"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy
"Sparrow?" Blake asked in disbelief. At hearing the familiar voice call his name he turned to look directly at Blake with eyes widening, air being the only thing leaving his throat as all words were sucked out of his head and mouth along with the blood in his face. "I'm going to leave this conversation to you two, have a seat, and I'll forgive the informal manner in which you're behaving this time Agent..." L half scolded. At this Sparrow stands straight, giving a salute before chairs formed from blue-shift energy appeared a fair distance apart from each other, came into the black existence. "Sir." "At ease, take as much time as you need, Both of you." L aimed that last part mostly at Blake. Blake herself couldn't help but adopt a half confused and half amused expression at the fact Sparrow is being bossed around, but it also puzzled her since it isn't normally a part of his seemingly carefree to the point of laziness, authority hating attitude.
Sparrow sat down opposite Blake as L seemingly disappeared from existence behind her. The two sat there in an awkward silence for what seemed like an eternity before Sparrow spoke up. "You okay?" Blake nodded slowly with the same expression, leading Sparrow to rub the back of his neck nervously whilst nodding to himself. "Well...this is uhh...awkward." "Why didn't you tell me who you really were?" Blake asked, at this Sparrow tried not to let the thought 'I know exactly where this is going.' slip out his mouth, though he knows that Blake is smart enough to answer her own question. "I'm undercover, the worm in your head can't do everything, it can give you doubts but ultimately there has to be someone to reinforce the feelings in order for it to work properly otherwise you're just stuck doubting yourself all the time...I wanted to convince you to leave and I knew this would be the only way to do it." Sparrow tried to explain but Blake could only think of the negatives at the time, it caused her once dormant Psionics to spike. "Do you know what happens to people after the worm is 'used up'?" At this Sparrow nods to say no, keeping as calm as he can.
"I went through only two days of what happens and I could feel myself crumbling from the inside out!" Blake only started getting angrier. "Look, Blake I-" "Don't do that, don't say my name in that way!" Sparrow exhaled silently, trying to push back the nerves, even though he's a Psi operative, his Psionics are hardly even considered Psionics due to them being restricted to short range telepathy and low level mind merging for squad coherence, L was very careful where he gave someone a piece of his Psionics, they still have the same effects on the world around him like a regular Psionic would. "Blake, you need to calm down, the angrier you get in your head the more likely you are to hurt someone outside your head." Sparrow tried to explain calmly, which didn't quite work until a small screen showing the real world appeared, the electronics of the room fluctuating, L's right arm seemingly stuck to Blake's head and a large and annoyed frown donning his face, leading her to slowly calm herself down.
As she does so, both of them could hear a distant "Thank you!" from what sounded like L which both of them ignored. "Look...I'm sorry for betraying your trust but the White Fang have to be stopped, learning their every move is one of the first steps, getting a kid like you out of it was my first step." Sparrow explained, leading Blake to sigh in a less angry tone. "I know...just, give me time to process all this." At this Sparrow nodded in understanding, silently thanking any deity that there's a chance Blake could still be friends with him at the very least. "Hopefully I'll get to see you soon, I'll be with A...the main White Fang force until then." He gave a warm smile, catching himself at mentioning the very unstable man before disappearing into the abyss, L taking his place. "You didn't even say; 'thank you for saving me sort of'." At this Blake gave L a glare, he just raised his hands in surrender and looked away. "Just saying."
Another few minutes passed in silence, the silence proving to calm Blake but also make her fidgety, she wished she had something to read. "What was happening in the real world?" she asked, to at least distract herself, luckily enough L complied. "Psionics have the ability to manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum as well as electronics in general when Psionic energy is in an overabundance, it stems from how we can read thoughts and memories as well as influence them, it's why most of the time Psi operatives, though they can hardly be called Psi operatives, have to have keen emotional control." At this Blake raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? I thought I was the only natural Psionic you know..." At this L nodded. "The key word there being Natural, the Psi operatives under my command are basically walking satellites for someone like me to easily give a burst of Psionics when needed, so essentially they're all using my Psionics." At this Blake nods at the logic, though it made her wonder how many Psi Operatives there are and just how powerful he is if he could give All of them Psionics and function normally with seemingly very advanced skills being as normal as breathing.
"What happens now?" Blake asks. "Well, I was hoping you'd stay with me to stop things worse than what you did a few minutes ago from happening." Blake hesitated for a moment. "What if I leave?" "Then you'll only be putting people in danger, I know what you want to do but you can't run from your problems this time, because they run just as fast as you now." Blake remained hesitant, leading L to take her hands into his, Blake instantly looking into L's seemingly pleading eyes. "Blake, in the name of all that is Holy, stay, at least until I can teach you to use your abilities, after that, you're free to do as you please. Hell I'll even get you a place at Beacon, Haven, Shade or somewhere else, or even a mountain of books!" At this point L sounded like he was begging her not to do something stupid. Blake gave a heavy sigh with an internal giggle at the last part before nodding. "Okay, I'll stay." At this L smiled warmly with a sigh of relief, leaning back in his chair.
"When will I heal?" Blake asked, at this L simply shrugged, eliciting Blake to raise an eyebrow. "Hey I may be a genius but I'm not a clairvoyant, alright? You'll heal when you heal." Blake sighs deeply with a small growl of frustration at that. "Huh, that was my reaction." Blake ignores L for the moment as she begins pondering how she even got into this mess in the first place, by the time she'd broken her line of thought, she noticed L had disappeared into the abyss and now lay staring at bandages over her eyes.
"Yang, I think it's about time we headed out, it'll be sunrise soon." L said as he walked up to her, Yang still being in the gym sleeping on the mats used for sit-ups and push-ups in the corner. "5 more minutes..." Yang said groggily, L simply smirked. "I wonder what would happen if I brought blue hair dye in here..." L said teasingly leading Yang to instantly shoot to her feet in a defensive stance. "What? Where? Who!?" At this L began walking away with a smirk on his face. "Let's go, we've gotta get home before anyone realises we're gone." Yang quickly started following L out to the elevator, making their way to the Hangar bay L entered through.
"So how are we getting back anyway?" Yang asked. "Fun way or the quick way?" "Fun." "Right this way." L couldn't help but smirk as he entered the view of a Spaceflight variant of the Galaxy-class dropship, it looked like a space shuttle combined with a Bullhead and a cargo plane. (Think of a Pelican from Halo combined with an Osprey and a cargo plane then double it in size.) It had enough room inside to transport munitions and other supplies of all kind. Whilst fully stocked it still looked like it could still hold an entire platoon. Seeing as how this Galaxy is fully stocked and is holding an entire platoon, I think Yang may be thinking the obvious here. It's painted jet black with a few neon green lights along the hull or close to the engines on the back or the sides of the ship presumably for the Engineers and ground troops during night operations to identify the ship easier.
"Hold the ship!" L yelled as he jogged over to the ramp of the giant thing. "Officer on deck!" The leader of the Platoon of troops standing in the centre yelled, eliciting everyone to salute. "At ease, thanks for holding the door Colonel, mind if we hitch a ride?" "Not at all sir." At this the engines started firing up and the ramp started closing. "Yang, come with me, you're gonna want to be seated for this part." Yang nodded as they went up to the cockpit, only one seat being available. "Oh of course, Yang get in that suit and strap in." "What about you?" "I'll be fine." Yang nodded hesitantly before putting on the gear and strapping herself into the seat. "Green to go pilots!" L yelled over the starting of the engines. "Roger that, setting course for the ODS Life by Design."
Before Yang could question where L is going to sit, they'd already exited the Hangar and started to shoot upwards, the ship shaking as if an earthquake were going on, Yang's teeth chattering as it starts to go through the atmosphere even quicker. Yang felt warmer to, not unlike the side effect of her Semblance which resembled a heat that comforted her like a blanket, but rather the warm feeling came in such a way that sunshine would, it made her wonder what exactly is happening. Eventually however, all became clear, the blue hue of the planet isn't all around her anymore, but rather a distant light as the infinity of the void takes her breath away, she could see the stars and Remnant, both just as beautiful as each other, Yang felt weightless, her heart's pitter patter being the only thing she could hear as her eyes were locked onto the beauty of a world.
Not even the fact L just opened another purple tear inside reality and walked through it could distract Yang from beauty in of itself. After a few minutes of gawking at the beauty of SPACE, the Galaxy dropship started to land inside the ODS which in of itself is massive in size and scale, but Yang didn't get enough time to see all of it, it resembled a space station from a comic she'd once read though. "Attention passengers we have reached our destination, we would like to thank you for flying Galaxy air, we'll see you ladies later." At this she could hear the men inside the bay just below the cockpit getting their gear together so Yang thought it would be the perfect time to do some...'scouting'. (L likes space, like, Space Core Wheatly level likes space, I found that out when I kept getting asked at what point he could turn the moon into a giant magnet gun. Tell me whether or not you'd want to see something like that. Even though I have no clue how he could implement that...though I've learned never to underestimate his creativity.)
As Yang began looking over the soldiers exiting the ship with a large purr, she got yanked through a black portal that opened behind her and closed as she landed on the steel grey deck of the ODS's first Hangar just outside of the Galaxy she was just in. For a moment she simply blinked away the overwhelming dizziness before looking to her right and seeing L. "Hi." He waved a little before starting to walk to the exit of the Hangar, after a couple seconds of confusing thoughts she began to follow him to an odd and dark area of the station which became a lit up steel-grey area the equivalent of a meeting room with an armoury just next door, sounds like something L would design. "Where are we exactly?" Yang asked whilst trying to keep up with L's above average walking speed, he simply smiled as he walked over to a terminal and typed in a few commands. "This is D deck." "Aaaaand what does that mean?..." L turned around with a grin on his face that could stretch to his forehead. "Drop Deck."
Yang had no idea what he was talking about, though she stopped thinking about it when the wall behind him started to lift upwards like a gateway, revealing large one man pods going on in a very long line. "Feet first into Hell, ten pods per room, nine soldiers per squad and one Psi operative." Yang however is more fixated on what's behind the pods. "Wow." she whispered in awe as she could finally see the whole of the bright blue and slightly green Remnant. "Beautiful, isn't it? You could spend hours on any number of the Observation decks just staring at her." L pats Yang on the back. "We've gotta go though, you'll get to see what happens when you're going back down."
At this Yang looks directly at L with a slightly confused expression. "What do you mean?" L simply smirks and places Yang in one of the pods, sitting down inside, it fits to her form perfectly, it's fairly spacious inside, two joysticks one for each arm rest along with the door which is currently above L, she could see two screens either side of the transparent...window? Of the 'door'. "Right, the computer will automatically put you at the correct course and since we're not going to be under AA fire you won't need to use the joysticks to keep you at a certain velocity-" "Wait, wait, wait, English please?" "You're going to be dropped from here to a few hundred meters away from outside the city, so take one of these, you're going to need it for when you get down there since Ember is out of ammo." He disappears into the armoury before coming out with what looks like a shotgun and a pistol, placing them in magnetic holsters beside her right leg along with several magazines for the shotgun and several pistol magazines.
Yang gives L a sceptical look. "Don't worry, it's an Assault Shotgun, meaning that it'll fire as fast as you can pull the trigger, it's fully loaded already with 15 shots per box magazine and 23 shots per magazine in the pistol. Just in case, you probably won't even need to use them though." Yang nods slowly, before looking L in the eyes. "What do you mean by Drop?" L just rolls his eyes and closes the pod leading Yang to sit there idly for a couple of seconds. "Okay. Don't answer then." Yang jumped as a blaring warning alarm started sounding and the pod started turning, the wall they were just behind also closing up. Yang could feel the adrenaline starting to pump through her body making her half grin as a natural reaction but she would be lying if she said she wasn't nervous.
L's face appeared on the screen on the right side, the window in front of her allowing her to see Remnant in its full mostly ocean glory with the sun's rays close to Vale. "We'll land around 50 meters away from each other, your suit will stop you from falling unconscious mid-flight, unless you land on something harder than the ground then don't expect injuries, have fun and don't forget to keep hands and feet in the ride at all times." He says with his own excited smirk. His face disappeared as a beeping started to sound, like a countdown, it wasn't until a couple of seconds later that she noticed the lights that turn on with each passing beep. As it reached the final three beeps, time seemingly slowed down, her excitement became almost too much to bare. She wouldn't be disappointed.
The moment the final light lit up she could feel the weight of gravity touch her heart and drag her down, the pod shook harder than the ship that took them up did by so much more than she could describe, the feeling of adrenaline filling her veins and setting her alight, her heart rate reminding her of the beat of a club song she could dance the night away to. She raised her hands in the air and screamed like she was on a roller coaster, laughing as she does so. Unbeknownst to her, L is doing the exact same thing. You can tell they're siblings can't you?
Soon enough, she began to notice that the pod is breaking through the clouds, the heat that she felt earlier becoming less like a warm ray of sunshine and more as if it were hungry, she could see the flames licking at the edges outside of the pod and feel the heat become more intense with every passing second. L's face appearing on the screen to her right once again. "Brace for deceleration!" At this Yang tensed slightly as she felt a large jolt and the pod slowing more and more whilst vibrating, right up until she could see the whole of Patch.
Several hundred miles away, an Operator inside a monitoring station in Atlas blinked at what his monitor is showing him. "Ummmmm...Sir?" He called, at this his superior officer appeared next to him with a coffee in hand. "Mm?" "Take a look at this." At this both of them stare at the information the monitor is showing them both. "Can't be...refresh, see if it comes back with the same thing." At this the Operator types in a few commands and then the monitor comes up with nothing, rather than telling the two of them that two small meteors are heading to somewhere around Vale or patch. "Huh...must've been a glitch, keep on that." "Yes sir." The Operator gives off a sigh as the Officer goes back to his chair. "HEY!" The Officer shouted, holding up an empty bag. "Who stole my Goddamn Donuts!?" At this the Operator had to hold back a chuckle, none of them noticed the seemingly invisible Network Agent by the servers in the corner of the room and casually eating what in his opinion are cheap and overly sugary donuts.
"Alright Yang, I'll see you in a minute!" L says before his face disappears from the screen to her right. Yang had never thought that falling to the ground would seem to take so long and be so damn fun! The second stage of deceleration had just finished and now she's in for a crash course in what it feels like to hit the ground from orbit-BANG
Yang groaned as she woke up with a large headache, but to Yang it was totally worth it. "Woaaah..." Was the only thing she could manage as she managed to recover from her head spinning. Wondering how to get out, she noticed green buttons in front of her, she smirked and hit each of them with a fist, the door starting to hiss as air escaped and pressure released before making a loud boom as it shot off its hinges.
Yang peaked outside the pod to find that she'd created a small crater when she'd landed, she could hear jogging a fair distance away. Automatically assuming that would be L she got out of the pod and stretched, rejoicing in the popping that her joints made. A guilty pleasure that the blonde trailblazer loved to no end. "Might wanna get out of that pod, suit up and grab the weapons." She heard a very familiar voice say from just above her. "Pretty sure we've alerted the locals, though that won't really matter. So, was that fun or what!?" She giggled in response to his sudden positive attitude and grabbed the weapons and ammo from their magnetic locks, accepted the hand up to the surface. "Why didn't you tell me you knew those existed?" "Technically I'm not allowed to do it because we haven't perfected the camouflage tech to drop from orbit under the radar buuuuuut who cares we have an alternative." Yang nodded, her head still buzzing from the adrenaline in her system, hands shaking, but in a good way.
L's body gave off a red hue as he fired a beam of red shift energy to destroy any evidence that something happened, ergo, the pod, since the explosives were sometimes not enough and he needed to be sure. "Let's get home, might wanna hide the gear in your cupboard or something." "You're gonna let me keep this?" "Eh, I don't see why not." After a moment L spun around as Yang fired the assault shotgun at an Ursa making it bend over in reaction, she began charging past him and rolling across the wounded Ursa's back to reach the Ursa Major behind it. As she did so she shoved her shotgun upwards and into the Ursa Majors mouth, with a grin she punned the trigger. "Eat this!" With a single pull of the trigger the Ursa Majors head disappeared, the Ursa behind her getting onto its hind legs until Yang took the pistol at her hip and fired once through its throat making it make a gurgle sound instead of a roar. Before it could react to this a very loud shot came from behind the Ursa, Yang making a pouting face as it fell over revealing L holding Pantheon in one hand.
"What does this thing fire?" Yang asked as she looked over the Assault Shotgun in awe. "It's a magnet weapon." Yang looked at L with a questioning expression. "A railgun?..." He tried again, Yang remained there with a confused expression leading L to shake his head. "Don't worry about it." At this L started walking. "Where are you going?..." Yang asked. "Home...duh." L shot Yang an amused expression leading the bombastic blonde to give off an "Oh. Blonde moment." With a finger to her head and making a dumb expression with her tongue out. At this they both walked home, getting there in around half an hour and a conversation about not telling any of the others about what she saw, the duo entered the house as quietly as they could. L heading straight to his room whereas Yang checked up on Ruby, seeing the youngling sound asleep she smiled and entered her own room, stripping off the suit she was made to wear and sticking it in her wardrobe, along with the awesome weapons she'd have to tinker around with later on and keep away from Rubes.
One thing that made Yang think though is that everything she had just done, she'd done in a night. It made her wonder what kind of life L lived between day and night, the kind of things she'd seen made her look at her brother in a whole new light, still a good light. But a new one nonetheless. She flopped onto her bed with an exhale and gradually fell asleep, waking up what had seemed like 5 minutes later because the alarm clock said it's 7:00 AM, making her growl at the damn thing. Okay, so maybe there was a negative to the new light she saw L in, but it's only small...okay its sleep so for Yang that isn't small. Hence her alarm clock is now smashed to pieces by an annoyed fist.
L lay in his bed, seemingly just thinking, if you pay attention to his eyes, you'd see that he's more than thinking, a frenzy of colours swirled and danced behind the blue of his eyes, he smiled at the memories he could see, sometimes he'd look at them as a reminder of who used to make him happy back in his everlasting life. Memories were nice, but nowhere close to the real deal, he had a family that he could look to everyday and feel like he's protecting something, feeling like he has something to protect that will never disappear. Because they'll always protect him, have his back when he really needs it and vice versa for them.
Whilst laying there his friend in his mind reminded him to change his outfit, doing so in a near instant, back to his pyjamas which consisted of a pair of jogging bottoms and that's about it. No shirt, revealing a body that would make people think he's an Olympian and in the military rather than an up and coming Hunter. His instincts told him someone is watching him, so he decided to comply with his instincts. "I know you're watching, both of you." At this the door to his parent's room fully opened revealing both Taiyang and Summer standing there with their dressing gowns on, the parents both holding a look of deep thought. "I know I'm beautiful but it's rude not to blink." At this the pair rolled their eyes and entered his room, closing the door behind them, sitting down on any chair they can find, only one being available. "I've got ya covered." L says as he reaches down the side of his bed to grab a couple of vials of water and air dust, he crushes the two together and uses his Psionics to shape the resulting ice dust into a stool as the chemical reaction takes place, he sets it down beside Taiyang.
"Thank you L, but do you mind if I sit by you for this? We need to speak to you." Summer says with a smile and a slightly tired voice. At this L internally hesitated but nodded an affirmative anyway, Taiyang staring at the ice stool with a raised eyebrow, he slowly pokes it, testing to see whether or not it would shatter. Unbeknown to him, both Summer and L are staring at him with a slightly confused expression before L clears his throat, Taiyang turning to see the two with the expression on their faces. "Sometimes I do wonder if you're a five year old only just exploring this world Dad..." At this Taiyang simply roughs up his hair earning him a scowl and the same growl a cat makes when you attempt to take away its food as a response.
"Back to the reason we wanted to talk to you." Summer says with an amused expression at her husband and sons antics. "We wanted to talk to you about where you come from." At this L closes his eyes with a deep rumble. "We spoke to your elder brother back in the hospital when you were little...or littler." Taiyang says, L's eyes widening as he says this, though his brain questioned the word 'elder'. "How much did he tell you?" His voice remained neutral but his response was fast indicating that this is still a touchy subject. "As much as he could in a short conversation, he said you'd have a way of showing us your life before us." Summer spoke softly, placing a hand in his. "I do..." "But?..." Taiyang asked, knowing that was coming from a mile away. "I don't know if you're ready for what you're going to see." At this, his parents simply gave him a warm smile. "We live on a world full of man eating monsters I think we can handle what you can throw at us." Taiyang says. "There are worse things than man eating monsters, though they are up on the list." L responded.
There was silence for what felt like hours, before L wiped down his face. "I'll do you both a favour." At this L had his parent's utmost attention. "I'll sort the memories into a giant rectangle, one half good, the other half bad, which is most of it anyway." At this Summer hid her frown and hugged L tight, making him hug back. "I can't promise you'll survive this, either of you, it's a lot of information to process and it is likely you will get nightmares and intense dreams from this as your minds attempt to process the information." His parents nodded, determined. "Leanardo." At this he looks both his parents in the eyes. "Whatever happens, just remember that we'll always be your family, we'll always love you like the son you are." L smiled warmly, a genuine smile.
"Mum, it would be preferable if you sat by Dad for this, two minds linked seeing the exact same thing will stop you both from dying." At this Taiyang raised an eyebrow at L, Summer either not hearing or not caring. "How?..." "Using two separate minds to process the information simultaneously stops the mind and body from shutting down from overwhelming amounts of information, though one thing you will get is a nosebleed and a bloodshot eye for a while from overwhelmed processing, in this state not only will you share my memories but each others, so I'll use those to cool you both down, oh and you'll likely feel very tired afterwards." Summer and Taiyang simply nodded. For the first time in probably...ever, they understood something scientific that L had said that didn't involve the mechanics of Dust, weapons and Aura. Though even then he seemed far more knowledgeable than the middle aged couple
"How will it affect you?" Taiyang asked with parental concern, he chuckled in response. "My mind is trained to handle moving Time and Universes away and around each other, I think I can handle several innumerable, Googol Aleph Omega's to the power of Aleph Omega's multiplied by itself Aleph Omega times to the power of Aleph-null's worth of information." (A Googol is a one followed by 10^100 in other words, a hundred zeroes behind the number 1, which is 20 times higher than the estimated number of Hydrogen atoms in the known Universe, apparently. And if you want to find out about Aleph-null or Aleph Omega then look it up, it'd take every chapter on Fanfiction for us to explain it properly. But long story short, it's much larger than Infinity. Fun Facts on Fanfiction :D )
The response made Taiyang raise an eyebrow once again. L opening his hands and closing his eyes, a tiny orb of solid blackness appearing between his palms, growing slightly to fit into his palms, until it stopped, it then became surrounded by a slightly transparent pinkish purple orb as it rose to the ceiling. "Now we won't have to worry about this taking years for your minds to see." "Wait wha-" Taiyang attempted but Summer kissed him to make him stop talking since she knew L would only get tired of explaining things to her blonde boxer. Eventually L opened his eyes, they became their signature purple. "Hold each others hand and hold mine. And whatever you do. Don't. Let. Go." L's parents nodded in unison as they all closed their eyes.
Ruby woke up and immediately stretched and zoomed downstairs to grab breakfast still in her red and black pyjamas, to find Yang asleep at the kitchen table, a spoonful of cereal in her mouth, making her snoring sound like a buzz saw. "Ummm...Yang?" Ruby asked with a raised eyebrow. At this, Yang barely lifted her head off the table to reveal her face slightly lopsided, bits of cereal plastered on her face and a spoon handle coming out of her mouth. Ruby couldn't help but giggle at the way Yang looked. "Nothing, go back to sleep." Yang responded with an 'Mmm' and her face gradually went back to the table to sleep.
Snickering all the way, Ruby grabbed herself some cereal and ate, whilst looking at some of the puzzles L had sent to her scroll, selecting a Sudoku puzzle, after reading the instructions, she began working her way through them whilst eating, Yang's impression of a chainsaw becoming a distant reality as Ruby starts solving them faster and faster until she'd finished all of the easy ones, moving on to average, hard, harder, impossible. By the time Ruby had noticed she'd finished them all and looked at the clock two hours had passed, she yelped and ran upstairs to her room to get changed and grab her stuff. She's late for school!
She knocked rapidly on her parents bedroom door and opened it to find no one there. She blinked and thought of her options, Yang was out of the question, she's unconscious downstairs, with a click of a finger she knocked on L's door, seeing a glowing purple light coming from the edges of the door, it made her slightly nervous. "L?" She asked. No response. "L, I need to get to school and mom and dad are gone and Yang's not exactly an option either." She murmured the last part to receive no response once again. She knocked again, albeit slower and more cautiously this time. "You okay in there bro?" Slowly she opened the door to find Taiyang and Summer sitting opposite him, eyes closed, Summer's head tucked into Taiyang's shoulder, a nosebleed out of one nostril each. Ruby's eyes widened as she slowly stepped backwards before her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fainted with a thud.
L stared at Ruby's unconscious form with a slight frown. "Ah, I forgot that might happen..." At this he carefully picked up Ruby and placed her in bed, doing the same for his parents, leaving the black hole wrapped in a psionic field in their room, he closed the door for both of them and went downstairs to find a half conscious Yang, he chuckled. "Hello there sleepy face!" He says with the utmost amount of positivity. "How are you so happy?..." Yang asked groggily, wincing at the slightly increased volume of L's voice. "Having my blood sugar levels regulated by a prosthetic limb and a super computer in my eyes and brain." He responds immediately. Yang just shook her head and attempted to go back to sleep whilst grumbling, the last thing she heard being a scroll ringing, presumably to phone up Signal.
Lies. War. Destruction. Peace. Truth. Rebuild. Consume. Die. Repeat. The infinite cycle of sentient life. Something they could see L always knew and was always prepared for, in times of peace there was the wait as he rebuilt what weapons and fortifications he'd lost or were damaged. Each time there was a difference, everytime he seemed more and more tired, growing sick of the infinite cycle. Everytime he woke up, he changed, or something around him changed, whether it be the small things, like the position the bins outside his house were in, or which direction the spider in the corner of his room would walk. Other times it would be something larger, waking up to a different planet to his own, without his family, inside a bunk on a troop transport. Sometimes he woke to a burning world, to an enemy or a friend.
Both Taiyang and Summer could see the amount of things L has been through and wondered how he kept his sanity, it's one thing seeing memories, but the fact that these were memories of L's, scared them. All they wanted to do was hold him in their arms and never let go after seeing this, but one thing that they'd forgotten that all they'd seen were negatives, where were the positives? Once they watched L step into the sunshine and hug his laughing children, they knew that he had everything he ever needed to stay determined. They could now see with their own eyes the reason he remained strong, he had a family just like them. Both of them could see strength born of experience and acceptance, determination born of something to look forward to, a future to see through.
Taiyang and Summer looked on at the memories in awe, they wished they could be as strong as L, they thought that they would cave mentally as well as physically long before they'd get to see their family again. But one thing that surprised them both is when they started watching everything again in rapid motion, but with L's appearance changing, at one point he resembled a perfect copy of Taiyang, in voice, personality and mentality. Then Summer, then Yang, then Ruby, then Sophia, then an old friend with his cane and many, many more people they didn't recognise. Soon enough they saw what L originally looked like. The same hair style but with black hair and a short stubble along his jawline along with sideburns that connected to them, everything else looked the same, including those predatory purple eyes.
He stood and smiled at them, the faint hair on his jawline fading along with his sideburns, his hair gradually turning orange and setting alight, his eyes glowing in the black background. "Strength comes not in physical capacity, but rather the indomitable Will of those who stay Determined. I've seen worlds burn until they've turned to glass, I've seen worlds thrive and turn to dust, people I love live long and happy lives and watch as they slowly die from somewhere I cannot reach. Remembering their faces and knowing how much more I can do to help people, even if it may seem pointless, these universes live on without me. It has helped me stay determined enough to make it to the end of the battle that I may or may not lose..." The couple stare and listen intently at L and his words.
"But one thing I will know forever, is the outcome of the War. Peace. And this time, it'll stay at Peace. Is that not worth going through Heaven and Hell and back again for?" At this he let out a chuckle. "I sound so damn philosophical...well, whatever...whoever see's these memories has uhhh. Seen the memories of not only me, but themselves, because everyone has gone through the struggle that is Life. You've got no excuse." At this he stands up and walks up to the two, turning into exact copies of the couple. "'I wish I was as strong as L, his determination to see his family again is something I wouldn't be able to accomplish.'" The Taiyang clone spoke, but then said in L's voice. "Keep trying, you'll get there, I did it, so you can to, I've accomplished everything using nothing. And you have the most powerful tool in existence at your disposal, Love." At this it was Summer's clone who spoke up. "'I'd shatter if I could never see my family again for an eternity, I wouldn't be able to do something like that.'" Then L's voice spoke up. "You already have, and here you are, a family you can say is your own, nothing is a more powerful force than a Woman out to protect their family, I should know, I've had my ass handed to me by my wife a few times from the times I was kidnapped. As you probably saw." Both Taiyang and Summer stared into their doppelgangers eyes with expressions of awe, which soon changed to smiles and a nod which the clones returned as they did so.
The two clones glowed and melded together to form L. "I hope I've taught you something. You don't need this." He taps his head. "You need this." He puts a finger on exactly where their hearts are. "That's what gets you through everything, the worst storms or the bloodiest battles. The saddest times or most effective of poisons. Because you Will it to be so, don't forget that." The couple nodded with the same smile, which they didn't feel silly for at all when the background of pitch black changed from that, to a home not unlike the one they currently live in, kissing his wife on her head, eliciting a small yelp and for her to punch him on the chest lightly. "Don't scare me like that you!" She calmed herself down, her voice sounding like something you could sing a melody to, young like L. Her blonde hair twisted into locks every so often around her head, though her clothing would make Taiyang and Summer describe her as a bit of a hippy or a tomboy.
"Hey, you changed your hair?" At this L chuckled and nodded, glancing over to the pair. "The Fire of determination will guide my way in the dark, as I shall not stop walking, though my feet bleed and my legs tremble, I know they'll heal when I reach your everlasting light." At this his wife giggles and kisses him on the lips before disappearing from view. "I'm gonna go check up on the kids at the base, I'll see you soon sweet lips." At this L developed a light blush as he waved goodbye, they could hear a door close. Taiyang and Summer staring at L with a face that says 'awwww'. "I know you're giving me that look, I can't see you but I know you're doing it." At this everything faded to white before they woke up, Ruby sleeping between the two of them.
They smiled to themselves before giving each other a peck on the lips, eliciting a groan from Ruby as she shifted to hug her parent's arms. "Well..." Taiyang started. "That was..." "It was cute." "Of course you'd say that." "Shush." Summer says as she kisses Taiyang again which he happily returned. "You two aren't gonna start making out whilst I'm here are you?" They both turned to Ruby as she murmured that tiredly in her sleep, eliciting L and Yang who were in their bedrooms to start laughing hysterically. The black hole in the corner of the room closing up without a single sound.
4 days later. 2 days prior to the First Event.
"Are you sure this information is correct? I have to be sure before I give the order to accelerate plans." L says in a serious tone. Surrounded by the familiar blackness of his mind with no one besides Sparrow and hypothetically speaking since he/she is only there in form of voice, Blizzard. "Mine and Sparrow's Intel matches, they're inside Atlas, we needed to bring this to you, you're the highest ranking officer we know of, neither of us know what they're doing but from the hardware Sparrow is seeing it has to be for an attack of some sort." Blizzard explained in his/her own serious tone, eliciting L to nod with an expression of deep thought.
"Heh, I know that look, what's the plan boss?" Sparrow asked with his own half serious half nonchalant attitude. L stood there for a few more seconds with the same expression and a deep rumble as a response, almost like a hum. "Safeties need to come off now, we're accelerating our timeline, Sparrow you're on Intel duty, get me anything you can about what they're doing in Atlas." Sparrow nods. "Blizzard, I'm sending a team your way, if need be I'll come myself." At this both the voice and the rebellious young adult exit the Psi-link, at which point L opens his eyes revealing a nice day in a clearing of the forest of Patch that he created ten or so years ago.
"I knew I'd find you out here." At this L smiles as he turns his head to Ruby, happy as ever. "Oooo, I know that look, somethings got you thinking." She says curiously as ever as she sits next to him, asking what's on his mind without even needing to voice it. "How do you know me so well?" L asks with a hint of sarcasm. "Well, you are my brother and you get pretty easy to read when you're like me." At this L chuckles. "Like you?" "You know, smart, strong, mysterious, I'm like you!" L just roughs up Ruby's hair which makes her give off the equivalent of a growl, which is more of a really cute purr from L's perspective making him chuckle more. "Hey...how do you feel about going to Atlas?" "Atlas?" "You know, for the week, the whole gang, Qrow included." "You mean as one big birthday present for me?" "Yeah, a birthday present." He smiled warmly which made Ruby beam at him and hug him tight, L hugging back instantly. "And if you're really good I'll take you to YCON." At this Ruby hugged L tight enough to make a cracking sound come from L and a pained expression. "Ow." He manages to squeak out.
"You two done flirting?" A familiar voice casually spoke as he leaned against the only tree within a few meters. "Speak for yourself Qrow, you and Ruby spend a lot more time together than you do with me so I should be asking you both that question." Neither of them noticed Ruby slowly reaching for Crescent Rose with her eyes narrowed at the both of them. "Qrow, you any good at dodging?" "Ever since I met you I've improved substantially." He says with his usual lax but happy tone, gradually walking over to the two which wasn't necessary when L appeared next to him after dodging a swipe from a giant red and black scythe.
"So you finally gave it a coat of paint?" L teased. Ruby's face turning redder as a result whether it be out of annoyance or something else. "Come on, don't tease her, besides, she sat and stared at it waiting for it to dry." At this L raised an eyebrow at Qrow. "Really?" "Really." Both L and Qrow then fell to the ground limply as if they're both catatonic, Ruby flying straight past them with her scythe as the sound of a sniper rifle goes off and the sound of bark snapping as she crashed into a tree. "You know, I'm really glad you taught me how to do this stuff, goes naturally for me." "That's because you're always drunk." "Nah. Just happy."
At this the two of them laughed for a few seconds whilst Ruby shot a concussive round at L which he deflected upward with Vengeance almost as easily as breathing, making Ruby narrow her eyes further. "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" At this both L and Qrow looked directly at the fuming Ruby. "First, you ruin the brother sister bonding moment me and L were having then you both proceed to tease me and ignore all of my attempts to get vengeance. TO THE POINT I CRASHED INTO A TREE!" At this both Qrow and L get to their feet, trying not to laugh further whilst letting Ruby vent her sudden anger.
"Hey, Qrow." "Yeah kid?" "Fancy coming to Atlas with us?" L asked at which point Qrow stared at the floor. "Sure, I could use a small break, but I'll be heading out soon after." At this L gave Qrow a slightly concerned look. "You okay?" "Yeah...I just hope I wasn't too late." He murmurs the last part to himself, unknowingly, L heard him clearly but decided not to press on the subject since he already knew. "Are you two even listening to me!?" "No, how about we all get some cookies from Days, eh?" "Sold." Ruby automatically forgetting all negativity like a cloud suddenly dropping rain from nowhere.
The trio ended up walking into the mini-city in height order, Qrow being first and as expected Ruby being last. "Hey, L, I heard Tai and Summer were ill whilst I was out, know what they came down with?" "A virus." "Uh huh." At this Qrow smirked which made L internally glare at Qrow. He knew what he was doing and he really didn't like it, it made him feel insecure. It was his way of teasing L without actually saying anything. "Anything you wanna tell me?" Qrow asked with a gradually growing smile on his face. "..." "Come onnnnn." "..." "You know you want to." "Ruby, start running, we're all having a race." "Don't ignore me." "Race?" "Ruby run on ahead, me and L need to talk." At this Ruby zooms off in a blur, Qrow stopping L with a hand on the shoulder whilst adopting a more serious tone.
"Alright, I've known something was up with you since you were a kid, the word Nephilim got me curious and I looked it up." "It's a myth." "You're damn right it is and I know myths that do exist, which means you're something else, which is why I got Tai to spill the beans with me whilst we were at the bar yesterday." "So you buttered him up?" "Hey, my methods work." Qrow shrugs leading L to scoff. "Alright, so you got told something by Taiyang that may or may not be true, why should I care?" "Because if what he's told me is true then I know someone like you isn't going to sit on their ass and do nothing, they're going to see the world how it is and act on the facts he gets back." L and Qrow locked eyes for a few moments before L let off a short and annoyed growl that sounded like a growl a Lion would give off. "Fine, not here, your scroll is recording in your pocket and there are microphones all over the lampposts." At this Qrow stands there and blinks as L walks ahead with his hands in his pocket, giving a warm smile to any of the locals that greet him as they normally would. Despite being a shady looking person, L has been known to be a bit of a handyman for everyone in his spare time which has earned him an honest reputation.
"Come on Qrow! We've got a Ruby to look after! Before she blows up a building or something." L half shouts behind him, making Qrow jog to catch up with him. "Have you and Ruby actually raced yet?" "No, surprisingly." Both Qrow and L looked thoughtful for a few seconds before they came in sight of the blue and white Bakery owned by a pair of Faunus that are surprisingly enough, siblings, that contained Ruby, literally contained. Though both the owners of the little Bakery that never expanded beyond the small cottage like building despite the business being so popular and for good reason, didn't really mind it. The prices were fair and the sugary treats it was known for even more so, though it even sold sandwiches in freshly baked bread. L would admit, it's in his top ten of best sweets and sandwiches he's ever tasted and for him to say this is very high praise indeed.
Qrow and L entered the little store, both of them lowering their heads to stop themselves from hitting the top of the door frame which they both learned to memorise quickly whenever they came here as it became the same situation as rakes. L hated rakes, so conveniently placed just to annoy him, infuriating at best and a headache that lasts an hour at worst. But one thing that always made L smile despite his best attempts not to, are cheery people, and there's definitely no lack of that in this little bakery. "L, I was wondering when you would show up behind little Ruby! Oh and you brought Qrow with you to! You're too kind." A tiny black eared dog Faunus cheerfully exclaimed whilst almost bouncing on his feet.
"Hey there Jacky, where's Sarah?" The middle aged dog Faunus could barely contain his excitement which didn't surprise L when he immediately saw the Staffordshire Bull Terrier in his DNA after a handshake, L knew he would remain cheery no matter the occasion, to be honest he was surprised he managed to confine his hyperactivity so well. "She's with Ruby watching her special cookies cook." The blonde haired and blue eyed and spiky haired hyperactive man swiftly invited L into the back, blocking the way for Qrow nearly instantly. "Password?" He asked. L signed the word 'Biscuits' behind him. "Biscuits." Qrow says nonchalantly at which point Jacky raises an eyebrow. "Leanardo did you sign the password to Qrow?" He asked suspiciously as his head slowly rotated to his direction. "No, he's just very good at learning things quickly." "Oh, so he's a telepath like you then?" "Eh, not exactly, more along the lines of what you can do." "Oh, cool!" Jacky exclaimed at which point Qrow just stood there and smiled, not understanding anything that just transpired as it was spoken faster than Ruby and L can run combined.
But there was one thing he did manage to catch. "So, how do you know L can read minds?" Qrow asked with a slightly confused tone. "He just knew." "I just knew." They spoke simultaneously as if they'd been asked it several hundred times before. At which point Qrow just smiled and nodded, following them into the back of the bakery where all there bread and sugary treats are made, the room felt much hotter than the storefront, but it was the feeling of warmth you'd get when sitting by a homemade open fire. "Well, that's definitely a nice feeling." Qrow commented as a smile crept up onto his face. "Isn't it? I get to be here everyday thanks to the talents of my sister." Jacky comments as they round a corner to see Ruby, her face glued to staring at seemingly regular chocolate chip cookies bake, a long blonde straight and smooth haired, blue eyed cat Faunus moving Ruby's head away from the window whilst doing something else, the silent caretaker.
She instantly turned with a glint in her eye and a warm smile. "Jacky, you brought three trouble-makers in my room now?" At this Jacky froze up and slowly stepped behind L who happened to be the same height who is only half a head shorter than Qrow. "We were walking Ruby here but we had to have a quick Talk." At this the much calmer cat Faunus nodded, understanding the insinuation and pressed no further. "Thanks for looking after her whilst we had our talk, hope she wasn't any trouble." Qrow said with his usual smirk. "No, no, it was no problem, I only had to move my arm every so often." As Sarah says this she moves her arm to use her finger to move Ruby's head back a bit, Ruby slowly going further and further forward like a clock.
At this L chuckled. "I wish I could do that when me and Mum bake." Qrow then smirks wider, holding in a chuckle, at which L slaps the back of Qrow's head only making Qrow snicker. "Baking is good." Sarah says with her own smile. "They're ready!" Ruby went a little high pitched but didn't seem to care as she stared at the cookies like a Hawk. Sarah proceeding to lift Ruby and place her to the side as if she weighed nothing and opening the oven door, Qrow tensed slightly as the heat hit him but L and everyone else simply stood there, being used to these sorts of temperatures.
Ruby's eyes widened as she set her eyes on the golden beauties, each chip seemingly symmetrical in a pattern and in size. As Sarah set them down and added a drop of a liquid she would never tell anyone what it is. Though L knew, he's fast enough to be able to analyse it whilst it fell the first time and couldn't help but give an amused smile every time someone says 'secret ingredient'. "Give them a minute to cool and you'll be ready to go." Sarah says as she smiles, both Jacky and Ruby knelt at the table's edge as if about to worship them. "So, Sarah, how have been things since you two retired?" Qrow asked with his own smile which Sarah as always happily returned. "Peaceful." At this both L and Qrow raised an eyebrow. "Okay so I do go hunting for Grimm every so often." They raised both of they're eyebrows. "Okay, every couple of days. But I can't stop myself! You really put their population close to zero when you arrived here L." Sarah said, poking fun at L, though like the smartass that he is, he responded with smartassery. "God sent me to tick people off." "You're doing well so far." Qrow quipped. At this everyone with a blood sugar level that isn't above insane level chuckled, none of them noticed Jacky and Ruby aiming at each other, Jacky with a specialised bow and arrow and Ruby with Crescent Rose in sniper form.
"Do they do this often?" Qrow asks. "Yup." Sarah and L say in unison as the two aiming weapons at each other before dropping them and fighting like cats. "I should come here with Ruby more often." Qrow then quipped as he chuckled. "We're here everyday you know. Well, almost everyday." she says whilst staring at a picture on the far wall of herself, her brother and a couple of other people, they looked happy together. "Your Team back in Haven?" Qrow asked. At this Sarah stared a bit before answering. "Jacky's Team actually." At this both L and Qrow raised an eyebrow as all three of them looked at the two bundles of limbs play fighting with each other. "Jacky was the leader?" Qrow asked incredulously. "Active scans show his brain activity is the equivalent of a savant mathematician." L says, Qrow eyeing him oddly as Sarah explains whilst nodding. "That's exactly what he is, in combat he's quick to examine weaknesses and strengths along with plans, video graphic memory to. A side effect of this is that he's extremely hyperactive outside of combat, it's almost like two different people inhabit one person." She almost sounds lost in the memories.
No one noticed that the cookies are casually being eaten by L as he watches the two fight like children, well, Ruby is a child but that's besides the point. Leaving two cookies left for them before his scroll rings. "Excuse me." At this the two seemingly sane people in the room nod as L steps outside. "Fade." "Fade. It's Blizzard. I need your help." Blizzard despite having a genderless deep voice has an undertone of worry, anger and sadness, or at least that's what his ears could discern from it. The first two being more prominent in the voice. "Want me to establish a private link?" "Do it." At this, L hangs up and sits down, closing his eyes and focussing on one single point on the planet. One single point in Atlas. The Schnee Mansion.
Soon enough, he became surrounded by the blackness of his mind, and opened them, to see someone who is a tall young woman, with a fair complexion, white hair and pale blue eyes. Her hair is tied up in a bun at the rear left corner of her head, causing her bangs to fall towards the right side of her face, and leaving a small curled lock of hair that reaches below her left ear. At first her expression remained cold, but the fire that burns in her visible eye shows her anger. "Blizzard. I'm guessing this isn't a formal meeting." At this she nods. "You can call me by my name sir, this is both personal and formal." At this L raised an eyebrow. "Alright, I'll excuse the sudden informality seeing as you're radiating anger from Atlas, Winter." L jabbed, Winters expression unchanging leading L to frown.
"What's the problem?" "The White Fang attacked the Schnee Mansion." At this L brought up satellite imagery of the Schnee Mansion, most of the place being covered in smoke. "What happened?" L asked seriously. "White Fang attacked the estate just after our meeting ended, didn't even know it was White Fang at first. They had Atlas military grade equipment." L's frown hardened. "I'll ask again. What happened? An attack wouldn't piss you off this badly." L noted which Winter let out a sigh of anger and anxiety as she looked down with closed eyes. "They took my younger sister." L's expression remained unchanged. "We have the advantage then." At this Winter looks up at L with widened eyes. "I'll be in Atlas by tomorrow evening. I want you to make sure Ironwood doesn't catch a whiff of us as we accelerate our timeline. Am I clear?" At this Winter salutes. "Yes sir." She smiles hopefully, the first time in a while. "You're going to help me get her back then?" "Yes I am, and you're coming with me." At this Winter gives off a salute and an even more obvious smile before she disappears from sight.
"That's a bold move you made there...did the pawn make his move without the Bishops permission I wonder?..." L says silently to himself. "Time for a birthday trip." He says before Blake and ten other people appear in front of him, Blake looking around until she sees him, the 10 soldiers however simply staring at him in a formal stance. "L? Is there something I can help with?..." Blake asked cautiously as ever. "Yes. I want you on the transport with Metal and Rubber on the way to Atlas, I'll be there myself to get you all up to speed." At this the ten soldiers saluted before disappearing, Blake however, remained. "What's going on?" "Looks like Adam is making a big move, he just assaulted the Schnee mansion and kidnapped the youngest of Mr. Schnee's daughters." Blake frowned and sighed at this, not voicing the fact she never really liked the Schnee's but they weren't worth kidnapping.
"I know its only been a few days, but you've excelled in training thus far and frankly I think you're ready for a hot drop. Like I said, I'll be there myself, so you've got nothing to worry about." Blake's frown remained as satellite imagery of the Schnee mansion appeared in front of her. "Blake?" Silence. L hummed a deep tune. "Do you think he'll be there?" She asked. L nodded to say no. "A Lieutenant or two maybe, but not Adam himself, he's got animal instincts, he'll stick to territory he knows." "Vale?" L nods in response, Blake giving a deep breath before clenching her fists. "How do you know I'm ready?" At this L puts a hand on Blake's shoulder. "I've spent a long time on the Battlefield, both Ops and Front-line Warfare. I'm much older than I look and I think I've aged magnificently." Blake rolls her eyes at him. "If you doubt yourself, how will you ever face Adam?" At this Blake froze. "You will endure, you've been training for this." Blake nodded, signing a thanks before disappearing, leaving L alone.
"How long do you think until the war from the shadows starts?" A voice asked, forever having his hand glued to his mug. "It's already started. I just hope I wasn't too late in joining." Both men stood and stared at the satellite imagery, whilst the man sipped on his coffee. "You realise you're not actually drinking coffee right?" At this the man simply gave L a smile which he rolled his eyes at. "I'll give you a report when I'm back." He says before disappearing and opening his eyes, revealing the bakery he was in what seemed like fifteen minutes ago. Time to pack their bags.
The Single Occupant Exo-atmospheric Insertion Vehicle (Drop Pod.) - Is a single manned pod usually used as a means of getting an Agent on board an ODS (Orbital Defence Station.) or any other Spaceflight vehicle to the surface of the planet below. Outfitted with miniaturised sensor masking technology the Drop Pod is a perfect method of inserting an Agent into a continent without the local Governments awareness, so long as no one looks up or makes the pod land in a populated area. Each pod is outfitted with self-destructive explosives that can only go off with the pilots voice command, the explosive device has been made to not go off prematurely by keeping the chemicals required for the explosion to be kept in separate areas of the pod. Though the pods ability to survive re-entry to Remnants atmosphere is due to the perfect gravitational pull, it hasn't quiet masked itself from every sensor type currently in use on Remnant.
The Schnee Connection (Event.) - Ever since the recruitment of Winter Schnee five years previous, The Network has had even more access to the Atlas government and now has a very high tier asset in the Schnee Dust Companies Hierarchy. In return for protection for her family and access to information The Network has available, Winter has been working to get The Network a method of boarding the SDC's freighters and transports to stop White Fang incursions, the first of which being reportedly a major success and win for The Network. Winter has also offered her expertise as a Huntress and Specialist in the Atlas military, coming under the callsign of Blizzard, Winter's actual identity is kept secret, only four people including Winter herself, actually know she works for them.
We've been wanting to do this for a very, very long time.
Did you see that coming by the way? Blizzard we mean.
We decided that we'd give you a chapter now just to give ourselves some breathing room for the next update of A Fate Beyond Stars. Yup. You heard us right. It's finally going to be updated, probably, eventually! (Don't count on it.) In the next few weeks. We managed to do a full two nights worth of writing to get at least half of this done for this chapter, because who needs sleep am I right? But seriously, I enjoy writing these chapters that L shows me in the form of videographic daydreams that I Really wish I could show you, it'd make an awesome movie.
Now with what's going to happen next, you're going to see what happens after a couple days worth of training. No other spoilers my friends! Next chapter may be extra long like this one or split into different parts so be ready and stay tuned!
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