Authors note: so this is the second chapter of my first story I know there might be errors in it, please leave reviews, they are appreciated, I plan on releasing a new story every Tuesday, even though I am releasing this one on a Monday

Chapter Two: INVENTIONS

"And well that is why we need your help Weiss, somebody is hunting us and they need to be stopped" Ruby looked across Weiss's desk at the president of the Schnee Dust Company. While at Beacon Weiss and Ruby had trained together, and had become good friends, unfortunately the day after graduation Weiss had received news of her father's death

. Ruby thought back to that day, a little more than five years ago. Weis, Ruby half wined, half shouted, how can you just give up on being a huntress, we only graduated from Beacon yesterday.

Weiss looked at the girl who, until yesterday when they graduated, had been her team leader, "Ruby my father is dead", she said shouted, through tears of anger and sadness, "If I do not take over the SDC my sister will, and her morals are the same as my fathers, the white fang ceased their attacks on Atlas only one year ago, if another tyrant takes over the SDC and uses cheap faunus labor, who knows what will happen?" Weiss walked out the door, furious and her leader's unwillingness to listen to her. Ruby watched Weiss leave, "Weiss" she called after the retreating figure, "We're supposed to be teammates"

"Ruby" Weiss looked at the huntress in front of her who hadn't paid attention to a single thing she'd said. "Ruby, why are my words not important to you".

The dark haired huntress looked at her, "Oh, sorry Weiss, I didn't realize you had been talking, I was thinking about other things."

Weiss looked at her former Team leader in annoyance, it had been five years since she had last seen Ruby and she still had the attention span of a five year old that's eaten way to much chocolate. "If you had been listening to me", Weiss began, " you would have been aware of the fact that I am willing to do this mission with you, not because we are friends or anything, but because I respect Huntsmen and I believe whoever is responsible for these murders must be stopped. However, I need to know a lot more details than what you are giving me right now. Such as, where we will be staying, what should I pack, do you need any special dust cartridges etc."

Ruby looked at the president of the Schnee Dust Company in confusion, "Weiss, just what do you mean by special dust cartridges?"

Weiss chuckled, a smug look on her face, "Ruby, for the past five years I have been president of the largest dust company in Remnant, and during that time this company has developed several prototype dust rounds and cartridges for huntsmen to use in the field".

Weiss could tell by the look on Ruby's face that the young huntress hadn't really understood what she'd said, she sighed "Come on Ruby, let me show you what I am talking about" She got up and walked out of her office with Ruby trailing behind.

Blake, who had been quietly waiting in the lobby, looked up at them as they passed, "Where are you two going" she said as she got up to follow. Weiss looked at her, had it really been five years since she had last seen her former teammates?

"I'm taking Ruby down to the labs to show her some of the projects the SDC has been working on, you can come too if you like".

The Schnee Dust Company's weapons lab was one of the most advanced of its kind, from the Dust Cutting Laser to the shooting range the lab was fully equipped to create and blend any kind of dust and dust related materials.

Weiss went to the back wall and pressed on an inconspicuous looking panel. To her left a section of the wall slid back, revealing another room, lined across the left wall were multiple types of weapons, ranging from swords, to battle axes, to rifles to revolvers, and to what appeared to be a flute. The right wall held a work bench with many small instruments for calibrating and fusing dust. The Back wall had what appeared to several suits of armor.

Weiss smiled at the awestruck look on Blake and Ruby's faces. "How do you like my workshop", the platinum blonde girl asked.

Ruby couldn't believe it; she had always had a thing for weapons, and these were some of the most advanced forms of weaponry that she had ever seen. Ruby noticed a familiar shape among all the weapons, "Hey Weiss, is that Myrtenaster?"

Weiss turned and looked at what Ruby was gesturing at, she smiled. "Yes Ruby, that is Myrtenaster, I've been working on customizing it a bit, and it now has eight dust chambers instead of six, also it six oz. lighter than it used to be, giving me more speed in my strikes."

She then beckoned the other two girls over to her workbench, reaching into a small box she pulled out an interestingly colored vial of dust. "This dust is known simply as X-9, it is an experimental dust, made using a combination of fire and wind elements, with a small amount of ice element. The dust is designed so that when it strikes a target the target is immediately engulfed in a fiery tornado, which is then put out by the ice before said target can come to serious harm; the upside is it can incapacitate any opponent while being completely non-lethal."

Weiss then pulled a clip filled with greenish blue rounds out of the box and handed it to Blake. "Here, shoot one of these at that test dummy over there," gesturing to a lifelike decoy that inconspicuously slid out of the wall.

Blake looked at Weiss with some doubt before loading the clip into Gambol Shroud and switching the blade to its pistol form. Blake took aim and fired

Time seemed to stop for the Faunus huntress, she could see the projectile slowly making its way towards the dummy, Weiss and Ruby appeared to be frozen although she could move about like normal, then as quick as it had frozen the time returned to normal.

Blake looked at Weiss in bewilderment and anger, "Weiss what was that, I fired that thing and then the only thing moving normally was me!"

Weiss laughed at the angry Faunus, finally getting ahold of herself she answered, "Blake, that is what I like to call a time bender bullet, it is a precise combination of 45.987% wind dust and 54.013% lightning dust, when fired from a gun it causes the user to move at 500 times their normal speed, and the affect lasts for five seconds, I designed it so that when in a pinch one can just fire one of these and escape their enemy".

Blake looked at her, still a little angry but impressed with the potential of the round. Weiss gestured at the suits of armor, "Last but not least is my piece de résistance, body armor made entirely out of DRF, or Dust Resistant Fabric. It is a material specifically designed so that when worn, enemy Dust attacks will not affect the wearer, also the best part is it is incredibly thin, very light, but extremely durable, and it fits comfortably under article of clothing. It took me three years to develop this material, but with it team RWBY will be well protected against whatever we may come up across."

Weiss smiled at Ruby and Blake. "I have all the ammo we will need to here and Ruby you can get me a list of supplies. So I just have one question, where are we going to from here."

Ruby looked at Weiss with a smile on her face, the Ice Queen looked incredibly eager to see her tech in action, "Now, now we need to go convince my sister to become a huntress again" she replied.

Lie Ren stepped into the medium sized apartment he called home, hanging up StormFlower he walked over to the fridge to get himself a snack. The tall serene huntsman sensed an unfamiliar presence in the room, turning on the light he walked into the living room.

Standing in the middle of the room was an intruder, dressed in black pants and a dark red shirt, with a black overcoat, his eyes were an interesting shade of yellow and his hair appeared to be brown, on top of his head he wore a black fedora, with a red band.

Lie Ren spoke "Why are you here."

The intruder did not reply, silently drawing an interestingly designed weapon, it looked like a shotgun consisting of two barrels; one over the other and on the side was an emblem consisting of a rose over a pair of blades.

Ren looked at the gun pointed at his chest and wondered what he had done to deserve death, he never got get an answer before the man fired, thirty small red balls of dust shot out of the barrel, thudding into Ren's chest.

Ren flew into the wall, bleeding but still alive, he glared at the man, while wondering if he could get to StormFlower before this intruder killed him, unfortunately the answer was no, the man fired the second barrel and a large slug hit Ren square in the chest, causing the dust embedded in him to explode.

Slate Rose, satisfied that his job was done, turned off all the lights, locked the door, and walked off into the night, mentally checking another name off of his list.

A/N Please don't hate me for that ending, these huntress's and huntsman must die for the greater good of plot