A/N- Had this idea floating around for awhile and decided to give it a shot. Not sure if this will turn into anything major, that depends on your reactions to it. Help point out any mistakes I make. Please R&R.
AU, just accept that fact.
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Chapter 1
Subject Delta had been through hell in his journey across Rapture. He had fought his way through an army of murderous psuedo-religious pshycopaths, spliced himself with enough plasmids to drive a normal person insane twice-over, and just recently had to mercy kill Sinclair, the person who was the closest thing to a friend that Delta had. All to be reunited with his Little Sister, Eleanor Lamb. Now they were in the process of escaping the underwater 'utopia' via an escape submarine.
Delta clung to the side of the sub with all of his might and as he gazed inside he witnessed a drowning Sofia Lamb. Aparrently there was a water leak somewhere and now the section that Sofia was in was flooding with water. She struggled valiantly against her fate and was beginning to succumb to the lack of oxygen.
Delta was unsure what to feel at this moment. This woman had used every available resource she had to try and kill him, but now here she was, dying in front of his eyes, and all he could feel was pity for the misguided woman. She did what, in her opinion, was best for he daughter. But Delta had done the same as well.
As the life began to leave her body, Delta noticed Eleanor approach her and in her hand was an oxygen mask. Under his helmet Delta smiled with pride. He was one to forgive the acts of others, and now it turns out so was she. Eleanor placed the mask over her mothers face and soon the life began to return to her.
As the sub reached for the surface, Delta's vision began to fade. His armored suit could withstand much punishment, but the force of the explosion earlier had broken several ribs. The ribs had made their way into Delta's lungs and now he was coughing up blood inside of his suit. His vision was about to fade completely, when suddenly he was hoisted out of the water. His eyes snapped open and revealed to him the bright sky above. It had been so long since he'd seen it that he had forgotten what it looked like. It was beautiful. As he scanned his surroundings he saw a weeping Eleanor hovering above his body.
"Father!" she cried out in anguish. The special connection that the two of them shared, informed her of Delta's rapidly declining condition. Eleanor was none to keen on losing her 'father' after finally being reunited with him. As she wept, the other Little Sisters began to approach the duo, each had a look of concern on their faces.
"Please don't die father!" Eleanor pleaded. She quickly pulled out a vial of Adam and injected it into Delta's arm, hoping that it might be enough to rapidly heal the wound.
Delta felt the surge of Adam as it flowed into his system, rebuilding his body piece by piece on the genetic level. His ribs began to move back into place and the holes in his lungs began to close. As his condition improved Eleanor let out a sigh of relief. He was going to be fine. She then took a moment to gaze at the world around her.
"So this is the surface?" she said as she wiped away her tears. The bright open sky was amazing compared to the endless darkness beneath the ocean. "Amazing..." she said in awe.
"I suppose Rapture is a lost cause now."
Eleanor quickly turned to see her mother staggering her way out of the sub. She gave her a glare, warning her to choose her next move carefully.
"Oh don't look at your mother like that. I already said that my project was past the recovery point. I mean you no harm."
"...Then what do you want?" Eleanor asked with caution. She still regarded her mother with apprehension, but she was still her mother nonetheless. Eleanor wouldn't be able to stay mad at her forever.
"Same as you, to gaze upon the sky. It has been quite awhile and I find its presence to be comforting."
Eleanor lowered her guard, but the Little Sisters were still a little nervous in her presence.
After a few moments of silence, Sofia finally spoke up. "The Rapture family has been defeated, you have been corrupted, and my entire lifes work has been for naught. All of this I understand, but there is still one thing I can't comprehend."
Eleanor turned to her mother. "And what is that?" she asked curiously.
"Why did you save me?"
Eleanor smiled at her mother. "Because it's what he would have done." She answered as she turned to Delta who was now starting to get up. "Father always found it in himself to forgive, and so have I."
"Huh." Sofia merely grunted in response. After all she had done, these two held no animosity towards her. She began to rack her brain so as to figure out why.
"You see mother," Eleanor started, interrupting her thoughts. "You don't need an entire city's worth of Adam to become a saint. It doesn't take the memories of thousands to work for the 'greater good.' All you need, is to have what it takes to do the right thing, even if it's not the easy choice. That, and have good parents raise you." she said with a smile as she held out her hand to her mother.
Sofia was completely taken aback from this developement. But perhaps her daughter was right. She reached out and took Eleanor's hand in her own and held it tight.
Eleanor then reached her other hand out to Delta, who did the same. A family once divided was now whole.
The other Little Sisters began to gather around Delta, seeking his protection. They group sat there, gazing at the horizon for what seemed like an eternity, before Sofia stood up and headed back for the subs hatch.
"Now if you don't mind, I believe we best head for shore, and pray that we don't run into them." Sofia said with worry.
"Them?" Eleanor responded curiously.
"It's a long story, but for now let us head back inside the sub." Sofia said as she climbed back down into the large submersible. Eleanor, Delta, and the Little Sisters soon followed suit. The subs interior was surprisingly large. It was divided into two different sections, upper and lower. The lower section held the control room, which was now flooded, whilst the upper held the crew quarters and a small infirmary. Inside the infirmary was a portable Gene Bank that was roughly the size of a large suitcase, half a dozen Eve hypos, half a dozen med kits, and other assorted equipment.
As the last Little Sister made her way down the ladder, Sofia approached Delta. "Seeing as how the control room is flooded, you'll have to operate the sub and steer us to shore. If I recall correctly then the closest body of land should be to our south so just keep heading in that direction."
Delta was a bit cautious of following Sofia's orders, but nodded all the same and headed into the flooded section of the sub.
As Delta descended, Sofia turned to her daughter. "Now let me tell you the real reason why Rapture was built."
-Elsewhere...
Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon Academy, was currently sitting in his office sipping coffee from his mug while going over some reports of recently detected underwater seismic disturbances. Quite frankly they weren't anything dangerous, but rather unusual. They didn't act like any normal seismic activity. Instead it almost seemed like they were happening as a result of someones interference.
"Hmm, most perculiar..." Ozpin said to no one in particular. 'I wonder... Could it be? No, that's no more than a myth. But then again, we thought the maidens were as well.'
Ozpin was shaken from his musings when he heard the elevator to his office open. He looked up from the reports to see his old friend, General James Ironwood.
"Hello James, I take it you recieved similar reports?" Ozpin asked as he waved his scroll in the air.
"Yes I have actually. Although I'm surprised that I heard it from my men before I heard it from you." Ironwood responded with a hint of irritation.
"I don't see why it would concern you. The disturbance was detected in my territory, not yours."
Ironwood sighed in response. "Be that as it may, I took the liberty of having a Bullhead do a fly-over to see if there was anything there." Ironwood placed his own scroll on Ozpin's desk. As soon as he did a large holographic projection filled the air above the desk. "This is what they found." The projection showed a picture of some kind of ship floating in the ocean.
Ozpin studied the picture carefully. "It appears to be some sort of ship."
"Yes, and according to my men, it is heading for shore. I will be sending a small detachment of my forces to investigate."
Ozpin clasped his hands together and looked his old friend in the eyes. "And what makes you think you can do that?"
"What?" Ironwood asked as he narrowed his eyes.
"Whatever that ship is, it's in my territory, not yours. You have no authority to investigate. Besides, for all we know that ship could be there out of pure coincedence."
"Oh come on Ozpin, we both know how unlikely that is!" Ironwood exclaimed.
"James, you always chose to go with a shoot first ask questions later policy. What if whoever is on that ship is friendly? I don't think they will take kindly to the Atlesian army's subtlty." Ozpin calmly stated as he sipped from his mug. He knew Ironwood was just doing what he thought was best, but he has a tendency to be overbearing. "We will determine where the ship will arrive at shore and then I will send one of my more experienced teams to investigate."
Ironwood sighed. "At least allow me to have one of my ships on standby in case things go south."
Ozpin pondered this for a moment. He didn't see any harm in a little back up. "Very well, you may. But keep them at a distance. I don't want them scaring off whoever this is."
"Thank you. Now, if you would excuse me." Ironwood stated as he left the room.
As he left Ozpin took another sip from his mug and brought up the team roster on his scroll. "Now, who should I send?"
-Later...
"So these Grimm, are monsterous animals that roam the surface?"
"Yes Eleanor, and they don't care to much for humans." Sofia answered in response. "Rapture may have been built as Andrew Ryan's personal utopia, but it was also an escape from the Grimm."
The Little Sisters began to cower behind Eleanor in fear as they recalled their memories of the Grimm. These Little Sisters may have been taken from the surface by Sofia, but the surface was just as dangerous as Rapture was now.
"And this aura and semblance, do you think we could use it?" Eleanor asked as she scratched her chin in thought.
" all of the genetic alterations made to your bodies, I doubt you or Delta could unlock them. Although I think you will be more than a match for the Grimm with your current abilities."
Sofia wasn't wrong. Both Delta and Eleanor had enough power between them to take on the entire Rapture family, an army of genetically altered psychos. It was then that the sub shook. The group was curious as to what was going on, but when Delta climbed up from below they got their answer. They must have hit land. The group then gathered up everything of use before heading up top.
"Delta, you should go first in case there are Grimm." Sofia said.
Delta, who was kept informed by Eleanor via their psychic connection, nodded in agreement. As Delta climbed out of the sub he scanned his surroundings. They were currently in the shallows aprroximately twenty feet from the shore. He then hopped down into the water which was roughly waist deep on him. He would need to carry each Little Sister to shore. But first he needed to make sure the area was secure. As he made his way to the shore Eleanor climbed out of the sub next, carrying with her the supplies that they scrounged up. Delta was about to wave her over when he heard a rustling in the bushes followed by a low growl. He quickly turned just in time to see a Grimm emerge from the foliage. It was roughly the size of Delta himself but crawled on all fours. It had fur of the darkest color black, a bright white bone-like mask, and glowing red eyes. The creature looked to be canine in nature. Delta slowly reached into his pack to pull out a weapon, when the creature stood up on its hind legs makingit as tall as Delta. The creature then opened its gaping maw, revealing its sharp white teeth. It then arched its head towards the sky and let out a long howl, no doubt calling for backup.
Delta quickly pulled out his drill and dashed forward and impaled the Grimm in the chest with the drill. The Grimm was still alive, but barely. It reached its clawed hands forward to slash at Delta but in its weakened state it couldn't even scratch his armored suit. Delta then raised his left hand up the the Grimm's head. He clenched the head in his hand and after a moment a pulse of electricity surged forth through his hand and electrocuted the Grimm, killing it. Delta heard more rustling and swung his drill to the side, allowing the now dead Grimm to fall off of it.
Three more similar Grimm jumped out from the bushes. Delta's left hand became incased in ice and he swapped his drill for his shotgun. Delta pointed his left hand to the Grimm in the center and when he did a wave of cold surged forward and froze the Grimm in a block of ice. He then aimed his shotgun, loaded with solid slug, and shot the now frozen Grimm. It shattered and fragments of ice exploded outward and impaled the other two Grimm.
Another Grimm came out from the bushes, however this one was slightly larger and had spikes in its back. Delta was about to hit it with Electrobolt, but suddenly Eleanor jumped up from behind Delta and pounced on top of the Grimm and impaled its head with her large needle. The creature fell dead instantly. Eleanor then jumped off of the dead Grimm and returned to Delta's side. It was then that even more rustling was heard, followed by the falling of trees and various howls.
"Looks like we got more on the way. Let's do this, together." Eleanor said as she looked to Delta who nodded in return.
Delta pulled out his machine gun and loaded it with anti-personnel rounds. Just as he did, several more Grim lunged forward from the treeline. Delta took aim and mowed them down, the anti-personnel rounds ripped through their flesh like butter.
Eleanor began tossing fireballs into the trees in the hopes of driving away the Grimm. However these Grimm were particularly persistent, they shrugged off the heat and continued forward. As the Grimm made their way through the trees, Eleanor used Telekinesis to collapse a tree on top of some of them. Delta then set them ablaze with Incinerate.
Delta then threw out an auto-turret to help kill the horde of Grimm that were approaching. He then injected an Eve hypo into his arm and continued to fire his machine gun at the oncoming Grimm. Suddenly a much larger bulkier Grimm that looked different from the rest, charged through the treeline and made its way towards Eleanor. Delta hit it with Electrobolt which stunned it. He then pulled out his grenade launcher and fired at the large Grimm. As the grenade made contact, it exploded, blowing apart the Grimm's front end. Bits of flesh scattered about, but it wasn't over yet. The initial explosion released even more grenades which exploded as well and after all was said and done only the Grimm's feet were left.
Eleanor began hopping from Grimm to Grimm, impaling each in the head which killed them instantly. As the bodies began to pile up, Eleanor used Telekinesis to pick up the bone spikes and threw them at the approaching Grimm, impaling them against the trees and ground.
Although Delta and Eleanor were holding strong, eventually they would run out of ammo and Eve. And when that happened they would get overwhelmed. All that they could do was hope someone would come to their aid before that happens.
-Elsewhere...
Team CFVY was currently en-route to the estimated location of where the mysterious ship would reach land. They were all seated in a Bullhead and were currently doing a weapons check. Yatsuhashi and Fox were checking their blades for any imperfections, Coco was checking her guns ammo reserves, and Velvet was just sitting with a nervous look on her face. Coco, noticing her teammates discomfort, spoke up.
"Relax Vel, this isn't our first rodeo. We're more than a match for whatever is out there.
The faunus gave a heavy sigh. "That's not what I'm nervous about."
"Oh yeah? Then what is it?" Coco asked as she put her hand on her comrades shoulder.
Velvet gestured out the window. "It's that big Atlas warship that's following us."
Coco glared at the large ship that was following their Bullhead. She wasn't to keen on the unwanted company either. "Just ignore them, they're only there in case of emergency."
"Yeah, let's just hope that emergency doesn't result in friendly fire." Fox quipped. Coco gave a slight glare to her teammate who wasn't being helpful. The group then heard the pilot.
"Sixty seconds to arrival!"
Coco then stood up and folded her gun back into its case. "Alright, once again here are our orders. An unidentifiable vessel was spotted after an underwater seismic disturbance was detected. We are to investigate the vessel and determine its origins. If there is anyone on board we are to remain neutral towards them until we determine who they are. Friendly and we provide aid, hostile and we bring them in. Got it?" Her teammates nodded in understanding.
"Whoa! We got fire!" the pilot shouted.
Coco quickly headed up front to see what was going on. As she gazed out the front of the Bullhead she saw what he meant. Low and behold the treeline was on fire. Just beyond the blaze she could see what looked like people fighting Grimm, and in the water she saw the target ship.
"Lock and load guys! Were going in hot!" Coco shouted back. Her team tensed up at her orders. It was time to get serious. Coco joined her team in the back and as she did the side doors opened on the Bullhead.
The Bullhead was currently hovering slightly down the beach from the fighters and was getting closer. As it did, team CFVY got a clearer view of the fighters. One was slender and wore some kind of grey suit with a large metal dome atop their head. On their right arm was some sort of large needle and they were throwing fireballs at the Grimm. The other individual was bulkier and wore a bronze armored diving suit. In his right arm was a large drill and his left arm was shooting lightning.
"Do we help them?" Velvet asked.
Coco ponered her options for a moment, but then her mind settled on one in particular. "For now at least. They are no good to us dead."
To be continued...