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"God dammit," Church muttered as Gamma hung up.
"I'm guessing things didn't go well with your call," Weiss said.
"What gave you that idea?" Church said sarcastically.
"So what now?" Weiss asked.
"We'll need to-" Church was cut off when he began to receive another radio transmission.
"Hello, ringading, Blue Base, come in, let's go hello, come in."
"Hello?" Church said, turning away from Weiss. "Vic is that you?"
"Are you talking with someone else right now?" Weiss asked.
"Yeah, I am, shut up," Church said.
"Well," Weiss said, still irritated by Church's rudeness. She then pulled out her Scroll. Before Simmons began working on the teleporter, he had already fixed both her's and Ruby's Scrolls, so now they would be able to contact each other in this universe. Another feature he added was that their Scrolls could also connect with the helmet radios. So it didn't take long for Weiss to tap into Church's radio and began to hear what he was talking about with this Vic person.
"Hey dude," Vic's voice said. "How's it goin', been a while since we spoke."
"Vic, why're you calling me?" Weiss heard Church ask.
"Everything been goin' good, yeah, that's great listen don't have much time to talk," Vic said. Weiss could tell that there was a nervous tone in the man's voice. "Uh been discussing things here at Blue Command, we think everything is bad, and now is the time to go attack the Red Base. Turns out the Reds are up to no good, and somebody needs to kill 'em. A good way to do that might be to send some people through the caves, yeah, take 'em by surprise, anyway, can't talk, gotta go, seeya la vista."
"Wait a second-" Church said, but the call ended before he could say anything else. "Why do people keep hanging up on me!?"
"Well then" Weiss said as she went to Church. "What are you going to do?"
"I'll get Tex and Caboose, you get Tucker and the others," Church said. "We got some stuff to talk about."
Ruby, Yang, Sarge, Grif, Simmons, and Donut continued to make their way through the cave path, which eventually lead them to a bridge. Once they crossed it, they entered the structure and saw a giant viewscreen in the center, showing images of Blood Gulch.
"Huh, what's all this business?" Sarge wondered.
"It looks like a bunch of computer equipment, Sir," Simmons said.
"Excellent analysis Simmons," Sarge said.
"And it's attached to some kinda T.V. thing.," Donut pointed out.
"So it is," Sarge said. "Astute deduction Donut."
"This thing must be getting power from another location," Ruby said, seeing cables that lead to another area of caves.
"Yeah, wherever this leads, it's probably being run by someone," Yang said.
"Superb observation Ruby and Yang," Sarge said.
"It's also showing different parts of the canyon," Grif said. "Look, there's our base." The screen was showing an image of Red base.
"Ah yes, another incredible observation from the stating the obvious department," Sarge said sarcastically. "Thanks for nothing, numbnuts."
Grif just groaned at Sarge's words.
"Simmons, Donut, you two stay here," Sarge said. "Grif's gonna continue to look for Andy."
"What? Why do I have to do it?" Grif asked.
"You're right," Sarge said. "This is too important of a job to leave you to handle it by yourself. Ruby, Yang, you two take point on this. Grif's gonna go with you for grunt work. Also, feel free to use him as a human shield if need be."
"Okay," Yang said, grinning. Ruby elbowed her sister as to not put Grif in danger. "Yeah, yeah, I got it. Alright, Grif, let's go."
"Fine," Grif said unenthusiastically. "I hate my job."
The three of them made their way out of the structure, leaving Sarge, Simmons, and Donut to examine the computer.
"Alrighty," Yang said. "So Grif, how does this 'Us telling you what to do' thing suppose to work?"
"I'll give you a hint," Grif said. "You to stay here and look around, and I'll go over there and look around."
"But, the only thing that's there is a wall," Ruby said as she looked to the direction Grif was pointing.
"Really? I hadn't noticed," Grif said sarcastically as he walked towards that direction. "Maybe I can bang my head in that wall, then I don't have to deal with this shit."
"Okay, good luck with that," Yang said. "So, Ruby where do you wanna look-"
Yang stopped speaking when she saw Ruby staring blankly around the cave.
"Ruby," Yang called her sister.
This snapped Ruby out of whatever she was thinking as she faced Yang. "Huh, yeah?"
"Are you okay?" Yang asked, concerned with the expression that Ruby was making earlier.
"I'm fine," Ruby said, though her words weren't exactly convincing. "Why would you ask that question?"
"Oh I don't know. Maybe it has something to do with the face that says gloom and doom," Yang said pointedly. "What's going on Ruby?"
Ruby just sighed, unable to hide her feelings from her sister. "It's just... what're we doing here, Yang?"
"What do you mean? We're looking for this talking bomb with the Reds," Yang said.
"No, I mean, what are we still doing here?" Ruby said. "Shouldn't we be finding a way to get home?"
"We are," Yang said. "It's just we've become a little... sidetracked."
"That's an understatement," Ruby sighed. "We should be doing everything we can to get back to our universe. Instead, we've been getting dragged into all this stuff with the Reds and Blues. Now, we're underground looking for a bomb and bat-people. What if we don't find a way back? What if we're stuck here for the rest of our lives!? We'll never see dad, or Uncle Qrow, or any of our friends in Beacon again! They won't know what really happened to us and, and, and, and..."
Ruby continued to ramble on without pause, tears threatening to fall from her eyes, until Yang finally stopped her sister by pulling her into a hug.
"Breathe," Yang said.
Ruby took a deep breath.
Once she exhaled, Yang gently stroked the back of Ruby's hair. "It's okay to be homesick. I know we haven't exactly been doing well in finding a way back, but we will. You just need to keep believing that. We will get home."
Ruby hugged Yang back, finally calming down and glad for the comforting words. "Thanks Yang."
"That's what big sisters are for," Yang said.
"WHAT!?"
Ruby and Yang broke their hug once they heard the sharp yell.
"That sounded like Grif," Yang said.
"Come on," Ruby said. The two of them then made their way back inside the computer room. Once they entered again, they saw Grif back inside as well.
"What going on?" Ruby asked.
"Sarge thought it would be a good idea to tell Grif that his sister is dead," Simmons informed them.
"Wait, what?" Yang said, confused.
The two of them then turned to the computer screen. The image being shown was that of Sister's empty armor on the floor of Blue base.
"It's true," Sarge said. "As you can see, Grif sister was horribly vaporized by the Blues."
"A fact that we were trying not tell him," Simmons said, stressing his words.
"Oh quit being a baby," Sarge said. "It's just like rippin' off a band-aid. Quick and incredibly painful."
"What?" Grif said again, apparently still in shock over the news.
"That's just mean," Ruby said.
"Yeah Sarge," Yang agreed. "Not cool."
"You really need to start thinking about other people's feelings, Sarge," Donut said.
"Son, the only thing I need to do is stay red and die," Sarge said, completely unapologetic.
"What?" Grif repeated, apparently stuck with the word.
"I'm sorry Grif. She's dead," Simmons said.
"How could this have happened?" Grif cried. "Oh man, that was my little sister. I mean, I know we don't always see eye to eye, but I still loved her."
Ruby and Yang looked at each other and felt a pang of pain and sympathy for Grif. They immediately understood the pain one would feel if they lost a sibling. Both sisters knew what they would feel if they lost the other.
"This has got to be hard Grif," Simmons said, trying to be comforting. "I... don't know what to say."
Yang put her hand on Grif's shoulder. "Really sorry Grif."
"You don't have to go through this alone," Ruby said, also giving her support.
"I-I just, I had no idea the last I saw her was gonna be the last time ever," Grif said, his voice full of sorrow. "I'd give anything to see her again and just to talk to her one last time, and I'm never gonna get that chance. It's the most empty feeling in the whole world."
"Oh hey, look!" Donut said as he looked back to the screen. "She's not dead, she's just naked."
"What!" Grif shouted, his voice now filled with anger, making a complete 180 from his previous state. "That little slut, I'm gonna kill her!"
"Take a screenshot!" Simmons shouted quickly. "Take a screenshot!"
Tucker, Tex, Caboose, Doc, and Junior gathered around Church, who was about to discuss the instructions that Vic told him. Weiss and Blake were on the side, listening to Church's words as well.
"Alright," Church began. "Vic called and said we should attack the Red base right away. I don't know why but, I guess we're gonna do it."
"Attack? Shouldn't we call soldiers or the military for something like that?" Tucker asked.
"So, you're saying that trained soldiers like yourselves aren't capable of doing this," Blake clarified.
"Uh, yeah, that's what I meant," Tucker said. "I don't wanna risk my life, I got a kid."
"I wouldn't call that creature a kid," Weiss said.
"As I was saying," Church continued. "For some reason Vic thinks it's a good idea for some of us to go through the caves."
"Why?" Tex asked.
"I don't know, who cares?" Church said. "So me, Tex, and Tucker are gonna go right up the middle."
"What about my kid?" Tucker asked. "He can't go into battle."
Church turned to Doc. "Doc, you take Sister and Junior and go get lost in the caves."
"Oh," Tucker said in understanding.
"Next time, let me finish talking," Church said before he continued speaking to Doc. "We'll find you after the battle's over. Unless we die, in which case we won't find you, and you're gonna have to find us. And if that happens, I want to be buried as far away as possible from these two."
"Yeah," Tucker spoke up again. "And I wanna be stuffed and put on a couch with a cooler full o' beer, a bag full of cheese puffs, non-stop reruns of Baywatch and- ah, you know what, it's all in my will."
At Tucker's second interruption, Weiss pulled out Myrtenaster and hit Tucker from behind with its hilt.
"Ow!" Tucker yelled in pain as he collapsed to the ground.
"Thank you for that," Church said.
"My pleasure," Weiss said smirking. Blake just shook her head disapprovingly.
"What about me?" Caboose asked. "Can I get lost too?"
"No Caboose," Tex said. "I need you to stay here and watch Sheila."
"Yeah," Church agreed. "The transfer gets interrupted we might lose her altogether."
"Oh that would be bad," Caboose agreed.
"Right," Church said. "Otherwise how would you accidentally kill people?"
"Hmm," Caboose pondered. "Well I suppose I could always-"
"Shut up that was rhetorical," Church clarified.
"Was he actually thinking of a way to kill people?" Blake asked.
"Unfortunately, I'd probably say yes," Tex said.
"Tucker come on," Church said. "Get up and let's go."
"Wait a minute," Weiss said. "What about us?"
"Uh, what about you?" Church said. "You're not part of this team. You don't need to do anything."
"How about being the voice of reason?" Blake said. "You do know that Grif, Simmons, and Yang are still underground looking for Sarge and Ruby."
"Oh yeah, I forgot," Church remembered. "Well, Vic called saying the Reds are up to no good, so that probably means that they're back in their base, which means we're still up to attack them."
"If the Reds are back, why haven't we gotten any contact from Ruby or Yang?" Weiss asked.
"Maybe the Reds captured them," Tucker suggested.
"Or killed them," Tex said.
"That's not funny," Blake said.
"I wasn't joking," Tex said. "It is a possibility."
"You don't actually think that the Reds would hurt Ruby and Yang," Weiss said.
"No, I don't think that people who have been trying to kill us would ever consider capturing or killing two girls without any provocation," Church said sarcastically. "Especially when their CO is a trigger-happy lunatic."
"Right," Weiss said, understanding what Church was saying. "Well, nonetheless, we're going with you."
"What? Why?" Church asked.
"If you want to kill each other, that's on you," Weiss said. "But if Ruby and Yang are with the Reds, we're going to make sure that you don't accidentally kill them."
"Whatever, we're already wasting time," Tex said. "If you wanna go with us, that's fine, I don't care." She then began to head off and get ready.
"Fine, you can come," Church relented. "But only one of you. We don't need any more people for an attack and we might need someone to make sure that Doc and the others stay safe in the caves until we need backup."
"Okay, then I'll keep an eye on them," Blake offered. "Weiss can go with you to Red base."
"Wait, what?" Weiss said. "I don't think-"
"You're Semblance would be better for this," Blake said. She then pulled Weiss closer and out of earshot from Church. "And to make sure they don't actually kill each other."
Weiss was about to protest, but decided against it, knowing that Blake was right. "Fine."
"Okay, whatever. Now that that's settled," Church said. "Weiss, let's go. Blake, help Doc get ready to go into the caves."
"When should we go?" Doc asked.
"I don't care," Church said. "Just be ready to come running with the cavalry if we start screaming in pain. Unless Tucker starts screaming in pain, in which case, you know, feel free to point and laugh." He then proceeded to head to the exit of the base.
"Alright, let's just get Sister back in the base and we'll get right on that," Doc said.
"Why's Sister still in the base?" Blake asked.
"Oh, she said something about wanting to do a few stretches before she put her armor back on," Doc explained.
"Wait," Blake said. "So she's currently in the base naked?"
"Huh, I guess so," Doc realized.
Blake immediately thought that Tucker would be the first to run back in the base when he heard about Sister, but instead, she saw him talking with Junior.
"Well little dude," Tucker said to his 'son'. "I guess there's a time when every little boy becomes a man."
"Tucker he's only three days old," Doc pointed out.
"Yeah, they grow up so fast," Tucker said, not getting Doc's point.
"Also, he's not a boy, he's a grub," Church added, standing in the exit.
"Not the word I'd use to describe him," Weiss muttered.
"The point is," Tucker continued. "You're on your own now, and I don't have time to tell you everything you need to know. So here's a few brief pointers. Invest in real estate, there's no such thing as a permanent record, always eat breakfast, all the girls on the internet are actually dudes, and you should never, ever buy the extended warranty on anything. Ever. Oh also, chicks like it when you tell them they're pretty, but they also like it when you're kind of a dick to 'em. So mix it up a little."
"That is the worst advice I have ever heard," Weiss stated.
"It's the sentiment that matters," Blake said. "But yes, it is terrible advice."
"Tucker, Weiss, let's go!" Church shouted as he Tex were already moving.
"Okay little dude, I gotta go now," Tucker said. "Tex needs me, Church, and Weiss to back her up."
"Bow chicka honk honk," Junior replied.
"Huh, I guess you have been teaching him some stuff," Doc said.
"Teach? You don't teach that," Tucker said. "That shit's genetic."
"Let's go," Weiss said as she grabbed Tucker and dragged him out of the base.
Blake shook her head. "Let's go get Sister."
Blake, Doc, and Junior then made their way back in the base.
"PUT YOUR CLOTHES BACK ON!" Grif yelled to the computer screen at the image of his sister. "What's the one thing I told you? Don't embarrass the family!"
"I don't think she's embarrassing- whoa, why's she doing splits?" Simmons said as he continued to stare at the screen.
"Huh, is this that Facebook thing I keep hearing about?" Sarge asked, sounding confused though not taking his eyes off the screen either.
"I don't get it, what's going on?" Ruby asked, due to the fact that she couldn't see anything. Specifically, that Yang was covering her sister's eyes from the screen
"Oh, nothing important for you to see," Yang said. She didn't want her sister to see anything weird if she could avoid it.
"Does this thing take dollar bills?" Simmons asked, to no one in particular.
"Come on, that's my sister!" Grif shouted at Simmons. "And you're looking at her naked!"
"So?" Simmons said, like it wasn't a problem. "She's not our sister."
"That's gross," Yang said.
"Stop looking at her!" Grif shouted at Simmons.
"Why do Donut and Yang get to look?" Simmons asked.
"Hey, why does the Blue base get so much more natural light than ours?" Donut said. "It gives the interior a much more airy and open feeling."
"That, that's why Donut gets to look," Grif said. "And Yang's another girl."
"I wouldn't know, I can't see anything," Ruby complained.
"Stop complaining," Yang ordered. "You can look when you're older."
"Aww, look, she's puttin' her armor back on," Sarge said, disappointed. He then lightly coughed and changed the tone of his voice into a livelier one. "Uh, I mean, oh look, she's putting her armor back on. Good work soldier!"
"Don't patronize me," Grif growled.
They then saw the screen shift to the outside of the base, where they saw Blue team, as well as Weiss and Blake, gathering around. Church, Tex, Tucker, and Weiss were now leaving the base, while Doc, Blake, and Junior were heading inside.
"It looks like the Blues were having some kind of meeting," Simmons said.
"What? I knew it!" Sarge said as he looked at the screen, though it soon changed to another location of the base. "They're coming to attack our base. Dirty backstabbers."
"I thought the Blues were supposed to attack us?" Donut clarified.
"Dirty frontstabbers!" Sarge corrected.
Yang just shook her head as she uncovered Ruby's eyes.
"Finally!" Ruby said as she looked at the screen. "Hey, it looks like they're talking. What are they saying?"
"I have no idea," Simmons said. "I can't find the volume on this monitor. And without any sound it just looks like a bunch of helmets bobbing up and down."
"Is that how they talk?" Sarge said as he looked at the screen closer. "They look ridiculous."
"Right, as if you guys don't look ridiculous yourselves," Yang pointed out.
Church, Tex, Tucker, and Weiss were making their way up the plateau, which had a clear vantage point of Red base. Church began to look through the scope of his sniper rifle.
"I don't see anything," Church said as he finished looking over the base.
"I'll move up," Tex said. "You three stay here."
"I'm going with you," Weiss said.
"Why?" Tex asked.
"Well I'm a more capable fighter than these two," Weiss pointed out, though her real reason was to make sure Ruby and Yang are safe and that no one gets killed.
"Good point," Tex agreed. "Alright, Weiss is coming with me. You two, stay here."
"You want us to cover you?" Tucker asked.
"Yeah. Cover me. That way I won't get hurt," Tex said sarcastically. "Just don't run away." She then headed headed down the plateau and over to Red base.
"If either of you do run away, you won't get far," Weiss said, the veiled threat hanging over them as she followed Tex.
"Hey, you don't have to be a couple of bitches," Tucker yelled.
Church watched as Weiss caught up with Tex and used his sniper rifle again to look for any sign of the Reds.
"I don't see anything at all," Church concluded, spotting nothing. "It's like they're hiding or something."
"Uh, what do you see?" Tucker asked.
"I just said I don't see anything, I just said that," Church said angrily.
"Man I hate that I never get the fucking sniper rifle!" Tucker complained.
"Oh yeah boo hoo, all you've got is your stupid awesome sword, I feel so sorry for you," Church said sarcastically.
"Come on dude, just once. Let me use it, just one time, I won't ever ask again!" Tucker pleaded. "Pleeeeeeeease? Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease."
"Can I use the sword?" Church asked.
"Oh hell yes!" Tucker said enthusiastically.
"Alright fine, here," Church relented and then gave Tucker the sniper rifle while Tucker gave him the sword.
"Oh kickass!" Tucker said, excited to finally use the rifle. "Okay, no wait, how do I zoom? Oh wait, I'm zoomed!"
"Hey Tucker, the sword doesn't even work," Church said, unable to activate the weapon. "What a fuckin' gyp."
"Now how do I- wait, what is this thing?" Tucker said, unsure of how to properly operate the sniper rifle.
"Okay whatever dude," Church said, unconcerned with Tucker's lack of understanding of the rifle. "Just don't-"
Church's words were cut off as Tucker accidentally fired the sniper rifle. Tucker then saw the blast hitting Tex right in her ass.
"What the fuck!" Church shouted in surprise. "Did you just fire that thing?"
"Oops!" Tucker said. "That was an accident." He was shocked from accidentally shooting that he pulled the trigger again, firing another loud shot. This time, the blast hit Weiss, specifically at her ponytail leaving a small hole through it. "That was also an accident."
"Stop shooting!" Church shouted. "We're supposed to be sneaking up on them dumbass. They're gonna hear us."
As Church was yelling at him, Tucker zoomed in again and saw Tex and Weiss looking at their direction. They both looked pissed, if Weiss' angry look was any indication. They were also heading back towards them.
"Gimme it back," Church said.
"Um yeah, okay. Take it back," Tucker quickly gave the sniper rifle back to Church.
Church took the weapon back. "I knew there was a reason I didn't let you use this thing all these year- Hey, Tex, Weiss, what're you guys doing back?"
Tex proceeded to punch Church in his face.
"OW!" Church yelled in pain.
Weiss then pulled out Mrytenaster and stabbed it the ground, which then released ice crystals beneath Church, freezing him in place.
"W-W-What the fuck did I do!?" Church yelled, freezing from the instant cold.
"Asshole!" Tex yelled.
"You are paying for the damage to my hair!" Weiss yelled as well.
"I told him to be careful with that thing, he's just not very good with it," Tucker said innocently.
"J-J-Just shut up and g-g-get me out of here," Church said.