Remnants of a World I Once Knew: Volume 2

Chapter 10

"Fives, this is not a good idea," Glynda replied. "Glynda, this is my class. Plus, you're here to observe, not interfere," Fives reminded as they led the kids to a regular training room. "They're only first year students," Glynda reminded. "First year students with weapons of unlimited possibilities. Not to mention of the school's allowing to use them," Fives spoke. "Uh Professor? Why are we here?," Ruby asked. "Well. You're all huntsmen and huntresses that cary weapons. It's important to understand the use of weapons," Fives replied, displaying Atlas guns. "But we won't be using Atlas guns," Weiss replied. "Precisely," Fives replied. "Then why are we here exactly?," Blake asked. "You're here to learn about weapons, how they were used, how they feel. Should a time come where we're against Atlas forces, it's important to understand what will they be attacking us with," Fives continued. "Another boring lecture?," Ruby asked. Weiss steps on her foot. "Ow!," Ruby whined.

"If the weapon's good then why should we learn?," Cardin asked. "You need to know the weapon inside and out. If it breaks or malfunctions, you need to know how to repair it. You also need to know your weapon flaws," Fives continued. "If it's able to hit the target then what's the issue?," Blake asked. "This is about knowing how your weapons work," Fives replied. "If you know so much about how to handle weapons, why don't you give it a shot?," Yang joked. The students went silent. "Yang...," Weiss sighed in frustration. "Okay then," Fives picks up a weapon. "This is an Atlas M.45. Standard sidearm of the Atlas Military," Fives replied. Wasting no time, he loaded the ammo into the weapon and began to fire, not dummy rounds, but real life rounds, at the metal targets, each striking the head until the ammo clip ran out. Fives placed the weapon down before picking up another weapon. "This weapon's the Atlas Assault SG. While this gun's has a recoil, it packs a massive punch and could take out a typical Beowolf," Fives began to fire at the same spot again. "The third weapon is the Atlas Assault RF. Fast firing rate, less damage," Fives replied and then began to fire at the metal targets. He continued firing at the metal at the same spot so much that it caused all 5 metal targets to dent and one metal target had a clean hole that pierced through the others side. The students gasped at the piece of work. "Now you know what they sound like. Who wants to volunteer?," Fives asked. Hands immediately went up. Glynda facepalmed.

Minutes went by as students were fumbling around and firing dummy rounds. Most like Ruby and Yang prefer something with a little kick. Others like Blake and Weiss prefer style with minimal damage. "They are being careful for sure," Glynda replied as the school bell rang. "Alright kids, wrap it up and head for Professor Goodwich's class," Fives replied. Some of the students were saddened but knew they had to attend the next class. As Yang glanced back, she thought she saw Fives with a hologram of what appeared to be Summer and Tai. Funny because she remembered Qrow having the exact same picture of that, except with Raven and himself. "Ms Xiao Long. Keep up," Goodwich replied. Yang shook herself and followed Goodwich. "You know what to do now. Get it or I'll tell Goodwich you cheated your way into Beacon," Cardin grabs Jaune's armor before shoving him away. Jaune nervously nodded to Cardin as they entered the forest.

"Collecting honey? That's new," Ruby told Weiss. "Yep. We're collecting honey for our experiments," Weiss nodded as they began to drain the honey from the trees. "Ugh!," Blake replied as she pulls up her hands, which were drenched with sticky honey. "Quite a sticky situation there," Yang teased. Blake shoots her a cold glare. On a hill overlooking the girls, Cardin peaks down over the busy girls as Jaune came stumbling over, his nose red as if he just had the cold. "I'm allergic to honey...," Jaune spoke in a rather sickly tone. "Thanks to our lil' friend here, Jaunce has willingly gifted us with honey. We're gonna throw it to those know it alls," Cardin points to the girls and Ren, who was fuming after Nora slurped the third jar of honey. "And Jaune gets to be the first to throw it," Cardin smirked. Jaune laughed nervously. He stood up on his knees and prepared to throw the jar. "Hit that uptight Pyrrha girl," Cardin jeered. The other teammates snickered. Jaune shifted his gaze to Pyrrha, the girl revered and loved from afar. The girl who could be with any other men but somehow gravitated to Jaune. Jaune frowned and then threw the jar.