Screaming…yelling…a wrathful choir bicker amongst themselves among different sides and views, all in an attempt to defend their egos and beliefs…towards something they either love or hate...or perhaps both.
Within the machines they use, unknown to them, seven stars hover in a red sky as shadows and silhouettes emerge from a black sea…looking up at the crimson sky as they release battle cries and screams of hatred…as the seven stars become one.
_
A young man with messy blonde hair gasps as he wakes up in a cold sweat, eyes wide with shock and confusion as he sits up from his makeshift bed…proceeding to rub his eyes and groan.
(Music:xM2BpozU0Rk)
"The hell…?" The blonde man mutters as he looks around, seeing the familiar white fabric of the large tent he's in, three other beds being empty besides his own.
"Yuuma? Are you awake now?" A voice says as a man with green hair slicked back into a ponytail and glasses enters the tent, seeing that the blonde man was awake. "Ah, took you long enough."
"Heh…mornin' team leader." Yuuma says with a joking smirk, making the green-haired man roll his eyes, yet smirking slightly as well.
"Cut the formality man, the scouts have reported a group of grimm approaching the area, we're gonna have to kill the poor suckers if we're gonna get paid for this whole "guard the excavation site" job." The green-haired man says, causing Yuuma to get up quickly with a shocked face.
"WHAT!? Seriously Oliver!? You would have woken me up earlier!" Yuuma exclaims as he scurries to his gear, Oliver watching with crossed arms.
"Didn't wanna wake you up, sleep is important after all." Oliver says. "Had any good dreams?"
Upon hearing Oliver's question Yuuma stops for a moment…before sighing as he continues trying to get ready.
"Not really…actually, a pretty weird dream to be honest." Yuuma says, making Oliver raise a brow.
"How so?" Oliver asks with a hint of curiosity.
"I dunno…in it I just heard arguing and saw some shadow-sea people going toward…seven…stars? Suns? Either way they seemed to have wanted to fight it…" Yuuma says as he puts on a knife belt along with a jacket.
"Wow…that does sound weird…you think you had a vision or something?" Oliver asks jokingly.
"Oliver Erhart…approaching grimm?" Yuuma grimaces as he reminds his current team leader of the situation he just talked about.
"Don't be so worried, the group of grimm are five miles away, we're just being sent because they're approaching here." Oliver says as Yuuma puts on some gloves with knuckles made of some metal.
"Well it's still an approaching grimm attack! Y'know, you can be too relaxed sometimes." Yuuma mutters as he puts on a yellow scarf and a holster holding an ordinary dust revolver.
"Well unfortunately that's what you along with Nek and Xenon have to deal with sense I'm leading this current team." Oliver says deadpan while Yuuma chuckles.
"Fine, fine, I just don't want to die suddenly…Airi would be heartbroken." Yuuma says as he exits the tent with Oliver who puts an arm around his shoulder.
"Don't be so anxious man, I'll make sure your girlfriend back in that Atlas hotel will see you again~." Oliver says, making Yuuma groan.
"Please don't talk like that again." Yuuma murmurs as they exit to the bitter, cold winds of Northern Solitas.
As Yuuma and Oliver walk they go past other tents of people working under this excavation project; whether it be huntsmen and huntresses working as guards or the scientists and archaeologists working hard to study artifacts…and the mysterious temple at the center of the site.
Yuuma looks at the temple at the center of the site, its towering and ominous presence sending a shiver down his spine colder than the icy winds of Solitas itself, yet he didn't understand why…
Eventually Yuuma and Oliver reach the part of the site where the bullheads and other vehicles are, there a man with black hair and sideburns along with a slightly younger man with spiky sky-blue hair.
"Yo! Mr. Kiiro and Erhart!" The blue-haired man waves, causing Yuuma and the man with sideburns next to him to both twitch an eye.
"Xenon, how old are you again?" The man with sideburns asks the blue-haired man, making him look confused.
""Uhm…twenty-three? Nek, I'm pretty sure I-"
"Me and Oliver are twenty-eight, Yuuma is twenty-seven…we are only slightly older than you moron…so don't call any of us "Mister" like you're some Academy student." Nek says harshly as he lits a cigarette, making Xenon groan as he looks at Yuuma and Oliver.
"C'mon Nek…be at least a little nicer to the rookie." Oliver says, not noticing Yuuma focusing his gaze on the excavated temple.
"I graduated from Atlas Academy two years ago…." Xenon mumbled, yet being ignored.
"Why should I? For as long as this guy's been on this team he has shown to be reckless, moronic, and have a bad attitude towards us." Nek says making Xenon twitch an eye.
"WHY YOU-"
"That's enough." Oliver slightly raises his voice, making Xenon stop himself while Nek smokes his cigarette.
"Team ONYX!" A bullhead pilot exclaims waving at the group, leading to Nek sighing as he grabs his katana and Xenon his shotgun-axe.
"Welp, guess we should-" Oliver says only to stop himself when he notices Yuuma stare at the temple. "Uhm…hello? Remnant to Yuuma Kiiro?"
Hearing Oliver's voice, Yuuma immediately shakes his head.
"Oh…sorry, I guess I spaced out." Yuuma says as Oliver picks up and sheathes his duel tomahawks to his back.
"You were staring at the temple…something on your mind?" Oliver questions as he and Yuuma walk to the bullhead ship while Nek and Xenon were already ahead.
"It's just…the thing kind of gives me the creeps…like there is something…bad hidden there." Yuuma says making Oliver look at him deadpan.
"Well, we haven't had any casualties or accidents so far…you sure you're not just letting that anxiety of yours make you paranoid?" Oliver says, making Yuuma sigh.
"Maybe I am…but I mean, this whole excavation project began in the first place because the Atlas military detected some strange energy readings right?" Yuuma asks, Oliver nodding as they get on the bullhead. "Just…how was that temple built there in the first place? I doubt some ancient civilization lived around an area as cold as this."
"...We'll just have to ask Professor Grün about it when we get back." Oliver says as he and Yuuma take their seats along while Nek and Xenon were at separate seats, the bullhead with the number four on its side lifting off as they make their way to the group of grimm…