Chapter 1: End of the Beginning - Mute Edition

Author's Note: Hello everyone, Israel here and I would like to introduce to you guys a new crossover story between RWBY and Red vs Blue. With RWBY Volume Four coming up, I decided to do an AU version of it starring Rooster Teeth's two greatest mutes. If this story gets popular, I will be more focused on it. Anyway, let's start the episode.

A black colored creature covered in bone armor with wings received a stab in the eye from a thin blade. The blade is connected to a handle that's being held by a girl with a hair combination of pink, brown, and vanilla white. In her other hand is a parasol that handle blade was connected to.

The girl is known as Neopolitan, or Neo for short. She's a female in her early 20s, skilled at assassinating and possesses an acrobatic fighting style. Another winged creature attacked her, only for her to shatter like glass. Neo suddenly appeared right on top of it and drove the blade through the creature's neck, killing it and causing it to disintegrate into ash and dust.

Just like the rest of the population of this planet, the planet named Remnant, Neo possesses special abilities. She specifically has multiple of them. One of her abilities is Mirror, the ability to have mirror based powers. Therefore, she can create glass clones of herself and other people as illusions and reflect physical attacks.

Another one of her abilities is Teleportation. Neo rarely uses this power, only to get out of sticky situations that not even she can handle. Using this move in a fight makes her think of herself as a coward. The last time she teleported from a fight was when she got ambushed by an older woman who wore a Grimm mask. Thinking of that woman made Neo's blood boil since she was robbed from a kill and a special someone of hers ended up going to jail.

Another ability that Neo has is known as Mystique, which has somewhat of a connection to her Mirror ability. With this ability, Neo can change her appearance to anyway how she wants. It allows her to be unrecognizable and be good at stealth missions. She can also mirror other people's appearance as her own to make things easier.

Her last ability is her Special Heterochromia. For people with this trait, they would have one eye with a colored iris and the other one having a different colored iris. The reason Neo's heterochromia is special is that she has three pairs of irises that the girl can shift within her eyes. It basically allows her to have three pairs of eyes, which allows her to see through illusions by shifting the irises.

With all of these abilities and skills, Neo is a dangerous foe to come across. The pint-sized female is currently fighting off a pack of winged monsters. These monsters are known as Griffons, one of the many species of a race known as the Grimm. A look of anger and annoyance was on Neo's face. These creatures are currently attacking her while she needs to be somewhere else.

Luckily for her, Neo already killed two of them while there are four Griffons left. One of the monsters flew at her, only to be sent back dazed as if it got hit. Once again, Neo reflected the Griffon's physical attack. Seeing her opportunity, Neo raced towards the monster and stabbed it in the chest before it could recover.

Two of the remaining Griffons flew at Neo, but the female used her acrobatic abilities to flip over and land behind them. There were times that Neo regretted not using long ranged weapons in her arsenal, but she found them not as fun as close ranged ones. While the two attacking Griffons stopped going to their intended direction, the other Griffon tried to chase after Neo.

However, Neo anticipated the attack and delivered a hard kick to the side of the monster's head. She quickly impaled the Griffon's head from under its jaw, killing it. The two other creatures turned around just to see their fallen pack member fall to the ground and disintegrate.

The two Griffons each gave a roar, but Neo has a look on her face that tells she didn't care. She wants to kill those Grimm and get it over with. She needs to find her special someone before it's too late, the same special someone she broke out jail just a while ago. It's time to kill these fuckers.

The first of the two remaining Griffons flew towards Neo, but she ran and slid underneath it. Using her blade, the female quickly stabbed the monster's underbelly. The Griffon screeched in pain, but Neo dug the blade deeper before the creature died. As the Griffon collapsed next to her, the last one chased towards her.

Neo quickly created a glass clone illusion to take her place and moved out of the way. Once the Griffon crashed into the duplicate, the clone shattered into glass. Before the monster could realize its mistake, Neo grabbed it from behind and drove the blade through the back of its head which successfully killed it.

Neo stared emotionlessly at the disintegrating Griffon, feeling absolutely no pity for the Grimm. To her, they were nothing but worthless pawns that belonged to a dark force. Neo is currently employed by that dark force, but that's only because for her special someone. She's only with them for him.

Knowing she can't waste time any longer, Neo placed her blade back into her parasol and made her way. She didn't know which direction to find him, but she needed to do it fast. It's only a matter of time before something bad happens and needs to be there to prevent it. Suddenly Neo heard a loud noise in the sky and looked up, seeing a sight that horrified her.

A large airship is on fire, slowly descending at an increasing speed where it will predictably crash. The reason Neo is horrified is because she was on that airship not too long ago with him, her partner. They were on that airship before being attacked by a young teen girl they like to identify as Little Red.

Of course, Neo knows that Little Red's name is really Ruby Rose and she watched her and her team fight in the Vytal Tournament. Then again, Little Red only fought in the first round before two of her teammates advanced into the second round. For the past year, the young teen has been a thorn to Neo's partner.

When Little Red attacked them, Neo and her partner easily kicked her ass. It was only until the young teen opened Neo's parasol that cause the female to unexpectedly exit the airship, leaving her partner to fight the teen girl. Now, Neo has to check to see if her partner is at the airship and survived.

Using her teleportation, Neo appeared at the field where the airship would crash. Opening her parasol, the female shielded herself from the impact of the vessel hitting the ground. Changing her outfit to fireproof clothing, Neo went into the fiery airship. She's going to do whatever it takes to rescue her partner.

Going in deeper into the blazing aircraft, Neo realized that it's going to explode once the fire reaches the dust fuel. She ran, desperately searching for her partner. The pint-sized female eventually reached the airship's control room. The first thing that she saw was the scroll that they used on the ship's computer system. For some reason, the small device was still intact. She grabbed it, thinking that it could be useful later.

As Neo continued to look through the blazing control room, she found something, or rather two items that shocked her. One is a bowler hat while the other is a weaponized cane. The items are there, but there's no body. It's impossible since her partner cherished those items. Tears appeared in Neo's eyes as she assumed the worst. Wasting no time, she grabbed the two items and teleported out of the burning airship and appeared at a safe distance from it. Within seconds, the aircraft exploded.

Neo watched the explosion as tears streamed down her cheeks, making no sound. How could she make a sound? Neo is mute. She cradled the bowler hat and cane against her chest. The two items once belonged to her partner are now reminders of his nonexistence. Her partner, the man she loves, is now dead. Roman Torchwick is now dead.

As Neo continued to watch the fireball of an airship, she began to seethe in anger. Once again, she is alone in the world. Neo hasn't been alone in a decade, ever since she and Roman met as teenagers. But now, he has been taken away from her. Rage began to build up as Neo decided to blame two people for the cause of Roman's death.

The first person Neo blames is Ruby Rose. The ship wouldn't crash if it wasn't for Little Red meddling in their plans. The female criminal knew that the young teen was directly responsible for causing the airship to crash. Neo knew from Roman's tales that Little Red always loves to play the hero due to her status as a huntress in training from Beacon Academy.

The second person that Neo blames is her employer. No scratch that, her former employer. From this moment on, Neo will no longer work for the witch Cinder Fall. Roman only worked for Cinder Fall because she threatened his life. The male criminal had no power against the fire witch, forcing him to work for her to secure his survival.

The only way for Neo to truly avenge Roman is to kill both Ruby Rose and Cinder Fall. She feels nothing but pure hatred for them and wouldn't let anyone get in her way. Neo's going to do whatever she can to put them in their graves or die trying.

Meanwhile in the deep reaches of space is a large spacecraft. One the side of the vessel are the letters 'UNSC.' It is an acronym for the United Nations Space Command. The spaceship is coming from the ice planet Sidewinder. In it is a special cargo. It is the body of the former Freelancer Agent Maine, also known as the Meta.

Along with the body are Maine's special armor that contains multiple, dangerous equipment and his personal weapon known as the Brute Shot, a weapon that's part knife and part rifle/grenade launcher. Agent Maine was apparently defeated on Sidewinder by a group of red and blue simulation soldiers.

Along the apparent list of defeat are former Freelancer Agent Texas and Agent Washington. The crew members on board the ship who still surprised and amazed on how simulation troopers managed to kill three skilled Freelancers. They were three of the best agents from Project Freelancer.

A doctor entered the room, about to perform an autopsy on the Meta. The doctor, in his Spartan armor suit, brought his surgical trays and tape recorder with him. He stared at the Meta's body before setting up his tools. He has heard stories about Project Freelancer, headed by Director Leonard Church. Agent Maine was described as a monstrous machine, known for his supernatural strength and durability.

"This is Doctor Randolph Lynch here to perform the autopsy on the Meta, formerly known as Agent Maine of Project Freelancer," the doctor said to his tape recorder as he picked up a scalpel with his other hand. As the male doctor is about to cut open the seemingly dead Freelancer, Agent Maine's right arm suddenly grabbed him by the throat.

While the helmet couldn't show it, Dr. Lynch's face is full of fear. How was this possible? Agent Maine was supposed to be dead. He was pushed off from a cliff to the freezing waters of Sidewinder while attached to a jeep. Agent Maine's eyes opened wide awake and looked at the shivering doctor.

He noticed the scalpel in the doctor's hand and gave a low growl. Dr. Lynch tried to stab the freelancer, but the Meta used his other arm to grab the wrist. Quickly, he forces the doctor to stab himself in an area not covered in armor before snapping his neck. Dr. Lynch collapses onto the floor dead.

Agent Maine got off the table he was one and look at his hands. He was confused on how he is still alive. The former freelancer looked around the room that he's in, finding his armor and weapon. Suddenly memories from the fight on Sidewinder came to him, allowing him to remember how he survived.

Flashback

Agent Maine was on a recovery mission with his former Project Freelancer member Agent Washington. Their mission objective was to capture the A.I. Epsilon. They had a device that would absorb the A.I. which would also prevent it from leaving. The Meta was still within Agent Maine, as he planned to take the device for himself.

Ambushing them was Agent Texas, the top agent of Project Freelancer. However, Agent Maine knew her as the A.I. Beta. Seeing her had satisfied Maine. After a short but brutal fight by Agent Texas, Maine successfully absorbed the A.I. and connected the device onto his suit, giving him more power.

Standing in way however was Agent Washington, who attacked him. Washington had a goal of bringing in Epsilon so he could get out of prison, but it didn't matter to Agent Maine. Washington managed to land some hits, but Maine eventually overpowered the freelancer with his equipment.

Despite that, another obstacle came to the white armored warrior. The red and blue simulation troops joined the fight and attacked Agent Maine. He was more skilled than those fake soldiers, allowing him to easily fight back but their number advantage annoyed him as they swarmed him.

The tides were turned as one of the simulation troops, a turquoise colored one, stabbed Agent Maine through the chest with an energy sword. It didn't stop the freelancer but placed him in a rage. After beating down the turquoise soldier, Agent Maine was shot at by a red soldier with a shotgun.

"Come here you big son of a bitch!" the red simulation soldier shouted as he pumped his shotgun. Agent Maine growled and walked towards him. As the freelancer walked towards him, the red soldier kept on shooting him with his shotgun. Once Agent Maine got close enough, he knocked the shotgun right out of the soldier's hands. The red trooper yelped as the freelancer grabbed him by the neck.

"Hey Grif, I've lost my shotgun!" the red soldier called out to one of his allies. Agent Maine stared down his victim, who was starting to struggle. "What am I going to without… my shotgun?!" Agent Maine could only wonder why his opponent would call for his allies if he knew he was going to die. "Shotgun, dammit!" Again, the soldier kept on yelling shotgun.

What Agent Maine didn't know was that two of the red troop's allies, an orange colored troop and a maroon colored troop, knew what 'shotgun' meant and quickly went to enact their plan. The freelancer found the phrase as a strange use of last words but proceeded to kill the red soldier, who began groaning.

"Hey Meta, settle a bet would ya. Does that thing look like big cat to you?" the red soldier asked Agent Maine. The freelancer turned to see what the simulation trooper meant, only to see the orange and maroon soldiers pushing a jeep off a cliff. Agent Maine looked down to see a hook on his armor that's connected to the jeep.

Just as the freelancer realized what's going on, the fall of the jeep dragged him across the ground towards the cliff. Agent Maine was forced to let go of his victim as he was being taken to his doom while also losing the device in the process. He knew that if he's going to die, he's at least going to take one of them with him.

As he got close to the edge of the cliff, Agent Maine grabbed the orange colored soldier by his ankle. However, the maroon colored soldier grabbed the orange one's hand which forced the freelancer to let go. As Agent Maine fell towards the freezing waters below, he desperately tried to think of a way to get out of the situation. He just got back the power that made him whole only for it to be taken away from him.

Agent Maine thought which of the equipment he gained would allow him to survive. North's Domed Energy Shield won't be of used as neither will be Tex's Active Camouflage. An idea came to the freelancer's mind. Wyoming's temporal distortion might be able to work. It'll use up all of his suit's energy, but it'll be worth the chance to see another day.

As Agent Maine activated the equipment, it didn't work as the way he wanted it. Instead of time around him freezing, he and the air around froze in time due to him lacking an A.I. to work it correctly. Now frozen in a bubble of solid air, Agent Maine immediately went into the freezing waters.

By the time the UNSC workers arrived, the temporal distortion unit deactivated. Water began to seep into Maine's suit. No longer frozen in time, the freelancer began to feel the water within his suit. The heavy water pressure kept him from moving to escape. Agent Maine fell unconscious from the lack of oxygen just as an UNSC worker unhooked him from the jeep.

Flashback end

The former Agent Maine growled in anger as he now remembered the events. Those simulation troopers robbed him of his power. He was going to be in control this time, not Sigma or any of the A.I. He was going to be his own Meta. The former freelancer place on his suit and grabbed his Brute Shot. The suit no longer has its energy while his weapon is unloaded. It didn't matter to him. The ship is full of energy and ammunition to use. As for right now, he's going to bide his time before he strikes.

Author's Note: That's it for this chapter. The next chapter will be a short timeskip. Anyway, read and review.