(A/N) And here's something new! Well… new-ish. Everyone probably knows how Reach ended up, and a lot of you have probably played the game. So, due to popular demand, I made this fanfic. For those of you unfamiliar, this is a tie-in with my other one: Ruby B-312. I'll give you the gist of what's going on if you haven't read it yet. Ruby disappeared from Remnant as a kid and has become a Spartan, specifically Spartan B-312… and now she's back on Remnant showing the rest of her team the events of Reach. Unlike my other fic, this one'll be entirely from Ruby's point of view. In the timeline of the fic, it takes place during Chapter Seven (Hyper Lethal Vector). I already know how many chapters there'll be, five to be exact (two missions per chapter on average, with three being in the last one).

Also, everything in Bold is describing the events on-screen, whereas everything else is describing the events within RWBY's secret bunker. Kinda (read: exactly) like another fic (Not mine): 'RWBY and JNPR watch the show', by Turniphater. It's good and I completely recommend it.

Edited for clarity and/or minor fixes 4/23/19

Anyways, let's get this show on the road!

Chapter One – Winter Contingency

The screen flickers to life and a menu comes up. I select my deployment on Reach and it asks me what I want to do with it. I hit 'Review from start' and the screen fades to black. Moments later, the scene changes to my disembodied helmet looking at my face shortly before I turn it around and rest it on my lap. A pair of Falcons fly by and head towards a base in the distance. I fast-forward until we arrive.

"So, this is Reach?" Blake asks.

"Yep, one of a few planets we colonized in the Epsilon Eridani system… And one of the most important inner colonies we had." I responded.

"Oh, I've been meaning to ask about that. What's the distinction between an 'Inner' and an 'Outer' colony?"

"Proximity to Earth, that's the UNSC's homeworld. Inner colonies are close to it, though they're usually a lot more developed than the outer ones." She nodded, seemingly satisfied with my answer.

I held my helmet at my hip as I walk past Jun sitting outside our briefing room.

"Is he a Spartan, too?" My sister asked.

"Yea, that's Jun-A266. He's our sniper."

Two voices can be heard coming from inside and I see Emile sharpening his kukri as I enter. He looks at me for a moment before Kat blocks my entrance with her prosthetic arm.

"Wait, is… is that a robotic arm?" My partner asked.

"Yeah, got the original blown off a while ago. Not sure when."

"And she's okay with that?!"

I shrugged. "'bout as 'okay' as anyone can really be. Doesn't hurt that we've got some good prosthetics, though."

My sister sighed. "Yeah, I guess… Still couldn't imagine losing a limb though."

"Commander." Kat says.

"What accent is that?"

"Weiss, don't ask that. You won't know where I'm even referring to if I tell you. But to answer your question, she's got a Slavic accent of some kind. Not sure where she was born, though."

"Hmph," She crossed her arms. "fine. Carry on."

Carter and Jorge look over to me before the latter speaks up. "So that's our new number six." He raises an eyebrow. "Can't say I've seen that eye color before."

"Ugh, why is that the first thing everyone notices about me?" I said.

"Come to think of it… you're actually the only one I've seen with silver eyes." Blake remarked. "Grey are somewhat common, but not silver."

"Heh, yeah. Supposedly, I'm one of the last of the 'Silver-Eyed Warriors', or so the legend goes."

"That… sounds familiar…" My sister said. "I think I read that one a couple times in our old book of fairy tales. Do you really think you can kill a Grimm just by looking at it?"

Weiss crossed her arms. "Well, if anyone on Remnant can, it's her."

"Heh, no arguments there. But in all seriousness, I don't really know. Every legend comes from somewhere, whether that be a single family that was stupidly good at killing Grimm or if the silver-eyed powers do actually exist… I have no idea."

Blake hummed. "It might pay to find out."

"Yeah, that's exactly my train of thought. Because if the powers actually exist, then I should be able to use them." I paused. "Anyways, we're getting off topic, let's get back to the show."

I step forward. "Spartan Ruby-B312 reporting for duty, sir."

"Kat?" Emile started while Carter acknowledged me with a nod. "You read her file?"

"Only the parts that weren't covered in the black ink." She responds.

"Uhh, why would you put black ink on someone's file? That would just make it unreadable."

I awkwardly scratched the back of my head. "Yeah… That's the point…"

At my sister's confused expression, Blake elaborated. "It means she's done some shady stuff in the past."

"Yeah, that's exactly right. And let's just leave it at that."

Carter turns back around to the terminal. "Anyone claim responsibility, sir?"

"ONI thinks it might be the local Insurrection," The voice starts. "five months ago, they pulled a similar job on Harmony. Hit a relay to take out our eyes and ears, then stole two freighters from drydock. That cannot happen here… Reach is too damn important. I want that relay back online Noble One."

"Sir, consider it done."

"Then I'll see you on the other side… Holland out." The colonel says before the image on screen winks out of existence.

Carter grabs his helmet and turns to me. "Lieutenant."

I remember nodding, but its impossible to see from the angle my helmet is at. "Yes, Commander?"

"I'm Carter, Noble Team's leader." He starts. "That's Kat, Noble Two, Emile and Jorge, Four and Five. You're riding with me, Noble Six."

He throws his helmet on. "Not gonna lie to you Lieutenant, you're stepping into some shoes the rest of the squad would rather leave unfilled. Me? I'm just happy to have Noble back up to full strength. I've read your file, even the parts the ONI censors didn't want me to. Now, I'm not a believer in the supernatural, but as long as you can live up to your reputation, we'll get along nicely. One more thing, we're a team. That lone wolf stuff? It stays behind. Are we clear?"

I put on my helmet. "Crystal, sir."

At this point, Jun finally speaks up. "Welcome to Reach." He says as we take off.

I fast forward to the mid-flight briefing. "Listen up, Noble Team. We're looking at a downed relay outpost fifty clicks from Visegrad. We're gonna introduce ourselves to whoever took it down and then Kat's gonna get it back online."

The radio clicked, Kat's voice coming through. "Get me under the hood, Commander."

"Sir, why would rebels wanna cut off Reach from the rest of the colonies?"

"You get a chance, maybe you can ask 'em, Jorge."

A few seconds pass and we fly by a few wind turbines. "Commander, we just lost our signal with HQ."

"Backup channels?"

"Searching… nada, can't say what's jamming us."

I inwardly sighed as he continued. "You heard her, dead zone confirmed. Command will not be keeping us company on this trip."

"I'm lonely already." Emile deadpanned.

"I imagined someone more… professional."

I facepalmed. "He literally carved a skull into his helmet visor, Weiss, why would you expect anything short of a massive amount of edgelorderry?"

She raised her eyebrow. "I don't think that's a word."

"It is now." I shrugged, grinning.

Our Falcons start to orbit the AO and my eyes immediately shoot to the burning hulk of a Warthog. "Reading a distress beacon."

"Could be the missing troopers, let's check it out." Carter commands. "Put us down on the bluff." The Falcon starts to descend. "Jun, I want your eyes in the sky."

"Sir." He says in affirmation.

"Let's move, Six." He says, and I dismount after giving my affirmation. "Alright Noble Team, spread out." He says. I immediately start leaping over the cliffs instead of following everyone else. "Six, what are you doing?"

"Sir, you told us to spread out." I snarkily reply.

I could practically hear his facepalm through the comms. "Just… wait for us…"

"Yes sir." I said, taking position behind a rock.

"Why did I expect anything different from you?" My partner says as she shakes her head. "Wait a minute, how are you pausing the video without a remote of any kind?"

I tapped my head. "Neural implant."

"Of course it is…" She sighed.

Eventually, the rest of the team catches up. "Structure point three-four… looks clear from this angle." Jun says.

"Distress beacon's coming from just south of here, Commander. We're close." Kat says.

"Roger, Noble Team, move out."

I approach the burned-out husk of the Warthog, inspecting it for any signs of what happened here.

"That's… a lot of blood…" Yang observed. "Who did this?"

I sighed. "Just watch… You'll find out…"

"I'm not sure I want to, now…"

"…You don't."

"Found the beacon." Emile says shortly before I turn to him. He tosses it to Kat.

"Make out any ID?" Carter asks.

She inspects it for a moment. "Negative, but its military."

"So where are all the troopers?" Jorge asks over the comms.

Kat speaks up next. "Why are we not seeing any explosives residue?"

"Noble Three, can you confirm any E-X residue in the area?" Carter asks.

"Ehhh, negative sir."

There was a pregnant pause before Emile spoke up again. "Plasma, maybe."

"Can't be." Jorge started. "Not on Reach…"

"What would that mean? He seems concerned." Blake asked.

"Humans don't use plasma weaponry."

She raises an eyebrow. "Why would Faunus use something the Humans don't?"

"Faunus don't exist outside of Remnant."

"Then who-"

"Just watch…"

A few back and forths continue as we make our way to and through the next building. "Noble leader, I'm reading heat sigs in the structure ahead." Jun announces.

I approach a house and an unarmed man comes out, his hands up in the universal 'I surrender' gesture. "MOVE!" Emile commands. "On your knees! Now!"

I quickly shove his shotgun down. "Check your aim, Spartan, they're civvies."

He glares at me. "And how do you know that?" He says through likely gritted teeth.

Jorge steps up. "She's right, look at them. They're just farmers, not rebels."

"Look pretty scared, too." I observed. "Might help to not point a shotgun at them."

"Are you trying to antagonize him?" My partner asked.

I gave a noncommital- "Eh." -before resuming the feed.

"Lock it down." Carter commands before turning to Jorge. "Ask them what they're doing here."

Jorge speaks in a language I don't understand, with the civilian responding in the same language. "Hiding, sir." The man continued. "Neighbors were attacked last night. He heard screams, gunfire, stopped around sunrise. Says something in the fields… killed his son."

"Something?" Carter said.

"Commander be advised, I'm reading heat signatures in the structure directly east of your position, over."

"Copy that." He says to Jun before again turning to our resident Spartan-II. "Get them back inside! Noble team let's move out!" We started jogging towards the structure. "Noble team, double time it."

I nodded and burst into rose petals, screaming ahead of them. I burst into the structure and caught a very surprised looking skirmisher by its throat. I quickly crushed its windpipe.

"What was that?!" Everyone practically screams.

"Kig-Yar, skirmisher class. It's an alien and it deserves to die."

"W- Why?! What was it doing?" My sister asked.

"Killing humans." I replied curtly.

"Oh, and I suppose it's okay when you do it?" My partner said.

"There's a difference. I was killing terrorists and criminals. They kill everyone. Regardless of innocence, age, gender, affiliation… everyone."

"Uhh, Noble six? What was that?"

"Later, Commander, I've made contact. Winter contingency."

"What does that mean?"

"It means the Covenant have taken an interest in a UEG world. That alien that you saw earlier? Its race is a member of the Covenant, along with many others."

There was silence over the comms for a moment. "Triple time it, Noble!" I crept throughout the house and peered out the window…

…only for a needle rifle round to graze my shields. I quickly dispatched the enemy and turned towards his friends outside; bursting into rose petals as I drew my knives. Seconds later, the entire enemy force lay dead at my feet.

"Enemy dropships inbound!" Jun said over the comms.

I flicked the blue blood off my blades and rotated them into an icepick grip. "Let 'em come."

"Do they not have aura?" Blake asked.

"No. Again, aura and semblances are Remnant-exclusive things."

The spirit disgorged its troops, but before the first ones could even set foot on the ground, I had jumped up and impaled one on my knife already. As I fell, I landed on a particularly unlucky Grunt, crushing it. I heard gunfire and turned to see my team had finally arrived, but I payed them no attention as I swept through the Covenant ranks.

"Stand down, Noble. Area is secure." Carter said.

"Well, looks like 'The Reaper of Draco' lived up to her name." Kat remarked.

I sheathed my knives and retrieved an MA37 from my back. "Heh, yeah, guess you could say that."

My partner raised an eyebrow. "'The Reaper of Draco'?"

"Yeah, that's actually the first time I used my aura in a battle… and god-damn did I kill a lot of covvies… Heh, saved a couple thousand humans, too."

"I'm sensing a story here…"

"I'll spare you the gruesome details… but I ran out of ammo and suddenly a scythe of all things was the best weapon available. Hence, the reaper of Draco."

"Okay…" My sister started. "but why a scythe?"

I shrugged. "I dunno, just felt right at the time. I know I could've used my knives, but I was just drawn to that particular weapon. Hadn't used one before nor have I used one since."

"That sounds like a calling to me."

I raised an eyebrow. "A what?"

"Everyone with a large aura is drawn to a certain type of weapon, and they naturally have an easier time wielding it." My partner stated. "Perhaps it would be wise to acquire a scythe in the future. After all, those few that can truly master their usage generally become legends."

"Yeah!" My sister suddenly shouted. "I used to read about the Grimm Reaper all the time!"

I gave her a surprised look at her outburst, accidentally causing her to shrink away. "Maybe sometime down the line. But for now, I'd rather stick with what I know."

"Boss, I'm reading heat sigs directly east of your position."

"Copy that, Six, you got point."

I nodded and jogged forward. Some Grunts got in the way, but they were little better than bugs against a windshield.

The Ultras surged forwards with me in their sights and a torrent of plasma washed over my position… …too bad it only held rose petals… Before they even knew what was going on, I had already downed one with a combination of assault rifle fire and a punch. The remaining two turned towards me, though I winked out of existence before they could fire. One of them fell, a knife in its skull, and the other exploded, a plasma grenade stuck to its chest.

I scanned the area. "AO is clear."

"Roger Six, I'll join you and Jorge on the ground. Kat, Emile, I want you in the sky."

"Copy Commander. Noble Three, requesting airlift."

I looked over the hill to see an unused flatbed truck. "I've got eyes on some transportation, requesting permission to acquire."

"Granted, Six. You got the wheel."

"You can drive?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Uhh, yeah… Can't you, sis?"

She rubbed the back of her head. "…No… Cars are way too expensive here…"

I shrugged, resuming the video.

I hopped in, seconds later, the suspension strained under Jorge's weight. Carter hopped into the passenger seat next to me. "All in."

I took off down the dirt road, occasionally swerving to splatter a covvie or two.

"Remind me to never get in a car with you."

"Heh, rather have your personal chauffeur do it, Ice Queen?"

She crossed her arms. "Quiet, you Oaf."

We continued along the road, clearing out a building or two on the way. "Boss, I'm picking up a distress signal." Jun said suddenly.

"Mayday, Three-Charlie-Six. Does anyone read?" The signal said. "We were attacked by Covenant forces, the Covenant is on Reach, repeat, the Covenant is on Reach."

"The Troopers?" Jorge asked.

"Let's move, Six." Carter started. "We've gotta find the source of that distress signal.

I hopped back into the truck. "Noble leader, I've got possible friendly forces under attack northeast of your position, over."

Seconds later, we barreled past three UNSC Troopers…

…and straight into an Elite, pinning its corpse to a wall.

My teammates winced. "I'm not sure whether to congratulate you on your efficiency… or to berate you on your brutality…"

I shrugged. "Eh, tomayto tomahto."

"We located the troopers, requesting immediate evac!"

"Roger, redirecting Falcon."

We quickly dispatched the remaining grunts and turned to address the survivors. "Spartans…" The leader said, seemingly in awe. "Corporal Travis, sir. Three-Charlie. It's the Covenant…"

"We know, Corporal, let's get you outta here." Carter responded, but before he could say anything else, a spirit descended and started disgorging its passengers.

"Be advised, we have a hostile dropship inbound."

"Way ahead ah ya there, eagle-eye." I deadpanned while withdrawing my knife from an Elite. I whipped around and emptied my magazine into a pack of grunts. With a kick, one's methane tank flew off and sent it careening into the air before exploding.

"What do they have in those tanks that makes them explode?!"

"The little bastards breathe methane, they're basically walking grenades."

Another dropship opened up right as I cycled the bolt of my rifle, and I let loose immediately. The reinforcements fell just as quickly as they landed… and with several new bullet holes in each one. The spirit pulled away and was quickly replaced by a Falcon.

"Transport, LZ is clear. Move in for evac." Carter commanded.

"Affirmative, transport inbound." Jun said as the helicopter landed.

The craft wobbled a little bit as it took off and flew us to our destination. "Noble Two, sitrep."

"We're at the relay outpost. Door's locked. Mechanism's been flash fused."

"Can you beat it?"

"I dialed up my torch to cut a way through." She paused. "Gonna take some time…"

"Okay. We're en route to your location." I fast forwarded through the rather boring flight to the point where we landed. "On the double Noble! No mercy!"

I charged out into a group of Jackals, shoulder checking one into another before turning and unloading my magazine into several. A Grunt tried to sneak up on me, but I spun around and literally kicked its head off.

The team once again winced. "Okay, that is too brutal."

"Heh, rule number one when it comes to fighting Covenant: There is no such thing as too brutal."

"How we doin' Kat?"

"Taking a little longer than I hoped. I'm about half-way through the door."

A spirit descended, its occupants meeting the same fate as the many, many that came before. Even though we were well and truly holding them off, the dropships just kept coming.

"Gods… how many are there?!" Weiss practically yelled.

"I could just say 'Too many' and leave it at that… buuuut at this point, there's probably over ten thousand covvies on the planet… 'course we didn't know that yet." The rest of my team collectively paled.

"Kat…" Carter deadpanned.

"Juuuust about… there! We're in." She announced.

"Everybody inside! Go! Go! Go!"

We all charged for the door as it started to close, and I slipped in about two seconds before it fully sealed.

"Cutting it a bit close, wouldn't you say?" Blake said.

I waved her off. "Eh, I had plenty of time."

The door emitted a snap-hiss type sound, followed by a loud mechanical ratchet. The interior door opened. "Can't see a thing… Noble Six, turn on your night vision."

I rounded a corner before Kat spoke up. "Noble Six, search that body."

"Is… is she always so callous with dead bodies?!" Weiss practically screamed.

I sighed. "It's a thing you get used to…"

I looked over to Carter, who was tending to a wounded marine. "Where's the rest of your unit?"

"…We got split…" The man hoarsely said. "I don't think they… It sounded bad on the comms."

"Alright Corporal, stay put. We'll get you a combat surgeon."

I quickly searched the body and found a chip of some kind. "'Ey Tech Girl!" Kat immediately turned around. "Got somethin' for ya."

My partner threw her hands up in exasperation. "What is it with you and the nicknames?!"

I shrugged, ignoring her comment.

She seemingly growled at me before swiping the chip out of my hand.

"I've got a live one over here!" Jorge announced, dragging out an aggressive woman who was speaking in a foreign language. "C'mon, out cha come." She threw several, albeit ineffective, punches at him, desperately trying to escape. "Its alright, we're not gonna hurt you!" Jorge practically screamed at her. "Keep still, and I'll release you." He said as she finally started to calm down, uttering a last sentence which caused my fellow Spartan to tense...

…right as an Elite Zealot jumped down and slashed at him with an energy sword.

He ducked out of the way as I started firing with my rifle. It moved to grapple me, though I only left a cloud of rose petals where it grabbed. In the split second it was confused, I bashed its skull in with the butt of my weapon.

"That tango blew past me, permission to engage?"

"Negative, Four, stay on the entrance. Two, handle her! Five and Six, clear the hole!" Jorge and I moved to the open door one of the Zealots escaped through, with the big guy sealing the entrance. I grabbed a DMR off of a nearby wall and immediately started headshotting the Grunts and Jackals that were sent to oppose us.

"And that, kids, is how you deal with Jackals." I said, smugly.

"Wha-"

"Shoot 'em in the hand, then when they flinch, headshot the bastards."

"…Efficient…" My partner said, silently nodding.

A single Grunt tried to run, but I reached around its tank and snapped its neck. "There's more. Flush 'em out, I'll keep you covered." Jorge said.

I nodded and charged around the corner, shoulder checking a Grunt in the process. Its friends looked at me in trepidation and started to back away. "Boo." I joked… …but then three of them dropped their weapons and ran.

"Seriously? Even aliens are scared of you?!" My partner yelled.

I shrugged. "Eh, they're Grunts. They'd probably run from a butterfly."

The single remaining Zealot came out from hiding, an energy sword in hand. It roared and charged… and was promptly cut down with a combination of Jorge's machine gun and my DMR.

"Why didn't he attempt to parry the bullets?"

"Because to the rest of the universe, parrying bullets is actually impossible."

My partner deflated. "Oh."

"I've heard that energy swords can block bullets, but I've never seen an Elite try it before."

I quickly dispatched the remaining Grunts. "Noble Five reporting. Targets neutralized."

"Kat needs you to reset a junction. Do it and get back here." I nodded to myself, momentarily forgetting that he couldn't see me, and pressed the glowing green button on the wall in front of me. We walked back to where everyone else was, but I paused just after I entered the doorway.

I tilted my head down to see the Trooper on the floor. "Hey." I greeted, kneeling down.

The soldier looked startled. "Uhh… Hi?"

I kneeled down, taking off my helmet and setting it aside, though it was still facing him. "How bad is it?" I asked, grabbing my medkit from my leg.

"P- Pretty bad…" he wheezed. "Couple bolts of plasma to the chest…"

I got out my knife and started cutting away his burned BDU, causing him to wince as I peeled it away.

"Oh gods!" Weiss screamed. "That's… the most disgusting thing I've ever seen in my life!"

"Yeah… plasma burns aren't pretty…"

"'Aren't pretty'?! I feel like I need to vomit!"

"Heh, I'd tell you to take it outside, buuut that might be a bit difficult because of the car on top of us at the moment…"

I gave him some basic medical attention, though I couldn't do much with the supplies on hand. "That's about the best I can do. Should keep ya together while we wait for evac."

He sighed and gave a weak smile. "Thanks…" He breathed out before his eyes closed.

"What'd you do?" Carter asked as I put my helmet back on.

"Gave him some sedatives after bandaging him up." I sighed. "Hopefully he doesn't dream…"

Weiss raised an eyebrow. "Why wouldn't you want him to dream? Surely, he'd wake up more refreshed."

"Weiss… you don't know the first thing about this stuff, do you?"

"I know enough." She said, haughtily.

"No… you don't… If he dreamed, he'd probably have the worst nightmares of his life."

She blinked. "…Oh…"

"Yeah, anyways, that's the end of that OP. The actual battle of Reach doesn't start for a day or two yet. You guys want me to fast forward to our next battle or…?" I said, leaving the question open.

"I… kinda want to see how you explained aura to them…" My sister said.

I fast-forwarded to the requested part, which happened to be right when we arrived back at the base. "Alright, Six. Tell me, what was that back there?" Carter asked.

"Yes, I don't remember you being able to do that at Camp Currahee." Kat remarked

"To be honest, I don't know. No one does, actually. The long and short of it is that I can burst into rose petals to move extremely quickly across the battlefield. Also, I have a natural energy shield."

"Natural energy shield? That's-"

"Uninformed? Misleading? Yeah, kinda. But to be fair, I did say that no one else knew what the fuck I had. To them, I just had superpowers for seemingly no reason."

"A… natural energy shield?" Kat asked.

"Yeah, kinda awesome, right? Well, it does have a drawback…" They stared at me in anticipation. "I can feel every single thing that pings off the damn thing as if it hit my skin."

Kat visibly winced and rubbed her robotic arm. "That… does not sound pleasant…"

"Not in the slightest, Tech Girl… Thankfully, my natural shield is actually under my normal one."

"Well, at least there's some silver lining… Enough chatter for the time being. Rest up, It'll be a while before interplanetary comms get back up, we're on our own for the time being." He said. "We've got a big job ahead of us."

We all gave our 'Yes sir's before the screen went black, my helmet only seeing the inside of a locker.

"That was… uhhh…" My sister said, not .

"Yeah, well… I didn't really know about aura yet, so this was kinda the best explanation I could give."

"It's still an underwhelming reaction on their part." Weiss commented.

I shrugged. "My guess is that they were content with finally having some bullshit on their side, for once." I sighed. "Well, that's it for now. You guys wanna watch the next one?"

They all nodded, and I started fast forwarding.

(A/N) And there's the first chapter done! Hopefully everyone enjoyed. Not really much else to say here...

The next one is titled 'Force Recon'. See ya guys then!