Ob Sidian was Honestly shocked when General Ironwood had given command of the Ace Ops to him, and when he'd watched their performance, he understood why. They weren't worthy of protecting a runway model let alone Atlas. He needed to whip them into shape and fast.
Ob and the Ace Ops were in the training room at Atlas Academy.
"Who the hell thought you were ready to lead the Ace Ops, Clover!" Ob yelled. "If You're the best we've got Then Atlas is in trouble!"
Ob ran over to Elm. "How do you expect to carry anyone out of danger if you are this slow!" He yelled at an Elm who was carrying a full-size pack with a training chute on her waist.
"Did I say you could use your semblance, Vine!" Ob asked as he kicked Vines Aura Vines off the climbing wall. "Do it again!"
Ob watched the Ace Ops and shook his head.
At the end of the session the Ace Ops stood at attention; bruised, battered, and exhausted.
"Let's go." Ob Said, leading them away.
"Where are we going?" Elm asked.
"To get a drink. Work hard, play hard. So long as you work hard, I'm willing to give you guys a recovery day in between sessions, but if you slack off, I'll..." Ob was cut off by an explosion and the ground under their feet shaking. "... Let's go Aces!" He ran through the snow towards the explosion; the other Ace Ops following him as well as they could.
When they arrived at the place of the explosion, they saw it was Todd Manor with a message in front of it.
Those who live with trash will die with trash!
Ob glared at the message and looked up to see a group walking towards him, huddled together against the snow. In front was Jason Todd, Weiss Schnee, Whitley Schnee, and three others wearing funeral attire. The others were wearing casual or work winter attire as if they were out and about. One of them was carrying a baby with a malformed back leaving it hunchbacked in one arm and holding a kangaroo mouse Faunus' hand.
"You piece of shit!" Jason Todd snarled before swinging at Ob.
Ob jumped back, but a shadow arm grabbed him by the leg and pulled him into Jason's fist.
"Harassing my friends wasn't enough!" He threw Ob into the ground before dragging him into his fist again. "Threatening them wasn't enough!" He slammed Ob into the ground face first before grabbing him by his arms and legs and bringing him down on his knee, shattering his spine. "Fox wasn't enough! Awena wasn't enough! Cliff wasn't enough! The people we buried weren't enough! YOU HAD TO DESTROY OUR HOME!"
"We didn't!" Clover shouted, partially to be heard over the snow, and partially to get through Jason's blood rage.
Jason looked up and glared at Clover, his eyes replaced with a visor that made him look even more sinister. "Harriet raped and blackmailed Marrow, one of your own! She killed Fox and Awena! Why on the Brothers Remnant do you think I'd believe ANYTHING you had to say!"
"Because it's the truth!" Elm demanded.
Jason lunged at the Ace Ops, but Ob jumped in his path and delivered a gut punch that sent him spiraling into Weiss's arms.
"Run!" Ob yelled.
The Ace Ops stood their ground and prepared to help Ob.
"Hey." A Voice said from Beside them. They looked over to see Loki and Coral.
Vine used his Semblance to grab Loki and cover her eyes.
"Wrong move bud." Coral said, flicking her claws out and uppercutting Vine, but was caught by Clover's fishing pole.
"The feck's goin' on Here!" Geoff yelled, appearing behind them.
"Tell Your Friends to Stand down!" Elm shouted.
"So ye can Arrest 'em? I Don' thin' so! Why're ye tryin' ta arrest 'em in th' first Place!?"
"We aren't! We came over when we heard the explosion and Jason attacked us!"
As if to punctuate her claim Jason threw Ob into Elm and stalked towards them, pulling the 'Steel Lead' 1911/crowbar from his shadow, changing it to the crowbar.
"Whoa!" Geoff yelled, jumping in front of Jason. "Jason! Calm down! We'll figure this out, but I need ya ta calm down."
"They killed them!" Jason shouted, on the verge of hysterics. "They killed them all!"
"Who did they kill!"
"The people we offered sanctuary! They're dead! They were in the manor, and now they're dead!"
Geoff looked at the Ace Ops. "What happened?"
"We heard and felt an explosion and came over to investigate." Ob explained. "Jason came over and attacked us while we were investigating."
"I know someone who can help us." Geoff looked at Velvet. "Go find Robyn."
"Right." Velvet nodded as she headed into a shadow.
"Look," Ob Said. "We want to figure out what happened. Let us help."
Jason glared at the Ace Ops, but he didn't have any reason to not trust Ob. He'd been a survivor from Argus, and seemed like a genuinely good person. He didn't give off any bad vibes. So, Jason decided to trust him.
"What about them?" he asked, nodding at the other Ace Ops.
"I'm going to be honest." Ob Said. "These guys need Training, a lot of Training. They aren't fit to protect a Runway Model let alone Atlas."
Jason's demeanor changed for a split second as a smile crossed his face before changing back. "Okay. You can stay until Velvet gets back with Robyn."
"Thank you."
"But If Robyn tells us you're lying... well. I don't think Geoff will really stop me."
"I won't."
Jason nodded and headed to the manor to start moving debris.
Velvet came back with Robyn Hill and her group ten minutes later.
"I'm here." Robyn said. "What's this about? What happened to the Manor!?"
"We need ya ta check if Ob an' th' Ace Ops're lyin'." Geoff said.
"About what?"
"Ta see if they're th' ones who blew up them' Manor."
"I see." Robyn said, extending her hand to Ob.
Ob took her hand cautiously and waited.
"Did you destroy Todd Manor?" Robyn asked.
"No." Ob Said.
Robyn and Ob's hands glowed green, and Robyn looked at Geoff. "He's telling the Truth."
Geoff nodded and a quick handshake with the rest of the Ace Ops revealed that they had nothing to do with the destruction of Todd Manor.
Ob's Scroll chimed and he looked at it.
"Did Jason or Geoff have anything to do with the destruction of Todd Manor?" Ob asked.
"Why would Jason destroy his own house!" Weiss snapped. "With Faunus trapped inside?!"
"And why would Geoff?" Velvet asked.
"General Ironwood Said that Geoff asked for a four week truce to hold four weddings. The Generals terms were that Geoff hand over 30% of the Faunus that Geoff has liberated to keep Atlas and Mantle running. He felt that it was a fair trade. 30% of the Faunus for a 30 day truce. The General says that the explosion happened after Geoff left. It's interesting how that happened."
"Tell the General he can suck my dick!" Loki snapped. "We won't be giving any Faunus back! They are people too and deserve the same rights! Tell the people of Atlas and Mantle to get off their fat asses and get to work!"
"I'm just the messenger, but I have to ask. Did Geoff or Jason have anything to do with the destruction of Todd Manor?"
Robyn Held out her hand to Geoff. Geoff took it and revealed that he had nothing to do with the destruction of Todd manor.
Robyn moved over to Jason who shook her hand... they waited until the hand glowed green, and Robyn looked at the Ace Ops. "They didn't."
Ob looked at the group when his Scroll chimed. He looked at the Scroll and bowed his head. "I don't want to do this, but General Ironwood has told me to bring you all in for Questioning."
Jason looked at the others before looking at Ob. "And if we say no?"
"I'll have to arrest you for obstructing Justice. It'll go a lot easier if you just come with us."
"What guarantee do I have that we won't be tortured as a part of this questioning?"
"I give you my word that I won't let you be tortured."
"Yeah, because you're such an outstanding pillar of the community." Gale said.
"Don't make this harder on yourselves."
"We'll go on one condition." Jason said.
"What?"
"If Anyone is treated poorly, and I'll know, I reserve the right to publicly execute the ones who did so."
"Bullshit!" Elm snapped. "That means you get to treat the interrogators like shit, and they can't retaliate!"
Ob looked at Elm in disgust. "Our interrogators shouldn't be treating them like shit to begin with!" He snapped. "I acknowledge your terms." He told Jason. "But I do not think I can accept them."
"WHAT!" Elm, Vine, and Clover shouted in unison.
"Then we'll go with you." Jason said, taking Weiss's hand. "And you can try and stop me from killing anyone who harms my friends or family."
The group was led to Atlas Academy and were separated into different rooms. Jason was put into a room and immediately felt his connection to the others via his shadow cut off. He listened and could hear them just fine.
"Hello Mr. Todd," An interrogator said, coming into the room. "My name is Operative Graham. How are you doing today?"
"I'm not in the mood for small talk. Just ask me your questions and let me leave."
"Hello Miss Schnee..." Jason heard an interrogator say to Weiss.
"I understand that you're under a lot of stress, I'll try and be as quick as possible."
"You do that, and just so you realize. If anyone hurts my friends or family, I will not hesitate to go through you to get to them."
"Please don't make threats Mr. Todd, they don't help anyone."
"It wasn't a threat. It was a fucking promise."
"Really? Language? Must you use such vulgarity?"
"It gets my point across."
"Very well." Graham said. "Now, can you tell me what happened, and why you destroyed Todd Manor."
"Why did your Fiancé destroy Todd Manor?" Weiss's interrogator asked.
"Why did you destroy Todd Manor?" Geoff's interrogator asked.
"I just have a few questions about the Manor. Do you know what happened to it?" Gabby's interrogator asked.
"I'm sorry to say that the General wants us to do whatever it takes to pin the blame on Mr. Todd or Engineer Patrick." Whitley's Interrogator said.
"Move!" Some people Said to Tyra, Blake, Sun, Onyx, and Pardus
"Where are you taking us?" Sun asked.
"Keep moving Faunus Scum!"
"Oh." Jason said. "I get it now. Ironwood will go to whatever lengths to get any Faunus back. Including kidnapping my friends."
"What? No. Your friends are being taken to separate rooms to be interrogated."
"Yeah. I think we're done here." Jason stood up and walked to the door only to be shocked by the door.
"The door won't open until we are finished here."
"Let me out so I can make an example of the fuckers who are taking my friends."
"Mr. Todd! Your friends are being taken to be questioned! They aren't in any danger here!"
"How does it feel to be back in the academy Green?" A voice asked Tyra. "I bet you can't wait to get back to work."
"I have a job." Tyra said. "A better job."
"Too bad. The General wants as many Faunus back so we can get Atlas and Mantle running again. Though if there are only five of you, I'm not sure what you'll all be able to do. You five definitely won't be sleeping, that's for sure."
Jason looked at Graham. "Yeah. Then how come I hear them being taken to the..." Jason stopped when he heard something that made his blood run cold before boil through his veins.
"Miss Schnee. We can do this the easy way and you tell us what we want to know, or else we might have to resort to... other measures." The owner of voice placed something on the table. "It would be a shame if anything happened to your child."
Jason glared at Graham. "If you are only supposed to be questioning us, then why did some asshat just threaten Weiss and our unborn child?"
"What!" Graham demanded in genuine horror. "No! We are just asking questions! They won't hurt anyone!"
"Your Semblance has been cut off Miss Schnee. You're all alone. You're... what, 16 weeks pregnant? Do you possibly think you can stop me from doing whatever I want to you?"
"Yes." Weiss said, channeling her full Ice Queen persona. "I think that you'll let me out of here because even with my Semblance cut off and without my shadow locker, I have something that you don't understand."
"And what is that?"
"I'm a mother and you just threatened my child."
What Jason heard next was Weiss beating the interrogator's ass with the... wall? until he was nothing more than a spasming mess on the floor.
"Maybe next Time you'll think Twice before threatening a mothers child! Just be grateful that it was me and not Jason who kicked your ass, because if it was Jason then you would be dead instead of barely alive."
Jason looked back at Graham. "Why does Ironwood want to put the blame for Todd Manor on Geoff or I?"
"B-b-because..." Graham stammered. "Without you two getting in the way, General Ironwood can find the Faunus without much resistance."
"Why is Ironwood only after the Faunus! We also offered sanctuary to humans who believe that Faunus are people too!"
"Because. The Faunus make up 90% of the work force. The other 10% are humans."
"Open this door before I make you regret joining Atlas Academy."
"I already do!" Graham sobbed.
"Then Open the damn door!"
Graham opened the door and Jason stalked out, feeling his Semblance return he created an army of Shadow Clones that stalked the halls of Atlas Academy with him, releasing his friends along the way.
He stopped next to Weiss's door and opened it before walking inside.
Weiss hugged him, and they shared a kiss before his hand went protectively towards her stomach. "Did he hurt you?"
"No, just the opposite."
"Want me to kill him?"
"No. Death is too good for him."
"Then let's go." He said as they left the room and followed their friends.
They rounded the corner and Jason pulled them back as a guard shot at them.
Jason grabbed the guards shadows and pulled them towards him before punching him in the face, knocking him out.
They disappeared into Jason's shadow and appeared out of Tyra's shadow.
"Sorry we're late." Jason apologized. "Pardus. Get us a way out of here. Disable those who aren't complete assholes, kill those who are."
"Yes Alpha!"
"Ironwood's plan was arrest Geoff and I so he could find the Faunus unobstructed. We'll just disappear."
"And he was going to start with us?" Tyra asked.
"Yes. Now, let's grab the others and get the hell out of here."
They ran through the Academy until they found their friends getting ready to square off against the Cadets.
"Cadavers say what!" Jason shouted.
The cadets looked around, some saying "what?" While others looked for the owner of the voice.
Jason landed in the middle of his group of friends, and they slowly sunk into his shadow and appeared out of the shadows of the others before running away.
"Geoff! Call Ironwood and tell him that he has until Monday to catch us, otherwise he'll have to honor the truce."
"Really? Tha's in Three days! Ye want ta give Ironwood t'ree days ta hunt us down?"
"It's only fair considering that we're not going to make it easy for him. If he can find us in three days, he deserves to catch us."
"Fair point! I'll make th' call!"
'Pardus.' Jason Said through the Alpha Bond. 'Get To Beacon II, let me know when you're there. I'm going to make a portal.'
'Yes Alpha!' Pardus replied.
They ran for a five seconds before Jason heard Pardus say: 'I'm here!'
Jason cut a portal open in front of the group and they ran through, Jason closing the portal behind them.
"That was intense." Gale said.
"Geoff. Get that call sent to Ironwood. He has until 11:59 Sunday evening to catch us before the truce goes into effect and we have four days for the weddings."
"Right." Geoff said, taking out his Scroll and leaving Beacon II to make the call.
"Everyone else..." Jason Said. "...Get Some rest or relax or something. We're going to need it in case we need to confront Ironwood."
The others agreed and went their Separate ways except for Weiss, who walked up to Jason. "Did you destroy the Manor?" She asked in a voice that he could barely hear.
He hugged her and whispered, "Yes." To her.
"Why? All that money down the drain, all of our stuff."
"That's where you're wrong. I put it in my Shadow and had it sent down here and put in everyone's rooms." He took her hand and led her to the common room where the picture of Beacon stood guard over those enjoying the amenities offered in the common room.
"Oh." Weiss Said.
"Yeah. I destroyed the Manor because it's just a house, but if Ironwood thinks that the Faunus are dead, even for a few hours, it buys us time."
"How did you trick Robyn's Semblance?" She asked.
"She didn't activate her Semblance. I used my Semblances to replicate the effect of her Semblance to make it look as though She had used her Semblance."
"I see. Well, in case you forgot... Sunday is when we're celebrating."
"Celebrating what?" Jason asked, confused.
"I guess you'll have to wait and see." Weiss beamed.
"Well, until then, what should we do?"
There was a cough behind them to announce the presence of someone. They turned around to see an older man with a long silver ponytail and dignified looking beard. "Excuse me." He spoke. "I don't mean to interrupt, but my fellows and I have been trying to think of a way to repay you for your hospitality, and I think we have found a way that is mutually beneficial to both groups."
"What is your idea?" Weiss asked.
"Have you heard of the Aura sealing technique?"
General Ironwood was standing in front of what was left of Todd Manor when his Scroll rang.
"This is General Ironwood." He said in a clipped tone.
"General..." Geoffrey Patrick's voice said through the speaker. "...I'm callin' ye ta tell ya tha' we're gonna be callin' a truce on Monday August 17th. So ye have till Sunday August 16th at 23:59 ta arrest Jason an' I Before th' truce goes into effect."
"I see Mr. Patrick." Ironwood mused. "I assumed that you would try and buy as much time as possible before declaring a truce."
"Jason assures me tha' yer gonna need every day you can get ta catch us, an' I'm inclined ta believe 'im."
"Very well Mr. Patrick. I will honor our truce, starting Monday morning at midnight I will call off the hunt for you, Mr. Todd, and the Faunus."
"Thank ye General. Enjoy th' rest o' Yer Day."
General Ironwood looked at an operative who shook his head causing Ironwood to grit his teeth.
Watts was sitting in his makeshift office in Mantle when his program had gone off, announcing that it had detected a call that might be of some interest to him. He tracked the caller I.D. Back to Geoffrey Patrick, an engineer, who just so happened to mention Jason Todd.
Watts planted the bug in Geoff's Scrolls Programming and smiled a greasy smile. All he had to do was wait.
Geoff walked back into Beacon II and found Jason and Weiss talking to a familiar face. "Hello Solomon."
"Ah, Geoffrey. I was just talking to your friends. My colleagues and I wanted to pass on knowledge to you and your friends as thanks for everything you have done."
"Thank ye. Tha's very kind o' Ye Solomon."
"Don't mention it, Geoffrey. We were just finalizing everything. We'll meet tomorrow to pass on the knowledge."
"Sounds like a plan." Geoff said. "See you three tomorrow?"
The group went their separate ways with the intention of meeting the following morning. Geoff made his way to his and Velvets cabin where Velvet was looking through the weddings they could have. "GEOFF! What kind of wedding are we going to have! We have three days!"
"Oh shite." Geoff swore, completely caught off guard by Velvet's announcement. "We fergot ta plan our weddin' lass!"
Both of them panicked.
Jason and Weiss went to the common room and laid on a couch, Jason Being the big spoon while Weiss was the little spoon with Jason rubbing her stomach.
"You know that we'll need to go talk to Rubé about wedding attire, right?" Weiss said.
"Yeah." Jason acknowledged. "But that's a tomorrow problem. For now, let's just enjoy this time and if we fall asleep then we fall asleep."
"First I need to take my..." Weiss was cut off as Jason handed her evening vitamins and supplements. "Thank you." She said, sitting up, as She took her vitamins and drank the Semblene and Fauna-slow before laying back down again. "You are very Annoying When you follow the doctor's orders to the letter." She spoke.
"You know you love me for it." Jason said, poking her in the side, ripping an undignified squeal from her.
"Don't do that again." She warned. "Otherwise, you're sleeping on the couch tonight, and I'll bribe Ruby to check on you every hour."
"Wouldn't you get lonely without me?"
"I will spoon a pillow to punish you!" Weiss snapped.
"Oh, brothers you are serious."
"Like a heart attack."
"Okay. I won't poke you again... but that doesn't mean I can't do this." Jason said, grabbing Weiss and pulling her close and blew a raspberry into her neck.
"JASON!" Weiss shrieked.
Solomon walked into his cabin; walking to his closet he opened it and took out the chest he kept inside. Looking inside he found the cloak, medallion, and signet ring. Under that he found the book that had the ancient knowledge passed down from ancestors to descendants until it made its way to him. This was the book he would use to give the Jason and his friends the ancient knowledge. With it, they would revive the old ways.
Solomon put it back in the closet and called a meeting of his order.
Jaune and Pyrrha were looking over the options of what they could do for their wedding attire.
"We could talk to Rubé tomorrow?" Jaune suggested.
"Yeah, let's do that." Pyrrha said. "We'll have to use Jason's shadow bridge."
"Okay. What should we do now?"
"We need to determine the order in which we'll have our weddings. After that... I think we should talk about our wedding night, and what we are comfortable with, what we aren't comfortable with, and what we are willing to try."
"Okay," Jaune blushed.
Pyrrha sent a text to the others.
PN: We need to discuss the order of our weddings.
JT: We can meet tomorrow night after dinner.
CM: Agreed. See you tomorrow.
GP: Velvet and I Are still trying to figure out which wedding we want to have.
LS: Geoff and Velvet go last. So that leaves Jason and Weiss, Pyrrha and Jaune, and Coral and I.
VS: Thank you.
JA: You're Welcome. See you tomorrow.
The others signed off and Jaune and Pyrrha looked at each other.
"Umm..." Pyrrha began. "What should we talk about first?"
"What our don't's are?" Jaune asked.
"Okay. What Are things that you do not feel comfortable with the idea of doing?"
"Umm... I don't like the idea of being forced into doing something I don't want to do."
"That's a valid point. We should respect each other's consent."
"Yes. What else?"
"I don't think I feel comfortable doing anything that involves anal." Pyrrha blushed as she said it.
"I would like to clarify that Anal is on the "don't" list rather than the "We'll see" list."
"For now, it is on the "don't" list. Maybe later we can move it to the "we'll see" list?"
"Umm... I guess so." Jaune said.
"Jaune? Is there something wrong?"
"I don't know. I mean... it just seems like a weird place to be intimate, and what if it hurts?"
"Okay, okay." Pyrrha soothed. "We don't need to worry about that yet. Maybe it happens, maybe it doesn't."
"Okay." Jaune agreed.
"What Are some things you'd put on the "Do" list?"
"Umm... regular sex?" Jaune blushed. "I don't know Pyrrha. I've never had sex. I've only heard or read about it. How am I supposed to know what to do if I don't know what I'm doing? Can we just start out with regular sex and go from there?"
"We can do that Jaune." Pyrrha agreed. "We'll take things slow."
"Thanks, Pyrrha." Jaune said as he slid into bed.
"You're welcome Jaune." Pyrrha said, sliding into bed next to him.
They talked softly until they slowly drifted off to sleep.
The next morning
The Ace Ops met in the training room the next morning for morning training and calisthenics.
"Okay Aces!" Ob Said. "We Are going to stay here until you are the best of the best! You will eat, sleep, and breathe training until you get it right! I'm going to make it so that you can protect Atlas in your sleep! You'll..."
"Sir!" Elm interrupted. "Don't you think this is a bit much? We've done fine up till now!"
"You were doing okay until Jason Todd and his friends showed up! You could at least protect a runway model then! Now! You can't even protect the runway model! But I'll tell you what! What's your best time on the OBstacle course?!"
"Harriet could run it in under two minutes sir!"
"Did I ask what that Blackmailing, raping bitches best time was!" Ob yelled.
"No sir!"
"NO, I DIDN'T! I asked what your best time was! In full combat gear with a chute on!"
"I was able to pull a five minute time with my Semblance sir!" Vine said. "Also! It is frowned upon speaking ill of the dead sir!"
"Then why don't you go stand in the corner and honor the memories of that worthless bitch!" Ob said, getting in Vines face.
"Sir yes sir." Vine Said as he walked to the corner of the room.
"Tell you what Elm. If I can't beat the OBstacle course in under five minutes, I'll take it easy on you. You can protect Runway models for the rest of your careers, but, if I can complete the OBstacle course in less than five minutes... I'll replace you with a Team who WANTS to protect Atlas."
"That's not fair!" Clover demanded."
"LIFE ISN'T FAIR EBI! You wanna know why you can't compete with Todd and his friends! It's because you spend three hours doing your hair in the morning instead of training! It's because Vine would rather honor the memory of that dead skank! It's because Elm only wants to bitch about how hard training is rather than get stronger because she's "strong enough"!" Ob Said, using finger quotes at the end.
"Ya know what!" Elm said. "Fine! Challenge accepted! You're on!"
Ob went to his room and grabbed his pack, making sure to load up on everything he would take on a drill and headed back to the training room, remembering to grab a training chute on the way back.
Once he was back in the training room, he put the chute on before putting his pack on and walked to the OBstacle course. "Call it." He spoke.
"How do we know that pack is full?" Elm asked.
Ob took it off and handed it to her with one arm.
Elm grabbed it and fell to the ground when he let go. "The fuck is in this thing?!" she demanded.
"That is a Pack packed to the max capacity of 120 pounds!"
"Mine only weighs 68!"
"So does mine." Clover said.
"As Does Mine." Vine added.
"That's because those are light packs! This is what I had to carry on away missions where I had to have more supplies! Now! Let me run!"
They stepped back and waited for Ob to put his pack back on and get ready for the run.
"Call it!" He said when he was on the starting line.
"GO!" Elm, Clover, and Vine shouted in unison.
Ob began running through the OBstacle course. He ran the four hundred feet until he came to the mud crawl and dove right in, pulling and clawing himself through until he pulled himself out of the muck and ran for the climbing wall and climbed up easily even though his hands were caked in slick mud.
Pushing himself over the top of the climbing wall he rolled down and into a second mud crawl with Barbed wire strung across the mud pit. He ripped the bag off and pulled it through the muck with one arm.
Once he'd escaped that mud crawl, he pulled his pack on and continued running around the OBstacle course until he got to the tire run and ran through as if it was nothing.
Once we were through the tire run, he ran to the balance beam and jumped onto it with the agility of a cat. He walked across quickly and onto the other side where a rope hung over a pool of water which he swung over, landing in a kneeling crouch.
Pushing himself up, he ran for the third leg of the OBstacle Course.
Running for the cargo netting he pulled himself up, fumbling due to the awkwardness of the netting and gravity pushing down on him with the weight of the pack helping to pull him down.
He finally climbed over and ran for the finish line, but the toll of the course was catching up with him and he tripped, falling and had to force himself to his feet, jogging to the finish line.
"How is that possible?" Elm asked, looking at the time.
"It shouldn't be." Clover said.
"But it is." Vine Said.
The three of them looked at the timer and saw:
00:05:00
Captain Sidian had run the Obstacle course with a pack double the weight of theirs and a training Chute and scored the same time as Vine who'd used his Semblance and had a pack HALF the weight of Captain Sidian's.
"HOW!" The three shouted in unison.
"Well..." Captain Sidian Said. "I guess you can take it easy. I won't push you guys any harder than you're used to. So, go and do whatever you were going to do."
They watched as Captain Sidian walked to the showers to clean up.
"Shit." Elm swore. "We fucked up."
"Big time." Clover said.
"Maybe... maybe we should get back to training." Vine suggested.
With that the Ace Ops went back to training the way that Captain Sidian would have wanted them to.
In the showers.
Ob cleaned himself up from the OBstacle course and smiled an evil smile. If he hadn't "tripped" out there then he would have beaten Vines score by at least twenty seconds, but this... this would be a good motivator for them.
He went back to his shower cleaning all the places that mud likes to hide.