RWBY 3.0: Reality

Chapter 3

Chapter III :

- Test ground : Mithril forest. -

"Yo, you got anything new over there?"

"No, just same stuff that we've been looking at for the past hours, what in the world are we even looking for anyway?"

"Can't really tell, command just said to be on the look out of anything suspicious, probably some idiot from that faunus terrorist group trying to pull some dirty job."

"Damn animals, I say we just roll into their main base in the Edelweiss and BOOM, blast them back to the stoneage."

"Yeah and technically invade another nation in the process? You are one smart motherfucker ain't ya."

"I don't see the problem, if they ain't with us then they're terrorist sympathizer, beside, you really think they will pose any real threat, they're still pretty much savages fighting with stick and stones."

"I'd really like too see you bring this up in front of the Commander,..."

"Just you wait, I'll climb through the ranks and eventually..."

"Shsh.!"

"!"

Toward the front of the two soldiers, strange rustling noise, similar to that of a moving creature was coming from the bushes ahead. As they cock back their rifles and began approaching the source of the sound, it suddenly disappear. They made it pass the foliage that was blocking their view, arriving at a small open ground. Everything was quiet then, nothing but the sound of the leaves rustling in the wind and the occasional bird chirping in the distance. All in all, just another similar sight in the Mithril forest.

"Hmm, strange, I was sure there was something here. James, radio command just incase, report that...."

Before the soldier could finish his sentence, a large silhouette flew in from his side. As it struck the soldier, the silence of the forest was replaced by the should of the meat and bones tearing and breaking, as his entire upper body begins to move upward and separate from its lower half. The force of the impact was so great that the legs were the bodiless legs were left still standing, blood spurting out of the expose flesh and organs up top. A couple of seconds goes passed before the legs finally collapse from the lost of commanding system, spilling out its content and staining the rest of the cargo pants it had on with a crimson shade.

The remaining soldier, who went by the name of James, couldn't even register what had happened yet. As the blood from what was left his former partner splatted against his face and mouth, he registered its distinctive metallic taste. Then, just as his partner's limb took seconds to collapse, it took only a little bit longer for the soldier to fall down against the ground and recoiled in horror of what was in front of him. As his eyes moved from the still-twitching corpse in front of him to the surrounding environment, he spotted it. A large mass of mud that bore strange human teeth around the rim of what was seemingly his mouth. It had an terrifying grin on as it begins to devour the top half of its victim, the sound of flesh and bones against its teeth mixed with the bits of intestine and blood dripping down along its jaw creating an ominous and grotesque sight for the one who was starring at it. After finishing its meal, its attention now turned toward the remaining prey. James was utterly terrified. Years of intense training under the SRED now seemingly useless, as the death seemed ever so close to him at that moment. But perhaps, it hasn't gone all to waste, as for a split second, he regained his senses and quickly pick up his riles to fire at the soldier. The sound of machine gun fire and bullet cases falling rung out through the entire area, yet the creature didn't stop. Any bullets that hit him, were just absorbed into the muddy mass