Ozpin had decades of hunting experience under his belt, and during his years of hunting Grimm, guarding transports, body guarding, and other odd jobs, he had been exposed to all kinds of scars, injuries, and wounds. But, even then, he was still a bit shocked at wounds that adorned these young soldier's faces.

Oberon's scars were the worst by far, mostly due to all the upfront fighting he did and the lack of super heavy body armor that the MAXes possessed. His features minus the scars, however, were quite normal, as they included slightly tan skin and medium length thick black hair with bangs that extended just above his eyebrows. The soldier's eyes were a deep, ocean blue.

Although, his scars were a different story. It looked as if someone had taken a machete to his face, as they were all knife wounds. They all looked as if they had healed a long time ago, due the fact that the flesh of the scars were pale and puckered.

A long and jagged scar went from the top of Oberon's forehead, through his thankfully functional right eye, and all the way down to his adam's apple. Another looked as if someone drew an X on Oberon's left eye with a knife. There were a couple more crisscrossing white jagged lines across the soldiers face.

One looked as if someone had tried -and succeeded- to slit Oberon's throat. A few more stretched from his neck down into Oberon's armor, where undoubtedly countless more scars were located.

Jaxon, despite his sniper rifle which indicated he was usually away from front line fighting, also had his fair share. One jagged one went from just below his left eye down past his form fitting uniform. Another crossed from just above his right eye, around it, down to the left side of his mouth. There were a couple more thin, short lines that looked suspiciously like stab wounds.

His head also adorned black hair the same shade as Oberon's, except Jaxon's was short, close cropped, and his almost nonexistent bangs were slightly spiked up. His eyes, while still blue, were a lighter shade, like the bright sky on a summer day.

Kade had the least war wounds out of the three of them, most likely due to the fact that by the time you broke through MAX armor, the person inside was usually already dead from the sheer damage and force needed to crack the giant exosuit. Still, the ones he did possess couldn't exactly be considered small wounds. The most prominent one extended from the middle of the MAX's scalp, down through his right eye, ending just on the right of his chin.

Another one looked as if someone had put a knife in the left side of his mouth, and… pulled. It went all the way to the middle of his cheekbone. Kade also possessed a mop of dirty blonde hair and dark green eyes.

The fourth member of the group, Eric, also had his fair share.

A single scar traced the boy's jaw line, then went all the way down past his turtle neck. Another jagged line stretched from above his left eye, across Eric's nose, down to the middle of his right cheek. His pupils were a deep brown, which complemented his short, brunette hair perfectly.

The two professors, upon seeing the battle scars, were quite shocked, although Ozpin hid his better than Glynda's. While she simply stood there in shock, eyes wide and a hand covering her mouth in horror, Ozpin managed to keep his eyes at a normal size, and stared at them with a mixture of surprise, horror, and slight curiosity.

After a couple moments of staring at the battle scars of the four futuristic soldiers, it was Ozpin who was able to form words again:

"What-?"

"It was the goddam Vanu. They get rather sadistic when they have someone pinned with a knife" Oberon immediately cut the professor off, his friends and brother unconsciously leaning back at the venom and pure hatred in his tone. "They also thought it'd be a good idea to alter their knives so that any mark they make instantly becomes imprinted into our genetic code and when they add the memories from our past battle, The scars go with it. So that any scar they give us follows us to and past the rebirth... So that we wouldn't feel as invincible as we once were. Personally, I'd love to jam my knife in the eye of whoever thought of that, stupid co-"

"Oberon, let it go, there's nothing we can do about now" Jaxon, the group's resident voice of reason, decided to cut in at this point. Seeing as Oberon wasn't getting any less angry despite Jaxon assurances, he decided that it'd be better if they left before Oberon started punching things. "May we go now, Professor Ozpin?"

"Very well, remember, be at the auditorium by 4 O'clock"

"Yes sir" The group spoke as one and then filed out of Ozpin's office, putting their masks and helmets back on as they did so.

Beacon Academy Sky Docks 2:30 pm

"Whelp, I'll say we've just about seen it all" Kade's voice cut through the silence that had just engulfed the group as they arrived at the place where they had started their self-guided tour. Along the way, the group had exchanged stories, swapped jokes, and remarked on the architecture of the place. Despite being centuries behind technologically, the place was still quite impressive, and quite big. Oberon had also calmed down, though his rage didn't quite dissipate all the way.

"Yep, there's nowhere else to go and it's only...2:30. We've still got about another hour and a half unti- hey what's that?" The group looked up and followed Oberon's pointing finger to see an air transport heading their way, moving at a quite slow pace.

"Must be holding the new students" Jaxon remarked, noticing that the students were set to arrive in 30 minutes.

"Well, It doesn't look like it's getting here anytime soon, and I don't want to wait that long. Besides, my legs are killing me" That was Eric's take on the situation, and the group had to agree that it'd be easier to just to find a place to camp out and wait than stand around until 4 O'clock.

"Yeah and I don't want to deal with a bunch of kids standing around and staring at us" Kade felt he needed to add his two cents to the conversation again at this point.

"Well, where do you suppose we should go?"

"How about the auditorium? We're supposed to head there anyway so we might as well get a head start" The group, finding no holes in Jaxon's logic, turned began the trek to the auditorium. Upon their arrival to the large, empty, and circular room, they stood there, taking it the sight in. It was quite a large area, and seemed more like an arena than a gathering place.

Looking around, they decided to sit down to their far left, the farthest distance from the small circular stage to the right of the entrance. Having nothing to do for the next hour, they just relaxed. The soldiers had been up and about for almost 18 hours, so the break was a welcome one. They were also used to having to get sleep when and where they could, so propped up against the wall of the auditorium, they all drifted off to sleep rather quickly, one by one.

Well, almost all of them. Jaxon, the lone infiltrator, was still up, and pondering the days events. The soldiers on Auraxis were used to taking things in stride, years upon years of constant warfare does that to someone, but he was taking a step back, and looking at the bigger picture. And in doing this, he realized that he was lucky to be here. If anything different had happened, he and his friends would still be on Auraxis, doomed to eternal warfare. Kade and Eric would still be his enemies, and they'd probably run into each other, and kill without hesitation.

Speaking of his allies in blue and yellow, Jaxon discovered that they weren't much different from him and Oberon. In the Terran Republic, the New Conglomerate was made out to be radicals and terrorists, people who were evil and needed to be destroyed. But, after talking with them, Jaxon realized that they were just people. There was nothing evil about them, save for Eric's apparent violent tendencies when people interrupted his naps. From what Kade had told Jaxon and Oberon, Eric once single handily took down an entire squadron of Vanu MAXes when they attacked the base he was in and interrupted his nap. Jaxon was skeptical, but he didn't want to test it.

So this got Jaxon thinking, if the New Conglomerate wasn't so bad, why hadn't they just tried talking, maybe work out their differences, make a compromise, let them peacefully exist as an independent nation or something. Then he wondered who, exactly, was running the show. Why hadn't the Terran Prime Minister tried negotiating? Based on what he had learned from Kade and Eric, the New Conglomerate had been quite open to negotiation, but had only been met with bullets.

So wait… does that mean that we're the bad guys? That we've been- Nope, you know what, I don't even want to think about this right now, this is one can of worms I don't what to dig any deeper into. I'll just try to get some shut eye before 4:00 rolls around. His mind made up, Jaxon allowed himself to relax to some degree. He leaned back resting his head on the cold wall of the auditorium, and eventually fell into a light sleep.

Unbeknownst to the quartet, Ozpin had been watching and listening to them from the moment they left his office. These soldiers intrigued him greatly and it wasn't just the fact that they weren't from Remnant that interested him so. Despite their general laid back way of speaking and acting, these soldiers anything but. It took a trained eye to see the tensing of certain muscles, the involuntary twitch that signaled a preparedness to act. And even so, he had barely seen this, he only caught it if he focused. Ozpin was quite certain that if he had made any sudden moves while around these soldiers, they would have shot him the second he started moving.

They were, almost involuntarily, ready to move, shoot, and find cover at any moment, even when they were sleeping. They never let their guard down, no matter where they were. Glynda had noticed this too, and they had discussed it once the soldiers left. She felt that they were too dangerous to have around, but she couldn't refute the fact that everyone that came into this academy was dangerous, some simply more so than others. Furthermore, he had insisted that with their skills, they had the makings to become great hunters. Ozpin decided that he'd have to keep a close eye on them in the coming years.

Beacon Academy Auditorium 3:10 pm

Oberon was the first of the four to wake up, having been the one to fall asleep first. He took a look around, and noticed the first of the students were filing into the auditorium. He took this opportunity to study them, wondering exactly what other people in remnant looked like. The group had only seen Ozpin and Glynda, they were fine, but he had wondered what people his age dressed like.

It seemed the outfits varied from person to person, all of them different. Some outrageous and some more practical. He was surprised to find armor, or a therefore lack of. At this Oberon wondered exactly how dangerous these Grimm were when the people who were training to hunt them were dressed in simple cloth.

To his right, Kade had started to move, cutting off Oberon's train of thought. Instantly, Kade was awake and aware, his gaze lingering on some students while passing over others. After looking at him for a couple seconds, Oberon realized that Kade was studying them, trying to determine who was the greatest threat, where to go for cover, who to take out first, where they were. It was common practice on Auraxis for soldiers to do such a thing, as forgetting someone was there or ignoring the greatest threat often lead to an early rebirth. So they had taught themselves to scan the battlefield and determine where they were needed most. However, Oberon knew that these students would be his allies for the next four years, and he decided what Kade was doing was unnecessary.

"Oi" He said, tapping Kade's shoulder. "We don't need to do that here. These people are our allies, and we should treat them as such"

"I know, I was just being cautious. Besides, just because we're going to march under the same banner doesn't mean some of they won't stab us in the back"

*sigh* "You're almost as bad as Jaxon, I swear, my brother thinks the whole continent is out to get him"

"Yeah, what's with him anyway, he's more twitchy than a Vanu with a knife to the brain" They were both standing up now, and the auditorium had filled with more students. The four soldiers had gotten a decent amount of looks, some were curious, some were suspicious, and a decent amount had a good portion of fear in them, especially when their gaze fell on Oberon and Kade. The heavily armored duo ignored these looks for the most part.

"He's been on the receiving end of more than his fair share of friendly fire, one of them being his good friend who defected to the Vanu Sovereignty after shooting Jax in the back"

"Ah, well that explains it" Eric was up and awake now, and decided to let his presence be known. After nodding to him, Oberon once again took the reigns of the discussion.

"Yeah, he wouldn't admit it, but it hurt him, the betrayal. Jaxon's friend had been with him for almost 5 years. After that, Jax kind of just closed himself up, avoided people on a general principle, I'm the only one he would talk to"

"Isn't that a little extreme? I mean yeah, his friend shot him, but it's not like he can die. And seriously going in a recluse? Who does that?" Upon speaking these words, Kade realized that he may have gone a bit too far.

"Oh, man, I'm so-"

"Don't say it" Oberon's voice was quiet and deadly, and Kade unconsciously shifted closer to Eric, who was watching the encounter with an impassive face. "You don't get to criticize him. You know how much it hurt for him? It'd be like Eric, shooting you in the back without a second thought after all those years you've trusted him"

"Oberon, I'm-"

"Shut up, the headmaster is about to start his speach" The heavy assault turned away at this, obviously done with the conversation. He turned away from a guilty Kade, a silent Eric, and all while the subject of their conversation slept peacefully, dreaming of a happier time.

I'm so sorry this took so long, I took a short hiatus for the holidays and suffered from a bad case of writers block and laziness after I came out of it.

As for the Vanu showing up, if they do, It will be much later in the story as I don't have any plans right now