"War never changes," Speaking
"We will either win or die trying!" Communications
'Without fear we are unstoppable,' Thinking
ANNOUNCEMENT: JballinR12 and I are creating a story together, details in Author Notes at the end of this chapter.
Scolded by JballinR12
Destiny II
Last time: "LEAVE MY COMPANION ALONE!" The Amity is under attack by Grimm.
"SYRIAN!" The first of many dies from White Fang hands.
"OPEN FIRE, OPEN FIRE!" White Fang Forces advance toward Beacon Academy.
"We cross paths for the last time my beloved," An old face begins the hunt.
This time...
As the battle of Vale begins, General Orchid prepares her troops for battle. She is inside the War Room of the VG Outpost. She stands in the center of the room on an elevated platform to overlook the room. The room is filled with computers, officers, troops, and contains on large map of Vale that covers the whole front wall of the room. It shows the positions of both Atlas and Vale forces around or in Vale.
The room is in chaos, officers are giving out orders on comms, messengers are running around delivering requests or reports to their superiors. General Orchid sighs and turns around to a group of soldiers, both of Atlas and Vale blood, waiting for her orders.
The Vale soldiers that stand before her are her most trusted soldiers. Chosen on their skill and level of trust with her, these troops are of the highest respect amongst The Vale Guard. Her bodyguards, or her ambassadors of war, these brave soldiers work directly under General Orchid with the sole purpose of keeping her safe no matter the cost. Occasionally they lead the front charge in many offensive assaults against the enemies of Vale.
In the eyes of high ranking military officers, these troops are simply called Orchid's Elite, but in the eyes of the people...the eyes of the average footman. These killing machines are Rangers. The toughest, baddest, and most dependable team the VG has, just above VPS. Rangers take on the most difficult of missions, that some consider them suicide, all in the name of Vale.
The Rangers are small in numbers, relying on quality over quantity, currently only 3 Ranger stand before General Orchid. The other 2 rangers are already deployed out in Vale fighting.
General Orchid starts with the Ranger farthest to her right, Moroz "Frosty" Oblako. He is a white Tiger Faunus with two black stripped white ears popping out of his sliver hair. A single black strand of hair is hanging over his ice blue eye. Strangely his other eye is a golden yellow. Rumors say that Frosty can control the Grimm but he rarely is deployed to fight the Creatures of Darkness. Oblako is dressed in a black tactical suit made for heavy engagements such as this one, on the chest piece is the symbol of Orchid's Elite the White Orchid. On his right shoulder is his own symbol which is the White Tiger. On his belt he has his Frost Grenades and his sheaths for his white daggers.
His daggers are unique from their materials in which they came from. Xenoluminum, a rare metal that origins from the moon itself this metal is stronger than standard dust. Also on his belt is two black gloves that have small blades embedded into the glove to made climbing easy. His semblance is the ability to turn anything he touches into ice.
Frosty is a happy-go-lucky kind of person, very cheerful and kind to his comrades but under his happy charade is a depressed man worn down from the horrors of the world, but that part he keeps to himself.
Orchid then moves on to the next Ranger, Redd Kurosaki aka Protector or Paladin. Age 20, 5'10 feet tall and weighing at 200lbs Redd acts as OE's Tank. Ironically Redd doesn't use an over-sized shield or a large hammer, Redd uses his trusty bracers that are similar to Yang's own arsenal.
His bracers are the color of blood they shoot explosive shells and have three blades fixed to the sides of the bracers. Kurosaki wears a simple black chest piece over his white long sleeve with black pants and black combat boots to finish his outfit.
On the chest piece is a white orchid. Redd is not only the tank of the squad but also the group's jester, always cracking jokes whenever he gets the chance but he knows when to shut up.
Redd got his nickname because of his pink semblance, he has the ability to create shields for himself or his teammates. The life-time and durability of these shields all depend on Redd's current Aura capacity. On numerous occasions Redd has saved OE with his semblance, hopefully he can do the same for this Operation.
General Orchid then proceeds to the last Ranger, Loyd Horne, the only Ranger who doesn't have a semblance. He wears black fatigues with armored plating only protecting his left arm much like Yatsuhashi's outfit on his armor he has the white orchid painted to represent his unit. Loyd has black spiky hair with dark brown droopy eyes. He looks completely bored and uninterested in his eyes but he keeps a respectful posture to The General, standing up straight with his hands behind his back.
Loyd is armed with a Great Sword that is strapped to his back. The large sword is around 10 ft long and the blade is crimson red with a black hilt.
"Okay gentlemen, we all know the situation at hand so I'll just send you all on your way. Frosty, I need you to reinforce the docks to establish a safe zone for evacuating civilians. Redd get yourself to the commercial district, White Fang are all over that sector so clear them out so our Air Support and move in. Loyd, the Fair Grounds are filled with Grimm, get in there and clear the scum out so the students can evacuate," She commands.
"Welco," Frosty assures and salutes her.
"Roger Roger," Redd says.
"Is that all?" Loyd mumbles.
"That's all, dismissed," She assures.
"Rangers lead the way am I right?" Redd jokes as the three start to walk toward the exit.
"Hoorah," Frosty mumbles.
"Ha ha..." Loyd sarcastically laughs.
As they leave General Orchid is left with a few interesting Atlas soldiers.
"Now for you guys...that's a different story,"
Amity Colosseum
"P-Penny?" Natsu whispers as he looks up to find the strange smelling girl standing before him with her blades ready.
Penny turns to Natsu and smiles, "Don't not fret my dear friend Natsu, I am combat ready!" She assures and turns back to the Alpha Nevermore and commands her blades to circle around her to charge up a beam attack.
Penny squints her eyes as she senses several projectiles set for a collision course for the Nevermore. This makes her stand down as the Nevermore raises its head, but before the bird can attack, several white lights pierce the feathers of the Grimm, pinning it down to the ground.
In pure instinct, the hunters and huntresses cover their eyes from the flying dirt and dust. As the dust clears they all find several lockers drilled into the bird's flesh. On cue the students of war climb on the bird to retrieve their weapons.
"N...Natsu?" Pyrrha calls.
"IT'S NOT DEAD!" Sun yells as the Nevermore tries to get back up again, this makes the students get straight to action to end the Grimm's existence. While they fight, Natsu tries to wake Pyrrha up.
"Pyrrha I'm here, come on get up, we can't stay here," He warns as he watches Pyrrha's beautiful green eyes slowly opens.
"I-I'm sorry," She whispers.
"It's fine, let's just get out of here okay," Natsu assures as he helps his mate to her feet.
Natsu watches as the smoke of the late Alpha Nevermore rises the night sky as Grimm Griffins storm the stadium with haste to surround the students.
"Anyone with a plan B?" Neptune asks as he raises his rifle.
"Okay Pyrrha it's time we go. Everyone! We're leaving, Yatsuhashi, Sage, lead the way toward the exit, everyone else, follow him in pairs. Watch each other's backs," Natsu commands as he hands Pyrrha her shield and spear.
Yatsuhashi nods to Natsu then looks to the green haired tank of SSSN, "Let us lead the way," He orders and runs toward the exit.
"Come on let's go!" Jaune orders and waves toward the other students as Yatsuhashi and Sage rip through the Griffins as they run toward the exit.
Natsu takes Pyrrha's arm and wraps it around his neck as he acts as her crutch while they head toward the exit. In unison the group of students flawlessly fight their way through the stage and into one of the exits of the stadium.
Now the stadium is left with many Griffins and two professors standing in the middle of the stadium.
"Where did the students go? There we're just here?" Dr. Oobleck asks as he readies his coffee-staff container for combat.
"It seems we are a little bit late," Professor Port assumes as he readies his shotgun-axe.
"But it seems a little showdown is in order," Oobleck jokes.
"Right indeed, one final showdown, place your bets ha ha!" Port cheers as they move back to back with the Grimm swarm ready to pounce on them.
Commercial District
Ranger: Redd Kurosaki
Mission: Eliminate a White Fang Outpost stashed with Anti-Air equipment.
"HQ this is Ranger 1, eyes on operation target Alpha, permission to engage?" Redd asks hiding behind a cargo truck. He alone was deployed deep inside White Fang territory, he managed to sneak past their main force and the occasional Grimm but the sounds of war followed him the whole way. The gun fire, the screams, the explosions all echoed in the distance. He needs to act fast if he wants to save the day.
In front of his is a small White Fang landing zone near a fountain in the district's plaza which one single bullhead filled with weaponry with soldiers moving the weapons to a tent.
'They think they can just set up shop eh?' He thinks as he pokes his head out of cover to peek at the White Fang forces. Kurosaki finds only two moving the rockets while two more stand guard.
"HQ to Ranger 1, eliminate threat ASAP, Med-Evac inbound ETA 5 mike so get a move on!" He hears as he accidentally hits the truck, making the alarm go off.
The sentries go on alert and aim their SMG's toward the truck, "What was that?"
"Cover me, I'll check it out," Redd hears as one of the soldiers closes in on the truck.
'Damn, curse my luck,' Paladin thinks as the faunus approaches the hood of the truck.
With gun raised, the soldier slowly turns to check the other side of the truck. In a blur Redd ambushes the solder. Shocked the faunus is too slow to react as Redd raises his left arm and fires off a left hook, but he isn't aiming for his cheek. The blades of Redd's bracer slices through the flesh of the soldier's throat.
His enemy drops his gun and tries to cover his bleeding throat while chocking on his own blood.
"HEY!" The idle soldier reaches out to his comrade but his teammate's fate is sealed.
Redd finishes the White Fang Soldier by punching his gut, blood spurts out of his mouth as he feels the air from his lungs are forcibly pushed out. Kurosaki then pulls the trigger on his left bracer and fires a shell deep into the man's gut. The single slug drills through his gut with ease, tearing, ripping the flesh, and shattering the bone. The force of the slug fires through the faunus but the shattered remnants of the slug push on. The second sentry isn't so lucky as the remnants of the slugs tears into his flesh. He died before he even hit the floor.
"Sorry pal nothing personal," Redd whispers into the Faunus's ear as he drops him to the floor and runs toward the two remaining White Fang.
"We're under att-" One of the soldiers yells but is silenced by a slug to the face. The poor bastard's brains are scatter across the insides of the bullhead and on the rockets.
The last faunus is dumbfounded by the events as he watches his friend slowly side down the bullhead seat with his exposed brain leaking out of his shattered skull.
He turns to Redd just to watch him punch three times at him, three clacks echoes around the area as the last Faunus is killed instantly as three slugs hit him dead on the chest one by one. The last slug pushes him off his feet and he drops dead on the ground with three gaping holes leaking blood from the fresh corpse.
Ranger 1 feels the adrenaline flow through his veins as the steadies his breathing from the short confrontation.
"A good day's work-" Redd mumbles but flinches as a bullet wizzes past him and chips the truck behind him.
He turns to find a fresh squad of White Fang soldiers running behind cover behind tables and safety railings around the fountain in front of him.
"HQ to Ranger 1, what's the status on the objective!? Rouge squadron is in the zone and is taking fire!" The Ranger hears as he dives to cover inside the bullhead.
"I'm working on it!" He yells back as he looks at the many rockets around him. They're all the same kind of launcher, the FIM-92WF Stinger with a black and red camo with black as the primary color and red as the secondary. The White Fang emblem is painted to the left side of the rocket. There is a pile of Stingers and a pile of rockets next to each other in the bullhead.
'If they were RPG's this wouldn't be a problem,' He thinks as the soldiers outside ignore Redd and focus to the skies above.
"There it is! Fire when ready!" The commanding officer points to a small squad of dark figures in the black shy that aren't creatures of Grimm. Whatever the figure is, it's approaching the district fast.
This is when Redd blinds fires from cover and manages to kill the Anti-Armor unit but clipping his shoulder.
"Man down! Kill this bastard!" The officer orders as the he himself takes the Stinger and aims for the center figure of the squad of the dark figures.
The remaining three soldiers obey and suppress Redd by open firing on the landed Bullhead. Redd hunkers down as a storm of bullets tries to kill him, after what seemed to be hours of gunfire, Redd takes plays his cards by taking a grenade from the corpse inside the bullhead and throwing it at the soldiers behind the fountain.
Beep Beep Beep...BEEP!
The Stinger tails its target as it zooms pasts Redd's position and locks on, "Take this!" The officer yells as he pulls the trigger, the missile launches out of the Stinger and soars after the figure.
"GRENADE!" This is the last thing the officer hears before an explosion consumes him.
Redd ignores the explosion he just made and snaps his head toward the missile going the figure, "Ranger 1 to HQ, objective complete but a missile got out, Rouge Squadron is locked on!" He yells.
"Affirmative Ranger, there's nothing we can do, it's up to them to shake it off," HQ Commander acknowledges.
Kurosaki grits his teeth at his failure and waits for further orders, but an explosion in the distance makes his heart skip a beat.
"No no NO!" He screams as he spots a fresh ball of flames rise to the heavens in the distance. Paladin fears that he cause the death of an ally pilot.
"HQ!? Status on Rouge squadron?!" Kurosaki asks.
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"Rouge 1 down, I repeat, Rouge 1 down, missile was a hit. Pilot status is critical! Rouge Squadron scatter and retreat back to sector Bravo! Stay focus pilots!" Redd's fear as come to a reality.
Vale Docks
Ranger: Mozov Oblako
Mission: Secure the docks to establish a Safe Zone for evacuating civilians.
"I am Ranger Oblako, codename Frosty, I'm assuming command under the orders of General Orchid; authorization code Romeo Mike 2. Can someone give me a briefing of the situation?" Frosty asks standing in front of two squads of SWAT set up in an alley way just outside the docks. On the street is some concrete barriers with Armored SUV's blocking the street. Vale's SWAT is fairly simple as one would expect these soldiers are specialized in urban combat. Dressed in combat suits with bulletproof vests, balaclavas, helmets, black tinted goggles, knee and elbow pads all over some green fatigues. On their right shoulders is the Vale symbol.
Two squads, five troops each stand idly in the dark alley way equipped with UMP's and USP's with flashbangs, zip ties, smoke grenades, and other standard nonlethal equipment. One man from each squad is a shield carrier, only armed with a riot shield and a USP these men lead the charge by absorbing the damage of the gunfire if any. Sadly their damage is low due to their only firearm a pistol. Both squads are in two different units, Blue Squad and Red Squad...simple right?
The blue leader steps up and shows Frosty a map of the Docks with a big red circle around the enemy's last known position, which is one warehouse.
"Atlas boys are moving one of their airships over the safe zone as we speak so if any of the White Fang try to escape by air, the airship will blow right out of the sky. We got them outmatched so most likely they will retreat, but they haven't been moving lately, not a good sign. I suggest we move in now and take them down before they can make a move," Blue leader suggests.
Frosty nods as he scratches his left tiger ear, "Sounds reasonable, let's get rid of these hostiles quickly. Red Squad, breach in from the back warehouse door while Blue Squad and I breach from the front door. Standard flash and clear then fire at any White Fang soldiers you see, no prisoners this time, ROE is to fire at all marked hostiles, but if they surrender then take them into custody," He orders.
Both Squads salutes to him, "Welco,"
"Solid copy,"
"Red Squad on me," Frosty watches as Red Squad forms into a staggered column formation and moves to their position with the shield carrier on point.
Blue squad stacks on the alleyway wall with the shield carrier up front, "I'll take point, just keep your eyes open for any surprise attacks," Frosty orders as he simply walks past the squad and toward the Warehouse down the street.
"Yes Sir, Jim tail him," Blue leader orders and makes the hand gesture to move out.
The two squads cross the empty street and stack up on their assigned doors with Frosty at the front door with Blue Squad stacked up against the wall.
The soldiers feel the rush of war fill their veins as they wait for Red Squad to get into position, while they wait Frosty uses his enhanced hearing to listen in on what's inside the warehouse.
He only hears the sounds of 20 troops hunkered down in the warehouse, 10 soldiers aimed at each door.
"Red's in position, awaiting orders Ranger," Frosty hears in his ear piece.
The tiger opens his eyes and taps one of his frost grenades on his belt then looks at the blue leader and does a series of hand gestures that said, '10 steps to the right, place a breaching charge, same for Red team,'
Blue leader nods and gives out the order then calls Red leader, "Red, shock and awe 10 sierra from delta," He orders.
"Copy,"
The team waits for a few more seconds and the squads are away from the door stacked on a large blinking device sticking to the warehouse wall.
"Shocked, waiting for awe," Red reports.
Blue leaders nods to Frosty, making him raise his hand in the air, after three seconds he clenches his fist.
"BREACH!"
The soldiers brace as one soldier triggers the detonator, Frosty only covers his eyes as the wall in front of him explodes, punching a hole in the Warehouse, as the smoke fills the room he can hears the screams of the White Fang. He then watches Blue Leader pull the pin off a flashbang and rolls it into the smoke. The grenade goes off and they all can hear the soldiers wail in pain.
"GO GO GO!" Blue leader barks and the shield carrier first goes into the smoke with finger on the trigger.
After the team is consumed in the smoke, the ranger follows them to eliminate the threat. In the thick smoke he can see the flashes of gun barrels firing as he steps into the room.
As the smoke clears Frosty sees that the breach killed 5 soldiers total and both teams are beginning a fire fight with the remaining White Fang members. The warehouse is filled with containers, but they are all empty.
"OPEN FIRE!" He hears deeper in the warehouse to find on the catwalk of the warehouse is a small squad of troop waiting for them with RPG's in hand.
Blue leader points to a container next to the squad, "MOVE MOVE!" He orders as the RPG's fire, letting loose what could be there Grim Reaper.
Vytal Fair Grounds
Ranger: Lloyd Horne
Mission: Clear out the Grimm Hoard so the civilians can evacuate.
"Ahh...let's get this over with," Loyd mumbles as he walks down a part of the fairgrounds, which are in chaos with corpses everywhere civilian and soldiers alike. Fire and smoke fill the sky with the screams of the weak echoing in the distance.
In front of him are three Beowolves running toward him, trampling corpses and fallen stalls alike with their eyes fixed on the human in front of them. Loyd only readies himself by reversing his grip on his great sword and waits for his enemy to approach.
The first Beowulf leaps up with a loud roar as it falls toward Loyd with its sharp claws ready cut human flesh.
The beast is quickly dispatched with a simple upward strike, slicing it into two with ease. The corpse splits during its fall and flies past Loyd as the second Beowulf comes into play.
The second contender tires to end the Ranger with a left hook, only to dig its claws deep into the grass next to Loyd. Horne takes this chance and lifts his sword and yells as he drills the tip of the blade deep into the neck of the wolf, killing it instantly.
The smoke of the corpse blinds Loyd as the last opponent charges. Pure luck saves Loyd as he lifts his sword out of the smoke just to have it block a powerful slash attack from within the smoke. Loyd staggers back then rolls to the side quickly to evade the pouncing wolf. Without thinking he lifts his sword again and lets out a spin attack, the blade slices through the wolf like butter, but he wasn't done as he lifts his blade above his head and slams the Great-Sword down on the beast. The blade pierces the skull of the beast, crushing the creature into the ground so hard that it creates a small crater after the strike. Pretty much overkill for a simple Beowulf.
As the remains of his last enemy rises to the skies, Loyd lifts his blade and rests it on his shoulder then sighs, "Pathetic," He mumbles then walks deeper into the fair ground.
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Along the way Loyd shrugs off simple Grimm Creatures with simple attacks to end their worthless existence, only getting more irradiated by the second.
"Where's the Alphas when you need them, give me a challenge," He groans as he stomps the head of a Ursai into the dirt to end its life. Loyd didn't notice this but he practically covered the retreat of all the civilians in the area since he was killing all the Grimm forces. He took all the agro so that Atlas soldier could escort the wounded and civilians to safety.
Loyd stands alone in the core of the Fair Ground with black smoke all around him, "Where did everyone go?" He talks to himself as he scans his surroundings, only to find that he is alone.
''HQ to Ranger 3, Ranger do you copy?"
"Ranger 3 hears you, what do you want?" Loyd asks as he kicks a piece of shattered wood in front of him.
"Great job clearing out the Grimm over there, General Orchid requests your assistance at the docks, it seems the fight to claim it is harder than expected,"
"Of course they need my help, I'm on my way," Loyd assures and spots a rising ball of fire in the distance.
"Solid copy Ranger, I'll relay the message,"
VG Outpost 30 Minutes Earlier
"Rouge 1 to Tower, Rouge 1 to Tower, permission to launch?" A pilot calls sitting in a very badass jet. The A10 Warthog, Vale's toughest and baddest jet in its arsenal. Equip with many rockets the main prize on the jet is the minigun strapped to its barrel. These jets are perfect for air to ground support at fast response times.
Three of these jets sit in the VG's runway waiting for the cue to takeoff.
"Rouge 1 permission to launch, Rouge Squadron is green for takeoff," The tower officer grants.
"Alright, Rouge Squadron let's get off the ground, General Orchid needs our help," Rouge 1 orders.
"Wilco Rouge 2 taking off,"
"Rouge 3 taking off,"
"Copy Rouge 1 is away,"
The three Warthogs rev up their engines and lift off from the runway one by one.
Now all three Warthogs are in the air waiting for orders, "Rouge Squadron is in the air, HQ where do you need us over?" Rouge 1 asks.
"Rouge Squadron, we're holding on our own right now so just help out where you can, but just stay in the Airship's gun range, the Nevermore will destroy you without the cover from the Airships over,"
"Got it HQ, Rouge Squadron over and out," Rouge 1 ends the call.
"Rouge 1, what's the plan?" Rouge 2 asks.
"Rouge Squadron, let's help out the Atlas fly boys, show them how Rouge handles the sky,"
"Hoorah Rouge 1,"
Amity: Platform Bravo
Natsu and the others reached one of the evacuating platforms on the Amity and they see many students and civilians lining up to one of the many shutters flying back to Vale's Safe zone in the docks.
"It's the General over there!" Jaune points in front of the group.
They watch as James manhandles a Beowulf by himself and executes it, on cue the group runs to him as the fresh corpse returns to its former material. He notices that Natsu is hurt and squints his eyes,
"Natsu you're hurt, do you require medical assistance, I'll call a medivac transport," He offers.
"No it's fine, this is nothing, what are your orders?" Natsu asks.
Ironwood hums, "There is only one order I can give you Natsu, to all of you. Make a choice, the choice either to fight for your kingdom, your school, or save yourself," He starts.
The students look at each other nervously with confusion, "No one will fault you if you leave this day," He assures.
"..." The group remains quite as they decide their choice.
"As for me, one of my ships was taken by some...vagabonds and I-" Ironwood stops as he spots a Beowulf running toward them, he raises his pistol/revolver hybrid but someone else takes the shot for him.
His eyes widen for a moment then looks to find a squad of Atlas soldier approaching the group with one soldier very different from the others. Armored from head to two this soldier is very imitating to look at, wearing the colors of Atlas this soldier will play a powerful role in this defense. In his hands is a M134 minigun, a very powerful beast of a weapon.
The students watch as the soldiers past them, but they all were watching the juggernaut. They watch as the juggernaut and the soldiers salute James, "Ready to deploy sir," The juggernaut says.
Ironwood nods his head, "Gizmo, all suited up I see?"
"Yes sir, we're here to escort you to the AAS Indigo," Gizmo explains, for a techno guy he sure packs the heat during battle.
"Then mount up, we are leaving now," James orders and turns around to board his ship.
Gizmo's squad takes a dropship next to Ironwood's ship to provide support if need be.
While they board the students look at each other, "Now's the time to leave, let's get down to Vale to help the fight," Natsu orders.
"We'll use that ship over there," Coco points to an empty ship on the next docking bay.
"But the Grimm are all over that ship!" Jaune warns as scans the hoard of evil in front of them, strangely they all are focus on something in the middle of the group.
"Then we fight!" Ruby orders.
"Yeah let's go get-" Nora stops to find Grimm dying left and right as time passes by.
They the sounds of gunshots go off in the hoard and one Ursai drops dead on the ground to reveal that two civilians are fighting together against the hoard. The duo is made of one male and one female that Natsu has met before.
"Whoa...those guys are amazing," Jaune mumbles as he watches the duo use each other to eliminate and counter the Grimm attacks. As they watch the fight they don't notice a small girl all by herself by the ship.
"MIA!" They hear the male call out and looks at the child at the ship with a creeping Beowulf closing in on her.
"REY wait!" The woman warns as she kicks away an Ursai while the male charges the hoard to get to Mia, the daughter of Ashley.
Natsu realizes that he knows the three, Rey from VPS, Ashely from ST, and Mia. He quickly springs to action and raises his hand, which glows a baby blue.
Rey slides under an Ursai and fires his sidearm at the Beowulf behind Mia, the child falls to her knees in fear as the Beowulf takes a bullet to the skull and drops instantly to the floor.
"Rey behind you!" Ashley warns as she finishes off the last Ursai with her Atlas Rifle.
The sharpshooter lies down and looks up to find a Beowulf running at him. Before he can fire a strong wind pushes the wolf off the platform and down to the Remnant below.
Rey calms down as the fight comes to an end, he gets up to find Ashley hugging Mia and a bunch of students behind her.
"That was awesome!" Nora cheers.
"Salamander? You're still here, I thought you of all people would have left by now," Rey asks.
"Heh yeah, well I'm leaving now, is this ship go to go?" Natsu asks with Pyrrha lost in her own thoughts.
"Yeah but we need a pilot, he didn't make it,"
"I can fly it," Ashley interrupts with Mia holding her hand.
"You can fly?" Rey asks.
"Learned to back at the academy," Ashley assures.
Rey nods his head, "Then it's settle...you guys need a lift?"
AAS Indigo
"So what got you in this marvelous airship Black?" Roman asks sitting in his cell.
He was surprised to see Mercury here on the airship with him, but having a cell buddy is better than nothing.
"Shut up Roman," Mercury groans in his cell, Cinder is going to kill him for his failure.
"Oh is this your first time? I pity you kid, I hope the bots were gentle on you on the way up yeah?" Roman teases.
"I said shut up Roman!"
"Okay okay Black such a salty one aren't you," Roman chuckles to himself.
Before Mercury can retort about his laughter he hears a struggle outside, "What going on out there?"
"Ah yeah! The cavalry has arrived," Roman explains as the two hear a pair of footsteps approach his cell.
Roman's cell opens slowly to reveal Neo wearing an Atlas uniform with Roman's cane and hat in her hand. Torchwick chuckles to himself as he stands up and takes his hat and cane, "Let the show begin,"
"Hey let me out!" Mercury orders.
Roman only taps Black's cell door with his cane, "Oh sorry kid, this is a job for the grownups, besides you're on timeout right now okay kiddo?" Roman teases.
"Roman when I get out I'm going to-" Mercury threatens.
"Oh now that's not the nice thing to do lil Merc, now be a good boy and think about what you've done in that cell,"
"ROMAN! LET ME OUT!" Mercury yells and punches the cell door.
"Sorry no can do, we'll catch you later Mercury, shall we Neo?" Roman asks and follows Neo down the hallways toward the Bridge of the ship, stepping over the corpses of Atlas troops.
"ROMAN!" Mercury screams, echoing in the empty hallway.
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Roman and Neo made it to the Bridge in no time with the room scattered in bodies.
"Ooo let's have some fun," Roman mumbles and goes up to the main console of the ship and starts to press some button.
Neo on the other hand worries for Natsu, that stud, 'Stupid Nikos hurting my Natsu, if we even cross pass, she'll wish she never touched him,' She plans and looks at her trusty umbrella.
"Hey Neo, what was the code again?" Roman asks as he messes with a scroll linked to the console.
Neo walks over to Roman and scans the scroll, she points to the one at the bottom.
"This one? Order 66? Ah that sounds familiar now, sounds Smithy," Roman jokes.
Neo rolls her eyes but before she can continue to linger on her thoughts of murdering Pyrrha, an alarm goes off in the room.
"Unknown intruders boarding Airship from docking bay Whiskey," The A.I warns.
At the same time a thud bangs the roof of the Bridge.
This makes Roman tick as he looks at Neo, "Go check it out yeah?"
Neo nods her head goes investigate the strange thud on the roof.
Vale Commercial Plaza
Local Vale Law enforcement
Mission: Defend the plaza at all costs.
"HOLD THE LINE!" An officer barks at his troops while they take cover behind concrete barricades. They are the only defense against the approaching White Fang forces, holding in a four way street they have only infantry to fend off the hoard of White Fang. Only equipped with light arms such as pistols, SMG's and shotguns these men stand no change against the White Fang without some Military backup.
"There's too many of-" An officer warns but is shot in the chest, killing him instantly.
"Damn it officer down! Stay focused, we can't lose this front!" The leading officer orders and pops his head out of cover and fires his Glock 17 into the approaching White Fang using cars, alleyways, craters, crashes bullheads, anything to keep them from taking a bullet.
Honestly, the leading officer knows that this fight can't be won unless he gets some more men and better weaponry to fight, he watches as his brothers and sisters fight with fire in their eyes to defend their kingdom, their city. His breathing slows as he watches another officer get shot in the head and falls on the ground, his dead eyes staring directly at him.
The rage and fury builds within him for the White Fang, those bastards to think they will take the city from them. Well not today, not today will these Faunus take their home, today he will fight, he will fight with his men, his family, to the bitter end.
With a powerful war cry the officer stands up with pistol raised and fires at his enemies. With his instrument of death he will defend his home. One by one the casings click and clack on the floor as he kills Faunus after Faunus in pure rage.
This makes the White Fang take cover but the officer manages to kill a few more faunus just before his ammo runs out.
"YOU BASTARDS CAN'T WIN THIS FIGHT!" He screams and takes cover to reload.
The remaining officers watch as their leading commander fight with such valor, it inspires them to fight harder and stronger. At this moment is when the officers' moral jumps through the roof. No matter how many soldiers charge, they will be ready for them with or without support for this is their moment to shine, their moment to serve their kingdom.
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For what seemed liked hours of fighting the firefight is still going strong, both sides losing more and more soldiers as the fight continues, but the White Fang takes it up a notch by calling in a few Paladins. Now the leading officer is panicking over what to do, they can't fight against a Paladin, they need backup.
Under heavy fire the leading officer winces at their cover begins to wear down from the fire.
"Sgt! What do we do? We're pinned down here!" He hears.
"I know! Who has that radio?!"
"It's in the car, I'll go get it, cover me!" An officer reports and looks to a squad car parking in the middle of the street behind them filled with bullets. The private takes a few shots at the White Fang then runs toward the squad car.
"WAIT RYAN!" The officer calls but the officer runs to the car then slides over the hood and takes cover in the car looking for the radio.
"Damn it cover Ryan, open fire!" The officer yells and the entire Vale fighting force raise their arms and fires against Faunus. Some officer don't even manage to get a shot off before they're hit with a bullet while others hold their own as they thin out the White Fang's next wave.
"RYAN! Where's that radio?!" He calls.
"I'm looking for it!"
As the officer fights on, he notices a soldier kneel down in the middle of the street with something on his shoulder, and RPG. The cop's eyes widen and points his Glock at him and pulls the trigger.
Click
"Shit...RYAN GET OUT OF THERE!" He yells as he turns to the squad car but get shot in the shoulder, making his blood paint the street as he falls to the ground.
"Sergent!" Someone yells as Ryan peeks over the car to find something orange coming at him.
"TAKE COVER!" Another soldier warns but it is too late for Ryan as the rocket fires and zooms past the White Fang and Vale Police. Ryan only sees a bright orange light as the squad explodes.
The explosion stuns the remaining soldiers and sends them all to the ground, even wounding some people from the shrapnel. All goes quiet after the explosion and the White Fang soldier slowly break from cover and slowly approach the Vale Squad car.
"Ursa 8 take point," One of the faunus orders.
Then the faunus feels a tremble in the ground as a Paladin walks around the corner and walks toward the fallen cops. As it marches toward the location, they don't notice the barrels coming out of the windows from the surrounding buildings and heads poking out of the rooftops.
"Shit, we're too late for Delta squad and we got a Paladin in White Fang hands, HQ we need anti-armor here now!" A swat soldier orders hiding in the one of the buildings. He is the same captain of Blue squad when Frosty took command back at the docks.
"Affirmative Blue Leader, Titan 3 has eyes on Paladin, fire on command,"
"Copy HQ," Blue leader confirms and holds his breath as the Paladin passes by their window, making the building tremble with each passing step.
"Titan 3 do you have your ears on?"
"Titan 3 is ready for action, we'll engage on your mark,"
"Copy that, fire, fire now!"
"Welco barrel's hot,"
In the distance is a Challenger II tank sitting on a hill overlooking the plaza. Inside the tank crew a see the Paladin as clear as day. As a crew member loads the cannon the spotter lines up the shot.
"Boom" He mumbles and fires the cannon.
Beacon Courtyard
Natsu and the crew
Mission: Survive
Natsu is devastated when he saw Ruby leave the ship as it took off but trusts Ruby to be safe. Velvet tended to Natsu's wound, which didn't sit well with Coco, Nora, and the rest of the females on the ship that loved Natsu.
"Just rest your arm okay, you'll should be find by tomorrow judging by your natural healing," Velvet suggests as she wraps a fresh bandage over his arm.
"Thanks Velvet, are you okay?" Natsu asks and holds Velvet's hand.
"I-I'm find Natsu thank you," Velvet blushes greatly, still needs to get used to Natsu affection.
"How did this happen?" Nora interrupts and sits next to Natsu with her head resting on his left shoulder.
Pyrrha sits in the row in front of him and she feels her heart clench in pain, she almost breaks into tears but holds her composure together.
"It wasn't Pyrrha's fault, it was mine, I...I thought I saw Pyrrha bleeding, hurt, she was calling to me. I couldn't stand seeing her like that so I dropped my guard and bam," Natsu explains.
"You'll be okay right?" Nora asks.
"Of course he will, nothing can bring you down tough guy," Coco assures as she rests her love pillows on his head.
"We're landing in Beacon ETA 5 mike, prepare for deployment," Ashley reports with Rey and Mia standing next to her at the pilot's seat.
"Are you three coming us?" Jaune asks.
"Sorry, we got friends down in Vale that need our help, we'll drop you off here before we leave," Rey explains.
"O-okay, good luck down there," He wishes as the dropship hovers over the Beacon landing zone.
"Go!" Ashley orders, and one by one the students jump off the ship, after the last students gets off the ship, Ashley flies the ship toward Vale while she pulls out her scroll and calls someone.
"Who are you calling? Nila?" Rey asks.
"Nope, an old friend, former ASTU in fact," She explains as she hears the call go through, the first thing she hears in gunfire and screams.
"Ashley? What do you want I'm kind of busy here," She hears a male voice over the scroll and it sounds like he's shooting a pistol at someone/something.
"Where are you? I'm heading over to the safe zone in the docks, you think you can make it there?" She asks.
"Heh I'm already here as a matter of fact, taking out some White Fang down here, if you want to help hurry up or they'll be dead before you get here," He says.
"Copy that, Ashley out," She assures and ends the call.
"So who was that?" Rey asks again.
"Like I said, former ASTU, callsign Fallen," She explains.
"Fallen? The mercenary right?" Rey asks.
"Yeah that's right, you know him?"
"I met him on a mission with VPS a while back, is it still wearing that weird suit?"
"Probably," She jokes as flies the ship into the fray.
Mia only stares at her mother in confusion, completely speechless of the past events.
Empire Strikes Back
Chibi Raven and Chibi Yang are on this strange platform that hands above a bottom less pit.
Raven is wearing a black suit with a mask on, in her hands is a saber of light the color of red. Yang is wearing some tight robes that shows off her bust, but she's not in the mood for seducing people, most likely Natsu, she looks hurt as she hangs to a pole that keeps her from falling off the platform.
"Yang! You can't run from the truth!" Raven warns, as she and Yang clash sabers, making sparks of light.
"NEVER you sith lord! The light will prevail!" She counters as she attacks Raven but she swipes her blade away and cuts her forearm off with her saber of light.
Yang screams in pain as she staggers back and hugs the pole again, "You...you will never win!" She mumbles.
"You are much like your Mother Yang, so arrogant, that lend to her utter demise," She taunts.
"Don't talk about my Mother you Sith!"
"Obi-Crow never told you what happened to you Mother," She corrects.
"He told me enough, he told me you killed him!"
"No, I am your Mother!" She drops the bomb on Yang, telling her that she is her true Mother
"NO! You're lying!" Yang cries.
"I am, Yang, together we can rule the galaxy together!" She offers.
"NOOOOO!" Yang screams.
"Cut," Ozpin interrupts, making the two look at Ozpin walks to them as people start to dismantle the stage.
"Are we done here, this suit is ridiculous," She mumbles as she helps Yang off the platform.
"That was splendid Raven, Yang, that was spectacular," Ozpin praises the two as three people join Ozpin.
One was Natsu wearing a smuggler's outfit, he may be the best pilot in the galaxy. Next to him is Pyrrha dressed in a white dress with her red hair tied to two buns on her head, like she was a princess or something. The last one is Penny, dressed in a golden suit she has the name tag C-3PO on her chest.
"Nice work guys, now what?" Natsu asks.
"The Empire strikes back!" Raven grumbles and turns on her lightsaber.
"FOR THE ALLIANCE!" Natsu cries as he draws his blaster and aims it at Raven.
Hey oh, the fall has begun and lives have been lost. I hope you guys like the whole OC part of the story.
Now for the Story with JballinR12 I've mentioned. It's pretty interesting, it's a Fairy Tail x Akame ga Kill x Highschool DXD story where all three are in one universe. The story is called Family Means Everything on JballinR12's profile or found on my profile's favorites and community Joint Operations. If you like what I do here, go check out Family Means Everything. The second chapter should be uploaded today because we finished it.
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Guest: Okay Natsu vs Adam that's a planned yes yes indeed, Natsu vs Cinder also check that's good you're catching on alright, but Natsu losing his memories and dying sounds a lot like a certain Fairy Tail x RWBY story by a certain fanfiction writer. Natsu will meet Salem when the time comes, but Grayfia and Mabel won't be around to save Natsu when he does. Natsu will have his moment against the Grimm Wyvern so don't worry. Thanks for the info my friend I hope to see you around next chapter!
Codeword: Order 66
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