Team SMKK

Team SMKK Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Initiation

Four years ago: Beacon

The soon to be members of S.M.K.K. stood atop Beacon Cliff facing the vast Emerald Forest. Headmaster Ozpin had just given the students orders that they are to: choose a partner upon landing, find a relic in the northern part of the forest, kill anything in their way, and try not to die. Simple.

The first of the team to be launched was Kole Fridulf. A blue eyed slacker, of average height and muscular build. Wearing his signature grey slouched beanie, worn with tuffs of short brown hair sticking out the front; a black jacket with grey stripes down the sleeves and grey trim along the collar and cuff,a grey t-shirt, black cargo pants, black combat boots, and a grey pistol belt with a drop legged holster strapped to his left leg.

"Here we go" he said with a lazy sigh, readying himself for the launch. He looked down to his sisters, not far down the line from him. "Ladies, I'll see you boots on the ground." They rolled their eyes at the idiot and waited anxiously to see if he would survive the launch. The pad underneath him sprung to life, propelling him forward into the horizon. A smile took him as he felt as free as a bird. Up here among the clouds he didn't have a care. All that mattered was the wind in his face and the clouds inches above. His enjoyment was short-lived when he began to descend to the forest. 'Okay Landing Strategy time' he thought. 'How should I do this?'

"Fuck it!" he screamed

Kole drew his weapon, a bayonetted pistol, from its' sheathe and aimed for an upcoming tree. He gripped his pistol tight and lunged the knife blade deep into the tree trunk. The force of the sudden stop knocked the wind out of him for a second but he recovered as he slid down the tree trunk. Once on the ground he twirled the pistol back into its holster, dusted off his pants, straightened his beanie, reached into his jacket pocket, and opened a pack of cigarettes. As he smoked, his scroll began to buzz. He had gotten three new text messages.

The first from his older sister Auburn which read: * 'Hey runt. Hope you didn't break your neck landing. Try not to die. Hopefully the three of us will find each other. Go team Wolf-Pack.' *

The second message from his other, more pleasant sister Shade read: * 'Landed somewhere west. Moving northeast. Keep your eyes open. try not to die, dumbass.' *

Finally the third message was sent by someone just labeled as Julie in his contacts: * 'How long will you be gone. The boss wants to know.' *

Kole took a puff from his cigarette and replied to Julie's message * 'It's gonna be a while. I'm taking a little vacation In Vale. Be back in Atlas soon.'*

 To his left he heard the sounds of gunfire and explosions off in the distance. "I'd hate to be them" the said flicking his cigarette to the dirt, pocketing his scroll, and walking in the opposite direction of the gunfire.

"Okay Shade where could you be hiding?"

His intent on avoiding conflict proved useless when a small girl ran in front of him with a Boarbatusk chasing after her. "Ah shit!" he shouted drawing his pistol and firing three shots at the Grimm's face. The beast shook off the hits and changed course for Kole. Again, he shot at the Grimm, but the bullets couldn't get through its bone plating. All the shots did manage to do was anger it even worse. The mysterious girl stood next to him with a pair of strange curved swords in her hands, staring at the Grimm. The Boarbatusk scratched at the ground and continued its charge at the two.

"Bring it, bitch!" screamed Kole standing his ground, with pistol in hand.

The girl pushed Kole out of the way at the last second. She then jumped high into the air and crashed down slashing her swords into the Grimm's back, 'Damn!' he thought to himself. 'better let her have this one' for if Kole intervened again, she would hate him for the next four years. Plus, if he would wait till the last minute he could kill the beast and be her hero. The Boarbatusk charged at her again, this time curling into a spinning ball of razor sharp tusks and hundreds of pounds of force. Again the girl jumped high into the air, but this time when she landed she buried her swords into the Grimm's back slicing right through the armor plating.