MiR V2 Chp. 15 A0

Unfinished

"Uh... Penny? Are you okay? Hello? Penny? Peeeeeennnnny? "

Ruby was a little concerned for her robo friend Penny Polendina right now. They simply went up to a dude who was selling homemade cotton candy, bought two sticks for the both of them, and Ruby kindly asked Penny to have the first bite. Now Ruby was expecting Penny to go absolutely insane at having such a tasty treat and the girl eagerly awaited for the android's reaction...

...only for Penny to freeze up, stiffer than metal. Well, she is made of metal and other artificial material, but you get the point. Penny simply froze on the spot as if she had been poisoned. Now of course she wasn't poisoned because she was immune to all forms of poison for obvious reasons, but Ruby seems to have forgotten that fact.

"Penny? Talk to me! Please say something..." Ruby worriedly begged.

She got desperate enough to actually try poking the robo girl in the face to see if anything would happen, and when her delicate finger made contact with Penny's synthetic but realistic skin, Penny let out an ear piercing cry that scared Ruby half to death. Only that it was no ordinary deafening cry of terror, but a cry of sheer joy! Apparently, Penny's artificial taste sensors had been so overwhelmed with the sensation of sweetness given by the cotton candy that she had a temporary system overload or some tech shit like that. Point is that the sheer sweet taste had caused her systems to lock up like that, and now that she was moving again. The first thing she did was absolutely murder the large puff of cotton candy in only a few delightful bites. One second there was a full stick of cotton candy, the other it was totally gone.

"Wha..? Huh... I guess you really like cotton candy!" Ruby brightened up, smiling and even giggling at Penny's sheer satisfaction of the snack. Her reaction was even better than she thought it would be! Even if a little scary, but still pretty great.

"Wow! Who knew being able to taste food like a real girl would be so much fun?" The cheery robot beamed.

"Hehehe, that would have to be every girl, Penny." Ruby giggled.

"Can we taste more food?" Penny eagerly asked with an almost puppy-like feel to her, complete with her own version of puppy eyes and everything.

"Sure we can! Just don't go too crazy on the food, okay?" Ruby chuckled, gently pushing Penny back away from her.

Penny simply nodded her head rapidly where she was more than ready to go on an eating spree when a bright flash of light that came seemingly out of nowhere. It was very brief but the brightness of the flash was intense enough to momentarily blind everyone on the street. Once people's visions started returning to them, they saw that a freaking cactus had apparently fallen out of the sky and came very close to landing on some poor dude and pricking him the fuck up.

"What the!?" Ruby shrieked, but then that wasn't the last of the flashes. There was another flash further down the street that dropped a goddamn horse, and there was another one that was visible from the next block over that they weren't able to see what it dropped. "What the heck is going on here?"

"I do not know Ruby, but it seems like these strange flashes of light are leaving behind random objects." Penny said with her oh so excellent observatory skills being a robot with scanners and such. That's not even sarcasm since she absolutely does, and there's little to deny that what she said is exactly what was happening right now. "How strange... These flashes are oddly familiar."

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Ruby asked as she was intensely curious about this like anyone else was.

"These flashes are not too different from the large flash that appeared on the morning of the first vigilante attack a few days ago, but I do not see any attacks happening anywhere and they all appear to be random objects." Finished the robo girl.

"Like the first vigilante attack?" Trailed the huntress, getting lost in thought as she remembered all the info she had learned about that event.

Granted there wasn't a lot to go by, but the thought of Team Fortress got her blood boiling a bit. How Heavy just disappeared on here practically right after they became sorta friends... Just wait until she sees him again. She's gonna give him a piece of her mind next time she sees him. Being the big dumb jerk he is like the rest of his stupid team...

"Ruby? Why do you look so sad again?" Penny asked in all her glorious naivety.

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing Penny. You just reminded me about those vigilante jerks again..." The girl grumped. She grumpily raised her head to look at Penny, but then this is where Ruby's whole soul immediately brightened up. The mere sight of her robo friend gave her a splendid idea! "That's it! Penny! You can help me find these vigilante guys and take them down!"

"Oh?" The girl tilted her head.

"With my awesome skills and your just as awesome swords, we can kick their butts no problem! Then we'll see who the loser is after we rub it in their stupid faces!" Almost like a villain, Ruby cackled that last line out maniacally complete with her hands wringing together and a metaphorical fire in her eyes. Truly the lowest form of evil...

"But... Ruby. Didn't I say you should apologize to them?" Penny said, tilting her head. Ruby cringed internally at being reminded of that, her evil grin vanishing.

"I... uh... well, yeeeaah... I did say that, and technically I did apologize to one of them..." Ruby admitted.

"Hmm... I feel like you still want to have revenge on them." She plainly pointed out.

"...ugh. Yeah, yeah I do, Penny." The huntress guiltily admitted, hanging her head down a bit in shame.

"I have never seen you like this before, Ruby. Do you really hate them that much for making you look bad?" The robo girl asked.

"Hate them? Well... It's not like I actually hate them, but I just want to get back at them for being so mean to us!"

"I may be built for combat, but even I know that the best way to solve problems is a peaceful solution. So, how about instead of me helping you find them and 'kick their butts', I can help you find them so you can apologize to the rest of them?" The robo smiled innocently, still making Ruby cringe at the thought of saying sorry to them. Saying sorry to Heavy was one thing since he was easily one of the nicest members of the team, but as for the rest of them? Ehhh...

Ruby didn't have time to give a response before Penny started dragging her along with her robo grip. "Come on! Let's go." She chirped with a hand firmly over Ruby's wrist, her friend trying to get free to no avail.

(...)

Spy and Medic were walking towards the scene of the bank siege where Spy's car was on the block straight down from this street, now not so much of a siege anymore since it's over. The two of them had been dropped off by Engineer and Heavy so that Spy can get his car back, while the rest of the team was honestly doing whatever the fuck at this point. They were supposed to be turning their factory into a full on fortress, but a lot of them broke off to do their own thing as they ran out of supplies to upgrade the place. As for Engineer and Heavy, the Texan had taken the randomly arrived RED truck to go on a supply run with the Russian acting as heavy lifting, no pun intended.

"So this councilman said he is willing to get us jobs as huntsmen?" Spy asked of Medic as the German was telling him what he was told from Mister Black.

"Ja. He said all we had to do was kill monsters and keep ze peace. I think zat's also what zose pesky kids said they vere as well." Medic said.

"Indeed, it is. Well, it would have been a good offer if we didn't get an infinitely more enticing job." The Frenchman said, referring to G-Man earlier.

"You know, I thought so too, but... ve do not have any form of income here. Zer's only so much ve can get from donations and ze like zat I think we should take ze huntsmen jobs. Plus we are nearly out of money!" The German said, making Spy mentally slap himself for forgetting that for all intents and purposes, they were still broke in a world where they were expected to be operating until further notice. Almost all of the money they got from donations the other day had been spent already, and he just knew that Engineer was going to call in and say they-

"Hey fellas, we ain't got any money left!" Yep. Exactly. Engineer said that into the team radio and the crew cringed at hearing they were broke again. "I'll see what me and Heavy can do with gathering up money, but I tell you fellas, we can't be going out doin' acts all the time."

Yep. Called it.

Spy sighed after hearing Engie confirm it. "Ugh... becoming huntsmen does not sound too bad all of a sudden..." The Frenchman had considered taking some money from the bank, but he decided against it as it was not the professional thing to do. Didn't matter how rowdy and insane Team Fortress was, there had to be someone to have some class and standards among them.

Soon they reached the area of the bank siege where there was still a smaller crowd gathered up at the police line, watching the Atlesian soldiers work. Now that the firefight at the bank was over, civilians had been coming back to the scene to see how bad the damage was. It was a strange habit of people, really. Whenever the danger's done with, they always come back to check the aftermath no matter what it is. Both Medic and Spy smiled a little at seeing the place where they performed probably the most successful surprise attack they've ever done in the history of their team. An experience worth being proud over if I do say so myself.

"Excuse me, but can we have a word please?" A female news reporter walked up to them with a camera team following her, and they both recognized her as Lisa Lavender. The same one who questioned them about the whole shopping cart incident last night, and she appeared to recognize them as well. "Wait, aren't you the men who was in that giant shopping cart last night? And..." She trailed as she squinted at Medic's face, recognizing him for something she didn't notice last night. "And aren't you the man who had the healing beam in that viral video a few days ago?"

"Yes." Both mercs answered plainly and simultaneously.

"Huh... what a strange coincidence seeing you again. Anyways, I am Lisa Lavender and I am with the Vale News Network. I would like to ask you what your opinions on the recent bank siege are."

"I think zat someone's done a good job putting a stop to it." Medic smiled, glancing at Spy.

"So you're saying that General Ironwood is the right man for Vytal Festival security after he replaced Headmaster Ozpin who previously held the position?"

"General? You mean ze military? Oh, Heaven's no! Zey are completely worthless!" The German chuckled, somewhat shocking the reporter and the people watching it live that he was bold enough to insult the Atlesians just like zat.

"I... um, well how about the recent appaerance of the mysterious vigilante group? Do you think that they are little better than the White Fang which they have targeted or do you think that they are citizens taking justice into their own hands since you feel like the General is not competent at his job?"

Noticeably, the mention of vigilantes made both Spy and Medic frowned. Why does everyone think they are vigilantes? I mean sure that almost all the people watching this broadcast live wouldn't know that they were members of the supposed vigilantes, but all they did is kill a bunch of people who tried to kill them first! Except these enemy mercenaries, but that's a completely different story.

"I like to think that they are viewing this broadcast right now." Spy said. He then had an idea. It may have been a stupid idea that could completely backfire on him and ruin everything, but it was better than nothing. "I feel like a common saying where I am from sums up both of our opinions on them perfectly." Straightening up his tie, he looked directly into the camera where he uttered out these words in French. "Vous n'êtes pas de ce monde, et nous non plus." He finished, nodding toward the camera in an almost challenging manner.

"And what does that mean?" Lisa asked with interest since she or anyone else on the planet has never heard this language before.

"It simply means that they are not worth worrying over." He lied with a smile.

"Excuse me, but what language is that? I never heard of it before."

"French." Spy said firmly, looking at the camera once again. "It's a... sort of a traditional language if you will. People hardly ever speak it unless it is for ceremonies."

"Interesting... and where are you two from?" She asked curiously.

"Mistral." He lied once again, calling back to info he learned only earlier today. "Now if you will excuse us, my colleague and I have someplace to be."

With that done with, Medic and Spy hastily left to get to their car already. Lisa attempted to stop them so she could ask them more things, but she soon dropped it and instead carried on with questioning other people. Not even a few minutes of walking later did a few brief flashes of light happen and random objects were dropped into the world once again. The items weren't really anything unique or special as some of them were just empty boxes, but the citizens still reacted with surprise at the flashes.

"What is happening? Why are all zese things being teleported to zis world?" Medic wondered just as he and Spy reached the Frenchman's car.

"I don't know, but I believe it has something to do with our new employer..." Spy trailed, thinking back to the G-Man's supernatural powers and noticeable reaction to seeing the teleportations happening.

"You think he is responsible for all of zis?"

"It's highly likely that he at least knows something about this, or it could have something to do with our new enemies." He suggested, before promptly taking off in his disguised car. "Speaking of which, he never told us where exactly to find our enemy or how to stop them, and so I called them out on live TV." Spy grinned. "If these enemy mercenaries are competent, then they should always keep an eye on the news for intelligence gathering purposes."

"Hmm? So Oh... zat's why you spoke in French then, ja?" Medic asked.

"Oui mon ami. I expect that there will be a manhunt for us now..."

(...)

"HEY! GET BACK HERE!" An Atlesian soldier yelled as he and his partner were chasing down Ruby Rose and Penny Polendina.

Ruby and Penny were unfortunate enough to have been spotted by Atlesian soldiers on the lookout for the escaped robo girl, and were now running frantically through the streets to escape with the soldiers hot on their heels. "DON'T STOP RUNNING!" Ruby cried out to Penny who didn't need to be told that as she was right by Ruby's side.

It was very similar to last time Ruby was with Penny, except now that with all these people from all over the world inside the city now, the streets are very crowded and it was hard to move anywhere. The good thing was that it also slowed down the Atlesian soldiers, but it didn't matter much since it also slowed them down too. Worse yet was that sooner or later, more Atlesian soldiers were going to come and chase them with the increased military presence in the city. It's a miracle that the siege in the bank pulled in practically every soldier in the goddamn city, but there's bound to be patrols still around.

"PENNY POLENDINA! STOP!" A soldier ordered the girl, but she refused to listen. She didn't know how much longer she would refuse to listen though as she worried about Ruby. Her friend managed to get away last time they were chased, but she's not so sure about this time and so she worried about what kind of trouble Ruby would get into if caught. "STOP RUNNING, DAMN IT!"

"Ruby, go on without me!" Penny told the huntress, but just as Penny refused to listen to the soldiers, Ruby refused to listen to her. Instead, Ruby took hold of Penny's hand and led her around as they continued to run. She tried darting in an out of the streets crowded with festival goers where she hoped the soldiers would eventually lose them, but it's all no good.

Getting desperate, Ruby took Penny though a street that was not closed off to traffic. The soldiers were almost right on top of them at this point, and as one soldier came mere inches away from snagging Penny, both he and his partner had been lifted up into the sky by one huge man. Penny and Ruby instantly stopped in their tracks and turned around to see what happened, and Ruby's eyes went wide to see Heavy was holding both soldiers, his giant hands firmly over their helmeted heads. Apparently, Ruby was so frantic in her bid to escape that she almost completely ignored running past Heavy had he not chosen to help them.

"What is meaning of this?" He asked calmly while the soldiers struggled with all their might.

"Let go of us, damn it!" A soldier yelled before ineffectively punching Heavy in the face. The only effect that had was pissing him off, and the Russian was quick to smash both of their heads together so hard that cracks spread across their helmets, knocking them both out instantly where he unceremoniously dropped them with a thud.

"Um... thank you for your help, kind sirs, but I did not feel like that was necessary." Penny said, but still grateful to him as she faced the large man with her signature smile. It was almost comical how small Penny was compared to him since he towered over her like nothing. She even held her hand out for him to shake, but that was stopped quickly when Ruby moved her aside and shouted in his face.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?" The tiny huntress yelled at the giant.

"Raising money so we can buy things." Heavy plainly answered, pointing a thumb behind him. With a grumpy face, she looked past him and saw that Engineer was actually here to and he was playing guitar for donations. "What are you doing getting chased by soldiers?"

"None of your business, you jerk!" She cried, standing up on her tippy toes to reach his face which might I add didn't look threatened in the slightest. Again, Ruby was only slightly more intimidating than a fluffy pillow with a frowny face stitched on it to him.

"Ruby? Do you know this man?" Penny asked curiously.

"Yeah. Penny, this is Heavy. He's one of those stupid vigilantes I was telling you about!" Ruby said begrudgingly, glaring at the Russian.

"Oh! Salutations! I am Penny Polendina." The robo girl eagerly introduced herself.

"Zdravstvuyte. I am Mikhail Medvedev or Heavy Weapons Guy. Just Heavy is also fine." He nodded at the robo girl who seemed absolutely delighted that at least this one was a nice guy after all. "And why are you mad again, Ruby?"

"BECAUSE! How could you just leave me behind like that!? You said you were going to come back, but you never did!"

"Oh, I am sorry. Heavy had job to do. Those men at the bank were not going to kill themselves." He shrugged, but the girls did not believe him in the slightest. There was no possible way that he and his entire team somehow sneaked into the bank without Atlas or the bank robbers noticing, and then stopped them all by themselves! "We also rescued hostages..."

"Pfffft! As if!" Ruby scoffed, but then Penny gently put a hand on her shoulder.

"Ruby, please. Don't be so rude to him. I'm sure he had his reasons for leaving you." Penny calmly told her.

"You should listen to her, Ruby. She is smart."