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RWBY: INFINITY CORE
Chapter Nine: Eclipse (Part two: Truth's)
Minutes after Yang and Lucio's battle.
"MOVE, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY' The nurse are yelling trying to get people to get out of they to get me to the infirmary on a moving stretcher.
" What are his vitals," one of the nurse says as the other one is scanning as they are running.
"Not good heart rate is dropping, blood pressure is dropping, blood loss is sever, he is starting to decolorize, we need to step on it." the main nurse was saying as they finally reach the room and close the door. Not far behind Yang and the rest of the team are charging to where I am and are stopped before they could even get to the door.
"MOVE," Yang says her eye's red and she is beyond angry, and the two guards standing outside the door not allowing them to get in." I am afraid I can't allow you to do that! We are under strict orders to not allow anyone in," the guard on the right says to the angry blonde, becoming more and more pissed at them.
"Under who's orders are you under, and how come we can't see our friend." Blake says trying to get answers from the guard.
" Me," I figure behind them says, as they all turn around, professor Ozpin was standing there with his usual cup of coffee and was leaning slightly on his cane. Not even enough time to question the headmaster the doctors came out of the room, and looked at people in front of them.
"Doc…. i—is Lucio…. okay?" Yang was saying worrying what they might say, her eyes were already glistening, and small tears beginning to fall down her cheek.
"FINE….. he is more than fine," the doctor said, in disbelief at what he was about to say."I have worked on some hard cases in my days but, nothing compared to what just happened." Shocked at what the doctor said, Ozpin motioned for him to continue.
"According to what I received from the report," he paused as he reached for the clipboard that had all of my inquiries.
" Six broken vertebrate, shattered right arm, broken hand, multiple torn muscle ligaments in the arm; hand; and chest, shattered breast plate, punctured lung, I—I mean the list is nearly endless, this boy is a walking corpse," he paused as he looked back at the girls and Ozpin.
"But from the time of the accident; and the time it took him to get here… nearly all of the boys injuries have healed; and fixed themselves without any of us having to intervene," the doc said as he looked at us and turned his body to the left for them to see me shirtless and resting on one of the beds that are in the infirmary.
"There you see, he is fine," professor Ozpin says as he sips his coffee again, not at all phased at the news they were all given.
"Come with me girls…. we have lots of things to discuss." He says as he turns his back to them and begins to walk away. The girls are hesitant as they look back at me still laying down on the bed.
"He isn't going any where, right now he needs to rest, so his power can regenerate," he stops and turns back still looking at the team before continuing to head down the hallway, with the rest of the team following closely behind him. Yang takes one more look back as the door to the room I am in closes, once it closes she still allows tears to fall down, before turning away and entering the elevator.
Ozpin, Ruby, Yang, Blake, Weiss, and one other person reach Ozpin's office as they will soon discover a truth of a forgotten past.
As the group enters the top floor of Beacon academy, the sun was at its highest and the eclipse was hours away, very visible at when it will happen. Ozpin gestured to the group of girls to sit down as he makes his way to front of his desk and places his coffee down on table as he sits.
"I know you girls have many question, and many uncertain feelings, but I want you all to listen to what I have to say first, and the bulk of this conversation will be about Lucio. That is were we will begin his name actually isn't Lucio, its actually….
Sorey Belladonna…" As professor Ozpin spoke the name, all faces turned to look at Blake as she showed the confused expression on her face with shock mixed in.
"Wait… his name isn't Lucio….do—se he know that." Yang ask's with a confused tone.
"No, even now he believes that false name I gave him; he, and you Ms. Belladonna have altered memories of your past for the sake of protection to ensure that the man who captured you both at Mt. Glenn wouldn't find you again. Right before they could get a word out, professor Ozpin rose his hand to motion them to stop so he could continue to speak.
"I am very well aware of the questions you may have, but I need to make sure you all understand first hand at what I am talking about," he said sipping at his coffee finishing it and placing it down on edge of the desk.
" Twenty years ago the expansion of Vale had come into its final stages, but still to ensure that the project would meet with no resistance, four thousand Vale soldier's along with 50 of the best huntsman we had were sent to protect the expansion at any means necessary." He paused for a second and started again.
"That meant that both the soldiers and the huntsman, were stationed there to live there until the project was competed and would then return if they so chose to." the man said with his usual tone until he paused once again and then began again.
"Ms. Belladonna, I knew your mother and father… they… they were my friends, we attended beacon a long time ago. When I was brought up to be headmaster I asked them personally to over see the expansion and placed them in-charge. I had received this months before it fell." He stopped and reached for the only draw in the desk and picked up a photo that was beside the one of team STRQ and showed it to Blake.
As Blake reached for it, the rest of the team stood behind her and looked over her shoulder to see what was on the picture. In the picture was a tall man with dark brown spiky hair; he had bright amber eyes; fairly built body and well tanned; a single armored plated that reached from the top of his shoulder to the hand on his right side; and had a giant blue and green broad sword; and smiled like one of the happiest man alive. The woman who stood next to him was about average height for a woman and had a very light tanned complexion; short jet black hair; she had a skin tight shirt with no sleeves that complemented her figure; gloves; and a lower half that kinda resembled Yang's; and she had beautiful cat ears and bright blue eyes; and two children who were standing on a small stepping stool to keep them at at waist level.
After looking at the picture hard and long, the children that were in the picture were a spitting image of Blake and…. Sorey.
"This… is..my….. family," Blake was trying to say while catch her breathe and fight back the tears; and to finally see the family that she never knew. Soon the tears just came as she placed a hand over her mouth; she just cried and fell into Weiss's shoulder who was sting next to her and just continued to cry getting louder and louder at many years of pent up frustration and sorrow at a family she never knew.
"There names were Terra and Aqua both citizens of Vale, and loving parents." he said as he told them there names. Blake became even more emotional as she heard there names, and realized that this is real, but was even more curious about how they met there end.
"Blake… I understand this must be hard for you, but there is more to this story," he says as he gives Blake a tissue for her to dry her eyes" for this story also will affect you miss Rose and Long." he continues after they sit back down, both Ruby and Yang even more intrigued about what he has to say that will also involve them.
"Like said a few months after I received this picture, Mt. Glenn went dark, communications ceased, until I received a message from Summer Rose." The room froze again as they heard Ruby's and Yang's mother being mentioned.
"She was there at Mt. Glenn," Ruby said with a louder tone than usual, as she heard about her mother for the first time.
"Yes…. she was, I—I sent her there to investigate what happened, and her report was more than horrible. A single man and his hired huntsmen broke the line's that held the grimm away; it was then that the soldiers and huntsman rushed to the defense to allow the citizens to escape….. many soldiers and huntsman died in the initial attack, there defense couldn't hold so in a final attempt they retreaded to the under city where the train transit was. Your mother and father as well as Summer held the line as best they could, but ended up retreating to the lower city as well." He says as his voice got shallow and very slow, as if trying now to make sure he doesn't forget what happened.
"According to the…. the very last message I received from Summer, was that the lower city failed, that an explosion caused a hole in the southern part of the lower city…. and that was the last message I received from… anyone." He said as he lowered his head and removed his glasses to rub his face.
"That alone is all I know about the incident, but now its time for the one person who can actually finish this sad story," as he spoke he gestured to a women who was standing in the back. A women stood out from the shadow's, she was tall woman; she was wearing red and had long jet black hair; and red eyes.
"Mom…" That was all Yang was able to muster as she rose out of her seat in complete shock.
"Yes Yang, it—," without even getting the chance to finish she was embraced by the blonde haired girl; tears flowing; and heavy panting as the girl who was looking so long for her mother has now shown up right in front of her. With only a hand placed on her shoulder she escaped the embrace of her daughter and made her way to where Ozpin was and turned to face the teenage girls.
"I am here to fill in the final and missing parts to this story." Raven says as she removes her grimm mask and places it on the desk.
"I knew Aqua, Terra… and of course Summer, they all fought honorably and with bravery; but it was unfortunately not enough, All three of them fell at Mt. Glenn trying to protect the civilians retreating to Vale, and even that was in vain." She says with no change in attitude or expression.
"Everything from the defenses to the explosion was nothing more than a side mission, there true objective… was the kids. Over 23,000 not including soldiers and huntsman lived at Mt. Glenn and nearly half of them were young children."The shocking news the red eyed woman said, brought nearly all of team RWBY in tears at the news of both Blake's; and Ruby's mother dying for nothing.
"I know this isn't the right to tell any of you this, especially you Ruby, and Blake; but Ozpin believes its time to tell you all the truth, so I will continue… are you ready? Cause this is where things will get more hard." She's says to the already stunned team, they all nod as Yang goes to where Ruby is and hugs her sister tightly as she continues to cry about the story she heard about her mother.
" The man who attacked Mt. Glenn, his name is Dr. Nuvi Bukar, he was a scientist who was trying to find a way to free mankind from the grimm, but the institutions he worked for wouldn't allow him to preform the experiments needed to bring his idea to fruition. He came to find a very rare and powerful dust core; which was only suppose to be a legend, that soon became a reality. He called this dust core….
The Infinity Core…" the women said as she finished her statement about the core.
"From the records I discovered, according to him this core was more than just a powerful dust crystal, it's said that it held the power and soul of the Avatar…."She finished and pulled out a book from behind her and gave it to Yang as she read it aloud.
"The Avatar and the four seasons." Yang said as she remembered the fairytale of the four seasons, but never heard of the Avatar.
"It is said that it was the Avatar who gave the four maidens the powers of the element and created the seasons. according to the ancient text, after he gave them his power his physical body was surrendered and turned into a dust core and was buried at the center of the earth to allow the reincarnation process for the four seasons." The new's team RWBY was hearing was absolutely unbelievable.
"He wanted the power of the Avatar to help humanity bring an end to the grimm, but in order to do that he needed a human host strong enough to fuse with the core directly. So he attacked Mt. Glenn, on his own with a strong band of huntsmen that he was able to convince to help him. He used the confusion to kidnap almost Seven thousand children and took them to an island off the coast of Vacuo," she paused as she was getting to hardest portion of the story.
"After he kidnapped them he came to a conclusion that children was the best option, but in order to survive the core fusion they went through augmentation…. its a inhuman body enhancement procedure that literally destroys the body and rebuilds it all the way from the bone structor to the muscle structor, but its success rate has only a thirty eight percent chance…. which can lead you all to believe that every single child that went under that surgery…. didn't make it." the shocking truth Raven was saying stunned all of them as there was more to the story.
"I know all of this because I was there and I read all of the documents and took them as evidence, but as it seemed all hope was lost after losing so many candids, who couldn't survive the augmentation process, he continued to keep on doing it and soon enough it came down to the two of you… Blake and Sorey." she paused as she looked at the amber eyed faunus.
"In the report, he had been watching Sorey and you for awhile; as he watched y'all he saw how protective Sorey was of you, and never allowed anyone to get to you, and instead of you being punished he would take all the punishment him self. He protected you Blake, even when it came down for you to become the next to under go augmentation." The room stood still as Blake's amber eyes grew smaller in shock and as even more tears started to swell up again and fall down her cheeks, her mouth was opened and then soon covered by both of her hands. Weiss wrapped her arms around the faunus girl and held her tight, soon Yang and Ruby followed suit, Raven paused as she looked at Ozpin; and he nodded to continue.
" He under went the augmentation five times and survived all of them, Nuvi's reports said that as long as it kept you Blake from under going the surgery, he swore he would survive everything; his resolve and will alone kept him going. He then states that he was the one, Sorey would be the one to finally under go the Infinity Core fusion." Raven paused as she neared the conclusion.
"Th—that would mean, that all the s—scars on his body where from all the augmentations surgery's he did," Yang said as she stared at her mother, her eyes turning from the beautiful lilac to burning red.
"Yes that is exactly right," Raven said unfazed by her daughters gaze.
"He then finally began fusing the Infinity Core with Sorey; which…. lead to a successful fusion," She paused as the room's air felt stiff as the fact of hearing the success.
"It was actually because of his fusion with the Infinity Core, that I was able to find him and you. His fusion rebound shot a ray of brilliant bright blue light that lit up the entire night sky. It was truly remarkable, I infiltrated the facility, killed all who stood in my way, got all the documents for evidence and was able to rescue two, young children. I found Sorey on a surgery table with fresh and bloody scars everywhere on his body and even I could sense a very powerful energy coming form him. I wrapped him up in blanket, and you Blake actually came to me some how getting out of captivity yourself and actually found us in the surgery room. During my initial attack, it caught everyone there off guard; but it was enough time for Nuvi to escape. He is the sole reason I have been gone, he needs to be found and made to pay for the innocent blood he has spilled." This time she was showing some type of emotion about the past she had to endure always remembering the child that she to left alone.
"You and Sorey where the only two survivors from the Avatar restoration project, after I found you both I took you both to a Vale Hospital to get y'all checked out and taken care of." Raven said as she looked at Blake.
"And that is where I come in," Ozpin says as he stands up and walks in front of his desk.
"After I received the message from Raven, I made my way to the hospital and that is where I met the both of you. I— I was shocked at what kind of pain your brother went through, he was in continuous pain, but not once…. did he shed a tear, since you miss Belladonna were stirring next to him. He didn't want you to see him cry; since that would make you cry he said still giving you a smile." Ozpin said as he looked at Blake with sincere eyes.
"It was a choice I had to make to not only ensure that he wouldn't be in pain from the memories he was forced to have, but to also keep you both safe from Nuvi. So I had my associate Dr. Tai Lee who specialized in aura points, help me suppress the both of your memories." He spoke soft and clear to the girls as they continued to get bombarded with new truths.
"I gave Sorey, the name Lucio to help make sure he would have no tie to his past; and gave him something to look forward to as he grew up….. but no amount of changes could ever get rid of the scars that covered his body. They would be his constant pain that could never be taken away, fate dealt a him a cruel hand; but it was a hand that he was willing to accept in order to keep his only family left from leaving him to." He said placing a hand on Blake's shoulder as she continues to let tears flow down her cheek, no longer trying to escape them.
"I left Sorey a place for you both to live at; a home that would be anew beginning for you both, but it would seem sometime between the time I left you both and the time he was released, you both were separated from each other once again. So you both lived a lonely life away from each other, never to know who you both meant to each other." He said as he finally revealed everything to the girls in front of him.
Everything is now out, the truth behind not only Sorey's and Blake's family, but as well as Ruby's mother's death and the reason why they can't remember their past; as well as the Avatar Restoration project. Team RWBY has now been told everything; the room grew silent as the girls were now left to ponder and absorb all the information that was given to them. Eye's swollen and red faces from all the crying as the girls still sit in shock they all look at Ozpin in search for more info.
"Miss Belladonna, I can don one last thing for you, my associate is currently with your brother stabling him, but I have given her orders to revive your memories, should you chose to remember everything once again." he says to her as he puts his hands together and leans on his desk." I understand should you feel angry towards me, for you should; and I will not try to convince you that it was justified, I only did what I thought was right for the both of you, I am sorry it turned out this way for you both; but now you all have a chance to do something about it, you could leave it as is or mend the gap that has been made." With that last statement he finishes his saying and leaves the girls to leave when they are ready, all the girls get up and begin to leave, but Yang stay's behind wanting to talk with her mother.
Knowing what Yang wants, Ozpin gets up and leaves his office giving Yang and Raven the time they needed to talk to one another.
"I already know what you want to talk about Yang, and I know I said we had a lot of things to discuss, and I have already said what I needed to say," she says in a distant and cold stern face.
"So what are you going to leave me again…." Yang says surprising her mother.
"I did what I had to do, to protect the people from a monster, who was willing to throw away innocent lives to achieve a goal with almost no chance of succeeding." She said her face becoming more annoyed at what her daughter said.
"What about me… and dad mom…. he and I were devastated and you just left without any warning; any word saying you were okay; and just abandon me." Yang starts to say growing even more and more angry with the women she call's mother.
"I don't have time to deal with your temper tantrum; if you don't have anything real to say to me then we are done," she says cruelly to her daughter. As she begins to walk away Yang and make her way to the elevator.
"I am sorry for being the inconvenience you never wanted." Yang spoke looking down at the ground tears flowing down her cheeks, her eyes are now a bright shade of red. Her shoulders start shaking at the fact her own mother doesn't want her and even possible never loved her. A few moments went by and soon Yang felt a gentle and warm pair of arms wrap around her; bringing her head into the chest of the women as she felt the embrace, she looked in shock as tears were flowing down and landing on Yang's forehead.
"I am only going to say this once, so I want you to listen closely okay," Raven says to her daughter still embracing her tightly. Yang shook her head rubbing against the woman chest as Yang's hand finally wrapped around the woman's waist.
"I saw the world in a way other's feared; it was a way that I was able to continue to do my job to protect humanity, when I met your father and fell in love and soon had you, I was scared of what might happen to me. In the beginning I didn't want to keep you, but your father persuaded me otherwise and do you know what happened. I fell in love with you, my daughter changed me; you changed me. I began to lose myself and would start to lose the way I have been growing so accustom to. I was scared and then an opportunity presented it self with a way to go back to it. That was to find Nuvi and end him; I had promised myself I would leave this life style if I still felt that way after I accomplished the mission and continue to be with you and your father." she said still holding on to Yang tightly.
"That didn't happen, I still held on to you and your father; and was unable to find him no matter what I did. So…I—I did one of the hardest things I ever had to do and that was to abandon, my feelings for you and your father. With me doing that I was able to finally make ground, but little did I realize that years had gone by." As Raven continued to speak Yang felt overwhelming emotions build up; angry; happy; sadness; frustration; and pain at what her mother was saying.
"But I want you to know something Yang, and that is no matter what happened or how I acted I have always loved you and kept you in my heart, I know what I am doing is wrong; but I only ask that you give me some more time to finish this once and for all," As she continued to speak to Yang tears continued to steam even more down her face, she wouldn't let Yang look up at her to see her face.
"I may have been a failure as a mother, but your father did a great job with you, and I am so proud of the beautiful and strong woman you have become. And you are no longer alone Yang, you have your sister; your partner; your team; your friends and the man who loves you." She says to Yang as the tears start to fade and she finally lets go of Yang and looks at her no longer red eyes as they reverted to her bright lilac eyes.
"I have to be leaving soon again, but now that you know the truth, its your choice from here on out to take it and make a difference. Sorey is going to need you more than ever and you need to be there for him." Raven says as she kisses her daughters forehead and looks deep into her daughters eyes and moves away, drawing her sword and swinging it in the air opening a portal.
"Goodbye Yang, take care of Sorey and your sister," she says as she fades into the portal as it closes, and in an instant she is gone, leaving Yang alone in professor's Ozpin's office.
"Goodbye…. Mom…" Yang says as the tears still fell to the ground, but instead of he still face…
She was able to give a small proud smile.
WRITING THIS WAS FUN AND IN THE NEXT CHAPTER THINGS WILL START TO GET REAL OR AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING FOR. IF YOU ARE READING THIS THAN YOU ARE ENJOYING THE STORY AND FOR THAT I APPRECIATE IT. :)