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Chapter 3: no way home
Earth orbit
Alpha Flight
It has been 4 weeks since the hunters had arrived on the terrestrial moon. For the inhabitants of remnant everything seemed so unreal, the broods, the silver racer and their destroyed planet. Nothing seemed to make sense, they along with the cinder psychopath were all that remained of their home, something that aroused great insecurity within them.
Jaune still didn't believe what was happening, sometimes he woke up hoping it was just a bad dream, he just wanted to be a hero like his father and grandfather, was it too much to ask for a destiny full of adventures? He first lost Pyrrah... now all remnants along with his family. How could they even move on after that?
Ruby and yang couldn't get their parents and uncle out of their heads especially ruby, it hurt her especially not to have properly said goodbye to her father and her faithful dog or worse she hoped that Qrow hadn't had to suffer the last moments alone, Yang for her part wondered if Raven had thought of her in the last few moments, even for a brief second.
Nora, Blake and Weiss handled the situation a little better than the others, Weiss lamented the loss of her mother and that of her brother in recent days, he proved to be very different from her father, a part of her even lamented the fate of her father , maybe she was a jerk, but at the end of the day it was her father. Blake had at least the consolation of having said goodbye to his parents on their terms even so his chest ached every time he thought of his mother, for his part Nora was not an insensitive being at all, however, it helped to mitigate the burden of the pain when the two most important people in your life were by your side.
Ren and penny coincidentally shared the same sentiment...failure.
Oscar blamed himself for not having properly said goodbye to his aunt on the way to mistral many times he thought that she would surely be worried about him, sometimes he looked in the mirror and wished he had said goodbye to her in a better way and not worry her, he would only have to apologize when the time came, that's what he believed at least, now he could only live with that.
Ozpin for his part did not know how to feel for a fleeting moment he really contemplated true death, will salem have felt the same way? Perhaps ozma's eternal suffering would not know the end, even above that of the remnant himself
And with regard to Winter... she was trying to maintain his composure if remant had left, if they really were the last thing left of his people he would not allow it to be in vain, if they were alive it was for a reason, if not why punish them? in that way?
They have learned a lot from this strange new planet called Earth. Unlike their home world, the terrestrials had the technology to have a complex base in space, something like that in remnant was impossible, at least at the time the catastrophe occurred. The earthlings shared practically the same physiognomy as them with some exceptions.
It was very strange in the first cultural exchanges as well as the extra coincidence that both in Remnant and on Earth both races called themselves "humans".
What most caught the attention of the group was the revelation that the Grimm did not exist in this world
Thinking about it logically, Salem created the Grimm without her, presumably if there was life on other worlds, the Grimm would not be a problem. The other great moment of shock was the revelation of something that could only be fiction or so they believed, the existence of superheroes, in another time Jaune and Ruby would have jumped for joy at those words now it was just a surprise in a sea of them.
From what he had seen so far, the terrestrial culture and the remnant culture were not very different, it was certainly very curious how they coincide with many aspects of the same that was scary.
Thanks to the intervention of charles Xavier they were able to learn the language of the earth thanks to the telepathy of the leader of the x-men Xavier's experience with alien languages with which the "x-men" have crossed and his time with Lilandra the sh'iar empress had made Xavier an expert in non-terrestrial languages, teaching young people was not a challenge or well at least teaching them the most widespread language of it, yang could not understand how there were so many languages on earth, with practice in a few months they could read and write the language fluently.
Naturally they had to submit to all kinds of tests from the alpha flight agents, explain aspects of their skills, weapons and culture, at first they were reluctant, but given what happened they had no choice but to fully cooperate. For some reason they had to be very detailed regarding their semblances and the aura, they assumed that on earth the aura was handled in a different way.
After much discussion the so-called most powerful heroes on the planet advocated for them, offering a refuge for the group, Xavier and Dr. Richards likewise offered asylum after Abigail corroborated after many and extensive tests that they did not indeed have a double intention.
And there she was, Ruby Rose sitting alone looking at the huge planetary sphere below her, it wasn't remnant but it was so similar, never in her life did she even imagine seeing something even similar. The earth was so big that it put things into perspective.
"It's beautiful isn't it" a voice pulled ruby out of her thoughts, it was the voice of Captain Rogers approaching her side. In a way Steve Rogers reminded him of his own father in more ways than one, they both had a reassuring vibe to his words.
a little custom that ruby had adopted in these few days was to see the planet from the crystals of the facility, one of the few things that calmed ruby since they were there, fortunately alpha flight gave them clothes after seeing how damaged the originals, the sportswear of the agents was not very different from the one presented in the atlas academy
- "It is, it's very beautiful... you know... now that I think about it I've never been able to see remnat in this way, I even think that no one has been able to see it in this way... it makes me wonder about everything I've missed... and since now I won't be able to do it, even if I want to" - ruby's tears for her home have long since stopped flowing, but the pain remained
- "I know what it's like to wake up in a world you don't know, a world where you think you don't fit in and feel the regret of not having done more, of imagining what the world would be like if a catastrophe hadn't taken us away from it, it won't be easy ruby you will never forget that feeling, but with time you will be able to get up again and see tomorrow with hope"
- "Thanks cap. I really appreciate it, it's just that it still hurts a lot" - taking his hand to her chest he thought of his father and zwei
- "I know ruby, I know" – Rogers himself knew what it was like to lose a loved one and not say goodbye- "it's time, are you ready?"
- ... "I am" -
Accompanied by the war veteran, Ruby followed him to a common room, all her friends were waiting for her, the remnants had agreed to a psychiatric evaluation with Xavier one by one they would go private with him. Ruby looked at her team and they all nodded.
It was time to take the first step
- "I'll be with you on this" - he said putting his hand on her shoulder- "I won't go"
- "Thanks Cap".
Winter
The room was comfortable, it was hard to believe that it really wasn't one of the many rooms in the academy in atlas. Winter never really needed therapy, her military training had prepared her to face many things, although certainly the end of your civilization was not one of them.
Xavier at this point already knew the basics of each of the hunters, but he wanted to delve into them, he could have read their minds thoroughly, although he preferred that they were the ones who shared his thoughts
- "Tell me Winter, are you comfortable?"
- "certainly iam, in more ways than one Professor"
- "As you know, we have tried to make the experience as pleasant for you given the circumstances"
- "I know, I am... I was a military, this type of behavior in foreigners is not something usual, at least not in times of need".
- "I don't mean to offend you, but you guys are needy"
- "I know, but... Why have they helped us? I don't want to be ungrateful, but you have been very accommodating to some strangers from the other side of the galaxy"
- "It's what we do, we help those in need, regardless of their creed, their appearance or their place of origin"
- "How I would have wished that in remnant we had been so united"
- "Don't get me wrong, one of humanity's greatest flaws has always been its inability to accept what it doesn't understand, racism and xenophobia abound on our small planet, probably even much higher than yours, that's why men like me or captain rogers or dr richards do everything in our power to turn that around, make our world a better place for everyone"
- "That sounds good, they remind me a lot of general ironwood and ozpin as they both used to be, a beacon of hope for all
- "I'm glad to hear that, we hope that over time you can place your trust in us"
"Me too, I really hope so," she said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
- "Tell me Winter what you fell. The true"
- "What do you mean?"
- "There is something that you have carried, isn't it?"
- "I... I can't stop feeling like a failure, before Remnant's fall it seemed that every decision and action I made only generated a negative response. I clung to my belief in the army, cut ties with my family except with Weiss, everything to focus on myself maybe it wasn't out of arrogance or vanity but I did it, everything to get away from the life in which my father wanted to bend me"
-"the sins of the fathers usually tend to hit the children more"
-"Yes... I think... I hate my father, no... rather, I stopped considering him as one a long time ago, he was just the guy who gave us life, maybe at some point it was my father , unfortunately that is a thing of the past and now we are here in an unknown world, a world where everything I work for in my life is worth nothing, where my legacy is worth nothing".
- "You're wrong, Winter"- Xavier approached her- "all that is worth something, it's worth it for your sister, it's worth it for you, those achievements and failures shaped you into what you are now, but there's still a long way to go, you shouldn't feel ashamed or sad On the contrary, let them be the engine that drives you in this new chapter of your life".
- "I think I know what you mean, I thank you Professor Xavier, I appreciate you taking the trouble to worry about us, I try to remain stoic for my sister and these sessions have helped me... much more than I would like to admit in fact"
- "Please, I've already told you, just call me charles" - a nostalgic feeling invaded xavier in a certain way Winter reminded him when he first met Scott
Winter, for her part, hadn't been so open to a person since General Ironwood, although Charles Xavier was notably more gracious in his words.
Nora
Nora had never been a defeatist since she met Ren, she has tried to see the positive side of life, she may not be as optimistic as Ruby herself, but like the silver-eyed girl, she chose to have faith. She even now she did not lose faith that they would come out ahead one way or another
- "Tell me, nora, I've noticed that you've coped with this better than the others, why is that?"
- ... "this will be just between us, right?"
- "I intend to give a report on my assessment of you, notwithstanding those aspects that you choose to remain among us, I will respect them".
- "Thank you, see I... I don't want to sound cold or insensitive or something like that... remnant was my home, I have... I had many friends there, unlike Jaune I never really wondered if there was something else out there remnant I just assumed that you know it was everything... at least for me it was. I... for a long time I only wished for a simple life, to be a hunter together with ren and fight against the Grimm, maybe start a family and die together with my grandchildren".
- "I guess that has changed"
-"Essentially no, superficially yes, helping people, saving the Grimm kingdoms even embarking to defeat salem and the truth of ozpin, all are things that have changed not only me and all of us but"
- "But"
- "I am not sad for having survived, on the contrary, I am happy, everyone is devastated in one way or another, they have lost not only friends, fathers, mothers, brothers, loves, purposes, even a destiny, but me, me…. I'm…relieved, because my family is alive with me in this, because for me that's them"- nora took a moment to think about what to say as she wrapped her arms around herself- "not friends, they are my family Jaune, Ren, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Oscar, I don't know Penny and Winter at all, but they are important to Ruby and Weiss... you know even Professor Ozpin is part of everything in one way or another, with them here I feel... happy …and then I see yang and…I feel like a damn thing that I don't feel like I've lost something…or worse that I'm…happy"…
-"Nora"
- "I-I can't even imagine what yang is going through and I…I…I'm happy, how can I even see her again knowing that"- Xavier approached her with warmth in his touch- "tell me that makes me a bad person? is there something wrong with me? How can I handle this?"
- "Nora I don't have an easy answer, however, this is the first step and I can assure you that you are not a bad person at all".
-"I guess then these sessions will continue, right?"
-"there are ways to make them private without worrying what others think"
- "that would help professor"
Oscar
- "There are many things that I regret in my short life now especially I wonder how different things would be if I had at least properly said goodbye to my aunt..."
- "Nobody can predict the future oscar sometimes we have to make difficult decisions and live with the consequences, tell me do you regret the path you have taken"
- "I... I don't, I mean I've been through a lot and even so I met my friends, I discovered a value that I didn't know I had and I even began to feel that I was part of something bigger than myself, since I took this cane my life changed"- firmly attached to long memory together with crosea mors they were the only weapons that remained relatively in good condition and as they did not represent problems they were returned to him and jaune– "I don't know what to expect from this world... from the earth i just know i no longer wish to live with regret, remnant is gone there is no more grimm there is no more salem... but we are still here if i ever had a destiny that doesn't matter anymore i'll make sure we all get through this for those who are not with us for those who did not make it"
- "You are a brave young oscar"
- "Thank you, although I do not consider myself brave, before arriving at atlas in mistral I was afraid of everything, I really did not know that this odyssey I was getting into would come out, I felt like a usurper of a position that was not mine"
-"Adapting to a new environment is even more difficult in your situation. Did you find support in your friends?"
- "at the beginning it didn't feel like that, everyone was very nice even jaune, because of what happened in beacon I really thought that he wouldn't like me you know, I was wrong about that aspect everyone welcomed me genuinely and jaune accepted me in his team, he made me part of them, nothing forced him to do that, when oz's secret was revealed I thought they would discard me at the first opportunity"
- "more was not the case"
- "no it was not, my friends, they really wanted me to accompany them, me a simple farmer, they were worried about me, they gave me a vote of faith jaune and ruby did it. I won't lie to you I'm scared, scared of Salem even now, I don't know if she's really gone or she's floating around in space or whatever, I'm scared of the future that awaits us...
- "the future is a path that we certainly cannot predict"
- "I won't give in to fear anymore, not for me, I'm just a...was a simple farm boy who accidentally got involved in a war between two immortals, now that war is over and I'm still here, we continue here, from now on the only thing that matters to me, the only thing that motivates me is to protect them, because they are everything to me"
- "you are very brave oscar, you are still young and I know you have been through a lot"
-"I think I'm getting used to that, although I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing"
- "That will depend on your point of view my young friend"
- "je now you remind me of ozpin"
- "Speaking of ozpin i can?"
- "Of course"-Oscar's eyes shone - "greetings Professor Xavier as always it is a pleasure to talk directly with you" - when Xavier wavered in Oscar's mind it was a surprise to find more than one conscience in the young man, initially he believed it was a similar case al of his son legion quickly realized that this was not the case certainly knowing that ozpin was someone as long-lived as En Sabah Nur himself would be for his world was a surprise
- "The pleasure is mine professor ozpin"
- "Once again I express my gratitude for the way in which they have taken care of my students given the very particular conditions in which we appeared"
- "For mens in our line of work it is not so particular, to tell the truth"
- "Understand"
- "Tell me for a man like you someone who practically watched remnant grow and change for countless years to know that now... it's gone, how it has taken"
- "As you say I have lived a long time I have seen countless allies fall and betray me I have seen kingdoms fall and rise I have seen children march to their deaths, as well as show me a better way"- ozpin sigh - "for so long I have been trapped in a cycle that it seemed that there was no end and for a moment a brief moment I contemplated what I thought would be my end... the longing for peace"
- "And yet that was not the case"
- "No, it was not, however, if I have learned something from my many lives, it is the ability to adapt, I do not know if in this "earth" I will find the peace that I long for, for the first time in centuries I face the unknown and I would lie If I don't have a degree of emotion in it"
- "It's interesting, on the other hand, how do you think boys adapt?"
- "... losing something as precious as their families, their own planet and their culture is a pain that frankly I don't know how to deal with. My students are strong, this may be the biggest challenge they will deal with even more than having faced with salem itself, if you had asked me before if they would get over it if they would rise up i would have denied it"
- "I guess that's not the case anymore"
- "Guess well they have a spark that I haven't seen in years I'm sure everyone will be able to face this challenge and overcome it"
- "He has a lot of faith in them"
-" Once I lost faith in myself, I want to believe that at least I have recovered some of it since those children confronted a truth that for a long time surpassed me, that I bend to tell the truth"
- "I think I know what he means myself, I have seen how young people have sometimes worked miracles and I begin to see that spark, that variable "x" in them"
- "I'm grateful for that professor"..
- "There is something that bothers you"
- "This world, the earth is new for all of us, but there is something I want to know... tell me... believe in magic?"- ozpin asked cautiously
- "Magic?"
- "I guess not. Please ignore my question"
- "You're wrong magic certainly exists on earth"- ozpin's eyes widened- "only it's not my field or any of those present, magic is the field of Dr Stephen strange the sorcerer supreme, well in a way one of my students is partly magical but as I mentioned it is not my field"
Ozpin now really showed a peculiar expression
- "Would you allow me to talk to this Dr. strange ?"
Ren
- "you have been very quiet Ren"
- "It's just... I've never been very good at expressing myself".
- "That's fine, as I've already told you in every session we've had so far, you don't have to force this if you want, we can finish right now ren!"
- "No... go ahead I... I... feel disappointed"
- "Disappointed?"
- "With myself, I feel that I failed... that we failed"
- "The danger they faced was not something they could deal with ren not many could deal with something like that
- "It's just... now I can't help but wonder if we had faced Salem... would we have lost? And I can only think that that would have been the result...night after night I can only imagine how salem would have defeated us...in fact killed me a jaune a...nora"
- "Ren yo talk with this with your team?"
- "No...I... trusted Jaune and Ruby even trusted Ozpin... it's just that, we weren't ready, we weren't, we entered a war thinking that only the good will to win would be enough that we would succeed against the adversity, but that was not the case, when we face a larger force we just attack without a real plan without coordination we act like novices"
- "It is true that they are young, they have gone through something that no one should experience, you have lost confidence in yourself I know it will be difficult, but I guarantee you that I know you will be able to get out of this"
- "you speaks very sure of that professor xavier"
- "I am a teacher I have seen others like you go through similar things I have seen them be able to overcome it and I know that like them I know you will achieve it"
-"Well, I'm not so sure right now".
Jaune
- "Hurt? no, traumatized its a better way to say it..."
- "Jaune we have already talked about this, your reaction is natural given what they faced"
- !I-I, I froze professor everything happened so fast I couldn't coordinate my team we act like beginners no worse than that we just tried to overwhelm him with brute force, maybe if I had thought of a plan we wouldn't be here, maybe I'm not cut out to command I think I should quit, it's probably for the best I've been thinking about it for a while"
-"Who do you recommend to take your position?"
- "Oscar is a rookie, he is still learning how to fight and his duality with ozpin makes him unstable, nora is very impetuous, penny is still too eager to please others in search of friendship to cling to, added of course to her new nature as a maiden , yang and Ren carry too much anger on their shoulders for different reasons, but there it is, blake and weiss are practically the emotional supports of their team and she herself can hardly bear her own weight they cannot handle the burden of leadership in these conditions on all of Blake with all that she has endured and Winter is too disconnected from us to fully trust her".
- "Making Ruby the only option to lead both groups"
- "I can't pass on the burden of something like that...not under these circumstances...we can both deal with that weight together, but only one of us can't...it seems that I should withdraw my resignation"
- "jaune being a leader is not synonymous with never being afraid, I myself have had times when I don't know what to do and I doubt myself
- "You... do you mean it?"
- "of course I do you should not feel responsible"
- "how not to do it, if pyrrah were here she would surely have been more useful than me"
- "don't say that jaune, don't denigrate yourself like that, from what I know of pyrrah she would not agree with your reasoning"
-...
Penny
penny's physical recovery was a relief to her friends, especially winter and ruby, although the former did not admit it, it was thanks to tony and reed that penny was 100% functional again, her systems were no longer in danger despite her morale on the other hand.
knowing what happened to remnant was a total shock for the gynoid, thinking about her father and maria devastated penny's always jovial and positive mood it was only thanks to ruby that she didn't sink into depression, even jaune tried to encourage penny he himself remembered how he process the loss of pyrrah
Unlike the rest of the cases, Penny required special treatment in her sessions with the professor. Being a machine, Xavier really couldn't read her mind, which is why she requested vision support. Penny's recovery was satisfactory, the gynoid showed progress although she carried a growing feeling of failure.
- "It was all my fault"- he said looking at the ground, like the rest he used the suit given by alpha flight
- "Penny, from what we know of the scenario in which they fought, that is incorrect"- speak vision - "you cannot blame yourself for not having subdued a rival who greatly surpassed them in power"
- "You're wrong, Mr. Vision, I was supposed to be the defender of Mantle, the one who would protect people, in the end I'm just a bad joke, a loser, in Beacon I was the first to fall, my "death" only attracted more Grimms and problems to my friends, when I was finally rebuilt I thought I was doing my part, but I was only fooling myself"- Penny's face reflected immense sadness-"many people died in the first mantle attack, many faunus, many soldiers... I failed them all, I took away Winter's destiny and so, I do not control these powers and they were not useful to protect my home when I needed them most...If only I had done a good job maybe I don't know that monster wouldn't have been interested in us
- "That's maybe is right" - affirmed the synthezoid, his words sounded cruel
- "Vision!" – Xavier claimed the avenger
- "However, true or not penny has given to you something that not many people have and yearn for"
- "what do you mean?"
- "Opportunity, penny from what little I have seen of you I have realized something in my analysis, you are one of the most advanced machines in terms of emotional complexity, your emotions are 100% real just like me or others similar to me , your brain patterns can not only understand and replicate human emotions, they are capable of generating their own"
-"What does that have to do with what I mentioned?"
- "The fact penny is that even if you had defeated the silver racer or even if Winter had ended up being the winter maiden that doesn't change the fact that you didn't give up, until the end you were Mantle's protector, raise your head proudly penny polendina, maybe you couldn't protect remnant, but I assure you that you can still avenge her"- Penny's eyes regained a bit of their shine- "now you have a power that you don't understand, it's your duty to learn to use it and honor those who are no longer here , that penny, that's your chance"- vision approached her
Penny looked wide-eyed at the vision, her words moved and motivated the gynoid, her father was gone, but she would not give up. Remnant is gone and her mission with him for some reason she was here above all odds she was here and she wouldn't let this opportunity go to waste.
Yang
The blonde looks at Xavier with apparent calm as he ate a bag of chips.
- "let me clarify this yang, you say that you are recovered and ready for what the earth has to offer"
- "yep, don't get me wrong I miss my Dad, zwei and of course Qrow even Raven a little, but you know, I already went through this depression once and I don't want to go through the same thing again I think it's time to Turn the page, admit that the first two or three sessions helped, but I'm already recovered, it will be hard of course and I don't demerit it, Professor, I know I'm prepared for whatever comes" - explain, piling up chips in her mouth
- "you lost a arm, your friends and sister are traumatized maybe for life in addition to having lost your relatives and the place you called home do you really expect me to believe that you are okay?"
- "I wouldn't say fine, fine, just a little better than the rest"
- "yang these sessions are for your recovery, the trauma tends to be recurrent in some, it is important that you open up"
- "Look I appreciate all this teacher, I know what you are trying to do and I really appreciate it I mean it, I do it, but in the end the silver guy beat me and I was unconscious, I missed all the fun there is no trauma, I don't need this crazy things and all that"
- "You are too tough to need help is what you say"
- "Your words not mine, but essentially yes, more or less yes...maybe"
- "Or very hard to admit asking for help, yang don't be hard on yourself asking for help at a time like this is not a sign of weakness we are not your enemies as we have shown"
- "I already know that..."
- "I understand that when you lost your arm things did not go very well"
- "those are not happy days to remember "
- "yang I'm sure you're partly trying to be strong for ruby- yang tensed a little at that comment- I can see that you're a brave young woman, you try to convey an image of confidence to the rest to make them feel at home in some way as if everything it was a dream"
-..."I must have"...
- "I'm sure the RWBY team is strong"
- "we are, but once we almost dissolved we managed to go through many tests to get back together, I can't let that happen again, I must be a pillar for everyone, I don't want to be like my mother, I will protect them because I know that they will do the same for me i know they all will"
- "what do you mean not being like your mother"
- "As Raven, she is my biological mother, I have had a lot of time to think and I… spent many years looking for her believing that in some way it was my duty to do so, Raven my left me and dad when i was a chield, Summer the mother of Ruby the biological became my real mother, Raven chose to be a leader before a mother she chose to be alone than to be a mother, I crush her feelings, because she was afraid... I can't be like that, I care about people professor, Weiss, Ruby and Blake are everything to me, Nora Ren Jaune Oscar and Penny are the closest friends I've ever had, when the team was formed many asked me if I wasn't jealous that Ruby was the leader"
- "i guess you weren't"
- "On the contrary, I was proud and I still am ruby... she is a born leader although sometimes she doesn't believe it herself, she may not always agree with her, normal between brothers I guess hehe and even so I believe in ruby... you know ruby has taught me something and it is really to prevail until the end, I don't know why we are here, because we and not another group I don't know I just know that I will never let that happen again, maybe I'm not a leader like ruby or raven, but I will become a shield, a bastion that protects my friends" - she declared while her eyes turned red - "and I assure you, professor, that I will not be knocked down again".
Blake
- "Confused, scared, frustrated, sorry where to even begin" - Blake had his hands on both legs held with his faunus ears drooping
- "You have been through a lot Blake, particularly you have experienced change on more than one occasion"
- "You could say yes" - speak with a slight depressive tinge
- "Tell me is there something you left unresolved in remnant
- "Not at all, for a while I was lost wandering aimlessly when I joined the white fang I believed in the cause I believed it was the right thing to do however things went wrong little by little until I reached a point where I did not recognize myself"
- "This white fang from what you have told me is that radical group that sought equal rights for the faunus"
- "At first it was like that, then it just became a group of supremacists who sought to practically eradicate humans, especially Adam, he and I... we used to be on the same page or so I thought"
- "I think I can understand very well what it is to deal with that crossroads"
- "Our relationship became a breach of trust when I left him and looked for an opportunity on beacon to start over, find myself"
- "From what I see despite what happened in beacon I can confirm that you found what you were looking for"
- "That's right, I found it with my friends, I felt complete with them, without realizing it they became members of my family"- a smile formed in the faunus girl and then disappeared- "even now I wake up worried about my parents hoping in that it's all a bad dream and that when i wake up i'll be at atlas academy with the others having pancakes for breakfast with nora complaining about penny waking us up tomorrow while jaune and nora compete for who can eat their cereal the fastest and then i remember things no longer they are so this is the reality"
- "What can you tell me about your violent reaction when you saw Yang lose to the racer?"
- "I... seeing yang in that state reminded me of the day beacon fell with yang wounded, back then I escaped, I felt guilty about what was happening, guilty that yang lost his arm. Something inside me shot up when I saw her yes again"
- "You care a lot yang truth Blake"
"More than anything," he said, bringing his hand to his chest.
- "Do weiss and ruby know about the type of relationship that you and yang handle"
- "Well no... even though I think Weiss suspects something, as for ruby I think she hasn't noticed, it's not like we're ashamed or anything like that, it's just one of those things that you don't know when to say without it being weird"...
- "I see, tell me Blake what are you going to do now"
- "For some time I made a decision and that has not changed, I will stay with my friends and protect them come what may".
Weiss
- "Seems so unreal, remnant gone, forever"
- "How have you coped with this weiss"
- "It's strange... most of my life I thought that my path was already written, I was the heiress of the largest dust company, I never lacked money and neither did I lack talent for combat, but my house was like a cage, Winter left her taking refuge in the army I admired her I wanted to be as brave as her, although my father did not want me to follow in my sister's footsteps he educated me to inherit the legacy of the schnee family he believed that was enough to be happy"
- "I imagine that was not the case"
- "The truth is that even now it surprises me how things happened when I entered beacon I thought that everything would be on a silver platter that I would have the most suitable team to impress my father and winter"
- "Instead you found in the team RWBY a sincere friendship, friends who saw not weiss schnee the billionaire heiress or the high society girl, not instead you found people who really saw weiss the person"
- "That's right, when I joined beacon I only had one sister... now I have 4"- a smile adorned Weiss's face- "and 4 other great friends, I used to believe that destiny was something I wouldn't worry about, life It has taught me that the paths we take are unpredictable, what happened in remnant I don't know how it will affect us as a group I don't know what awaits us on earth"
- "Certainly the earth is not exactly a utopia"
- "I know that, professor, we have been reading a bit about it, I am surprised by the similarities with remnant in fact. Still, I'm not afraid of what the future holds"
- "You sound very confident"
- "We got here, I don't know if it was fate or coincidence, I only know that now we are here and I know that we will recover, as long as I live I will make sure to honor the legacy of my family and show the terrestrials that the Schnee surname is worth something and that the RWBY team will recover, first of all. And I trust the rest of our friends will too"
- "Weiss I'm surprised how well you handle these"
- "I have to do it not only for myself, right now we are all a very strange family, but family at the end of the day, one that should support each other, it is something more than what my father gave me in fact"
- "Do you miss your parents Weiss?"
- "My relationship with them was not always the best, despite everything, they were my parents, I am not a monster despite the fact that we have not been close for a long time, I would be lying if I said that I would not like to see them once again, the only regret I have I have is not being able to be closer to my brother and mother. I hope that wherever you are, you are at peace"
Ruby
The leader of the RWBY team was one of the most affected initially. Knowing that everything she believed in that she loved now was nothing more than cosmic dust was a huge blow to her morale, even for someone like Ruby this was beyond her. With the passing of the days, Ruby was able to gradually recover her composure and her usual humor... at least a part of it.
The people of the land had treated them well caring for them of course they were subjected to tests and interrogations, something understandable. Just like jaune ruby had spent many hours reading comics of all kinds. Knowing that there are actually superheroes on earth surprised her in another time that would have awakened in ruby an immense joy in him now it only calmed her sadness
- "Ruby, are the nightmares gone?"
- "They are no longer frequent every day that passes I think I begin to forget them a little more"
- "I'm glad that, your sister is glad to know that you're improving"
- "I know professor, yang is usually very overprotective, she still sees me as her little sister"
- "It is normal between older brothers to become protective with the least... or well in most cases"- he said remembering his relationship with cain
- "Although I wish I didn't put so much burden on her, I'm not stupid, I can see how everyone acts, try to be strong so that the others don't fall apart even now I try to be optimistic myself"
- "But"
- I…I am afraid, I am not referring to a fear that prevents me from moving forward, I really believe that we can overcome this, we must do it not only for ourselves but for everything we lost, I want that to be worth something that remnant is something that is not forgotten"
- "what are you afraid in concret ruby?"
- "the future I guess...lately every time I take a step forward the universe seems to spit in my face and take me back two steps, salem, the broods and...galactaic, things used to be simple before, Grimm vs huntsman, hunt help people, easy no?... now I don't even know if we can still call ourselves huntsmen and huntress, there is no longer grimm just something else to write down in the cosmic list of things that I have lost"- a sad countenance adorns the face of the girl with silver eyes
- "It is true that in a general plane many times it seems that the universe conspires against us"- Xavier took ruby by the hands- "look at me ruby, since I was born many have hated me not because I have done something bad intrinsically they only hate me for the fact that being born for them was perceived as something bad, an abomination, the mine, the mutants are discriminated against and hated only because of a different gene that gave us our peculiar abilities, throughout my life many times I considered throwing in the towel, that the effort was not it was worth more, that fighting would come to nothing and even now there are days when I wonder if homo superiors and homosapiens found peace"
The girl watched Xavier attentive to his story
- "Along the way I have lost many things, friends, loves, opportunities, my legs as you can see, however there is one thing I have learned, that things will never be easier there will never cease to be challenges that want us to fall, that we give up It is up to us to get up, to see those challenges, those failures, the victories and transform them into our greatest weapon, our faith"
- "Je reminds me of my Dad professor"
- "From what I know Tai he was a good man, and you are a great woman Ruby"
- "Thank you, I still don't know what tomorrow holds for us on earth"- she took his hand to his heart- "but I know we will overcome it together"
- "Great words ruby"- now there was no doubt for Xavier ruby rose was undoubtedly very similar to jean gray a look full of kindness compassion mixed with courage.
cinder
Unlike the rest, after finding out Cinder Fall's past, she was placed in a containment chamber once it was confirmed that her life was not at risk. when she woke up she made a ruckus for about an hour she spent screaming, cursing and kicking.
unlike the rest cinder now she was dressed in orange clothes and with a metal "cast" that restricted her arm.
It took time to let the Maiden of Autumn know what his situation was, his world was gone and with him. She loves her. And that she was cinder without her master
... Free...
Sword's agents constantly monitored cinder's actions.
Xavier entered the bedroom, a large crystal was all that protected Professor X from the insane maiden.
- "You can withdraw"- he order the sword agents, they obeyed the order- "hello cinder"
- "oh what sorprise, its a honor professor x"- surprisingly cinder was calm despite wearing prisoner clothes she was calm, she was holding a book, xavier remembered that it was titled "cinder lunar chronicles" written by Marisa Meyer
- "Do you enjoy reading?"
- "In fact, I do, when you recommended it I thought the irony was obvious, but I've come to enjoy it"- his tone was even more friendly than when he was on beacon.
- "Considering your history, Tony thought that a light reading was appropriate."
- "Tony is the one with the shield or the robot? I always confuse them- she joke- you also makes it sound like it's something bad professor"
- "In your period in remant you killed everyone who got in your way, conspired against the forces of order, formed alliances with the worst and most dangerous criminal groups in your world, all to have what you call absolute power"
- "Flatters me will make me blush"
- "I've seen others in your position, I think it's never too late to give people another chance"
- "Seriously believe that professor"- cinder tilted her head, could it be that she can really change?
- "Cinder you are in a delicate position your world is dead here on earth you can start from 0, start a new life amend the mistakes of the past"- xavier I speak with sincerity
- "¡Ha! mistakes, those "mistakes" as you call them are what brought me here"- his face formed a confident smile- "every decision I make, every choice, every challenge I overcome are what led me to that fight and what I take myself right here, I live while millions of mine are now in the stomach of a purple giant, I live while those who challenged me are now crying, does he not see how much fun all this is pff hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! This is the best!
- "Even now you take refuge in that false cynicism"- xavier's tone changed to a more serious one and with a thread of disappointment in his voice
- "That's what you think old man, I live! not like those other losers hahahaha since Ruby rose is crying for her daddy like the loser she is hahaha pff on the other hand I had never felt so alive, so free of one, I no longer answer to anyone but myself , this prison won't stop me one way or another i'll get out of here and this world will be mine to rule i don't need salem i don't need anyone but myself"
- "not emerald either?"
-..."an acceptable sacrifice"- she said while shrugging her shoulders unconcerned- "in my ascent to the top it is clear that there would be disposable pawns she was very useful to me and I will miss her, or something like that I suppose, like a puppy, a minor pothole in my win"
- "Worse than you have tried and failed girl"
- "We will see that, you still do not know everything that I am capable of, my will will not bend before you and before anyone ever again"
- "That's what you thought of salem" - he said without losing his composure
-"How dare you"- cinder's fury grew
- "We're done"- leaving the black-haired girl
- "That go away, coward, oh and tell that blonde to pay me" - she mention remembering Carol
Meeting room
August 27-3:30 am.
The Brand people along with iron man, mr fantastic, captain marvel and the rest of the alpha flight team were patiently waiting for Xavier Steve and vision. The room remained silent giving way to the three figures
- "How are the boys"- asked iron man
- "They are all brave, they face the trauma the best they can, I am more surprised by the fact that they prioritize the feelings of the rest over their own"
- "They carry a great responsibility" - speak vision - "and a great pain"
- "Ren, Nora and Yang are the most affected on a psychological level, one has lost confidence in his abilities and the other overexerts himself, it seems to be in denial, jaune seems to be going through a leadership crisis, he no longer believes he is worthy of the role of leader, the rest It is not better, however, they begin to process the loss little by little"
- "They are young, give them time" - speak reed
- "You will understand from experience my friend that some traumas cannot be completely overcome" - he said as he showed him a mental image of Doom
- "I agree with Charles, you have to keep an eye on them" say tony
- "What danger do they represent for the earth"- asked Abigail
- "No higher than present in any superhuman or mutant"
- "Well as far as I'm concerned we're done with them alpha flight will continue to investigate how they got here, as we agreed you can take them if you wish gentlemen"
- "Before taking it away I consider it prudent to show it to you" - speak mr fantastic
- "It's too soon" – said tony- "you already heard Xavier as we know that showing him now won't be worse"
- "They are strong, not showing them later will give them the wrong idea"- Steve declared
- "Now they are vulnerable, they know that what they faced surpassed them, maybe Steve's direction is not in the wrong direction"- reed argument
- "Eventually they will be on solid ground, we have already discussed this, the mere fact of adapting to a culture radically different from theirs will be complicated enough to give them that burden"- speak xavier
- "Don't you think they deserve to know the truth?" - Steve questioned
- "In time they will. It's not time"- said carol
- "They trust us right now we are the only moral reference of our species and our culture I would like to be direct with them regarding that issue to avoid future unnecessary dramas"
- "its to soon" said xavier
"You're an expert in that, right? Professor unnecesarrys dramas" Tony intervened.
- "Certainly I speak for my personal assessment keeping secrets from young people tends to generate situations...unpleasant"
- "Like the case of vulcan"- remembered vision
- "Yes ... very similar to that"
- "They have the right to know"- Steve spoke "they deserve to know everything, no lies, no embellishments, they deserve the truth"
The room fell silent. The decision had been made
- "And what about miss sympathy"- asked carol
- "Cinder is deeply disturbed if she had to set a precedent her mental state is very close to that of people like Cletus kasady"
- "In other words, a total insane"- said tony
- "She will be transferred to the raft I have already made the arrangements with SHIELD"- Steve assured
- "That solves a problem. Let's go straight to the real problem"- speak uneasily Mr. Fantastic "As we tell they about Galactus"
Later, that day
The remnants arrived at one of the station's many hangars, where the planet's mightiest heroes awaited them.
- "They wanted to see us"- Ruby asked
- "That's right ruby, we have news"- speak iron man
- "Good or bad"
- "Just news"- declare vision
- "That doesn't sound good" - nora whispered to jaune
- "You will see after the talk you had with Xavier we believe that it is time for you to have more freedom, that is why you will be able to leave this station and go to earth"
"That's good news" Penny said optimistically.
- "First of all, there is something we want to know, as you know we represent three of the largest factions of the heroic community of our planet"
- In terms of remnant we would be experienced hunters - I speak vision - you each of you are endowed with skills that are scarce on our planet
- "It is not just the peculiarity that each of you have a special ability unlike many have experience in the use of bladed weapons and firearms, both short and long range combat training"
- "And that two of you have been in direct contact with magic"
- "Our world is fragile, the earth may not have Grimms but that does not free it from threats, we know what they are capable of and it is clear that sooner or later they will be involved in one way or another in our inner circle of problems"
- "That is to say that they will have to choose to live a normal life as civilians or enter this lifestyle"
- "With all due respect Captain Rogers we are hunters"- ruby spoke remembering his insecurities, it was time to make a decision- that has not changed finds Grimm or not that is our profession, remman is gone, but our customs live in us yes the land has such threats we will gladly fight them by your side if they will let us
- "I suspect that even if we refused they would manage to get into them"
- "Something similar as the case of the young avengers" - Tony whispered to Steve
- "It is clear that when the time comes we will not be able to stop them from wanting to act in the face of danger"- the captain took the floor- "that is why we want to train you"
- "Are you serious? They want to train us"- speak with a little emotion jaune
- "This is a new environment for you we think it will be best if we acclimatize you to the dangers of the earth before you make a decision about it" spoke vis
- "They are willing to be trained by us" - Steve spoke seriously
Ruby looked at her group and everyone nodded. The words were left over before the eyes of the hunters despite their doubts and traumas, not giving up was the first step
- "we are"
- "Well, there is still something we must tell you that is why we brought you to this hangar"
- "Are we in trouble or something?" Blake asked.
- "We debate a lot whether to show them this now or not, in the end we believe that they have the right to know this"
- "Know what?" Winter asked.
- "Reed"- tony spoke to mr fantastic at the act he took out a square object it was displayed throughout the room
- "What's that? – Winter questioned
- "This is a portable holographic generator"
- "Thanks to this virtual environment and its stories we were able to recreate the final moments of remnant"- explained tony - " thanks to Xavier"
A huge detailed hologram of atlas and mantle formed, the image was so detailed that it surprised everyone equally.
- "This is so great and at the same time sad" - commented nora
- "I know"
- "This is the one you call silver racer and his master galactiac"- the images of both were formed, as well as miniature recreations of themselves
- "yeah If that's the silver cretin I remember" - yang said with resentment
- "Well"- Steve hesitated for a moment
- "Something happens cap"- ruby approached him
- "You see it's not like saying this so I'll be frank, this is Galactus the devourer of worlds and his ancient herald Norrin radd better known as the silver surfer" - speak reed showing video files and a hologram of Galan and the surfer
- "There is another!" – Weiss's eyes almost popped out of their sockets
- "Don't tell me there is a race of those purple guys and their silver minions" - ask fearful yang
- "No, there is not, Galactus is unique in the universe there is no other like him"
- "How do you know that" - ask would be Winter
- "We've met him before."
- "And you managed to repel it!?" - Blake questioned incredulously
- "Hardly, galactus is not something easy to handle for anyone, it took a lot of effort for galactus to leave the earth, many consider him a force of nature"
videos of the fantastic four, the x-men and the avengers fighting the heralds of galactus played
- "And then how do you explain that the guy who destroyed Remnant is practically a clone of him, only with that cadaverous face"- Nora spoke
- "You see... we believe that galactiac and his herald are a kind of alternate version of galactus"
- "Alternate version?" - Oscar asked without understanding
- "Wait, this is like in the comics that I read, perhaps it means that there is a ... multiverse" - Jaune said between closing his eyes
- "well...yes"
-"wow- I mean wow"-
- "hmm what is that?" Ren asked
- "you know ren is that theory that for every action there is a parallel reality where the opposite happens"
- "oh evil versions of yourself"- added ruby
- "oh where girls are boys and vice versa"- added penny
- "how do you know that?" - Asked a bewildered Weiss
-"comics!"- both answered simultaneously while Weiss slapped his face
- "Science!" - answered penny
- "well in a somewhat crude way, if more or less that's it"
- "I feel like my head is going to explode first giants destroy planets, then humans on an alien planet and now this" - blake was on the verge of a nervous breakdown
- "You are deviating from what I wanted to tell you, the explanations of alternate realities I will leave for another day"
- "What does mean dr Richards?"- a serious Ren ask
- "Thanks to the data we were able to reconstruct from penny combined with the vague memories of oscar, ruby and jaune we were able to recreate the final seconds of remnant with an accuracy of 99% luckily you managed to partially see the last seconds"- said reed
- "I don't like where this is going- to say that Nora was nervous was an understatement.
- "What I mean is that ... we believe that part of remnant survived
- "¡what!" they all said whit surprise
- "You will see the modus operandi of Galactus is to consume a planet and transform it into energy for itself"- Reed explained
- "His heralds fulfill three functions: guide him to the planet, announce his arrival and, if necessary, subdue the resistance" - this time Tony speaking
- "Many planets have evacuation systems in case galactus reaches their worlds"
- "But this galactian, did not follow the modus operandi of galactus"
- "He shrunk some cities and bottled them apparently to study them later"
- "They mean that" - a thread of hope formed in ruby
- "We traced two energy signatures, one on the moon and the other" - I speak reed
- "The other was in an unknown space within the Andromeda galaxy"- sentenced Steve
Remann is alive...
- Well, at least a part that corresponds to its main cities" - reaffirm reed
"Are you totally sure, doctor?" Winter asked.
- "Absolutely"
- "That means that our families can be alive" - Jaune spoke with a hopeful tone returning to him
- "This changes everything"
- "And where are they exactly?" - asked blake
- "We don't know the signal was much weaker and its energy signature disappeared"
- "It doesn't matter if remnant is alive I know we will find a way to save him"- ruby declared with more encouragement in her voice- "maybe that's why we have the opportunity to be here, maybe that's why we were allowed to live to save remnant"
- "Yes you are rigth sis"
- "We won't let remnant get lost"
-"Yes!"
- "If there is such an opportunity, don't miss it"
- "We can still save some remnant that's enough for me"- said ozpin / oscar
- "Dad, Qrow… please, I beg you two be safe"- yang whispered
- "Ruby"- Steve spoke- "rest assured that if remnant is there we will do everything possible to help them"
-" You can count on the avengers"
-" And the fantastic 4"
- "And of course with my x-men"
- "Thank you thank you very much!" – Ruby said hugging them with emotion
- "You hug is very hard for someone so small" - Tony complained about the lack of oxygen
- "That just means I have a lot of love to give"
Everyone watched with a small smile as the optimistic ruby returned and a halo of determination enveloped everyone. Remnant or a part of her lived and they would fight to find her even if it took them a lifetime.
Meanwhile in a galaxy far far away
James ironwood was alert to the man in front of him, his extravagant clothes, his nonchalant attitude and his glass of wine in hand as he strolled through his office unsettled him.
- "I repeat, who are you?" – Qrow threatened with a extended harbinger in his scythe form
- "Where are my manners"- he falsely apologized- "you can call me…God"
- "Let me disagree "god" but I don't believe you, what are you looking for here"
- "What everyone wants is not clear, a game" - a vile smile formed on his face
To be continue.
