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Note: I will be using -0-0-0-0- as a scene break
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This story will begin at the Rvb Season 13 Epsiode 20: The End, and there won't be any RWBY action yet until later chapters! Again, thanks for reading!
Chapter 1: The Defeat of Hargrove
"See ya on the other side, Church."
The A.I zipped out of sight, just before the door blew open. The Reds and Blues, except Tucker, pulled the trigger of their weapons and let all hell loose. The first wave of Hargrove's forces fell.
"So, umm, Church? What equipment is on this thing anyways?"
There was a pause with nothing but the sound of bullets and rockets being fired. Then… "Oh, right… That's me." The blue A.I reappeared next to the aqua soldier. "Umm, what's going on right now?" The hologram's voice was not confident and confused.
They all looked at him with an exasperated look.
"You're joking right?" Tucker said. "We're beating the crap out of Hargrove's soldiers!"
Church scratched the top of his helmet, "Right… Hargrove… The one guy who…"
"Forced us here to play a part in this stupid war!?" Grif finished.
"Fools!" Doc shouted, in his O'Malley voice, "Ask the A.I about his lost memory at a later time!" A bullet zoomed past his head and Doc retaliated by firing a rocket, hearing satisfying yells of pain.
Suddenly, a frag grenade was lobbed into the room.
"Shit!" Grif yelled.
"We gotta move!" Simmons shouted.
"But why?" Church replied, "The grenade won't detonate until five seconds. Just kick it back out."
Tucker was happy to oblige and punted the small explosive toward a squadron of soldiers.
"Hey, Church!" Sarge said, firing his shotgun, "Are you gonna lay down some A.I destruction on these Charon bastards or what!?"
"Umm, yeah… What about this…"
Lavernius Tucker, along with his energy sword and Church, then dematerialized, as his active camouflage activated.
"Heeeyyy…. Where did Tucker go?" Caboose spoke.
"Caboose! Not now, we're trying to kill the bad guys!" Donut exclaimed.
Suddenly, a bullet swiftly buried itself into the shoulder of the pin-, I mean, lightish-red soldier.
"Oww!" Donut cried.
"Donut!" The Reds exclaimed.
"It's okay, I got him!" Doc shouted, switching his rocket launcher with his medical scanner. Another bullet nearly hit Frank Dufresne's face. "Lopez! Can you cover me?"
"Sí , aunque a regañadientes." Lopez said.
Translation: "Yes, although reluctantly."
"Those, who hurt friends of Captain Caboose, are punishable by death," spoke Caboose's pet A.I, Freckles. A few soldiers,outside, fell dead.
"Aww! Thanks, Freckles!" said Donut.
Suddenly, sticky grenades littered all over the floor in front of the Reds and Blues.
"Son of a-" they all said.
The trophy room blew up and the multi-colored group landed towards the wall opposite of the door. Soldiers poured into the room, gun pointed at their helmets. Freckles was knocked away, his barrel facing the wall to prevent him from shooting anyone. They forced the Reds and Blues on their knees, as Malcolm Hargrove entered the room.
"I told you all you couldn't make it out of here alive!" He spoke triumphantly. "If I'm going down, I'm taking you all with me." He pulled out a Magnum. "Starting with you." The Charon Industries Head pointed the pistol at Sarge, as he was put to his feet.
"Well, gentlemen. Today is a good day to die!"
But without warning, a bubble shield appeared, separating Malcolm and the Reds and Blues from Hargrove's soldiers.
"What the-!" Malcolm was cut short after an energy sword was stabbed into his chest.
"That's for Doyle and the other soldiers that died for this stupid war." Tucker reappeared behind the bald man. The aqua-armored simulation soldier pulled his plasmic weapon out of Malcolm Hargrove. "Hey! Got him from behind! Bow-chicka-bow-"
"Do you really want to finish that sentence?" Grif asked.
"No… Not really…"
Sarge patted the back of his old enemy. "Tucker, you just saved my life! And for that, I thank you!" He looked at the bubble shield that protected him and his comrades. "I never thought I'd ever say that to a Blue! Maybe we can be friendly and all!" The Reds all stared at Sarge and gave themselves a mental facepalm.
"Hey, Tucker," Grif spoke, "How long can you hold this shield anyway? I don't really want to fight…"
The others looked at Tucker with a curious look, also tired from trying to survive all in a couple hours in one day.
"Umm… Church?" Lavernius asked.
"Oh, right." The A.I appeared. "Umm, I can hold this shield up for about…" The A.I disappeared, though, Tucker swore he heard whispering.
Church reappeared, "Just enough that…. Carolina? And….Washington? Can come with help. Huh, weird names..."
"Okay! Hold the fuck up!" Tucker exclaimed, "Church, look at me and the other blue guy! What are our names?"
Church looked closely at the two, one suspicious, the other waving, before finally saying, "...Tucker? And…. Ca…. Caboose?"
"Yes! Good job, Church!" Caboose shouted.
"What about Carolina? And Washington?" Simmons asked, "Do you remember them?"
"I-I don't… Wait, are they….?" Church hesitated. "They're Freelancer Agents, right?"
"Hmm," Doc wondered, "Is it an A.I malfunction? Maybe he's reaching metastability?"
The others didn't have time to reply, as gunshots tore throughout the trophy room. Blurred figures of non-gray soldiers entered the trophy room.
"Clear!" A voice shouted.
"Clear!" Another said.
"No hostiles detected," Freckles said, "All hostiles eliminated."
The Reds and Blues looked at each other, until they nodded at Tucker, who dropped the Domed Energy Shield.
The familiar armor of the Rebels and Feds gave joy to the Reds and Blues.
"We found them!" shouted one of Kimball's men.
"They survived!" A Fed soldier awed.
The Simulation soldiers were escorted immediately to Carolina and Washington on the bridge. The first reaction was an immediate surprise.
"Maine!" The Freelancers shouted, holding their weapons up.
"Whoa, whoa! Chill!" Tucker exclaimed, "It's me!"
The group explained everything, from them entering the Staff of Charon to after the victory in the trophy room.
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"Then, we blasted our asses out of there in a fireball of glory!" Sarge finished, exaggerating the story.
"I knew you could do it," Washington told the group.
"Nice job," Carolina congratulated. She then looked at the group questioningly. "Where's Epsilon?"
They all glanced at each other. Finally, Tucker spoke.
"Umm, Carolina… I don't know how to tell you this… but Church is acting up…"
Just then, the blue holographic soldier appeared. "Hey guys…. Hey… Carolina? Washington? …. Right?"
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"Wait, he does remember?" Washington asked curiously. The group were on the ground near the communication tower's entrance.
"Yeah, but barely…" Tucker answered.
Washington thought to himself for a moment. "Maybe… no…"
"What is it?"
"I was thinking… Church barely holds onto to memory… it seems like a symptom for fragmentation."
Tucker looked at him with a disbelieving look. "No way."
"The Alpha A.I. was split and forcibly fragmented. One of the fragments lost was his memory… Not to mention, when Epsilon was revived, it took him a while to recollect his memories…"
"But the Alpha A.I. was a full A.I.! Epsilon is-" Simmons said, before being cut off.
"A fragment himself, I know…" Washington put a hand to his helmet, "But these symptoms are the same ones as for when an A.I is fragmented… I… I just don't know…"
"Hey, guys…" Everyone turned towards Doc, who kept an eye on Church. "What's Church doing?"
They stared at the former Alpha A.I. who was flashing different colors. Finally, he stopped and turned back into the blue armored soldier once again. But the confident voice of the Church they once knew was heard. The recording that Church left before he fragmented himself played.
"Hey, guys…if you're hearing this then it means you did it. You won. You kicked the shit out of Hargrove's forces."