Had you ever felt like your world is a shit, but then you meet someone that has lived worse things than you? Then you understand that the true meaning of life is to feel gratitude instead of resentment
We finally arrived in the molten islands "girls, set the camp, Blake you gather wood, Yang you prepare the tent and I will gather some food" we soon started doing as said, meanwhile I was transforming in my fire form, hair black as coal and flaming red eyes, so when I got back at the camp they pointed their weapons at me "hey guys it's me Y/N" they both shrugged and we all went to sleep, tomorrow is going to be a hard day of work
Next morning
Being the first to wake up, again, I started searching for Old Haga, I don't actually know her, I just know she left the Atlas Technology Team, she was the CEO in charge of weaponry research, now I've been wandering for almost an hour so I decided to go back and prepare breakfast
Having caught enough Fish for both, breakfast and lunch I decided to go back to the camp, I found Blake and Yang stirring awake from their sleep "hey girls, sleep well?" I asked them while lighting a fire "why are your clothes soaked?" I turned to the blonde "I went to the sea to catch some fish, nobody brought food sooo" both girls walked up to me "Here, serve your selves" I pass them a wooden plank with 2 of the 3 parts of the fish, they took nonchalantly the fish and started eating "wow, this is so good, don't ya think Blake?....*no response* Blake?" Blake looked at her angry "eating, don't bother" she hissed at her, I laughed at her mannerisms "you sure like fish" she continued eating
After breakfast
"What are we going to do?" Blake asked "neither of you is in condition to fight, nor train. We will search for Old Haga" Yang looked at me "then we should look for a hut or something" Blake shook her head "I didn't see any hut or something like that when we were traveling" I chuckled "that may be because Haga wouldn't live in such a place, she must have an underground base, we just don't know where" I started walking "stay behind me, I think I could lead us to her"
"how?" Blake inquired "Thermal Vision, I can sense heat signals, they usually come from living beings" Yang looked in awe "but aren't we on a volcanic Island, aren't you going to see everything red?" Blake inquired, again "when surpassed a certain degree of heat, the color turns in vivid pink, mostly magma is the only which can surpass that degree of heat, so I just have to search for a red signature... which I have just found. Follow me!"
We jogged until we were on top of the red signal "we're here, try searching for an entrance" the cocking of a gun advert us from doing so "I wouldn't do that if I were you" a robot popped out with a shotgun "hey hey hey, we aren't here to fight we came here because we need her help" the bot didn't budge "look, both of my friends are wounded, and one lost her arm, we came here because I know what she is capable of" the red light on the body of the bot turned blue "then you shall follow me" the ground tore apart, an elevator could be seen reaching the surface "please get in" we 3 got in, even though we were a little cramped, we managed to fit in.
200 feet underground later we finally reached the end, down here everything looked like one of the bases in those sci-fi movies "at the end of this corridor you shall found the laboratory, please get in there and don't touch anything!" The bot stood there and left us on our own "guest we are going to meet her"
We entered a room filled with different devices, for different purposes. I whistled at the sight of it "pretty neat, huh?" I said, which my both companions could only nod at "I'm glad this new generation is still easily fascinated, such as I was at your age" an old lady talked from behind us, we yelped at her sudden appearance "so, what lead you here?" The old woman said, "and don't you dare call me old woman again!" Yang and Blake looked confused "I'm sorry, I'll try not to" I apologized "not only your laboratory is amazing, but also your semblance" she chuckled "mind-reading does come in handy"
We sat at a near table "so you want me to upgrade your equipment and give the girl a prosthetic arm?" I nodded "but you don't have anything to give in exchange" I sheepishly smiled and nodded nonetheless "we will do anything in exchange" I clarified "isn't there anything you want?" She thought of it for a moment "I want to have inner peace" I nodded "that I will enjoy" I nodded again "the moment you 3 go away"
We were going to stand up when the sound of a baby crying covered the room, and Haga infuriated "If that baby cries one more time I will throw it to the sea!" Then I got this awesome idea "if only there were 3 people determined to do anything in exchange for some gear up and a prosthetic arm" I said standing up, but the woman stopped me "okay have it your way" sighing she asked to follow her
"Leave your weapons here, black girl let me take your measures" Blake put both her arms over the table and the lady started her work "Mrs. Haga, wouldn't you have a weapon for me, do you?" She grunted "Cogman! *the robot we saw first came in* take the young man to the weaponry" the bot got next to me "yes milady, please allow me to guide you through the laboratory" we went to a different room where there were lots of guns and melee weapons, but none of them were combined "don't you have some hybrid ones?" The bot nodded "yes we have, yet there are prototypes, each of them was discarded for different reasons, do you still wish to continue?" I was doubtful, but I don't waste any time doing so, why not "yes, please"
He leads me to the end of the room and opens a set of doors, lots, and when I say lots I mean at least a hundred, but the moment I saw that weapon, OMG that weapon must be mine, I picked it up and start analyzing carefully
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"That, sir, is Heritage. Discarded because of the great amounts of dust it needs, not even the Schnee household could afford it" I hummed, I think this could work out "this is a sword, and the switch button will display it's long-range flamethrower form, depending on the dust injected that would be the special effect of it, this only works on the flamethrower, the dust does not modify its sword form"
"I want it, wouldn't you have its sheath for it, would you?" The bot got me its sheath and we got where the others were "so did you like anything?" Haga asked, "Oh god, you know nobody can afford that much dust, do you?" smug smirk on my face "never said I'll use dust, my semblance is elements control"
"you were telling us where did you get the baby" Yang interrupted "Oh yes, I was catching some fish, like every morning, then I saw a boat nearing from the north, it reached the coast no far from where I was and I couldn't leave it there" she told us while drawing some schemes, mostly probable to be Blake's arm "dearie you want to make some modifications to it" she asked Blake, she sure get along with her "could you add some claws, retractable if possible" Blake added to the schemes "I'll get it done in 1 day at most" he sat with them "well I planned staying on the island for 6 months, I think we can afford waiting 1 day"
Everyone looked stunned at the mention of our staying "why do you want to spend that much time in here?" Haga inquired "I want to train here, also a scientist like yourself should have great knowledge so, may I ask if you know anything of what we are fighting?" She sighed and took a sip from her beverage "have you heard about the story of the maidens?"
