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?

10. Chapter 8

It did not take long before Noble and the gang to reach the outskirts of Argus. They parked their respective vehicles in a garage until they could find a place to stay. They made their way through the hustle and bustle of the city. Ruby pointed to a trolly and suggested to jump on and get to the center of town. She also said that Jaune would meet them at the square and that he has a place for the group to stay.

" How does the blond guy with what seems to have little experience in combat, has a place here?" Shadow asked.

" He may not have as much battlefield experience, but he has heart." Weiss said.

" Is the Ice Queen thawing at the edges?" Yang teased.

" No. Just pointing out the obvious." she replied.

She endured some more slight teasing but had a smile on her face. But none could withstand the sights the city was offering them. Even during the winter, the citizens were out and about buying and selling goods in nothing but a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.

" Reminds me of those hardy folks in the old mid-west of the United States. Some hardy bunches of people." Shadow said to the group popping up on Noble's shoulder startling some of the other passengers.

" Who are you talking about Shadow?" Ruby asked, waiting to hear what the AI has to say.

" I am mainly talking about those that hail from the good old state of Wisconsin. Those idiots would walk out in shorts and a tank top at negative fifty degrees outside for no reason. Believe me, I have met some of those ding-bats. They are some of the craziest but chillest people you will meet. I knew this one guy who jumped out of his window into the snow for no other reasoning than to provide entertainment." Shadow told the group.

" Sounds like the people of Mantel." Weiss said.

" Do they grill in -50 degrees with a -75 degree windchill like it was damn summertime?" Shadow shot back.

" No."

" Therefore Wisconsin is better."

The team asked what was so special about the place and got an earful all the way until they stopped and disembarked.

" Ok, so where is Jaune?" Ruby asked as she started to look around as the rest did the same. For Noble and Shadow, they had radar and other sensors. And they picked up three yellow dots coming in on their six. She turned and saw a mop of blond hair as he raised a hand and called to the group. They turned and greeted their comrade...with Nora tackling Oscar in a hug and claiming him as her boy.

Ok, can we get a leash on that woman? As well as a tranquilizer? Anyway, she had him in a death grip of an embrace with her pushing his face into her ' Ahums'. Ren just walked up to her and pulled her to her feet releasing Oscar from her chest and letting him breathe. Jaune came up and embraced the team of females and giving the resident super soldier turn mother and gave her a handshake. He then pointed a thumb behind him and said that he has a sister coming up.

" My sister has a place and will let us stay until we are ready to move." he told her.

Noble gave a nod and a ' Form up' gesture with a hand. From the crowd came a woman that bore a striking resemblance to Jaune, if he were female. The woman that approached had long blond hair, blue eyes, and the look of a ranch hand if her sleeveless vest and orange tank was any indication. She also had brown pants and boots with a young child in her arms.

The child was dark-skinned in different shades of blue.

" Saph! Over here!" Jaune called his sister.

She caught sight of him and made her way through the crowd and to the group.

" High! I am Saffron Arc, Jaune's older sister." She said as she repositioned the child on her hip as she held a hand out to shake.

Ruby was the first to shake her hand with Noble being the last.

" Well, it was nice to meet all of you. My place is this way." she said smiling to the group before she turned and led them to her house, with Ruby geeking out and smiling at the kid.

" Can I hold him?" She asked excitedly.

Saffron smiled at her but declined.

" Maybe later.

Ruby deflated but still had a smile as she baby talked the baby trying to get him to smile.

" Don't take it too hard Ruby. She is kind of protective of him. When we get to the house I am sure she will oblige." Jaune told her patting her on the back.

She smiled and snuck under his arm.

" Well, won't those two make a cute couple?" Shadow said to her with a smile.

" I kind of thought you would have said her and Oscar." Noble said.

" With Ozma in his head, it just seems weird. Dude, that is centuries old inhabiting a young boy's body getting together with a sixteen-year-old, who is to say he does not take over on a date or other funny business that couples do? That would be really weird and not right. At least Jaune is closer in age." Shadow replied.

Ok, she had to give him that.

" Ok, you got a point." she said.

They walked on for a few blocks before they stopped at a house. Saffron walked up the steppes and unlocked the door and ushered them inside.

" Jaune, why don't you show our guests around the house while I make some lunch up." Saffron requested.

" Was going to. Now stop reading my mind!" he yelled back to her as he started to tour. It was a short tour to be sure, but it did give them the lay of the land. They all took note of the important areas such as the kitchen and bathroom and exits. They were even shown the outside patio.

" Jaune! Lunch is ready!" Saffron called, summoning the group to the living room.

They sat down and waited for their host to deliver food. Shortly after sitting down, or leaning on a wall in Noble's case, Saffron came in with a plate full of sandwiches and started to hand them out. Shadow transferred to Noble's datapad as she set it on the end table as Noble slid her helmet off and set it aside as Saffron made her way to her with the plate.

Noble grabbed a sandwich with a " Thanks" before taking and savoring the first bite.

" Your welcome." she said as she went and set the plate back in the kitchen returning a moment or three later and sat next to her brother. They all chatted which ended in both Saffron and Jaune getting into a playful argument that started with one smart thing and only escalated. Her pinching his cheek and him trying to get her off of him. It only ended with the door opening and closing.

Normal people would look over and see who came in. But Nat/Summer was not normal. She spun snagging the M6 off her thigh mount and had it set on the intruder's head. It was another woman. Dark skinned, with black hair, glasses, and in blue shirt and jeans, and with two bags of groceries in her arms with wide eyes of shock and surprise.

Saffron saw what was going on and quickly jumped between them.

" Wooow hold up cowgirl, no need to draw a weapon in my house! Especially on my wife!" She exclaimed.

Noble lowered the weapon and returned it to its spot on her thigh. " Apologies. Reflexes." was all she said.

" Those are some damn fast reflexes." Terra said to her.

" Guys, I want you to meet my wife, Terra Cotta." Saffron told the group.

The group greeted her with the child even brightening up seeing his other mother.

Shadow was the only one that did not greet. Instead, he had a question.

" Ok I got a question," he said startling Terra.

She looked at him and blew out a breath.

" I don't know if I should answer. You almost gave me a heart attack." she told him, " And I would be happy to answer. Just let me put away groceries''

Shadow shooed her away and sat back down and pulled out a sandwich of his own.

" Ok, how do you do that?" Nora asked.

" Ancient secret." was all he said causing her to laugh.

Meanwhile in the kitchen, Saffron and Terra took to putting food away and talking about recent events. Including the half-ton white elephant in the room.

" Reflexes my bubble butt ass!" Terra whispered to Saffron.

" Hey, one can tell that she is a soldier. And one that has been through a lot to have those kinds of reflexes." Saph said to her.

" I don't like it when someone points a gun in my face. She will surrender her weapons at the door. No if and or buts!" Terra told her wife.

" Terra, she is a Huntress…"

" No, she is a damn Atlas dog! She was probably sent here by Cordovan to keep watch on us." Terra growled crushing a bag in her hands.

" And why would she do that? We have done nothing wrong and as such have not earned her scrutiny." Saffron shot back.

Terra took a breath and released it as well as her paranoia and anger.

" Yea. It's just...Hmmm, my previous relationship was with a military scumbag. Do you blame me for not exactly trusting a military dog?" Terra asked with a sigh in her voice as she reflected on her last relationship. How the guy just left after he knocked her up. Forever and ever, he said. That was until she delivered the news of her pregnancy and bolted.

If it weren't for Saffron, she would be a single mother with no home and not much in the way of income. She would have had to put Adrine up for adoption just to feed and house herself.

Terra saw and befriended her for some unknown reason and well, the rest is history. They dated for a year, she got a killer job and hitched and married with a child that was due to arrive within a month of their hitch.

Saffron hummed and embraced her from behind.

" No, I don't. But I am sure you can look past what she is. After all, didn't Jaune say she was the mother of one of the girls?" Saffron asked.

Terra nodded and tossed some groceries to put in the fridge.

/

Summer/Nat looked at the children chow down on the sandwiches that they were given as Shadow sat on the table doing weird AI things with his holographic sandwich. She just shook her head with a smile and bit into her sandwich. As she chewed, she thought back to the Farmstead.

' I hope those things are dead. When we go to the base here, I will inform the commander.' she thought as she swallowed.

" When we get done eating and rested up, let's head to the base and make a report. I would like to get a specialist team sent back to the farmstead and make sure those Apathy are dead." She said to the group.

/

Sesa looked at the device that was constructed. All he had to do was upload the coordinates and power it up. He looked at one of his closest friends who was clenching and unclenching his fists. The revelation of the Prophets being skilled manipulators and liars and how the holy rings were nothing more than a last resort weapon and not a device for transcendence. One could see the rage boiling off of him.

He knew that once Thurls blood heated it could only be cooled by combat. And with the current state, he needed to cool off. Chances are what he wants to kill has a long spindly neck and sits in an anti-gravity chair. The gods knew he wanted to. He could picture one of those lying snake's necks in his grasp as his fingers dug into their throats.

He took a calming breath and approached his friend.

" Thura, do you have what you need for your journey through the portal?" Sesa asked.

Thura turned his head to him and nodded.

" The only thing I am having trouble with is the translation disk. I don't know enough of the human language to make a proper message."

Sesa thought about it before shrugging. He did not know the best way to word such a message. Surrendering was not the Sanghile way. But that is what he would need to do. He would need to surrender to the humans so as to not shoot on sight.

" Holy Oracle," Sesa called to the monitor, " Can you help us in forming a message for the humans? Something that is non-aggressive and won't get my friend shot." Sesa asked the monitor.

The monitor hummed before replying, " I will get a message ready and sent to your device as soon as I can." he said as he approached the other Sanghilie.

" Thura, I know I am asking a lot of both you and of our people, but I need you to do exactly what the humans say and to appear as non-threatening as possible. If it helps, remove your weapons or throw them to the ground at their feet."

" Why does it feel so dirty? I feel dirty for what I am going to attempt. You know they are not going to take me seriously. They are going to see it as some sort of ruse." Thurl told him.

" I know. But I trust you. I trust you to not start a fight with hopeful allies. You will most likely be treated with hostility but I beg you to endure it. For the sake of our new found faction, do not engage them."

Thura clacked his mandibles in a sigh.

" Such dishonor."

" But think of the honor you will bring back to our people. Possibly even learn new things to bring back."

Thura nodded and looked to his Phantom loaded with weapons for the humans to examine as well as armor sets. He just hoped that it would be enough to not shoot him on sight. All he had to do was fly out and into the portal stream when the monitor gave the word.

Sesa was about to wish his friend luck when his comms specialist spoke.

" Sesa! We got the fleet in the debris field! Multiple Phantoms are on approach!"

" Attack vector?" he asked.

" Possibly. If you are going to send Thura, do it now!" he called.

Blast. He was hoping for more time. He snapped his head around to Thurl.

" Get to your ship. I will have the Monitor set everything up. Then we are going to destroy it to keep the Covenant from having a short cut to the human homeworld. That would be the last thing we need."

Thura nodded and sprinted for the Phantom doing an abbreviated preflight checklist. He got it started outside waiting for the Oracle to open the portal. He didn't need to wait long for as soon as he got into position, the portal opened.

' Here goes nothing.' he opened his comms to Sesa for one last message, " May honor light your way Sesa and may we see each other again."

He did not wait for the reply as he gunned for the portal. And just like that Thurl left the gas mine and into the unknown.

The planet that he was spat out over was a beauty to behold. Ice caps around the polls, puffy clouds scattered across the sky, green forests, a beauty of a world. He had to give the humans credit, they had one hell of a homeworld.

' Now where would I be for a civilization?' he thought as he began his descent down to the northern pole.

' Odd, how come no ships are guarding or patrolling the air space? Or any stations? Would they be that stupid to leave their cradle and birthplace so open and vulnerable?'

He shook his head as he made his descent through the clouds. The view screen of the Phantom showed the blue sky and clouds. It was so peaceful, something he has not seen in ages. It was only ruined due to a small dot on the horizon. He hit the magnifier and saw that it had a round-shaped fuselage with twin engines coming off of the sides like the human VTOL single ships like their Hornets and Falcons. There was no doubt that they were trying to get into comms contact with him. Sadly, he would not be able to listen or respond.

' Just fly straight and non-aggressively.' he thought as they pulled up alongside. He looked to his right and saw that it was indeed a VTOL. He rocked the Phantom in acknowledgment of any command and began to follow them to their base.

/

James watched and listened to what his pilots were sending back. The ship had to be alien. Nothing on Remnant would look like that. It was sleek but had the look of a transport if he had to guess. He listened as the pilots tried to communicate with the unknown ship, but failed. It did not take any evasive action or attempt to flee, it just rocked back and forth. Whether or not he was confirming that he was hostile or not was unsure because right before it rocked, one of his pilots asked if he was hostile.

" That must be a coincidence Lituenate. Escort it to base."

The pilot confirmed the order and moved just ahead of the craft and returned the wing waggle.

About fifteen minutes later, the two bullheads he sent up returned with the purple craft in tow. He as well as Winter and Penny with a few guards waited as the craft descended and hovered on some sort of repulsers or anti-gravity pads.

" Winter, Penny. No drawing your weapons unless he does so. Stay ready nonetheless." he ordered.

He got two nods as what looked like the side hatch opened, and a true alien walked down the ramp. It was big. A good eight feet tall with mandibles, a long sorian neck with long arms and reverse jointed legs. Its eyes were reptilian yellow like with a four-digit hand. Two thumbs and two fingers. Its armor was a midnight black with red trim. The armor was sleek with a low profile. ( If you need an image, I am using Halo2 classic multiplayer elite armor. We will be seeing halo 3 custom armor later in the crates.)

It had its hands up to show it was unarmed and had no weapons in its hands. It slowly lowered one hand to its chest and pressed something there. When it spoke, he heard two voices. The original voice, and a voice speaking in perfect English.

" Human, can you understand me?" it asked.

James blinked in surprise but stepped forward.

" I can. May I ask who and what you are and what your intentions are?"

" My name is Thura. And I thank you for not killing me on sight for the sins that my kind has done." he told them.

James looked at him in puzzlement.

' What is he talking about? This is our first contact?' James thought.

" I must apologize but this is the first time we ever met extraterrestrial life. As far as I am concerned, you did nothing wrong."

A look of confusion crossed the alien's face as he looked James in the eyes.

" Human, is this not humanity's birth cradle? The planet called Earth?" he asked as his hands dropped to his sides. Not to grab a weapon but just to hang there. " And have you not heard of the war that has been taking place?"

James shook his head restating what he said earlier.

After some time, the alien, Thura stood to his full height.

" Then hear me, human. For I have much to tell and possibly not much time." he told him.

" Then, by all means, let's talk in my office." James replied as he extended an arm to the door before leading the way.

/

The trip to the military base here in Argus was quick. The long bridge was not a help but it did have its uses. After she brought up getting to the base, Jaune told the group that they tried that already and were shot down so fast and with so much smugness that it would have rubbed her the wrong way. And sure enough, the second they approached, the gate was slammed shut. And tweedle dee and tweedle dum with the stupid hats stood their not acknowledging the group.

Normally, this would be acceptable and it still is. But when asked to get the commander, they scoffed. Even when Qrow said that he was a professional Huntsmen and that she was a soldier that needed to talk to the General or at least the commander of that base, they told them both to shove it and to stick it where the sun don't shine.

Noble was going to just go through the gate when a gray-haired woman arrived and introduced herself as the commandant of the base.

' Finally, we can get somewhere.' Noble thought.

" Who is barking at my door demanding an audience?" she asked.

" Ma'am. That would be us. We would like passage to Atlas for…"

" Oh, so you can what? Kill us all? You may think that we will just let you in and wreck the place, think again! Just because the world is in a cold war with us does not mean we are going to let you just walk in!"

" Uhhh, Ma'a,am, we were unaware there was a cold war going on. All we want is to meet with your leader and brief him on…

" OH, So you want to meet James Ironwood So you can assassinate him and destroy Atlas! Not on your life! SHUT THE GATE!" She yelled.

Before they could, Weiss stepped forward and told her to wait. The woman held a hand up to halt her previous order and took a longer look at the girl in ice blue. Once she took her in her eyes, wormed with pride.

" Weiss Schnee! It's good to see you safe. I am sure you are eager to get back to Atlas and away from these common, disgusting folk."

That rubbed everyone, especially Blake and Shadow, the wrong way.

" Ok, this bitch is annoying. We just got here and she thinks that we are going to go on a murderous rampage in some unknown Kingdom? What kind of crack is she smoking?"

She just stared at the small woman in front of her. Noble could respect a patriate, but one would say that a turd is one of the best things their country has made, those got on her nerves. And this is coming from a woman who would be considered a living weapon and to support her government no matter what was said or done.

Weiss stepped forward and simply said that where she goes, her team goes.

" My dear. I am responsible for your safety. I can guarantee you safe passage to Atlas. But I can not say the same for the others in your party." She said, giving Blake the stink eye.

One could feel the hurt coming off of the girl, and the rage boiling off of Yang and Weiss.

" OK! That is it!" Came Shadow's voice from Noble's helmet as he popped up with nothing but rage in his eyes. He was even glitched out a couple of times, " You have been treating us like scum for absolutely no Fing reason! What did we do!? Exist? Is that the sin we committed?"

She looked at him with surprise and disgust.

" If they are not out of our sights in two seconds, kill them. And bring me that thing's head." Cordovan said as she turned and walked back into the base with the gate shutting behind her as the guards yanked their charging handles and pointed them at the group.

The group of shocked teenagers plus three adults just stared at the gate. They have never been openly threatened before...well, Qrow has been threatened before and for Noble, it was just another day. But still. This was new.

The guards clicked their safeties off and pointed their weapons at the group.

Noble reached behind her for a bubble shield for when they opened fire.

" You boys do not want to do that. I am an ambassador for the UNSC and am requesting passage. Fire upon me and you just might find yourself starting a war." she stated hoping to put them off and to think.

" If so then get lost and come back with proper people you tin can." came one of the guards as he shoulders his rifle dead set on her head.

" Let's get out of here. We don't want to give these numb-nuts a reason to shoot us and have a PR nightmare." Shadow said to the group as he flipped the guards off.

When they got back to the house an hour later, and much cooling off, they walked in and began to discuss what all happened.

" So that is it? Salam can't be killed?" Jaune asked.

" Not by normal means. That is why I requested for Red to try and bring me a nuke. The intense heat and pressure should take her out for a couple of years." Noble said to the Knight.

" And let's not forget, even she has to breathe. Strap her to a rocket and shoot her into space. Is it an agonizing and possibly painful way to be imprisoned? Sure." Shadow spoke up sitting on a chair on the datapad.

" That is morbid. And torturous. Not sure how I feel about that." The shocked and dull tone came from Nora surprisingly.

" Like I said if the nuke fails."

" And that leaves Ozpin." Jaune spoke glaring at Oscar, " how do we even know that he did lock himself away in his head? He has been lying to everyone, who is to say that he did not just take over and continue to lie to us?" he asked, getting up and staring down the boy.

" Jaune, I can assure you that he won't…"

" I don't believe you. I know you are in their Oz. Now get out here or I will beat you out." Jaune growled interrupting Oscar as he forced him into the wall before slamming him into said wall.

" JAUNE!" came Nat's voice as she yanked him off of the boy.

Jaune stumbled back a bit before he regained his footing. Still with that frown on his face he went to the stairs and walked up to one of the rooms to cool off.

" I am going to tell you all what we are going to do. I am going to take Yang and Nora to one of the spare rooms to assist in removing my armor. Then I am going to do some recon and then we are going to plan."

" What are you thinking mom?" Yang asked.

" We are thinking about her going on a one-woman boogaloo into the base and inserting me into the comms, and I am going to call her boss and get her ass fired." Shadow told the group.

" What makes you think you can do that?" Qrow asked, " I know you can do a lot, but no one can sneak into a military base that is that heavily guarded. To many sentries and to many sensors that can see you. What makes you think you can get past them let alone getting past the wall."

" Oh ye of little faith." Shadow said, stopping the drunk, " You don't want to insult her. She can get over that wall stark naked, blind, and with broken arms if she wanted to. "

" Did not need that mental picture." Yang said groaning and covering her face with her hands.

The others just watched on, not knowing what to think. They were told that she can get into the base easily, or that they were trying to picture her doing such a task in such a state. Needless to say, they shook their head trying to rid the images of a nude woman full of scars with a broken set of limbs.

" When I get done with my recon, I am going to set my armor up for a stealth operation and then get to work." She told the group, " If worst comes to absolute worst, we will send Weiss to Atlas with the explicit message to send Ironwood here to retrieve us."

She then pointed to Yang and Nora to follow her up the stairs.

" Mom," Ruby started, " I know we need to get to Atlas, but I don't want to leave Weiss alone."

Noble let the Summer part of herself come to the front as she moved up to the girl and knelt.

" Ruby, I know you and Weiss are close. But we must be willing to let people go and trust that they can do what they need to do." She started placing a hand on her shoulder, " I was sent alone multiple times with the Noble team. I was known as a lone wolf for a reason." she told her.

Ruby looked at her mom not knowing what she was trying to say.

" But she is still young and inexperienced. I will be going with her. After all, I am the UNSC ambassador." she said, patting her shoulder.

That got the young rose to perk up as she nodded and went to get some air. As she went, the mom turn Spartan turn supper mom badass, went up the stairs to disassemble her armor and get into some street clothes before taking her datapad and starting her recon.

/

It had been close to a week since the alien arrived and began to tell him of his history. It was hard to swallow. Not just the fact that a completely different human empire was out there, but that this things people were lied into committing genocide against this group of humans was disheartening.

The alien was expecting to be executed for the truths he told, and while James had a part to do just that, he also knew that he was part of a faction that split from the covenant that saw the lies and wanted to redeem themselves. He looked up to the alien with his poker face.

" I am going too be honest with you. Part of me, and possibly most of my men, want you dead. But the other part can see a sinner looking for redemption." James started.

" That is all I ask. A chance for redemption." came the translation.

" My question now is what to do?"

Both stayed silent not knowing where to take the conversation. That was until he received a notification. He pressed a button and saw the Argus sigil flash.

' For all that is holy please don't let it be her.' he thought as he accepted the call.

" Ok, I will make this quick and simple. I don't want to bore you with my life history. But obviously, this is for James Ironwood. So if you are not him, please get him for this message. If you are him, press the big red button. And no, it won't send the chordates to the Death Star so it can blow the planet up."

James looked at the figure, not understanding what this thing was saying. What was a Death Star? And why would it blow the planet up? He saw the button and thought about it. Should he take the risk? What if it was a trap?

' No guts, no glory.' he thought as he pressed the button.

" Ok, so Ironwood, I am an Artificial Intelligence. And my host and I got stranded here on Remnant from our doomed world. Completely accidental mind you. Now you are probably wondering where I am going with this. Well...we need a pick-up. We are in Argus and we have a certain thing that you may want to get under lock and key." the AI said as his image was replaced with a lamp. Not just any lamp, the Lamp of Knowledge. And it was out in the open!

" Now that I got your complete and undivided attention, come get us. We are a party so make sure you bring a big enough airship. Oh, and make sure it can carry a vehicle or two and these will the folks you want to find and pick up.'' The image changed to portraits of a few people. Team RWBY, J-NR, a young farmhand, an old woman in blue and goggles, and finally, a white and silver visored helmet of...something. Had to be a soldier.

" I am unsure if this reaches you in time, so don't be quick to shoot an airship down. It might be us. Or a couple of us. But if you do send someone to pick us up, we have been staying at these two women's spot, great people, to be honest, Terra and Saffron Arc."

The AI left the picture of the group up as the message ended.

He heard a sharp intake of breath and looked to his guest who had a look of shock and surprise, and maybe even a hint of fear or excitement. He couldn't tell.

" A demon is here? On this world?" he asked as pointed to the white armored figure.

James looked at where he was looking and pointing, right at the figure.

' A Spartan is here?' he thought.

" Clover," he called into the comm, " Come to my office."

An " Affirmative" came through as Thura just stared at the portrait of the Spartan.

" By the gods I can't believe what we just encountered." Thura uttered.

" I take it this is going to cause a problem?" James asked.

" A demon was seen going through the same portal I went through back on the planet Reach. Though I don't know why she isn't here but instead out in the world." he said to the human.

" Would you like to remain out of sight when we bring them in?" he asked.

" I would not want to be a burden. And our meeting will happen sooner than later. Might as well do it in the most controlled environment possible." he said as the short brown-haired human in a sleeveless shirt and blue eyes walked in.

" Sir, Clover Ebi reporting as ordered." he said standing at attention.

" Clover, I want you to take your team to Argus as well as a team of Knights. Your team is to retrieve these individuals as well as a lamp." Ironwood told him.

Clover raised a hand and saluted saying " Yes sir!"

" Also, on your way home, try and tell them that we have a guest. One of them may try to kill him not knowing that he is here peacefully."

" Will do sir." Clover said dropping the salute and turning to the door looking at the screen on his scroll and memorizing the faces of the charges he needs to retrieve.

" I will move my phantom to a secure hanger. Just to be safe." Thura said to Ironwood.

James nodded and told Penny to escort him. She nodded and left with him as he looked over the other file the AI sent. Mainly the meeting of Cordovan and how rude she was.

/

" Well, that went pretty well all things considered." Shadow said as he was slotted back into the Mjolnir Mk V interface port.

Noble/ Nat/ Summer spent the entire afternoon doing recon of the base. She mingled with the crowd to get different vantage points and catalog all of the base's movements. From point to point, she logged each movement down on a pad.

When she left the room she took for herself, the two women of the house could only stare and marvel at her. She was only in her skin suit so it hugged to her slim form and curves leaving little if anything to the imagination. It was obvious that the two were taking in the sight before asking if she can through her skin suit and undergarments in the wash. Safe to say, the Spartan turn Mother felt uncomfortable enough to get back to her room and change into her new, improved, and resized outfit before heading out. And that is what she was doing from the afternoon until evening.

Well, that is until she got a notification that Oscar was missing. She let out a breath and made her way back to the street and tried to aid in finding the kid. She got most of what she would need anyway. She looked into the park and saw Jaune looking at a statue with a woman with red hair talking to him. She walked past seeing that this was a personal moment for him and made her way back to the house.

As she was making her way to the door, the rest of the group came up and joined her on the steps, when the door opened and, well, we know how that went. A cartoonish lunge with Nora planting her chest on Oscar's face. We really need to put that woman on a leash you know.

With that done, and her skin suit dry, the Spartan set the Summer aspect of her mind aside and let the analytical part of her worrier side take over.

The plan was to approach the base under water and scale the wall and infiltrate the compound. So she would need a sleeker more streamlined armor set. She disconnected the soft-case from her thigh mount and left it open. Her chest plate was left bare. No pouches or cases. Just her knife. That left her shoulders. She looked through her inventory and found what she needed. The recon shoulder pads. Those would work perfectly. Streamlined and no drag. The only thing she was missing was some black paint to give her that extra level and feeling of stealth.

As for weapons, she kept it simple. She slapped a suppressor on an SMG and a DMR before donning her armor and heading out.

She found a good submerge point and took the plunge with her armor switching to internal air. She would need to be quick. She only had ninety minutes of air and she did not know how long it would take to travel the distance to the base. She made it with time to spare...mostly. There were times where she had to force her boots out of the mud or in the case of the wall, cut hand and footholds for herself. She would use the jetpack, but unfortunately, it would cause too much noise for her liking.

From there she found a locked door that with a quick strike with her knife, got it opened. A quick couple of minutes later she found a communications hub. Thankfully Cordovan was not around and the few guards were easy to incapacitate.

Then it was all up to Shadow to make the call...or at least to leave a message on an airship that was in range that would then transfer to an Atlas tower and just go from there.

But that would be if he got the message. So when she gets back, she was going to tell Weiss to pack up her stuff and be ready to move.

She knew that Ruby did not want to stay together but Cordovan would not allow that. It had to be her and Weiss. Or at the very least Weiss and Shadow.

She got on top of the wall and was ready to jump into the water. Her rebreather was charged to 60%. She was sure she could make the trip but decided to play it safe and skirt the boundaries of the base and the bridge. Once she was far enough away, she dropped just to be on the safe side and made her way back to the house.

When she got back, she spotted Ruby and Jaune sitting on the couch. They weren't doing anything, just sitting there and talking and laughing at random jokes or good times. They snapped their heads around.

" Oh hey, mom."

" How did the mission go?" Jaune asked.

" Smoothly." she replied as she took her helmet off and shook her head as her black and red hair fell around her face, " Is Weiss still up?"

" I think she is in the shower right now. Why?" Ruby asked.

" Shadow is unsure if his message got through. He had to use an airship as a carrier pigeon to get the message there. So we are going to go with plan B. Weiss and I are going to Atlas."

There was a silence as Jaune stepped up.

" Ummm, I have an idea. A stupid idea, but an idea." he started scratching his head.

" Well spit it out, kid." Shadow said, popping up on Noble's shoulder, seeing his hesitation.

" We steal an airship." he said before hurriedly continuing, " We have Weiss board a carrier with Maria in a suitcase. They take it over and come back to get us on a cliff."

There was a silence before Shadow spoke with Noble just looking at him with a blank if now an unamused look.

" Jaune. Don't become a tactical planner. That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard." Shadow said to him.

" The last thing we want to do to antagonize Cordovan. And that is what that would do. She would send her troops into the city and place it under martial law, with us either dead or in prison." Noble told him, " Even if I am forced to stay here, she can take Shadow with little trouble. So let's not shoot ourselves in the foot before battle shall we?"

Jaune looked down in shame with Ruby placing a comforting hand on his shoulder.

" That was kind of mean, Shadow. And Mom I said that I don't want to send Weiss out alone. I don't want to send anyone alone."

" Ruby, do you trust your team?"

Ruby looked at her mom. Noble could see the wheels in her head turning.

" I trust my team, mom. I just don't…"

" Then you need to trust that they can handle what is thrown at them without you."

She told her daughter, still not used to thinking that. She needed to learn to put her faith in the people that she commanded. For that matter, so did Jaune. She may not know much about the young knight, but if this was the best he could come up with, he needs to work on his tactical and analytical skills. Theft should be a complete last resort and only after all other avenues have been exhausted.

She placed a hand on both of their shoulders and gave them a gentle squeeze.

" All of the experience will come in time and with each op, you will learn. You will fail at times but learn from them. And be sure to learn from your victories as well." She told them as she made for the room to remove her armor. Like it as she may, she enjoyed the embrace of her daughters without the armor affecting said embrace.

In fact she wanted to embrace them now. Both of them and never let go.

She took a breath as she moved to remove her armor and possibly borrow some sleepwear for the night. But first thing is first, she needed to talk to Weiss.

And as if she heard her thoughts, the Heiress came down the stairs in an ice blue nighty with a hand tossing her hair. She looked at the Spartan-III turn mother with a questioning look.

" What? Did I not get all the make-up off my face?" she asked.

She would not admit it out loud for fear of hitting on her, but if she looked this good without make-up, she would have guys eating out of her hand. Shoot if each woman in the house looked good without make-up, they would make beautiful wives and mothers.

" Weiss, you look fine and I think you got everything. And if you look this bright without makeup, uhhh, would you make me the happiest AI in the world and marry me?" Shadow asked, making Weiss blush.

" Shadow, must you flirt with us?" Ruby asked.

" Ehhh, I still have emotions. I can be happy, sad, depressed, in love, or have a bit of a crush on cute girls. What can I say, my donner was a male and I was given a subroutine to flirt. And since I have four extremely cute girls here to talk and flirt with...I think I am in AI heaven." he said trailing off asking if their wings and halos only appear when they want them to.

Noble coughed to get Weiss's attention.

" Tomorrow we are going to try for a ride to Atlas. Pack your things. I will accompany you. And if I can't join you will be taking Shadow with you to Ironwood to get him to come back and pick the rest of us up."

Weiss looked shocked to hear that but nodded.

" I take it we are not going with Jaunes plan to steal an airship?" she asked.

" Correct. Now go get some rest."

Weiss nodded and with a " Thank God", left for her room.

She then turned to Ruby.

" You feel like crashing with me tonight? I am going to extend the invite to Yang." she asked.

Ruby looked at her with a small smile.

" I would like that mom. And I am sure Yang would as well." she said to her mom as she gave Jaune a quick hug and left for her shared room to change and get ready for bed.

Speaking of which, she should talk to the women of the house and get something to sleep in. She went to the spare room that she picked out to store her armor and got to work. She set the pieces that were not part of her normal kit aside and got it set and ready to slap her old kit back on.

Could she stay in her skin suit? Sure. It was comfortable enough to be in sure, but there was something about the thought of silk or some other smooth and comfortable material. Summer loaned her the memory of such a piece of fabric. She probably should take a shower as well. She wasn't dirty but the dip in the water just makes her feel like she did get dirty.

Walking to the master bedroom in her skinsuit, she knocked.

" Who is it?" came Saffron's voice.

She hesitated not sure what name to give. She decided to just use her call sign.

" Noble."

There was shuffling as she heard Saffron got up and moved to the door. It opened with Saffron in a blue nighty with an elastic that clung to her chest, accenting her chest before flowing down to her mid-thigh.

" Oh, Noble. It is good to see. We were hoping that you would drop by." She said as she opened the door and ushered her in.

" I was hoping to borrow a nightgown or something. I was hoping to crash with my daughters tonight." Noble told her. What she didn't see was Terra in a more revealing set of PJs.

" Noble. You need to pay for pulling a gun on me in my own home. And oh are you going to pay for it." said Terra as she stood drawing a riding crop from under her pillow.

' Noble. Run." Summer said to her as she finally saw their bed. On it was rope and other things.

She needed no other prompt. She saw a discarded nightgown and snagged it as she spun and threw open the door and ran to the bathroom.

' Never in my life, or, LIVES, have I been hit on by another woman.' came Summers' voice.

" You can say that again." she said to her other as she turned the water on and stripped herself of her skin suit and undergarments before she jumped in, all the while she heard the two females at the door demanding to be let in and to collect their payment for drawing on Terra.

' Any idea what you are going to do?' Summer asked not wanting to witness what would undoubtedly be nasty.

" If they try something, incapacitate them." she uttered as she shut the water off and started to dry off. She slipped on her borrowed nightgown and thought about what to do next. The knocking has stopped so she assumed they went to bed. Hopefully. She opened the door and sure enough, they weren't around.

She snuck her way to her room and saw Ruby and Yang sitting on the floor with Ruby sitting on a chair with Yang sitting on the floor. Ruby had a brush in her hands and a fist full of Yang's hair in the other as she ran the brush through it.

Now, one would think that Yang would need to be tied down if anyone was going to touch her hair. And normally you would be right. But this is her sister and she was only brushing her hair. Only family was allowed to brush her hair. She especially loved it when her Mom ( Summer ) brushed her hair. She was gentle and always hummed when she was doing her hair. And she saw it as a sign of immense trust on her end.

Both girls looked up and smiled as she walked in.

" Hey, Mom! I heard you and Weiss are going to Atlas to get Ironwood to come and get us." Yang said with a smile.

" We are. Hopefully we get a notice in the morning and not need to go but, hope for the best plan for the worst." she said.

" Well, at least we got tonight to be with one another." Ruby said.

" Still. It feels like we just got you back." Yang said taking an arm with Ruby taking the other.

She only smiled as she wrapped her arms around the two and pulled them close. The maternal feeling that had slowly come to her flared as she took their scents in. Truth be told, she did not want to leave these two yet. But duty calls. Sometimes to stay with a person, you have to leave them for a time.

But that did not mean she can't stay with them and comfort them for the night and even sometime in the morning before she left.

She unwrapped herself from the two and grabbed a brush before she stood behind Yang as Yang took the brush from Ruby and returned the favor before turning in for the night.

/

Clover walked into the hanger and saw his team waiting for him to brief them. It was going to be done on the airship on their way to Argus. He was told to not spare the horses and to get there as quickly as possible.

Harriet walked forward and said that they were ready and waiting.

" Good. Get on the airship and let's move. I will brief you all on the way." he said as the others made haste to get on.

Telling the pilot that they were all aboard and to not worry about the speed limit.

" What is the big hurry Clovs?" asked Elm.

" Ironwood got a message. The TLDR is that one of the relics is out in the open in Argus. And to add some complexity, one of the people we are to retrieve has had, let's call it, several run-ins with our guest's people." he responded, turning the question into a briefing.

" Are we just going in to get the lamp or are we going to retrieve its carrier?" Marrow asked.

In response, Clover pulled out his scroll and pulled up the photo the message came with.

" These are the people we are looking for. Not arrest. I have a feeling that would just put us on the wrong foot. We are to find them, and get them back to Atlas with the map." he started as he then went down the list of the people they were looking for, " Finally we got the one that will be a bit of a problem. Thura called her the Demon, or what we now know as a Spartan. And she likely has an AI. That would explain how they got a message to us in the first place."

" Where do I begin to look? Argus may not be big but knowing where to look will save time." Vine asked.

" We do," Clover said as he brought up the picture of two women. One was dark-skinned while the other was caucasian. The dark-skinned female had short-cropped brown hair and brown eyes with glasses while the other had shoulder-length blond hair and blue eyes.

" Saffron and Terra Arc. Sister and sister in law to Jaune Arc of Team JNPR. The message said that if we come looking to try their first."

" Well, that is easy." Elm said with a smile.

/

Weiss held her bag in one hand as she walked up to the gate. She had Shadow in a very unlikely spot on her person. The only place she could store something since her dress has no pockets. Her blouse. Pressed right up against her flesh with enough padding to hide the chip.

She felt ever so slightly uncomfortable knowing that Shadow was in such a private spot on her person. She knew that he would be flirting with her when all was said and done. But she always did get a small kick from his flirts. Plus the ego boost it gave was nice.

" Oh, I am so glad you are going home! Please tell Ironwood that I hope he is doing well and that I was most helpful to you." came the annoying voice of Cordovan.

" I am only going so I can get Ironwood to come and get the rest of my party. And to tell him how rude you were." she scolded as Noble walked beside her.

Cordovan looked at the Spartan with disdain.

" Your bodyguard my sweet pea. That thing is nothing but a malfunctioned droid that needs to be reprogrammed or scrapped like the piece of crap it is." she spat.

In a quick move, Noble snagged her magnum and had it pressed against Cordoven's head. She unpolarized her visor so she could see her angry and annoyed silver eyes.

" I am NOT a machine that needs to be reprogrammed or scrapped. I am a UNSC ambassador from the Planet Reach. And I WILL be going to Atlas to inform your higher-ups about a threat." she growled.

Cordovan scrunched her face as she stared down the barrel of the powerful handgun.

" I will have you shot for that." She told her.

" You can try but you should keep one thing in mind. I let all your men live when I infiltrated last night." Noble said to her.

Cordovan looked at her with absolute hatred.

" Then you signed your own death warrant. I will strip your body of that armor and send it to Atlas for study." She said. One could tell that if she had her sidearm on her she would have drawn and shot her.

" Just food for thought." Noble said as she holstered her weapon.

Cordovan scowled as she led them across the tarmac to the waiting airship.

They were just about to board when Cordovan stopped to answer a call.

" What is it?" she growled. Her face shifted from anger to concern to alarmed.

" Ground all outbound flights and prep everything we have for Grimm assault. And ready the Colossus." she said and turned to the two.

" I apologize but your flight is grounded. We got a massive horde of Grimm coming in from the forest and a Leviathan coming from the ocean. I need to cancel your flight until the problem is contained." she said letting go of any ill thoughts and going into commander mode with Noble doing the same.

" I got heavy weaponry with my transport. If you need me, give me a call and I will be there to lend support." Noble told her as she unslung her rifle, " In the meantime, Weiss and I could use a lift to the nearest incursion sight." Noble requested.

" I doubt you have something I don't have on that thing. But we will be obliged on getting you to the nearest incursion sight." she said.

Noble nodded as she and Weiss took to the airship that was supposed to take them to Atlas, but now to take them to the front.

As soon as they were air, Weiss fished around in her blouse for Shadows data chip and handed it to his guardian and carrier. She slotted him in her helmet and after a second of what Weiss assumed to be him gushing over where he was placed, she smacked the side of her helmet to get him to shut up probably. Noble turned to her and held out a thumbs up.

" I am good Noble." Weiss said as they flew.

Noble safetied her rifle and quickly fastened a sling that she had on her before she handed it to her.

" You need a ranged weapon. You got an in-close weapon but you do need a medium-range weapon. That has 36 rounds of rock enroll." Noble told her as she withdrew her AR magazines and handed them to her.

" I know you have no pockets, but you do have a sash around your waist. Stuff them in there."

Weiss nodded and started to fit them where she could.

/

Ruby was chillin 'on the couch with Jaune and Oscar as they were talking about random subjects, cars mostly. She was smiling as she tried to follow what was being talked about when she felt her scroll vibrate.

" Hello, Patch pizza service, can I take your order?" she responded seeing that it was Weiss and wanted to mess with her.

" Ruby get the others. We got a horde of Grimm coming in from the forest and a Leviathan from the water. We are being deployed to take care of the horde coming in from the woods while Cordovan takes on the Leviathan." Weiss said with no humor.

Ruby sat bolt upright and dropped the humor she had.

" We will be ready to go inside five. Where does mom want us?" she asked, her line of questioning catching the boy's attention.

" The garage. She wants us all to have a secondary weapon on our persons and then to be at the first incursion sight." she heard her partner inform.

" Got it. Meet you at the garage." she said standing up as Jaune and Oscar did the same.

" Get your gear. We are to make best haste to the garage and arm up further." she told them as she turned to the kitchen where Yang and the others were and shouted the same thing to them.

It did not take long for the group to get ready and head out. And now that they were outside and were not distracted by idle chit chat, they could hear the sirens blaring.

' Never a dull moment.' Ruby thought as she and the others took off running down the roadway to where the garage was located.

When they got there a few minutes later, they could hear the gunfire and roars of Grimm in the distance get closer to the front.

Each grabbed a weapon that was opposite of what they carried normally. Something for close in and something for downrange. They pocketed ammo that they would need and made for the wall. When they got there, they saw their foes. Beowolves and Ursa were coming in from the trees with the occasional creep thrown in while in the air Griffens, Sphinxes, a couple of Nevermore's, and even a Manticore.

" Well, this is going to be fun. Did anyone grab some heavy weapons?" Oscar asked as he shouldered an M392 DMR.

" I got Magnhild. Does that count?" Nora asked as she spun the cylinder of her grenade launcher.

" I would say a rocket or that laser I saw would be better, but I will take what I can get." he said, taking a breath.

Jaune looked at what all they got for weaponry and tried to come up with something. With what he said last night about stealing an airship really set a couple of people off. So he was looking for a way to redeem himself in their eyes. They may not have had rockets or lasers, but they did have a grenade launcher and at least one high powered sniper rifle.

He had an MA37 in his hands with Crocea Mors on his hip while Ren had a BR55 on his back. Storm flower was good for tight spaces but lacked the punch to get through tough armor. The BR had a bigger caliber and he hoped more stopping power.

Nora had her Magnhild witch would help in dispersing groups of Grimm as well as breaking armor as well as an M7 SMG if things got close.

Ruby had her sniper rifle with AP ammo. That would go through armor well since it was essentially an Anti-Material rifle. A high-powered, high caliber rifle that can take a limb off with a near miss.

Only Blake and Yang shared a weapon type of BRs.

" Yang, Blake," he called to them, gaining their attention, " We need more firepower. I believe there is a laser in one of the bags as well as some rockets. We need to take down some of those airborne Grimm."

They nodded and sprinted back to the garage as Jaune went back to firing down the line of Grimm.

/

Weiss and Noble watched as the incoming Grimm forces busted out from the tree line. She could see the two teams of kids at the wall shooting into the Grimm mass with Yang and Blake holding back and focusing fire on the older and more heavily armored Grimm. She could even see that Yang packed some AA tubes as well so she can take out some of the aerial Grimm.

That brought a smile to Noble's lips.

' At least she has brains to go with the brawn.' she thought as the airship descended.

Blake raised the Spartan laser and fired into a group of Griffons, burning them to a crisp and making a loud thud as they hit the ground.

" Pilot, are there any gunships roaming about?" she asked as the airship touched down.

" Negative ma'am. All of our gunships are back in Atlas." the pilot said.

Noble took only a heartbeat to come up with something. Argus had no mobile firepower. Nothing to sit in an area and just lay down the lead. But she did spot a mount that could hold either the gauss or the LAAG.

" Pilot, hold steady. I got some weapons that could assist us for mobile firepower." she told him.

" Wilco."

She hopped out and ran to the garage not even bothering with the door. She just bashed it up and ran to the hog and grabbed the cases containing the gauss and the LAAG as well as ammo that she magnetically strapped to her person and ran back to set them up. She then pointed to two of Argus's soldiers. Once they got to her she did a quick rundown on how to operate both weapons before she handed them the ammo and told the pilot to take to the skies.

She then grabbed her loadout of Noble Rose and an Assault Rifle and a couple of energy swords and went to the wall as the improvised gunship started to mow down Grimm giving the kids a bit of a break. Noble took Noble Rose off of her back and sighted down the scope and began to pick targets off.

The whole morning was spent at the wall whittling down the numbers without much in the way of a break. The gunship had at least two fule stops and three ammo stops before noon. And the Grimm were STILL coming.

" This is Cordovan, I could use some support!"

Doing a quick mental count, she still had the rocket pods in their cases.

" Yang!" she called to her daughter, gaining her attention, " Feel like being my chofier?"

That got Yang's lilac eyes to sparkle with excitement.

" Drive a badass 4x4 into combat and have the time of my life? You bet your sweet armor I will!" she replied with excitement.

" Ren, your shotgun." she said as she and the two mentioned ran to the garage. There she found the last case and began setting up as Yang and Ren moved the duffles and boxes next to Bumblebee and then helped with setting up.

When all was said and done, Yang was vibrating with energy to get going.

" Before we go, we are going to grab the gauss. Just in case." Noble told her driver as Yang started the beast and got it moving forward. She gave a "got it" and moved to where the makeshift gunship was touching down.

" Pilot, you and your gunners are going to need to dismantle the LAAG. I am taking the gauss."

" To reinforce the General?"

" Yes."

They nodded and Noble grabbed the weapon and set it between Rens legs before hopping on the turret.

" Oh and Yang," she turned to look at her mom, " You have my full permission to break any speed limit."

Yang had a smile that could rival the Jokers as she took off with a hoot.

" Cordovan, this Noble Six, we are inbound."

/

" Sir! We are getting chatter from Argus! Grimm incursion as well as a Leviathan. I am also picking up some other traffic. Sounds like she may have some backup."

" Then let's do a fly-by and give her a hand." Clover said as he turned to his team, " Elm if you are feeling up to it, I want you to hop out on the cliff while we take care of the rest." Clover told the group.

" And if we see the lamp?" Harriet asked.

" Right now we are here to reinforce Argus. IF you see it out there, protect it. If you see any of these kids, make contact and let them know that we are here to help." Clover told them.

They acknowledged the order and got ready while Elm limbered up her limbs.

Haha, tree pun. Get it? No? I will see myself out.

" Coming up on Cordovens position in two minutes and the cliff fifteen seconds after that." the pilot informed.

And within that time, they got their weapons prepped.

The sound of the guns firing and missiles being launched was heard as the craft banked. But there was also a ripping sound coming from outside the craft. It was so unnatural and artificial that it had to be man-made.

" What was that?" Vine asked.

" Don't know. Elm get ready."

Said woman opened the hatch and waited for the pilot to give the word. She felt the craft slow as the cliff came in sight, and a gun truck sitting on it. She could not make out who all was in it but she could see white on the gun. Could possibly be the Spartan.

" GO GO GO!"

Elm jumped and landed in a deep squat near the vehicle as the airship took off. She stood and cracked her neck before she saw that she had a few weapons pointed at her. She held her hands up and began to look at who she was facing.

A long blond-haired girl with a bulky green shoulder thing, a slim but well built young man who had two pistols pointed at her. The last one was the Spartan.

' So this is the Spartan and her crew.' she thought.

Before any could tell her to identify herself, she did it for them.

" Ace Opp operative Elm Edern. I am here to support Cordovan." she said.

" Sierra B-312 Noble six."

That confirms it. This was the team of people she was looking for. Or part of it.

" Where are the others?" Elm asked as she hefted her weapon.

" In the city proper holding off the Grimm." Noble said.

Elm nodded and took a knee as she sighted the Leviathan.

/

" We really should get going. Ironwood really wants to get the lamp in Atlas hands where it will be put under lock and key." Clover said to the group as they met up at the house.

" How do you know what it can do?" Qrow asked.

" Ironwood brought us into the fold. Something about needing more people to help make decisions in these trying times. He just needed more people to trust." Clover responded.

" Then let's get my vehicle strapped and get moving. I refuse to leave UNSC gear behind and unsupervised." Noble told the group of Ace Ops.

They nodded and in just a few minutes had the hogs crates of weapons strapped down with the missile, LAAG and, gauss were put in their cases with the troop cage slapped on.

They bolted straps to hardened points on the vehicle and lifted off.

" So, you are teams RWBY and JNPR. We saw your fights on Amity. You all did pretty well." Harriet said to the group.

" We also got some news to brief you on. Something you are going to find hard to believe." Clover said as he pointed at Noble.

END

/

All right all right all right, It has been a hot menite since I updated this...well with an actual chapter anyway. I wanted to get a New Years chapter out before 2020 ended...just for 2021 to say hold my beer. Rauhhhhh ahhhhhhhggggrrrr! I just hope that it does not last all freaking year.

So what else should I say? Not really sure to be honest. State of other games? Sure why not.

So, Destiny 2 had its major update… Beyond Light. What a waste of hype. Do not get me wrong I had fun with it. But at what cost? We lost Io, Mars, Titan, Mercury and the Liviathan. Atleast five raids, EP, and the Menagire and how many strikes? And we got what in return? A brand new area to explore with a new strike and raid and a partal area that all we have to do is slip in D1 to play? We needed the FULL Cosmadrone. I mean from the Rise of Iron DLC. The Plagelands included.

Instead we got a shell of the place.

Then we got the season witch story wise was nice, especially Crow. To be honest I feel bad for the guy. But we did free him from Spider. Wonder what Zavala and some of the other guardians think of seeing Uldran reborn as a guardian.

But it is tring to be the Menagirie loot system.

If it were up to me, I would make a D3 and fix some of the bugs or what have you. I know they dont want to stop work on the game but at the same time if they were going to pack this much content away, why not just make a new game with new locations, loot, and powers. Carry some or all of our gear over or just Season of Arrivals weapons and loot with all of our ornamatens then go from their. New locations and maybe introduce back some old locations. At the end give us each location that we have had in the past couple of games. That is just me how ever.

Then we got Halo MCC and Halo 4 on PC. Honestly I dont get why people hate the game so much. It had its flaws for sure but the story was still pretty good. Could use a bit more time in the oven and should have been pushed back as a launch title for the One.

Halo 3 got an update as well for customization and people are freaking the hell out.

Why? Halo 3 got a customization update, an update that hasnt seen the game in what? 14 years? And people are pissed about it? Them guys need to grow up and quite living in the past with rose tinted glasses. All that was added was some armors from Halo Online, what you wanted, and now that you got it you hate it? Can I say somthing to those people? YOU NEED TO MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MINDS! DO YOU WANT HALO ONLINE CONTENT OR DO YOU NOT! OR IS IT BECAUSE 343 IS THE ONE THAT IS BRINING IT IN!?

Honestly the game neede some sort of update and this was an update. Ok some of the armor dosent look the greatest but hey it is new armor and the option to pick a tech suit? Hey that is new. Awe hell who am I kidding, Halo 3 fanboys and Bungie pureists will ree and scream about anything 343 does becasuse 343 Is BaD aNd CanT do AnYtHiNg RiGhT!

You cant win with some people I swear. They are given something that they want and then complain when they get it. What is next? They ree and scream for 4, 5 and Infanate to be removed as well as all the lore that was introduced gets flushed down the toilet then complain that they removed lore and games that helped enrich the franchise. Also did anyone get a kick of some of the new armor coming to Reach? Mr. Chief getting sharpied onto a visor. I cant help but chuckle.

I really got nothing else to say. And while I could get into some personale stuff that has been happening, I would rather not bore you all with things going on.

So lets go to the reviews!

Vigriff

Happy New Year, even if it's too late to say that. Also, Salem not Salam.

I must admit your writing skills have improved, I hope you can rewrite the earlier chapters and continue to improve.

Ok so I separated these two from your other comment. Hope you dont mind. So with the top comment, Happy New years to you as well, also I addressed the Salem thing down below. But the TLDR is grammar and writing is not a strong suit and when I go though my spell checks, they compete on spelling.

Your bottom comment, I am not sure if you read my first story The Huntress and the Spartan, but the first few chapters were horrible for spelling and grammar. It could be me, but I think my early chapters here were better for the most part. I never thought about rewriting early chapters for this story but I dont know. IF I am really bord. The first one that gets worked on is the Huntress and the Spartan. That one is needed.

Maniacalharp747

(Tries to return to orbit)

"Sorry, this event is mandatory."

Shit

( Raises shot glass ) Saddle this is mandator. But that is why we have friends in the game world to make things go by easier. Wait, I cant power down the world for a reset. Oh well.

( Downs the shot of whisky )

Vigriff

May you have a happier life in the next cycle Cinder.

Yea. You know I wish we got Cinders backstory sooner. I feel kind of bad for her. She is what would happen if Cinderallea got fed up with her step-sisters. That is what they were right? I don't remember the story really well.

Reasoner

2020: Im the worst year of all!

2021: Hold my Beer. (Causes riot not even a week into the year)

RIP my sanity. I have little faith that this year will go well. And I am not going to even touch my view on politics.

SPARTAN-626

Happy New Year man and hopefully 2021 will be better then 2020

To you as well my dude! But saddlery ( at least here in the states ) we havent even gone a week before shit hit the fan.

Haxorus knight

One moment, *laughter* anyway I prefer rosegarden due to some good comics. Also there are humor to be mined here.

Hey we shipp what we shipp. I am not going to say that your ship is wrong or anything like that. I respect the fact that we ship differently. Also I don't dislike the shipp, if it wernt for Oz being in Osacrs head, I would consider it a a great ship. But until Oz leaves, I cant see it. Still not bad, I just like Lancaster more.

Jctherebel

good story, I really enjoyed it

Why thank you.

PrintTheDeaf

perfect rwby song for this book: This life is mine

Will need to listen to it, but I was not looking to place songs to books. So to see that you did is neat. Not sure what else to really say.

Guest

Why do you keep spelling her name Salam? Isn't it spelled Salem where the E comes after the L and before the M? What's going on with you?

Oh boy a grammar nazi. Look, Salam and Salem are close. They sound the same but have different meanings. But if you want to know what is going on? Writing and spelling was never a strong suit for me. Plus the whole sound the same but mean different things has always thrown me off. So their you can make fun of me now. Hope you are happy. lol

GreenTheRyno

Well then, this covered a lot more than I thought it would. Interesting idea, starting out with a Beowolf POV; gives me Borderlands flashbacks, lol.

I think it was a good idea to tone down Shadow's dialogue a bit. I don't hate him like other people seem to, buuuuuuut yeah...

Also, I don't remember, can Nat use her silver eyes still? The only reason she wouldn't imo is if the cloning process fucked with her biology too much. Somehow. Also, while it makes sense that a Spartan would be highly resistant to the Apathy, I don't really feel like you had her struggle enough against them. That might just be me, though.

Anyways, that's all from me for now. Enjoyed the chapter and I'm looking forward to the next one!

Surprise mother F#&%*#R! For real though this goes back to something I have said before, one day can take three episodes. Not that it is a bad thing. You get to know more about charters and settings even. And the Beowolf was just something to get me going after yeeting my author ass to story timeout. So that is how I got going. A beowulf just chillin and out hunting before getting splatterd.

But that is just me. I may do it again in a later chapter. Not sure yet.

And I think you mean Red, or well, me. As for Shadow, I really could not find much for him to say. If I really wanted to I may be able to but as of me writing it I could not really think of anything. But he made up for it this chapter!

And to answer your question about Nat using the Silver OP magic eyes, yes she can. But like her daughter, she is untrained at the moment and cant have her helmet on. That would nullify the power and just blind her. So the short answer is yes but she cant have a helmet.

To the Apathy, I am going to be honest I do not know how much they would affect her so I played it safe and had her not be in the fight all that much. And sense she is sealed in a suit of armor, would any psionic puls or whatever they do get her? I dont know, I am not a smart person with a degree in that kind of stuff. My thoughts are this, her discipline combined with her armor makes her resistant, but given enough time will ware her down. But it will take a lot of time. If that is making any sense. It is my way of giving her a natural nerf.

So the TLDR is yes she can. But she has to have her helmet off.

So I hope that answers your questions. Also, I do want to run something by you so be sure to check you PMs.

So that is that. I want to talk about what happened at Capital hill but I am not going to. I believe that we all condemned the violence. I want to rant about politics and how what happened should not ever happen again and that people should never feel like they are not being listened to.

But I wont. We do not need that here.

I do have a question but I dont really know how to ask it. It is something personal and is not for me rather my sister. So I am unsure how to approach it so I will wait until I feel like I can actually talk about it with out trying to sound like I am looking for something. Cuz the only think I am looking for is how to help my sister and her family.

So with all that I will say…

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