Hello everyone, Melody here! So this isn't really related to the story at the moment but I literally found a Google Sheets thing while on Facebook with every RWBY ship name. I laughed my ass off when I saw the thing because there are soooooo many funny ones and stupid ones. Anyway let's get onto the chapter.
Sincerely, Melody
Normal P.O.V.
Mercury and Emerald were making great time as they ran through the Emerald Forest. Six had taken them in it a few times to show them a thing or two about surviving in the wilderness while having basically nothing. To them dealing with this place was normal so they easily avoided any Grimm that could've attacked them. After five minutes they were at the relics and no one else could be seen so they both sat down against a wall. Mercury reached to his side and grabbed a canteen off his belt and took a drink then offered it to Emerald.
"Thanks Merc." She said as she took a drink.
"Don't mention it." He replied as she handed it back to him.
"Well look at this it's a touching couple." They heard a voice say as they looked up to see some guy with a mohawk and another wearing a suit of armour.
"Actually we're siblings dipshit." Mercury replied to the guy as he looked up at him and glared.
"Oh wait you're that cyborg guy that people were talking about yesterday. Say how can you really fight when you seem pretty damn useless?" The guy in armour asked.
"Well for one I'm more useful than you, for two these things are extremely durable, three you're a dumbass, four we got here before you did, and for the fifth reason we have already been taught by a teacher here so this is simply child's play." Mercury told him as he took another sip from his canteen.
"You bastard!" The guy yelled as he tried to bring his mace down on his head only to be stopped by Mercury's foot.
"God you really suck." He commented as he kicked him back then he twirled around on his hands and flipped up. "Now since we're going to be classmates I won't kick your ass."
"You!" The guy shouted again as he tried to smash the mace down on him again for it to be stopped by a clawed hand grabbing his arm.
"Why hello there Mercury, nice to see ya." Lothur said as he squeezed the guy's arm. "So what's your name?"
"C-Cardin Winchester!" He answered as Lothur let go then kicked him out of the way.
"Nice to see you too Lothur." Mercury replied as he extended his canteen to him.
"Thanks." Lothur said as he took the canteen and drank from it then handed it back.
"Don't mention it, well we should get going. Come on Mercury." Emerald told them as she got up.
When she and Mercury were about to get going they could hear strange snarls and groans. Not like the snarls of a Beowulf but something else. She walked behind the ruins since that seemed like where the sounds were coming from only to see what was practically a rotten corpse impaled on a branch but it was flailing around and was trying to attack her. She covered her mouth before she puked then ran out from behind the ruins y a emptied the contents of her stomach.
"Why the hell are you puking?" Faina asked as she practically appeared out of nowhere.
"There's something back there impaled by a tree." Emerald answered as she wiped her mouth.
"What?" Mercury asked as he walked over behind the ruins and saw what Emerald was talking about. "Yeah this is gross." He said as he walked back over to them.
"Should we get Six?" She asked as she looked over to her stepbrother.
"Probably." He replied as he took out his scroll and dialled a number.
Lothur walked back around the ruins and saw the thing and was disgusted so he pressed a few buttons on his case which caused the bots on his arms to go back in. He then pulled out his pistol and aimed at the monster's head. Then he pulled the trigger. After that he walked back over to them as he holstered his pistol. Emerald looked at him slightly horrified but he simply shrugged as the blonde and the girl with the bow he saw last night showed up.
"Hello ladies." He said as he leaned against the wall.
"What was the gunshot for?" Faina asked as she looked at him.
"Well I shot that monster back there in the head. Mercy is a thing." Lothur answered as he yawned.
"Well then." She replied calmly as she grabbed a relic along with Mercury.
"We should probably get going before it gets too crowded here." He suggested as he examined the piece he had grabbed which was the black king piece. When he looked over to Faina he saw she grabbed the same piece as him.
"That would be great." Emerald said as she started to walk off with Mercury running up behind her.
Normal P.O.V. with Six and the others
Six had been watching from the cliffs with his little fucked up group of heroes. He had given them all modified scrolls that were basically Pip-Boys but better. With that he also linked them up to the CCT. Raul and Veronica had already been messing with it and trying to modify the piece of tech. Eventually Six just sat down with his legs hanging off the edge of the cliffs.
"So Six, I gotta ask you a question." Boone spoke up as he sat by his friend.
"Yeah what is it?" He asked as he looked over to him.
"Well… We think it would be best for you to come back with us to the Mojave. Sure you have a good life here but this is not your world. This isn't our world." He explained to the Courier who only seemed annoyed.
"Yeah Six this isn't your world this is just a replacement. Sure it's an amazing one but still, the Mojave needs you. It's been in chaos since the fabled Courier had died and was no longer able to protect the NCR. The Legion ready to try to over through them after taking the Dam." Veronica tried to reason with him.
"And here they have Grimm, the White Fang, and what is basically some political instability between the kingdoms in my opinion." He retorted to both of them as he watched his scroll and Mercury and Emerald to be more specific. "Everyone there thought I did a long while ago. Me being here can basically make that a truth to them. Who knows there might be a new kid there that doesn't have a name yet that will stop the Legion like I did and save the Mojave. I'm too tired for the travelin' me bein' here frees me from havin' to do all of that. Here all I gotta do is teach kids and fight people on occasion."
"You have other people to help and protect though you stupid-" Cass was stopped by Raul placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Listen here Cass if the Boss wants to stay here and thinks this is where he belongs then this is where he belongs." The ghoul told her with a stern tone.
"Yes the Courier belongs here. Maybe this place won't be destroyed like Hopeville was." Ulysses said as he stood up. "This place fits you better than the Mojave did for some reason Courier, you seem like you're home here."
"Thank you both for bein' so damn reasonable unlike you other three." Six said as he stood up and stretched. "Dealin' with y'all makes me need a strong one." He told them as he walked off.
He speed walked away from the with his hands in his pockets. All in all he was happy to see them after so long but he hated that they were trying to get him to go back. After a few minutes h was far from them so he pulled up his Pip-Boy and started to call Qrow. It rang for about fifteen seconds then he saw his old friend.
"Hey Ross, how have you been?" Qrow asked as looked at his scroll. It seemed he was in a hotel room.
"Hey partner, I'm fine I just need to talk to a friend that won't try to drag me back to hell." He replied as he ran a hand through his greying black hair.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"Well you know how I'm not from here." Six asked and received a nod. "Yeah well a few of my old friends from the Mojave got to Remnant through the same process I did. They want me to go back and only to of them understand that I can't."
"Jeez that's rough, I would go to Vale so we can have a drink but I'm still on that job for Oz." Qrow sighed.
"Have you found the people that attacked Amber?" He asked with a raised brow.
"No I haven't, it would be a lot easier if you were with me since you know how to track people a lot better than even me." Qrow told him.
"I might go help you for a few days just to get my mind off of everything. It'll be like a little vacation for my while I'm working." Six admitted as he laid back and held his wrist above his face so he could still see his scroll.
"That would be great, all you gotta do is get permission from the missus and Ozpin." Qrow chuckled. "You sure you wanna be around a bad luck charm though?"
"Well I'm pretty lucky so I'd say I'm gonna be fine." Six replied with a laugh.
"Okay then suit yourself. I'll see you tomorrow, also I'll send you a picture of my room so you can get here quickly." Qrow told him as the called ended, then he got a picture just a minute later.
"Okay then now time to find Glyn and Oz." Six mumbled to himself as he got up off the ground.
As he started to walk back to where he figured Ozpin and Glynda were he changed his batteries. It took him a bit longer than he thought to find them actually but when he did he saw them watching the initiation on their scrolls. He walked over and leaned over as he gave Glynda a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey you two." He spoke up.
"Yes Ross what is it?" Ozpin asked as he looked over to him.
"I wanna help out Qrow on his mission for a couple of days. Only 'bout three or four." He told them and all he received from Ozpin was a nod of approval.
"If you die I'll kill you again." Was all Glynda said as she looked at him.
"Okay then I'll make sure not to die." He told her with a laugh then he hugged her and kissed her.
Normal P.O.V. Initiation
Mercury, Emerald, Faina, and Lothur ran through the forest with the others. Behind them was a Deathstalker, a Nevermore, and a large lizard Grimm called a Basilisk. They were currently hauling ass as they reached some more ruins. As they reached the ruins they all separated into groups and started to fight off one of the giant Grimm.
Lothur was first to dash at the large lizard with a large great sword in his hand. He slashed down at the monster to try to take it out quickly but had to close his eyes when the beast tried to gaze into his eyes. With a another swing he tried to cleave the monster in half nut his weapon bounced off of the armoured hide. After he tried that Faina rushed the Grimm with her spear whip, Belmont, and tried to pierce into it. A sickening crunch signalled that she stabbed into it but all that happened was her getting thrown off it. Mercury and Emerald started to assault it as they covered Faina and Lothur.
"Lothur! Come on do something crazy with those bots!" She yelled at him as he jumped back.
"Will do!" He yelled back as he started to press tons of buttons on his case. Then the sword he was using started to break apart and go into the case then it started to become armour that a knight would wear. "Activation Protocol: Ritterstute." He said in a mechanical voice as the encased his entire body. With a motion claws popped out of the gauntlets. "Activation Protocol: Silbermond."
"Go ahead and tear that thing up!" Faina ordered him.
He responded with a howl as he rushed the lizard. Then he started to try and rip into the beast with a red glint coming out of the visor. Mercury and Emerald had jumped and were shooting at the beast while Faina whipped it. They all slowly chipped away at its armour until they were able to get under it then Lothur started to pull it apart. The monster tried to look him in the eyes but it did nothing as he simply howled again then shoved his hands in between the plates of armour and started to rip.
"Jesus he's feral." Mercury commented as he stopped firing the shotguns in his boots.
"Yeah he is." Emerald said as she reloaded her revolvers.
"Yeah he is basically a beast. You should see him when he has his Semblance active. That is scary." Faina commented as she put her whip at her side.
With another howl Lothur ripped the plates off of the Basilisk's body then threw them to the ground. Then he started to tear into it even more until it stopped moving and started to disintegrate. Once it was gone the helmet retracted to reveal a very calm looking Lothur. They all heard more gunshots and looked over to the cliffs only to see Ruby draggin the Nevermore up the side of the cliffs with her scythe then decapitating it. Their jaws all dropped at that sight.
"Goddamn… I'm so jealous…" Lothur muttered as he walked over and stood by Mercury.
"So am I…" He replied to him. "I think I'm in love…"
"Trust you're not." Emerald told him with a laugh.
"Well then we have been out done by a long shot." Faina sighed out as she looked down at the ground only to feel an arm rest on her head. "Just because I'm short doesn't mean I am and armrest!" She shouted at Lothur then kicked him in the shins.
"Goddamnit! It wasn't me it was her!" He shouted at her as he pointed at Emerald who stuck her tongue out at him.
"Still!" She replied… Then they started bickering like a married couple until they got back to the school. With that the ceremony happened and Team FLME was born lead by Faina much to Lothur's annoyance.
And that's a wrap! Hope you guys liked the chapter. Honestly it was a little hard for me to write but whatever I got it done. So I'm just gonna say this Mercury and Emerald wear the same outfits that they did in the show. Also Faina is about five feet tall. Anyway onto replying to reviews.
RedRat8: It will be interesting I hope once they arrive in Vale and I have a fun idea for an upgrade for his rifle.
Akshka: Yes there is a bunch of badasses over here.
MCZ: I have to look up that Hydra and if you have already looked up that monster from D&D I hope you liked what you saw. Those things are fucking creepy, also glad you like the chapter.
Tronmaster5704: Well I'm happy to hear that hope you enjoyed this chapter.
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