Key To Life

Reunion

Y/N POV

The whole world stands still. Standing before me is the last person I expected to ever see.

Penny: "Is that really you?"

We run wrapping the other in a deep hug.

Y/N: "I thought you were dead."

She tightens her hug.

Penny: "I got rebuilt."

I just continue to hold her close. I then smile, the woman I love is alive. I pull away looking her over.

Y/N: "So... what've you been up to?"

Penny: "Well. After I got destroyed at Beacon my core was returned here. My father then rebuilt me, made me better than ever. What about you?"

I think.

Y/N: "After I thought you died I confronted a woman. She killed me."

I smile.

Y/N: "But like you I was rebuilt. Better than before. Following that I've been traveling with Ruby and her friends across Remnant. Eventually ending up here."

Penny: "Why?"

Y/N: "You ever heard of the pillar of eternity?"

Her eyes shine. They quickly stop.

Penny: "My database is coming up empty. What is it?"

I withdraw the cable from my wrist.

Y/N: "Look and see."

She jacks the cable into a slot behind her ear. Her eyes shine as lines of data are seen. After a couple seconds her eyes return to normal as she withdraws the cable.

Penny: "So it's a powerful weapon that an equally powerful enemy is looking for."

Y/N: "Yes."

Penny: "And you wanna stop them."

Y/N: "Correct."

She smiles.

Penny: "Then you have my help."

Dad: "She's very pretty. She'll make a fine wife."

Y/N: "Do not speak of her like that."

Penny: "Who're you talking to?"

Y/N: "No one."

She leans closer.

Penny: "Since when did you start wearing sunglasses?"

Y/N: "Since I left Beacon."

Penny: "Is something wrong Y/N?"

Y/N: "No. Everything's perfectly fine."

I smile to reassure her. She only stares. She then sighs.

Penny: "If you say nothing's wrong, then nothing's wrong."

She hugs me a final time.

Penny: "It was good seeing you again."

I return her hug.

Y/N: "You too."

A door opens. Looking I see Ruby exiting Ironwood's office.

Ruby: "Y/N. Ironwood wishes to speak with you."

I break the hug.

Y/N: "I'll see you around."

She nods as I enter Ironwood's office. Upon doing so I see Ironwood and Ozpin are the only ones there. 

Y/N: "You wanted to see me sir?"

Ironwood: "Yes."

I stand in front of them both.

Y/N: "There a particular reason?"

Ironwood: "Ozpin said you've recently regained your memories."

I slightly look down.

Y/N: "Yes sir."

Ironwood: "Then you know where the pillar is."

Y/N: "I do. But it was thanks to the relic from Haven."

Ironwood: "Tell me. Where is it?"

Y/N: "It's here. In Atlas."

Ironwood: "Please tell me you have an exact location."

Y/N: "Sadly no."

Ironwood: "I figured as much. Thankfully I may have a way to help."

I look at him.

Y/N: "How?"

Ozpin: "I'm also curious."

Ironwood: "For the past ten years I've been relentlessly searching for the pillar. I used every tool at my disposal. Till finally I got something."

He makes a projection of a type of wave.

Y/N: "What's that?"

Ironwood: "Approximately three days ago one of our satellites picked up a stray noise. We searched but found nothing."

Y/N: "And I take it you want my help to locate it."

Ironwood: "Correct."

He withdraws a chip from his computer. He then holds it in front of him. I grab it inserting it into the slot behind my ear. A load bar pops up. It gets halfway when an error message is shown.

System: "Main system security compromised. Using any foreign object could result in serious damage."

Ozpin: "Everything okay?"

Y/N: "Yeah. Just a lot more data to process than I thought."