A Noble Rose

by red october700

She was supposed to die here. Yet she finds herself on a new world. She has never been here but it welcomes her home like a wayward daughter that returned. Now she finds a new purpose. But how is she going to handle it all with these random flashbacks to a life she didnt live?

8. Chapter 7

A Beowolf was walking through the woods. It was away from its pack. Separated due to land mines that were set up specifically for them. It just wandered looking for its next meal as it came across a piece of metal. It was a piece that was well worn and long. Humans had placed this thing here. In its relatively short life, it knew one thing. If a line of metal is on the ground follow it to its end and it will find its meal.

So it followed it. The walk was long and boring. But he kept going. Hopefully, it can form a new pack. A stronger one. It kept walking the line till it saw a dark foreboding mouth. It stared into it not knowing what to do. Its ears picked up the sound of wind escaping the mouth with the faint sound of what? Thunder? It was about to take shelter in the mouth if it was going to storm. It approached the mouth with the thunder getting louder.

Just as it reached the mouth, the thunder was deafening and, was that light in the tunnel? That was the last thought it had as the train our group was riding slammed into it turning the Grimm into dust.

Ruby looked out between the cars to see if the Sphinxes were still following them. She grimaced as she saw them come out of the tunnel ready to go another round as the winged lion Grimm took flight. She motioned for the rest of her team, uncle, and mother up to the top of the train and continued to fight and keep the attention on them while Blake decoupled the train. Once she was on top of the current car, she took a breath and prepared herself for battle.

Noble reached over and grabbed her assault rifle. She sighted the lead Sphinx and opened fire. It dropped to the car with a roar as it charged the Spartan as its brethren took on Blake, Yang, Weiss, and Qrow.

As it got closer, it lowered its head and rammed the human that was firing its gun at it. It was surprised when the human didn't get squished under its weight and speed. It felt nothing, nothing at all as it flew off of the car as bullets slammed into its underside, tearing through its organs and soft underbelly. It spread its wings and glided to the snow-covered ground before it flapped and tried to catch back up.

/

Noble swapped magazines in her rifle and jumped back up to the car to see Yang and Blake tag teaming one as Ruby and Qrow took on another. Qrow looked like he and Weiss were taking turns on the last one. Or what would have been the last one if the one that she thought she got came up behind them readying a fireball in its mouth. She sprinted to the end of the car readying her rifle and the drop shield.

It fired at her as she deployed the shield stopping the fireball as the heat warped the metal as the fireball spread over the shield. Noble jumped to the next car and uploaded the mag into the beast's face hoping that the constant fire would break its armor or at least enough of damage that the next few shots would break through it.

She would use a sticky grenade next time she would be able to knock it off the train again. Hell maybe even throwing it into its open mouth when the chance presents itself.

She reloaded as it landed in front of her. She could hear the others making quick work of the other Grimm if the sounds of slashing and gunfire were anything to go buy. The beast growled as it lowered itself as it sidestepped to the right, getting in a perfect position to leap and take her off of the train.

' If this thing thinks it can drag me off with a leap, it will be disappointed.' she thought as she got ready to drop off the edge.

The beast rolled its shoulders like a cat and then pounced. Noble hopped back and off the train as she slung her rifle with one hand and threw a sticky grenade onto the beast's face. She punched the window out on the train and held on. The Grimm sored over her head with the sticky blinding and burning it.

The Grimm hit the ground with a thud as it pawed at the abstraction trying to clear it. All that it got was a burnt paw and then it knew no more as the grenade exploded taking its head off. Noble tracked it with her helmet and watched as it exploded and died. She ripped out the remains of the window and crawled into the car before she made her way up. What she found was Qrow and Ruby finishing off the last sphinx but not before it spat out one last fireball that flew towards the tracks, detonating and leaving a section open for the train to derail itself.

" Ahhh hell, this is going to be rough." Shadow said.

" EITHER JUMP OFF OR FIND A WAY TO STRAP IN!" Noble shouted to the group.

The team did a quick double-take, trying to figure out what way to jump when the train hit the gap making it jump and buck sending everyone off of the top and into the snow with the cars sailing right over them scattering their belongings into the snow.

Noble landed with a heavy *thud*, sending plums of snow into the air as train debris and even luggage all over the area. She stayed down to avoid any other flying debris that might hit her, and even then she was still pelted with rocks, bolts, and other debris that ping off of her armor.

" Ow, ow owowowow ow!" shadow said with each hit.

It was not long afterward that everything was quiet that she got to her feet and started to look around.

" RWBY! Qrow, Oscar! Fall in!" she called out earning groans as said people took to getting to their feet shaking off the snow and getting their bearings as they made their way to a clearing. Noble looked and did a quick headcount.

" Everyone alright?" Noble asked.

Everyone gave grunts and affirmatives when an old woman's voice sang out.

" Still alive!" the group turned with Noble even drawing her rifle. " That was close, wasn't it?" the woman said walking out of the car. Her blue outfit offset her brown skin as she walked down the ramp, cane in hand, and goggles clicking together.

She slung her weapon and was ready to dress her down for being stupid and not going with the rest, but sighed knowing that there was nothing that could be done about it now.

" Find what all we can use. Yang, see if you can't find your bike. It was strapped down next to the hog so I doubt it would have gone far if at all. The rest, gather supplies. We will head out in fifteen." She ordered as she went with Yang to find not only her bike but also the hog.

When the time was up and she got the hog out and running, it was about time to head out.

Oscar or Ozpin was talking about some of the things the lamp does and why he should be carrying it.

Ruby, who was holding it, slightly tightened her hand on it.

" Sir. I know you have been carrying it for a while, but to be honest I should be the one to carry it. No offense, but I am the one that has been trained to be a living weapon. I can watch over it until we get to Atlas." Noble said, pointing out the obvious.

" I appreciate the offer but…" he paused as Oscar took over and by the sound of it, struggling to stay in control.

" You need to hurry!" he said strained, " He doesn't want you to know. The genie's name is Jinn. Say her name to summon her!" he said grunting as it seems he lost.

" Ruby." Ozpin said in a nervous yet demanding tone, " Please hand me the lamp." he said as Ruby looked at the lamp, to Ozpin, and then back to the lamp.

" Ozpin, what is going on?" Qrow asked not knowing what side to take.

Ruby looked at the lamp and called Jinns' name.

Everything slowed and stopped. The snow stopped mid-fall as the lamp hovered out of Ruby's hands as the blue light misted out into a gas and coalesced into a form of a blue pointed eared woman with a gold chain around her waist and cuffs on her wrists. She had long flowing deep blue hair and cyan blue eyes and blue full lips.

But aside from her light blue skin, she was fully naked forcing Qrow and even Oscar to look away as she had her back arched.

Shadow popped up on Noble's shoulder with wide eyes.

" Woooow."

Jinn let out a groan as she stretched before laying on her stomach with a blue could and addressed the group.

" Do you have any idea how good it is to stretch." She said

" I bet it feels great." Shadow said dreamily looking at her.

" I am Jinn. Genie of the lamp of knowledge. I can answer three questions you have every one hundred years. And luckily for you I still got…"

" WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" Ozpin yelled, gaining everyone's attention.

"...Two questions left to answer." she said, revealing that Ozpin lied to them. He said that he used all the questions before sealing it away. But she revealed that she still had two left.

" Ruby. Please." Ozpin said with a hurt voice. As if he did not want to reveal what was bound to be asked.

Ruby had looked to be at war with herself not knowing what question to ask. Looking to Ozpin, he had a pleading look. Taking a breath she looked to Jinn and asked: " What is Ozpin hiding from us?"

"NO!"

Noble and Ruby turned and saw Ozpin running to either attack or slap the lamp out of her hands. Noble got in his way and was ready to catch him when everyone was whisked away.

She looked around the area to only see white. Much like when she was talking with Summer.

" Shadow, are you still with me?" She asked.

" Still here, kid. Where are we?" he asked.

" Don't know. Can you find anyone else?" She asked.

" Negative."

Noble rolled her eyes and turned to see a blue mist materialize the inside of a bedroom with a blond woman sitting at an oak Vanity. She had long blond hair and a blue and white dress.

Jinn narrated that this was Salam and that she was locked in a tower by her father and how soldiers would die trying to free her and win her hand. All would die except one. Ozma. Ozma the great warrior that wasn't looking for her hand but adventure. He may have won her hand but he actually won her heart.

The sean shifted and showed an ill Ozma with Jinn saying that he was dying. Stricken with grief, Salam went to the gods for a miracle. The first being a gold figure with antlers in a spring that just oozes life. When she asked for him to bring her love back he denied her saying that death is a natural part of life and would disrupt the balance.

She left and traveled to a place that is dark and foreboding with Grimm surrounding the pool. The water bubbled as a humanoid figure clawed itself out of the water. Its limbs were disjointed like they were broken and snapping back into place as it looked at her.

Surprisingly it granted her request only because she left out the fact that she went to the god of light first and was denied.

Ozma materialized into her arms with a gasp and a surprised expression. Their moment was ruined as the golden boy came on to the sean and had an argument with his brother as Ozma was zapped in and out of existence until the mess was cleaned up.

Salam was then dropped from what was probably an unsafe height right into gold's pool.

Shadow commented if these people ever heard that dropping a person from that height can easily kill them.

Jinn said that she was now immortal until she can learn the meaning of life and death. Only then will she be allowed to die. And so she walked the Remnant trying to kill herself. And each time she failed. But then she started to come up with a plan. She easily tricked the brothers and even briefly turned them onto one another. If only for a moment. That would mean that they could be killed. All she needed to do was build an army with some of the greatest magic-users and strongest generals to face them. She would force them to either let her die or to bring back her love.

And so she went from land to land. Recruiting people to her cause and even challenging people to take her life. The stabbed and cut her so often that she began to grow numb to it or even enjoy it. With each stab or cut, she became just a bit more disturbed. And by the time she was ready to go, she had enough men and women to surround the mountain that the brothers were at.

" They stood and watched as Salam made her demands and still denied her. With her limit reached, she and her army attacked. Just to find it did nothing as they turned it around and killed the army." she narrated.

" I will just return with a bigger army and destroy you!" Salam yelled at the two.

" No. You will not." the dark brother said as both he and gold pulsed an energy wave that killed all the people around the mountain.

Salam just glowered at the two. " I will just get another army. I will return and I will get what I want!"

" I think it is time we left. It seems we are no longer needed here." purple said.

" Ya, we should get going. We will no longer shepherd these people into the future." Gold said.

They then left in a beam of light that shattered part of the moon but not before wiping the rest of the world leaving her alone.

She watched as they left with only the faintest sound of the wind being the only disturbance while up in the night a lone star moved.

" For years she walked as the only sentient living thing on the planet." Jinn continued, " Having had enough of being alone, she traveled to the dark pools. If the light pool gave her eternal life, then the dark pool could take it away."

As she was narrating, Salam could be seen walking Remnant over and over again. Stopping at the home she and Ozma built to stay and grieve and torture herself before finally going to the dark pool and throwing herself into it.

What emerged from the pool was a woman with skin and hair as white as bone, her eyes were red as hot metal. Her once blue-white dress now black as tar. Salam crawled out of the pool coughing the black water out of her lungs.

" You know I almost feel bad for her." Shadow said appearing on Nobles HUD.

" I do as well." she said as the sean shifted to nothing but a white landscape. The same landscape that she was in when she met Summer.

But instead of Summer being there it was Ozma and the gold antlered head god.

This is supposed to be the god of light talking to Ozma.

Ozma was given a choice to come back to Remnant. To bring the world together and get it ready for the final judgment. IF he can get the world to achieve peace, he can summon the two back and they will be the final judgment. If they find them wanting they will wipe the world again and leave the world barren. But if they like what they see, they will live among them again.

He accepted it after a moment of debate but was told that his love would only bring pain. He, like Salam, would be immortal but in a different way. He would reincarnate when he dies.

He still accepted, not hearing the warning about Salam.

After that, he was sent back and into a random body. A farmer's body. A farmer with a pitchfork running from the Grimm. And as his first act as a new being, he charged and saved a fellow citizen. After that, he left and started to travel the world hearing rumors of an old witch in the woods.

He followed the leads and found an old run-down house. As he approached the door opened to reveal a woman that was not in the greatest of moods and was ready to blast him.

" But when they first saw each other, they knew who it was. And Salam welcomed him with open arms and love." Jinn continued. " As time passed they started to make a name for themselves and led the people to believe that they were gods."

A village was under attack from Grimm but was saved by the two with Ozma raising his staff as the village folks bowed and worshiped them.

As the sean changed, it showed the two talking and having tea at their home now a castle. They were smiling and happy as could be. Their joy only exploded into more joy as four children came into the kitchen. Laughing and cheering as Ozma picked up one girls and held her as another came up to Salam and showed her that she can wield magic giving her mother the proudest smile one could have for their children.

As the scenes were playing out Jinn still narrated saying that neither said what the two gods told them. And over the years it was chewing Ozma up inside until he spilled the beans telling her about the relics and his mission. If he hoped that she would help in his quest, he was mistaken.

" We are pretty much the gods here. We don't need the two brothers here. Why? We control the world as it is and those that don't know us or follow us, will be brought to heel." she said.

It was then that Ozma knew the woman he loved was gone. So that night he planned on leaving her with his girls in tow. As they were on their way out, they were met with an angry Salam. The fighting was intense. The interior of the castle was scorched as Ozma and his girls laid there either dead or dying in Ozma's case. He tried to crawl to one of his daughters just for Salam to kill him with a spike through the heart.

They were brought back to the white landscape as Ozma was reincarnated again and again all with the same staff.

" Life after life he lived. At first, it was in morning," as she said that it showed a guy dragging the staff behind him as he had a bottle of what was assumed to be alcohol tipped back as he drank, " later it was into his mission. Even learning to be hands-off until needed." Jinn continued as another life was seen as an older man with his family as Ozma was off on the side watching with a smile until Grimm showed up. They switched as the wife gave a nod as if she knew of the duel soles and went off to fight. Later showing the same person modding the staff to what it is today.

" When he found me he asked his three questions." Jinn said as a business-like man came on the scene with the lamp in hand with Jinn up and awake as he began to ask his questions.

" Where are the other relics? What do they do? How do I defeat Salam?" he asked.

" Some answers he liked. Others, not so much." their Jinn said as the one in the flashback answered his first two questions. But his last one is what broke him as she said that he can't stop her.

/line brake/

When the seans faded Ozpin/Oscar were on their knees and on the verge of crying. His teeth were gritted and limbs were shaking as tears could be seen being held back. He was breathing heavily as he knelt in mental pain as the group was brought back. They just looked at him not knowing what to do.

" You all heard her. Salam can't be killed." Yang finally said to the others. " How could you have not told us?! You even said no more half-truths, no more lies!" She directed the last part to Ozpin.

But he just looked at them in shame.

" Professor." Ruby started gaining his attention, " What is your plan to defeat Salam?" Her voice lacked familiarity to it. She sounded hollow and disappointed.

" I don't have one." was his answer.

There was a moment of silence before a yell was heard. Ozpin was sent flying into a tree from the force of the punch.

" QROW!" Noble shouted as she drew her pistol hoping the sight would help break him out of his rage.

He walked up to him with shaking fists. He glared at him before just looking at a point in the snow...or past. Something.

" I was cursed. No one wanted me. I gave my life to you because you gave me a place in this world. I thought I was doing some good." Qrow said not making eye contact.

" But you are!" Oz tried to say.

" Meeting you is the worst luck of my life." was all Qrow said as Ozpin just looked up at his student, friend, and agent.

Giving a resigned sigh he spoke, " Perhaps you are right."

His eyes flashed as Oscar took over.

" OWWWW!" He groaned out rubbing his cheek. " You hit bloody hard!"

" Oscar, you OK? Where is Ozpin?" Ruby asked her attitude doing a 180. Not saying she has feelings for the boy, she just has a kind pure heart.

Oscar answered while rubbing his cheek, " He's...gone."

" THAT BASTARD!" Yang shouted, " TELL HIM TO GET BACK OUT HERE! WE ARE NOT FINISHED!"

" NO, this is different! He is gone! It-its like he locked himself deep inside my head. Our head? Grrraaaa ahhahaha!" Oscar yelled, clutching his head as he cried. " I hate this! I just want it to stop!"

" He left us?" Weiss blurted out with Blake asking what they should do.

" I will tell you what we are going to do." Noble barked. " We are going to quit wasting time blaming Ozpin for this and draw Grimm here. Instead, we are going to mount up and get a move on!"

" She is right." Maria said walking up to Oscar and helping him up. " It will be dark soon. There is a trail right over there. And trails usually lead somewhere."

" Lady…"

" Yang!" Noble shouted to her daughter, " Keep that temper in check. We all just had our minds blown. No need to take it out on others."

Yang blew out a breath. One could see easily that she needed to do something and let it all out.

" I am still coming to terms with the fact that this is humanity's second go around. But I also would like to think about this in a more warmer and safer place." Maira said in agreement. " We can not give in to emotion. There will be a time to let those take over but right now we need to think logically."

" They are right. Come on." Ruby said as she turned to the wrecked train to finish what little more prep work they needed for the journey.

They grabbed more ammo and spare food and ration packs as Noble made a makeshift sled to haul Yang's bike and maybe even some other luggage.

Once it was tied down it came to seating. It was a little cramped but thanks to the sled being made from a part of the train's exterior siding, they had space for people to sit there if they wanted to. Rails included.

As they were figuring out the last of the gear and starting to hop in, Ruby approached Oscar with Ozpin's cane and offered it to him.

Oscar had a hurt look as he asked if he was just going to be another one of his lives.

" Of course not. You are your own person." Ruby replied with a small smile.

Qrow dashed it away telling her not to lie to him. " We are better than that." was what he said as he took a pull causing Ruby and Oscar to have a downcast look as Oscar took the cain and took his place on the sled.

Noble watched it all with a bit of a scowl on her face. " Qrow upfront with me." She called out before giving the order and they were on their way.

/Line Break. Threshold. During Combat Evolved/

It has been three weeks since they were told to explore the station. In that time the humans, the vile creators that they are, stumbled upon one of the holy rings. What all they got from field reports both during the attempted capture of the ship and on the ring were nearly two units ( Hours? Would that be the Covenant equivalent?) old. But Thel had them here. He was pretty sure that the human scourge would not find this station, but he wanted to cover it just on the off chance they did. And if they didn't, then they could work in peace or be the rear guard. A blade up his sleeve if he was to borrow some of the human metaphors.

As Sesa was doing his routine patrols he came across a group of huragok working on the black boxes to extract the secrets they held. They were close. Or that is what he thought. Trying to read the huragok was always a challenge without an interpreter. Something he really needs to break down and get.

He moved on and looked out the window to see the holy ring. It spun in space giving a day/night cycle to parts of the ring. He could see the glow of engines from the ships orbit the ring. Two units ago it was business as usual. He heard the prophet trying to usurp his commander's command and try to take over the fleet. Sure the prophet has a point that this would be a religious matter, but the stupid creature has never been in combat and underestimated his commander's skill.

Thel could have blown the human ship before it made landfall. But the prophet did not think so. What happened was his order to board the ship and waste good men going in and dying.

Of course, what was happening two hours ago was the prophet sending a team into the swamps to find a weapons cache. All that they got was garbled transmissions from the team as the humans arrived. With the way things were going, he would not be surprised if the humans wiped them out.

Sesa looked away from the window before he kept walking.

The humans, whatever their sin was, seemed to have honor. Fighting to the last soldier, even in the face of defeat, was honorable. If what Thel has said was true, one of his first shipmaster missions was to investigate heretic weapons modified for humans, a single human who was wounded and dishonored, sprung a trap, and died with honor. They had a fierceness to them and always seemed to adapt to survive.

He did another circuit around the station before stopping at the same window to look at the ring again, just to see a flash on the far side of the ring. Could the ring finally be activated and calling the worthy to salvation? His heart was full of hope and joy, just to see parts of the ring disconnect and explode. His heart and mind stopped. This could not be happening!

He heard the rushing of feet as one of his lieutenants ran up to him to deliver the news he just witnessed.

" Sesa! The ring! Did it…"

" It did." was all he said as he turned and followed him to their makeshift command post. He needed to gather his thoughts and fast, for he was sure his crew were going to have questions. And he needed to give them the answers.

/Line Break. Remnant./

The drive was pretty boring. No one talked with the last hour's events still fresh in their heads. But a talk needed to be had with Qrow. He was dashing any positive feeling or moral away with slight jabs towards Ozpin. Sure Noble could understand that. She would be mad too if she found out that she was fighting a war that you had no way of winning. Now that she thought about it, wasn't humanity in the same situation? The Covenant were blowing through their worlds left and right and very few ways to slow them down.

' At least people know that the war is not going well. I hope it does not come here.' she thought as the snowfall was getting heavier and heavier.

Shadow popped up on her hud and gave a bit of a weather report.

" Kid, I suggest you find a place to hunker down. I know you could probably keep going with a damn near white-out and do Spartan boogaloo things, I do suggest that you look out for the others. Especially those on the sled with no way to keep them out of the elements."

" Thanks Captain obvious." She said as she came up to a clearing with what looked like a homestead or farm.

" Ok folks we got a farm up ahead. We are going to stop and ask if we can hold up there for the night." she said, gaining their attention.

She got nodes as they drove up. No one was out which was not all too surprising. What was surprising was no smoke was coming from the chimneys. Sure they could be on vacation. That could explain the snow build up around the houses and barns. She would hate to break in just to stay the night, but they needed the shelter.

As she pulled up to the fence, she noticed it was swinging open in the wind. Qrow jumped out and pushed it open further for her drive-in. She pulled ahead and in front of what looked like the main house and parked. As she killed the engine the others jumped out of their seats and walked up to the door. To know one's surprise it was locked.

They were about to force the door open when she walked up the steps that wanted to give under the half-ton of armor and looked at the doorknob.

" Do any of you know how to pick a lock?" she asked.

She got shakes of their heads.

" Do any of you have any hairpins? A paper clip?" She asked.

Again all she got were shakes.

She sighed and drew her knife. Giving a hard strike, she cut through the deadbolt. She then gripped the knob and twisted. The lock did not hold to the Spartan's strength as she opened the door and walked in. The rest followed suit and started to look around. If it wasn't so dark, it would feel homey with photos on the walls of the family taken during the summer or spring. The name of the farm being seen in the photo as well. Brunswick Farms.

Aside from the pictures, there were a couple of dead plants on pedestals and other wall art.

" Why is it so dark?" Weiss asked, stumbling in the dark a little bit.

Maria shut the door and asked for help to keep the door shut as Noble gave a hand signal to search the house. The wind outside blowing and howling outside and even whistling through cracks making the house seem even more unsettling.

She started to check the kitchen and living room when she heard a scream. She snapped her head around and took to the foot of the stairs.

There was no way those stairs could handle her weight. Luckily for her, the rest of the group tore up the stairs to see what was wrong. A few minutes later, Ruby walked down the stairs with a shell shocked Weiss leaning on her for support.

" What happened?" She asked.

Instead of answering right away, Ruby led Weiss to the couch and sat her down with a blanket wrapped around her shoulders.

" Mom. We found bodies." Ruby said, still in shock.

That would explain the scream she heard. No doubt Weiss was going to be in this state for a while. She likely never saw a dead body outside of a casket or funeral. And if that was the case, she would be seeing those bodies in her sleep and occupying every thought. On the bright side, she was not the one that killed them. So she won't have to deal with any guilt.

She walked over and knelt in front of Weiss taking her helmet off.

" Weiss, you are in a state of shock. I am not going to lie but you are probably be seeing them in your sleep. There is no real way around it. You just need to push through it and not let it get to you." She said giving her attention.

" You don't need to talk if you don't want to. You can find one of us in your own time. Just don't bottle it up." she said, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Weiss nodded as the Spartan stood and walked over to the hearth. There was some charred wood that would be good for a starter. Alongside the hearth was some old newspaper and wood. Quickly making a stack, she got Yang to start a fire as she grabbed Qrow.

" I need a look at those bodies. Once that is done, you and I are going to check the other houses and see if they have the same thing." she said, slipping her helmet on and placing a nav marker on the front door.

He nodded and took to the stairs again with her following at a slower pace. Once she got to the bedroom she saw them. They were in bed like they died in their sleep. Their skin was blue and clung to the bone. Their eye sockets were hollow and stomachs were the same. These bodies were here for a while. She shook her head as she lifted the covers off of the bed and started to do a more thorough search of the bodies for any sign of injury or if someone poisoned them. The last thought that crossed her mind was suicide since she found no wounds.

That ruled out injuries but not poison. Sadly she did not have the tools to test for that. If they decided to off themselves then that is on them. If they were broken into and poisoned? Well, there would be evidence. A broken door or window would be visible and why lock the door when they left? No, there was something else going on here.

" Qrow. Let's go and check the other houses. That may help me in figuring out what is going on."

He nodded stiffly and moved to the door. Giving one last look at the two corpses on the bed she made her way to the stairs and made her way downstairs as she and Qrow to the next house. It was a full twenty minutes before they returned with the news.

" Every house is the same. They all went to bed and just never woke up." Qrow said perplexed as he took a seat.

" I ran a check in the houses and did not notice any signs of carbon monoxide. But I would keep an eye out for it." Shadow reported.

" And with the storm intensifying, no one leaves the house alone, or at all if you can help it. The last thing we need is for one of you to get lost outside during this mess." Noble said.

" Blake and I can check the barn for an actual trailer to use instead of a sled. We can even mount it to Bumblebee so you can maneuver without needing to worry about knocking anyone off." Yang offered.

" Not a bad idea." she said before she started searching for something. Sighing, she gestured to Yang for her scroll.

She tossed it to her and she had Shadow interface with it before she tossed it back to Yang.

" I just had Shadow connect your scroll to a specific frequency. You will be able to find us in this white-out. Just follow the nav point." she said by way of explanation.

She nodded and she and Blake went to the barn.

The silence lingered for a while as Weiss hugged her knees to her chest.

Qrow let out a breath, " What do you think did all of this?"

" Don't know. If you come up with anything, feel free to speak your mind." Noble told the group.

Ruby got up and looked outside to see the storm picking up. She sighed before she came back and sat down next to Weiss.

" Food always makes me feel better." She said seeing her partner and friend still in shock.

Weiss looked at her as Ruby slung and arm around her in an embrace. " Weiss you are going to be okay. We are all still in a state of shock...mostly. But you still have us to talk to."

Weiss looked at her.

" I-I am just processing it all. I never saw a body like that. Their skin clung to the bone. Their hair weakly staying on and thinning." she said, sighing.

" It will pass in time. Now, when you get your first kill? That I would suggest getting counsel for."

That got everyone but Maria in the room to look at her.

" What?"

" We don't want to go and kill anyone." Ruby said to her mother.

" Ruby." Noble started, taking off her helmet, " You are pretty much minute men and women. Yes, your primary job is to kill Grimm. But if you think that you won't be called to take down a terrorist, or a rogue huntsman or even in self-defense? You are deceiving yourself." Noble said letting her motherly, Summer side take over.

" I know you don't want to think about it nor do I want to take away your innocence or taint your dreams. But you do need to remember that." She said in a tone that said she was trying to get her to understand what life will throw at her.

Ruby sighed knowing her mom was just trying to impart knowledge to her. Doesn't mean she has to like it.

/with the bumblebee duo/ No that is not confirming a shipp./

Blake and Yang entered the barn and started to look around. It held all the things one would expect from a barn. Shelves full of cans and lubricant and paint, welder, a tractor, and some small carts. Even a trailer.

" How are you handling everything Yang? The woman who took care of you when your biological mom left coming back from the dead?" Blake asked.

Yang looked at her not knowing how to respond. " I am coming to terms with it. It is still too new and fresh. I still think I am dreaming." she said, rounding the corner and seeing the trailer.

" That could work." She said as she looked up. Out in the treeline, she saw a figure. A figure in black with a white mask covering his eyes and a sword on his hip.

She gasped and took a sudden step back into a shelf gaining Blake's attention. She hurried over and saw her partner shaking her head to clear it as her flesh and blood hand shook violently.

" Yang! You alright?" she asked grabbing her shoulder.

Yang took a few shuddering breaths before she calmed down and spoke. " Yea. I am good. Just...Do you ever think about what happened? Back at Beacon?" She asked.

" I try not to." Blake said, placing a hand on her shoulder. " Adam gets in people's heads and drives them crazy. That is how he controls people. Gets in and lets you do the work for him."

Yang seemed to calm down a bit.

" I have your back, Yang. I will protect you." Blake said by way of comfort.

Yang frowned at the last remark. " What?" she asked with disgust as she shook her hand off and turned to leave, leaving a confused and hurt Blake behind.

" We can hook up the trailer to Bumblebee and leave."

Blake looked at her partner with hurt. She was just trying to make her feel better and she gave her the cold shoulder. What did she say that set her off? She didn't mean to set her off, she just wanted her to feel protected. Maybe that was the wrong thing to say.

She sighed and followed her out so as to not get lost in this blizzard.

/Back inside a few hours later./

The snow and wind died down giving the group a clear night. Qrow found an offshoot room that was more of a barroom and grabbed some of the liquor. Already he was halfway through a bottle. Maria was reading the journals of the place. Maybe she will get a hit on what happened.

The girls ate and found blankets to wrap themselves up into sleep.

Noble watched as it all happened with a feeling of danger tickling her spine. Something was not right but she could not see where the danger was. With the wind and snow, it made her motion tracker useless. So it wasn't someone in the woods waiting to ambush them. If there was, they missed an opportunity during the storm to move up. But maybe they did. No, there were no footprints in the snow. Even if the shallow ones were filled in, the deep snow would still need more time. She didn't know. But knowing the weight of her armor, she would be making a trench.

" Kid you should get some sleep. I will keep watch and get you up at around 0400." Shadow said to her.

She nodded and relayed the message to the others before she found a good support beam that would support her weight and shut her eyes and fell to sleep.

/

The scenery was similar to that outside the farm. The only difference is that the farm was nowhere near this place. This was a place in the northern part of Vale if not in Mantel. It was cold and the snow had fallen leaving the night sky clear. Her breathing was heavy as she turned and cut through a Beowulf and just as quickly ripped it out of the dying beast and into another creator of Grimm.

She has been doing this, what, a solid two hours? That is what it felt like. Could be more. She was tired and needed some time to catch her breath. She ran and jumped up into a tree and started to run into the woods in the hopes to lose the beasts. When she got far enough away she dropped, huffing and puffing.

She started a breathing exercise to get it under control when a crash was heard and an Ursa slammed into her throwing her into a tree knocking the wind from her lungs. In a move that was as fast as it was clumsy, she shifted her sword into its rifle form and fired from the hip catching the bear in the throat.

Shakily she got to her feat coughing and wheezing to get air into her lungs. Again she tried to get her breathing under control. She got a few lungfuls of air in when the sound of multiple running feet was heard. She grounded as the pack of Beowulfs she fled earlier had her surrounded as she groaned. But it was the laughter that caught her attention. She looked around before her eyes spotted a man in a brown leather trench coat drop from the trees.

" Look at what we have here, hahaha. A Huntress far from home. And with silver eyes to boot. Oh, my mistress will be pleased. She may even bless me with washing her feat." he said cackling.

She groaned again. Somehow the Grimm stood back and let the man do whatever. How it was possible she was not sure. But it could be the fact that he was putting out so much positive energy that they did not see him. She was not sure but it was disheartening.

She was tired, thirsty, hungry, and on the edge of exhaustion.

' I am not going to make it out of here am I?' she thought.

As she looked at the man laughing and talking nonsense she gripped her sword and got into a ready stance.

Still laughing he ran in. He blocked all her swings. Her once quick and precise strikes were now slow, clumsy, and predictable while he was as fresh as could be. He blocked her blade and sucker-punched her in the face causing her to yelp as she was knocked into a tree. He walked up to her and threw her sword into a nearby pit. He then slammed his foot into her arm breaking it. Again she cried out in pure pain. He laughed at her pain and misery as the sound of steel sliding on steel was heard as he sunk one of his blades into her shoulder, then arm, then legs. He then stabbed her multiple times in the gut and her sides. Blow upon blow. Cuts upon cuts, she was tortured. When he was done, she was almost unrecognizable. Her face was swollen and full of cuts and slashes.

Laughing was the only thing she could hear aside from the pounding of her heart. She felt him lift her up and then the pull of gravity brought her down as she felt what little air was still in their lungs get pushed out.

She laid their beaten and broken staring at the night sky. As she looked up into the night she felt the ground shift and even drop. The only thing she knew then was falling as she closed her eyes for the last time.

Noble opened her eyes and saw the white space again she looked around and saw a woman sitting on the ground with her knees tucked into her chest. She approached and saw that it was Summer.

She looked up with a small smile.

" Take a seat." She said, patting the ground beside her. " And you don't need your armor here." she said again and with a gesture, her armor faded into petals and scattered into a breeze leaving her in a black tank top and sports shorts.

She was surprised but did take the seat next to her original.

" That was your last day wasn't it." Nat said more than questioned.

Summer nodded with a shudder. " It was."

There was silence for a moment or two. The two women just sat and said nothing. If one looked at the two, you could say that one was what the other would look like if she devoted herself to a gym and diet. Nat had little to no fat on her and as such, a teacher could use her in a classroom to point out the different muscle groups and their purpose.

" I died alone." Summer said suddenly and with a quiver in her voice. " I died away from my girls and husband. No way for them to find my body and bring it back and have assurance."

Nat looked at her not knowing what to do as she saw a tear slide down her face.

Summer looked at her with tear rimmed eyes.

" Promise me that you will make it home."

" Summer, we WILL make it home. And when we do, I hope to be put off and not be needed ever again. A bit morbid I know but let's put it this way, who would be the better wife and mother. A soldier that was trained to kill at the drop of a hat? Or a woman that had a normal life?" she asked.

" Noble, we are the same person. And if what Red said is true, we will find a way to merge the two of us." Summer said as she leaned onto her counterpart's shoulder.

There was another silence when Summer spoke again.

" We need to leave this place. I can't say what it is but this place is setting me on edge, and I am just a fragment inside a mind."

" You as well?" Nat asked.

Summer nodded.

" Okay. I will be getting everyone up when Shadow gets us up." Nat said to her.

" Oh, you mean right now?" she asked as an alarm was heard.

/

Noble opened her eyes to see Shadow in the upper left-hand corner of her HUD.

" Kid you are awake. How are you feeling? Need coffee or an energy drink?" he asked as a can was raised to his virtual lips as he took a long pull.

" I am fine. I think. I don't want to get moving. I feel tired." She said.

Shadow gave her a look. " You got enough sleep and fell asleep pretty quick as well. Are you feeling OK? Any flu-like symptoms?" he asked, " Swine flu, bird flu, Coronavirus? For the love of God don't say that you contracted a spaceborne illness that will go back in time and completely screw over 2020."

She quirked an eyebrow at him. " No?" she said to him, a little concerned.

" Oh thank God. That just leaves one last thing, who boned you, and did they use protection? Because if they didn't you could be pregnant." he said like a doctor delivering a diagnosis.

That got her to chuckle as the circuits in the armor that was linked to her brain/mind picked up the thought of her wanting to get up and as such, got her moving. She got up and made her way to Qrow, who was still asleep with empty bottles on the table, floor and, one in his hands.

She gave him a shake but did not seem to get him to wake. She tried again with a harder shake getting him to mumble.

" Qrow! Get up!" she said not yelling but in a raised voice.

The bottle slipped from his hand with the clink stirring him to wakefulness.

"Mmmm, what?" he asked seeing that it was still dark out. " I am going back to bed. Wake me when we can see." he said shutting his eyes and promptly going back to bed.

She sighed and went to get the others up. She got Ruby up and she helped get the others up. When it came to Qrow, she let Ruby try. She tried shaking him and like with what happened with her, the young girl got nothing. She grabbed one of the bottles of alcohol and looked at it. A look of disgust crossed her face as she hurled it into a wall bringing her uncle fully to wakefulness.

He looked startled as he looked at his niece. Ruby softened her features and embraced her uncle.

" Mom and I are always here for you if you need to talk." she said.

Qrow sighed and hugged her back.

" Sorry, Ruby. It's just, well with everything that has happened, I just feel so salty." he said as she unwrapped her arms from him and stood back up.

" We need to get going. I don't like this place. Especially with me around." He said getting up and seeing the barest hint of light outside.

He sighed and helped gather the blankets before walking outside. He looked at the hog and started to take the tarp off that was thrown on to keep the snow out of the cockpit.

" Yang, you and Blake found a trailer. Bring it out and we can hook a hitch up to it or the hog doesn't matter." Noble said to the two.

They nodded as she unhooked the sled and got ready to hook the trailer up to it. She could hook it up to the bike but if they hit a drift or deeper snow, the bike would sink. She looked at the road ahead. They needed a plow. If they had one, she could travel ahead of them by a minute or three with them trailing behind on a fresh trail. She had no doubts that Yang's bike could make it through the snow-covered ground but with the fresh stuff, she would rather be safe than sorry.

She heard some talking and turned to see the group debating what vehicle to attach the trailer too.

" Was there a plow in there that we could hook up to the hog?" She asked.

Blake and Yang held a thoughtful expression searching their memory to see if there was one.

" Not sure off the top of my head mom. I will go look again though." Yang said before she went back and started her search.

Qrow walked up to the wagon and started to inspect it. He gave a light kick to the tire to gage its air, just for the tire to blow. He growled in frustration before he turned back to the house.

" You are all just a bunch of bad luck aren't you?" Maria asked as Qrow approached. " where are you going?"

Qrow just held his flask up by way of explanation.

A loud " Negative!" was heard as Yang came out and took a seat on the steppes.

" Geeze I am tired. And we just got up." She said holding her head in her hands.

" Maybe we should eat. Make breakfast or something." Blake said, sounding just as tired.

" Do you want to make it?" Oscar shot back earning a groan from the cat girl.

" We got MREs that you can eat on the way. Oscar, there is an air compressor stashed in the hog." Nat told the young farmhand.

He nodded and made his way over.

" I am going to find your uncle and get him back out here." Noble said to Ruby and Yang. She walked into the house and to the bar. There he sat. Shot glass sitting on the table filled with his drink of choice. She shook her head and approached.

" Why must my life be so full of misfortune and pain." he was muttering.

She walked up to him and set a hand on his shoulder.

" Alcohol is not the answer to your problems." She told him gently.

He sighed, " When you have had a life I had with a semblance that brings only bad luck and misfortune to people around you, come find me." he said, not seeing who was talking to him.

" Try dyeing, getting cloned and living within the deepest recess of the mind and getting trained and augmented before being sent into the field and accumulating a body count to the point of being labeled a GrimmReaper, and seeing your team die right in front of you." She deadpanned to him.

He looked at her and sighed.

" I am sorry Summ." he downed the shot and poured another, " We all greaved for you. I grieved for you. You were such a wonderful person and mother. Hmmm, you even got me to believe that I would make a good father." he paused again not knowing what to say next.

" Qrow, we all are as good as we want to be. You just need to put faith in yourself to do it." she said gently.

He stared into the liquid not sure what to do with it. Drink it? Don't drink it? Throw it at the wall?

" A journey of a million miles begins with a single step." she said to him as she placed a hand on his shoulder.

She stood there watching him, waiting for him to come to a decision. He sat there not knowing what to do. He closed his eyes and hung his head as he let out a sigh. He had been drinking since he was a rowdy teenager. One does not simply drop a habit that helps them cope.

They were brought out of their musings when a banging was heard from the cellar door and yelling.

" IT'S LOCKED!" came Yang's panicked voice.

Moving quickly, she ran to the door and ripped the lock and chain off and flung open the door to see Yang collapse with a blank expression and Weiss right behind her. She looked over and saw Maria over Ruby and Blake just laying on the ground as lithe skeletal looking Grimm reached a long claw to pierce her side.

She ripped her rifle off her back and unloaded it into the front line of Grimm. As she ran dry and reloaded, she was hit with a massive wave of fatigue. Shaking her head, she finished her reload and walked up to Blake as Maria told Ruby to think of those she cared for and to protect them. She sat up and flashed the Grimm giving her time to grab Blake and Ruby as Yang got Weiss. Maria was already moving out of the door.

She dropped the two girls and turned to close the cellar door. Weiss told her to wait as she threw a few bottles, ok maybe all the bottles she could reach, into the cellar as more of the Grimm slowly walked up the steps. She then sent a line of pure flame into the cellar igniting the alcohol and burning the Grimm. Noble had a better idea and primed a grenade. She unholstered her M6 and cleared enough of the Grimm for her to get a decent through and chucked it.

She slammed the cellar shut and as quickly as she could, wrapped the chain around the handhelds.

When the grenade detonated, the shock wave forced the door up but thanks to the chain, stayed shut leaving the concussion wave to bounce around and rip the Grimm apart as the fire cooked them.

They started running as Noble shouted at the top of her lungs loud enough to be heard outside.

" WE ARE LEAVING NOW!"

Oscar who just put the air compressor back when he heard the order as Yang and the others ran threw the front door like the hound of hell was on their heels.

" YANG TAKE THE OTHERS AND GET GOING! I AM RIGHT BEHIND YOU!" Noble shouted as she ran into the barn and found all the flammables she could find. Oil, fuel, carb cleaner, paint thinner, everything. She grabbed it all and dumped it down the well. She wanted to make sure this place was burned to the ground. She needed more fuel.

Running back into the barn, she drained the tractor of its fuel and used it to soak things in it. Her final act was to set flares off in the well and each house.

With it all now burning, she jumped into the hog and sped off to catch her daughter. Yang may have torn out of the farmstead, but with the extra weight, she should be able to catch her. And not even five minutes later she saw them atop a hill talking about what just happened.

They turned at the growl of the engine as she approached and stopped.

" What were those things?" She asked as she jumped out of the hog.

" The Apathy. Not as fearsome or strong or fast as other Grimm. But what they can do is to drain your will to live." she said as she pulled out the journal of one Bartalbe.

" Followed the rumors of the huntsmen was talking about. Lured one of the things into the well. Told the wife I was working on the entrance. I will do it tomorrow. I am just tired."

" A Grimm that saps one's will to live? Not only is that completely disheartening, but ripe for bioengineering and using them as weapons." She said.

" It is. But thankfully no one has come up with a way to do such a thing yet." Maria said with a sigh of relief as she threw the book into the snow as she climbed back onto the trailer.

Ruby spoke up asking how she knew how to use silver eyes like that. She gave a light-hearted chuckle and simply said that she used to have silver eyes. She told them her history and how she was a legend and Qrow even attested to that. And how she lost her eyes to some bounty hunters.

" When I got back to civilization, I stayed hidden and went to a vision specialist to get her sight back eventually acquiring the goggles.

They listened to her tell the tails before they got moving again. Noble followed alongside Yang as a hill came up and a com signal was received. They stopped briefly to look out to the city below before speeding to the city not wanting to be in the woods anymore.

Noble pinged Jaunes scroll to get any information on Argus. She was going to get with the head of the city and send out a team to make sure the Apathy was taken care of.

/Forerunner gas mine./

Forgotten. They were forgotten. Thel's flagship was gone. The Ascendant Justice was fired upon by her escorts. Something happened. Whether it was the parasite or the humans he did not know, but it fled as well.

The crew were told what happened and were predictably upset and ready to take the fight to the humans. Sadly the only ship they got were a few Seraphs and banshees and a single Phantom. They didn't have a slipspace capable ship otherwise they would do just that. He walked to the hanger where the Huragok were tinkering. They successfully got the data from the boxes and were even now sifting through the data. One of the demons stayed in the building with an experimental teleporter. So far that was the only thing of note.

One of humanity's demon warriors was lose somewhere. She might have been teleported to bits or a star, or she just teleported to a different part of the planet. But the one thing he learned about the Demons, they appear when they want and disappear just as fast. This demon, from what the huragok gathered, was a female.

He spat at the idea of a female being on the frontline. That was a males domain, not a females. She must have really proven herself to be a warrior or pressed into it. That is how it was on Sanghelios. Unless the female was part of her Kidons personal guard, she had to impress the armor off the elders to be given a commission in the military.

He decided and told the huragok to build the machine and use the same coordinates so they can follow and see how much of a warrior she is.

He heard one of his majors walk up to him.

" Speak." Sesa said to his subordinate.

" Sesa, I come with news. An oracle has graced us with their presence!" he said with excitement.

An Oracle? Here? By the gods, luck! He looked behind him to see a floating sphere with a single glowing blue eye.

" Give praise! An Oracle has blessed us!" He shouted in joy.

What all came next was a conversation about why the rings were built, how the Arbiters were formed, and their role. And the realization that they were duped into service that gave no reward to them.

Sesa was furious. How could they have been so naive and blind to the truth?

He looked at the monitor in its 'eye' and asked a question that has been asked among the crew.

" Oracle, I do have a question that has been asked among the covenant. Why do the Prophets seek humanity's absolute destruction, and why are the humans so important? And why would the Prophets not offer them a place in the covenant?" he asked.

The monitor turned out to look out the window.

" I can not speak for the Prophets, only guess. I can only guess that they feared the loss of power if it came to light that humanity was chosen to inherit the Forerunner's legacy and technology. But that is only a guess. As to why the humans are important, well, I kind of just answered that. They are to inherit my master's technology and role as stewards of the Mantel. They are the Reclaimers and the ones my masters have chosen to rule in their stead."

Sesa took it all in. The oracle spoke truths to things that have been rumors. And they made sense. Why would the Prophets not offer the humans a place in the covenant if they were the true reclaimers? That answer was simple. They wouldn't. Like any politician, they are power-hungry and would remove any and all threats to their power. His blood boiled as more pieces of the puzzle clicked into place.

He let out a slow steadying breath.

" Excuse me Oracle. I must retrieve a few things from one of my ships. I will return." Sesa said with a slight bow of his head.

" Certainly! If you must get something then feel free to." Spark said to the leader.

" I will return then Oracle." Sesa said as he left for the hanger and to the Phantom dropship.

He grabbed a crate that contained two hollow drones. He grabbed the crate and brought it back to the Orcal.

" The one person I could trust with this information is probably dead right now. He was commander of the fleet that brought me to the system. Thel Vadumee was his name. But hearing you tell me of the destruction of the ring, I can not believe he still lives. His orders were to secure the ring and prepare it for the arrival of the Hierarchs. Vadamee never failed in his duties." Sesa took a breath and continued, " With the ring no more, then Vadamee must be dead."

" Duty can indeed be a dangerous virtue. But even if he did live, wouldn't his sense of duty make him unlikely to be set aside his allegiance to the prophets?" Spark asked.

A realization came to Sesa as he lifted his head.

" Perhaps not! And he would never betray our people. If I, we, were able to just speak to him, explain everything you have told me!" he said with hope just to have it snuffed out as a new realization hit him, " But no. These are futile hopes. If he did live and if he was returned to the high prophets, they would most certainly punish him for the destruction of the ring. In fact, he would be the exact leader the hierarchs would make Arbiter. They would need someone to blame for the loss of the ring. His influence in the fleet grew with every victory over the humans."

" And if he did become Arbiter?"

" Then he would be lost to our cause. Without the knowledge you've shared with me, he would obey the prophets without question. I doubt he would even respond to his former name. I don't know what it would take to overcome. But as you say, we are short on time and don't have time to ask such questions. And Vadamee is most certainly dead."

" If all your hopes rest on him, I fear for the future for this galaxy."

" As do I Oracle. As do I. But I will begin our fight. Make others aware of the lies the prophets whisper in our ears and soon will find more to take up our cause."

" What about the humans? I am sure they would be happy to help." Spark asked.

Sesa sighed. " One of the lies the Prophets told was that humanity was a disease that must be exterminated from the galaxy for the great journey to start. So I doubt that they would even listen to us. And even if they did not shoot us on sight, we would be under a guard with any sense of hostile motions, get shot on sight. We would need to be extremely careful."

" Can't you send one of your drones to send a message? Or even an ambassador?" Spark asked.

" Without a location that is populated by them, it wouldn't be wise." Sesa said looking out at the blowing storm.

One of his closest friends walked up to the two. Thura Racamai. A close friend and a fearsome swordsman. He had gone toe to toe with the humans several times. And while he has yet to face a Demon, he has faced a number of the black suits. Their Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. While they were probably not as challenging as a demon, they had tenacity and grit that made them worthy and honorable.

" Sesa, the engineers have pulled the schematics of the machine. Should I tell them to build it?" he asked.

Sesa thought about it and looked to Spark.

" Would it be possible to use their machine to send a message or an ambassador?" he asked.

" It is possible. But I would be cautious. The sooner we send someone to the humans the better." Spark replied.

" Thura, have the Engineers begin work on building the device. And then prepare the Phantom. We will send one of us through with enough weapons for the humans to reverse engineer. Hopefully, that will be enough to ally with." he said.

Thura looked puzzled.

" The Prophets lied to us. The rings are not a means for salvation. They are to destroy all life. And humanity are to be the ones to inherit the Forerunners technology and legacy. They are a direct threat to the Prophet's power and that is why they wanted us to kill them." Sesa said to his friend.

" Are you saying that we are fighting a dishonorable war Sesa?"

Sesa nodded as Thura slammed a fist into a pillar.

" THOSE BASTARDS! Those damn frail neck klasterds!" He growled out with a sanghilie curse.

" That is why I want you to go to the humans. They will need a fierce warrior to show and teach them how to fight the covenant."

Thura looked surprised as he pointed to himself. Sesa nodded as Thura stood there stunned.

/END/

Ahhhhh, long time no read. How is everybody doing? I hope the answer is good and if not, I hope this helped. And if it didn't might I suggest talking to someone. A friend, parent, spouse, pastor, counseler, something. Keeping everything bottled up is not a good idea.
So with that PSA out of the way lets move onto story and other junk shall we.
So first of all, people really did not like the tech aka me hanging around. Sad face.

So I wrote him out for a bit. He/I will return but at a later date. I have said before that Shadow is based off of my best friend and that the I wanted to be part of the group. But I can tell when people don't exactly like something, so yea I am taking him out for a while.

Second thing is we got through a number of episodes in V6. We will be in Argus next chapter and as such most of the fanaliey will be different. The way RT did it was kind of, I dont really know what to call it, it was good but, really?

But that is a topic for another chapter.

This chapter was the train and Apathy. I am not going to lie, I was wanting Noble to jump down the well and kill all the things like the tank she is, but I don't know how they would affect her with her armor. Her armor reacts to thought before motion. All she has to do is think about ripping a head off and the armor will do it. So I put her with Qrow at the bar and coming in at the end. And yes she did do a scorch earth operation. After all, why let those things back out in the wild. Next chapter she is going to make a report about them and go back with specialists. Or even drones. I don't know yet. We will find out when we get their.

Then their is the ending of Halo CE with Sesa. This was a bit tricky to write out. I could have done the entire conversation between Spark and Sesa but that would have taken up, I don't know, another page or two? So I kept it brief and to the point.

So that is the recap of this chapter. Next chapter will be getting the gang back together and meeting whats her face and another haloish charter makes his way over to Remnant.

Now onto IRL.

You know what, I am not going to talk about it. We all know what is going on with Covid and the rilots so I am not going to talk about it.

I also got another story out on my One-shots book so check it out. Well as long as you are over 18.

So I gess that just leaves reviews.

bigbossHayden98

So red are you going to go back to the early chapters and some fixes to to set it with the new time line and grammar fixes bty Bata Company started training in 2537 BTY so if you need to fix the data for the new information?

Ummm, as to the grammar and spelling, I will but not right now. I am the kind of guy that likes to look back at my earlier work and see how far I have come. I will but not until later and/or if I am really bored.

I am going to need you to explain what you mean with Beta. I know they started training in the mid to late 2530s. I only say that because I want to further know what it is I am missing. Could you be looking for when Beta was augmented? That was 2541. I did do my research but I am also pretty sure I may be off on a date or two. Also, some stuff is pretty new information to me. Mainly Sesa and his faction. It seems when ever HiddenXperia comes out with a video on the faction or even Instillation-00 when he did a video on the faction. So yea. Some stuff is new.

Burakkudaria

I can't take this story seriously when Red came in chapter 3, Though i liked Noble/Summer and her daughters reconnecting.

You are not the only person that dosent like him/me. But I do hope you are still around to read this. And I am also glad you liked the reconnecting of the small family.

Haxorus knight

So is Ruby's boyfriend cause Summer/Noble 6 going to be protective of her daughter. The question is how much?

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Ok so you asked kind of the samething in The Huntress and the Spartan and we talked over PM so I know you are just joking around. I am not going to say one way or another who I am parring her up with because I am not to sure myself. I have been a Lancaster ( RubyxJaune) shipper myself and while I can see a RoseGuarden ( RubyxOscar) I don't see it happening with Oz in his head. That is just me though. So make of that what you will. But you comment on Noble getting protective...well it should be obvious to anyone that if you mess with her daughters or hurt them in any way, well, good luck finding the body.

So with the reviews done, I got nothing left to say. Oly Oly Oxen Free is almost done. I got a x2 spell check I need to do on it as well as possible editing. All depends on what I find during my checks. So with that out of the way…

Fly fast, Check six, and I will see you all on the virtual battlefield.