Ok boys and girls, who is ready for another chapter? I am sure some of you are. We are now in the beginings of Volume six. I am not going to lie though, this chapter is going to start off a bit rocky. I had to start from scratch and come up with how it all moved and flowed. I had to make up an entire day and then some for Noble and the girls to reconect and be family again. And since I have know idea how that is or feels like, I had to wing it. So my question to you guys is, did I wing it good?
I persnoally feel like I could have done better, but without much knowledge on such things, I can only do my best. But you tell me.
So lets get people caught up.
Last chapter we had Noble learn more about Weiss and Yang seeing how they fight. Get her armor changed for a more close quarters fight by switching out componets. I know am pretty sure some people were scratching thier heads at how she managed to get armor componets with her and that is easy. Some of the parts can be interchangeable. The belt of gernades are used in diffrent chest armor. The shoulders can be placed inside one another as well as other smaller ones. Lets face it, even if Noble is the clone of Summer, she would still have that mother like nack of stacking and packing all the things like a professional tetris player.
Back to the recap, Shadow uncourpted the video and file Noble wanted to view as they enterd the school.
Raven apears and mentally berates herself for what is about to happen, summons Cinder and Co. Aaaaannnnd, fights insue. Tyrian wrapped his tail around her helmat and pulled it off just as Ruby went silver causing Noble to go silver just as the helm popped off.
Then it is a breife time in the animus...wait...yea that is what I am going to call it, She meets Summer and is given a criptic message before being absorbed into Noble as she is brought back to the fight.
Summer kills Tyrian as Raven and Cinder are fighting down below with Noble jumping down to assist. Long story short, Cinder got cocky and was then killed by Noble. Some touching moments later, everyone is back up top and Emrald mentally nuke everyone. Then is a start home before low and behold my bored ass comes back.
WHO MISSED ME!
Any one?
No one?
Well that sucks.
But yes your host came back from another world looking for action...just to be told that the fight was over.
Then it was just Summer and Shadow have a breif conversation before fading to black.
What else do I need to talk about? Nothing much.
Ok so with that I will see you guys at the end.
OH! Before I go, a few things. One is that I have been looking back and have noticed that the line breaks I have been putting in have not been popping up when I up load. So I am going to try a new techniqe, I am going to instead use / to see if I can get it right. Also I am also doing a double spell and Grammer check.
And on top of all of that... is not sending me notifications to my email when people send me a PM. I still get notifications if someone leaves a comment or likes or favorits somthing. So it is time to brains storm some solutions.
With that I shall step aside and let you guys read.
CATCH YOU GUYS AT THE END...AGAIN!
/
It was early morning and only one sole was up. That being Noble. Nat, or would it be Summer. Who knows anymore. She was sitting on her bed with Shadow hijacking the TV in her room to project the video and any other relevant data.
" So. Do you want to start from the beginning, or from where you left off." Shadow asked.
She thought about it for a second before deciding to start from the beginning. That way she would be able to get some of the commentary.
" Ok. I will start you right at the beginning then. Do you want to get anything? Breakfast bar, a bowl of cereal, coffee or OJ?" Shadow asked her.
" Just start it." She told him.
He clapped his hands before he winked off and the video played. She got to the same part where the video corrupted when she heard a knock at her door.
' I am never going to figure out who I am, am I.' she thought as she got up and opened the door. On the other side stood Ruby and Yang looking at her.
" Mom. Can we please come in?" Yang asked.
Noble opened the door wider and let them pass as she sat back down on the bed. She simply said " Continue" and the video started back up.
/
Video
"...Natsukie! You mind coming here for a minute?" The scientist asked.
The camera shifts to show a girl no more than twelve years old. She had silver eyes, black hair turning red at the ends, and a face that would become a woman's face when she got older. The spitting image of Ruby when she was that age.
" Nat, I hope you don't mind, but we are going to take your last set of measurements before the Colonel comes to collect you for Beta Company. That Ok with you?"
She nodded before he asked her a series of questions. How old she is, what she remembers before her accident, and what she has learned here. All mostly routine.
" Ok Nat, go finish packing your gear. You will be leaving soon." the scientist said to the girl.
She nodded and left, but not before giving the scientist a quick hug.
" She is a sweet girl. I hate that while she was getting put together and grown, we gave her the same augmentations for beta company. She has no free will. She is not going to know the love of a family's embrace nor the joys of being a child. She had no say in this. She was born in a pod with Alpha's DNA. She says she gets faint fleeting memories of things that haven't happened. So much knowledge is locked in that mind of hers. All she has to do is make the connections herself, which I may reiterate, may never make if she is in a warzone. But that is just the hand we have been dealt." the scientist said as he looked into the camera. He pinched the bridge of his nose before he continued, " I may not be religious but I can't help but feel like someone is looking down in disgust at what we did. And I would not blame them. We just played god and I am hoping for this to never happen again. The last thing we need is ONI going even further into thinking that they are god."
/ / /
" That seems to be it Noble. Everything else is mostly just an inventory of what she had on her person at time of death and a bit about who and what you are. It seems that you are her clone. The question is, why did Akerson and Parangoski want you to be in Beta Company and not stay in a lab?" Shadow asked.
Noble sighed. " Probably saw that I can be indoctrinated easily and turn me into the perfect soldier."
She felt the girls shift slightly as they embraced her arms. Ruby on her right and Yang on her left. Both held looks that she could not place. Hurt? Curiosity? Wounder? Uncertainty? She didn't know. She didn't know what to do in such a situation. How could she? She was just a shell for the military to mold her into a killing machine that asked no questions. She didn't even know what she was feeling. Should she be mad or angry with what ONI did? Or should she not worry about it. She was technically home and was able to reconnect with her family. But was she family to these girls? She personally never met these girls and as such had no relationship with them. But they saw her as their mother and she could feel the memories of when Summer was alive. So she did see them grow, she just didn't have any real context.
" Mom? Are you going to be okay?" Ruby asked.
She just sat there not knowing what to say. All she said was that she didn't know. That she didn't know what to do.
In response, both girls just embraced her. Nat, no, Summer, embraced the two in return. Nuzzling her head between their heads, taking in both of their scents. She closed her eyes trying to puzzle out this new information. The dream she had when she was in the garage on Reach, wasn't a dream. It was a memory. A memory of one of the last times she, Summer, was happy. Seeing her children so happy brought joy to her heart. The once blurry faces of her daughters and husband now became clear. Tai. The man that embraced her during that dream, was her husband. Someone who was once a big social flirt became a man of honor and fathered two children. How his first love abandoned him with their daughter and then he lost his second love to death. And if what Yang told Weiss was anything to go by, he completely shut down. Yang had to sacrifice her childhood to raise Ruby. All because she died.
It is said that Spartans don't have emotions. That they are unable to display or show anything. But that is not completely true. They do have emotions. They just deal with it in their own ways. Some get more brutal. Others stay silent for long periods.
But at this exact moment in time, in this one and only time, did the Spartan feel tears run down her cheeks.
" I am so sorry. So sorry for leaving you." She told the two.
The embrace they were in tightened as Ruby and Yang tighten their grip. It broke the twos resolve as they all cried. Tears of sadness and joy and many other emotions fell. Summer's tears were soaked into both Ruby and Yang's hair as she let out all that she was feeling.
" What am I supposed to do?" she asked.
" I say, take the time to reconnect. You have a chance to somewhat reconnect and even retire if you want to." Shadow said before he winked out.
/ / / /
In the kitchen, we see the rest of the gang sitting at the table in various states of wakefulness. Some were fully awake while others...well they had coffee… or a Mountain Dew...and no. Nora does not have that beverage. She is drinking a decaf mug of coffee. Could you imagine her with a MD in her system?
" So, hang on. You are telling us that after your experiment you started to faze in and out of dimensions and into other worlds?" Weiss asked the dimension hopper.
" Yea. My first trip was in Renaissance Italy. I guess the pope back then was a real piece of crap that wanted power. I proved to be a valuable asset and was given a dual hidden blade to help out the guy who took me in. I had a lot of fun too. Some foot racing and parkour. A whole lot of fun." Red said to the Ex-Heiress.
Weiss yawned as she picked her mug up and took a sip.
" Got any other cool stories you can tell us?" Jaune asked, hoping to hear more from the tech.
" I could tell you of the times I had to fly in a dog fight close to the ground, or of my most recent trip. It was a new place that needed me. Never thought I would see a walking tank." Red said to Jaune.
A vibration can be heard as Red pulls out his datapad. After looking at it, he sets it on the table and powers it up. Shadow's hologram appears.
" Shadow my friend! It's good to see you!" Red says with joy.
Shadow looks at him and smiles. " It's good to see you as well." the AI replied before taking a breath, " Look, you guys. I am not sure how long it will take but I suggest you leave Ruby and Yang bee. They are currently rebuilding their relationship with their mother." he said to the group.
" Wait. Are you saying that Noble is their mother?" Red asked.
" Sort of. You see, she is the clone of Summer Rose. Ruby's biological mother and Yang's step-mother. If I had to guess, she was ambushed somewhere on Remnant by Grimm and a psycho. Long story short, he threw her broken body down into a pit that somehow teleported her to Reach where some scientist recovered her. They got her stable, cloned her, and did a blood transfusion. Noble was augmented and placed with Beta Company." Shadow explained to the group.
The silence was deafening.
" So ONI saw a woman in need of medical care and decided to just let her die to make a clone?" Red asked, sounding a bit angry.
" No. They did, to their credit, try to save her. But they just slowed her death by a few months. That is when they decided to make the clone." Shadow replied.
" Soo, the big armored white woman is Yang and Ruby's mom? Who happens to be a clone of their original mother?" Weiss asked, trying to get her head wrapped around the idea of it.
Shadow nodded. " As a suggestion, give them some space when you see them. All three of them are taking this...differently. They are happy to be with one another again but you can tell that they are starting pretty much from scratch."
He got a nod from all of the kids with Qrow just looking into morning coffee. He got barely any sleep last night. Whenever his eyes closed, he saw her face. Her face was covered in scars of battle. The woman he saw as a sweet kid sister, was a killer. Hyper Lethal. How did she become such a thing? Summer was kind and gentle and sweet. She would never raise a gun or blade to anyone without trying to talk them down first.
He had respect for the Spartan...but now that he knew it was under the helmet? Did she still have his respect? Or did she lose it? He didn't know. It was too much to take. And something he was going to have a long and hard drink to think about it.
" How can I come to terms with this? She was my teammate. My friend. A sweet woman that never killed. And now you are telling me that she has taken so many lives. Human and alien?" he said out loud.
" Qrow," Shadow said, gaining his attention, " she was trained to do a number of things. She may have forgotten much of her time here, but I am sure she will uncover old memories. Just give her some time. Yes, she has taken lives, human included. But if she didn't, they would have undermined if not crippled the UNSC and possibly would have led them to Earth and even the extinction of the Human race."
Qrow just looked at the AI. " What do you mean?"
" What I mean is that there were people that would rather see a military get cripled if not outright destroyed with Humanity along with it, just so that they can be free from an ' oppressive ' government that they think abandoned them."
" And did you guys?" Weiss asked.
" Were we oppressive? Up for debate. Did we overreach at times? Probably. Did we abandon them? From a point of view, yes. But we were also stretched so thin to the point of breaking. It also takes time for messages to leave a world under siege to a UNSC base. Then add in the fact the time it takes to walk it up the chain of command, assemble a battle group or even a fleet, on top of the travel time. By the time they would have arrived, the planet would have been glassed." Red said to the group. " So yea. From some people's point of view, we did. Not because we hated them, but because we could not get there in time to do anything. We were getting stomped on and losing ships faster then we could build them. "
Blake looked at the tech wondering what all he meant. " When you said that oppressive, what did you mean?"
" Let me tell you a story. There was a kingdom on Earth called Britain. They had an empire that spanned nearly the entire globe. They had colonized a section of land that would be the east coast of the United States. With the King across an ocean, they were pretty far out of his sight but were forced to pay taxes for things that did not affect them. So they started to rebel. And as they started, a war broke out. The colonize won and Britain lost. Not just that part of their empire, but over time the rest. That can loosely apply to the UNSC and the Colonies." Shadow said to the group. " So is that a yes or a no?" Nora asked.
" Again from a certain point of view. We tried to keep a handle on everything but people will be people and rebels will rebel."
They left it at that as in the other room, Summer was talking to her children. They did not care that she was a clone nor that she took lives. All they cared about was that she was home.
" Mom," Ruby called.
" What is it?" She asked.
" Do you ever get tired of staying in this...thing?" Ruby asked pointing to her skin tight tech suit.
" This is my bio/ tech layer of the armor. I can stay in this for a long time and be comfortable. But I do feel a little grossed out. It does need a clean." She told her.
" Do your old clothes still fit?" Yang asked.
Summer shrugged as Yang went to go get the right duffle.
" I might have to go and get something that will suit me better. This thing does need a wash." She said as Yang came back in.
" I got it!" Yang said walking back into the room. " They seem to be as clean as the day you left. Although, I think we need to get them resized though." Yang said to her as she set the duffle down and took out her blouse, comparing her size to the blouse to see if it would fit.
Summer blew out a breath. " I figured as much. But let's see if it will fit." she got up with the bag and went to the conjoined bathroom. She paused at the threshold. " I will be right back out. Would you want to tell the others that we might go out clothes shopping?" She asked. When she received an affirmation, she closed the door stripped out of her tech suit and began to put on her old clothes. And the results? She needed them resized. But as long as she did not flex or do anything that could accidentally flash someone just by having a gust of wind come and lift her skirt up or a tare in the chest. She needed to be very careful.
/ / / / /
Salam looked at the door to the meeting chamber open seeing Emerald, Mercury, and Hazel walk in. No Cinder or Tyrian. Curious. Watts looked at the return team with a raised eyebrow.
" No Cinder? Isn't that interesting. Did she decide to leave in shame from another failure I wonder." He mused out loud.
Salam looked at Watts with a ' Shut up' look.
" You failed." She stated calmly.
The three bowed their heads as Hazel spoke up.
" We did ma'am. We failed to realize the power that the outsider had. The fault is mine." Hazel said, hoping to shift the blame from the two kids to himself. He really can be a softy.
Salam threw the table to the side completely KOing Watts as the table hit him right in his stupid face pinning him to the ground. She summoned Grimm arms to pin Hazel down as she began to walk around the three.
" Emerald. Tell me who it was that compromised your mission. Your very simple extraction of a relic mission." She asked.
Emerald didn't answer right away as she was in too much shock and grief. She had a ten thousand-yard stare as she looked at the ground. Cinder was gone. Dead. Six feet under. The woman she looked up to as a mentor. A future lover even.
" Emerald!" Salam shouted, " Tell me who-"
" CINDER MA'AM!" Emerald shouted, answering her.
" That is right. She put her ambitions above my own, and she paid the price. You can have ambitions and goals, but when you put them above my own you risk not only your life but also your goals." Salam proclaimed as she released Hazel. He stood back up rubbing his neck and stretching out his arm. Salam turned and was halfway back to her throne when Hazel spoke up.
" Ma'am, I have not finished my report." he could almost feel the hands appear on the floor ready to grab him. " The outsider is someone we already dealt with. A woman with silver eyes." he paused to let it sink in.
" I hope you don't expect to keep me in the dark." She growled.
" The outsider is Summer Rose. She somehow escaped death, got armor, and is more bloodthirsty. She was able to stand her ground against us. She also does not hesitate to end one's life. Cinder and Tyrian are case in point. They also have their relic. Possibly even to Atlas. And Ozpin is with them." He said carefully.
Salam stopped. Rage and sorrow filled her heart. " Leave." She said to the group, " Now."
Emerald was going to ask why when Hazel picked her and Mercury up and left. Watts managed to get the table off of him and left with the others.
Once the door was closed and she was alone, she let out a growl and let out a scream of rage. A pulse of her power came out with it as all the windows in the room shattered.
Outside the room, the small group could hear her let out her emotions in one scream as the sound of glass shatter was heard.
" You think she is taking the news well?" Mercury asked Watts.
Watts just looked at him and shook his head.
/ / / / /
She managed to get through the morning and midday without too much of an incident. Her blouse did lose a button when she took a deep breath of contentment of the fresh air. Before she left her bio/tech layer of her armor was washed and even now had a fan blowing into it as to air dry it in a bit more of a quicker manner. If the unthinkable were to afford to happen, then she would like to not be able to armor up without needing to wait too long.
The patrons and fitters that saw her walk-in mistook her as some sort of exotic dancer that needed to grab something from the store before her break was up. The way her old outfit looked on her suggested as much they let out sighs of relief when she said that she needed them resized and went to pick out new gear that would match what she needed. She would give this old set to her daughter provided that she didn't accidentally rip it.
After she got her new clothes with a few extras, she and the girls decided to hit up a local restaurant for lunch. So far Summer was enjoying herself reconnecting with her two children. They told her what all happened while she was gone. How they grew up focusing more on the happier times. When Tai was a bit more involved with their lives and not blocked off with grief. How, when he got himself out of his depression, he became the father he was supposed to be. He apologized for being absent and missing out on so much. He did come back into their lives as Yang entered middle school.
They told her of their early teenage lives and needing to deal with certain things Tai could not really help with. Lady problems. No talkie about. Let's move on. And boys hitting on the two of them. That he took great pleaser in as any good father would. And since he is a Huntsmen, well, you can gess what kind of fun he had each time a boy came around.
All in all she had a good day. She needs this. She really did. So much was unlocked as the girls retold their lives. And both were excited to get her home so Tai can get the news of her return. If she needed this, then they absolutely needed this. They needed to take the time to talk and be with her. To learn about what she had been through. What she had seen and done. To learn each scar she got from her Spartan career. And in turn she got to learn what all happened in their lives.
/ / / /
Summer and the girls got back to the house to find the group doing various things. Shadow and Red were bsing about everything and nothing, Blake and Weiss were locked in a game of chess, Oscar and Jaune were playing video games, Ren and Nora were nowhere to be seen likely making out in a room somewhere. Qrow was not seen either as he was outside.
When she entered the house, Ozpin took over Oscar's body. He paused the game before he turned to the new arrivals.
" Summer. Ruby. Yang. We need to talk about what comes next and whether we should rest or start heading to Atlas. I don't want to make a decision unless we are all on board." he said to her.
Before any of the girls could answer however, the game Jaune and Oscar were playing shifted from its pause screen to a very unimpressed ShadowHawk.
" Really Oz? You could not give them a day to reconnect and build their fractured relationship back and have mother and daughter time? I even told you to give them some space but what is the first thing you do? You want to debrief them and get moving. You dude need to take a chill pill."
" I just want to know what all happened, plan accordingly, and then move out. We have a relic with us right now that needs to be either locked back up or taken to Atlas where it can be better safeguarded." Ozpin shot back.
" Still. Those two girls just got their mother back and you can't even give them a day to come to terms with it or even to take the time to just spend together. Something I think they need more than getting to a new destination."
Jaune looked between the screen and Ozpin wondering what the super soldier was going to say. Was she gonna stay silent and take orders, or was she going to tell Ozpin to shove it like how Shadow is?
The Spartan sighed. She hoped to have more time before needing to move out. She wanted time to be with Ruby and Yang. She needed time with them. If she could unlock more of her old memories the better. She wanted to learn more about herself and not be the weapon ONI wanted her to be. She could not abandon her duty, that was part of her DNA. But she also had a family to look and care about. So where do her loyalties lie? As a soldier for the UNSC and by extent ONI, who would take her girls and run experiments on them to see if they could replicate their abilities in the name of the greater good? Or does it lie with her being a mother and protecting her children and family?
She couldn't abandon either. But could she do both? Mothers and fathers were fighting weren't there? And they were serving in the UNSC weren't they? Had to be. So she can do both, couldn't she? But right now she needed to answer Ozpin.
" Look. I just want to spend time with my children. I get you want to talk and plan our next move. And you will. But right now, I have more pressing concerns. Getting to know my children is the main thing." she told him.
" Noble. We need to talk. You can spend all the time you want with your children on our way to Atlas." he insisted.
Noble. He was calling her to duty. Just like how ONI would. She growled at how he was trying to manipulate her. He must have heard the growl as well as her children as she felt her girls back up a step or three as Jaune had eyes wide as dinner plates as well as the others. Ozpin knew that he may have f-up as he started to back up.
' Oscar, you take over and try to talk her down and to get her to debrief.' Oz said to the child so he did not have to endure the wrath of a pissed-off woman that could end him with her bare hands.
' Nope. You ticked her off. You deal with it. Your actions have consequences.' he said, locking himself away in his mind.
Ozpin cursed himself as Summer got right in front of him.
" I told you. I have things I want to do first. You are going to have to wait." She told him as she turned. But before she took a step she said one last thing, " I also don't take orders from civilians." and with that, she went back to her children.
" That was scary. She is scary. Note to self, do not piss her off." Ozpin said aloud.
" Hey, you are the one to get on her bad side. Shadow even told you to give them the day to reconnect. And yet there you go trying to pressure her into a rash decision. Even using her call sign to bring her to heel like you are a general." Jaune said to him.
" But we do need to get moving. I want to know if we should move out now or wait till later. We need to get that lamp to Atlas and behind one million layers of security." Ozpin shot back.
" Maybe. But you were still warned. This is a very unique situation. A spartan, a Spartan-III, is found to be a clone of a woman from another universe who just so happens to be a wife and mother. She met her children and is now wanting to get to know her kids. She did miss out on their lives after all. " Red said to the immortal being.
/ / / /
That bastard. How could he ruin a moment like that? And calling her Noble. As if that alone would bring her to heel. She should kick his ass for that but since he is sharing a body with a fourteen-year-old, well it would be inappropriate for her to hit him. Ozpin could just nope out of there and let Oscar take the hit. She was unsure if that is something he would do. Even if he wasn't like that at all, she still did not want to hit a child.
She looked over to see that Yang and Ruby were removing tags and putting the clothes into duffle bags for her.
" So, what do my two children want to do now?" She asked with a smile on her face as she turned to the two.
" Clean and polish weapons/ Go for a joy ride!" the two gave their options with Ruby wanting to clean and polish her firearms and possibly her armor while Yang wanted to go for a joy ride in the hog.
/ / / / /
It was evening and the entire group was present. Summer, Ruby and Yang had gotten back fifteen minutes ago from their afternoon escapade. It wasn't much. Just a drive out to a local open spot to talk and where their mother can share more of her stories from space.
" Wait, we need to take the relic to Atlas?" Ruby asked.
Her, Yang and her mom all got back an hour ago. Dinner was in the oven and Ozpin figured it was the perfect time to get the debriefing started. While Summer wanted to just go the day without needing to do any military actions, she did understand that sharing knowledge while it was still fresh was important. The first thing that was said was that they needed to get to Atlas. That the lamp would be safer there rather than in an unlocked chamber.
" That was what Oz said." Qrow replied.
Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at him. Most had the ' ok cool. I will pack my snow gear' look, while Weiss was not only surprised but shocked. She spent a good deal of time trying to leave Atlas and now they want her to go back?
" I hope you are joking." Weiss blurted out.
" On the bright side. We can FINALLY get out of this house! It reminds me of much of our home town that was wrecked when we were children. It's nice and all but too many memories." Nora chimed in.
" I am not thrilled about it either. But without the Spring Maiden here to seal the Relic back in its Vault, it's our only option." Qrow said to the group as Yang bent forward.
' I need to tell them, but how to do so without forcing it in?' the blond thought.
" Atlas may be the safest Kingdom we have at the moment, but the borders are closed. Ironwood called everyone back." Ren said, breaking Yang out of her thoughts.
" You call this a Debriefing? This is more of a Briefing. If you want to do both, just say so." Shadow said, gaining everyone's attention.
" I suppose we are doing things out of order. So who wants to go first and tell their story of what all happened last night. We were all there so we don't really need to hear from the ' surface' team. I want to know what happened down with the Relic. Noble. You and Yang were their care to fill us in with what happened?" Ozpin asked.
Yang looked at her mother who took on her military persona.
" Sir, when I got there and was able to move, I cloaked and assisted Raven. It appears to have been a double-cross. Raven killed her tribe woman and from what I could gather, the powers went to…" She was interrupted by Yang.
" Raven. When I got there I could see the doors opening. The only ones there were my mother and mom." Yang said finally telling them. The look of relief slipping from her shoulders.
" That is correct Yang. Although I think Raven had the powers all along. She fought as if she had them for a good long while. So my best guess is that Vernal was a proxy Maiden to draw suspicion to her and not to Raven." Summer continued, " I thought I paralyzed her by throwing her headfirst into the ground. Apparently, she had her aura concentrated on her head. As Raven and I had a chat, she got back up. Fought some more, then she decided to engulf herself in a flame tornado. Raven cooled it down and I was able to get a shot through. Cinder was on her last leg and was ready to go again when I ended her life." She finished.
" So Cinder is dead?" Ruby asked her. She showed fear and surprise in her eyes but at the same time, what was it relife? Joy? Or something else.
" She is." Noble confirmed.
Ruby closed her eyes and nodded. Out of all the people Ruby wanted dead, it was her for killing people just for the kicks. Penny was killed in front of thousands if not millions of people just to get people scared and afraid. To make a point and statement. Pyrrha was killed on top of Beacon tower just because she tried to take her on. Her friends Penny and Pyrrha were avenged. They could rest easy now.
Qrow looked at both his niece and teammate with wide eyes. He may have been able to begin to understand and get used to the fact that Summer has killed other humans, but he was still shocked to hear it. And was even more shocked to see that Ruby approved.
" Ruby, I hope that you are not going down a dark path. The last thing I want to do is to tell your father that you have been killing people in your fights." Qrow said bluntly.
Ruby looked at him. " Uncle Qrow, you have nothing to worry about. Cinder is the only one that I am happy to see six feet under. I would rather see her tried for her crimes and have a public trial first but I can settle for this." She said.
Qrow blew out a breath. But before he could say anything, Noble or Summer spoke up.
" Killing someone should never be easy and you should never wish death upon people. Some of those people you are fighting may just be following orders or are forced to. You should always show them proper respect. I may be a soldier and have taken human lives before, but I always gave them the respect they deserve. Even if their cause was misplaced."
Ruby looked at her with a look of digesting what was said before nodding.
Qrow took his scroll out and thumbed it on.
" Atlas may be closed, but not everyone has gone back yet." Part of the map was highlighted, " Argus is aways north of us and is the primary trading port between Anima and Solitas. The base is just outside the city. I doubt they would leave it abandoned. All we need is to play our cards right and I bet they would escort us right to Ironwood." Qrow finished.
" Ironwood is the one you spoke of? The one that would probably listen and heed my warnings and take them seriously?" Summer asked.
" He is. I am sure that you two can talk military mumbo jumbo when we get there and you can show him what you showed us. And since you have an AI that can hack in and show the proof, I doubt he would rebuff ya." Qrow told her.
Blake chimed in saying that they also have the missing Heiress to the SDC which Weiss corrected her closing her trunk.
It wasn't long after that they all agreed to head out first thing in the morning and get some shuteye. Since most of those present were already in some form of sleepwear, they just unrolled their sleeping bags. Ruby and Yang, however, did not sleep on the main floor or in their separate rooms, they instead chose to sleep with their mother. They may be too old for that but what do you expect? They just got their mother back. This is a comfort thing for them.
Summer had changed into her nightgown and was just about to head to bed herself when Qrow caught her by the arm and gestured to the balcony signaling that he wanted to talk. She followed him out as he walked to the railing.
They were silent for a few moments as Qrow was trying to figure out what to say. Finally, he just threw his arms around her in an embrace. She was shocked for a second before she returned the embrace.
" We all thought we lost you Summ. I am so glad you found your way back." He finally said.
She let out a breath. " Qrow. I am going to be honest with you. I am still trying to figure out who I am. I may have the same face as your teammate, but I don't know who I am. Am I Summer Rose? Or Natsuki. A Huntress or a Spartan. Or am I both? I just don't know and don't have an answer." She said breaking the hug and walking to the railing. " Today while I was with the girls, I felt like I was Summer. Their mother. And that was to bring a sense of comfort and closer. As for me? I am still unsure."
Qrow looked at her. He felt bad for her. She was still trying to figure out what made her HER. He walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
" Whether you are Summer or Nat, we will be there for you no matter what. We will help you through everything." Qrow told her.
" He is right." a new voice said. They turned and saw Red holding a datapad with Shadow standing on top of it, " You have people here that will help you through everything. All you need to do is ask." Red said to her, placing Shadow on the flat railing and a hand on her shoulder.
A smile graced her lips. She did not have to go through this alone. Any confusion she may have.
She could not have asked for better friends. Qrow was an old teammate and friend from her past that she could confide in. Shadow not only provided tactical but had a bit of personality that brought a smile to her face even if it was a pervy flirty joke. He had a way of lightening her mood.
Then she had Ruby and Yang. Her two daughters looked up to her.
She turned to everyone with a smile on her lips.
" I could not ask for better people to be with." she said.
Everyone just looked at her with smiles of their own. It was Red, the tech that she may have never met on Reach but seemed to be a nice guy for an ONI technician, placed both hands on her shoulders.
" I may not know your situation in full, but I can tell from your interactions with the children is that you have a mother's spirit in you. I am sure you can find a way to fuse both the mother you were and the Spartan you are into one." Red told her, " And I am sure that your husband would think twice before asking you to make him a sandwich."
Qrow and Shadow laughed at that remark with Summer smiling and rolling her eyes.
The small group looked back out into the town.
" So. In my travels to different universes, I rarely ever came back to Reach. Think of it like handing in an Exotic Engram to Rahul in year one and have it be an exotic, rare. So imagine my surprise when I found myself in our old lab." Red started telling the group.
" Oh? And what did you find?" Shadow asked.
" Well it concerns her." he said pointing to Summer.
" Me?" she asked, pointing to herself.
Red nodded, " Did you know that you're labeled as a Hyper Lethal Vector?" he asked.
Summer shrugged and Red chuckled.
" There is only one other Spartan with that rating. Can you guess who?"
She shook her head.
" Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan John-117." he told her.
Summer and Shadow looked at her in shock. John was a legend. A Spartan-II known for his battle prowess and his luck. True she and likely John could care less about ratings unless it considered what they could do in a fight. But still. Being neck in neck with a legend. That is amazing.
Qrow was the one that broke in. " Uhh, excuse me but who is this 117 you guys are talking about?" he asked.
They all looked at him. " Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan 117 is not just a man. He is a legend. He has pulled a victory from a defeat like it was a game. He is someone you do not want to bet against." Red told him. " He has a body count that can't be tracked. And one lucky hardcore son of a bitch."
Qrow had an understanding look. It was obvious that this guy was a war hero and a legend. Someone troops could rally behind.
They stood out on the balcony under a beautiful night sky and just talked. Red would tell a story about one battle or another that he was a part of wherever he was dumped and Shadow would chime in with a joke.
" Hey Red, can I ask you something?" Summer asked.
" For you beautiful, ask away." Red said with a flirt.
Summer gave an eye roll and slugged the tech in the arm. He gave a fake whimper of pain as he rubbed his arm good-naturedly.
" Are you able to bring anything with you from your journeys? Like any weapons, books and alike?" She asked.
Red had a thought full look. " I have never tried before. Most of the time if I was on or in something, I would just disappear and it would go God knows where. Why? You want me to bring you something?" he asked, seeing her planning something.
" If you can, I would like for you to be able to smuggle me a nuke." she dropped.
Both Red and Shadow had eyes the size of dinner plates.
" A NUKE!?" they asked at the same time.
" Yes."
" WHAT FOR!?" Red asked.
" This Salam charter. From what Tyrian and Emerald made it sound, she is very powerful. I would like to have it as a last resort kind of weapon. If we can't get to her with precision, then I just want to end her life in a flash of fire and thunder." She told him.
" Oh. And who is Tyrian again?" Red asked.
" You never met the guy. But he was the one to inflict the wounds on the original Summer Rose. He is dead now so you don't have to worry. But you should have seen his face when she turned around. He went from a cackling mad man to a very confused boy." Shadow told him.
Red nodded and said that it might be a good idea to head to bed. They all nodded and went to their respected sleeping spots.
Summer entered her room to see that both Ruby and Yang were still up waiting for her. And by the way their heads were drooping, were ready to fall asleep sitting there.
" Mo-yauuuuuuun-om. What kept you?" Yang asked as Ruby rubbed her eyes.
" Qrow wanted to ask me a few things. You two should be sleeping. We have a train to catch tomorrow." She told them.
" We were waiting for you." Ruby said.
Summer smiled and asked why.
" So you can get comfy and not need to climb over us." Yang said.
Summer rolled her eyes again and hopped in. As soon as she was settled and the lights were off and the fan was on, she felt both Ruby and Yang hug and arm and lay their heads on a shoulder and promptly fell asleep.
/ / / / / /
It was early morning in the house and a certain AI was prowling the net...sort of . He was doing Ai stuff. Checking the weather and the stock market. You know Ai stuff. When he entered the TV in his partners room, he saw a very heartwarming sight. The sight of Noble snuggled up and being snuggled up by her children. So heartwarming in fact that he jumped into her helmet and using her helmet camera, took a picture.
The train station was bustling with activity as Noble was strapping down her hog in the rearmost car as Qrow went to get tickets and storage space for both Yang's bike and Summers Warthog. While the group was waking up, Qrow quickly wrote a letter to James and was now dropping it off in the mailbox before walking back to the group.
Back with the kids, they were chatting and predicting what would happen, with Nora asking if the beach would be open. Yup. Totally Nora. You were totally not thinking about the beach just to play some volleyball. You just want to see your man without a shirt and possibly showing off.
Ren simply said that no beach would be open in the middle of winter and that the would-be one step closer to Atlas with Weiss clearly showing her disdain of the idea.
" I am glad you are all excited. But I don't think you all appreciate the amount of work I had to do to leave Atlas." She told the flat out.
" Don't worry Weiss, you can trust us! Team RWBY won't leave your side for a second!" Ruby said chearly when a new voice spoke up.
" You don't need to worry about anything when you have us around." one said holding a spiked mace on his shoulder with his friend doing the same with his rifle.
The one who spoke had unkempt brown hair and yellow eyes. He wore a blue long-sleeve button-up shirt with a black undershirt underneath it, grey pants, boots, and brown leather gloves and a belt. The other guy had his brown hair in a ponytail with a lock hanging in his face covering his right eye, blue eyes, and a goatee. He wore a white button-up shirt with a blue vest, fingerless leather gloves, a brown belt and kept his dark grey pants up.
The kids looked at the two with both an unimpressed look and confusion.
" Aaaand you are?" Nora asked, waving her hand.
" Oh, we are just the Huntsmen that are going to be protecting you guys on this trip. Dee and Dubly at your services. We are going to be going through Grimm infested areas after all." Dee started with Dubly picking up right after, " And for a one time fee, we will give extra protection to your car. Should things get dangerous."
I would say everyone facepalmed at their statement, and maybe you in the audience did, but for our small team, they just had a very, and I mean Very unimpressed look. A look of so much unempressment that they should have just moved on. It was like being given a small plushy for completing a challenge that would be a giant stuffed animal worthy.
But thankfully the approaching sound of heavy armor was heard as Noble came walking up to the group with Qrow.
" Hey we got a tip for ya," Qrow started.
" Scram." Noble finished.
Both Dee and Dubly looked to see Qrow and Noble walking towards them.
" It looks like Mistral is scraping the bottom of the barrel these days." Qrow let out.
" Bottom of the barrel? No-no-no. They are looking in the dumpster. The bottom of the barrel would be those that are just starting out or still in school." Shadow said through Noble speakers.
That seemed to irritate the two as Dee pointed a finger at Noble.
" Listen here you pile of spare parts, we are Argus's assigned huntsmen to be stationed here! So why don't you take your robotic ass and go back to your charging station like a good machine before I turn you into a pile of junk!"
Shadow popped up on Nobles Helm looking at the two, and he was pretty angered if the glitching was anything to go by.
" Listen here tweedle-DEE and tweedle-dum, you just used your one freebie. I will not be held responsible if you continue down this course of action because if you do, you will be in the hospital faster than a 1000 degree knife through butter. Do I make myself clear?" he shouted at the two.
" Why you, Do you have any idea who we are? We are…"
Qrow did not let him finish as he took out his scroll and produced his license, " A professional huntsmen is what we are. And she is not only a huntress but a super-soldier." he said as their faces fell. He put his scroll away as he continued, " Now one of you heros left the staff lounge door on the caboose wide open. It would be a shame for one of you to get fired over something so simple" he said causing them to bicker back and forth. All the while during the exchange, Ruby and Yang were, well, being very immature. Making faces at them and just acting childish. All of which were captured thanks to Shadow.
As the two would be Huntsmen walked off, Oscar spoke up for both him and Ozpin.
" You know, sometimes the burden of saving the world feels overwhelming at times. But then people like that come along and make me grateful that it's our job and not theirs." he said, gaining chuckles from everyone.
" Is everyone loaded up and ready to go? I know Summer got the bike and Hog strapped down." Qrow asked.
" We are all ready, just waiting on Blake." Weiss replied.
As for Blake, well she is saying her farewells to some very close friends. Namely Ilia and Sun. She was going to miss the two of them as she embraced both and even gave Sun a peck on the cheek before she joined the group and they were off for the next grand adventure.
/ / / / /
The train ride so far was so good. The girls were in their room chillaxing as Qrow, Red, and Summer were at the car's mess. Red and Qrow each had a drink in their hands while Summer just had a juice. Nothing fancy. Even if she wasn't having anything fancy, she was still having a good time. And Qrow needed some time to talk to her. He needed to talk to her and get to know her. To know what all she went through and to understand what she went through.
To understand the training and the war.
Red said that he was going to head back to their room and chill with the girls and tell epic stories and left. That was Qrows chance. He walked up to her and tapped her shoulder pad...or more like knocking on it. Let's face it, a simple finger tap on her shoulder would not be felt. He had to hit it pretty hard to get her attention.
She looked at him with a raised eyebrow as he jerked his head to an empty corner of the mess that had a table. She looked at him not getting what he was trying to say.
" Summ, I would like to talk to you about what all that happened," he said to her.
She nodded and stood up and followed him.
" What is it you wanted to know? I already told you most if not all she went through. So what else do you want to know?" Shadow asked, popping up on Summers's shoulder.
" I know you told me but I want to hear it from her. What she felt. And, -sigh- I wanted to tell her about everything that happened when she left. I know Ruby and Yang touched on it. But I am not sure how much they told you."
Summer took a breath and told him that Yang talked about what happened to her and Ruby after the news of her death. How their father shut down due to grief and sorrow. How Yang had to sacrifice her childhood so Ruby could have a mother like figure to look up to. In turn, she told him of her first-hand experience of eliminating terrorist cells or taking on the covenant. The training she undertook.
As they were talking, Blake came into the gally. She ordered a simple fish sandwich with some potato chips. She then looked for a place to sit and eat before she spotted Shadow standing on top of the Spartans helmet waving her over. She shrugged and walked up to them and asked if she could join them. Qrow nodded and motioned her to take it.
She thanked him and began to dig in.
Summer looked at her and tried to recall anything over the past couple of days of the girl. And sadly she didn't know much. She heard both her and Yang talking about what happened at Beacon a couple of times and if they were cool. But that was about it. She looked at the girl and cleared her throat.
" Blake? That is your name right?" She asked the raven-haired cat girl.
She nodded but before Summer could say anything, Shadow spoke up.
" You know, it is a damn good thing we are not in the twenty-teens on Earth. Guys would be going nuts to get you to be their girlfriend.'' The AI told said cat girl.
She looked at him with a bit of a shocked look and a blush.
" You mean to tell me that a bunch of guys would kill to be my boyfriend?" She asked.
" Yea. Not sure why though. It could be the ears and tail, but also some of the cat-like mannerisms. I don't know." he finished.
Summer again cleared her throat and asked her what all she did and the bit of bad blood between her and Yang.
Blake let out a breath, " Has there been any groups within Earth's history that started peacefully and for the people, but then turned into something ugly?" She asked.
" We have had a few of those over the centuries." Summer replied.
Blake looked at the woman. She could easily be mistaken for Ruby at first blush. She had the same face and hair, but Summer had scars of war on her face that separated her from her daughter.
" I was part of one such group. My father started the White Fang. A group dedicated to faunas rights and equality. We were peaceful and never raised a weapon to any human." She began.
" let me guess. Something happened and they are now doing more than just rallying and protesting?" Shadow asked.
Blake nodded. " Several years ago, my father stepped down as High Leader to be the Chieftain of Menagerie, and a new leader took his place. One that was more ruthless." She paused gathering her thoughts. " Sienna Khan used violence to get points across. We donned masks to hide our faces. Humans saw us as monsters, so we donned the faces of monsters. No longer are we protesting unequal rights and work conditions, but mobbing places of business. If someone showed us disrespect, we would mob and beat them into submission. But some even took that further and started to kill when he saw fit and became a supremacist. He no longer wanted equality. He wanted servants."
" Sounds like a terrorist." Shadow replied.
" That is what he became. He was like a mentor to me. I left my parents and called them cowards for not being more proactive. We went on to raid a train full of dust. We were supposed to detach the car and take the Dust, but he wanted to blow it up. No real problem but he wanted to take the entire train and crew with it. So I left him. A criminal hiding in plain sight. I will skip most of what all happened after and tell you why there is bad blood between me and Yang." She took a breath and finally told her about the attack on Beacon.
" Adam, he attacked the school. He let Grimm into the school grounds. He slaughtered the students that he came across. It did not matter if they were armed or faunas. He cut them down without mercy. If they were human, he killed them slowly and painfully. When I saw him in the cafeteria, he killed a student. I tried to stop him and make him see reason, but he just brushed me off. That is when he saw Yang." She then placed a hand on her side where he stabbed her, " He stabbed me to get her attention. And in that moment, he had her. She launched herself at him and he just casually took her arm. He was going to kill both of us. And he would have if I had not acted and got us out of there." She stopped as the memories came back to her.
" Ok so with the backstory out of the way, do you mind me asking why you left her when she clearly would need your help." Summer asked.
Blake looked at her.
" -sigh- I left because I was ashamed. I was ashamed that I could not have done more. I left because I thought that whoever I get close to will get hurt. I see Yang as a sister, and I could not look at her with all that weight hanging over my head. So I left. Hoping to take any and all problems with me." Blake choked out.
Survivors guilt. Or a variation of it.
Both Summer and Qrow looked at her as she was holding back the pain that has been trying to get free.
" Blake, I have seen other people in a similar position as you. Hundreds of not thousands of people losing everything and needing to rebuild. Some came from insurrectionist backgrounds that became Elite Helljumpers. You are not alone. You have people to talk to. Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Ren, Nora, Jaune. You even got myself and Qrow if you need it." Summer told her.
Blake nodded and finished her lunch before saying that she was heading back to her room.
The two adults stayed in the gally for an extra twenty minutes before heading back.
When they got to the door is when things went to hell. And like reasonable people that were trained to kill Grimm, they went up to the top of the train to do battle.
Everyone drew their weapons and sighted the Grimm as Red took out a pair of combat knives and got in front of everyone.
" Red! What are you doing?" Ruby asked.
" My time has come." Red said as he took a breath and at the top of his lungs yelled, " LEROOOOOY JENKIIIIIIINNNNNNNS!" and charged the Grimm sphinxes...just to disappear into another dimension.
Everyone, and I mean everyone, just looked at where the tech once stood in utter confusion and bafflement.
/ / / / / /
Planet Reach. Two days after the planet fell. Two days after Noble left.
In a crater that once housed a human research base, a team was seen sifting through the rubble. A team of troops saw an explosion a couple of cycles ago. All that was left when they arrived was rubble and fire. The few structures that were still standing told that it was a human structure. They were going to leave it be because why would they. The only thing that made them search and start to sift through it was all the Covenant bodies. When they pulled the audio logs they found that they were ordered to check out an energy spike in the area and that humans could be near. It was obvious that they did find something. Throughout the coming units, they cleared the rubble enough to find sub levels. They even found the building's black boxes. They knew that they held important data as to what the building was and its final moments. All they needed to do was to get their huragok to hack into it. Hopefully, it held the location of their homeworld so they can cleanse it.
But that was two days ago. And lo and behold when the corvette dropped out of slip space, they found one of the holy sacred rings. Halo. And the humans landed on it, soiling the ring. The vile and rage were damn near overwhelming. The entire crew begged and begged to be sent into cleans the ring of their filth.
Buy Supreme Commander Thel Vadamee shot that down. Instead, he wanted them to investigate a structure in the gas giant. That did not make the crew very happy but was assured that they had more than enough troops rid the ring of the humans and that they would still get the honor they deserve.
Truth be told, they were more of the ranger/scolor type of worrier. Who else would he send to glean knowledge from the forerunners. So that is where they were sent. To glean knowledge from the station and figure out why it was there.
And while all that was going on, Sesa Refumee would crack those Black Boxes open and glean the information stored within.
/ / / / / /
Ok I am ending the chapter here folks. Belive it or not, starting this chapter was a bit of a pain. I had nothing to really go off of. I could have just everything play out as chill and normal with Summer and the girls talking everything out over breakfast, but that would not be realistic. Sooo, that was the begining. Then we get the begining of Volume 6.
What else do you really want me to say here? Because I got nothing. Cinder and Tryain are dead and we get some looks at the Covonant fleet at the first ring. I planted seeds boys! Halo CE has at least started here! AND IT HAS BEEN DROPPED FOR THE MCC ON PC! I hope you guys who play PC are enjoying yourselvs...and I cant wait to see some of the mods people can come up with. Has anyone played as a Jackle sniper yet? Or cursed halo?
Then we got the new season of Destiny. Season of the Worthy. I am going to be real and I am going to be honest. I am going to mostly skip this season. I am not big on PvP so Trials of Osiris is not exatly up my ally so you guys have at it. While I am up for a sweaty game, I pefer it to be an accedental sweat. You know what I mean by that? You are just playing chill and then all of a sudden you and the opposing team are neck and neck. And that one player that seems to be just as skilled as you.
Aside from all of that thier is one thing I am supper hyped for. So, as of the day I am writing this, yesterday we got a new book that is set to drop later this year. That is Shadows Of Reach. Oh my God I am so Hyped. Now I like to listen my books. That is how I like to read. You can get stuff done while you listen to your book. But I also like to get the hard copy as well. Just in case. Now I have listend to Last Light, Retrubuion, Silent Storm and, Oblivion. Troy Denning is one damn good writer and if you have not had a chance to read or listen to his works or any of the other books in the franchise, I highly recomend it. It helps enrich the games and lore and, Hmmmm, I am excited for both the book and the game.
If anyone is wanting to talk lore or anything and get my opinions on anything feel free to ask.
REVIEWS!
Guest
Third chapter was going extremely well until close to the end, seriously that's just cringly random it had me sitting here going "just what the hell am I reading"
I take no offence. Having a random person just appear out of know where just to disapear can be a bit jarring. So I dont blame you one bit. If you havent read it, I explained that the AI Noble snagged was based off of my best friend. When I was first starting this story out, he was both my beta and Co-author and we both joked about having myself come in at some point. That is when we both came up with a tech that fazes in and out of reality that just sits and does nothing. Just a way for myself to be able to interact with charters. Why? Becasue why not.
So what you have been reading is the mess of everything that is in my mind.
Hope to see you around more! And with this chapter aside, I wont be making an apearance till at least till Volume 7.
Sm0keyPanda
It's a nice fic, but one quick thing... YOU NEED TO TAG THE CHARACTERS FOR THE FIC. Seriously, your fics do not appear at all if someone searches for specific characters. Do you have any idea how absolutely fucking annoying it is to try and find one of your fics without being able to remember the name? It took me more than an hour of searching to find "The Huntress and the Spartan", having read it a while back and wanting to re-read it.
TLDR: TAG THE GODDAMN CHARACTERS. AT LEAST THE FUCKING PROTAGONIST.
Ok so unlike my other story, I left this one open for a reason. I just don't remember it off of the top of my head. For the most part it came down to only having four slots. Now if I could, I would have all the protaginits tagged. Varriants included. But with only four slots, I need to think of who to tag. And that comes down to a couple of things.
Nat/Summer/Noble are all one charter so who do I put down? Becasue each one could be placed but that would take up three slots. So who to put down? Then thier is team RWBY. Should I put them down or RNJR? Either could be placed but since RWBY got back together and I started in V4, I hope you see my delima. If I could all the heros would be labled but since I am alowed four slots, I need to limit it. Sooo any sugestions? I may just though up Summer and RWBY just to have the lables.
So while I am sorry for any and all confusion, I am placed in a delima as well. Also...language. Please. You can PM me and curse and swear at me all you want thier. ( but please dont kill me. I am to young to die.)
GreenTheRyno
Interesting that you decided to throw the entire Battle of Haven arc into one chapter, also like the way you did the Summer-is-Noble reveal.
Meanwhile Blake's probably wondering why there's suddenly a really big and armored Ruby running around. Fun times ahead :)
If you think about it, the entire battle took place during like what an hour or somthing at most. It was during a single night that was split up into diffrent sections that happed during the same time as another event. So fitting it in was not really all that hard or a challange. I actully had a lot of fun doing it. Not trying to boost or overdue my skill but I find it easyer to write with a minimal of charter switching or needing to write out ever sean in the show. I like to use the show as a spring bord then modd it as to what the charters would do or say and just go from thier. Add somthings here and thier. That is just a little fun fact
The reveal I had planned out in my head. I was actully kind of worried that I rushed it. I need her helm removed right as Ruby's flash hit her. It also would have helped if she was facing the same way but it worked out.
Her meeting Summer in the white expance was inspired by Assassins Creed IIs loading screen, and the way she was facing after the flash is obviously from Halo 5 with Chief and Lock fight scean. And yes I used Kurt-051s words at the end of Ghosts of Onyx. A little bit of trivia thier.
Also I think that while Blake would be shocked at first whens she sees Noble's face for the first time, she would be able to not only peice things together but also relize that some children look almost exatly like one of their parents. Example, Blake is put near the spitting image of Kalie. Winter is almost a copy of WIllow. Now that I think about it, alot of the children physicly look like one of thier parents with just some color swapping. Ehhh saves time and money I gess. Also why waist a good moddle and asset.
So that is it. Got nothing else really to say. So what did you guys think? Good, bad, need some work, feel free to let me know. I read all of your coments and try to take them to heart.
So with that said my fellow readers and/or authors, Fly Fast, Check Six, and I will see you all on the virtual battlefield.