,while Yang put her arm around her and pull her closer
"I come from Atlas" Weiss stated
"...Uhm,Blake?" Neron ask curious
She look at him over her book and sigh "I born outside of the city...Let's leave it like that"
"I'm from Cyssor, inside Invicta walls. Nice place...If you like semi-militarized zones I mean..." the Terran sigh "But at least they start changing that"
"Well,sure that sounds fun" Yang said sarcastic,but her sister elbowed her "What?" She say looking at Rose,who tilt her head to Jakson. Jakson raised an eyebrown looking at her with a disgusted look "Oops, I'm sorry"
The Terran sigh "Don't sweat it. A lot of people saw it that way" he shrugged "You get used to be called despot, tyrant, oppressor..."
"Terran dog" Gent add
"Fool" Neron say
"Despot" Deker commented
"He already said that" Iris reproach him
"OKAY!,they have the idea!" team RWBY stare at him, not knowing if the Jakson they meet is a nice guy or just like any other member looking for power like the terrorist White Fang "Before you get the wrong idea, we pretty much had to put things on that way, because you know...The war and all that stuff. But not everything was bad, we have free medical care and the school wasn't that bad...Except for The Overwatch council..."
"Alright...What about you Neron?" Ruby look at him "How was your life back at home?"
"Axis Mundi?,Full of advance machinery, drones, robots, advance AI...Alien techonology...The usual" He say like if it were the usual "Most things were done by machines so..."
"Alright..." Yang cough "Gent?"
"On the underground ,most of the time" He say and bite the white bread
Blake, who was minding her bussiness, look up at him "Must be hard to be raised as a street kid"
"...Huh,I thought the cat ate her tongue...No, you got the wrong idea. I literally born inside a cave, due the war we lived on underground. I didn't see the sun until I was 5"
All of them look at him surprised, must have been hard living inside a hole and it was. Small buildings and places to live, the farm they used for self-consumption and trade with the other NC underground villages, using a complicated tunnel system to change goods. "But, we were free and safe, we could build easily thanks to the Ancients superstructures. We could live our lives without restrictions and I that's where I made my own Spear handgun...Well,"handgun" since it's pretty much a rail gun" The engineer made a small chuckle for himself
"Sounds like you were having a lot of fun, what about you Iris?" Xiao Long ask
"Oh!...uhm, I'm from here, Saunus...But I never had been inside Vale" Iris answer "My life back at home is pretty quiet...Until, I met these three come and save my home from a Grimm Taijitu. Then I join them, to help more people and..." She raised her arms, with her fox ears doing the same "Here we are!" Then she put her arms behind her head"
"...Got to admit, it was pure luck when we met Iris. We were lost in this world when we got here" Deker say with honesty on his voice, putting his plate aside and leaning forward "And we were lucky to have cores in our weapons instead of magazines, or we wouldn't had ammo since the start" He giggled quietly and stand up "Let's go, I want to see what Oobleck is going to teach us"
Gent look confused at him "...Teach us?...I thought the will only teach us, how to hunt and stuff" The entire team EXCB look at him shaking their heads and smiling,little the engineer know. There was more 'School' part that anyone expect it...
After the longest classes ever made, Gent reach his room, for a good deserved sleep. Too bad, his squad mates had anything but let him take a break in mind. Kicking the door with all his force, Jakson breach the room, wearing a black trench coat with red elbow pads with brighter red undershirt and dark blue pants with black and red shoes.
The second to walk inside is Deker, his short black hair combined his black boots, the sand colored khakis and a long sleeve shirt, the shoulder part being blue the rest being gray, with the same dark blue scarf he wear the day before covering the lower part of his face, but at least Neron and that other girl he forget the name, decided to actually respect some of his privacy and wait outside
"YO,LET'S GO TO THE CITY,BRO!" Deker shout excited, like if Nora transmit him some of her energy (or whatever she eats on the morning to keep cheer up)
"..." Gent look at both of them calmly "Now...YOU PAIR OF DINGUS,YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PRIVACY IS?! ITS A WOODEN DOOR, NOT A BIOLAB BLAST DOOR!" He reproach them, though Jakson's kick (luckily) didn't break the door or Goodwitch would probably make them pay...After a sever punishment of course
Both assault look at each other and shrugged "Come on,Team Ruby and Juniper want us to show the city and the Vytal festival decorations" Deker say "...Or you prefer to stay here, doing nothing?" Just when Gent try to answer, his scroll sound
"A message...From the headmaster?" He look confuse at said message
"What does it says?" Iris come in, with her Rheolwr on the hips on a vertical position
"It's says I'm going to meet my..."teammates" " He say confuse and unsure "What I'm gonna be part of one of these teams with a ridiculous name.."
Deker cough loud enough to be audible, Neron who waited outside, rest himself on the door frame. Most of his clothes were just under armor vestment "Excalibur sounds cool, if you ask me..."
After evading a beatdown from his friends, Gent manage to not get lost in his way to Ozpin's office, what kinda surprise him is using an elevator "Stupid elevators, making me use buttons and stuff..." That thought make him question, if maybe he was too comfy on Auraxis. The anti gravitation pads, thrust pads that could launch you to incredible long distance in a safe way, even if his experience was limit, using drifters jump jets with a thrust pad could be both a fun and effective way to cause destruction on enemy lines. A sound familiar and strange at the same time, free his mind of those old memories. As the door open Miss Goodwitch stand waiting for him
"Mister Gauss, glad to see you. Ozpin and your new teammates are waiting for you on his office" Glynda commented, while looking at a tablet probably administrating something
"Great. Thanks" The NC said shortly. He wasn't sure if he wanted to be part of a team full of strangers. His previous experience working with strangers weren't that...pleasant per say. He walk into the room, 4 people stare at him. One is Ozpin the other 3 unknow for him.
"Mister Gauss. Glad you could join us..." Ozpin salute him "Please, come closer. I want you to meet your new teammates" Gent give them a quick look, 3 teens of his supposed age. Two humans and a faunus, a wolf faunus "This will be your team for the during the school year"
The street of Vale were full of decorations, the streets stay full of people settling medium size tents to sell variety of things, from Dust to souvenirs or small cheap things to expert manufactured ammunition and weapons . There team EXCB and JNPR stand looking for something interesting, Ren and Neron stay looking for books while Jaune went on his own quest to get the last number of his favorite comic . Pyrrha and Jakson checking the crafted ammunitions. Iris went for something to decorate her bedroom, Deker look for headphones to listen music and Nora...She seems to be everywhere at the same time, sometimes at the food section others at the weapons zone
"Did she drink something on the breakfast?" Neron ask Ren, while putting back a book on the shelf "Nora looks more active...Than the usual. I mean"
Ren sigh admitting, he failed to keep Nora away from the only thing she should never. EVER. Drink...Coffee..."She drank one cup of coffee...Literally just one"
"In Auraxis we have a simple but efficient way to calm people like her" Ren look at him, Neron made a gesture of a pistol with his hand and put it on his head, then act like his brain blow up. Ren look at him, with a neutral expression and turn back to look for books "..It was just a joke, jeez" The infiltrator murmured as he minded his bussiness once again
Jakson took a bullet and look at it closely "You say it can pierce armor?" The bullets were small enough for his sidearm. He pull out his TS2 Inquisitor pistol, with a laser sight plus a RTA sight on the top,then extract the cartridge and put it on the seller's table "Tell you what, you give me one cartridge of these AP bullets for my handgun" The Terran raise a large and slim magazine "And I give you this cartridge of my handgun. What you say?" The vendedor took a bullet from the cartridge and inspect it quiet curious and with an expert eye. No longer than 5 mm and the tip painted with a bright red, probably tracer bullets or at least that's the vendor think
"I say...We got a deal" The trader said, after that he look under his table and pull out a small box of bullets "How many does that pistol holds...I will say, 20 bullets per mag"
"Close, 30 bullets" Jakson smiled looking at the trader and taking out the TS2 bullets from its magazine
The trader let out a surprised whistle "Where you get such a piece?" He say as he took the Terran's bullets on his hand. Making sure none of them falls "You could kill a small Ursa with one of these"
"Heh, let's say they are experts on weaponry from where I come" Jakson took the trader's AP bullets and load them on his pistol cartridge. When it was full he put it inside the Inquisitor and pull back the small weapon's bolt, then aim with it at the air "It's a bit heavier than I expected"
"No refunds, kiddo"
"And who says I want a refund?" A half smile, self confident and looking at the trader "Thanks again" Jakson holster his pistol and walk away without looking back
Deker stood on the hardware part of the market street, after hours of looking he couldn't know what headphone were good from the bad, of course, technology wasn't his strong point
He sigh in dispair "Gent is better at this than me..." rubbing his head unsure of what headphone to buy.
"Don't know what to buy, huh?" A girl come and stand besides her "If I had to bet for the best option I would say...Those ones" She aim at pair of black and yellow headphones
Deker look at her, white skin, long black hair with a sky blue tuft and dark with blue eyes, she seem normal until he notices. A small scar on her cheek and a wolf tail and ears. He take a look at her clothes, light plate armor covering her ribs and chest (which he didn´t stare too long) the rest being covered on a solid light blue cloth, carrying an sword on her back and dust on a belt around her hip
"...You know about this?" Deker ask trying to start a conversation, he wanted to know her name at least
"You can say that" She smile confident, he wasn't sure of why but he like that smile and couldn't hold on his own "What?" she keep smiling
The Light Assault change his face on a fraction of a second and look away blushing ashamed "What the heck is happening to me?!" he took a deep breath and force himself to stop blushing "Thank you..." He gulp and look at her "Uhm...you didn't tell me your name?"
"Oh!, uhm, my name is Skye Elec" She raise her hand, expecting for him to shake it
"...Skie?" Still Deker shake her hand and giggled, even though he wasn't sure of why, and let go her hand after a bit. Unknow for him, Deker get lost on those blue ocean eyes
"No, silly, Skye" She giggled as well "What's your name? I bet it can't be that hard"
"...Oh, right, sorry. My name is Deker Eris" The rebel answer her "So-" He took a look at the headphones "Where are you from?, Atlas?"
She shake her head "No, I'm from Vale. What about you?...You quiet look like an Atlas soldier, did you escape your training and that's why you use that scarf on the face or what?"
He quietly laugh at that comment and take the headphones "No, I'm not part of the Atlas's army. Though I have experience on combat..." Deker shrugged as he put the headphones on the counter "But I prefer not to talk about that. I'm... "retired" To put it in some kind of way" Even what he said is half-true. It still what it is. A half-truth, he still in active service. If, the situation required it "Anyway, uh...Thanks for the..." He couldn't make the words come out of his mouth "...That..." He paid for the headphones and quickly left the store ashamed and confuse, mainly confuse due this new feelings...
But a voice shake him out of his thoughts and stare him "Deker, wait!" he slowly turn around, his brain still stay in shock for whatever reason. He look at Skye sprinting towards him, when she was close enough she stretch her arm with a bag "Here. Your headphones"
"Oh..Thanks...I'm such an idiot, freaking dammit..Wait I can kill myself...This is not Auraxis. Freaking hell! " The Light Assault gulp again and his brown cheek slowly start to glow red once again "Well..." He slowly started to laugh not sure of why, was he nervous or he just start to act like an idiot out of nowhere "I better...Go back, home..."
"W-w-wait!" Skye ask stop him before he could even walk "uhm...Do you mind...To go for a drink or...Something like that?" She say nervous and shy, quite reminds him of Velvet in certain form
"No, sorry I have to...WOW WOW WOW, hold up Matthew!. She just want to meet you!...I-I mean yeah, sure..." Eris wasn't sure, was that a bad joke or it is real. But a worse thing hit his mind "Wait, I forgot. I don't have more money on me..." She roll her eyes "Great now she must be some kind of poor mug from the street" He thought, but before he give up on her, she took his hand
"Don't worry. It's on me this time" Skye added with her smile, the rebel, ashamed, accept her offer "Good, I know a good place not far from here.." after saying that she left go his hand and turn around her head blushing ashamed "I w-will lead the way"
Deker stood there, watching his hand unbelievable of this girl, who shout to him to get his attention "Come on, Dek!" The young one shook his head and runs towards her catching her up..
After a few hours of lurking around, team EXCB made it back to its room, everyone talking about their shopping. Except for Iris who stay outside talking to someone on the scroll.
"...Which reminds me, hey Eris. Why you came back blushing so much?" Neron ask him curious "You rarely get ashamed of your actions...Mainly because you almost don't talk" the sniper didn't add the last part
"Yeah, you look like a cherry" Jakson add looking him as well, Deker's face slowly start to glow a dark red as he focus on finding an answer for their questions, but the only thing he could get ot of his mouth was a whine
"T-t-that's not your b-b-bussiness!" The Light Assault shout somewhat childish "I-I mean...uh..."
Before he could,react Neron took him by the face making him open his eye "Yup, your pupils are .53% bigger" Deker free himself, blinking a few times "Either you are on drugs or..." Jakson look at him worry for Deker "You are in what people call. Love"
"Me?! In love?!. Ha!, good joke Vanu!" Deker let a sarcastic laugh came out "What's next? A Grimm knocking our doorstep?" He say nervously and trying to keep his voice for shattering in shame, at the same time someone knock the door. And Iris came out with a roar and a mask of a creep hiding most of her face and head, the three soldiers stand there not sure if facepalm, laugh or just right out cry for pure shame "Uh...Iris,what the heck..."
"Aww..." She put the mask upwards, looking at them with deception "I wanted to scare you..."
"You seriously thing you can scare us so easily?. We had been on a war for most of our lives and- HEY!" Jakson shout to Deker who try to sneak out of the room "YOU GET BACK HERE!"
"...WOLOLOLOL" The NC took action and run to the window, taking his jumpjet before reaching it and hop out of it, then he glide his way down swiftly and look up to his partners when he touch the ground "Get good scrub!" and start running away
"...Is he seriously our squadron leader?" Neron added, confuse like the other two
Meanwhile 5 rooms away, Gent stay thinking on the edge of his bed. His new team GREN or Green for short...Or at least that's what Ozpin told him "For the fifth time, you are part of the team, Gent" A male voice distract him. Wearing a black and red, his coat having some pockets with sniper rounds sticking out on one of them, his red and black skull cap on the nigh desk "Now believe me, I wanted to study by myself, but here we are. So stop being a baby an accept reality..." His red blood eyes looking at him, but it didn't match with his light brown skin
Gent sigh both giving up and relief. For one side, he wouldn't be alone. The bad new he expect to be with the other Auraxians and not in a team apart...But he could make it work or at least he expected that ¨Yeah...I guess you are right...Hey, uh...Reggie, right?" Reggie nod in silence "Okay, you are...Auburn Rift...Right?"
A girl in a short black and orange dress, with green eyes and the hair with the same color as her name Auburn, pale skin a bit shorter than him but taller than Neron for sure, her facets were Asian, she probably comes from the same kingdom where Ren and Nora came... "You're not good with names, are you?" Auburn answer him, softly but confident. Sure it will be fun to see if she have more than that serious and cold attitude
Before Gent respond, he take a deep breath, trying to find the patience to not call her by a few things he had in mind "Yeah. I know, thank you" He answer shortly " And last but not least, Skye Elec. Correct?"
Skye nodded in respond. Sure will be fun for him to be at a team full of strange people and him being a guy from literally another universe.