Second chance

Untitled Part 5

Chapter 5

Once they arrived at the cabin Gerald continued with his plan.

"As I said, to get to those Beacon huntsman you need to get to Atlas and to get to Atlas you need an aircraft. Lucky for you I just know somebody in town that has it and can get you there in no time."

"Let me guess, an old friend of yours."

"Well yes!"

"And how do you plan to get me pass Atlas security, I might have lost my memory but I do know that Atlas military is no joke."

"There is nothing for you to worry, this friend of mine can get pass them and get you where you want in one piece." Red was a bit skeptical about all of this but he knew this was his best chance to get answers. He could not miss this opportunity.

"Fine, I will go with this friend of yours, but if we get shot out of the sky and get caught this is all on you."

"That's the spirit my boy!" Gerald said and offered a gentle smile.

"So when are we going to meet this pilot of yours?"

"Soon, but first I cant let you leave here without proper gear."

"Gear... what gear?" Red looked at Gerald unsure what he meant by that. He knew he wasn't going to need something like an ice ax or pocket knife. Gerald simply went towards the door of his room, opened them and told red to come inside with him. Once Red came in Gerald opened an old wardrobe for its contents for them to see. It was armor, two swords one longer and the other shorter and a crimson red Oni mask.

"This...This was yours." Red said with astonishment.

"Once yes. I wore this armor with pride for many years. It once belonged to my father and his father before him. It is old but it will protect you. Trust me it can take some serious damage.

"I-I cant. It belongs to you. Its should stay here."

"No, you will take it. Its better for someone to use it then for it to gather dust here like it has been doing for years."

"I-I really don't know what to say. Why?"

"Because its the right thing to do." Gerald looked the young man strait into his eyes and Red could see something in them. It was a mixture of goodness, honor and duty.

"Thank you, really. I don't know what to say."

"Just put the damn thing on and will get going. Red took the armor out if the wardrobe and started putting it on piece by piece. When he was done putting in on he took a walk around the cabin to get a feel of it. It was really light. He could see that it was made more for speed and stealth then heavy close carters combat. This will do nicely he thought.

"You ready kid?"

"Lets go!" Red putt on the Oni mask and puled a huddle over his head and walked out of the cabin with Gerald.

"So how long will it take us to reach the city?"

"With snowmobiles not long."

"Snowmobiles?"

Gerald walked towards the shed opposite of the cabin and opened the doors to revile two snowmobiles.

"Hop on kid we don't have all day."

As they were waling along the city streets Red noticed that the people were giving him strange looks.

They were not looks of fear, it seemed more like a look of disbelief and astonishment. They looked like they just seen a ghost. Red was getting a bit uncomfortable.

"Why are people looking at me like that? They look like they just saw a ghost."

The old man chuckled at his words. "That is because they just did. People around here know me well but I rarely leave the woods so I guess seeing a young version of me is a bit unusual."

Red simply stopped paying so much attention to peoples glares and followed Gerald until he stopped in front of a repair shop.

"Here he are Red! Jason's repair shop. Lets go in and say hello." The duo walked in, went to the large desk infornt and rang the bell.

"I will be right with you!" a voice could have been heard coming from the next room. A few monets later the door opened and in came an old man dressed into a jumpsuit.

"Jason you old smuggler how have you been?" A large smile found its self on Gerald face.

"Gerald you hermit its good to see you! the two friend have each other a hug. "Cassie come here and see who was decided to visit us!" as soon as Jason saw Red in full armor he broke off the hug.

"So I'm guessing you didn't come here just to see your old fiend."

"Yes and no. You see I need you to get Red here into Atlas or as close to Atlas as you can.

"That isn't going to be easy my friend. Something is happening over there, something bad. Ironwood has called most of the military back to Atlas and he has even put a inbargo on dust. By the looks of what is happening over there something is coming."

The door of the garage opened and in came a girl. She had long blond hear which she kept in a ponytail, lilac eyes and freckles on her face. Red turned his head to look at her and for a moment time froze. For some reason she looked familiar, he couldn't put his finger on it but he could have swore that he saw her or someone like her somewhere. A feeling of hate and anger filled him for a moment.

"Uncle G, you finally came to visit us." the girl hugged the old man and he hugged her back.

"Its good to see you too Cassie. You have grown since last I saw you."

"Its has been some time since you last came to visit." Cassie looked behind the old man a saw someone she didn't know standing there. "Who is this uncle G?"

"This is Red. He is my... apprentice."

"Apprentice? I thought you said that you didn't want to train any more huntsman."

"Well for him I made an exception."

Cassie broke the hug of and took a few steps towards the masked man.

"Hi my name is Cassie nice to meet you. After a few seconds Red snapped back into reality and responded.

"H-hi the names Red." she looked strait into his mask covered face for a long moment before taking a step back and saying.

"You must be really something if uncle Gerald decided to train you. He even refused to train me and I begged him like a thousand times.

"I did that for a good reason, your grandfather would kill me it anything was to happen to you."

"I would do more that that." the two old man laughed at the thought of them fighting each other.

"Now lets continue were we left off, shall we Jason?"

AN: The armor in question is a kind of light samurai armor and swords are a katana and a wakizashi (short sword). I just thought that Adam looking something like a ninja would look awesome so I went with it. Feel free to comment and leave a review.