Chapter 14: Defying Fate


Opening her eyes, she saw lands filled with soot and ash. Mountains of bones that literally reach the sky and fields of rusted weapons covered the ground. The sky above is veiled with thick grey smog. Her feet feel the soggy soil like a tsunami wash over this land as she can smell the salt in the air than the burned smell of decaying wood.

Damp, dark, burned and rotten, this what she can describe this place in four words.

"Where the hell am I?" Looking at the fields of the dead, she walks the clear path that is made out of black ichor. Turning behind her, she sees piles of rusted spears surrounding her and only to see mountains of bones as if someone is encouraging her to walk the black path.

Tanya thought she was going to hear Being X's intervention rambling, but this is not what she suspected.

Walking through the path in the land of decay and death, she looks up to see a flock of Griffons flying over her, a pack of Beowolves emerging out behind the mountains of the dead with ferocious glee. Creeps shot out from the ground as they tantalizing look at Tanya with curiosity, a troop of beringels crushing the bones under them as they pounded their chests with furious ire.

Staring at the Grimm that's around her, she doesn't feel fear. But oddly, she feels welcomed by their presence. Walking the path, her feet feel the warmth like crimson blood and flesh of the damned touching her soles.

It feels like she can bend them and crush them under her will…

Reaching the path where the ichor leads. At a distance, she sees a clear crystal pond that's out of place in this dead, dreaded dreamscape she's in. She sees the roots that are sticking out of the pond are rotten and scorched burned. Pitch black like charcoal and sickly green like the sickness of pestilence.

Reaching the clear blue pond that defies the gloomy and hellish landscape. When she got closer, it becomes bigger and bigger as it looks like a lake than merely a pond. As the lakeshore is rich in gravel and the lake is clear blue like the sky, Tanya spotted three skeletons lying on the ground as if they were formerly watching this realm.

Ignoring them, the Devil steps closer to the lake and look into the water. Surprisingly, Tanya can she wasn't in Ruby's body anymore but her own. As she can see her blonde hair hanging and her golden eyes pierce through the waters like madness breaching into one's psyche. She looks exactly like Ruby but with her blonde hair and golden eyes.

Then, something in her mind tells her what to do when she looks into the lake.

Drink the water and change your fate.

She doesn't know who said that or she's talking to herself. Her instinct compels her to reach down and drink this ominous lake.

Scooping up the water from her palms, she sips the mysterious liquid into her lips. Swallowing the mysterious contents, something inside her soul feels lighter. Like her shackles loosened and the pure agency of her destiny, her choices, the irrationality of the people that's above her to twist their sense of morality. A reason why they listen to a little girl like her, her desires need to be hastened. Her goals need to be reached.

Looking back at her reflection one more time, her white sclera becomes black. Her blacken veins finally reach to her face and to see bone shells forming on her skin like a carapace. Staring at her reflection for a few seconds and mystified how her appearance changes so quickly by drinking the water. Her eyes notice an object emerges out from the water.

Picking up the sharp object, Tanya examines it closely to see it's a spearhead without its shaft. At the very tip, it's carved magnificently with ancient runes and the steel is pure white like diamonds. The incomplete spear hums to her as if it is alive and sentient. Could it be what she thinks it is?

As she finished examining the mysterious spearhead, Tanya hear a caw above her to see a small Nevermore landing on her shoulder which Ruby randomly calls it Muggy. When the bird touches her skin, the ecstasy of bloodlust and strife soon fills her mind. Her veins pulse with great malignancy.

As her vines manifesting from her skin and holding the mysterious spearhead, she maliciously grins as she looks back at her fellow Grimm. Her eyes warped in a bloodthirsty madness that if anyone stares at them will have a broken psyche.

In a split second, her arms shoot out a swarm of vines, covered in black taint and bones for her thorns. Her Semblance wraps and entangles the hoard of Grimm into their confinement. Up from the sky and down to the soil, they are all trapped by her plant-like Semblance. Its range and resilience are unbelievable to the human eye.

Pricking into their flesh as Tanya smirk mischievously of what's going to happen next. Instantly, they were being consumed as her thorns are eating the flesh of the Grimm and drinking the black ichor. They're going to be part of her and she's going to be part of them. In seconds, the Grimm liquidized into black tar as her thorns are consuming every single drop of them, leaving nothing behind.

As her vines drop on the floor with nothing left to eat, they dissipate in a smoky, ash-like substance when the Grimm would do when they die. Behind her shadow, a puddle of black tar formed on the soil. It bubbles and oozes like a newborn about to enter in this twisted world. Ascending out from the tainted liquid, a head that resembles a wolf emerges out. Soon, its claws dig into the dirt and pull itself up, its eyes burn bright gold like Tanya's golden eyes. It is her very first Grimm she ever created.

Twirling the spearhead with untold finesse, she sways the spear like a dagger and plunges it right into its neck with pinpoint accuracy. Her smile becomes more twisted and deranged as she is enjoying every single moment of this.

Blinking her eyes, joy suddenly changes to horror. Looking back at the Beowolf she supposedly stabbed, she feels red blood running on her fingers and to see something that shook to her very soul.

Gazing into her silver eyes, the face expresses shock and denial, her black-reddish hair blowing by the uncaring wind, soon her eyes rolled up as death is taking her.

In realization of what she did, she stabbed Ruby…


Opening her eyes and sweat pouring down on her scalp, Tanya breathes heavily as her heart is racing like she's drinking five jugs of pure caffeine. The dream she had felt surreal, she wasn't acting herself and only feeling her animalistic savagery is being let out.

Tanya, what happened? Waking up when Ruby felt her sister's sudden panic attack. Tanya picks herself up and recollecting her thoughts. Making a lot of assumptions, she starts to guess that the dream she had is possibly Being Y's domain. Seeing Ruby is okay and oblivious to what happened in their dreams. It safe to say it was all just a lucid nightmare. Looking around, the twins are still inside their concealed bedroom that's adjacent to Tanya's office.

I don't know, I had a dream that was…terrible? About to scrub her eyes, Tanya looks up to see she was holding a carved spear in her right hand and almost nearly pluck out her left eye as its few centimeters away.

The hell?! Throwing the spearhead on the metal floor as the twins hear a clank, both were caught off-guard at how they got a spear part in their hands in the first place. Especially to Tanya as her mind is racing that the dream she had actually happened.

Tanya? What's going on and where did we get that spearhead from? She bites her lip and trying to restrain her frustration. Whatever Being Y is doing and solidifying Tanya's guesses, he's not doing this out of his own heart.

This…is going to be hard to explain Ruby.


So you were in a land full of dead stuff and you were suddenly compelled to drink the lake which you got that spearhead from? Tanya omitted the part which she stabs her and not mentioning anything about the Grimm she consumed.

That's how I can describe the dream and all I can say. Tanya doesn't want to admit about cutting her throat which strangely disturbed Tanya greatly and Ruby wouldn't take kindly about the truth. It's been four days after their test flight. Everything seems quiet about the Operation Orb status.

Looking back in the snowy field with their white cloak blowing in the air, they see the kids crawling under the spiky barbwire, tunnel holes and trenches for them to go through. The gassy smoke hinders their vision; the supervisors roaring at the selected students to get their ass moving with snow and dirt covering their faces.

Carefully inspecting her new Lieutenant, Tanya sees her reincarnated Vice Commander is coordinating with his peers and giving them enough mental fortitude to push them forward, letting them know what they're going to suspect. A lot better than Ranja's leadership as Grif's laziness hinders Tanya's units of their will to continue. Tanya sees the sweat and the breakdown gripping on Matt's face, but he retains an unyielding calmness on his expression.

Next to him is Balder Hallow or Biff for short, a diligent student who is always ready for their tribulation. By his very presence, he raises the students' moral greatly by his encouragement that's soothing to their minds and his actions spoke loudly to them. Those who are under Biff gave enough courage to press forward; Tanya sees the determination in the students who are under him and ignoring the physical pains that their bodies are going through. Looking at Balder, Tanya might promote him as a Major by his exemplary leadership and obedient enough to follow orders if he keeps it up.

It is all too strange to her that everything is going to her way despite her age and status. Something isn't right that everybody carelessly accepting her and their fate. Particularly, Eric Luger, he is really vocal about her actions but he isn't challenging her at all.

Turning back to her bird Muggy as he caws in satisfaction of the students' effort here, Tanya dubiously glares at the mini Nevermore. When it perch her left shoulder in her dreams, she went into a bloodthirsty frenzy. As Tanya remembers, Muninn can be referred to as the mind or memories, but it also can interpret as the aspect of desire.

When Tanya locked the spearhead in her bedroom, it gave Tanya many more unanswered questions. What was that lake she drank that feels like can do anything? Seeing the marked tip with ancient runes, could it be a missing part of Gungnir? If so, why didn't Odin get aggravated by that fact she has his spear part in her possession now? Unless Odin died by Fenrir's jaws then she might find relief that she wouldn't have to deal with those deities. Thinking of the many untold questions, it gave Tanya a massive headache from overthinking of everything that's around her.

So you found the spear and attacking the Grimm? That's so cool! Even though it's missing a shaft, you can still fight with it! Hearing Ruby being naïve as ever, Tanya let out her usual groan. Observing the tuckered out students who are endlessly being drilled and trained in her Training Course, everything seems to be going smoothly. Even if she doesn't have her flying devices, they will be still effective in the thick of battle.

Till a certain Colonel approaches her and giving her a special news.

"Colonel Rose, I got a message from General Ironwood himself about a request from R&D team." Tanya raises her brow at Colonel Luger and what Ironwood wants this time now. She requested the Computation Orb project to be canceled to its extreme unreliability as it sucks away the twins' aura reserve like a vacuum, easily breaking down, and the inability to control their flight. So what is this time that's so special from the R&D?

"What's the message about Colonel Luger?" Wanting to know what's so important this by Ironwood and the R&D team, Luger casually pushes his glasses up and spoke calmly to Tanya.

"General Ironwood requested you to return back to the airfields Colonel Rose. James accepted and authorize Dr. Wahnsinn request to give him a second chance. But this time if he fails, his project will be canceled for its unreliability and not producing desirable results." Hearing this, Tanya can't help but smile and frown simultaneously at what she heard. Glad to hear the mad doctor's project is going to be canceled but soon realize that she's going to be his guinea pig again.

"What if I say no?" Hearing this, Luger smirks and explains what happen if she refuses.

"Then the upper echelon will lose confidence on your plans and abandon the practical course of yours of not having the desired effect." Cursing under her lips, she highly suspects to hear this to do her brutal methods. Probably a punishment for not picking a lighter and less harsh training method from that little raging moment she had with Grif's deceit. Thinking about it, her mind feels it was in great ecstasy and her body got really exhilarated from strangling that chubby little bastard than thinking reasonably during that time. oddly enough, the majority of the brass doesn't seem to be bothered by it.

"I'll head to the airfields, Colonel Luger. Hope the Dr. Wahnsinn knows what he's doing." Resisting to scowl that she's going back to be a plaything for Being X's own amusement, she begins to dial on her Scroll to call in the Bullhead while ignoring the exhausted students who are breathing heavily. She refuses to be tested, but she cannot disobey Ironwood's own request.

She hopes this time everything will go smoothly in her favor.


Few hours up in the air after calling in her ride, Tanya looks down to see the airfields where the R&D team continuing the experimented computation orb lead by Dr. Wahnsinn's own madness. The Bullhead smoothly landed on the graveled pavement as the twins step out from their ride.

Well looks like everyone is confident here. As Ruby observes the R&D staff here, Ruby feels their confidence in this project they're doing. At first, when she saw them, they didn't have hope for this jewel to bear fruit. But now there's optimism in the air. On Ruby's right shoulder, Huggy cooed in agreement with her sentiment.

I do agree. It feels a bit unusual today. Tanya agrees with her sister's idea, the pessimism in the air feel lessened and no sign of despair in her nostrils. Whatever they discover in the computation jewel, they have confidence it will work. To Tanya, she frowns on predicting what's going to happen next, a sense of déjà vu when Adelheid gave her the perfected Elenium Type-95 in her previous life.

Walking on the cold paved floor, the twins spotted the old scientist waiting for them outside. His eyes look a lot calmer than before and a smile that is filled with confidence. Tanya's instincts are kicking in of what his intentions are now and she doesn't like it.

"Tanya Rose, good to see you again." Not hearing his eccentric rambling anymore and only a calming voice, Tanya only frowns upon hearing his change of tone.

"What do you want Dr. Wahnsinn?" Nonchalantly speaking to the insane doctor with no interest, Adel softly smiles at her as they both proceed to enter the hangar.

"I solve my problem with my design Ms. Rose. I have great confidence those pesky flaws wouldn't hinder you this time." Turning his head of the gears that he and R&D made, Tanya looks at the direction in this improvise workshop to see one of the R&D members holding another white jumpsuit and the other holding her newly revised flying gear that fixed the majority of her complaints.

"What makes you believe that?"

"I receive words of your complaints as I fixed the orb's synchronization and remade this new gear to function correctly along making it comfortable for you to wear." Hearing this, Tanya examined her gear in the R&D engineer's hands and on the floor. The exoskeleton and wires are nowhere to be seen. The engine looks a lot curvier, smaller and slicker than an overweight box. As the engine now acts like a backpack with black straps and buckles to keep it in place on her body.

Like before, the engine is connected to the now golden colored Computation Orb by two small, flexible tubes. Seeing the jewel is attached to a black choker that looks sturdy and flexible to wear.

For the white gloves and boots that are connected by four wires. The gloves look slick and stretchable where she can see it shine by the ceiling light. Looking at the gloves wrist joints, they see a metallic hole with a circular glass top. Looking down at the boots, it completely contrasted with the gloves. It is all but metallic as the vamp and the front shaft are missing, only to reveal the soles and heel on the metal boots.

In short, it looks pretty impressive for the doctor making it in a few days. It feels a whole lot suspicious now.

"Besides, I'm always loyal to my works personally. I remove all the unnecessary equipment and revising it more practically. So how about you get in your jumpsuit and wear the Elenium Type-100, Ms. Rose?" As her golden eyes look at the scientist skeptically. She lets out a sigh and heading straight to the changing room.

The equipment looks really slick compared to the bulky design we had yesterday…is it weird that he made that thing just in almost a week? Entering the changing room, the twins open their locker and starting to strip their clothes.

I completely agree with you. Something is not right here; the doctor looks a lot more confident than his insane rambling and he made a revamped our gear merely a day or two is extremely dubious at best. Zipping up her white jumpsuit and placing their clothes into the locker, they headed back where the reincarnation of Adelheid is waiting for them. Tanya is not really happy about this as she's going to meet Being X soon.

Hope this doesn't go wrong?

Yup. Now standing in front of Adel and wearing their issued jumpsuit. Wahnsinn happily smiled and give her the choker that's attached with the Elenium Orb. Looking at the orb, there is a gold ring holding the jewel.

"Now step on those opened boots and think in your own you can close it." Hearing a click when Tanya puts on her choker, the Devil scoffs at the Doctor's request. The birds that are perched on the twins shoulders silently stare at the mad scientist.

Stepping on the soles with her calves are touching the back shafts, Tanya starts to think of closing the boots. Opening her eyes, the twins see their orb starts to shine bright gold like the sun. The metallic boots begin to close as the front shaft shuts tight. They look down to see metal straps that look like laces tightly locking the footwear tightly as its strangling their kneecaps. Soon, they hear the boots vibrating and the heel under them starts to radiate out with light.

Strangely when they walk, their feet feel a lot lighter than being dragged by the massive weight of the metal. Picking their legs up, they are still light as a feather.

"That Rose is your Operation Orb manipulating the weight of your feet. Now proceed to wear the rest of your gear and think you can control them." Reluctantly obeying his orders, the twins strapped on the engine as it's now on their back, buckling their chest and attaching the tubes into the orb. The engine came to life as it roars loudly behind her. Putting on the gloves, the gloves are firmly grasping on Tanya's wrists as the empty glass at the center begins to shine bright yellow.

"Alright, you are set. Now put on your goggles and wait for the team to attach your oxygen tank alongside to your engine. You should be finished with your preparation by now." Feeling someone putting a roundish cylinder behind her back, a random hand brought her the oxygen mask. Kindly grabbing it, she places it on her lower face and strapping the tubes behind her head. Putting her aviators on and locking into her oxygen mask, she's ready.

"Oh and I'm here, to give you emotional support if you want. Sacrifices have to be made to further science! So that's an order soldier!" Ignoring him and sneering Dr. Wahnsinn's idea of support. Walking outside to the snowy landscape and standing on the graveled airstrip. Tanya adjusted her headphones to hear the Observatory Team is ready.

"The Observatory Teams are set to go Colonel Rose. Your aura monitors are adjusted and ready to check your flight status." Taking a big huff to herself and glaring into the sky. Tanya replied back to the Observatory Teams.

"Colonel Tanya Rose, taking off!" The twins then shot off like a bullet as they're speeding into the sky around 300 mph. Later, her speed starts to acclimate around 400 mph. The orb surprisingly is only consuming a tiny fraction of her aura as it's not eating her like a shark. The tiny Nevermore and the Dove fly close to their owners with the exact same speed as the twins.

"This is Colonel Rose, reaching the altitude of 6000 meters, speed, approximately around 400." Tapping into her aviators, the twins can see a HUD in their lenses to tell what their height or speed currently is. A neat little tool if they don't want to be knocked out by acceleration or lack of oxygen.

Suddenly, the twins feel a sudden jump from their boots and the jewel on their glows brighter. Tanya cursing under her breath, this is going to happen eventually. Their birds Huggy and Muggy fearfully squawking or cooing at them, watching the twins' turmoil of using yet another defective machine. Looking down at her neck, the twins see the orb is starting to shine brightly at them and the engine behind them is starting to make unsettling sounds to their ears.

"The synchronization is unstable; the orb is about to explode!" Checking for any safety gear in her gear, she found none. No parachutes, no way to stop her aura pumping into the orb, anything.

"Don't worry Tanya. I know what's going to happen next. You know what's going to happen next. You know it all too well Ms. Tanya Degurechaff. Pray to God and his fellow companions as you will be saved!" Shot her eyes open when he mentioned her previous last name, Tanya knows that Being X is meddling and she gritted her teeth in pure rage as she's getting sick of it. But what does he mean by Being X's fellow companions?

"Adel, you bastard! You remove the safety protocol!" Taking in full realization of the situation, Ruby is panicking but was extremely curious about Tanya's last name.

Your last name was Degurechaff?!

Not right now! Just focus!

Inside the observatory room, the staff immediately begins to panic when Tanya reveals to them that she doesn't have any safety protocol in her gear and disillusioned with Adel's confidence. Out in the panicking observatory staff, two certain brothers walk among them and oblivious to the disaster that's about to strike.

"Hey, Adel! How's your pet stone doing with the nice girl!" As Lok happily spoke to the mad scientist, Adel is still looking up to the sky and continuing God's work here.

"Not now you two fools! Tanya is testing her faith to God now." At the very moment, the God of Light will appear above Tanya at any moment for her to submit onto his will. The brothers didn't get what he's talking about, but Kombuse butted in.

"Oh, you mean the new makeover I gave to Elly! Do you love it what we did to it!" As Kombuse cheerfully cry out to the doctor, Wahnsinn was about to preach to the glory of God until he realizes what they said.

"Of course I-WHAT?!" Processing what they said, Lok happily continues his brother's sentence.

"Yeah, the Dust Matrix is chubby like Grif. So we made it lose weight and gave it a new look! Do you like Andy-I mean Elly's new function?! Please say yes! Please say yes!" Now realizing why his lock is broken in the first place, Kombuse looks up at the window where Tanya is flying at.

"Um yes, is it safe if I turn those spinning circles inside? It spins. A lot. And it looks fun. Also, the stone is making weird, funny noises when I finish playing with it and putting a glowing ring that I found in the workshop. I-…is it okay if it's glowing weirdly? Please tell me that's a good sign." Knowing these two idiots played with his Elenium Type-100. Adel lost all of his confidence and pressing his face against the window. Realizing that both of his subject and the Computation Orb is going to be destroyed, knowing that God will punish him for his own carelessness.

"Also, can I have the banana phone again?"

Up in the sky around at 15 kilometers or 15000 meters, the twins reach Remnant's stratosphere but the device isn't stopping as it's going for the Mesosphere. If Tanya remembered correctly, the Dust will gradually lose its power when they are further away Remnant's soil. As they're panicking, the twins can hear two certain fools arguing behind the radio.

"Let go you fool! Kombuse! You ruined God's holy relic!"

"Can you let go please?"

THIS IS NOT GOING TO STOP! Looking at the orb, it's glowing brighter and humming loudly at her. Tanya eyes bulging with rage as she yells out to the heavens to get his attention. She doesn't know if she's either going to die by an explosion or falling to her death. But when Tanya heard that those retarded brothers ruined the Elenium Type-100 she's using. Tanya is really getting fed up with this and Being X probably convinced those retards to mess with her Computation Orb.

I KNOW THAT! DAMN IT BEING X! GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!

Tanya, language! After the twins said that, time starts to slow down and everything went into pure stasis. The twins stopped moving, the orb that was going into a critical meltdown paused, and everything is at an absolute standstill. They float below the white clouds and looking up at the dark blue atmosphere.

"I do agree with Ruby. You still don't show respect to me or your faith to me. But your loyalty to mankind for safe passage will be your undoing." The twins gaze at the dark blue sky that is the Stratosphere while a mighty voice calls out to them.

Just what I suspected, luring to you by harming my career. So what next, are we going to pointlessly pray to you now? Staring out into nothing, Being X lowers his voice and giving her choice to live if she is so willing to say it.

"No Tanya, you will have to genuinely pray to me unless you and your sister want to live, unscathed." Hearing what he just said to her, Tanya quickly lost her temper as her golden eyes are filled with rage. Slowly, something is creeping inside of Tanya's soul that Being X didn't notice its presence just yet.

Excuse me, my Lord? Not to be rude or anything, but is this a little bit too extreme to convert the unfaithful? Because I'm questioning a lot here…like a lot. Ruby now realizing of what she is seeing that looks unreasonably extreme to get Tanya's prayer, she skeptically looks at her invisible God and starting to get terrified of this situation. Ruby starts to wonder why the Light is so desperate for Tanya's prayer this badly.

"Doubt is a sin Ruby, but Tanya here led to her own downfall. So she needs to have her prayer if she's willingly let you two live. So pray to me if you want your salvation." Then, something clicks in Tanya's mind as her eyes radiating out with absolute ire.

"You know what Being X? Fuck you and your demented ways to give you a shitty prayer! SO FUCK YOU!" Roaring at him with berserking rage, she will break her bindings, she will be free by his bullshit. She will have her agency.

"So you refuse. Your arrogance is unyielding…" Being X pauses in mid-sentence as he notices Tanya's change in appearance. Her eyes became pitch black, her veins darken like oil, and her soul is shadowed like the night. In her face, there is only an expression of pure destructive rage.

"You unconsciously accepted my brother's blasphemous curse then?" Seeing the gift that his younger brother stowed upon Tanya, his tone becomes dangerously low and the point becoming threatening. Ruby shivered in fear of why her God is doing this, but Tanya shot her eyes into the sky and demanding him this question.

"Before I die, tell me this. Who are these birds? Why is Atlas willfully accepting me to be part of their military even though it's kind of irrational for them? What is the deal with your brother and why are you so adamant about making me pray?!" Looking up at the sky, they see Huggy and Muggy unhindered by Being X's domain. As they fly freely in this frozen space of time.

"Something you shouldn't know." Not answering her questions of the supernatural that presented to her. Her Elenium Orb shines brightly and humming louder at her like a ticking bomb.

God of Light! Why are you punishing my sister for her infection? Shouldn't you blessed or cure her of the Grimm infection? As Ruby questioning her God again desperately of why he's doing this violently, Being X give a melancholy voice to his devoted follower. Tanya is ready to meet the darkness of the end of her reincarnation and Ruby prayed why God is punishing them.

When their orb about to reach its climaxing point, something unsuspected happens to the twins, even Being X didn't foresee.

"What is done is done. What she did is no going back." Feeling the light shines brightly at their face. The twins saw the light soon quickly vanished in a mere second. The engine stops its roaring. Steadily opening their eyes, they see their orb is a mix between silver and gold.

Tanya and Ruby stare at the change of colors with a surprise that their orb didn't detonate in front of their faces. Gazing at the orb, the twins hear a voice that is having a massive mental meltdown vibrating in their ears.

"Wow! Wow! Where the fuck am I?! Where the hell is Kombuse?!"Looking anywhere of who said that. The twins trace the sound as it's coming out from their…orb?

"This is not what I expected to happen and my creation to talk." As the three dumbfounded that the relic can talk, Being X now knows who did this as the deity growled under his breath. Hearing his growling, the orb took offense of that gesture as it starts to jeer at the deity.

"Yeah?! What do you suspect?! What? Are you too good talking to an orb!?" Hearing the orb getting really mad at the god who's not respecting it, the twins are absolutely baffled of how this jewel can even talk to them.

"Did you just talk…um?" Lost for words of what's happening and the absurdity that their orb is insulting God. The twins can hear Being X's frustration and command the orb to detonate.

"You wouldn't listen of what I command? Why you aren't listening to me?" The jewel glowed viscously as it didn't take lightly to Being X's words.

"Fuck you! I'm not taking orders from you ya' jerk! I take orders that aren't assholes and I will explode if Kombuse gives permission on doing my awesome firework stunt!" Hearing the name Kombuse again, Tanya is taken surprise of how this idiot changes the course of her outcome and somehow tempered her orb to do something else. For a talking orb? It is way too bizarre of what she's seeing here.

"You know what? Screw this! I'm out! Sayonara sucker!" After saying that, time steadily begins to presume back to normal and the God of Light is displeased with what it sees.

"We will meet again." The orb shines brightly and the twins are engulfed by golden light as it surrounded their body. There are no rules to hinder their spells, no bindings, nothing, only their will for them to control their choices.

"Up, up way we go! I need to relieve my anger here!" Hearing this, Tanya's sclera turns black and her veins pulsing with unholy ichor. Their speed reaching at 1,600 mph equivalent to a jet fighter and magically didn't get ripped apart by the acceleration. Later, the speed jumped to 20,000 mph as the twins punched through the mesosphere at the 60 km mark.

Are you sure you want to go further? We aren't protected by the vacuum of space and your Dust capabilities will be shut off if we reach the Thermosphere at 100 km! Arguing at the orb of why needs to vent its frustration up in outer space in unspeakable speed. The orb just laughs at her fears.

"Pfft, don't listen to your human needs and the restriction power on Dust. I can bend that shit when I'm overloaded. Just watch!"


Down below at the Observatory Room, the staff stopped panicking when they detected the orb didn't blow up on the twins but rather it is replaced with astonishment of what they witness.

"What's the status report on Tanya?" As Adel got his bearings after the holy artifact did or did not backfire, he talks to the staff member who checks on their Aura detection. Looking at the monitor of what height level that Tanya is currently in, his jaws dropped what he saw.

"She…she is out in space and her aura levels is still being maintained? How is that possible?!" Looking at her height level that is on the 700 km mark, everyone gasped at how they reached that far without Space Gear or Dust malfunctions. But out in the room, a wild-haired brother yelled happily of what he hears.

"Yeah! Andy-argh-Elly did it!"


Gasping in surprise they haven't been ripped to shred or burned alive yet. The twins look around to see the stars twinkling at them. They see the shattered moon floating in space and their planet below their feet. What Ruby is experiencing is magical like she's the first person to be in space and possibly nicknamed Space Kid for it. For Tanya, she's completely terrified that she doesn't have the necessities to protect herself of the elements of outer-space but somehow remains alive by the orb she is using, for they are glowing brightly like a star and not feeling the dangers of the emptiness of space.

"Testing. Testing. Are you there with your stone Houston? Can anyone hear me? Anyone? Hello? Are-you-there?" Hearing a particular voice that is named Kombuse, Tanya is getting infuriated that she is out in outer space and relieved to hear he is the one who messed with her orb as they weren't killed by a possible explosion. As they hear Kombuse, they see their two birds flying in space and not suffering from the lack of atmosphere that presented to them. As they just coo and caw in the void as they ring into their ears.

"Kombuse! What the hell did you do with my Computation Jewel?!" Screaming at her headphones and didn't suffocate by the lack of air. Lok jovially answers her question like nothing bad happens by what the brainless brothers did.

"We change your Computation Matrix input and add weird things to it. Like a weird ring, we found by a strange black guy. He is really friendly but he says nothing. So I thought he was a meanie." The twins confuse what he means by a black guy, so Tanya asks further what he means by that.

"A black guy?" Not giving enough clarity of what that even means or they're unintentionally being racist. Lok starts to ramble on.

"Yes! A black guy! He gave us weird things and never told what they do. So we just add them." Tanya is baffled at how idiotic these two were. Adding them without knowing the effects at all? It was just pure incomprehensible of what she heard.

"You add them without thinking?!" Fortunately, it stopped her from being dead, but hearing what they said gives a possible context of the real culprit who tinkered with the Elenium Orb-Type 100.

"We feel like to and it was dark inside." Hearing the brothers they feel like it and dark inside. She scratching her head on the many ideas of what that even means. The most logical idea that Tanya can of is that Being Y is meddling with Being X's affairs, but for what though? A second possible answer is that two have no idea what they're doing and making up nonsensical conclusions to her.

"Hey, guys. Where should I blow up? Somewhere here or in front of us!" Hearing the orb that the blue-eyed brothers keep calling it Andy or Elly, the twins are sweating in fear of what it said to them.

No! No! No! Please don't blow in front of us damn it!

Please Mr. Orb, don't blow us up!

"Okay fine. Since both of you said please, I'll do that. By the way, the name's Andy or Andrew if you want. Time to let out my frustration!" As he said that, the twins feel a surge of magic in their right arm. Knowing what it is and not even casting an incantation, they aim their arm at the empty space.

A burst of light shoots out from their palm as the ball flies in light speed. Firing from a safe distance at the blast radius, the ball detonated as a fiery of light shines upon their eyes. They feel the force blowing at them as they bounce back to Remnant's atmosphere.

Returning back to the edge of the Thermosphere, the twins descend starts to increase in speed as they're falling at 900 mph and later rising to 10,000 mph. Tanya is now losing her mental cool by this unintentional space flight. She's now demanding to her orb that somehow can talk and who randomly call himself Andy out of nowhere to slow down.

Can you slow down on our fall?!

Yeah! I'm not feeling well by this current speed we're in!

"What's wrong? We can survive the fall from this speed!" Tanya gritted her teeth as she can feel the heat enveloping her and surprisingly didn't turn into charcoal by then. Her face is directly looking down to see her acceleration is rising ridiculously way too fast as her speed, almost, reaching to the point of her being barbequed. Whatever the light that's engulfing their body, it magically saves them from being burned alive or getting destroyed in a split second.

I'm not taking chances here and I don't want any possible property damage when we touch Remnant's surface! Trying to reason with their newly sentient orb named Andrew. Andy just chuckles mischievously as its messing with her.

"Hah! Ha! Just kidding, I'll slow down since we will be paste if we touch the ground. So hold tight!" Andy glows brightly at their neck as the twins feel their speed is slowing down as they fall. Reaching the cloudless Stratosphere, they descend at 1000 mph. Then, they finally reach the cloudy skies of the Troposphere as their speed slows down at 200 mph. They feel the snowflakes touching their cheeks and freezing wind cooling them down.

Getting closer to the surface, the light faded around them as they're going down at 40 mph at their descent. Gently touching their feet on the graveled ground of the airfields, Tanya is sweating madly by that bullshit space flight she went and about to hurl by the almost rough landing she did. Luckily for her, she didn't die this time. Her mind is starting to clear up and her anger is fading. When she backtalk Being X, it feels really amusing for some weird reason.

Do. Not. EVER go up to space! Breathing heavily and regaining her cool by what Andy did to them as the orb is having its mind of its own. Tanya has no idea how Kombuse and Lok created an artificial intelligence within her orb. But it did save their lives of not getting ripped to shreds by one of Being X's interventions. Removing her aviators and her unbuckling her belts, the twins hear Andy spoke out as he demands recognition for his actions.

"Hey! Be glad what I did. If not, the energy that stored within me is making me batshit angry and possibly destroying the continent of Atlas if it's left unchecked!" Now that particular answer made Tanya curious by what it means by 'entire continent.'

Hold on. What do you mean by the entire continent of Atlas? Wanting to know what Andy means by an entire continent if that was an exaggeration or an actual literal sense, Andy nervously chuckles when she asked that.

"Oh that…well, that wasn't an exaggeration. I measured the buildup energy inside me. I'm pretty much packing with massive and kiloton in my systems. If you blow up at the stratosphere, the blast radius would reach the surface at Atlas and consume this crappy little Tundra. You know what I'm saying?" What Andy said didn't make things better for the twins.

"What?" Their eyes become gold and silver as they look down at her neck. They stopped what they're doing to hear him out.

"Hey, hey, don't blame me. Blame that Being X or God of Light you two keep rambling about. I'm just an orb who is created by that batshit insane scientist and those retarded brothers! Okay?! Besides I can't do shit like that anymore since that overload energy is breaking through my limits." Hearing this, they calm down slightly and Ruby starting to empathize with Tanya's relationship with Being X. Hearing he was about to blow them up is really challenging her perspective on the God of Light. Why does he want Tanya to pray genuinely for him and should Ruby be skeptical with her faith? But if she stops praying, what would happen to her family?

So Kombuse and Lok created you. So why did you call yourself Andy? Not wanting to dive into the complexity of her Lord on making Atlas turn into Sodom and Gomorrah. Andy clears its nonexistent throat and explains away.

"While they tempered with me, I did hear them mumbling at me about Andy? So I presume that was my original name than Elly after they deal with that black guy. Speaking of Kombuse and Lok, here they are!" Again, about to question the orb of who the black guy is that may or may not be racist. Looking up, they see Kombuse and Lok running at them with absolute joy on their faces. Behind them, Dr. Wahnsinn glares at the brothers for defiling the Holy Relic.

"Yo retards! A nut job scientist is behind you!"

Andy! Ruby scolding her orb's rudeness, it just laughs and playing it off like it's nothing. To Tanya, hearing the orb probably going to give the Devil a migraine with its snarky attitude.

"What? They can't hear jack shit! Only you two can hear me because I'm an orb!" To prove its point, Kombuse and Lok unaware of what it said to them as they stupidly grinning at the twins. Not hearing the insult that the orb gave them.

"How is your space flight!? It sounds really fun up there!" Crouching down at their height, Ruby look at them with glee to do their overall friendly nature even though they're lacking in intelligence, the silver-eyed twin is glad to see they're the ones who defuse a possible scenario where they're going to die.

"Doing fine you two, oh, hello Adel." Ruby's eyes turn gold when she spotted the crazed scientist which Being X granted him the knowledge of his past. Adel glare at her and scoffs, dismissing her immediately.

"You are dismissed. You may head back to your garrison." Looking at her as if his plan didn't go as he expected, Tanya quietly nods her head at him and heading back to the locker room to retrieve her clothes.

"Hey? Hey! Can I go with you guys because I'm not thrilled to be with that crazed lunatic?!" Glancing back at her orb and having a foul-mouth. Tanya is still baffled by how the idiotic brothers manage to create an A.I with her Operation Orb. For its personality, she's not going to bring it unless there's something to mute Andy with to prevent further headaches.

No.

"Oh come on!"


During the late of night. At the very top of Beacon Academy, Ozpin is resting on his chair and talking to General Ironwood's through his Scroll. What the Beacon Headmaster heard from Ironwood's reports made him worried and feels out of place about James' actions. Ozpin explains about the God Brothers possibly being here for the twins. Weirdly enough, Ironwood is taking this information really lightly and not getting jumpy of the news about the Brothers' interventions.

"Yes, Dr. Eir identified that Tanya is indeed part Grimm Ozpin, I will not let the Council hear from this or else risking a possible execution." Hearing James solemnly talking about Tanya's condition and the risks presented to them. Ozpin knows that the General is morally reasonable not to kill a child. But the rest…it doesn't make sense about Ironwood choices, as the Atlas Headmaster is greatly passive and not complaining about Tanya's training course that she somehow instantly taking a hold on her classmates.

From the Council's choices, it feels completely irrational and morally questionable about letting a six-year-old on joining Atlas this too early. There is something off about this and Ozpin is seeing a pattern here that Tanya has full agency in her decisions.

"I don't want to change the subject. But why are you letting Tanya take full control of the practical course and not finding it weird that half of your staff members absolutely agree with her? Plus, did you read the brutal conditions which the students are going through?" Wanting to hear what Ironwood says for himself, it makes sense that Ironwood is being pressured by other parties. But his apathy is not like him at all. The students who left her training strangely did not mention the brutality they went.

"Ozpin, I know it's strange why I did it. But the Council is really enthusiastic about Tanya's ideas out of nowhere. First, they want to check the twins' Auras, then later wanting to be part of the military, and the staff is interested of what Tanya idea's how to deal with possible terrorists or Grimm. For that…I can't do anything about it." There's another thing what he hears by this reasonable but not justifiable defense. There is something in Atlas Academy and the Council is making them not themselves at all. The secrecy about the twins is reasonable but letting her do anything is not reasonable to Ozpin's eyes.

Before Ozpin could retort back to Ironwood's passivity and his indifference towards Tanya's questionable methods as he read reports that small pack of Grimm is gathering close to Tanya's garrison which they oddly not attacking her base at all. A black, shadowy silhouette flashes behind Ironwood in a split second. Rubbing his eyes, Ozpin carefully looks around at James' office to see there was nothing there.

Ozpin now has his answer.

"Ozpin, are you okay?" Rubbing his temple, the Beacon Headmaster nods his head at the General's concerns.

"Yes, I'm okay James. I thought I'm seeing things here. Now proceed with your other news." A photo appears in Ozpin's Scroll as it appears to be a Jewel or Orb that is made out of Dust with the insides having strange mechanisms ticking that Ozpin never saw before.

"As for the twins, they successfully tested Adel's pet project, the Computation Jewel or Operation Orb by what he calls it. It allows the Aura user to fly but using some parts of their aura reserve to maintain their flight. Seeing the outstanding results from the project, the brass and certain individuals taking a great interest in this revolutionary device that Wahnsinn's ideas actually work." Ironwood learned that the twins somehow reach to outer space and miraculously breaking through the Dust limitations. The General decides to omit that part as he doesn't want this to be more complicated to discuss or creating an air of disbelief.

"Right now, it remains a secret amongst the public. I'm giving you this information to you as you're more trustworthy. In the future when research is done and can be manufactured, I'll spread it to the other Headmasters to see if the Academies accept them to be integrated into their Huntsmen Career. Possibly, we might bring out a civilian model if we have the time to commercialize them." As Ironwood said that, Ozpin notice a black silhouette again but instantly disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Now turning back to the strange contraception, it is indeed revolutionary of what he hears. But hearing it's from the infamous Wahnsinn who has the reputation on thinking educational guesses rather than facts feels out of place from that deranged Atlas scientist. Him, having the knowledge to make his creations to function correctly is far-fetch.

"But you know her forces will take notice of this right?" Hearing Ironwood mentioning Salem again, Ozpin grimace at the name for a very long time of his many reincarnations in Remnant, it doesn't ease Ozpin mind that the Brothers are here again to temper with Remnant's future.

"Seeing this Operation Orb is greatly beneficial to Remnant. I will agree on using these devices to give leverage against Salem. So further ado, I bid farewell. But please, be less lenient on Tanya's actions." Canceling his Scroll, Ozpin takes a sip of his coffee and turning his eyes to Qrow who silently listens in to General's words as James wasn't aware of Qrow presence behind him.

"So my little nieces are doing military work and little Tige is bullying her students…that's fucking fantastic." Stretching his body and pulling out his flask from his pocket. Ozpin silently drinks his mug as quietly looks back to his trusted agent with some hypocrisy.

"Are you aware that you train them in Grimm territory at a young age?" Almost dropping his flask when Ozpin said that to him, Qrow groans at the old Wizard's accusation as he glances back at the Headmaster with a slight sober face.

"Hey! I was trying to deter them from picking a dangerous job. But seeing they kick the Grimm ass so easy and randomly sucking at fighting me. There is something not right even when I'm not sober." Taking a quick swig on his flask, he looks back at Ozpin more seriously.

"So, do you bet this is part of the Brothers' Intervention Feud or I'm just drunk?" Drinking away his bad mojos of what the drunken crow is hearing. The Headmaster let out a sigh and nods his head of what's happening at Atlas.

"What I'm hearing, definitely. That Tanya has free reign with no consequence on her choices. The infection from Tanya's soul, the increase abnormality in Ruby's soul, Adel having the knowledge to create devices that allow aura users to fly and Tanya training a personal army of hers…then yes, the brothers are fighting over the twins." To further prove his idea, Ozpin saw a ghastly silhouette appearing behind the General. Telling the old Headmaster that the younger brother is there, it's his decision and their choices are final.

"Okay then…so how the hell my thorny niece did get away with all her immoral actions at her personal training?" Thinking and recalling his past memories with the divine brothers. Ozpin remembers the God of Darkness is the younger brother to the God of Light. He is the personification of destruction, but destruction comes with its own reasons. There has to be a reason to spark their inner conflict and bloodshed.

In spite the darkness is being the main force of destruction, the God of Darkness is the aspect of Choice, for he allows others to live or choose others to die purely by their decisions. But with his older brother's recent actions, their power to choose is now gone and instead binding their decisions to Tanya's fate.

For the God of Darkness, he is the embodiment of Free Will.

"Qrow, I want to tell you something. In spite of all the irrational decisions around us, can you describe choice to me?" Finishing his another swig of poison, the drunken crow shakes his head and giving him a quick question instead.

"Don't tell me and just give me an abridged. Is the God of Darkness associated with the power of choice which is our fate, destiny and such crap like that on our decisions? Addition with Tanya's infection, she's more likely to be prone to negativity and evading the consequences simultaneously?" Not wanting to be dishonest with Qrow, Ozpin grimly nods his head to his agent.

"Shit..."


"Oh, holy Lord, the heretics messed with your great design! Hear my words, God." Muttering to himself as he's creating a functioning yet inferior orb in his hands for Atlas to mess with it and to be secretly manufactured. On his table, Tanya's Elenium Orb-Type 100 is humming at him gently as Tanya refuses to keep it with her. Wahnsinn can't reverse engineer what Kombuse and Lok did to it or else risking a compromise of the orb's integrity. Only those two can undo the curse they cause. But learning of their mental capacity. It wouldn't likely to happen any second.

Right now, Adel didn't get arrested or exiled over that safety protocol incident. They shrug it off to do his promising skills on his orbs and the witnesses were too distracted of Remnant's first successful space flight that the public doesn't know yet. So Adel is at the clear for now.

"Adelheid, I hear your tribulation, my faithful follower. I'm sorry to say this but the holy artifact I gave you is already tainted by a foul demon that lurks in the shadow." The room froze as a mighty voice calls out to him. The doctor begins to commune with his god and asking who is the demon prowls in the night.

"Who is this demon, my Lord?" Wanting to know who the demon is, the light shines over to him brightly. He gave Adel's his answers.

"The demon that prowls here corrupted a nonbeliever and it gains two followers who blindly listen to him from their…lack of intelligence. So far, be vigilant, the demon can sway the minds of the mortals of their decisions." As the God of Light finished his final words, the time resumes back to normal and the darkness resides back to its place.

"Yes, my lord. I'll be vigilant and continue your holy constructions. I'll be your holy guide for the nonbeliever to-"

"Hi, Adel! How's it going? Also, I think I found a person who is called a penny. It's made out of metal and wires. Not the copper coins." Turning who said that. The mad scientist sees the brothers who ruined his Magnum Opus, the followers of the demon that his god mentioned.

"Kombuse? Lok? Why are you doing in the workshop? You two know I'm busy here." Scowling at them, he now learned that they're under the influence of the demon for them to commit heresy against his lord which the two aren't aware of Adel's displeasure.

"Oh that. Well…Ironwood told us to help you. So we're going to help. Like it's a sleepover in this room we're in! You know, James is a good person for us to hang out with you." Lok happily smiling at Wahnsinn, the former Imperial scientist is giving the wild-haired boy a quizzical look and why General Ironwood would do that?

"Why James allow that?" The fact that James allowed these two imbeciles to run around in R&D is not something that the doctor takes lightly of. Whatever Ironwood's decision is, it feels unnatural.

"Because he doesn't trust you…I think that's what he said about the space flight. So Tanya suggested we help you! So let's build things!" Hearing Kombuse's excited tone of what they're going to do here as they're going to build random stuff. Adel is trying not to snarl at them and looking back at the Elenium Type-100. Adel sees this is a way for God to challenge him. To rise above the demon that's inflecting this campus, he will continue God's holy work even he's working with these fools that Ironwood allowed. With his last thoughts, he says this.

Deus Los Vult.


Looking back at Volume 4, I wonder where choice and knowledge came from since Qrow didn't dive deeply into their background lore. I thought, hey, Being X has Knowledge and Being Y has Choice. So I'm going with that unless Volume 6 gives more background about those two gods.

To ToxicCerebrate, yes I'm fully aware that there will be frenzy demands for the functioning computation orbs in the world of RWBY. Luckily, the Elenium Orb the twins have is a new addition to Remnant's relics as it's not easy to recreate. Plus in the far future, Tanya will see it as beneficial if she's part in the commercialization of the orbs.

Espada-001, that was Being X's voice, but he couldn't speak out as they were slightly manipulated by his younger brother. I try to make it vague, but I think I write it without enough clarity to give context. So I edited a little bit to fix some errors.

To L4 of the WEST, let's just say Being X's younger brother's ploy and extensively manipulating them to agree with Tanya in spite of her age or status. It's kind of too late to rethink that Plot Hole on age slash attitude, but I'll just play it off best as possible. Probably I'll time skip to when they're 10 after I finished a couple of chapters. If that doesn't work, I probably put this in hiatus and dramatically change the chapters on the Atlas arc.