Pre-Chapter Author's Note:
5,055 words before the A/N's and extra things. I would like to thank Leviticus Wilkes for editing this chapter for me, and thank everyone else for reading my story. I would like to apologize in advance, I was alternating between writing this and playing the campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. My mind was thinking along those lines and you will see where that affects it. And now, let the chapter commence.
Chapter 19: The Finale
"I have made my decision."
Ozpin was standing on the auditorium stage, addressing every student in the school.
"As some of you know, Weiss Schnee of Team RWBY has gone missing. I had originally decided to send two teams of third-year students for a rescue operation, but I have since reconsidered. I will send two teams of first-year students and one team of second-year students." Ozpin cleared his throat and pulled out a sticky note. "The three teams are: Team RWBY, Team SCAR, and Team SEAL. I expect Team SEAL to lead the operation and come up with a plan of attack."
"We will, sir." Sandman, the leader of Team SEAL, responded.
"Good, we will send you out in three hours, be ready by then. Everyone is dismissed."
The majority of students started walking out, but Sandman motioned for Teams RWBY and SCAR to come over.
"Alright, we have three hours here, and then it will be a two hour flight by airship." Sandman said to them as they came over. "That means I'll give you guys two hours here to get ready, but from then on we will be strategizing. Got it?"
Upon seeing the nods of approval circulating throughout the group, Sandman dismissed them and turned to talk with his team.
"What if we can't get her?" Ruby asked Yang as they were walking out.
"We will, don't worry." Yang responded with a smile at Ruby.
"Okay." Ruby moved over and hugged Yang. "Thanks sis."
"We have two hours, let's make the most of it." Yang looked over to Blake, who was still taking Weiss' disappearance heavily. "And you need to be cheered up."
Blake smiled at Yang and thanked her for the offer, but said she needed some time to go over her weapons.
"Maybe afterwards." Blake winked at Yang and opened the door to their room.
"Okay."
"Alright, here is a map of the building." Sandman said as he brought up a 3D image of the warehouse Weiss was being held in. "We only have an exterior view, but we know that this is the place she is in."
They were on the airship, on their way to rescue Weiss. They had all been aquainted with each other's abilities and weapons, and Sandman was sharing the plan he had been formulating for an hour.
"Any questions?" He looked up at the faces all arranged in a semi-circle in front of him. They all shook their heads no and he continued.
"What little information of the inside we do have is that it's only one room, so there will not be any 'breach and clear'. Aside from the first one, of course."
"I have a question," Krystal raised her hand. "What is a 'breach and clear'?"
"It's where you have a team of four or five stack up on a door, they open it by any means necessary, and make sure the room is clear of all hostiles."
"Gotcha."
"Moving on, we will have a two man sniper team consisting of Krystal and Colton of Team SCAR. I want Colton to use the sniper scope to see how many humans are inside. This, of course, will require him to use his semblance. Krystal, after initial reconnaissance, I want you to be in charge of the sniper, with Colton guarding your back."
"You got it." Colton and Krystal replied together.
"Sun and Blake will find an alternate, more stealthy, entrance and use that to enter the building. You two will be the ones to secure the hostage, while the first group has the enemy distracted. Beforehand though, I want Sun to use his Sensor to see how many robotic enemies we may have."
"Understood." Sun and Blake looked at each other and nodded.
"Where does that leave me, Ruby, and Aurora?" Yang asked.
"Aurora will be with us for the first breach, but will hang back at the entrance and make sure nobody tries to come in behind us. You and Ruby will be on relief duty, you two stay on alert and move wherever you are needed. Understand?"
"Yes." Yang turned to Ruby and smiled reassuringly.
"In theory, we should be in and out within two minutes. For further reference, the breach team will be called Team A, Blake and Sun will be Team B, Colton and Krystal are Team C, and Yang and Ruby are Team D. Do not hesitate to use your throat misc to communicate with the rest of us. The ETA is in thirty minutes so take this time to rest and get ready for your mission ahead."
"Are you sure this was a good idea?" Glynda Goodwitch asked.
"No, but I know that there is a greater chance of success if there is a passion that the rescuers have for the hostage." Ozpin replied, wiping his brow.
"But you are sending two first-year teams."
"I'm aware of that, but they are two of the teams closest to Weiss."
"At least you gave them Team SEAL to follow."
"Yes, I feel they needed some experience there."
"Why didn't you include Team JNPR? They're probably closer to Weiss than SCAR."
"I have another mission for them, which they are on right now."
"Why didn't you tell me before?"
"Because, it has been a closely guarded secret between me and them."
"And I was not included in the loop?"
"I only spoke to them when it was absolutely necessary, and you didn't need to know until now."
"Where did you send them?"
"That, I cannot disclose."
"Fine, but promise me they will be safe."
"No promises, but I trust them to get the job done."
"T-minus one." Archer said to the group.
"Everybody ready?" Sandman asked.
Varying degrees of "yes" responded.
"Everybody remember where to go?"
Again, everybody acknowledged.
"Then let's do this, stay frosty."
Sandman jumped out of the stealth plane that they had switched to fifteen minutes before. Everyone quickly followed suit behind him.
They landed two miles away from the warehouse Weiss was in. This was to keep stealth, it wouldn't do to have people seeing the parachutes floating down from above.
Sandman was the first to cut off his parachute and proceeded to fold it and stick it under a log. Everyone else followed suit, and Sandman started forwards.
They were walking in arrowhead formation, with Team SEAL in front. They reached the outskirts of the warehouse area and people started to split off. Colton and Krystal cut right and headed up the hill to their sniper vantage point. Sun, Blake, Ruby, and Yang all made their way to the fire escape for the building and started to make their way to the roof. Team SEAL and Aurora continued forward and stacked up on the front door.
"Team B, status" Sandman said through the throat mic.
"Team B, ready." Sun replied.
"Team C, status."
"Team C, ready and in place." Krystal said.
"Team D, status."
"Team D, ready for anything." Yang whispered.
"Alright, Team C, can you see any warm-blooded creatures inside?"
"One, right at the back." Colton responded while looking through Krystal's sniper scope.
"Team B, what do you have on robotic enemies?"
Sun activated his Sensor and replied.
"They seem to line the walls inside."
"How many?"
"Roughly fifty or so, twenty five to each side."
"Team D, be ready to back up any team that might need it. It looks like we might be engaging multiple hostiles."
"Copy, we are." Yang said.
"Everybody ready? Aurora, hit it."
There was a burst of orange flame as the dust-laced Thermite burned through the lock on the door. As it burned out, Aurora kicked the door open and admitted Sandman and the rest of Team SEAL into the building.
"Room clear, aside from the robots." Archer said.
"Any activated yet?" Sandman asked.
"None so far." Everett replied, looking around.
They approached the figure they had seen at the back of the warehouse. Suddenly, the room was alight with red.
"One, right at the back." Colton handed the sniper back to Krystal and pulled out Amber and Ember.
"Are you ready?" He asked Krystal.
"Not really, but that's not important." She responded.
"Well, just be ready to snipe stuff."
"I will, just protect my back."
"On it."
"Team B, they have ignited, enter in five."
"Roger." Came the response.
They both watched as Aurora kicked the door in and Team SEAL disappeared inside the building. Aurora gave them a thumbs up a few seconds later, to signal that they had not yet engaged. Suddenly, the building was suddenly engulfed in red light.
"Alarm must have sounded." Colton said. "It's time, don't miss."
"I won't." Krystal fired a round through the glass and one of the robots went down. "Like shooting fish in a barrel."
"Uh, Krystal?"
"What?"
"We've got a problem." Colton was staring up into the sky
"What exactly is it?" She looked up with him and her jaw dropped. "Oh no."
"Roughly fifty or so, twenty five to each side." Sun deactivated his Sensor and looked at Blake. "Let's do this."
Blake just nodded her head and they moved to the hatch they would drop down through.
"Team B," They heard Krystal announce over the radio. "They have ignited, enter in five."
"Roger." Sun replied, then opened the hatch.
He let Blake go in first, before dropping in himself. They landed right beside Weiss and lifted her head up.
"Fools." Vayla said, she was sitting in the chair wearing a white wig.
"How?" Sun started.
Vayla pushed a button on her remote and the room became a sea of red.
"What the?" Blake shielded her eyes against the light.
"You have made a grave mistake." Vayla said as she stood up out of the chair.
"Uh, guys?" Krystal came in over the radio. "We have a problem, enemy reinforcements have arrived."
Ruby and Yang had been hanging out on the roof, ready for the go-ahead to start fighting. As they heard Krystal come over the radio, they looked at each other and dropped through the hatch Sun and Blake had gone into.
"Where is Weiss?" Blake had Vayla by the neck and was squeezing into her.
Vayla simply stood there, but Blake started to lift her off the ground and her eyes went wide.
"She, she's at the-" Vayla suddenly vanished in a cloud of purple smoke, only to reappear a few feet away.
"You ignorant-" Blake was cut off as Vayla suddenly grabbed a rope that dropped down in front of her from the skylight.
"Bye now!" Vayla tugged the rope and she ascended swiftly.
"Aurora, come in." Sun yelled through his radio.
"Aurora here, what do you need? I'm a little busy!" Came the reply.
"I need you to take out the Bullhead directly above the skylight!"
"On it."
A few seconds passed, then they saw an explosion above them. The ship listed to the left and Vayla was forced to jump to the roof below.
"Thanks for the help, I'm coming to join you." Sun turned to address the other three. "You guys get up there and go after her, I'm regrouping with my team."
"Got it." Blake grabbed Ruby and Yang and shot Gambol Shroud at the roof, then pulling them up with her. "Good luck!"
Sun looked down from them just in time to see one of the activated robots running at him. He dodged out of the way and pulled out his staff in time to swipe out the legs from under it.
Sun sprinted towards the door, taking out the multiple enemies that got in his way. As he reached it, he turned and yelled to Team SEAL.
"We gotta find Weiss!"
"Switch warehouses." Sandman said to his team.
They all ran outside and Sun watched as Sandman led SEAL to the next building over. He looked away and saw Krystal and Colton fighting a losing battle at the top of the hill.
"We gotta save them!" He yelled to Aurora as he started running up towards his teammates.
"I'm with you!" Aurora replied, and followed him up.
Krystal took a second to look at Colton, she saw the determined look on his face and turned back to face the White Fang operatives assaulting them.
"We can't hold out much longer!" She yelled as she shot another arrow into the mass.
"I know," He yelled back. "But we can retreat down the mountain if we have to!"
"No you don't!" Came a voice from behind the two.
As they turned to see who it was, an explosion rocked the White Fang group they had been fighting seconds before.
"You two okay?" Sun asked as he ran up to Colton and Krystal.
"Peachy, nice stunt." Colton gestured to the now-defeated group of criminals in front of him.
"That was all Aurora, we need to start checking other warehouses for Weiss."
"What about Vayla?" Krystal asked.
"RWBY's got it covered, now let's work on that warehouse over there!" Sun pointed to one opposite the original.
"You got it, I can check for heat signatures. Krystal, keep me covered while I do that." Colton ran down the hill and Sun turned to face Aurora.
"Can you use Sensor again?" She asked.
"No, it would use too much Aura."
"Alright, I guess we're going in blind."
"Not completely, we will know if there are any human enemies."
"But robots are the main problem. Never mind, let's get down and help them!"
The two bounded down to rejoin their team, and Colton turned when they got there.
"No warm-blooded creatures, but robots are still an unknown."
"Then we don't need to check this one, move to the next."
They raced to the one beside it, only to find out that this one had no humans either. On the third one, though, Colton detected a massive group huddled in the back.
"I don't know if any are Weiss, but she could easily be lost in that croud." Colton said, looking at Sun to prove his point.
"Okay, here's the plan." Sun started.
"Teams B and C! Where are you? We need backup!" Sandman crackled in over the radio.
The four teammates turned in time to see SEAL burst out of the warehouse they had entered. Sun looked at his team, before running to assist SEAL.
"Team A, I'm on my way," He yelled over the radio, before turning back to talk to his teammates. "Infiltrate that warehouse! I will return ASAP!"
"Look who decided to join me." Vayla said as Team RWBY jumped up to the ceiling.
"You're awefully calm for someone who just lost their ride home." Blake replied.
"Oh, but that was the first of many. I will not be taken lightly."
Blake charged at Vayla and swung Gambol Shroud in a glittering arc, only to pierce the purple smoke where Vayla had been standing moments before.
"Nice try, but you will have to try harder than that." A voice said from a few feet to the left of where Vayla had been.
"You stupid-" Blake started to run after her, but was stopped by Yang.
"Easy there, tiger," Yang said. "We have to think this through, she can only move a few feet at a time."
Blake finally felt the red haze clear from her eyes and she was finally able to think straight.
"If I go up the middle, and you two take the sides…" Blake left the idea trailing, and rushed full on at Vayla.
"Another foolish run? Oh how will I survive?" Vayla cackled, failing to see Blake's two teammates spreading out to her sides.
She waited until Blake was a foot away and vanished. She reappeared a few feet away, laughing at the ease she had escaped. The only difference her was, Ruby was standing right behind her.
"What the?" Vayla exclaimed as Ruby grabbed her.
Vayla spun around in Ruby's grasp to assess her captor. She only got so far before her sight faded to black.
"Ready? One, two, THREE!"
BOOM! The door exploded inward and Aurora slipped through the gaping hole she had just made, closely followed by Colton and Krystal.
"Aim carefully! Weiss could be somewhere inside!" Aurora yelled as she saw Colton sprint towards the enemies.
He ran straight at the first one and rolled under the guy's legs. He struck out at the back of his knees with Amber and Ember and flowed seamlessly into a cut at another would-be opponent. He looked around and saw an explosion to his left, taking out a small group. Another person charged him and he threw Amber straight into it's face. He heard a whistle on his right and he saw another small group go down in a storm of arrows. Colton retrieved Amber and jumped over the dead body he had retained it from.
Krystal fired an arrow at one of the enemies who had decided it was a good time to take Colton from behind. She was just a second late as her arrow rammed into the guy as he was pulling his sword from Colton's side.
"COLTON!" Krystal screamed as she ran over to where she had seen her partner fall. "COVER ME AURORA!"
In the midst of numerous explosions, Krystal tentatively lifted Colton's head up and concentrated. A dark blue glow surrounded her and surged into Colton's exposed wound.
"Aura just got a little too low." Colton said weakly with a smile.
"I'm glad you're okay, but you won't be if we don't get out of here!" Aurora said as she ran by them.
Krystal looked up and saw a huge wave of White Fang soldiers running at them.
"What about Weiss?" Krystal yelled as she picked Colton up.
"Not here, somewhere else." Aurora replied as she ran out the door.
Krystal ran towards the exit with Colton in her arms. As she got out, she saw Aurora planting some C4 on the walls around the door.
"This should keep them occupied." Aurora waved them back and hit the detonator.
A huge orange fireball lit up the night sky, and burning bits of shrapnel fell everywhere.
"Are you ready for this?" Pyrrha asked a very nervous Jaune.
"Not in the slightest, but I know we have to do this." He replied, looking over at Ren and Nora.
"I trust you to lead us into this, I fully believe you can." Pyrrha leaned in and kissed him, leaving him in shock.
"Still gets me every time." He said after he recovered, shaking his head.
Pyrrha smiled at him and walked over to the rest of their team.
"You two alright? We will reach the LZ in five minutes."
"Fine, thank you." Ren replied before wincing as a shrill voice screamed beside his ear.
"I'M SO EXCITED TO DO THIS!" Nora yelled, making Pyrrha wish she had never given Nora a chance to speak.
"We know you are, just save that excitement for the mission ahead." Ren laid a hand on her shoulder, in an attempt to calm her down.
"OKAY!" She replied, as loud as before.
"Alright, I'm sorry I asked." Pyrrha took the opportunity to slip back to Jaune.
"She needs to start talking quieter before she breaks the Seattle record for loudest stadium single-handedly." He said as she reached him.
"I agree, let's just prepare," Pyrrha smiled at him. "I will follow you."
Pyrrha walked off to put on her armor, missing Jaune's mutter of "Bad idea".
Sun watched as Team SEAL continued to be forced back into the open. He looked up and saw a bullhead hovering overhead, spinning up its miniguns.
"Look out!" Sun cried out to the team as he jumped up to take out the threat.
Sandman, Everett, and Archer all jumped out of the way, but Lysoc was caught in the fire.
"Lysoc!" Everett started to run towards his fallen friend, but was stopped by Sandman.
"Too late for him, we have to move to the next warehouse and find Weiss."
"But-"
"No 'buts', we have to find the hostage."
At that moment, Sun dropped down behind them.
"I'm sorry, I yelled as soon as I could."
"Not your fault, he just wasn't fast enough." Sandman replied.
"How could he be with that huge M249 he always carries around." Archer muttered.
"Stop, focus on the objective. Stack up on the next door, we breach on three."
The three SEAL representatives and Sun ran over to the next warehouse entrance.
"Ready? One, two-" Sandman was cut off by a huge orange explosion from across the street.
"What was-" Archer started.
"Three!" Sandman yelled as he kicked open the door.
Vayla crumpled to the ground following Yang's devastating punch.
"Whoa." Ruby fell to a sitting position and looked at the unconscious girl in front of her.
"Glad she finally bit the dust, at least for a while." Yang said as a large explosion lit up their surroundings.
"There sure are a lot of explosives being used today." Blake commented as she looked over the edge of the building.
What she saw was Aurora and Krystal run away from a newly burning building, with Krystal carrying Colton in her arms.
"Ruby," Blake said, looking back. "Keep an eye on her, me and Yang need to help the rest."
"Okay, good luck." Ruby replied as she crouched down near Vayla.
"Keep her unconscious, we don't want her escaping."
"Got it, now go."
Yang walked up beside her girlfriend and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"That's for good luck, now let's go break the tides." Yang jumped off the roof, with Blake right behind her.
They landed and took a look at their surroundings. They saw a huge mass of White Fang soldiers pouring out of the warehouse next to theirs. They cast their gaze wider and saw Team SEAL and Sun assaulting the building after that, and Aurora and Krystal making their way there as well.
"Let's go make ourselves known." Yang took off towards the White Fang group running towards SEAL and Sun, with Blake on her heels.
"Hurry!" Aurora yelled back to Krystal as they sprinted towards the warehouse Sun had gone into a moment before.
"Can you run?" Krystal asked the bundle in her arms.
At Colton's nod, she put him down and they resumed running side by side. They reached the building a few seconds before the mass of White Fang soldiers and slammed the door shut behind them.
"That won't hold them long." Krystal turned around and saw Team SEAL and Sun huddled around a figure on the other side of the room, with Aurora making her way over.
"Stay here and guard this, I'll go see what the fuss is over there."
"Go." Colton said as he braced himself against the door.
Krystal ran over to everyone else and saw what they had been looking at. Weiss was sitting in the chair, beaten and exhausted, barely alive.
"Move over, let me see what I can do." Krystal bent down to Weiss and gestured for everyone else to hold the door.
They all ran off to help Colton and Krystal held her hand out to Weiss. She concentrated for a few seconds before a dark blue haze rushed out of her arm and surrounded Weiss.
"Hope this works." She said as Weiss appeared to start shaking in front of her.
The haze stayed around Weiss for a few seconds before diffusing into her. Weiss shook her head and looked around weakly.
"Where am I?" She asked as she saw Krystal kneeling in front of her.
"In captivity, but not anymore." Krystal replied as she unstrapped Weiss' arms from the chair.
Weiss sagged forwards and Krystal caught her as glass shattered above her.
"What?" Krystal looked up to see four bullheads depositing more enemies onto the roof. "Guys? Get back here now!"
Blake and Yang hit the group in front of them at full force, scattering White Fang everywhere. They continued forwards until they reached the door and they slipped through, leaving more than a few dead bodies behind them. The scene inside was not reassuring: Krystal was running towards them with Weiss in her arms, while everyone else was rushing the other way to engage the enemies dropping in from above.
"You found her!" Blake went straight to Krystal and took Weiss from her arms.
"Yes, but we still need to get out." Krystal replied, looking back to see her teammates and SEAL fighting a losing battle.
"On it." Yang rushed over and joined the fray, as more White Fang soldiers kept swarming in.
"Without backup, we can't win this." Blake said as she assessed the situation before her.
"Did somebody call for backup?" A new voice yelled from behind them.
Krystal and Blake turned to see Nora standing in the doorway, beckoning them forward. "Transport has arrived, everybody to the door!" Krystal yelled into the radio as she led Blake towards Nora.
Ren appeared behind Nora and took Weiss from Blake's arms, before turning back to put her in the stealth craft.
"Everybody in!" Pyrrha yelled from the cockpit, and Krystal jumped in.
Blake turned around and looked back at everybody else, who were slowly moving back towards them, before jumping in behind Krystal.
"Transport has arrived, everybody to the door!" Sun heard over his radio.
He turned for a split second and saw Nora standing in the doorway before flipping back and blocking a sword stroke aimed at his neck.
"You guys go!" Sandman yelled to him. "We'll keep them occupied!"
Sun broke off the front line and ran towards the exit with Colton, Aurora, and Yang. As they reached the ship, they saw Ruby running over with an unconscious Vayla slung over her shoulder. They all jumped in and Sun turned to watch Team SEAL make their escape. But it was not to be, Sandman, Archer, and Everett were slowly moving back.
"Hurry!" Jaune yelled through the radio at them.
"Taking fire!" Pyrrha yelled. "Pulling up!"
"Not without SEAL!" Sun yelled, eyes glued on the three soldiers in front of them.
Archer threw down his weapon, apparently out of ammo, and drew two pistols and started firing them in two different directions. Sandman turned and yelled for everyone to leave them, before pulling out his knife and stabbing one of the people rushing him. A stray shot hit his arm and he too pulled out his pistol, firing at the hostiles with his left arm.
"We aren't leaving you!" Sun yelled, knowing it was futile because he saw the White Fang streaming in the front door to flank SEAL.
"You did good kid!" Sandman yelled over the radio, before taking out a detonator.
Sandman turned one last time to salute in the direction of the ship, before clicking the detonator. The building erupted in a massive orange ball of flame and Pyrrha pulled the ship out of the way just in time.
"SANDMAN!" Sun yelled, watching helplessly as no response came back.
"I'm sorry, I gave it to him." Aurora put a hand on his shoulder and then hugged him.
Sun turned into the hug and returned the favor.
"Why would you do that?" He asked.
"He told me to, he said that he would take a lot down with him if he had to use it."
"But they could have made it out."
"Not at that point, you saw that they were surrounded."
"I know, I just don't want to believe it."
"It's okay." Aurora hugged him tighter and looked around at the haggard mass around her.
Krystal and Colton were sitting in the corner, catching their breath. Yang, Blake, Ruby, and Weiss were embracing in a group hug. Ren and Nora were watching Vayla and Jaune and Pyrrha were piloting the aircraft.
"One life for four." Aurora heard from the person in her embrace.
"But we took out a lot of White Fang, and we have Vayla hostage. Overall, a good day." She replied.
"I guess so."
The ship flew through the sky, transporting a battle-weary group of hunters back to Beacon.
"I would like to personally thank all of you for your heroics in both rescuing Weiss Schnee and capturing Vayla Cenesh. You have done everyone a great service." Ozpin looked at the circle of faces in front of him. "You will be pleased to know that Vayla is in captivity with her aura being constantly sapped to prevent escape."
"That's definitely good, she would easily make her way out otherwise." Sun replied.
"As for Team SEAL, I will feel their loss deeply. They were my top second-year team and were very effective in the field."
"I would like to express an apology for their loss on my behalf." Weiss said, bowing her head.
"It was not your fault, they knew what they were getting in to when they went on this mission."
"But-"
"No 'but's, they died a heroic death and the most I expect from you all is to attend the funeral."
"Of course." She responded.
"But enough about that, congratulations on a more-than-successful mission."
"Thank you." Sun said.
"You all have done very well, all of you. I look forward to these next three years I have with all of you. You are dismissed."
"What do you mean she's gone?"
"Sir, we have scoured the area over and over and we have not found her."
"Well, do it again!"
"Of course, sir."
"Find me my step-daughter before tomorrow morning or I will personally have your head on a platter for breakfast!"
"Yes sir."
"Have we located Blake yet?"
"No sir, Vayla had the location but she is now MIA."
"I know that! Don't keep reminding me!"
"Absolutely sir."
"Then go find her, now!"
"Of course, sir."
"SO GO DO IT!"
"As you wish."
And with that, the man walked out, intent on finding Vayla amidst the wreckage.
Author's Note:
Wow. That took way too long to write, and I would like to say thanks to a few special people. First, Leviticus Wilkes for editing the later chapters and reviewing every chapter. Second, Colton and Kyla, two of my friends in real life, for editing earlier chapters and moral support. Third, anyone who reviewed at all, your responses mean a lot. Fourth, all of you for being very supportive and giving me a reason to write more. And last, every English class I have ever taken, I would not be able to write if I had never learned the English language. Thank you all VERY much for reading and if you enjoyed, don't forget to follow, favorite, and review. Chas1881