Okay, so with some coaxing and helpful criticism I'm starting this story from the ground up to make it like 10x better than it was before so that it can be something spectacularly story driven and amazing!

The Remnant's of RWBY

Chapter 1: The Boy from the Vault

Jaune pushed his cart down the hall nervously, the wheels squeaking on his way down the stainless steel hallway that smelled like recycled oxygen. Today was another day for him in Vault 73 as a custodian and one of the things he didn't look forward to was the suffocating smell of ammonia. He hated that the G.O.A.T. had assigned him to this job, especially since every other job he could have gotten he was sure he'd be good at! Sure he'd blown up the science lab by mixing the wrong materials, and sure he may not have been physically fit enough to handle the security force, but a custodian was not the job for him! As if on que, the security force did come his way, and the ever so rude Cardin Winchester shoved him into the wall, "Watch where you're going mop-head!" He had called him that, because of his scruffy blonde head and the fact that he was a custodian. Jaune kept out of his way and nursed his shoulder as he began to pick up his supplies that had spilled off of his cart. He reached for the bleach to touch hands with the Vault's medical intern, and one of the few Faunus who were let inside the Vault despite the war that had ended in nuclear fire, Velvet Scarlatina.

"Sorry, you looked like you needed some help." She added nervously.

"Yeah, thanks. It's going to be a rough day." He said as he picked up the rest of his supplies and put them back on the cart.

"Don't let them get you down, Cardin and his gang is just jealous that you are such a wonderful person." She said with a warm smile.

"If I'm so wonderful then why am I stuck mopping people's floors, while they get vault armor and bully me." He said as he picked up his stuff, "Thanks Vel, but I just need to get back to work."

He continued his rounds, only really taking joy in the fact that his mother was the Overseer; although his dad, the previous chief of security, decided to leave the Vault to see if the outside world was okay and he never came back. Now that Cardin's dad was the chief, Cardin was his go-to man for making sure everyone stayed in line. So Jaune pushed his cart around and cleaned up the floors and cafeteria, making sure the trash disposal units were working at max efficiency. The one thing he liked about being a custodian though is that if maintenance ever had a problem they would call him over to help out if they needed the extra hands, because no one knew the workings of the Vault like Jaune. And that day was especially special, because it was his seventeenth birthday. So when he arrived at the cafeteria around lunchtime, a few of his friends were there. Vel and her buddies were in different departments, he didn't know them too well, but he knew that Coco was in the Science Labs and Yatsuhashi and Fox worked on the security team as the few good ones. His mother sat there as well with Perkins his boss, and Matchstick their Mr. Handy who worked with Jaune to clean the halls; truth be told, Jaune was only a custodian so he could replace Perkins when he retired.

"Jaune!" Velvet waved motioning him to sit with them, as she handed him a slice of cake, it was marble cake with vanilla icing, his favorite. "I cut it before Matchstick could so you don't need to worry it's safe."

He smiled and ate it as her friends told jokes and had fun, his mother discussed with him her plans for the Vault while she was still running it at least, and Perkins gave him the latest update on maintenance. "So today I heard Rodney say that the Vault's water chip is acting up, so he may try to start a rationing system around here. You know I don't get why people don't just head out and ask another Vault for help, or hell just head out and try life on the outside! Your father, was the bravest among us, and I remember your granddad trying the same thing too! They were just two men though, imagine what would happen if we all left and used those batons and guns of ours! We'd be fine." He ranted, as Jaune's mother turned to him.

"We've been over this, even if we call for it, these people have been too sheltered. They'll just want to stay inside and live where they know it's safe. Besides, right now we've got the means to survive and that's all I want. I don't want to send anyone out knowing that they will die!" She said as she pouted with a mouthful of cake. Say what you will about his mother's wisdom, Jaune knew just how childish she was and how much he took after her.

"Maybe it is time to go out," Jaune said, getting everyone's attention, "I mean, how much longer until something major malfunctions like the Vault door." He said finishing off his slice, before getting up to finish off his rounds. He continued cleaning the Vault making sure to stop by Timmy Davis' to give him a candy, as Timmy and Jaune were good friends despite the age gap of seven years.

"Thanks for the sucker Jaune, as usual here's the next issue of Grognak the Barbarian I was able to get from my big brother." Jaune took it and opened the pages, reading it as he leaned on the cart and pushed it with his weight, watching how Grognak fought his foes with his signature battleax and war-sword. He enjoyed the little comics despite their foolishness. He took his routine trip over by the door to pay his respects to his dad and to clean, to find that Cardin was patrolling it today. As he put his hand on his chest and set down the flower Velvet had made out of colored paper, Cardin chuckled.

"Still praying he'll make it back? Face the facts, Jauny-boy your dad is deader than any Radroach that scuttles through here!" He cried out with a laugh as he continued to toss his baseball in the air.

"At least my dad isn't a coward who hides in a hole in the ground." Jaune muttered as he looked up to see the ball whizzing at his head, he was able to move out of the way in time, but the ball hit the open button on the Vault door controls.

"Now look what you did mop-head!" Cardin cried as he stormed over to switch it off, and picked up his ball, "You insult my father again and I'll have to make sure you get an extended stay in Velvet's infirmary!" He said jabbing his finger into Jaune's chest before hitting the close button. "Why isn't it working!?" Cardin fussed.

"The door's designed to close only after it's fully opened." Jaune stated, "Just wait a little bit, it's not so bad." He said as he looked at the door and tapped his foot. It finally opened and Jaune turned to Cardin, "Now press it." Cardin did as he was told, but there was a grinding followed by a deafening crack, "Well that can't be good." Jaune added as he heard a large buzzing noise. Fifteen large rapier wasps filled the gap, as Jaune looked down the tunnel to see that the exit to the Vault had been converted to a hive for the creatures. Jaune turned to Carden who was already backing away from the creatures and drawing his 10mm pistol, he opened fire, killing three, but that only made them angrier.

They frenzied, and Cardin turned and ran. Jaune looked about for the closest available weapon, only seeing his mop. He took it and pointed the mop end towards them to which they just buzzed angrily, one flew towards him, and he rolled to the side whipping his mop so it tangled the mop-head around it's stinger as he sent out a distress call on his Pip-boy. "Mayday, mayday, this is front gate we've been breached! Rapier wasps are flooding in and these things are huge!" It yanked itself free and was ready to attack him, when a sword flew through its skull as a figure in power armor stood there ready to fight. They cut a formidable figure standing at close to six feet of solid steel and wiring, with a red half cape and a helmet as black as night. They had a second sword that was red and orange on their back with a bronze shield.

The other wasps turned around, and the stranger drew their second sword which shifted into a gun as they dropped into a crouch and began to open fire downing the things quickly. The wasps quickly reorganized and closed the distance. The stranger turned the gun back into a sword, and drew their shield from their back as they fought them off. Jaune turned to the wasp the stranger killed and removed the sword from it, charging into the fray to assist the stranger, hacking down wasp after wasp to close the distance. He finally got close as the stranger hacked down the last of the wasps and turned to face him. The stranger looked at him briefly before they reared back to strike as their sword became a javelin, and he raised his blade to strike. They side-stepped him, as his blade nicked their helmet and they threw their javelin at a wasp behind him who had decided to get back up. The stranger turned to speak and he heard a muffled attempt at speech for a minute before they removed their helmet, and it was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. She had long red hair in a ponytail and beautiful emerald eyes. "I'm sorry I didn't communicate my thoughts when I was fighting, I just saw that wasp and I acted. Unfortunately for me you nicked my speech unit and my optics system so this helmet it useless now." She said tossing it aside.

"Yeah." He replied dreamily.

"Are you okay?" She asked.

"I'm Jaune," He said, "I mean, yes! Yes I am okay, I mean my name's not okay but," He looked at her and she was snickering, "Yeah, I'm Jaune and I am not dead because of you so, thanks." He said extending his hand which she almost crushed in a vice-grip.

"I'm sorry!" She exclaimed, "I sometimes forget this is power armor." She said as she noticed the crowd that had gathered at the entrance, she waved at Jaune's mother, "Hello, you must be the Overseer, I am Knight Pyrrha Nikos of the Brotherhood of Steel, and I was on patrol avoiding the rapier wasp nest when I heard Jaune's distress signal on the other side and wondered who'd be foolish enough to be inside it. Little did I know a Vault was here!" She exclaimed, "Jaune is a great asset, not many Vault dwellers stand their ground against rapier wasps armed with only a mop."

His mother smiled and looked at him, "Well I thank you for saving my son Knight Nikos, and I must say your timing is impeccable. We have been having technical problems and I was considering sending out some people to gather parts to repair our Vault."

"Well the Wasteland is no place for any Vault Dwellers who can't handle themselves, however I would not mind running security as I took a few of them to the nearby city of Vale, it's not as big as it used to be but a good bit of it has survived the war." She said with optimism.

His mother pondered it, and approached Jaune with his grand-father's Shield/Sheath and eyed the sword, "That was your fathers, I don't know where Knight Nikos found it, but I think it will serve you well with the rest of it." She said as she sheathed the blade and handed it back to him. He turned to face his old friend's as Velvet and her friends stepped forward.

"We'll accompany Jaune to Vale." She said, "You're going to need a doctor, and some extra able hands." She said looking at Knight Nikos.

Pyrrha smiled, "Very well, the more the merrier. Shall we be off then Jaune?"

He took one last look at his old life and family before meeting Pyrrha's gaze, "Let's go!"

And so they ventured out into the blindingly bright Wasteland, not knowing the adventure they were in for.

TADA! Now I need to work on every other chapter and repost this when it's all done.