Chapter 8: Snowfall And Breakfast

Previously in Operation Redhorn, city hall

"Clear!" a American engineer shouted. his name was Carl, his mission was to provided anti-tank fire for ground troops with his squad and disarm any mines or IED's they found. He and his squad stood in the middle of the city's city hall. The large room was filled with boxes and crates of weapons and ammo. "Think we should blow them up?" he asked.

"I think we made a good haul. Call it in." His CO, Sergeant Johnson stated. (Reference anyone?) One of the squads soldiers, Tom, walked over to a large box with a cover over it and pulled it off. As he did he noticed what it was and his face went pale.

"NUKE!" he shouted as he fell back in astonishment. The troopers turned to look at him, when they noticed the box their faces went pale. "A FUCKING NUKE!"

In front of them was a large box with a radioactive sign on it. "Get on the horn to command. Tell them to stop the operation. Tell them to get everyone out!" Sergeant Johnson ordered.

"Sir… I don't think that's going to matter…" Tom said pointing to the bomb. On the top was a timer that was ticking down. "It's timed."

"Oh shit…" Carl took a step back. "We really are screwed aren't we?" the squad looked at each other in disbelief.

"Can't we try to dis-arm it?" Tom asked

"Cant, we don't have the know-how to do it." Sergeant Johnson stated. The squad watched as the timer went into the single digits. "It's been an honour…"

'BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!'

BOOM

Carl awoke to a cold sensation. He felt water drip down his face as he opened his eyes. When he did he saw snow falling. He was lying in snow. 'Nuclear winter?' He thought as he moved his hand to his head. He groaned as his body started to boot up. He sat up to see he was in a pine wood forest with snow falling around him 'Am I dead?'

"Private!" Carl turned to see the other members of his squad running towards him. Each trudging through the snow. "You alright?" Sergeant Johnson asked.

"Yes sir… Sir, where are we?" Carl asked, he looked at his squad mates to see them scratching the back of their heads.

"We have no idea son, but we are going to get out of this snowfall now." Sergeant Johnson stated, as he helped Carl up. "Corporal! Get radio to command!"

Dan, the squad's communication officer, tried to pull a radio to command but only got static. "Sir, I can't get anything. Only static."

Johnson breathed for a few seconds as he let the cold air into his lungs. "Ok, let's head north. We'll try and find some cover on the way there." He said as he began to walk north. The others quickly following…

Beacon Academy- 2 days after Nuclear Event during Operation RedHorn

Derik and Daniel sat in the cafeteria alone. It was early morning as they ate their breakfast. "Hey Daniel, did you see the Sergeant wake up last night?" Derik asked

"Yes, I think he was having that nightmare again. You know the one with Jack." Daniel replied as he ate a piece of toast.

"Yeah, that one. But I thought he hadn't had that dream in months?" Derik questioned

"Maybe it's because of the stress he's been having on how we got here. Or its about what almost happened to you. You almost died." Daniel replied.

"I was thinking that… I hope he gets better." Derik sighed as he took a swig of his coffee.

"Hey guys!" They both turned to see Maddie and Uri walking over to them with books under their arms. They sat down next to them, one next to Daniel and one Derik.

"Let me guess… Learning about the world?" Daniel asked

"Yep! You guys should see this; they have this thing called Dust which is like our Oil but its way cooler!" Maddie started. For another 5 minutes they spent talking about what they had learned. As more students started to flood in they found that people watching them was increasing. "Guys… people keep staring at us…"

"I can tell…" Uri said as he growled quietly. Derik noticed a group of students coming over to them. two where Taiyang's daughters while the other two were the ones that brought them to the cafeteria on their first day. 'Team RWBY eh…' he thought. They walked next to them and sat next to them. "And what can we do for you ladies?" Uri asked

"We came to say hi since it seems like everyone's afraid of soldiers." The girl called Yang answered.

"Thanks then. At least you guys have got guts." Derik answered "So what you guys think of our initiation."

"Yeah, is it that hard when you girls did it?" Daniel asked

"You guys had it way harder than us. We did get flung by catapult into the forest instead of being dropped in by bullhead but you guys had ta army of Beowulf's to face. And you all came out alive. I'll say well done." Yang answered. Everyone smiled and Derik noticed something. Yang kept looking at him and staring for a few seconds before looking away. He cocked his head to the side slightly as he thought about her expressions. Suddenly the loud speakers came alive

"Could the initiates from yesterday come to professor Ozpin's office please."

The squad stood in the office with Professor Ozpin sitting in his desk. He sipped his coffee. "I've decided that your team of soldiers will be split into three 4-person groups. Uri, Nelson, ted and Derik are team UNTD (UNiTeD), Keith, Nick, Daniel and Maddie are team KNDM (KiNgDoM) and lastly the mortar team of Darren and Gen along with Beth and Red…"

"Wait your names Beth! Why did you not tell us!" Nick asked the Blackhawk Pilot.

"You never asked…" Beth replied, seeming to be quite shy, same with her gunner, Red.

"As I was saying. Beth, Red, Gen, Darren will be team BRGD (BRiGaDe). Team UNTD lead by Uri. Keith will lead team KNDM and Beth will lead team BRGD. Any questions." Ozpin finished. No one spoke up. "Good, when you go on missions all of you will go as one full team, however due to room constraints and classes. You will work in your 4's."

AN: Hello, I hope you all are enjoying the story thus far. but things are only getting started. because soon, everything changes. the first few chapters are to show the character and the beginning of there stay in Remnant. after chapter 10 though, things are going to hit the fan... BIG TIME... And war is coming... I also want to say thank you for the amazing review i am getting for this story and i will definitely be adding alot more to it. And maybe... a bit of romance... ;)

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