Chapitre 64: Advice
(O-5 Council Meeting Room, Location: [REDACTED] - 10:00 PM)
All the O-5 Council members, even Emma, were present in the room. They were looking at footage through the gigantic TV screen that was on the wall.
The footage showed SCP-001, "The Gate Guardian" was standing next to the gate, but then, it went inside the gate for some unknown reason till it came out again a few minutes later.
The footage continued and showed a Mobile Task Force team approaching, but the Gate Guardian unleashed its wrath and erased the MTF team from existence.
The footage continued as usual until it showed two entities coming out of the gate. One looked like a Golden colored humanoid but had no eyes and had golden disks on his shoulders. The other was a female red colored humanoid with a red steel blade of some sort of scythe attached to the back of her head.
"So these are the Stands that were discovered at the site?" O5-1 asked.
"Yes sir."
The footage continued and it showed the female humanoid waving at the guardian, which the guardian waved back at her.
"This is just bizarre." O5-5 mumbled.
"Believe me, that day when Rodeo turned into a kid was bizarre for everyone." Emma said, "So did we get their names?"
"We were able to actually. But not by talking to them directly." O5-8 answers, "More like the MTF team there just recorded their conversation."
"And what did they find?"
"The golden one calls himself Heaven, but the red one called her Arc either on purpose or by mistake. While Heaven or Arc called the red humanoid Crescent Rose."
(A/N: Ok, just a reminder this is a reference to the book RWBY x AI written by Jackabox9000 on Wattpad. I suggest you read his book to get a better understanding and it's a totally canon situation.)
"So what happened after Heaven and Crescent Rose appeared?"
O5-8 points to the screen which shows footage of both Heaven and Crescent Rose surrounded by MTF soldiers. The soldiers tried to use non lethal bullets to capture the entities but the bullets froze or were just passing through them using some sort of golden string. The footage continued showing the MTF trying to capture the two Stands but end up failing miserably as the two entities disappeared.
"What object class did you give the two?" Another O5 member asked.
"For Heaven, we kept him at potential Apollyon class since what he said to Crescent Rose regarding his abilities, and well let's just say it is capable of universal type feats. But we're not sure about it yet. For Crescent Rose, we haven't given any object class yet."
"And what happened after that?"
"Emma, would you like to say something?"
"Right. After this whole thing which you mentioned happened to the vials with elemental powders we had gone missing, Rodeo in his child form was found sitting on a cliff with Heaven and Crescent Rose. When we interviewed Rodeo he said he doesn't remember anything and when we explained what happened he was just more confused."
"I see."
"Also I want to add something. Our space research team found two entities on the dark side of the moon. One female and One male with the help of the satellites orbiting around the moon and their inside some sort of base. Why are they there exactly? We don't know."
"And all of these bizarre events happened in one day?"
"Yes sir."
"So we know nothing about the potential of Heaven or Crescent Rose and the two entities on the dark side of the moon. But should Heaven come back here again, try to take an interview with him."
The council nodded, Emma on her side spoke, "Now regarding the incident that happened in Site-19, at 8:00 AM. A Human Stand named Chilli Pepper almost killed Rodeo and escaped, giving us a message that war is coming. The staff's morale decreased that day and.... some are scared of what might happen in the future. So Rodeo suggested that we should bring all the Stands that are in foundation custody to Site-19."
O5-1 immediately agreed, "Your right, Emma. After finding out from Site-06-3 that they lost the Arrow to two Stands and a Stand user, who might be working for our enemies we don't have much of a choice. Emma, you have full authority to call the Stands to Site-19 and make sure that they meet up with Rodeo."
"Yes sir."
"Alright, this meeting is over everyone. Dismissed."
After he announced, all the council members exited the room except for O5-1, still sitting in his seat in silence for a couple of moments, before he opened his mouth.
"You can come out now, Dr. Numita."
From the corner of the room came a man somewhere in his 50's or 60's, he was wearing a red coloured two piece suit meant for gentlemen, he had gray hair that was tied up in a ponytail and was wearing glasses.
This was Dr. Numita Buck.
"O5-1, you're wasting your time trusting SCP-6601."
"May I remind you Dr. Numita, you are with the Council. Not part of it. Your decisions and choices will not be accepted by any of us. And the only reason I bring you here is because you're my friend. But the way you handle research in the Foundation while acceptable, you do it using your stubborn attitude and anger, which might affect something."
"It's gotten me this far."
"Numita, it will lead to your downfall one day."
"And trusting these humanoid creatures is also gonna be the cost of everything that the foundation has done up till now."
"That boy saved your daughter and he has no ill intention towards any of us unless possibly provoked. So believe me when I say that I trust him. And I'm not making a mistake, Numita."
"So what if he saved my disappointment of a daughter. Doesn't change the fact that he is an entity that can bend time, especially SCP-6601-2 who calls himself "The World." You are taking a dangerous risk!" The man named Numita said with anger.
"...Then it's a risk I'm willing to take for humanity."
Numita scoffs and starts walking away but before he leaves, O5-1 speaks to him.
"I really do wish you would make amends with your daughter."
Numita just ignored him and left the room.
"Good grief."
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(In an Urban Park, not far from Amelia's Apartment, America - 10:55 PM )
In an urban park, Amelia was just normally walking around enjoying the night breeze.
Suddenly, she then bumps into someone by mistake.
"My apologies, I didn't mean to bump into you."
"No problem ma'am. We all make mistakes. Name's Jack Barton by the way." The man named Jack said bringing his right hand out for a shake.
Amelia looks at his hand and decides to shake it and says, "Dr. Amelia Buck. It's nice meeting you Mr. Barton."
They stopped shaking each other's hands, Jack then asks.
"So want to chat and walk along the park? If you want to?" He said in a polite manner.
"Sure, why not?" Amelia looked at the man and nodded. And so, the two walk side by side.
Unbeknownst to Amelia, she totally didn't know that the man she is walking with was the Stand user of Ride Me to Hell. Unfortunately, she didn't found him suspicious or anything anomalous about him.
As the two continued to walk around, Jack asked, "So you work in a hospital?"
"Yes I do." She lied.
"Must be some tough work then. Handling patients and doing operations."
"Yes, it can be stressful at times but I can handle it. What about you?"
"I have a job involving driving a truck and shipping things to different states. I get good money out of it and enjoyment as well."
"Enjoyment?"
"I like the fact that whenever I drive from state to state, it feels like an adventure. Feeling the wind hit your face when you open the window, seeing new faces, witnessing new things and visiting amazing sights. It feels great. It makes me feel alive. It makes me happy."
"That's... quite the unique way of seeing things."
"Yeah, but sometimes even good things can come to an end."
"Hm?"
"Everything was going great. My wife was happy. My son was happy. Then my wife got sick and I tried my best with my job to get enough money for her treatment, but it wasn't enough, and even my son had to take side job's in order to get money. We both don't want to lose her."
Jack looks at Amelia who was looking at him, then he looks away and holds the bridge of his nose and sighs.
"Sorry I said too much."
"It's alright." Amelia said sympathetically.
"Dr. Buck, time is something not many people have in this world. If you can't use that time to do something for them, then you're wasting it. Me and my son are trying to use the time that I have been given to help my wife get better before anything worse happens."
Amelia thought of something. Was she was wasting time by not telling truth? If she is and if she doesn't tell the truth soon.... things might become much worse for everyone the more time passes and she will be responsible for it. She didn't wanted that to happen.
"You ok?"
Amelia breaks from her thoughts and responds, "Yeah I'm fine." She said with a smile, but had a visible look of worry on her face.
"You seem worried about something."
".....I haven't been truthful to my friends recently and I don't know what I should do."
"Is it a truth that you fear that they might not be able to handle it and might see you differently after that?"
"Yeah, that type of truth."
"Dr. Buck, the truth will always hurt someone, but if you don't tell them they just might see you differently either way. You need to be honest with them that's all. And who knows even after you tell them, they might accept you either way."
"You really think so?"
"Don't think, Dr. Buck. Just do. If your ready to take a leap of faith then it's up to you to do it. I'm just giving advice."
Amelia thought for a moment. I mean she has been hiding the truth for a long time and she knew time was being wasted by doing it. She needed to take a leap of faith. And with the Stands and arrows involved and with a new faction that after her, she needs to take that leap now. She then pulls out her phone and dials a number. Then somebody picks up.
[*Tawn* Hello?]
"Green, it's time I told you the truth. But not now. Tomorrow."
[Ok then. Where do you want us to meet?]
"I'll give you the location tomorrow. Good night."
[Good night, Amelia.]
Then the call ends.
"So you're taking the leap?" Jack asked.
"Yes. You're right, I should be honest with myself. No more secrets. Only the truth. Thank you, Mr. Barton."
"Don't mention it. Like I said, I was just giving some advice."
"I think it's getting late. But it was nice meeting you, Mr. Barton. Hope your wife gets better."
"It was nice meeting you as well. And I hope your friends will understand you."
Amelia nods and she walks away, leaving Jack that says nothing, until he lowers his cowboy hat and his phone starts ringing which he picks it up.
"Hello?"
[So she's taking the leap?]
"Yes, she is. Tell Alvin to do his job and find out where she will be going. I'm done with my part."
[You have done well, mon ami. I'll meet you at the warehouse tomorrow. Have a good night. Seems like in psychological warfare , we are victorious.]
Then the call ends.
As the call ends, Ride Me to Hell appears behind Jack and Jack pats him on the head.
"Tomorrow's going to be a long day for us, boy." He mutters before taking out a picture from his pocket. The photo had him, his wife and son on it.
"Don't worry, Martha. I'll get the money and you'll be back in healthy shape in no time."
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