Sarge's Relationships

**Sarge** has developed many unique relationships in characters in the *RvBvRWBY* series. He is rather attached to the Blood Gulch Crew (though he does deny it).

## Red Team

Being the leader of the Reds, Sarge has a liking to all of his men, excluding Grif, but when making plans to go into battle or on a mission, they usually lead to most of his squad getting killed. However, he does seem to have some genuine care for them.

### Grif

To say that Sarge and Grif got off on a rocky start would be considered an understatement. Since meeting each other, Sarge has openly held a deep hatred of Grif arguably outweighing that of the Blue Team. The reasons being extreme laziness, disrespect, insubordination, and arguably his very existence. If an opportunity for Grif's removal presents itself, Sarge tries to take it. He has ordered others to kill Grif, devised strategies involving Grif's death, and attempted to kill Grif in his sleep. He even went as far as making one of Lopez's prime objectives is to hate him. Sarge has expressed his hatred for Grif on an uncountable number of occasions, including (but certainly not limited to):

* Having Simmons poison his food.
* Coming up with various military strategies and battle tactic that end with Griff killed or severely injured.
* Trying to shoot Grif with his shotgun when Kai's ship landed in Blood Gulch, but unfortunately missed.

* Coming up with an emergency plan that begins with him shooting Grif in the chest with his shotgun.
* In the event that Sarge were to die before Grif, the latter would be given a fifty-seven hour recording of insults that Sarge say. If Sarge were die, Grif is to recover the tape and play it whenever he felt good about himself.
* Wishing on a star for Grif's demise.
* Threatening to make orange juice out of him.

At the same time, there have been multiple occasions where Sarge would praise his comrades for an action and belittle Grif for the same one. Such as when he the latter saved his life, Sarge initially thanked Simmons, he proceeded to insult Grif upon learning that he was one who saved him. When the Reds discovered the large cavern's underneath Blood Gulch and a television screen displaying images of the canyon, all three Reds tell Sarge an obvious description of it, but Sarge only insults Grif's (who actually provides the most useful information).

Despite all of this, there have been times when Sarge does save Grif. Such when Grif was runover by Sheila (the Blues' tank), Sarge saved his life by replacing all of Grif's organs with Simmons' (the latter was turned into a cyborg). Though might have been done so he could Grif himself. And although Sarge's solution is usually to have Grif killed, he has been heard on one occasion to tell Grif, when the latter asked to quit, that if he could, he would make it happen.

While the two initially can't stand one another, Sarge and Grif generally work quite well together. When Caboose announced that he was leaving Valhalla to find Tucker, both of them realized that Caboose would last a day on his own and offered to help him, as it would end with them returning back to the good old days in Blood Gulch.

Throughout *Retribution*, their relationship had improved. Sarge claims he doesn't want to insult Grif's intelligence, agrees with Grif's ideas at several points, refuses to fire at the Meta while Grif was wrestling with him, treated Grif's apparent death at Sidewinder with indifference instead of happiness and relied on not only Yang Xiao-Long, but also Grif to defeat Wash at Valhalla, then the Meta at Sidewinder. He even saved Girf's life by releasing the Meta's grasp on his leg.

The two seem to have developed some great respect for one another, even if it is strained and they only fight of habit.

### Simmons

Sarge's relationship with Simmons is more peaceful, although it is also strained, akin to a somewhat dysfunctional father-son relationship. In one case, after Church had taken over Lopez's body, Sarge decided to make a cyborg out of one of the characters on Red Team—he chose Simmons, because he is the most faithful soldier and could never be turned against the reds. It is revealed that Sarge made several mistakes; among other things, Simmons occasionally shoots himself in the foot by accident.

Despite Simmons' sycophantic attitude toward Sarge, Sarge is quick to turn against him when a disagreement occurs. Sarge demoted and exiled Simmons when the latter suggested that they look for Sheila. Sarge even called Grif and Simmons traitor after they left Blood Gulch, though he did forgive the two later on.

Sarge has criticized Grif and praised Simmons for the same action. When Grif saves Sarge's life by performing CPR after being shot in the head by Caboose, he initially thanked Simmons. However, upon learning who had actually resuscitated him, Sarge proceeds to berate Grif at length for the illogicality of using CPR "for a bullet wound in the head." Also, Simmons sees Sarge as a father figure hoping one day that Sarge will consider Simmons his son.

However by *Retrinution*, Simmons begins to believe that Sarge has no respect for him and begins to disobey several of his orders. However, Sarge does in fact have a high respect for Simmons' intellect and leadership qualities, saying that Command would have given Simmons his own squad a dozen times over.

### Lopez

Sarge seems to regard Lopez as his best friend and machine, despite Lopez constantly insulting him and the Reds, saying he would delete memory of them when they were gone. Sarge, not knowing Spanish, thinks all the insults are compliments to his crazy plans and Sarge overall. Lopez also once stated he would rather die than listen to Sarge and rejoices initially after the latter left Blood Gulch.

### Donut

Sarge seems to like Donut, never directly insulting him and respecting him as a teammate. However, he is sometimes disturbed by his strange sayings and actions like other characters. Sarge also considers Donut to be the Grenadier of the Red Team and it shows how useful he can sometimes be.

After Donut assumed death in *Retribution*, Sarge admitted that he missed Donut. Though he did not rejoice after discovering that he was alive, claiming that they should stop assuming it.

### Locus

Sarge generally holds a deep hatred toward Locus, mostly to due to the fact that the latter was hired to kill them. After Locus made amends and was arrested, Sarge (along with the rest of the Reds and Blues) begrudgingly ahd Locus parolled under their supervison. Locus was then put on Red Team, much to Sarge's disdain.

However overtime, the two seemed to have put aside their differences and work together. Such as when they took on Vernal and Raven briefly and worked along with Tucker and Carolina when Wash was in a coma.

## Blue Team

Sarge generally held the Blues in a negative light. Constantly blaming every problem during their time in Blood Gulch on them. Despite this, he is willing to submit to the various truces that the Reds and Blues initially held. This can be seen as taking on a common foe, such as O'Malley or the Meta, or even assisting Team RWBY, both teams see as friends/people stick in the crossfire of their conflict. But Sarge still treats them as enemies such as when he took the opportunity of breaking into the Freelancer base to delete all the Blue details from the system. Over time however, Sarge admits that he sees the Blues as true allies, but will still look for any excuse to go to war with them.

### Caboose

Sarge seems to take a liking toward Caboose, even when the two were in Blood Gulch. Its assumed that Sarge knew of Caboose's mental state and wished not do any harm to him. He even went along with Caboose to find Tucker and bring him to Valhalla, knowing that the former wouldn't survive on his own. Though Sarge's bloodthirsty taste for war does get the best of him, and he did try to hunt down Caboose briefly.

Both seem to generally respect one another, and work well together as well when faced with a common problem. Such as O'Malley and Team RWBY. Both soldier generally see the girls as friends and often try to help them without any question. Sarge was also happy when Ruby and Caboose started a relationship.

### Church

It is implied that Sarge respected Church to some degree. Mostly due to the fact that both were the leaders of opposing teams. Aside from that, little else is known of their relationship.

### Epsilon

Being the last AI fragment of the Alpha, Sarge and Epsilon's relationship is similar to that of Church's. Both generally respect one another and its presumed they were good friends, as Sarge was upset at Epsilon's sacrifice. Epsilon even thanked Sarge and rest of his team for helping him forge his own identity in his goodbye message to them.

### Tucker

Sarge initially had little to no opinion on Tucker, seeing him as an average soldier in the Blue Army. He later claimed that the latter was crazy due to him discovering some knowledge on the Red and Civil War. After Blood Gulch, Sarge was impressed at Tucker ability to defend a temple from C.T. and later acknowledged Tucker as one of their groups most capable soldiers.

When Tucker took up the leader of Blue Team after Epsilon's death, Sarge generally assisted Tucker in missions alongside his fellow co-leader. The two even worked together when Wash was in a coma during their time on Remnant.

### Kai

Unlike Grif, Sarge doesn't seem to hold any hatred or grudge on his sister Kai. Though he does see her as a bit of a tramp. When seeing her once more in *A Soldier's Debt*, he calls her a tramp once more, though in a friendlier tone. Sarge is also quick to protect Kai when she became the Fall Maiden.

### Washington

Upon first meeting him, Sarge believed Wash was a Blue (though this was proven wrong). The two would begrudgingly work together to bring down Project Freelancer, and later part ways. Sarge would later see Wash as an enemy after the latter captures Simmons and members of Team JNPR, along with seemingly killing both Donut and Lopez. He didn't squam from interrogating Wash and leaving in the desert for dead as punishment either. After Wash apologies though, Sarge ultimately forgave him and the two developed a respect for each other.

## Other Allies

### Doc

Originally Sarge seemed to hate Doc in way, and often found him quite annoying. He later made him an enemy after Doc was infected with the Omega AI, becoming O'Malley. After their time in Blood Gulch however, the two seem to have a decent friendship.

### Carolina

Sarge originally disliked Carolina upon meeting her, mostly because she beat up Grif and Simmons. He only saw her a bossy individual with a bad attitude and even gave her the nickname "Miss Fuzzy-Britches". Sarge, along with the rest of the Reds and Blues later stood up to Carolin and arefused to give up their lives for her mission. He later gave her second chance at the Freelancer Off-Site Storage Facility, and helped her.

Later on, the two have a good friendship and work together as co-leaders of the Reds and Blues alongside Tucker and Wash.

## Team RWBY

Sarge seems to put Team RWBY on a very high pedestal. He was rather upset of their absence since their time in Blood Gulch, and was quite surprised and happy upon their return. He also has a sense of loyalty to them, going as far to travel to Remnant to see if they ok.

### Ruby Rose

Sarge has quite a liking towards Ruby, seeing her a young red soldier, and tends to treat her as if she was on Red Team. Sarge also enjoys praising her leadership, even if it is childish. He also like her attire (due to it being red), and was rather upset when she changed it to blue. Ruby finds Sarge rather hilarious due to his crazy battle plans and convoluted tactics. Yet she does get annoyed at his antics from time to time.

Sarge also displays great loyalty to Ruby, such as helping her clear her and Team RWBY's name from Freelancer's archives.

### Weiss Schnee

Sarge has a extreme dislike towards Weiss that is as strong as his hatred for Grif. He sees the young heiress as nothing more than a bitch, and even calls her "Ice Queen", a name which the rest of his team and Team RWBY use to anger her. On top of his hatred, Sarge has went as far as to give Weiss over a group of aliens.

Weiss seems to have a similar view on Sarge as well. She sees him a an idiot who shouldn't even be a soldier. When the Reds and Blues discovered the true reason for their time in Blood Gulch, Weiss laughed in their faces until Sarge had enough of her negative view towards them and told her off.

### Blake Belladonna

Sarge and Blake have little interaction with each other. Though the two worked together to help Caboose find Tucker. He was also laid back when he found out Blake was Faunus, and showed no prejudice towards her.

### Yang Xiao-Long

Perhaps Sarge's best relationship out of Team RWBY is with Yang. Sarge likes her care-free tough attitude and brawler personality. He alos takes a liking to Ember Celica, her choice of weaponry, which are shotgun gauntlets. Yang in turn views Sarge similar to how Ruby see's him. Yet she can get annoyed whem he overthinks his already convoluded plans.

The two have worked together the most out of both teams. Both assisted Caboose in his mission to find Tucker at the Desert Temple, stopped C.T. from capturing Epsilon, rescued their friends from Agent Washington, fought Epsilon-Tex, and defeated the Meta along with saving Grif's life.