(Halo x RWBY) Remnants of the Reclaimers

Intercontinental Boat/Road Trip

John woke up to the sun peeking over the trees of the forest, signaling the start of a new day. He looked around, and seeing that Linda had taken off her helmet, he did the same.

Suddenly a smell filled his nostrils, "Is that... Bacon?" He asked Linda.

She turned, saw that he was awake, and nodded, saying, "its the only food we have that would go bad without refrigeration, so I figured we might as well treat ourselves."

She came over and sat down on the back of the truck, setting the pan between the two of them and taking a piece for herself. The bite was halfway to her mouth when one of the proximity alarms went off, and both Spartans jumped.

John pulled his rifle up and moved to a more mobile position, crouching instead of sitting, and Linda reached for her helmet, not even letting it seal before she was looking at the motion tracker and flipping through visual filters to see who or what was approaching.

She reported to John, not looking away from where the alert had come from, "one tango, moving slowly but headed directly for us, appears to be humanoid in size."

Suddenly the figure stepped out into the light, and when she saw who it was Linda was relieved, if a bit confused.

Nora sauntered across the small clearing, appearing to be in some sort of sleepwalking position, and when she reached the truck, (John had lowered his weapon) she picked up most of the bacon left in the pan and promptly shoved it down her throat in one or two bites. John grabbed the pan away before Nora could eat any more, and that seemed to break her daze, "oh hey John, what are you doing here?" Before he could answer she continued, "and why are you with that girl Naomi from the tournament?" John looked dumbfounded, wondering what in hell was going on when Ren popped, seemingly out of nowhere, and said, "just give her a minute,"

They all stood there for another few seconds, when Nora suddenly shouted, "AHA! You're the same people as those in the armor!" She pointed at John, "that makes you Sam but actually John," she turned and looked at Linda, clearly scrutinizing her stance and body shape under the bulky armor, "and you're Linda!"

"Cracked it!" The girl finally exclaimed.

John jumped down from the bed of the truck and set the pan that was now empty down, saying to Ren, "you owe us breakfast."

The two Spartans drove to the Xiao Long household with Nora and Ren riding in the bed of the back when Linda voiced her concerns to John, "How are we going to find Kelly and Fred? They could be on the other side of the planet from us, and TEAMCOM only has a range of about 5 miles, all we know is Kelly went south east, and that Fred was taken by Atlas." She sighed, looking like she wanted to say more, but just let herself fall back on the seat, "I'm just worried about them."

John looked over at his red-haired comrade, "I am too, but let's try to focus on how to fix it, I don't want to lose any more Spartans." They pulled up to the house in a large clearing, and John said, "how about we ask Ruby's dad, he's a former huntsman, he'd know his way around the world."

Linda just nodded and slid out of the seat and followed Nora and Ren to the door.

The doorbell was rung as the Spartans removed their helmets, and a furious flurry of barks popped out of an excited Zwei on the other side of the door. Ruby appeared in pajamas and a flurry of rose petals to answer the door.

"Oh hey guys, one sec," Ruby turned around and called back into the house, "DAAAAAAD, my friends are here, can you make more pancakes?"

"Uh, how many?" A voice called back.

Ren slipped past Ruby into the house, "I'll help" he said, "also, keep an eye on Nora, she can and will eat them all,"

John nodded and placed a hand on Nora's shoulder, then asked Ruby, "so where is Yang?"