Hello everybody Wombag1786 here. Sorry for the late submission. Things got hectic for a while and I was confined to spend time with my family and fix a failed midterm. Anyways regardless of my personal problems I'm gonna be working for the next two weeks to get some chapters out in celebration of the season of fear. Enjoy.
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I don't own RWBY Or State of decay
Normal talk: Bite me.
Radio talk: Bite me, over.
Some small town north of Cascade Hills
In the distance snow can be seen falling down from the sky over the ghost town of Twanetell. The sleepy town was once a stop for those heading to Oragan in the early pioneer days turn to a gold town when Gold was discovered. Now once the gold mines were empty it became just another small town that had a few tourist traps.
"Any signs of the target?" Phrrya asked over the radio why'll looking through the scopes of a Arctic warfare rifle. She was currently in the tree lines providing covering fire. Her sickness has faded for now but despite being in near perfected condition, Jaune requested that she provide support from afar for her own safety. She was wearing a military winter camouflage jacket and pants with the hood hanging over her head to cover the crimson hair and grey sniper gloves over her hands.
"Um... no, wait I see the target. Seems the blood heart is inside the Jurassic junction." Nora responds over the line. She was currently on top of a donut shop with a modified blooper in hand with pink hearts drawn on the barrel. She was wearing a black balaclava rolled up over her head. On her torso she had a black unzipped puffer over a green flannel with the sleeves rolled up halfway exposing some olive green thermals. She had a pair of loose green jeans tucked into a pair of combat boots.
"Huh, ever wonder why they based a gas station after an animal that has been dead before humans?" Jaune asked over the radio. He was currently approaching the store from the front. He had on a white hoodie with a black ballistic jacket over his chest. With a back machete houlster strapped to his back and a K-bar knife attached to his shoulder. He had on a pair of heavy blue carpenter jeans with a pair of snow boots tucked in and a tactical thigh holster holding a Berretta. In his hand was a military machete and he slowly reached down to his houlster and undoing the safety.
"I believe it's for the children's imagination." Ren replies. Ren was moving through the back ally towards the gas station with a Heckler and Koch MP7 in hand. His outfit was also new due to the climate. He is currently wearing a light white winter jacket with a black balaclava covering his face. He had a few ammo clips strapped to his chest and a knife holstered to his arm. He had winter camouflage pants tucked into winter boots
"Ok, so kids really like seeing giant lizards?" Jaune asked. As he peeked inside to see a few blood Plague zombies walking about inside in a stiff manner.
"Hey hate to break up your fascination discussion over deceased luggage pelts but you four have a task to do and the quicker you do it the quicker we can get our exposed monkey ass's back inside where it is warm!" Zekia shouts over the radio interrupting the conversation. On the outskirts of town Sasquatch, Leon, and Zekia were watching the four kids process by drones.
Today was there first mission and it was a simple search and destroy. Winter has come and the dead we're either hybornating or frozen so it is is the perfect time to destroy Blood hearts since it couldn't call out for much help compared to the other seasons. So for team JNPR to prove that they can hold there own they were tasked with destroying a plague heart without any help. The only reason why Sasquatch and his crew was there is to observe them and to fly them home once the task was complete.
"Hey Zekia quiet down. Time isn't a factor here." Leon argues as he looks up from his tablet controlling the drone. She turns around shivering terribly from the cold before flipping him off crudely.
"Hey shit birds, stow it. We are here to see if the brats have what it takes to play with the SF." Sasquatch said sternly causing them to return to watching the four.
Back in town Jaune had pulled out thermite grenade and pulled the pin waiting for the signal from the rest of his team. "Ready Guys?"
"On point." Ren remarks with a trip mine set up in the ally.
"I got them in my sights." Phrrya remarks as she sees a blood Plague infected zombie in the ally through her scope.
"Lock, cocked, and ready to rock." Nora responds. As she loads an incendiary round.
"Nora, please don't say that." Ren deadpans as he and Juane quickly tossed there grenades inside.
After the cannasters rolled toward the the heart before it explodes in a flaming burst setting the zombies ablaze in pure agony. As they screamed the Plauge zombies hear the groans from inside the glass station and quickly sprinted out from the wood works to protect the heart. As they raced towards the sound a series of sniper fire and explosions sends most of them flying into the air in small bits and pieces. The rest that didn't die by the mines and traps were being picked off by Nora and Phrrya's support. Meanwhile back inside once the fire from the thermite subsided Jaune and Ren quickly enters the building and take down the remaining stragglers that weren't BBQed before turning their attention to the blood heart. Jaune quickly starts to hack at the heart why'll Ren covered him from the blood Plague zombies that were making it past the traps and the sniper and grenade support.
As Jaune quickly hacks at the heart going for the flesh veins of the construction the hearts defenses began to build up and Jaune quickly backs away before placing on a gas mask before the heart burst a toxic gas. After it's futile attack Jaune returns to the heart and begins to hack at it some more, before finally opening a small hole in it allowing him to place a few canisters of thermite that was hold together by duck tape. He shoved the incendiary grenades as deep down into the heart before pulling the pin.
"Fire in the hole!" Jaune shouts as he raced out with Ren taking the lead through the back door.
After a few seconds the entire place burst into flames and a loud shriek can be heard from inside as the blood heart collapses in on itself. With the last shriek any plague zombies in the area started to grab there heads in pain before popping like water in a balloon. Outside Ren and Jaune watch as the flames consumed the gas satiation as Jaune catches his breath a drone flew down before turning to look at them both.
"Huff, Huff... so how did we do?" Jaune huffed as he stands up.
"... C- kids." Sasquatch answer's over the radio.
"Wait why! We destroyed the blood heart and no one was bit!" Jaune argues.
"Yea if at worst we would have gotten a A-!" Nora complains over the radio.
"Well, for starters you were to keep out of sight. What if the enemy was using the blood Plague like a farm for zombies to use in its raiding tactics?" Sasquatch answers as he begin to pack up the supplies.
"Um not to be rude but I highly doubt that anyone is insane enough to try and weaponize the blood plague?" Phrrya asked over her radio before slowly getting down from the tree.
"(Sigh) I'm gonna just presume that you never learned about Murphy's law from your world, so here's a quick lesson. If it can go wrong it will and it will be the worst outcome." Sasquatch said over the line.
"Basically kids expect the unexpected cause you never know." Leon said over the radio. "Now get back here and we will fly you back to base where some nice cup of coffee is wait for us."
"Fine, but there better be pancakes!" Nora said over the radio before doing a backflip off the roof of the dounet shop and quickly walked over to where Ren and Jaune were standing.
"A C- really? That's kinda harsh." Jaune complains as the three head towards Phrrya.
"Well look on the bright side." Nora chimes in.
"What bright side?" Jaune asked.
"Well... um, oh that's your new highest grade in combat class." Nora perked.
"Gee thanks for lifting my mood." Jaune said sarcastically.
"We are improving, and what we learn here is something we learn in our later years." Ren remarks.
"Yea I guess you have a point." Jaune said reminiscing about home.
"Yea I mean in a few more months maybe we can take on professor Goodwitch." Nora boast breaking Jaune from his thoughts.
"I would have doubts about that but I have to agree, given our current circumstances." Ren remarks.
"Yea maybe in a year we can stand a chance against Ozpin." Jaune added to which he is replied with long silence. After half a minute the two broke into a fit of laughter.
"Phssss, as if. Heh heh, it's a nice thought Jaune but Ozpin is leagues above Mrs Goodwitch." Nora said as she composed herself.
"Heh heh, yes that is a nice thought but perhaps one day." Ren remarks.
"Heh, guess you two are right." Jaune remarks.
"Right about what?" Phrrya asked as she walked over from an ally nearly causing Jaune to jump out of his skin.
"Um nothing much." Jaune answers slightly spooked.
"We were talking about how far we had come." Ren answers.
"Yeah, guess we have. Maybe in a few more months my winning streak at the mistral tournament may be in danger." Phrrya chuckles lightheartedly.
The rest laughed along with and four slowly made it back to the helicopter. Once on board the hello quickly took off and returned to base. After a lengthy flight they landed back at base before entering the base.
"Well, it's been a long day." Zekia remarks as she tossed her jacket half hazardly over her shoulder.
"Yea I guess, so what's everybody's plans for the afternoon?" Leon asked as he grabbed the jacket before someone complains about it.
"Oh, just get in some hours at the gym, maybe get some dinner. Then some more gym time, oh maybe watch a movie." Nora remarks as she flex's her mussels.
"Meditation and reading." Ren replies.
"Guess some practice with Phrrya then some downtime." Jaune remarks.
"After some practice I guess some reading." Phrrya remarks.
"Uh Yea well, Why'll you guys enjoy some training Leon is gonna to help keep my freezing ass nice and warm." Zekia said before walking over to Leon and grabbing him by the collar before dragging him down the hall with a mixture of excited and terrified look on her face.
"Later kids." She said as she turn around the corner.
"... um, why does she need Leon to help keep her..." Before Nora could finish she then realized what they were talking about. "ohhh, Wait. Is Zekia dating Le..."
"Nope more like he's the only one who is worth her time and crazy enough to say yes." Sasquatch answers before walking away leaving team JNPR to there own devices.
Else where on the highway leading to Cascade Hills
A single loan zombie wandered through the blizzard raging on outside. As it walked along the deselated road it hears something in the distance. It slowly groans as its body made its way toward the crackling sound of a camp fire. After trudging through the snow it eventually found itself at a campsite of some sort next to a hunting goods store. A small but warming fire blazes with small lawn chairs to keep those from sitting in the snow. The crackling of the fire hides the sound of feet crouching snow behind it. Before the zombie could react a blade pierced through the back of the skull causing it to drop down dead.
(Sigh) and here I was thinking I could have a quiet night." Diane mutters to herself. She was wearing a brown winter coat over her iconic pink hoodie. She replaced her pants with winter jeans and combat boots that was in surprisingly good condition despite being on a zombie for god knows how long. Along with a knitted hat and black scarf along with a yellow tinted round glasses to help with the weather.
She was currently on watch as of now. Everyone else should be fast asleep by now. They had just made there way out of the valley after god knows how many speed bumps but they managed to repair a pickup truck and add some armor along with a few other accessories to improve it performance. They also got enough supplies to last all of them for a few weeks but just as they got out of the valley it was one shot show after another. Collapsed tunnels. Road blocks zombie boards and to add a chary on top a blizzard just settled in and now they are forced to hide inside a sporting good store till either it blows over or they do.
As she pounders her misfortune the sound of a crow cawing broker her from her thoughts. She looked up to see a old looking crow hanging on an overhead sign.
She slowly reached for a compound bow she had found inside the sporting goods store but stop and changed her mind.
"Heh, lucky you little guy. Your to small to waste an arrow." Diane mutters as she turns to walk to the campfire she was tending to.
As she sat down and begins to poke at the fire the sound of that crow can be heard cawing again before suddenly a bottle of 40 dropped from the sky landing down next her in the snow. She looked upwards to see the bird fly into the woods before looking down at the malts liquor.
"... Ok then. Note to self, spare more birds. Probably be rewarded something better the next time around." Diane jokes before reaching over and grabbing ahold of the bottle. She uncorked it and began to drink straight from the bottle. It didn't aged well but in this world it's better then nothing.
"Mind sharing some of that?" Qrow asked surprising Diane who quickly dropped the beer and already had a arrow notched and trained on him.
Qrow simply stared at the arrow with a solemn look on his face. He was now wearing a tearing grey jean jacket over his normal clothes with his cape now on his arm acting more like a poncho. He had placed on a pair of winter boots and was wearing an extra lair of clothes under his normal attire.
"Ge, never thought you were so easily spooked by a stranger you have been traveling with." Qrow said sarcastically as he walked over to the chair next to Diane and sat down in it.
"Yea well let's just leave it at that I haven't completely trusted you or the ice queen yet." Diane said as she lowers her bow and removes the arrow from the notch.
"Yea well I don't blame yah, now are you gonna pass the forty or you gonna keep it?" Qrow asked.
Diane slowly reaches down grabbing the bottle before passing it over to Qrow who slowly chugged a quarter of the bottle before handing it back to her.
"That bird... did you duck tape the bottle to it's foot or something? Cause I ain't impressed if you did." Diane asked as she took a long swig.
"Tsk, What bird?" Qrow asked with a small smirk on his face.
"Eh, forget about it. So what are you doing up and about? Feeling of migrating south or something?" Diane asked.
"Cute, I was actually scouting for supplies but I came across something a few miles down the road that for once actually want to drink in celebration." Qrow states with a small smirk and a tear in his eye.
"Really and what is it?" Diane asked with a small tone of curiosity in her voice. All the time she had traveled with the man not once did he mention drinking in celebration. Qrow then pulls out a broken curved blade with strange red mechanical parts attached to it.
"The hell is that?" Diane asked as she inspects the blade little closer.
"That belongs to my nieces weapon. Her and her friends must have crashed a few miles down." Qrow answers as he took the blade back.
"Your niece? Never heard you talking about your family before." Diane said as she took a swig from her drink.
"Yea well it's a subject that I don't talk about for their safety." Qrow remarks as he strokes the blade.
"Well I have nothing to do, what's your niece like anyways?" Diane asked as she hands the bottle back to him.
"Heh, well my oldest niece is actually blood related why the one who weilds this weapon isn't actually related to me, still I knew her mother before she married my friend." Qrow remarks before taking another swig from the bottle.
"Well what's her name anyways?" Diane asked.
"Ruby, Ruby Rose and her older sister Yang Xiao Long." Qrow remarks to get a small chuckle from Diane.
"Heh heh, little dragon. Let me guess she has a short fuse." Diane chuckles.
"Yea, pretty sure she gets it from my sister." Qrow jokes.
"Eh, well what she's like?" Diane asked causing Qrow to stop smiling.
"... she's someone I rather not talk about." Qrow said before looking up at Diane. "No she still alive but the things she had done I rather not be associated with her."
"Ah, well getting back on topic keep going on about your nieces. They actually sound lovely." Diane said. Qrow quickly took a swig from his drink before continuing about his nieces.
As the conversation continues the scene focuses upwards towards the sky showing the snow slowing down but still heavily before pulling down to reveal that the scene has change from the campsite to back to Red falcons base.
Inside the base
Team JNPR we're now sitting at there table eating a pasta meal. After they returned the four have been training, after a quick shower they went to to their reserved table wearing light clothes.
"So, what movie should we see tonight?" Nora asked as she stuffed her mouth with spaghetti.
"Um, I wanna see that Batman V Superman movie but I heard that it's a terrible movie." Jaune said thinking about it.
"Um, what about fifty first dates? A Romantic comedy about a man dating a women with short term memory that resets every day." Phrrya suggests.
"I hear that it's kinda meh movie." Nora said comments.
"How about A million ways to die in the west, from what I hear it's hilarious." Nora suggests.
"How is dying funny?" Ren asked.
"Because in one segment a miner who had worked in the silver minds died from his own fart because of all the gas he inhaled." Nora said with a small smirk.
"... ok I guess that's a humerus way to die. Um, how about the Goodfellaws? It's based of a real life mobster and it's real incite full on the criminal element." Ren suggests.
"Oh, is there a scene where they break legs? Cause that sound awesome." Nora asked.
"I don't really know. Maybe." Ren answers causing Nora to dust bump in excitement.
As the four thought about their choices for a movie the door opens and in walks the two Jaeger brothers. Both were wearing there normal clothes except they had winter coats in hand. Aaron has a thick black one with a furry out line and Jacob with a similar blue one.
"Oh, hey guys. What's up?" Jacob asked as he shakes the snow from his head.
"Oh just talking about what movies to watch." Jaune remarks.
"Ah, well what do we have for selection and also will there be popcorn?" Jacob asked only to get a small jab from Aaron. "What? You can't watch a movie without popcorn."
Aaron just simply rolled his eyes and walked over to the far end of the table and ate his meal of simply bread and water. Meanwhile Jacob went for the pasta and sat next ren since Nora was already sitting on the end.
"Well maybe. Anyways so what do you think? Goodfellaws, a thousand ways to die in the west, fifty first dates, or Batman V Superman dawn of justice?" Nora asked.
"Um, that's a difficult choice... probably Goodfellaws cause that's a cult classic but I did seen a thousand ways to die and god know how funny it is." Jacob said before taking a bite from his plate.
"Eh I'll let you know when it comes to mind." He said before taking another bite. "MMMhhh you know what would go well with this sauce, meatballs."
"Agree but we apparently that will effect our rations so it's off the menu." Ren explains.
"Ah, well that's a shame." Jacob said as he took another bite.
As the six eat there meals the door opens once more with Sasquatch, Leon, and Zekia walking in full gear behind them was the General along with his security guards.
"Um, is something wrong?" Jaune asked feeling unsettled by the arm guards.
"No, nothing wrong with you six. Just explains the assignment that alpha squad is gonna be doing. Care to explain Sasquatch." The General said as he blew the smoke from his cigarette.
"Our latest assignment is to find and eliminate a lieutenant of a rouge version of the Red falcon. We will be gone for a week." Sasquatch said explains. "Until we get back your equipment will be not available to you and certain sectors will be off limits for the time being along with a curfew starting at twenty one hundred hour. If you wish to train you must set up an appointment with the General to discuss terms of your training."
The look on Sasquatch's face can clearly state that these terms were not ideal, especially for him. Nora, Jacob, Jaune, and Aaron gave a look of protest but stoped them selves.
"I see... is that all?" Phrrya asked with a serious tone.
"Yes that is Mrs Nikos." The General said before giving a nod to his body guards who proceeded to follow him out of the room. Once the guards left the room the soldiers of Alpha squad stares at each other without a word.
"... Well, that's a load of shit." Aaron said breaking the silence.
"I completely, Fucking, Agree. That was bull fucking shit right then and there. If he was my LT I will kick his ass till they de-promote me to negitive junior first class private." Zekia said as she grits her teeth.
"Well why is he doing this then?" Jaune asked.
"That's classified." Sasquatch replies.
"Yet you disagree with it. What is it Sasquatch?" Aaron asked aggressively.
"Again it's classified. What we can tell you is it involves the blood Plague." Leon states before getting a nodge from Sasquatch's arm letting him know to stow it.
"Even though my orders are clear I do not trust them and neither should you." He said before reaching behind his back and pulling out a beretta M9 pistol and handing it to Phrrya. "Phrrya, our of your entire team your the only one who seems to be less suspicious and can keep a secret. Don't trust the General, he may believe that your the most dangerous people in the base but what he is doing can end in disaster."
Phrrya looked at the gun then back at Sasquatch before taking the gun and hiding it in her pants und her shirt.
"Don't use it unless absolutely necessary." Sasquatch said before giving a nod to all of them. He then head for the door with Zekia and Leon following behind. Before Leon exits he quickly turns around.
"I suggest you learn to train by yourselfs or have the Jaeger brothers teach you cause there is no way in hell the Generals gonna allow you to train." Leon said before leaving. The six then starts to look at each other with grim looks on their faces. If it's true that the General had gone to extensive procedures to isolate the six from any protection then this can only be the beginning of something bad to come.
As the screen pulls back it enters another room with a bunch of test tubes and chemicals but the prize in the center was a Feral zombie that seems to be sleeping. As it floats the screen enhances on its face before it burst wide open with glowing red eyes while the veins close to its face began to turn Crimson red and pour blood from them.