3 Weeks Later
The citizens of Vale are all evacuated, hiding underground in bunkers or on nearby Atlas military outposts that had been established since the invasion started. The streets of Vale were now ghostly; the only beings there were either Gray Mann's forces or a contingent of Atlas Soldiers. It could also be-
BOOM
…Them.
"HAHAHAHAA!" A heavily accented voice sounded throughout the battlefield, barely muffled by the sound of intense gunfire. In the middle of the battlefield, 3 giant robots and a smaller sized robot stood their ground, as a wave of advancing robots began to surround them.
The largest mecha carried a huge rotary cannon fit for its user's size, easily reaching the length of a large van. The gun spewed fire and lead, mowing down Gray Mann's robots. Behind the large mecha, a smaller sized robot with no arms, replaced by railguns, continuously fired slug after slug at high speeds at the enemy. One shot completely decimated a large giant Soldier bot, ripping it's torso in half.
On the railgun mecha's right, a small robot, reaching only half the height of the Heavy Weapons mech flew up into the air, powered by thrusters on it's back and feet. It then continued to fly back down to the ground swiftly and ran it's fist over a few robot's heads, the momentum and velocity of the fist punching their heads clean off the neck. Near the Heavy Weapons mech, another variant of the robots is seen firing salvos of rockets, raining down death upon the horde that surrounded them. Well, tried to.
With a single bullet, the last remaining enemy bot collapsed into a heap of nuts and bolts, making a loud clanging sound that was heard throughout the body littered street. Most of the bodies were of the robot forces, but a few Atlesian Soldiers lay there as well.
"The Engi's Dreadnoughts are awesome! I can impress ladies in this as well." The Scout muttered the last sentence quietly, hoping nobody heard him. "Heavy likes this gun." The Russian heavyweight stated, admiring his new gun.
"How come you guys get fancy robots but we don't?!" A high-pitched voice sounded throughout the battlefield. Looking towards the source of the sound, the pilots saw four girls walking up to them in the middle of the street.
"Probably because of resource problems." Blake, the raven-haired girl commented. "But I want to pilot one! And if I try to ask one of them if I can try 'em, they say-"
"No." The Heavy finished Yang's sentence for her, who waved her hand around with a face that said 'SEE?!'. The heiress of SDC pinched her nose and let out a long and exasperated sigh.
"Let's go back to Beacon!" Ruby chirped. The 4 pilots turned their robot's 'head's to look at each other, before turning back towards Team RWBY and nodding in unison. Ruby pulled out a scroll and pushed on a contact number, and called someone to pick them up.
Due to the Dreadnought's large size, they had to be carried by a single bullhead each. They could always just take the teleporter located in the tower that Atlas had retrofitted into a watchtower and armaments emplacement to Beacon but the tower is too far away. Soon, 4 bullheads came to pick up Team RWBY and Team R.E.D.'s four members. The other five members of the mercenary team are at Beacon, doing what they do normally.
Beacon is the area hit the most lightly, but the damage is still noticeable. Multiple cracks in the wall are visible, with craters littering the avenue, courtesy of a few huge barrages of missiles launched towards the school by Gray Mann's tanks, retrofitted into Soviet-era Katyusha missile launchers. When Ruby got the answer of her question of what are Katyushas, she was having a hard time holding back from drooling.
During the ride, the four members of Team RWBY were blushing except for Yang, due to the Scout's attempt to hit on them. Ruby was blushing the most, while Blake managed to push the blush down her face. Weiss was blushing less than Ruby, but more than Blake. Yang was laughing at the Scout's horrible and cheesy attempt to hit on them, who was almost strangled to death by Weiss.
When the group reached Beacon, they saw multiple students walking around, weapons drawn and ready to engage in combat. A few Atlas Soldiers are visible as well, due to the General's presence in the prestigious academy. The Atlas Soldiers were equipped with their standard-issue automatic rifles and a collapsible blade along with multiple Atlesian Knights to help them. They are well trained, but are easily overwhelmed by the robot forces.
The four red-clothed men powered up their Dreadnoughts, and slowly trudged to the garage which Ozpin had provided for them. It was more of an old warehouse than a garage, but they made it work. When they entered, the Engineer greeted them with a wave, before flipping his Hot Rod down and continuing his work. A brilliant display of sparks commenced as he welded a piece of metal onto the body of his damaged Dreadnought.
Soldier left the group and continued to order a few students to perform push-ups in front of him, which they complied in fear of what the American can do. His reputation of being insane probably contributed to the matter. Scout headed to the cafeteria to get some food in his stomach, and to mop the floor, since he still is a janitor at Beacon, which he regretted not noticing that extra line of text before he signed in the job application form.
The Heavy went to the locker room to put away his weapons and heavy equipment. Along the way, he met Professor Oobleck, and he gave the Russian a lengthy explanation of history of Remnant. Although he does not look like it, the Heavy is actually very intelligent, as he successfully earned a PHD in Russian Literature. After inspecting his weapons, he too headed to the cafeteria to eat.
Team RWBY was also in the cafeteria, chatting about their latest venture into the city of Vale with Team JNPR, who had their fair share of robot kills. Ever since the invasion started, Ruby and Yang were worried about their father, Taiyang. Their worries vanished when their father contacted them using his scroll a week ago, and that he's fine, and is helping the underground shelters.
On more than one occasion, Weiss' father tried to get his daughter to come home back to Atlas where he thinks it's safe, but was promptly declined by the heiress, saying that she is a huntress, and that her job is protecting the people in need of help. After his fourth try to persuade her, he gave up and just gave his daughter a half-hearted encouragement and stopped bothering her.
"…Then, the Heavy's giant gun just ripped through the robots!" Ruby waved her hands in the air, excited at the mere thought of such a huge gun. Nora seemed as excited as Ruby, while Jaune was impressed. Pyrrha just listened with interest, Ren nodding.
The cafeteria was quite empty, due to the fact that the other students had went off to fight against the robot horde, which the population of Vale named them the Tsunami, contributed by their sea blue armor. A few Atlesian Soldiers were patrolling the cafeteria, on alert for any attacks.
Currently, the robot forces, thanks to the Atlas military, had been pushed back to the docks and a one mile radius around it. The robots had been holding their position, and occasionally sending out harassment forces to hinder their ability to drive them out.
"Hey, Purla." One of the Atlesian Soldiers spoke up. His squadmate turned to look at him. "What?" The other soldier is identified as a female, with her high pitched voice and chest.
"Do you ever wonder why we're here?"
"To guard the school from any attacks, du-"
"INCOMING!" A masculine voice sounded. The duo snapped to attention and saw 5 missiles inbound towards their location. They jumped out of the way, narrowly escaping their deaths.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
The missiles exploded, creating large craters in the ground. Students scattered and ran to safety, and some Atlesian Soldiers attempted to shoot down more incoming missiles, but failing and got decimated.
"Check! Anybody hurt?!" The leader of the squad asked. "Leonard is down!"
"Jane's dead!"
"Damn! Get the injured into the infirmaries, and stay on alert!"
Team RWBY came running out from the academy, weapons drawn. Ruby and her teammates looked around, before seeing the Atlas soldiers.
"What happened here?" Ruby asked as she zipped towards the Soldier. "Missiles harassment. Got two casualties, one fatal." Ruby looked behind the Soldier, and wished she hadn't. A body laid there, or what's left of one. Blood covered the ground around the remains; an arm and a torso. The four girls managed to hold their lunch in, and unsheathed their weapons before heading back inside.
Garage
The Engineer heard the missiles exploding, but he did not fucking care. He needed to install this new upgrade into all the Dreadnoughts, and he wanted it done today. He worked with brutal speed, capable of rivaling the Scout if he wanted to.
In under 10 minutes, the Engineer had successfully upgraded the rest of the Dreadnoughts. The new upgrade allowed them to be more resilient, more powerful. Another useful feature of the new upgrade is that all Dreadnoughts are able to activate a get-the-fuck-outta-there power, increasing their speed by 100 percent, as well as making a nice color display.
"Hello again!" The French accented Spy called out behind him. The Engineer waved him off, and continued drinking his bottle of beer he kept in a fridge. As he sat on his Rancho Relaxo, he gulped down an entire bottle of cold beer, before checking his scroll for any more news.
"How's Project R going?"
"Smoothly. Will finish in around a week, with 5 ready from Scout's available stash." The Texan replied half-heartedly. The French assassin nodded and walked out of the ramshackle garage. The Engineer saw an interesting news report and opened it up.
"As of today, the White Fang allied itself with the robotic horde, and is seeking to conquer Vale alongside it's allies." Oh no, this can't be good. "In other news, a police-Atlas military raid on an abandoned warehouse near Northen Vale had resulted in the police successfully capturing a high-ranking White Fang operative." Well, at least something good came out of it.
The Engineer shut off his scroll as he saw four figures entering the warehouse. He muttered something underneath his breath and stool up, beer bottle still in his hands. As the four figures walked towards him, one of them darted to the Dreadnoughts and scrutinized it. With that, the Texan immediately knew who they are.
"Hi Engi!" The brawler of Team RWBY greeted. The Engineer nodded and gestured to a bottle of beer. Yang shook her head, signifying she does not want to drink.
"Is this beer from your world?" The Schnee asked. "Yep, one of the best." He replied. "You want some?"
"… I suppose I can try…" Weiss statement cause her teammates to stare at her, surprised expressions not bothering to hold back. "What?" The Engineer tossed her a bottle, which she managed to catch, although almost dropping it. "Be careful though, its strong!" The Engineer warned. Weiss responded with a light chuckle and proceeded to pour the beer into a small cup which appeared out of nowhere. She put the cup to her lips and started drinking it…
… And promptly spitting it out.
"… Told ya."
"Gah! What is this?!" The Ice Queen yelled. The Engineer shrugged and snatched the beer from her, and drank it all down in one gulp. "You lot wanna have a try?" Ruby darted forward, wanting to try a sip. The Engineer reflexively put the bottle out of the girl's reach. "Nah, you're underage." His response was a sad 'aww' and Yang snatching the bottle and taking a drink.
"…"
"Well, was it good?" The Engineer asked with a smirk. Yang simply continued to finish the entire bottle, and throwing it away.
"What beauty did I just drink?"
10 Seconds later
The Engineer tossed yet another bottle towards the blonde, who was sitting on a small chair. The brawler simply gulped it down and threw it away, repeating the cycle.
"Holy-shit can you drink." The Engineer muttered. As he reached for another bottle, his hands grabbed thin air. Looking down, he saw that the entire crate of beer's contents are all finished. 'Holy shit' He thought to himself.
"Sorry Yang, out of beer. Come back later and I'll have some."
"Wait, if it's finished then how can you get some more?" Blake asked the Engineer. He said nothing as he gestured towards a door behind him. The four girls opened the door with a creak and took a peek.
They saw dozens upon dozens of Dispensers, all generating different materials. One row of Dispensers were generating the propellant 'Gunpowder' and another row is generating 'Booze'.
"Now I know why…" Ruby said as she shut the door. "How do those even work, anyways?"
"I'm not gonna spend an hour explaining how q-" Weiss held her hand up to the Engineer's mouth, cutting him off. "We'll have time for another Science lesson later, now we need to train. Am I right?" Her team nodded, and they went on their way.
"Now that they've finally gone, I can enjoy my-"
"Hey Engineer" Jaune said.
"Oh for fuck's sake CAN SOMEONE STOP ENTERING MY FUCKING GARAGE?!"
Corridors
Medic was carrying a box, full of research materials. Ranging from black market organs, Grimm organs, blood samples to the microscopic bacterium. He whistled the marching tune 'Erika' as he walked down the hallways. As he rounded a corner, he bumped into someone he was all too familiar with. He quickly got up, and the sight of that red skirt is enough to tell him who it was.
"Hallo Ruby… Déjà vu…" The raven haired girl just smiled nervously and chuckled. "What's in the box?"
"Oh, zis? Zis are blood samples."
"Of what?" Yang asked.
"Of your team!" The Medic smiled.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
Then he realized his mistake
"Oh… Schei-" SLAP
"OK, I'm sorry." The Medic muttered, a hand mark imprinted into his left cheek. "What?!" The Medic chuckled nervously.
"Wait!" Weiss suddenly exclaimed, stopping Yang from deploying Ember Celica. "What?" Yang irritably said.
"What language did you just speak?"
"Eh… German?" The Medic replied confusedly. Weiss eyes seem to scrutinize him before she said something in a language which Ruby, Yang and Blake have no clue what is. Surprisingly, the doctor said something again to her and she smiled.
"Hey Medic." Ruby called. "Yes?"
"How did you get our blood samples?"
"When I passed by you all, I got them."
"Ok…" Ruby said, unconvinced, but at the same time scared that the Medic can do something at such speeds.
After saying their goodbyes, the Medic and the four girls parted ways. "Weiss, what did you say to the Medic just now?" Yang asked the heiress. She smiled.
"Their world has a language which is similar to Atlas's language!"
A/N: And that's a wrap! The reason I think that Atlas uses the German Language is because of Weiss' name and weapon name, both of which are German. Also, a new crossover is in the works, RWBY reacting to the meet the shorts. Check it out if you like!
Bye!