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All right sorry for the long ass wait for this chapter. Stuff has been coming up lately and honestly I had some major writers block. I had meant to post this on Valentine's Day but unfortunately I could not finish this in time. Also I now have a beta reader known as Bramblestar14. Hopefully this will improve the quality of my work and make it more enjoyable for you, the reader.
I own nothing but my OC. Red vs Blue is owned by roosterteeth.
Kale's room
Everyone the next morning felt like crap. Kale felt the worst, not even opening his eyes until he heard Alpha.
"Hey Houdini! Get out of bed! Don't make me tell 479er you got her pelican that paint job!" He groaned and opened his eyes. To think he almost forgot that Alpha was the one that took away the video of incriminating evidence. Kale sluggishly got out of bed and sighed deeply. He looked over at the armour at his bedside that was currently plugged into the mother of invention. Alpha had rigged his armour to the main server to the ship so that he could appear to be still in the system without anyone knowing that he had been moved.
"You know if you did that, I wouldn't be able to show you anything else right?" Alpha's hologram appeared and looked straight at Kale.
"Does anyone really WANT you to show anything...dickhead. I mean, I think enough people got mentally scared last night." Kale closed his eyes and put on the armour.
"Look...it is necessary." He paused, before adding, quieter this time, "I promise." He said this to Alpha sadly. "How are the others anyway Alpha?" Alpha started to fidget around nervously for quite a bit before sighing.
"Look, saying you totally messed their shit up is like saying Carolina is dangerous on her period. Understatement of the god damn century." Kale gave out a nervous shiver at the idea of Carolina in that...state.
"Just give me the details Alpha." Alpha groaned, before complying.
"Okay, but you're not going to like it... so no bitching to me when you realize how badly you wrecked them up." He starts to flicker a bit before beginning to replay video files. "First were South and North. South locked herself in 3 different rooms and destroyed each one before North was able to calm her down. Next is C.T, who once again tried to bug our room. I shut them down and I think the frustration caused her to snap and practically destroy the training floor. Maine actually came out the best with minimal mental damage. Wyoming now has his targets displaying the words Meta whenever he gets a bull's eye. York tried talking to Carolina about what was showed...and Wash...He hasn't said a word since he got into his room. He just cries." he said sadly. Kale was breathing heavily at this point.
"Look I know this...looks bad but I promise this. I. Will. Help. Them." Alpha's hologram ran into Kale's face suddenly, not making contact, but close enough to make him back up.
"You haven't even told them that this stuff was from the future beforehand! They had to either figure it all out, deny that it ever happened or go insane! Great plan Houdini!" Kale sighed heavily but suddenly Alpha started to chuckle. Not like a normal chuckle either, like Omega's chuckle: You know, that kind of laugh he laughs before he murders you with your own skull.
"Alpha... what are you-" Kale then stopped as the door is banged on without warning. Slowly, he turned to the door, Alpha mirroring him.
"OPEN UP YOU LITTLE SHIT HEAD! ME AND YOU RIGHT HERE!" He paled so much he almost looked as ghostlike as Alpha.
"Oh it looks like South's pretty mad...it would be a shame if the door were to...accidently open." Kale whipped his head to Alpha and raised his hands up.
"Alpha...buddy lets...l-lets talk this out." He said, begging. Alpha's hologram disappears and Kale heard the door slowly open. He didn't dare turn around as he feelt not an armoured glove but a hand on his shoulder. He gulped slowly, looking behind him. Only to be punched in the face. He landed on the ground, hard. He feelt a warm liquid trickling from his nose only to realize that South had broken it. He was then picked up and slammed into the wall.
"WELL, HOW DOES THAT FEEL KALE?" He dizzily looked up and saw South out of her entire armour. She wasn't half bad looking to be honest. She had a pretty nice figure and muscles to match. He was now feeling those muscles as he was quickly losing oxygen. He desperately tried to breathe, but just couldn't. He was thrown into the hallway, his body landing across the floor which, he wasn't ashamed to admit, hurt like a bitch. Speaking of which, South then proceeded to glare down at him.
"I bet you're hurting, huh? I bet your wishing you could be anywhere else. I bet you're wishing you could be rid of the psycho crazy freelancer, the-the- THE TRAITOR, SOUTH!" He was quickly losing consciousness but could vaguely hear and see people around him. North...The Director... The Counsellor...South screaming and...crying...what had he done to them?
Agent Washington's room
Agents Wyoming and C.T were currently trying to coax Washington out of his room. As expected, they had been so far unsuccessful. They both were trying to get Washington out so they could grab some food and talk.
"Come on old chap they have your favourite today! Me and C.T here are buying!" Wyoming tried with a bit of enthusiasm, although he couldn't muster much.
Inside, Wash had a pillow over his head and was trying to not listen to them. What he had seen had beyond shocked him. Was that even...him? He was so cold and his voice was something like the Directors. That just...couldn't be him. He gripped his sheets tight and tried to curl up. He was one of the worst freelancers here and he knew it. Even with the new armour enhancement, he was still bottom of the board. He was one of the worst fighters. Compared to some of the others, he was just a kid.
But...what had happened with South was the worst. He couldn't believe she would shoot him...no, he would not believe that would happen. It's no wonder why Kale was so secretive about the information he had. All of a sudden he heard the voice of one of his more...quiet colleagues: Agent Maine.
His voice was muffled a bit, but from the running steps of C.T and Wyoming it sounded urgent. He wanted to get up, grab his rifle and help them. But no matter how hard he tried, he kept on remembering South shooting him in the back and leaving him for dead.
Could he trust another freelancer ever again? I mean, South was on his team and yeah, they picked on him, but he never...thought it would come to something like this.
He was pulled out of his personal thoughts when he heard someone on the other side of the door. It was the Counsellor, probably coming to check if he hadn't gone insane.
"Agent Washington, the Director requests that you come to the medical bay as soon as possible. It seems he wants you to talk with Agent South." He lifted his head up and weakly replied.
"Why? Is North taking a vacation?" He heard a weary sigh through the door. "No...it seems our..guest has landed himself in the emergency room courtesy of Agent South." He froze at the mention of South.
"I take it from your silence that you are having... difficulties with Agent South?" He said, his voice giving awat traces of pity. He sighed and closed his eyes. Wash felt some tears coming up.
"Yes, you could say that, I guess...traumatized is a better word." The Counsellor took out a data pad and tapped on it, writing Washington's reactions.
"The Director thinks you may be the one to...sedate Agent South's behaviour." Wash shivered. He had seen her usual mood swings and he knew how bad she could get at times. North was the usual answer but in desperate times, Carolina sometimes stepped in.
If those options were out... He shivered again. "I need an answer today David...may I call you David?" The Counsellor heard shifting and footsteps from the room. The door opened and he came face to face with Agent Washington.
"No...you can't."
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When Kale woke up, he found his head was pounding and it felt like his skull had just been run over by a monster truck. Memories from earlier filled his head and he dare not open his eyes. Only to have them shoot open in surprise when he heard someone...someone he didn't recognize. It sounded childish but somewhat serious. Kind of like a child that wanted a toy that had just come out.
"Hey...jack ass, wake up!...Oh great: the traveller lives!" His head suddenly groaned as his motor functions start to come back. He looked around; he seemed to be in a pure white room. Inside was furniture thats colours were constantly shifting. The only thing that seemed to remain stable was the person next to him. He was a little boy probably around 6 or 7 years old. He wore what seemed to be a red and blue bathrobe.
"Well, I'm glad you're finally awake. Looks like South really went to town on you." Kale could swear he heard a bow-chicka-wow-wow from somewhere. He got up and suddenly towered over the child, easily being taller by a few feet.
"I'm sorry but...where am I kid?" The child glared at Kale, obviously not liking being called the K word.
"Hey, for your information, I'm not a kid! I am at least...70 to 120 years old!" He said, stomping his feet like a child throwing a temper tantrum. Kale blinked and looked around the office once again.
"Where...am I exactly? This doesn't look like the Mother of Invention to me." He asked, ignoring the shouting little boy. The kid groaned and snapped his fingers. Instantly, a hologram of what seemed to be a list of...numbers?
"That my very annoying traveller is what I'm trying to figure out." He tapped the screen again, a couple of pictures of the freelancers coming up. "Yep, you're definitely not supposed to be here." He tapped it yet again and stopped when a picture of the DVD's came up.
"Oh, you've got to be shitting me...no wonder the universe is so messed up." He waved a hand and the list disappeared instantly.
"Ok...obviously shit hit the fan somewhere." Kale looked at the boy, his eyes narrowed.
"Uh, excuse me? I AM still here, y'know and I have to get back to the Mother of Invention. So if you could be a good little boy and send me back, that would be great." The boy turned sharply to Kale.
"I am not a child, Kale Riverwood. I am of a power much greater than the pitiful excuses of matter that you have come into contact with." He smirked darkly at Kale, whose face was growing paler and paler. "For lack of a better term call me a minor God."
Kale suddenly felt like he was trying to poke a nuke with a stick.
"W-whoa, you're God?" The Kid rolled his eyes at Kale.
"MINOR God...jeez, I thought you were smarter than this. I am a God of this universe yes, but that doesn't make me God...it's really complicated." He sighed and sat on his couch. "This universe that we are in is parallel to red vs. blue AKA Universe Prime. I was created when this universe was created billions of years ago. Up until a couple of days ago, my universe was going as planned...then you show up and die." Kale paled in horror.
"W-what? H-how did I die? South punched me in the face and I blacked out. I don't think that could kill me!" The Kid rolled his eyes at him.
"Your body is still acclimating to this universe. When South punched you, some of the more...deadly side effects of universe hopping occurred and sped up the process so much that you had a heart attack. I am currently trying to save your ass." Kale flinched back a bit, struggling to take this all in.
"Do...do you know how I got here then?" The Kid rubbed his forehead for a bit. "Yes and no. Our universes synced up for a fraction of a second and before I could patch up the tear in the universe, you came through. For some reason or another, your universe...expelled your being from it. I'm trying to figure out why that is but I have some theories..." Kale looked shaken not speaking for awhile.
"As you already know your body is now acclimating to this universe and you should be heading back anytime now. But before you go...keep doing what you're doing. My universe is not the best one of the bunch and you might be able to help it." Kale groaned and dropped to the floor as a wave of sudden agony smashed into him.
"Oh yeah, I forgot you're dying! Give me a sec." Kale's vision started to fade. "Oh and Kale, watch out for A-" He didn't get to finish the sentence as the world faded to blackness, leaving the Kid behind.
The medical bay
As Kale laid down in a bed, his heart monitor next to him, the Director was having a very strict discussion with Alpha.
"Do you know how valuable he is to us?!" Alpha, although an A.I, had to cringe under his helmet at the cold fury that the Director's voice held.
"He didn't need to show Washington that." He insisted, pleading his case. The Director sighed wearily.
"I do not disagree Alpha but I believe that it was not necessary." Alpha's form flickered into a bright red form without warning. His arms fell to the side as he pointed directly at the Director accusingly. His voice suddenly became deeper, almost feral, as it began to echo.
"WHAT YOU BELIEVE? YOU HAVENT BELIEVED IN ANYTHING SINCE ALISON-" Alpha suddenly stopped and let out an electronic screech of pain, as his form became static and flickered wildly. The lights overhead flashed dangerously as Alpha's hands went to his head. The Director took a step forwards as Alpha continued screaming in what seemed to be too many emotions at once. Hate and Rage and Pain and Lies and Logic and Kindness and Anger and above all, Memory clashed together inside of his head at once.
"What's...happening...t-to me! AGH!" He screamed as his image logs off the computer he was using. Instantly, the lights around the room died, before powering back up a second later.
"Alpha!" The Director yelled in shock. "Counsellor, I want the Alpha A.I uploaded to the chamber NOW!"
room
C.T was currently talking in a very hushed tone to what seemed to be an armoured figure on a screen. His tone was both worried, confused and urgent, as though worried someone would catch him talking to C.T.
"Connie, what do you mean he just appeared?" The man on the screen said, his distinctive ODST armour and gear belonging to only one person. The leader of the resistance himself.
"I mean," C.T continued, her voice flecked with annoyance, "he appeared on the ship undetected and managed to make a bargain with the Director."Her tone of voice was deadly serious before she smiled. "But I think he could be a useful ally. Plus you're not going to believe what we saw last night." She recounted what she had seen to him and he chuckled in approval.
"Really...this is very good Connie. We can pin the Director way faster than we had ever hoped." C.T cast a nervous glance at the leader before speaking again.
"I hope so...Kale might be able to allow himself to be persuaded to let me watch the DVDs in private." The leader stood silent for a moment.
"That's fine, if you can't persuade him." He brought a rifle up next to him. "I will."
Well that wraps up chapter 4 I hope you all enjoyed it and wish you a...late valentine's day I suppose.
Review; tell your friends, all that generic end of chapter stuff.
Also I have a new feature in this story called...drum roll please...Roosterteeth memorable quote. This chapter's winner goes to Rage Quit Surgeon Simulator for Gavin pulling some fancy magic on camera.
Michael: Alright...*realizes heart is gone* WHERES THE ####### HEART?! IT'S GONE!
Gavin: "It's like a magic trick!"