– Rooftop, Site-17, America, SCP Universe - 9:10 AM –
Michelle was patiently waiting on the rooftop next to the helipad since Robert and Green hadn't arrived last night despite being instructed to appear at that time. In other cases, they were late.
"They should have been back by last night," Michelle sighed, "Hope they didn't get into trouble." she said, and soon she noticed something descended from the sky which turned out to be a GOC attack helicopter.
"What the?!"
With a set of binoculars in hand, Michelle uses them to get a better look at the helicopter, and to her surprise, Green and Robert, the one who had become Crazy Diamond, were piloting it.
"Oh…" Michelle sighed in relief as she put the binoculars away, "False alarm." she chuckled.
The attack helicopter touches down on the helipad shortly after, and Green and Robert jump out of the cockpit to meet Michelle, who greets them with a furious expression on her face as soon as they arrive.
"You're late! You two should have been back here by night!"
Robert reasoned, "Sorry Michelle, we had to hide from a lot of GOC hunting us down and their exo-suit groups were relentless."
"So we had to resort to running, hiding and then stealing an attack helicopter before getting here," Green added, "It was a hectic night. How's Rodeo faring?" he asked.
Michelle seemed hesitant, "He's alright. Just resting in the infirmary.... alone... without company. Robert, come with me."
"I know. Medic duty."
Green added, "I'll go to Site Director Jones first and give him the information on the exo-suits. I'll catch up with you guys later."
"Sure." Michelle and Robert both mumble as they head off to the infirmary while Green heads for the Site Director's office.
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– Ward C, Infirmary, Site-17 - 9:14 AM –
In the infirmary, Rodeo was still lying on the bed with the bandages still wrapped around him and was wide awake since being a Stand, he didn't require sleep but his body did needed to be rested up to reduce the pain and exhaustion on him, but he's been reflecting about the recent events that had happen to him, particularly Viktor's words. He wanted to forget it but he was unable to. They were still etched in his mind and it's making him wonder...
"Am I still a child?" Rodeo heaved a deep sigh and rubbed his forehead in frustration, "Good grief."
Soon later, The sound of the ward room door opening reached him.
"Who is it?"
"Hi Rodeo," Michelle waved at him as she stepped into the room, "I brought someone to meet and heal you."
A moment later, Robert followed inside and greeted Rodeo, "Hey man." he waved at him.
"Robert my man! How's it going?"
"Been doing great," Robert replied, glancing at the bandages covering his wounds, "And you've been through some things yourself as well. Sorry for not arriving by night. GOC were relentless in their hunt."
"It's alright man. You're here now, so let's get this over with."
"Yeah." Robert moved into Rodeo's direction. And without wasting any time, he used his repair ability to heal Rodeo's injuries.
In less than five seconds, Rodeo could feel the injuries on his body were completely gone. Feeling his muscles and stamina were also recovered, Rodeo immediately jumped out of his bed and stood up, stretching his legs and arms. For the first time, Rodeo never felt so much better than he had in a long while.
"Much better! Thanks Robert."
"No problem," Robert replied with a smile, "Now get rid of the bandages, you look like a Mummy and…"
"...It ain't Halloween yet." Michelle added.
"I know."
As soon as Rodeo removed all the bandages from his body, Michelle and Robert gave out a look of shock upon noticing something wrong.
"!?"
Noticing their expressions, Rodeo asked, "Something wrong?"
"...These cracks should have sealed up!" Michelle pointed out.
After hearing this, Rodeo glanced at his arms, legs, chest and his back and noticed purple shimmering cracks on them. Noticing a hand-held mirror that was lying around, he immediately grabbed it and used it to examine his face... to discover that the entire left side of his face and ear were entirely covered in purple-glowing cracks, while the entire right side of his face ear were perfectly normal.
"..."
"Wait Michelle! When he arrived here, these cracks were already on him?" Robert posed the question to the person that became Spice Girl.
"Yeah, when me and Miguel arrived in the cargo container area where we saw Evan holding Rodeo, we noticed those fractures on his body and even the doctors had no clue why those cracks were on him."
"But my ability should have sealed these cracks up. Let me try again."
Robert used his repair ability again, but to his shock, the purple cracks were not sealing up no matter how much power he was putting into his ability.
"Damn it!" Robert cursed loudly as he abruptly stopped what he was doing, "They're not sealing up! Rodeo, what did you fight against when you were gone?!"
"...The dark aether."
Michelle widened her eyes, "Wait! That dark aether from the Call of Duty Zombies timeline?!"
"Yes. Not only that, my soul has been infected with the dark aether, and while it's not killing me, it's still on me," Rodeo explained, breathing deeply and letting out a heavy sigh, "Let's head to the storage containment locker room and get the items before speaking with Jones about Alcina, Karl and the rest."
"...But these cracks on your body!"
"I'll be fine. They are just a new type of scar for me."
"But…"
"Michelle. I'll be fine," Rodeo repeated in a calm and reassuring tone to her.
"😕 Okay."
Robert added, "But… if these cracks are trying to harm you in any way, just let us know."
"Alright."
And so, the three left the ward room and made their way to the storage containment locker room and as they were walking down the hallway, Dr. Logan could be seen observing the three without them knowing his presence.
"The freak is back, huh?" He said with a scowl, "Just when things were peaceful without him. Wonder what trouble he's going to bring to the table."
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– Storage Containment Locker Room, Site-17 - 9:14 AM –
In the storage containment locker room where certain anomalous items are housed in lockers, Rodeo along with Michelle and Robert were gathering the things that came with Rodeo along with Alcina, Karl and the rest when they crash landed in the cargo container area. The three placed them on a table and these were the items that brought with him.
1. Alucard's Casull and Jackal pistols with its ten remaining magazines.
2. Rip's musket rifle along with its four remaining magic bullets.
3. Rodeo's phone and charger.
4. Karl's sledgehammer
5. Two flower pots containing the hallucination flowers of Donna and Angie.
6. Bela and Cassandra's sickles.
7. The sunglasses gifted to Alcina by Alucard.
8. Karl's electro-uber backpack
Taking his phone and charger, Rodeo stashed them in his hollow stomach compartment, "Are you sure anything besides these items came with us?" he asked the two.
"Your helmet came with us and the auto recording data in it is well-being extracted by the technicians." Michelle explained.
"Wait! They had that sort of system in our helmets?"
"Well they implanted that feature into our armor helmets... AFTER the Vegas incident."
"Oh... good then."
"So you have gone to the Resident evil and Hellsing universe?" Robert pointed to the other items and continued, "Because these items are way too familiar."
"You're correct, they are from those universes. However, there isn't much ammunition for Casull, Jackal and the musket rifle at the moment... unless we use SCP-038."
"The tree that can duplicate objects which only last for two weeks?" Michelle enquired.
"The one and only."
Robert added, "Just to be clear man, the articles clearly state that the tree is in Site-23, not in Site-17. Keep in mind that there is no guarantee whether it will create an exact replica of said item, considering the fact that they attempted to clone SCP-500 and failed to produce an exact replica of those. And why do you want to get their ammunition cloned?"
"Only Rip can control her musket rifle and magic bullets, so that's out of the question," Rodeo said, picking up Casull and Jackal, "But these can still be fired with the pull of a trigger and can function as powerful weapons. Sure they are designed specifically to exterminate vampires and other supernatural beings, but even so, these weapons can basically tear through anything especially armor and steel. They may come in handy."
"Well... we've all watched Hellsing and know how powerful these pistols are, so yeah they may be handy." Michelle remarked.
"But let's talk with Zolgamax about this first and see where we can go from there." Robert said.
"Right, let's go."
After that, the three went to Zolgamax Jones' office, leaving everything else in the lockers save from Alcina's sunglasses, which she had received from Alucard that Rodeo had kept with him.
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– Site Director Zolgamax Jones office, Site-17- 9:17 AM –
Jones was currently discussing with Agent Thomas Green regarding his mission with Robert that involved the Global Occult Coalition.
"I'm telling you Site Director, the Global Occult Coalition are mass producing exo-suits in large quantities enough for a small battalion. Look, we also possessed advanced technological armor, suits and gear especially the ones MTF team Samsara and Hammer Down use, but these exo-suits can accomplish a lot for them in terms of agility and equipment that is best suited for moving through high places."
"So basically we are now on equal footing with them in terms of research and development in advanced warfare?"
"Judging by the place me and Robert raided and got info from, it seems so."
"I see."
As the two continued discussing, the two soon noticed the door open as Rodeo, Michelle and Robert were entering the office.
"Your back Rodeo!" Green said in relief before noticing the cracks on his face, "The hell are those cracks?"
"I'll explain it later with the rest," Rodeo immediately replied, turning to face Jones, "I need to talk to you regarding the people I arrived with last night." he said without delay.
"Go ahead. I'm all ears."
"Okay but first what about my helmet? The auto recording data?"
"Yes, with regard to that, the technicians were able to successfully extract the data from the helmet so that the rest of us can view it in video format in the briefing room."
"I see. Look I need you to let me recruit them all... into MTF team Queen's Requiem."
"What!?" Michelle and Robert both exclaimed, staring at Rodeo with a look of disbelief and bewilderment.
Jones raised a brow at this suggestion, "You're joking right? I've heard from half of the staff in Site-17 that the ones contained that night were incredibly dangerous, especially considering their capabiliti-"
"They were resident evil fans... weren't they?"
"...Yes. Yes, they were... except for Evan, although he seems to be more familiar with the tall lady."
"Who isn't?" Michelle and Robert simultaneously spoke in a flat tone.
"Whatever! I need them in my team."
"But they are the bad guys!" Michelle said.
"...Who I promised a road to redemption and the people fought alongside me in the Hellsing universe against three factions," Rodeo spoke earnestly, returning his gaze to the Site director, "Jones, you got to trust me on this one, I'll make sure they don't cause trouble."
"...I don't know about this."
"I swear on my soul and sanity that you can trust them with me. I'll explain my story on what happened in the briefing room along with the rest, and even the Resident evil 8 villains will explain what happened from their side as well, you can record the entire conversation if you need to and my team will be on standby if they do something. I mean they can't compete against the World and King Crimson."
With a bit of hesitation, Jones sighs in the end, "Alright, but if something goes wrong they will hold you responsible."
"I know."
"...Then what about Rip and Zorin?" Michelle asked, referring to the two.
Rodeo was stunned, "Wait! They came here as well?"
"Uhhh yeah. Zorin, although is nothing more than a head now, so she's not a threat."
"Getting those two on our side is... going to be more complicated but I highly doubt they will listen."
"I say let them be in a cell. Who needs them." Michelle said, sounding harsh. And Rodeo highly understands that.
"I get it, the people they worked with were the biggest scum in earth's history, but allowing them to remain in their cell might end up more harm than good. I am not being sympathetic towards them, I am being cautious on the possibilities that if our enemies get a hold of them, it might be a problem due to their artificial vampire DNA which the Chaos Insurgency might exploit if they get their hands on it. And if D4C uses a Stand arrow on them, he could get them on their side and God knows what kind of Stand they will obtain. Sometimes it is necessary to keep your friends close, even your enemies closer."
"...Okay fine, but how will you persuade them? Clearly Zorin is useless as a head but Rip is still useful. However... their goals and ideals when it came to working with the Major were different. Can you break them out of their former ideals?"
"...I'll try something, if Jones here will allow it."
Jones steps in, "I'll allow it for now but again like I said if this goes wrong, you will be responsible. Are we clear?"
"Crystal clear," Rodeo nodded as he looked at Robert and Green, "Get the team to the briefing room while me and Michelle get the Resident evil 8 characters and these two vampires."
The two nodded and before the four were allowed to leave, Jones called out.
"Rodeo."
"Yeah?"
Jones smiled, "Welcome back to Site-17. The atmosphere here has mostly been dim without you here."
"Thanks Jones, and don't worry I'll light the atmosphere back up." Rodeo replied, expressing his gratitude to him.
With Jones' consent after he gave a nod, the four eventually departed the office. Green and Robert made their way to someplace else, while Rodeo and Michelle, on the other hand, were intending to reach the containment cells of their soon-to-be allies.