RWBY AND FRIENDS REACT:
RESIDENT HUNTSMAN

By: warrior of six blades

"God of Darkness speaking"
'God of Darkness thinking'
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
Flashback
"Speaking in Flashback"
''Thinking during Flashback'

*Communications device/reading files*

Viewing portal of Resident Huntsman scenes

AN from warrior of six blades: We currently have NO MORE plans to bring anyone else into the reaction series, besides the promised Summer Rose, Saphron, and Mrs. Arc to the viewing. This is technically an exclusive, true, but keep in mind that while the God of Light could be argued as Heartless Order. The God of Darkness can be rather an Impulsive Chaos doing what he feels he wants, which can sometimes mean not caring about the balance like his brother does. After all, he DID revive Ozma at the plead of Salem, unaware she was tricking him at the time. Just think about that, he was willing to revive one human despite how his brother feels about the balance. Because he thought for the first time he has someone to genuinely worship him.

But yes, for anyone curious. I do find the Gods are childish and very flawed in logic on a personal level as they DID play a hand in making Salem what she is. Yes, she made her choices that SHE must pay for, in some shape or form in the end. But they did nothing to really help Salem find the peace the God of Light was expecting her to. Especially the God of Light. God of Darkness DID wipe out humanity all because they used magic against him, despite the fact he stopped their attacks cold without getting hurt. But God of Light did NOTHING to talk him down or stop him. He let it happen. As Ren's father, Li Ren, once said. "Sometimes the worst action to take...is taking no action at all."

With that said please read, review, and hopefully enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: I own nothing of RWBY or Resident Evil! I'm just a fan who has bought the anime/CGI/games and wanted to make this fanfic.

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Chapter Two: Revival, Burdens of Heroism, And The City of the Dead

Everyone was honestly shocked at the question, but yet they could see it too. It'd make sense in some way to see if they wanted anything before continuing, maybe he'd let them have a minute to absorb all of this?

I mean with what they just witnessed and was warned, Jaune's night was far from over and they had to absorb the fact they would have to witness him battling the undead.

Blake just hoped there would be no more undead dogs. Those things were now her worst nightmare compared to ANY other dog she had come across or heard of.

Though, for one little Rose, there was a nagging question on her mind that must be asked.

"God of Darkness? I do have...one request, if you'll hear me out." Ruby said hesitantly, already feeling the eyes drawn on her in concern and confusion. She doubted this would go well, but... she had to ask. There was so much left unsaid and if turned down she would accept it. But she had to try, for so long she wondered what she was like and had to try to get some closure.

The God of Darkness tilted his head in curiosity, what would a pure soul ask of him?

"Depends on your request, but go ahead little Rose, speak your mind." The God of Darkness said awaiting her request with some interest.

"Could you let me speak to my mom?" Ruby asks, making Team RWBY gasp in shock, especially Yang who looked at her little surprise and worry. "It doesn't have to be a permanent revival, but...I want to speak to her, if only for a few minutes."

"Miss Rose, please consider what you're asking!" Ozpin said fearing the consequences of such a request. "Salem got how she is because she tried to revive me, Remnant itself is at stake because she put her feelings, and me, above everyone else! Only to lose herself along the way, is that what you want?"

"I just want to talk to her! I already said it doesn't have to be a permanent revival! If he doesn't do it I can accept that, but I have to ask!" Ruby shouted back, glaring at the old Headmaster in a rare show of anger, before growing depressed.

"It might be easy for you to cast aside how you feel, but it's not for me. I never got to know my own mother and if I could have that for even a few minutes, I would be more grateful than anything." Ruby said, only to be surprised as Yang hugged her from behind.

Unseen to the others, Ozpin tightened his hands into fists as she said, "It might be easy for you to cast aside how you feel". Ozpin's eyes pained as he seems to stare into space, but in reality he was seeing all the losses he suffered. 'Do you really think it's easy for me, Ruby?' Ozpin thinks sorrowfully, a familiar pain in his heart that has haunted him for many lifetimes.

"Yang?" Ruby asks turning as best she could to face her older sister who stayed behind her, feeling her tears dropping on her shoulder and neck.

"I get it, Ruby, I do. Losing Summer, our supermom, hurt me a lot and I know it hurt you too. I tried to take away the pain and I know I failed in that, but please promise me you won't lose yourself trying to get some time with her." Yang pleaded to Ruby who hugged her back with some struggling effort to turn while wrapped in Yang's hug. Hugging her back.

"Yang, don't worry, you won't lose me. I guarantee I won't repeat Salem's mistakes." Ruby comforted her sister. Qrow summoned a refill in his flask to take a drink when no one was looking before hiding it in his shirt. The God of Darkness shaking his head at the sight.

'Look at what your death has caused, Summer, a broken family, an alcoholic friend, and your daughter following in your foot steps. If left unchecked she could end up repeating history...'The God of Darkness thought to himself before an idea occurred to his mind.

'Actually, this could be a good way to teach them both a much needed lesson and get back at my brother for making Ozma reincarnate until his mission is done without talking to me about it first.' The God of Darkness thought vengefully, if he had a mouth they would've seen a dark mischievous grin on his face.

"I'll do you one better, little Rose. If you accept my deal." The God of darkness stated shocking everyone as Qrow and Ozpin grew wary at the mention of a deal.

"You...you will?" Ruby asks with some hope, while some of the more world wary souls looks at him suspicious of his intent.

"Of course, I will revive Summer Rose and allow her to go back with you to live as long as naturally possible, assuming she doesn't get killed as she will be mortal of course." The God of Darkness began as Ruby, Yang, and Qrow felt a bit of hope and wariness in their hearts at the tempting offer before them.

"But only this once. If she, you, or Yang here anger me before I return you, your friends, along with Summer to Remnant. She pays the price with her life and I won't revive her again. Do we have a deal, little Rose?" The God of Darkness said making Ruby consider the offer before her more carefully than she had any other situation.

On one hand, she could get her mom back and allowed to come back with them, but that is only if Summer, herself, and Yang don't anger him. So far they haven't exactly angered him, but there was that nagging feeling of worry in the back of her head. What if something happens that causes them to anger this being by accident? Then she'd witness her mother dying in front of her, all because she messed up without realizing it.

"And that's it?" Yang's voice cut through her thoughts as she looked up at her sister staring down the God of Darkness with some fear hidden by a determined glare. "All we have to do is play nice until you return us with mom to Remnant and we keep mom back in our lives. No tricks or last minute conditions?"

"Yang you can't be serious-" Qrow began to protest.

"I am Qrow and I know not to blindly trust him, but I have to be sure." Yang cut him off sternly, not even looking as she kept her determined stare on the God of darkness. She was terrified of being killed by this being, of seeing Ruby die or get hurt, or her friends. But this meant the world to Ruby and secretly...to herself. She wasn't as willing to believe as Ruby, but for her sister's sake she was willing to take a risk if there was no lies or tricks in this.

The God of Darkness felt amusement at this, the little girl truly had more courage than her cowardly mother. It's funny how the weaker daughter has more backbone than her mother, despite all the power she has as a maiden.

"There is no tricks or last minute conditions. The terms are set in stone once the deal is accepted and there will be no alterations. If you, Ruby, and Summer follow my terms, she will be with you in the world of the living until she dies." The God of Darkness assures with sincerity and finality in his tone. Almost as if a judge banging his gavel as he gave a sentence.

"Why do this? What about the balance you and your brother keep?" Ozpin asks with suspicion and distrust at this offer, as well as some envy hidden in his heart that he was trying to push away. Why do this for them when he got killed shortly after his revival?

"First off, unlike Salem, they aren't trying to trick me into it. Secondly, I'm not trying to make her immortal or reincarnate continuously, like my brother did with your soul without asking my opinion on it. So she will eventually die again anyway." The God of Darkness told as if stating the weather, not bothered at all about the thought of reviving someone.

"But what about the balance? Wasn't it sacred to you two? Wasn't that why you killed me when your brother pointed out she tricked you?" Ozpin presses earning glares from Ruby, Yang, and Qrow. Feeling that he was endangering the deal they had going for Summer. While Blake, Weiss, Maria, and Oscar felt suspicious of this deal being presented like this. Was there some sort of play here the God of Darkness was not telling them?

"To a degree, yes. We agreed and keep to the balance that was set between us, but I personally don't believe the balance is as fragile as brother does." The God of Darkness stated surprising Ozpin in stunned silence. "Don't get me wrong, I won't go around reviving multitudes of people over every little sob story. Rather, I do this because I see an opportunity here and I know the balance of the universe won't collapse just because a few people get revived here and there. Especially since those who are revived will die in time anyway, as long as certain beings don't make them immortal or reincarnate continuously."

"What opportunity?" Qrow asks with an edge in his tone, not liking there was something they wasn't told.

"Simple, I plan to help Ruby and Summer understand a very important lesson both seem ignorant of." The God of Darkness stated nonchalantly, as it wasn't a big deal in his mind.

"What lesson is that? You better not hurt my sister." Yang growled out a warning, one that made the God of Darkness gain a dark aura around him.

"For your information, I had no intention to harm either Summer or Ruby Rose. But more importantly..." The God of Darkness began with an edge in his voice, before vanishing in a burst of speed and grabbing Yang with a single hand. Yang felt herself being strangled by his giant sized hand.

"Yang!" Ruby, Blake, Weiss, Oscar, and Qrow shouted in concern and fear for her safety.

"Don't ever threaten a god so lightly, Xiao Long. I'm not as merciful or inclined to care for your life as your coward of a mother or my brother. So if you use that tone with me again, I WILL kill you without a second thought." The God of Darkness warned her with a tone that promised to deliver on his warning, making her and everyone else shiver in fear of what he was going to do. Before he turned and threw her right at Qrow.

The man caught Yang and instinctively used his aura to brace himself as they tumbled over. Ruby, Blake, and Weiss all rushing to check on the brawler who was gasping for breath back into her lungs.

"Yang! Are you alright?!" Ruby cried out in worry as she tackled Yang into a hug, while Qrow was trying to help her up. Nearly making them lose balance as the man had to shift his weight to keep them both from falling on top of him again.

"Y-Yeah...I'm good, Ruby, I'm okay." Yang shakily replied, looking at the God of Darkness with fear clear in her eyes now. Shaking at how close she felt to dying for that instant. A tremor that Qrow felt and growled in anger, glaring daggers at the God of Darkness for threatening his nieces.

That damn deity is VERY lucky all their weapons were confiscated and the God of Darkness has more power than they knew how to fight against... Or he'd personally enjoy cutting him into pieces for ever laying a hand on Yang like he had.

"About our deal, little Rose..."The God of Darkness stated, not caring at all how disturbed they were with how Yang was threatened with her life. "Do we have a deal or not?"

Ruby stared hard at the being who threatened her sister. She knew from Jinn he wasn't merciful, but he did seem to honor his word. Still...to so callously threaten Yang's life because she tried to threaten him out of concern for her safety? She wanted to make him pay, but she wanted her mom back too and this is the only being who seems willing to do it.

"Explain to me, what do we need to avoid doing that might anger you. If my mom's life is on the line, I deserve to know what I need to avoid." Ruby said with a steel in her tone that showed she was not happy, but forcing herself to be on her best behavior.

"A reasonable request, fine. First, no trying to threaten me. I don't like when you little creations think you can threaten your creators so casually. As if you're entitled to act and say however you want to us. My brother may overlook it, but cross me and you will face consequences that may or may not cost you your life." The God of Darkness began, making Qrow keep down a few choice words at the deity he had in mind.

"Second, Try to attack me and I will kill you on the spot." The God of Darkness stated reminding Team RWBY, Maria, and Qrow how they saw the God of Darkness wipe out all of humanity the first time around, because of three kingdoms worth of armies tried to rebel against them. Unknowingly being manipulated by Salem into a fight they was doomed to fail.

"Thirdly, try to undermine or challenge my authority in MY domain and I will make you SUFFER before I kill you." The God of Darkness told them with a tone that spoke of how personal that term was to him. Making everyone nod fearfully as they felt his power flare at that rule being set before them.

"And that's it. Three simple, easy to follow, rules for our deal. Think you can handle that, little Rose?" The God of Darkness asked Ruby who closed her eyes for a second to breathe before giving the God of Darkness a hard stare filled with resolve to complete this deal to save her mom. She may not be able to account for her mother's actions, but she was confident there is a chance they can all make it back.

"I accept your deal." Ruby told him, earning a nod from the God of Darkness before he raised his hand. A purple aura surrounding it before a sphere of black and purple light appeared in front of Ruby. It lasted only a second before it dispersed, revealing a woman with a white cloak. The woman almost appears to be a spitting image of Ruby, having the same silver eyes, skin complexion, and a graduating black-into-red hair. She has shoulder length hair tied back in a half up/half down style, wears a similar style to Ruby's outfit but all-black, and a hooded cloak that is white on the outside, but red on the inside.

Everyone watched in stunned silence and awe at the woman as she slowly rose to her feet, her eyes locked on Ruby. Tears welling up in Ruby's eyes as she saw the one person she looked up to for so long and had hurt the most after dying.

"Ruby?" Summer asks, hopeful this wasn't some dream she was caught in after death.

"MOM!" Ruby cried launching herself at the woman and giving her a body tackle hug. Summer didn't mind one bit about being knocked over by her daughter, she held her grown up baby girl for the first time in so long. Letting Ruby cry on her, as all the emotions Ruby held inside her heart toward Summer's death came out. Summer teared up as she tried to soothe Ruby as best she could.

"Y-You're r-really...here..." Ruby managed to say over her sniffling and tears, relieved to finally be able to hug her mother.

"I am sweetie, Mommy's here now." Summer cooed softly to soothe her daughter, tears falling from her eyes as she held Ruby close. Oh how her baby had grown...

Hearing footsteps nearing them, Summer looked up to see who she could only describe as Yang all grown up. She looked beautiful in Summer's eyes, a lot like her mother but with Tai's hair color complementing her perfectly. Her lilac eyes were tearing up as Summer opened a free arm for her second daughter.

"It's good to see you again, Yang." Summer said softly before the brawler moved in to hug her too. Both daughters crying now as the joyful mother felt relieved to finally hold her grown up baby girls in her arms. She didn't know why she was alive again after so long, but she wanted to enjoy this a little longer before asking questions.

"I...I missed you mom. We both missed you so much." Yang cried out softly, Summer's hand gently petting her eldest daughter's hair like the treasure she is.

'Yang, you've grown into a truly beautiful woman, I'm so glad to see this and hug you both once more.' Summer thought unable to speak as she too cried softly hold them close. Qrow couldn't help crying from a distance at the sight that made him happier than anything that has happened in his life. As much as he wanted to rush into Summer's arms, he knew his nieces need this far more than he does. He could wait until they were done.

"You truly are a good uncle, Qrow." Maria spoke up next to him, making Qrow look at her in surprise. Not having heard her leave her chair and come up next to him, despite using a cane to support herself. The old woman watching fondly as the two girls were reunited with their mother.

"It takes a lot to restrain how badly you wish to hug those precious to your heart, for the sake of your nieces like that, and yes I can see she is precious to you." Maria continued making Qrow chuckle mirthlessly, he didn't feel strong as she was thinking. Just doing what was right by his nieces. Especially not wanting to risk his semblance somehow screwing things up again.

"I'm not too sure of that, Maria, they just got far more right than I do." Qrow said before feeling Maria hit the back of his knee with her cane. Grunting a bit and looking at her annoyed to see her narrow a glare at him.

"It's not every day someone you cherish or love is revived, Qrow. Take it from this old foolish woman, don't let chances like this slip by. Make your peace while you still have time and give yourself more credit. Honestly, some people are so blind..." With her piece said, Maria slowly walked to her seat again, waiting for the viewing to start again.

Qrow rubbed the back of his knee, chuckling as he considered her words. "Perhaps you're right, Grimm Reaper..." Qrow muttered softly under his breath, smiling fondly as he saw them calming down from their crying. Qrow slowly walked to his old friend and secret love that he lost so long ago.

Weiss and Blake both kept their distance out of respect for the touching family reunion, but smiled at how happy Ruby and Yang was. Qrow gave them both a thankful nod as he passed them with a small smile. Before standing behind Summer, who looked up at him with surprise, happiness, and hope in her eyes.

"It's been a long time, Short Stack." Qrow said with small grin as he offered a hand for her. One she took as she looked up at her old teammate in nostalgia.

"Qrow...you're...here to?" Summer asked as Qrow helped her up. Ruby and Yang stepping back as they watched with some happiness to see their mother reunite with one of her old friends that was on her team.

"Yeah, we got called here for a viewing of one of Ruby's friends, who got caught in a deal between deities." Qrow explained before seeing her confused look, like he told her pigs started flying and the Grimm mysteriously vanished from Remnant.

"We got a lot of catching up to do, Short Stack, but for now I'll let my nieces explain the need to know details to you." Qrow told her, suppressing a chuckle at how adorable her confused face was. Oh this made him wish Tai was here, the man would give anything to see Summer again and hold her.

Ignoring the sting in his heart at the thought, he kept a smile as Summer smiled at Qrow's suggestion. "That sounds nice, but...where are we?" Summer asks looking around at all the darkness in confusion.

"My domain, Summer Rose." The God of Darkness answered, making her turn to him and instantly pull Ruby and Yang behind her on instinct. She could see and feel the darkness he gave off. Reaching for her weapon, only to be surprised her hands came up empty.

Where was her weapon?

'Oh...right...I died. So it makes sense my weapon isn't with me right now...' Summer mentally kicked herself at how dangerous this could be now. She only had her eyes to protect her daughters and-

"Mom, wait! Don't try to fight him! The God of Darkness revived you!" Ruby cried out to her mom in concern. Latching onto her back, making Summer stumble as she tried to stay balanced from the surprise tackle hug Ruby is using to restrain her. Furthering her surprise, she noticed Yang getting in front of her and acting as a human barrier between them.

"Please! We don't want to see you get killed, mom, just listen to us!" Yang said, hoping she would calm down enough to let them explain. They had only one chance here and they couldn't afford to blow it.

"The God of Darkness? As in from the fairy tales of the two brothers?" Summer asked Yang with a long hard look that made the brawler tense. Neither of them noticing the God of Darkness scoffing at the mention that they were now considered fairy tales. Before both daughters relaxed as they heard Summer softly sigh under her breath. "You two definitely have a LOT of explaining to do."

Hearing this, Ruby got off and ran around to in front of her mother, hugging her. "We will, mom, I promise! But please keep an open mind, okay? A lot has happened and it's been a while since I last talked to you at your grave." Ruby said not seeing Summer flinch at both the reminder she was dead and the knowledge that Ruby talked to her grave. She made it sound like something that has been done more than just once.

Oh gods...what had she done to her baby girl?

"It's good to see you again, Mrs. Rose," chimed a familiar voice as Summer turned to see Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon. The man who she helped protect the world for years from Salem's forces and the Grimm.

"Ozpin...What are you..." Summer began in bafflement before a thought crossed her mind. A God of Darkness, a being from fairy tales that many didn't know existed. Just like the maidens or the reincarnating wizard before her. Summer's eyes narrowed in protective anger toward the headmaster. "You didn't...not my daughters."

"Summer, please, it's not what you're thinking." Ozpin tried to explain, already guessing what is on her mind. He couldn't blame her for her suspicions, but the situation was far from what he wanted for either Ruby or Yang.

"Then explain, NOW." Summer growled out, weapon or not, she would beat Ozpin senseless if he got her daughters involved in the war with Salem. For goodness sake they looked young enough to still be in Beacon Academy!

The old headmaster took the warning to heart as he stuck with a carefully worded version of the truth that he could come up with on the spot. "While I did have them enrolled in Beacon, I was not thinking of getting them involved with the war until I knew for certain they was ready to learn the truth of what we're facing. Unfortunately, Salem wasn't willing to give us that time as Beacon had fallen due to one of her operatives causing a focused attack on the academy and the rest of Vale." Ozpin began to explain with a heavy heart, remembering how he wasn't able to keep Vale safe from Cinder's plot that had everyone caught off guard. Even Ironwood's fleet was useless as it was swiftly taken apart, further escalating the panic among the citizens and his own students who was forced to fight for their lives.

"But... how can that be possible?" Summer asked in shock and horror at the idea of Vale coming under such an attack, that even Ozpin couldn't prevent Beacon Academy from falling. Worse in the fact her daughters was enrolled at the time.

"Mom, I already explained this to you. Don't you remember?" Ruby asked her mom, earning a wince from Summer. She wanted to assure Ruby she did remember, but... she couldn't recall ever hearing her daughter at her grave.

"Ruby...sweetie, I'm sorry, but...I don't recall anything like that." Summer shamefully admitted, her heart feeling like it got pierced with a knife as she saw Ruby's expression change to sorrow.

"You...couldn't hear me? None of it?..." Ruby said weakly, trying to hold back tears at the idea her own mother couldn't hear her pouring her heart out. Yang seeing this quickly wrapped Ruby in a comforting hug, petting her head gently to ease her while giving Summer a sympathetic look. She could see the poor woman was upset about this too.

"Thus is one of many costs of being a hero for the greater good." The God of Darkness stated, making everyone turn their attention to him again. Only Ozpin looked with understanding as he silently sighed. Remembering his own losses from the many life times he was forced to ensure for his mission.

"What do you mean the cost?" Ruby asks, you make it sound like being a hero is wrong.

"A hero, is never a bad thing exactly, but it's not a blessing either. Rather, it's a tricky path to walk that can have damning consequences depending on what type of hero you are." The God of Darkness began, sitting on a throne created from his power. Looking forward to giving Ruby and Summer a lesson they needed to learn.

"The type of hero you are? What do you mean by that? How does that determine your cost?" Ruby pressed, while Summer stayed close to Ruby and Yang. Not wanting to leave her daughters alone to this being, reviving her or not, she will protect her children from anything that threatens them with her life.

"There are the noble hero who saves the many and always do what is right. Often called the white knight type of hero. Much like what your mother is and what you aspire to be. Then there is the more guardian role type of hero who protects those close to them first above all others, like Jaune." The God of Darkness explains, drawing a hesitant nod from the others showing they was keeping up, though Summer had a bad feeling of where this was going.

"Now with the heroes who risk it all for the many and always doing what is right. You will be faced with tough choices and more times than not, your greatest downfall is not your enemies, but how the hero is always doing the right thing for the many." The God of Darkness began making Ruby feel a bit offended at that. How was doing the right thing wrong?!

"What do you mean by that?" Summer asks the God of Darkness, she had no regrets for fighting the innocent people. Only that she died and wasn't there for her daughters as they grew up. She was sure Tai and Qrow handled it well though. They were her teammates and closest to her heart besides Raven.

'Raven...did you ever come back?' Summer wondered in both sorrow and hope for her final teammate of Team STRQ.

"I mean if you think being a hero only affects you. Then you better think twice." The God of Darkness began, as if lecturing a child, which technically he is. "When you're a hero of the many, you don't get to settle down and expect to live the peaceful life for long periods of time. Some don't even get short periods of time because guess what? They got Grimm to kill, criminals to stop, and lives that will ALWAYS need saving in some shape or form. A hero's work is never truly done, especially for the white knight types."

"I know what you're trying to say, but I have two beautiful daughters right here that are alive and well, God of Darkness. So that is flawed logic." Summer replied patiently, thinking she had him there.

"Yeah, she has dad too you know! How do you explain that?!" Ruby chimed in, expecting him to apologize or some other way of recognizing he was wrong.

Only to hear him chuckle at their words in a way that sent chills down their spines.

"You don't get it do you? Allow me to clarify then. When you're a hero, regardless of type, you have to be ready for the fact that it's never you your enemies will target first. It's those close to you. When you die, you leave behind all those you love a broken shell of their former selves and then they have to pick up the pieces of their broken hearts as best as they can." The God of Darkness explains to them, feeling as if his stare weighed down on their souls.

"You, Summer Rose, are a perfect example in this. Before I revived you on your youngest daughter's request. She has lived a life of mourning for you, an emptiness and sorrow in her heart that was never truly taken away." The God of Darkness told the mother who stiffened at the jab as she heard Ruby and Yang gasp.

"She may have been hurt, but I trusted Qrow and Tai to look after them. They're fine." Summer pressed, trying to deny the point he was trying to make. There couldn't be anything wrong with her daughters, they're fine. She can see them before her eyes, they grew up strong, beautiful, healthy, and caring young women in the making.

"Are they? Are you sure about that? Considering the way Ruby's been trying to follow your footsteps and live with the same ideology you lived with? If this goes unchecked, Summer Rose, she might meet the same fate as you did." The God of Darkness warns making Summer's heart freeze in fear at the idea of her baby girl dying the same way she did.

"It won't come to that, it won't." Summer growled, refusing to entertain the idea any further.

"Have you even considered how your death has hurt Tai and Qrow? The man you married fell into depression after your death and was unable to raise Ruby or Yang himself at times. Forcing Yang to pick up the slack and have to grow up early. To be the mothering big sister figure to little Ruby and at times keep an eye on her father." The God of Darkness continued, making Summer wince before looking at Yang. The blond tried to make a brave face for her mother, but Summer could see the God's words was correct. Yang did feel some hurt from that.

"It's okay, mom, really! I know it wasn't your fault or dad's! Sure dad has...had difficulty holding himself together for a while, but he got better!" Yang tried to reassure her.

'Tai...Did my death truly break you this badly?' Summer thought sorrowfully and shocked that the man she loves so much and has such a big heart could break like that after her death. He wasn't this bad when Raven left, but...maybe that was difference. Raven left, but she died.

"But...what about Qrow?" Summer asks looking at him, worried how her death affected him now. Qrow had a hard time meeting her eyes having an idea what is going on.

"Fell into a drinking habit that has stuck with him ever since your death. The only time he takes it easy or rarely stays sober is when he visits your daughters." The God of Darkness told Summer with no shame whatsoever. Much to Qrow's anger as he glared at the God of Darkness, wishing he had Harbinger with him right now and could actually kill this being. Sadly, he knew either of these things were happening.

"Qrow...is this true?" Summer asks feeling horrible her death had caused such long term harm to those she loves.

"Summer...I won't lie. When you died, I blamed myself for not being there for you. Even though I know you wouldn't want me to, I did. I felt like I failed you by not being there to ensure you could make it back to your daughters and husband. I couldn't forgive myself, and as jackass pointed out here," Everyone looked at the God of Darkness to see him shrug, unaffected by the name calling. Honestly, he had been called worse and was telling them what needed to be said. They could hate him all they want, it's not like he needs them to like him.

"I went drinking to avoid the memories and the guilt." Qrow finished with a heavy heart, he never felt comfortable talking about his feelings, but... this was Summer Rose. The woman who had unknowingly stolen his heart and even to this day he still carried a torch for her. He couldn't lie to her about something this serious, especially since she knew him better than most people could.

She'd just catch him red handed and make him tell her the truth.

"I...I'm so sorry, Qrow..." Summer wasn't sure what to say, she never meant for this to happen. They were supposed to be fine, yes she knew they would hurt for a while, losing someone always hurts, but she believed they would move on in time. Apparently not everyone did and those who had...it had taken far longer than she wanted to believe.

Ruby and Yang on the other hand looked at their distraught mother and had to restrain themselves from shouting at the God in anger. Ruby rarely ever got angry as she was feeling. Her mom means the world to her and he is basically making her feel like she failed them. Yang on other hand felt rage burning in her veins at this.

This god was playing dirty. No wonder he said if they avoid angering him they can keep Summer. It allows him to say what he wants and they can't threaten him or try to attack him. Worse, Yang knew for a fact that even if they had their weapons, she would be killed before she could fight back. The feeling of his hand strangling her still fresh in her mind.

"Stop it..." Ruby muttered in anger, making everyone turn their attention to her, glaring at the God of Darkness. "She didn't fail us and it's not her fault. She never asked or wanted to die. How can you say all that like she caused our pain? Salem was the one who was hunting down people with silver eyes."

"No..." Summer whispered in horror, realizing Ruby knows about her power and most likely had awakened it herself. Which meant Salem knew of Ruby having the power too and was now hunting her as well.

"While that may be true, you can't deny the evidence before you. How do you think Yang and Qrow would feel if you was to die? Do you think they'd get over it in a year or two? I guarantee you, they won't. They'll remember for life, haunted by your memory in a bittersweet way, and miss you. Wondering what they could have done differently to have ensure you was alive by their side." The God of Darkness pointed out making Ruby glance at Yang, who was unable to meet her little sister's eyes. She couldn't pretend she would be okay if Ruby died. She wasn't sure how she would react, but she knew she wouldn't take it well.

Ruby seeing and realizing this grit her teeth, her arms shaking in rage that she couldn't argue this point of logic.

The God of Darkness seeing this decided to drive the final part of the lesson home. "Then there is the final burden of heroes, where different types make different choices. A choice between the many or the few."

At this Ozpin felt a chill, knowing all too well what the God of Darkness was speaking of. His entire mission was filled with such choices.

"When heroes find themselves in an impossible situation where they can't save everyone, that sacrifices must be made to ensure the safety of those they deem worthy of their protection. But who to pick? The many or the few? Would you save your comrades or the innocent? Would you save those you love or your family by blood? Such choices are often the most cruel test for any hero to face. Time and time again through the ages many heroes had to endure such impossible decisions with mixed results because of the different types. But the white knight types were always the kind of hero to sacrifice the few to save the many. Regardless WHO the few were that they threw under the bus." The God of Darkness pointed out to Ruby and Summer growing horror, with Ozpin gritting his teeth as he gripped his hands into fists. Memories of everyone he trusted and had been forced to lose, as well as those who died that he couldn't save coming to the front of his mind.

"That's...it...It's not always like that!" Ruby tried to protest as everyone looked at her sadly now. Realizing the point the deity was trying to point out to Ruby.

"It may not always be like that, but you can't deny such situations are there, little Rose. Your mother faced such odds and died a hero trying to fight for what is right, but because she was out saving the many, the few she loved suffered for her loss." The God of Darkness pointed out as Summer stayed silent at this, trying not to cry as she realized the harm she had done in dying. She doesn't regret fighting for what was right, but she does regret the pain she caused her beloved family and her friends.

Ruby found herself frustrated she couldn't refute his claims, no matter how she tried to think of an answer. It always came back to she didn't know how to answer it. She hated it, this feeling of helplessness and inability to answer.

"Don't blame yourself too much for not knowing the answer, many feel the same way in such impossible situations. Ozpin here was forced time and time again to face such impossible decisions. Ever since my brother made him his personal champion to carry out his mission to unite humanity before calling us back to Remnant." The God of Darkness pointed out making everyone have mixed feelings on the wizard being brought up.

"Yeah, we know, lying to us and keeping secrets." Yang muttered angrily, Ozpin felt his hands was only protected by his aura keeping his finger nails from piercing his flesh. His anger at that comment rising, she doesn't even realize THIS is why he keeps secrets!

"You really can't see why he's justified in being careful how much of the truth he tells? Considering how you all treated Oscar when you first found out?" That made them wince, especially Qrow as he acknowledged to himself that HE was the one to strike a child when Oz was in control.

"Consider the fact Oz was forced no choice but to fight the very woman he loved at one point. That he lost his children in their first battle, as he was trying to sneak them out in order to prevent Salem from corrupting them. All because Salem lost herself to rage and spite toward us, which refocused on him as he chose his mission over Salem. Then lifetime after lifetime he found himself struggling JUST to keep humanity alive, because he couldn't find a way to destroy Salem. Forced to hold a stalemate that would allow you all and future generations a chance to live, as well as to continue fighting to unite humanity." The God of Darkness further pointed out, making them feel guilty a bit guilty, but stubbornly trying not to let it go. They couldn't forgive how many times he had lied or kept secrets from them.

Ozpin however looked at the God of Darkness in shock, was he defending him?

"If he had told everyone the truth of Salem, they would've considered him crazy until she done something big enough for everyone to believe in her existence. Even on the off chance that is a million to one that they believe him, everyone would be in chaos. Having a common foe would unite humanity, but only if there was no other choice. Sadly, some humans are extremely selfish, want to rule the world, or just don't care what happens to the world. So odds are those types of people would leave you high and dry, if not kill you to gain something." The God of Darkness explained cynically, knowing the darker nature of humanity and the viewing would further prove his point to them all how dark humanity could potentially get. Luckily Remnant isn't that bad yet, but he doesn't doubt it could easily be with just a few people in the right places.

The kind of thing Salem would probably do to further divide humanity before wiping them out.

"Surely you don't believe that!" Ruby shouted, unable to believe he thought so lowly of the people of Remnant.

"He's not wrong." Oz's stated in a bitter voice. Making everyone turn to face him, seeing the glare and...tears coming down his face. "You claim it was easy for me to cast aside how I feel. Let me tell you right now, miss Rose...It's not. It never is. Every time I lost someone I care for, I felt like my heart shattered every time. Lifetime after lifetime that feeling never went away, especially after the loss of my daughters and seeing Salem fall as far as she did. It haunts me day and night as I remember the people I failed. Do you know what made it worse?" Begins to explain, giving them all a few seconds to answer as he saw the accusing looks turn to shame, sympathy, or shock.

"It was every time I was betrayed because I trusted the wrong people. As I told you before, Leo wasn't the first and apparently he wasn't the last either." Ozpin said with a heavy heart filled with shame, hurt, anger, and self loathing. Even Yang felt shame now hearing him let out how he felt, regretting getting on his case like she had back then.

"I'm sorry you all felt I couldn't be trusted, but what would you do differently in my shoes? To lived life after life against your will, trying to complete a mission or be doomed to eternally jump bodies every time you die. Forced to see the one you love fall so far in the dark you can't believe she can ever be saved. Hellbent to destroy the world you called home. The only way you could think to win is to unite humanity and fulfill your mission regardless of your former lover trying to destroy every human and faunus on the planet?" Ozpin asks making them silent, unsure how to answer that as they felt shame in their hearts.

"Don't expect us to just forgive you for your secrets, Oz. It's not fair to just expect us to play along and act like nothing is wrong with all of this..." Yang grit out, glaring at him as Ozpin sighed in resignation.

"No Yang, I wouldn't ask any of you to forgive me. I was not joking when I told Ruby I made more mistakes than any man, woman, or child. I don't deserve forgiveness, but I do ask you to understand I do what I have to. In the end...I'm sure I'll pay for it all somehow, but if I can save this world by completing my mission, I will." Ozpin told them before hearing a clapping sound, looking at the God of Darkness who was slowly clapping his hands in a sarcastic manner. Having expected such an answer from his brother's champion.

"Bravo, Ozma, the infallible hero, truly you have proven why my brother chose you for this mission to unite humanity. This, Ruby, is what I mean by the white knight stereotype who will sacrifice a few to save the many. Always trying to do what is right, despite how he damns himself to be the most hated man in your group." The God of Darkness says making Ruby's view on the word 'hero' become stained. She couldn't accept this is what happens to heroes, it's not fair, they fight for the sake of the innocent and this is how they're rewarded?

The others all look like the bit a bitter lemon as they weighed The God of Darkness and Ozpin's words. No matter which way the looked, this entire situation was just unfair. Forced to keep fighting or risk everyone on Remnant dying. All because of the feud between Salem and the two brother gods who cursed her into being immortal. All to force her to accept their views of the balance between life and death.

'It's all their fault, they did this to us, all of us.' Ruby thought fiercely, feeling enraged that she can't call them out on this. It's their feud with Salem, trying to prove their point with her that led the whole world to ruin once and is close to being a second time because these three couldn't stop this. Salem couldn't stop her own spite and rage, the gods couldn't stop acting so high and mighty, trying to force her to concede to their views. Worse? If she angers the God of Darkness by calling him out on this, she might lose her mom again.

"You have a lot of rage, little Rose." The God of Darkness's voice broke her out of her thoughts looking at him shocked he easily read her.

"Don't look at me like that, how do you think the Grimm are able to sense negative emotions to hunt down humans and faunus alike? It's a power I granted them to more easily track down humans who happen to be good at hiding their presence. Yes, usually that means they sense for fear, but rage is also a dark emotion they can sense." The God of Darkness explains seeing the glares everyone directed at him for that. Easily guessing why that little detail pisses them off, but not really caring how it angered them.

Taking a closer look at how Ruby glared at him and was beginning to shake in rage, before Yang and Summer tried to calm Ruby down. Pulling her in their embrace and trying to lead her away to the seats, as if to shield her from his gaze. The God of Darkness figured out the final disillusion she might have about heroes.

'Of course, she blames me for the world's state and is avoiding calling me out on it for her mother. Well, time to shatter that illusion.' The God of Darkness thought wondering how Ruby would handle just how cruel the human race could be.

"You blame me for this, don't you?" The God of Darkness called out, making Summer, Yang, and Ruby tense. As Weiss, Blake, Qrow, Ozpin, Oscar, and Maria all watched worried how this would play out.

"It's okay to be honest, I won't even get mad for this one. I feel I know exactly what you're thinking right now and can tell you that YOUR logic is the one flawed here." The God of Darkness stated watching as Ruby spun around a worried Summer and Yang, both trying to hold her back from doing something dangerous.

"It's your fault! All three of you!" Ruby snapped making everyone gasp in worry for her. Even if the God of Darkness said he wouldn't get mad, they weren't sure how much he would allow.

"If not for you, your brother, and Salem. None of this would be happening! You three caused this! And your Grimm are ruining everyone's lives for what?! For some balance?!" Ruby shouted before Summer finally pulled Ruby back, holding her in her arms hidden inside her cape like she used to do for Ruby when she was little.

"Ruby, please, that's enough." Summer pleaded to her daughter who was struggling against her grip as Yang watched on, Qrow placing a calming hand on her shoulder. Yang held his hand on her shoulder as she watched Summer try to reign Ruby in, to calm her.

"So let me see if I got this right..." The God of Darkness drawled out, thankfully not enraged as he agreed, but his tone made them nervous, it was too calm for their liking. Almost smug with how sure he sounded. "You think if it wasn't for my brother, myself, my Grimm, and Salem, than everything would turn out just fine? Did the last viewing not teach you anything little Rose?"

This made everyone, with the exception of Summer, freeze up at the reminder of what they were here for. To see Jaune rise up against those...zombies...and learn the 'Dark Truth' of his fate on that world.

"What is he talking about, Qrow?" Summer asked her old friend who sighed heavily. Not wanting to say this as he knew Summer wouldn't like it, but she had the right to know.

"Ruby and her friends were concerned when Jaune mysteriously vanished. Before she could use the Relic of Knowledge that we was taking to Atlas to find out what happened to Jaune. The God of Darkness brought us here to view his memories on what happened to Jaune, after the God of Light took him from us in a deal between deities. As I told you earlier." Qrow explains making Summer widen her eyes recalling that bit of information.

"I see, but...are you sure about this, Ruby, Yang?" Summer had to ask her daughters. She didn't know this Jaune all that well, but she knew they must care a great deal to risk using the Relic of Knowledge to find out and then agree to these viewings for his sake.

"We're sure mom," Ruby said making Summer look down at her baby girl who had grown up so much since she last saw her. Looking determined to about her choice, reminding Summer of herself when she was about to go save one of her teammates. "We want to know what happened to Jaune, regardless what we may have to see."

"And you know I'd never let Ruby face something like this alone, mom." Yang chimed in with a confident grin, making Summer smile in pride at her daughters. Before noticing Ruby giving a hard stare at the God of Darkness.

"Now God of Darkness, what did you mean by the last viewing teach us anything? I doubt any human would cause those zombies to be unleashed on Raccoon City." Ruby inquired, unsure where he was getting at with this. The only bad guys were monsters and criminals, but even criminals would never do something this bad...Right?

The God of Darkness chuckled darkly at this. Oh the poor dear truly wanted to believe their kind were better than that, and for the most part not everyone is that bad, but he has known it doesn't take many to cause great downfalls. Just a few bad apples in the right places.

"Just remember my warning about witnessing the darker side of humanity that Jaune will have to face, little Rose. Now I suggest you all take your seats." With that said the God of Darkness made another chair appear among the others so Summer has somewhere to sit. Going to their chairs, Weiss turns to face Ruby and Summer.

"Mrs. Rose, please take my seat this time." Weiss politely requests Summer, stunning the woman as she looked at the seat offered. Noticing it would be right next to Ruby.

"Are you sure about that, miss...?" Summer inquired, before noticing Ruby face palm as she forgot to introduce her teammates to her mother!

"Weiss Schnee, but please, call me Weiss. I'm Ruby's partner." Weiss told her making Summer glad to see Ruby's partner appears to be the polite sort.

"Oh, I see. Thank you, Weiss. I look forward to getting to know you better later." Summer siad making Weiss curtsy before the mother.

"It would be my pleasure, Mrs. Rose. If you'll excuse me." Weiss said passing Ruby who gave her a hug, rolling her eyes she gave Ruby a quick hug back. Letting go after a second to sit between Blake on Weiss's right and Ren on her left. Nora obvious on Ren's left with Qrow on her left. Maria was on his left, as Oscar on her left, and finally Ozpin at the end next to Oscar.

Weiss didn't mind giving up her seat to Summer, she figured Ruby needed this more than her right now. She could be there for her partner if needed, but for now was content to let Ruby have as much time with her mother as she needs.

"Now that we are all gathered and seated, I will make this quick before we begin. Summer, if you need refreshments such as water, food, or some other sort of drink. Just think it and it will appear." The God of Darkness explained to her, only to see Summer got a plate of cookies much to Ruby's joy as they shared the meal and gained a glass of milk soon after.

Yang decided on a Strawberry Sunrise, Weiss got a small cake and Blake got a tuna sandwich. Oscar got some apple pie with Maria getting more cashews. Ozpin and Qrow got refills of their drinks. Along with a glass of water for Qrow as he saw the look Summer was giving him.

"Further more, if you need the bathroom, Summer. Is through the left door, also you can summon barf bags or tissues when needed with a thought." The God of Darkness explained earning a worried nod from Summer. Was what she is going to see that bad?

"Mom, listen, in order to revive you and grant us a chance to bring you back with us. We kind of had to agree to a deal to not make him mad until we're sent back to Remnant. Which basically means following his three rules of no threatening him, no attacking him, and no undermining or challenging his authority in this place, it's his domain. He takes it very seriously." Ruby whispered to her mother making the woman gasp in shock at the chance before her, but gives Ruby a thankful smile.

"Ruby, I thank you, I really do sweetie. But please don't go making deals with dangerous deities in the future." Summer scolded her daughter through a hushed voice before the viewing portal appeared for everyone to start seeing again.

"It's starting again..." Ren warned everyone as a way to hopefully get them all mentally ready. Though he wasn't sure how much it would help with whatever was waiting for his friend and leader.

"Jaune's got this, Ren, we got to believe in him." Nora told him with an encouraging smile as she held his hand, making Ren smile as he softly squeezed her hand in agreement.

Chapter 2 Welcome to the City of the Dead

Here was the rundown of what Jaune has been through in the last hour.

"A recap?" Weiss asks in confusion.

"Jaune mentally recalls what he went through for short periods of time. So I thought I'd let Summer see this part, figured it'd be better than having a confused mother wondering how Jaune got where he is and asking questions we already know the answers to the in the last chapter. Without going back to watch it again, as I rather move forward, not backwards." The god of Darkness answered earning understanding nods from everyone, even a sheepish one from Summer herself as she really appreciated the thought.

So he was with his friends on the Atlas airship after saving his older sister's home, Argus. Then, without warning he was in an unknown place. It's like he disappeared from where he was and now, he was here. First thing he sees is a gas station with a sign that says "Welcome to Raccoon City" which he never heard of before. He didn't even remember if there was such a name in the four kingdoms.

"I've been to many places in the four kingdoms before I died, I never heard of such a place." Summer said feeling confused how such a place exists.

"That's because this place exists on another world, Mrs. Rose. Ruby, Yang, and Qrow should explain more to you after this." Ozpin stated earning an understanding nod from Summer as she saw some images of Jaune heading to the gas station that said "Welcome to Raccoon City".

Okay, so that was the start of his dilemma, not even the icing on the cake. Jaune goes inside, hears noises coming from the store, sees a wounded man, and then a police officer struggling against someone.

"Oh dear, that's a nasty wound." Summer gasped in shock at the man's bleeding neck, making the others tense at the memory of the last chapter.

"Mom, I suggest against big meals, you won't like what comes up next." Yang warns her mother who gave Yang a worried look.

Here's when it gets worse for the Arc. The person attacked the cop and killed him by biting his flesh and ripping some of his flesh.

"OH MY GODS!" Summer screamed in fear, accidentally knocking over her tray of cookies and milk as she jumped in fright on her seat. Seeing the actual footage of the zombie biting the flesh off the neck from the poor cop who screamed in agony.

"Those zombies are as bad as the Grimm." Qrow muttered drinking some of the whiskey in his flask.

"Worse, actually, Grimm can't infect people to become more Grimm. These things can spread much like a plague to anyone unaware of the threat or how to combat it." Ozpin said feeling very thankful Salem didn't know how to create zombies.

He hoped she never would.

It wasn't human, it wasn't alive anymore. It was a freaking zombie. No matter how many times the blond thinks of it, it was so hard to believe.

"None of us blame you, Jaune." Maria said with a frown. She couldn't imagine many who could easily adapt and accept such a thing.

It seemed like one horrible nightmare he couldn't wake up from. He actually froze up when the zombie headed his way. That was it, he would've died too if it wasn't for his newest friend saving his life. Together with Claire they killed the zombies that were in the store. As they left, they met up with Leon. Another cop and they managed to escape the gas station that was beginning to be swarmed by zombies. So yeah, it has been one crazy ride for the Arc so far.

"Understatement of the century." Summer muttered, making Ruby and Yang giggle at their mother's all too true statement. Even Qrow, Maria, and Ozpin chuckled at this. As Summer saw the scenes of Claire saving Jaune, before they fought together to defeat the zombies. Before they both fled with Leon in the police car.

Too bad it didn't end there. Apparently both thought he was wearing a costume for Halloween. No idea what that meant, but things got worse as they arrived to the city. Raccoon City had fallen and was currently under a zombie outbreak.

"Oh gods...this is horrible..." Summer had seen many types of destruction a towns, villages, even entire cities could suffer from the Grimm. But this was truly one of the most horrible sights she has seen. While Grimm kill and move on, these zombies linger and feast on those they kill until they go searching for more victims.

Now this was the kind of stuff you would see in the movies or read in comics. But it was all true, and Jaune was in it. He was still asking himself what did he do to deserve this? It's not like he was a bad person to be punished.

'Oddly enough, earning sympathy from my holier than thou brother.' The God of Darkness thought to himself with a shake of his head. Finding his brother's methods of 'helping' someone to be rather questionable.

His luck wasn't getting any better when they arrived at a dead end. Walking was the best course of action to get to the police station. That's what Leon suggested before realizing they were surrounded by more zombies.

"BACK UP THE DAMN CAR!" Summer screamed at the portal, making Qrow quietly chuckle. This was like scary movie night with Team STRQ all over again. Watching with amusement as Ruby was being hugged by Summer like a teddy bear. Much to Yang's teasing pleasure as she recorded this on her scroll. For blac-fond memories to look back on, of course.

Just when the rookie cop was about to use reverse and leave, a truck headed their way. There was a crash, an explosion, and he was able to protect Claire from serious harm. Both have been separated from the cop and they went their separate ways, hoping they will reunite at the station. The Arc and his female companion ran through the desolated streets while taking out some of the undead. Jaune was still in denial that this was all happening, that he wasn't in a horror movie.

"Poor Jaune..." Ruby said sadly, wishing more than anything she could rush in and save him from the insane world he found himself in.

"He'll be fine, Ruby, he has Claire with him." Yang said trying to cheer her up. Not seeing how her eye twitched at the name. Ruby didn't know why, but she still felt weird at the idea of Claire being near Jaune. She didn't like it.

Thankfully, they made it to the police station. But, not before encountering zombie dogs near the entrance.

Blake whimpered as she saw those monstrous mutts again, Weiss and Yang both holding her hands to calm her. As Blake held their hands in a tight grip to feel sure they were here for her and fight off the fear creeping inside her.

Him and Claire were still in one piece as they entered and locked the gate behind them. So, here he was, outside of the station and catching his breath. Gazing at the young brunette next to him, she was the same. She didn't even look afraid in the least, it made the Arc wonder if she has done this before. Did she survive another outbreak? She knew how to use a gun and hasn't lost her calm for a second. Except the car accident, anyone would crap their pants at that. Claire definitely had the appearance of a huntress. Though it did confuse him how she didn't know what a huntsman or a huntress is. The brunette misinterpreted it with a regular hunter who kills animals for a living or hobby. Another thing that freaked Jaune out. Never heard of Raccoon City and people not knowing what a huntsman is. Just where the hell was he? This was no dream because it was too damn real to be one. Asides from worrying about Leon, he was thinking about his friends and teammates.

"Poor guy, he really misses you all." Summer said feeling for the young blond knight.

"As we miss him, Mrs. Rose." Ren said, knowing how she felt all too well. For him and Nora they were especially touched that Jaune was thinking of them and wished they could assure him they were okay.

The blond knight was suddenly snapped back to reality by the brunette. He only smiled in return while she shook her head. After telling him what Halloween is, Jaune realized why they would confuse his attire for a costume of a holiday. Where people dress up and go from door to door asking for candy. So how come he never heard of it?

"That's what Halloween is about?! Man I wish we had Halloween, we could have gotten so much candy with the right costumes!" Yang pouted as Ruby sighed, not really arguing with her sister this time as she kinda, maybe, wanted to try that herself.

"Ugh, you're so childish, Yang! You should be setting a better example for Ruby." Weiss scolded before Yang stuck her tongue out at her. Only to wince as Summer reached around Ruby, before gently slapping the back of Yang's head.

"Yang Xiao Long, I raised you better than that. Now apologize to your friend." Summer demanded with a soft scolding tone.

"But mom!" Yang protested, only to shrink as she saw her mother give her an expectant look.

"Fine...sorry, Weiss..." Yang grumbled, making Summer smile and Weiss to smirk in victory. Finally, another sane person to be her bastion that she can confide with.

All of this was stirring a very bad feeling in his gut. Like the crazy theory he might no longer be on Remnant. Pretty crazy alright. To think he wasn't on his world, but another one, a whole new world. It made him laugh in his head, that couldn't be.

"He's in denial..." Oscar said, feeling very sympathetic for the blond right now. He felt the same way the first time he started hearing Ozpin's voice inside his head. Facing something you thought was so crazy that it couldn't be real, only to find out in time that it very much is real...

The blond calmed down and followed Claire, as they climbed the small staircase leading to the entrance to the station. The brunette readied her gun and he did the same, unsheathing his weapons. They had no idea what could be waiting for them inside. Both nodded as they opened the double doors.

Jaune was impressed with the sight. It was big, showing it had two floors. This has to be the main hall as his eyes traveled before him. There stood a desk with plenty of folders and paperwork left to fill out, with a long wooden design and two pillars.

Ozpin and Qrow both shuddered at the mention of paperwork. One dreading having to do it again and the other wanting to avoid it like the plague as much as possible.

Looks like whoever was supposed to fill in those folders has been missing for a while. It was really nice. It gave the blond the feeling that it looked more like a museum than a police station. Behind the pillars was a big ivory colored statue of a very elegant woman holding a flag high in her left hand. Behind it, an ivory wall with two staircases leading up. Again, showing the elegance in the place. Some curtains with metals in them, he knew that must be the medical bay. Where they're supposed to be taking care of the wounded and those that needed food and other supplies. Next to him was a medical bed, empty. It seems no one was around.

"Anybody here?!" Claire called out, hoping to get someone's attention, preferably someone NOT a zombie.

"That police station looks gorgeous, not even Atlas puts that much effort to make their police stations look elegant." Weiss mutters in surprise and slight awe at how elegant it appears. One could almost say someone was trying to make the police appear more noble or without fault through having a station look that good.

"Yeah, but where is everyone?" Qrow asked warily, not liking how there was no sign of anyone in the main hall. Surely they wouldn't want to risk zombies wandering in and would've stationed someone at the door as a guard at least. Barricade it and lock the gate themselves if bad went to worst case scenarios. But the gate was unlocked and the door unguarded...

Qrow had a bad feeling what this could mean and Summer felt the same as she shared a nervous glance to her teammate.

"Maybe they're busy somewhere else in the building?" Ruby muttered, unsure how much she really believed that, but hanging on to hope there was some people who managed to avoid becoming a zombie.

"Somehow I doubt that, Ruby..." Blake said fearing the cops were most likely either turned or dead. It wouldn't surprise her given the state the entire city is in outside the station.

Jaune didn't reply, he was having a very bad feeling. The same feeling when he entered the store at the gas station and when they were in the police car when they hit the dead end. One thing he learned in a zombie outbreak, things never go the way you want to. Expect the unexpected and expect the worst to happen. Who would think all those comics and movies would ever come in handy? The Arc went to explore the main hall with his female companion. The brunette showed a spray bottle with a green cross that said "first aid". Definitely something that will be held in the med bay. She put it in her pouch. Walking over to the desk, there was a small box with a drawing of dust rounds, but they looked very different. Claire picked them up, it was the ammo, she needed it for her gun.

"Her ammo is very strange, I can't tell what type of dust she uses." Ruby said, feeling more curious and intrigued of Claire's weapon now. "Ohhhh, I wish I could see how it works and what it's designs are!"

Yang, Weiss, Blake, and Qrow all smiled fondly at Ruby. No matter how time passes, she will always be a weapons lover at heart. Summer enjoyed seeing the way her lights up at the thought of Claire's gun.

An old looking machine with keys. The Arc has never seen it before, a large box and next to it was something that really caught the attention of the blond huntsman.

'A laptop. Looks very outdated compared to the newer models I've seen," Jaune gazed at the screen, it had the initials RPD.

"That's a laptop? It so...ancient." Weiss says in shock before remembering an important detail. "Hey, you forgot to give me that book about the technology of that world!"

The God of Darkness snapped his fingers, "I knew I was forgetting something. You can have it, but read it after thischapter. Consider it a brief recess to let you all process what you'll see in this viewing." The God of Darkness said as a purple orb appeared in his hand and floated to Weiss, before dispersing to show a book had fallen to her lap.

"Thank you." Weiss said reading the title of the book, 'Technological Marvels of our Era!'. "Not the worst title in the world..."

"This might help," Claire went to check the computer, tapping the keys.

It showed a desktop and quickly brought four split screens of different places in the station. They were obviously live feeds from the surveillance cameras.

"Come on, Chris, where are you?" Claire asked in worry.

Yang looked at Claire in sympathy. If it was Ruby who was caught in that incident, she would be worried too. Nothing would stop her from reuniting with her little sister and keep her safe.

One of the live feeds showed a police officer shooting a zombie. Jaune's eyes were wide and he smiled in relief. Looks like there are survivors after all. The cop kept shooting at the undead while running.

"Shit...They're inside too."

"We have to help him," the blond said as he stared at the screen.

"Yes! I knew they had to be in another part of the building!" Ruby cheered, glad she was right. Blake still looked troubled though, she could see the zombie wasn't going down and had a bad feeling in her gut.

*David! Martin! You there?! I found a way out! It's in here!* The officer was staring at the camera while showing a notebook.

*Send reinforcements! East hallway!* he ran off as the zombie was getting too close, trying to keep distance between himself and the zombie.

"Where is he exactly?" Asked the Arc.

Claire pressed a key, showing a map of the police station. A part of it was red, meaning it was the East Hallway where the officer was.

"Let's get going. I don't think anyone else will come to help him."

"I hope he rescues that guy and finds other survivors." Ruby said looking on in worry at the situation Jaune found himself in.

"If there are other survivors," Maria said with a frown, feeling that if there were more then someone would've been guarding the door or waiting in the main hall. The others tried not to think of the possibility that Maria was right.

The brunette nodded as her eyes fell on the desk. There was a map of the station, just what they needed, if they was to find that cop, her brother, and Leon. Jaune nodded to her, she was really smart. They were after all in an unfamiliar place, without any sense in direction, the map was the only thing to rely on.

"I just hope she doesn't leave the map with Jaune to carry, he might lose that one too." Ruby said with a nervous smile, remembering how Jaune lost the map when on their way to Haven. She never held it against him, but it had been something she, Ren, and Nora lightly teased him about in the past.

"I'm sure he's learned his lesson, Ruby." Ren said in defense of his leader with a small smile, while Nora giggled remembering all the fun she had teasing him.

The east hallway was located to the right, so the duo went in that direction. There as a steel shutter with the RPD initials, above it a white half square and a star. There was a carton sign stuck to it that said 'keep out'. Jaune mentally sighed, someone put that sign up for a good reason. Instead of keeping out and obeying, they were going straight in. it was the same in the Living Dead, the characters entered dangerous places they're not supposed to set foot on. Claire reached for the switch for the steel shutter and pulled the lever down. The red light changed to green, but the shutter only moved a little, looks like it was stuck for some reason or another.

"I pity the people of the old days, it seems their tech is not that great." Weiss said wondering how civilization managed to survive to their point.

"They're not as bad as you think, Weiss. Yes, the technology they have compared to our own is rather ancient, but they made it work. I've watched mankind grow by leaps and bounds through the lifetimes." Ozpin threw in his two cents. He has seen something similar to their technology in the distant past and while he is truly grateful to the advancement. He will never forget they only got this far because of their older counterparts that have faded from memory.

"Perfect," muttered the brunette.

"No choice but to crawl under it. I'll go first." Jaune told her as he folded his shield and sheathed Crocea Mors into it again.

"Okay, I'll watch your back. Take the flashlight." She nodded as she handed him the flashlight, making sure no zombies popped out to attack them.

"Thanks," he smiled, taking it.

The blond huntsman crouched as he tried to get a better view. It wasn't good. On the ground there was blood, it was dry, looking like it happened a while back. The flashlight wasn't helping much. These were the times he wished he was a faunus. They had night vision, so it wouldn't be a problem for the species to see in the dark. After a better look, the walls were also covered in blood. Someone must have had a lot of fun massacring however many people was here. Of course he was being sarcastic, it wasn't fun killing innocent people. He had an idea that this outbreak been going on for quite a while, because of the conditions outside of the stations and now the dried blood. Looking a bit more, there's a long hallway with zombies in the vicinity, for now.

"Oh gods...those poor people..." Summer muttered sorrowfully, already imagining how bad it must have been for there to be so much blood.

"How could it have gotten so out of hand? What caused this to happen?" Weiss asked in horror, unable to comprehend how the police had such a massacre in their own station.

"You'll all find out as you keep watching, as I said, you'll learn the dark truth of Jaune's fate as he faces the undead and the darker side of humanity itself." The God of Darkness stated making everyone tense, especially Ruby. She was really hoping that humanity hadn't created those creatures, surely there had to be some other explanation right?

"How does it look?" Asked the brunette.

"There's blood everywhere," the blond replied

"That means we're on the right path." There was some sarcasm in her tone.

"But it's safe, we should be able to pass through." Jaune told her.

As Claire kept staring at the crouched Jaune. Her eyes suddenly feel all over his body until reaching his butt.

'Not bad...' She likes it, she wasn't into men with a small behind and the blond's was really nice in her opinion.

This earned a blush Ruby and Weiss, though Weiss was muttering about 'indecent woman' and 'stupid blond dunces'. Blake gave it a look before rolling her eyes, she had seen her fair share of nice asses from her book, Ninjas of Love. She would admit he had a good one that reminded her of some of her favorite characters though. Yang had a lecherous teasing grin on her face. Enjoying how Claire is eying up Jaune. Ren face palmed for having to see a close up view of his leader's ass, a smirk from Nora at the prospect someone is interested in her fearless leader, groans from Ozpin, Oscar, and Qrow at seeing another dude's ass in close up, and an amused looking Summer.

"Shouldn't she stay focused on looking out for any trouble?" Ruby muttered growling before she could stop herself. Blushing deeper as she saw the looks she got from Yang and Summer at this little reaction.

"jealous, Rubes~" Yang teased her baby sister.

"W-What?! Jealous? Me? No, no way whatsoever. I'm just concerned for my best friend is all." Ruby denied, she couldn't be jealous, it's not like they're dating or anything! So what if she doesn't like Claire staring at Jaune's nice butt? She paused as she considered how she just thought of his butt.

'BAD RUBY! Bad! Jaune is not what Yang calls eye candy!..Whatever those are, but still!' Ruby wailed in her head. Struggling to deal with this strange feeling she has for Jaune for a while now. She wasn't sure when it started, but the more time she spent with Jaune, the more she liked it and had no idea why!

"Are you sure, Ruby?" Summer asks in concern for her daughter. Cause if she did have feelings for this boy, that would make this separation and viewing harder on her.

"I'm fine, mom, really, let's stay focused on watching this." Ruby said hoping Summer would drop the subject already. Summer seeing Ruby wasn't going to say anything more reluctantly let the matter go for now, but mentally promised herself to keep an eye on Ruby just in case.

"Hmm...You know, if I was 50 years younger, I wouldn't mind giving him a try." Maria said with a shrug, Qrow spit out his whiskey he was drinking to forget the image in surprise. Before looking at the reaper with a glare as she smiled cheekily at him.

"You did that on purpose." Qrow accused with an annoyed growl.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Maria said keeping her grin, making Oz chuckle silently at their interaction. While Team RWBY, Ren, Nora, and Oscar looked to be trying to ignore what she said.

'Trying being the keyword judging by the looks on their faces.' Oz mused silently with a smirk.

"Claire, come on." The Arc was already inside.

She crouched and crawled under the steel shutter, forgetting the pervy thought of the blond's bottom.

"I didn't~" Yang said with a knowing grin, making the others groan. Even the God of Darkness face palmed, unseen by the others who was watching the viewing portal.

'Why did I bring Yang here again? Oh yeah, she's one of his friends...' The God of Darkness thought to himself as he shook his head. 'I'm just glad she hasn't tried to use any puns so far.'

Jaune decided to keep the flashlight, while unsheathing his Crocea Mors again. The camera feed showed a zombie chasing that cop, which means there could be more of the undead somewhere around here. As they traveled the dark and bloody hallway, the duo spotted a fuse box and it was missing a fuse. There were a couple of doors, but no need to explore them for the moment. Passing a double door, their path was blocked by a steel locker. The Arc volunteered to remove it. It wasn't that heavy thankfully, but it did take some effort to put it into the right place with the others so they can proceed. The floor was suddenly flooded with water. There must be a leak somewhere. Staring above two doors, they saw the signs of the restrooms. That must be where the leak was, a broken pipe or a toilet malfunctioning.

"I'd hate to be the janitor who has to clean that mess." Nora said with disgusted look on her face. All that blood and water would take hours to fully clean up, that's not even considering the water damaged walls needing replacements or the smell.

"Agreed." Came the unanimous response from everyone else. Not one of them would want to be the one stuck on cleaning duty for that hallway, if they could avoid it.

The deeper they traveled in the dark hallway, the stronger Jaune's bad feeling was getting. He has seen this in the Living Dead series. Broken dark places are a bad sign. Only trouble will be awaiting them at the end. He could actually see it as if he's predicting future events. By the time they find that police officer, the whole place will be surrounded by zombies. That's when the good part will start. Obviously being sarcastic again. They saw another door, but this one had a chain wrapped around the handle. They won't be getting in until they find something to cut it with, he wasn't planning on using his sword as a cutting tool. It's a weapon for fighting and killing.

"Are you stupid, Jaune?" Yang said, feeling like her fellow blond had just lost his brain.

"Yang! That's rude!" Ruby tried to defend Jaune, earning attention to herself from her friends. "I mean he is right it's not the proper tool to unlock chained doors with."

"We're huntresses, Ruby, we know that we don't always have the ideal tools and have to think on the fly. To be able to adapt to the situation and sometimes that means opening doors through force or with out weapons." Blake chimed in, knowing there would be times you have to shoot off a lock or in this case, cut the chains using the sword.

"If it was me, I would just use my Ember Cecila to blow off the lock or the door itself if I had to." Yang began with an annoyed look on her face that Ruby was actually defending Jaune on this foolish move. "Those chains could not possibly damage his sword and I seriously doubt he'd gonna find some bolt cutters lying around."

"Well...you never know. They might have left some in a supplies closet or maybe one of those big boxes." Ruby was finding it hard to defend Jaune on this case.

"Ruby, while I'm not one to like property damage. I doubt anyone will hold it against Jaune to use his sword to cut the chains if he felt he needed to during a zombie outbreak." Weiss states making Ruby deflate, even her partner was against her...

Summer patted Ruby on the back, understanding she was trying to defend her best friend.

"To be fair, Yang, what if there are zombies inside the rooms he's trying to get in by force? Maybe those chains are there for a reason." Summer supplied, making Ruby smile in support and Yang to look a bit nervous at the thought of zombies popping out of a room she forces into.

"Okay, fair point, but even if he cut the chains with bolt cutters or with using his sword. Either way he'd have to fight them anyway." Yang pointed out, making Summer smile at how her daughter was thinking this out.

"True, but the point is that while you could force a door open, doesn't mean you should. Sometimes using a key is better, in case you need to lock the door again when getting out. This way you can trap whatever is inside or prevent others from getting in easily." Summer said making everyone nod to her logic, it made some sense to be on the cautious side.

There were smashed furniture, desks, and more blood. The sight worried the Arc, zombies couldn't have done this massacre, no matter the numbers. According to his favorite outbreak series.

Everyone looked at the damage with worry. "It does seem strange how all this damage could be caused by zombies alone." Blake said, wondering what else is lurking inside the police station.

"Like I said, zombies isn't the only thing he'll be facing against on that world." The god of Darkness warns them, knowing of the other creatures and certain individuals Jaune would cross paths with.

"OPEN UP! HURRY! OPEN UP!"

Everyone jumps at how loud and desperate the voice sounds, recognizing it as the cop from the camera feed.

"Jeez, the cop nearly gave me a heart attack." Maria muttered, patting her chest lightly.

"He must be either out of bullets or the zombie that was chasing him earlier is VERY close if he's shouting like that." Qrow said feeling that the guy must feel his back is literally against a wall to be this panicked.

"That must be him," said the blond huntsman.

"OPEN THIS GODDAMN DOOR!"

"Definitely very close and out of bullets I would guess." Ozpin said, feeling sympathy for the cop. If not for Jaune and Claire, no one would know of his desperate plea for help and would've died as zombie food. Hoping Jaune can save the poor man before the zombies get him.

"We're coming!" Claire shouted, hoping to assure the man he had help.

They entered a room where the screams were coming from. There was a closed steel shutters, it was the fire safety door and they could hear struggling on the otherside.

"I'm here!" Said the brunette.

"Hang in there!" Followed the Arc.

"OPEN THE DOOR! HURRY UP! HURRY UP, OPEN IT!" The cop cried out so desperately and terrified.

"Please open it in time, please open it in time..." Ruby muttered, not wanting another cop to die to those zombies.

Both used all their strength to life the steel shutter. They succeeded in opening it a little, as the arm of the cop emerged holding a notebook that has the exit out of the station.

"Here, give me your hand!" Claire said as she and Jaune tried to pull him out.

"We got you!" Jaune followed.

"Here, here, help me!"

Claire got one hand and Jaune got the other, but something was preventing them from getting the officer out completely. Something was pulling him back, with greater strength. The cop started screaming in agony. Blood was being spilled when they were finally able to pull him in, the most gruesome sight laid before their eyes. The duo was only able to pull the upper half of the man, followed by a trail of blood and guts as the metal door closed. The Arc was beyond shocked, this was the first time he has seen so much blood in his entire life, the smell hit his nose hard. He could even see the insides.

It was at the sight of the torn in half man dragged in a bloody mess to safety, that everyone summoned the barf bags. None of them sure how well they would be able to hold in the urge.

"RRREEEEGGHHHHHH!" The God of Darkness had the respect to remain silent as he witnessed Ruby, Weiss, and Oscar barf up whatever was in their stomachs. Feeling that was a fair reaction to those not used to the more gory side of being a hunter or huntress.

Yang was trying hard to keep her contents inside her stomach as she watched in muted horror, unable to speak a word at how horrifying the man's death was. Blake wasn't much better as she closed her eyes with her hand over her mouth, trying hard to keep it down herself. She had seen her fair share of death on both the human's side and the faunus, but this was truly horrible.

Nora held Ren close for comfort as he held her in return, watching with wide eyes as their leader and friend was forced to see such a violent and horrible death of an innocent.

Qrow, Summer, Maria, and Ozpin were the best off in not losing their lunch, but had their bags ready just in case. Not used to such gore as normally anyone they seen killed or they had to kill was cleaner than this.

The sounds of emptying stomachs was soon ceased, as they tried to process what they just saw. As well as trash cans appearing for them to put the throw up bags into that vanished in black flames soon after, leaving no traces of the vomit filled bags behind.

"I...I can't believe...that's so horrible..." Ruby muttered, unable to imagine how the poor man must have felt being torn in half while alive during the process.

"Not everyone can be saved, Ruby." Ozpin said with heavy remorse and nostalgia in his voice, recalling all the lives he couldn't save, despite his best efforts.

"How...How did Raccoon end up like this? It's not right. No one deserves that! Any of it!" Ruby soon shouted her stomach finally settled down, replacing her nausea with a feeling of righteous fury at whatever had caused this to spread across an innocent city.

"I told you that Jaune would have to face one of the worst creations ever made by humanity. By men and women who lost themselves to the darker nature inside them." The God of Darkness told them, shocking them all as they turned to face him.

"What do you mean by that?! How could any human cause zombies to rise from their graves?! That's not possible! Are you saying there is magic like that or something?!" Weiss demanded, alarmed, confused, and extremely upset by all of this.

"I mean what I say. Mankind in that world found something that allowed them to create not only those zombies, but even worse creatures. The kind of things you thought only existed in your nightmares." The God of Darkness explained in as vague a way as he could. He wasn't about to spoil the viewing, but he knew he had to give them some sort of bone.

"What is it and why would they use it?! Didn't they know it was dangerous? Why are you dodging the question?!" Ruby demanded, feeling angry at the evasive answers that made her frustration grow.

"All I can tell you is this. Why they did it was because they got greedy and internal conflict happened, but at the end a horrible irreversible decision was made by one foolish soul that started a chain of events to cause all of this to happen to Raccoon City. If you truly wish to know what happened..." The god of Darkness points to the viewing portal that was still up.

"Keep. Watching. If you do that for the entire time Jaune faces the darker side of humanity and the undead. Then along the way you WILL see the truth for yourselves. For seeing IS believing with both humans and faunus these days." The God of Darkness pointed out, making it clear THIS is how he will let them know the truth.

The air was tense as everyone looked between Ruby and the God of Darkness.

"Ruby, you don't have to do this." Summer tried to assure her daughter.

"No mom, I...I want to know what happened to Jaune and the city. If this is the only way he will let us know...then so be it. I'll face the dark truth all the same." Ruby said glaring defiantly to the God of Darkness, viewing his "Dark Truth" as something she needs to overcome. "I'll keep watching, right to the end, God of Darkness."

"We're in too." Yang said with Weiss and Blake nodding in agreement. If their leader was facing this, so would they. Besides, they have seen too much to leave without answers for what happened to Jaune.

"You ain't getting rid of us, we deserve to know what happened to Jaune." Nora said with Ren nodding beside her, both looking determined.

Qrow, Maria, and Ozpin all nodding in agreement as Oscar gave a smile of support. "It's scary, I will admit, but we're in too."

The God of Darkness looked around for any doubt, but to his pleasure he saw none. They were ready to continue.

"Then let's pick up where we left off." The God of Darkness said as everyone looked at the portal again.

As a huntsman, he doesn't live in a world of blood and gore. When killing a Grimm, it was dead, the creatures don't bleed. They turn to black smoke when they are killed. Not to mention he has never been put in the position where he has to kill a person before. The blond has felt the hatred, remembering when he fought Cinder at Haven Academy, he didn't stand a chance against her. Not against the monster who killed his partner.

Ren and Nora scowled in fury and sorrow, remembering how Pyrrha died. As well as how close Jaune was to dying and how Cinder tried to break him by skewering Weiss with a spear.

Weiss herself recalled that as she placed a hand over where the spear went through her. Only to feel a Blake's hand on her free hand sitting on the arm rest of her chair. Looking at Blake she saw her, Yang, and Ruby giving her supportive smiles.

"It'll be okay, Weiss, we won't let Cinder harm you again." Blake told her resolutely, earning a nod from Ruby and Yang. Weiss smiled, touched at their consideration.

"You all are dolts...I swear." Weiss said softly, turning to face the screen with a smile on her face as her friends all smiled back.

"Claire, you okay?" Jaune asks, worried for how Claire is handling this.

Claire nodded quickly, obviously she was shocked too. Feeling bad they weren't able to save him. The steel shutter was being hit constantly on the other side. Jaune ignored the noises as he took the officer's notebook. His last words were 'Tell Marvin'. They needed this if they wanted to find a way out, but first they needed to find Chris and Leon.

"Oh God. I'm so sorry." She whispered.

"We did the best we could." Jaune trying to assure her.

"If only we would have come a lot sooner..."

"I know, but we can't waste time. I don't want to stay here any longer. I really have a bad feeling-"

Arc was interrupted as the door to the room burst open and a police zombie emerged. This was exactly what he was fearing. Now the undead was coming for them like they did the cop. Claire reacted quickly as she shot it's head, but it wasn't enough to bring it down. Jaune finished it off, slicing it's head off with Crocea Mors. Both left the room as a zombie emerged from a window, breaking the glass. They run back to the way they came, only to find two more zombies blocking their way. It's like they were waiting for them to come.

"They're getting swarmed!" Oscar said in worry as the zombies seem to be coming out of the woodwork.

"They need to hurry and get out of there, before they get overwhelmed by their numbers in such tight hallways." Qrow said knowing that while Jaune could handle himself best. Claire was the most in danger and even Jaune would be eventually overrun if he's sandwiched on both sides by waves of zombies.

The brunette fired her gun, while Jaune slashed through the undead and shoved one away with his shield. The duo finally made it to the steel shutter that leads to the main hall. Behind them, more zombies were coming their way.

"Go! I'll hold them off!" Said the Arc as he got into a stance ready to fight.

"I'm not leaving without you!" Argued the brunette. She didn't want to leave him behind to fight those zombies. What if he died too?!

"I'll be fine. Just go!"

"I'm not leaving you!" After what she saw, there was no way she was leaving Jaune.

"You got to hand it to her, she truly is a loyal to want to stay by his side to ensure his safety." Yang said respecting the woman, granted Claire had no idea how capable Jaune is compared to her, but the sheer fact she isn't leaving him behind after what she has witnessed to make sure Jaune is safe is commendable to the blond brawler of RWBY.

"Yeah, but she's unknowingly making it harder on Jaune because of it. As long as she is there he won't think of leaving. He always looks after others first, especially those precious to him." Ren said knowing why Jaune isn't trying to leave at the same time Claire is. He knew Jaune wanted to be absolutely sure that she was safe on the other side before leaving himself.

"I'll be right behind you, I promise!" Jaune swore to her, an Arc never goes back on his word and that will not change, now or ever!

"You better!" Claire said, reluctantly doing as he said and mentally praying he would keep his promise. She would never forgive herself or him if he died playing hero.

Claire crawled to the other side without any trouble, as Jaune used his shield to shove some zombies back before using his sword to kill them as they were back stepping. Jaune noticed how some of the zombies behind the ones he killed were tripping over the corpses.

The blond seeing his chance followed Claire under the steel shutter, crawling to the other side for the main hall, but one of the zombies grabbed his foot. That was the last thing he wanted. "Damn it, let go!"

"Let him go you son of a bitch!" She was shooting at the arm of the undead.

"Get off of Jaune you corpse or I'll break every bone in your body!" Nora threatened with her hands tightening on the armrests of her chair. Ren didn't even try to calm her down or tell her it was a past event, feeling the same as she did. They watched Claire try to free Jaune by shooting the arm grabbing his foot.

"Come on, Claire! Save him, please!" Ruby begged, fearing for Jaune right now.

Jaune was almost out, but the zombie was right behind him. Someone came and grabbed the blond out of the way, before closing the steel shutter closed with his foot bashing the zombie's brains in.

"He's safe!" Oscar cheered in relief, glad his friend was saved.

"But who saved him?" Qrow asked wondering where this person was when the other cop called for help.

"Hopefully an ally they can rely on. They'll need all the help they can get it seems." Maria said, eying the screen with some interest.

A dark skinned man looking in his early forties wearing a cop uniform, another officer. He had a wound on the right side of his stomach. The Arc was shocked. Did he get bit too? He will eventually turn.

"Good to see he has help from a cop, but do you think he's infected?" Weiss asks in concern for the blond, hating the idea of an innocent soul who just saved Jaune to be turned into a zombie.

"Considering what has been happening to the city and how he wasn't seen earlier when Jaune came in, I'd say it's most likely the case." Qrow said somberly, it's never easy seeing good men and women die in service, but the idea of seeing them turn to zombies is worse.

"You alright?"

"Yeah, thanks." Replied the blond huntsman with a grateful smile.

"You're safe...for now." The man walked back against the steel shutter, as if tired. The Arc could see the man was exhausted. "Marvin Branagh."

"Jaune Arc."

"A little early for Halloween isn't it?" The wounded cop took notice of his choice of clothes.

'This again?' Jaune thought in a minor annoyance and reluctant acceptance. He knew why they would keep assuming it at least and honestly he couldn't blame them. Even if it stung his pride a bit for people to mistake his armor for a costume.

"Obviously someone taught you well."

Jaune about about Pyrrha as his blue eyes softened at the memory of the redhead.

"Oh Jaune..." Nora said feeling sorry for her friend. Out of everyone losing Pyrrha hit him worse than everyone else. Nora and Ren sometimes wondered if he'd ever be able to move on or not, but so far they wasn't sure.

'Then again...maybe he can with a little help...' Nora thought glancing at Claire on the portal. It was a long shot, but it was a thought and hope Nora would keep in mind to herself for now. She DID seem interested when staring at his ass and showed some serious loyalty to Jaune after all.

"Come on," he held out his hand and the Arc gladly accepted it.

"Thank you for the help," Claire thanked the man for saving Jaune.

"It should be expected you two would come here. A little too late, I'm afraid." He walked over to a couch with a laptop close to it on top of a box, getting seat on the sofa.

"What happened to this city?" Claire asked, hoping the police knew something that caused this madness.

"It all happened so quickly. Before anyone knew it, people were eating people." Marvin answered, wishing he knew what caused it himself.

"it is a zombie outbreak after all," replied the blond huntsman.

"So nobody knows what caused this?" The brunette asked, hoping for something, anything that could provide a lead.

"There's a lot of theories...But all I know for sure is that this place is crawling with zombies." Marvin told her, fighting off the pain from his wound as best he could.

"Damn, even the police are clueless of how to explain what happened." Qrow cursed at the rotten luck Jaune and Claire were having so far in finding leads.

"Yeah, you're telling me. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Claire Redfield." The Brunette says, earning a wide eyed look in surprise from Marvin.

"Redfield?" Marvin asks shocked at the possibility of someone related to Chris is here. "As in, Chris Redfield?"

"Yeah, he's my brother. Have you seen him?" Claire was hoping Marvin knew where Chris was. She wanted, no, needed to know he was okay and get him out of this city.

"He's on vacation. Europe, I think. Left weeks ago."

'Europe?' Jaune has never heard of it before, was his insane theory of being in another world true?

"Vacation?" Claire stood a little taken aback at this. Her brother? A vacation? "That's... That's great news."

"At least now we know he's safe," smiled the blond at the brunette. Before turning to Marvin. "By the way, Marvin, we got this from another officer. He didn't make it, I'm sorry."

"I'm sure you did the best you could." He took the notebook, opening it and checking what was written inside the pages. "I may have more good news for you. Looks like there might be a way out through this secret passage way." Marvin pointed to the open notebook, showing a small hand drawn map.

"That's good, they have a way out now and Claire's brother is safe. One less person to worry about." Ren said feeling glad for some good news to come Jaune and Claire's way.

"Yeah, that's what that officer said. That he might have found a way out." Said the Arc.

"his name was Elliot, he was a good man with a wonderful family." Marvin said, not wanting Elliot to be forgotten or written off as simply another officer who fell. Maybe it was futile in practice, but he felt the need to say it. Elliot was one of his men after all.

"Good," Claire took the notebook, checking the map.

The officer was groaning in pain.

"We should get you to a hospital." Claire said in concern for Marvin.

"Oh no...Forget about me. I can take care of myself." Marvin waved off her concern, though it was plain to see he was in pain.

Jaune stood silent, maybe he already knows there's no turning back. He will eventually become a zombie, maybe within the hour.

"No, don't be ridiculous, you're gonna need help-"

"Listen, Claire. Save yourself and Jaune. So you can see your brother again." Marvin cut her off, he had to make it clear. For her and Jaune's sake, they had to escape this place.

"I think he does know, but he's trying to keep it to himself. Most likely to make it easier on them to not be distracted by his condition." Ozpin said, knowing all too well how people like him think and act in these kind of scenarios.

"Let's do as he says," whispered the blond, knowing they couldn't convince him otherwise.

"Now...You're gonna need this," Marvin handed her a walkie talkie. "And this," followed by a combat knife.

"And be careful. If you see any of those things-no matter who they were-you can't hesitate. Take them out if you can, or you run." Marvin warned them.

"We already know." The blond huntsman said with a nod.

Marvin turned to Arc, seeing the sheathed sword at his waist. "Please tell me you're not going to fight those things with that."

"It's my weapon and it's helped me out a lot so far." Jaune said, feeling the need to defend his family heirloom's worth. This sword was passed down his family for generations and even now it has held true against anyone he's faced.

"So far..."replied the officer feeling skeptical.

"He's right, I've seen him using that sword and he knows how to use it. He has saved me a lot of ammo." Claire said coming to Jaune's defense.

"It doesn't matter how good you are with a sword. What if you encounter an enemy in the distance and Claire isn't there to back you up? You're going to need some firepower. You have to be prepared for anything, if you want to survive this." Marvin said, trying to make Jaune understand just how dangerous this situation is.

Jaune stood in thought. He was right, this was more complicated than a huntsman mission or eliminating Grimm. This was a zombie outbreak and being prepared was top priority over everything else. He has to think of the possibility that he might get separated from Claire like they did with Leon.

"I offered to add a gun function to his sheathe in the past, but he turned me down. It would've been so awesome..." Ruby sighed, knowing Jaune didn't want her messing with it because it was an heirloom of his family's. So it sucked he never had a gun till now, as it really hindered him against Grimm or enemies who keep their distance.

"Here," Marvin offered the Arc his handgun.

"But I...I don't know if I should take it." Honestly the blond wasn't a fan of guns, especially when he didn't know how to use one.

"...What? Why didn't he tell me this?!" Ruby protested, while Nora and Ren looked a bit surprised. They never knew their leader had no knowledge of how to use a gun. They always thought it was just a preference or some personal reason. Which technically this is, but not in the way they was expecting.

"He must have felt ashamed and didn't want to risk us seeing him differently, maybe?" Blake ventured, it was a pretty sound theory as not many in Beacon didn't know how to use a gun. Not everyone was good with them, true, but it was hard to find someone who didn't know how to use guns at all.

"Just take it, I don't need it anymore."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Asked the brunette.

"Come on, Claire. Let's go," he took the handgun from the officer.

XXXXXXXXRESIDENT HUNTSMANXXXXXXXX

"That settles it, Marvin definitely knows and plans to die in that station." Maria said sadly, she had to admire his courage to stick it out for the long haul. He would've made a great huntsman.

"And there's nothing they can do to save him?" Ruby asks, feeling she already knew the answer, but didn't want to admit it.

"Sweetie, I'm afraid there doesn't seem to be one. They don't even know how this started and that in itself is a huge problem." Summer stated feeling bad for the officer, but at the same time she felt pride in knowing his life during his last moments as a human. He gave it his all to help two more survivors escape the police station and have a chance to escape the city.

Ruby silently cried for the selfless man, before feeling Summer and Yang hug her comfortingly. Blake and Weiss watched their friend feeling sympathy for her, as it was hard for them to see too. Marvin truly was a good man who did his job. After a few minutes Ruby finally calmed down enough to continue watching. Giving the God of Darkness a nod and he had the portal start showing them the events playing out before their eyes again.

They decided to leave Marvin alone, as Jaune joined the brunette seeing the map on Elliot's notebook. First, there was an ivory statue of a woman with a flag and there was some writing saying "three medallions", then a passage below the statue that leads underground all the way to the parking lot of the station. So they needed three medallions open the passage, but where to start? Claire went to the next page and there were three more statues. One was a lion, the other a unicorn, and the third one a woman. Below each of the statues there were drawings neither of the two could understand. So they decided to investigate the first statue before heading out. Getting closer below, they could see it had three empty circular slots. Obviously where the medallions go. So it was confirmed that they needed to find them, in order to activate the secret passage that will take them out of the police station.

"A secret exit that needs three medallions from three statues? Isn't that a bit too complex for anyone who needs it?" Ruby asks, feeling that even for a secret exit meant to help someone escape without notice or for emergencies. Those cops sure could have used it...

"It doubt it's for an emergency exit. Given how complex it is to activate, especially since you need to know how to get the medallions from the statues in the first place. That's not even considering if you're pressured on a time limit." Weiss said knowing if her sister was in charge of setting up an emergency exit of any kind, it would be a quick and tactically positioned one to ensure the people who needed to escape had done so safely as possible. This is seemed way to complex for a proper exit by any shape or form.

"It could be a design for a hidden base or a passage way to somewhere, besides the garage of the police station that is. A rather troublesome way to gain entrance, but also good for keeping people out." Blake stated, aware of the White Fang's methods for getting inside one of their own hidden bases would be a lot easier than this. The last thing anyone would want, is to go on the equivalent of a scavenger hunt for the keys to their base.

So whoever set this up must have been hellbent on keeping outsiders out of something.

"That could be possible, all this trouble just to hide a hidden passage leading to the garage alone sounds rather wasteful." Ozpin said knowing of how much trouble he went into making the Vault at Beacon, as well as the construction of the other vaults. Effort spent on high degrees are always for something either sacred to someone or because what they're guarding is extremely dangerous in some form or another.

Claire noticed a statue up on the second floor, she told Jaune to follow her. Climbing up the long staircase, they were surprised that the statue was of a lion holding a shield with something inside the shield, but closed. The blond checked the book, it has to be it. But what about the pictures drawn below it?

"We found it, too easy if you ask me." Jaune said wondering if it was supposed to be this easy. Especially given how his night has been going so far.

"I'm not complaining, these drawings must be the answer." The brunette replied, glad to be getting a break.

"Look here," the Arc saw a mechanism below the statue that had pictures, he touched one. Surprised to see it scrolls up and down to different images. "Hey, you can move them to different pictures."

"Clever, with something like this. It wouldn't be easy to guess at random what combination is needed." Ren noted, feeling this passage was definitely meant for more than just a way to the garage now. This was way to complex for just a secret route to the garage. Though what was being hidden was the question no one had the answer to yet.

"We know what to do now, we match the drawings in the notebook." Claire said, now seeing how they was supposed to get the medallions from the statue. She was very glad Elliot got the drawings on here, if not for him, they would be scratching their heads without a clue on what to do next.

"Let's give it a shot," the blond huntsman replied.

Claire moved the first picture to the same image in Elliot's book. A lion, the second was some type of plant or herb, and the third was an eagle. A loud sound caught their attention as the lid of the shield opened, revealing the Lion medallion.

"We did it..." Jaune was shocked that it was so easy.

"One down, two to go." The brunette smiled at their success.

"I doubt the other two will be that easy to find." The blond huntsman couldn't help the sense this might be the only easy one out of the three. Back on Remnant and in the Living Dead comics he read, things never stay simple or easy for long periods of time.

"Ain't that the truth." Qrow and Ozpin muttered, before looking at each other, before nodding in agreement. Both knowing too well how easily plans can be forced to change, due to some unexpected trouble coming out of nowhere.

As they climbed down the stairs, they decided to put the medallion in one of the slots. A loud sound was heard as the front stone slab around the front of the statue was lowered. Revealing iron bars was behind the stone and behind the bars they could see a cell door.

It has to be their way out.

"So Elliot was right," Marvin saw what happened when the put the medallion in the slot, the secret passage is in the statue of the Goddess.

"Yeah, but we're not out of here yet." The Brunette told him.

"Let's do some medallion hunting," replied the Arc.

"Hang in there, Marvin. We won't be long."

Jaune gazed at the wounded officer and shook his head. Claire was really determined to help him. But he couldn't let her lift her hopes up, not when he knew what was going to happen to him. They went to the left side of the main hall, seeing a metal fence gate closed. The device to open it was closed and had yellow tape. The Redfield immediately took the combat knife given by Marvin, cutting through the tape. Opening it, she pulled the lever down. The fence opened all the way, giving them access to the area. There were two receptions desks behind glass windows. Next to them was two couches similar to the one Marvin is seated on in the main hall and two wooden tables behind a wooden wall. In the corner of the room there was a door. Jaune took his sword out and expanded his sheath to it's shield form again, along with Claire taking her gun out of the holster. Another dark room with blood stains on the walls and floor. He turned on the flashlight while holding the shield.

"Claire?"

"Yeah," she kept her eyes forward.

"You do know there's nothing we can do for Marvin."

"What are you talking about?" She got a little upset, looking at him. "We know what we have to do. We find the two medallions we need and then we take him with us to the secret passage."

"Claire, it's too late for him," the blond huntsman took a deep breath. "I know how you feel, you want to help him and save his life, I'm just like you. I get frustrated, even angry, when people in front of me die and there's nothing I can do about it. Trust me, I know that feeling well." He remembered when he learned Pyrrha died and he was useless to save her.

"I'm so sorry, Jaune..." Ruby muttered, her eyes tearing up before Yang hugged her sister close.

"Ruby, it's not your fault. You know as well as I do that Jaune, Ren, and Nora never once blamed you. You did your best, Ruby." Yang spoke softly as she rubbed her little sister's back.

Summer petted Ruby's hair to help calm her as she looked at Yang. "What happened, Yang?"

A simple question that demanded an explanation, one Yang was willing to give. "Pyrrha tried to fight Cinder, someone who stole the powers of the Fall Maiden for herself. Jaune called us, begging us to save her before she got killed fighting an opponent she couldn't beat. Ruby tried her best to get there on time...but in the end she only arrived in time to see Pyrrha get shot through the heart."

Summer gasped before she too hugged Ruby to comfort her daughter. To think Ruby had seen someone die right in front of her, unable to do a thing to save Pyrrha...

"Oh my poor baby, I'm so sorry..." Summer apologized, sorrowful that Ruby was forced to endure this and could now understand why it affected her daughter to this day. If only she hadn't died...if only she had been there for Ruby and Yang when they were growing up...

"It's...It's not your fault, mom," Ruby sniffled as she hugged Yang and Summer, drying her tears shortly after by summoning some tissues to wipe away her tears. "I'm fine...I'll be fine."

Summer and Yang looked at her worriedly before nodding, everyone turning their attention to the viewing portal again.

"But there's got to be something we can do for him-" she tried to argue.

"You must have figured it out by now. Anyone that gets bitten by a zombie gets infected and becomes one. Marvin's wound is from a bite, he will be one of them too." Jaune explained with a heavy heart, hating there was nothing he could think that could save him. No matter how many comics he read or movies he saw, it was always clear that if you get bitten, then you will become a zombie yourself in time.

"Shit..." She glared at Jaune. "How long?"

"I don't know. The people that got bitten at the gas station turned after a couple of minutes. His time is running out, I'm sorry I have to be the one to tell you." Jaune told her, feeling bad about this situation.

"No, don't apologize. I kinda already knew. But I didn't want to admit it. I was trying to be positive." Claire assured him, despite how awful it felt that they couldn't save the cop. She didn't want him to apologize for helping her admit to herself, that what was going on in front of them is the cold hard truth.

"The only thing we can do now is find those medallions and Leon. Your brother isn't here, so he's safe. Now, you need to get to safety, away from here."

"Me? You're coming too. The three of us will leave this city, together." She glared at him. She was not going to let him die in this city if she had any say in it.

Nora and Ren smiled, glad to see Claire was so determined to ensure Jaune's safety. It was nice to see he had someone who would watch his back no matter what, just as they would.

'Definitely some potential in Claire...' Nora thought with a hopeful look in her eyes.

"I know," Jaune smiled and she felt so much better now.

*This is 73 bird-for rescue-heading east-river. Touchdown at RPD-minutes.*

"Sounds like a broken transmission from a rescue operation." Maria says, hopeful they'd have some help, but felt doubtful it'd be that easy for Jaune and Claire to get out of the city.

The two stopped in a corner of the hallway, as they saw the body of another police officer. His communication device was on the left side of his shoulder. They walked slowly, not knowing if he will get up as a zombie. Jaune carefully touched the head and moved it up. Blue eyes widen in shock, there was so much blood as half of his face has been ripped out.

"Ugh...I'm gonna be sick." Yang stated before putting a hand over her mouth trying not to throw up, Blake being struck silent in fear of the grievous injury that must have led to the man's death. Weiss and Ruby had gone pale with horrified eyes seeing the corpse. They couldn't imagine how painful and horrifying dying like that must have been.

Qrow, Summer, Maria, and Ozpin on the other hand all had their eyes hardened at the sight. Something was wrong. The way the zombies kill was by bites and while this death horrifies them, they can't shake the feeling bites didn't cause this death. The wound looks more like...a claw mark?

'Now that I think about it, The God of Darkness did say zombies wouldn't be the only thing he must fight against. How many more creatures are there though, I wonder and which ones could do this?' Qrow thought, feeling troubled of the idea that he might be right. One look at Summer and Oz told him they were thinking along the same lines. 'I pray I'm wrong this time...'

"Oh god! Poor guy..." Claire felt sick looking at the corpse.

"The sooner we find those medallions, the better." The Arc really wanted to leave this place already.

"Did you hear that?" Claire turned her head to face the hall, hearing something she couldn't place.

"Claire?" The blond was more shocked.

Before them was the body of another officer, but he was hanging from the ceiling. Only one thing was seriously horrifying and wrong at the same time. He had a piece of metal going into the back of his head and coming out of his mouth. Like a hook. Yet, left to hang there like some morbid decoration or a warning to stay away.

"...What...the fuck..."Yang cursed in horror, unable to comprehend how anyone or anything would do that to a person.

"..."Ruby was shaking in fear and sorrow for the poor officer, if they thought the last guy was bad, this was worse.

"There's no way a zombie did this. Not a chance." Oscar said numbly, unable to comprehend how a corpse got like that in the first place.

"But what did and why?" Blake asks the question burning in everyone's mind, rather if they wish to admit it or not.

They tried to go around it carefully, not wanting to disturb the body. Only for Jaune to slip on some blood because he wasn't watching his step, too busy looking at the corpse he was trying to avoid.

"Agh-NO!" Jaune cried out as he bumped the body and it suddenly came down. It's head splitting in half and spilling blood on the ground where it fell, as well as on Jaune who bumped into it. Quickly wiping brain matter and blood off his shoulder where the corpse bumped against him during said fall. "Ugh, just my luck."

"You okay?" Claire asks in concern, wanting to be sure the blond was okay.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just...really jumpy right now." Arc explained to her with a sigh.

"I don't blame you, let's find those medallions and get out of here." Claire assured him, more than understanding how this place is making him feel.

The Arc took the lead again with the Redfield behind him. There was a door next to them but it had the engraving of a clover, it was locked so they needed a key. They continued straight into a hallway that had water on the floor again, with broken wooden planks and an open window. Jaune thought they should seal it before a zombie finds a way through it.

"Shame they have nothing to board up the windows with. I would not feel safe with windows wide open for a zombie to stumble in." Maria said with a shudder, she couldn't imagine keeping her cool there for long if she managed to stay alive long enough. She can run to a degree, but outrunning all the zombies in that city was out of the question in her mind.

Heading to another corner there was a zombie banging on a window. If this keeps up, the zombie will break it.

"At least the glass is holding..." Weiss tries to assure, though she doubted it would last forever.

"For now," Oscar said, knowing it wouldn't be long before it breaks the window glass as well.

CRASH

Looks like he spoke too soon, as the zombie broke the window and fell to the ground. The blond acted immediately, stabbing it's head with his sword, killing it for good.

"Very good on Mr. Arc's part, but now that's two broken windows they should remember to board up later on, if given the chance." Ozpin complemented his former student's swift kill.

"Sure, if they can find some sturdy wooden boards, some nails, and a hammer." Qrow said sarcastically, before Maria whacked him on the head again with her cane.

"If the police had the ability to board up some windows before Jaune and Claire got there, then surely they still have some basic supplies to board the windows lying around somewhere. Don't be so swift to think they can't." Maria scolded Qrow, making Summer, Ruby, and Yang giggle at the sight as Qrow gave a small scoff. Wondering what he had done in his past to deserve getting told off by his hero, who was an old granny now.

The duo saw a dead end for the hallway they was in and the only way forward was a pair of double doors for another room.

Jaune slowly opened one of the doors as the two entered the room. There were some desks and tables scattered around, along with some soda machines. At the end of the room opposite of the doors was a podium with a chalk board behind it. This must have been the meeting room, but it was a real mess. Something caught Claire's eye as she took it, showing it to her blond companion. It was a complete map of the first floor for the police station! A good find as he smiled and gave a nod to her. There as another door next to the chalkboard, but it was chained shut around the knob. The Arc saw something on a desk, a piece of paper titled "RPD record of events", he showed it to the Redfield as the two started reading it.

*September 25th

We're turning the station into a temporary shelter due to the sudden massive outbreak. All police personal have been instructed to make the safety of the citizens their top priority as we try to accommodate as many of them as possible.

(Addendum)

One of the refugees attacked us in the middle of the night, resulting in death for one of the officers and injuring three others. The person in question was quickly restrained. We believe this was simply a case of someone snapping under intense stress.*

"They let the attacker live after killing one of their own and injuring three others?" Qrow asks in surprise at the first part of the file they all got to read, thanks to the viewing portal. He knew plenty of people who would've avenged a fallen comrade for such action.

"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby protested, not liking he was seriously considering killing someone in that circumstance.

"Ruby, look, I'm all for sparing lives when possible, but I don't take chances with those under my protection or responsibility to look after. Especially not when the attacker in question is obviously a zombie from what we've seen so far." Qrow told his niece, not sorry in the least for the measures he would take to protect his own.

"He's got a point, sweetie," Summer said trying to calm her down. Only to earn a wide eyed look of shock from Ruby, who was about to question her only to get a finger gently pressed against her mouth in a silencing motion.

"Let me explain, Ruby. When I led my team I had to do whatever it takes to protect my team, sometimes that means you have to kill the enemy to ensure their safety." Summer explains making Ruby sulk, she didn't like the idea of killing an innocent civilian. But... she was starting to see their point in Jaune's case at least. When it comes to zombies... if one has already turned, you can't do anything to change them back.

As far as she knows at least, but she wishes there was.

Jaune and Claire didn't believe it one bit. Obviously the person was infected.

"Good to see Jaune and Claire understand what happened." Qrow said, feeling relieved they wasn't going to be in denial about the obvious.

*September 26th

A mob attacked the station today, resulting in a number of casualties. A few survivors were able to make it safely behind the emergency shutters, but surrounded as we are, it'll be hard for any of us to escape this place. We're not sure we can fix any of our comm equipment, so we remain cut off from the outside world.*

*September 27

There was another clash on the west side of the station at 1 PM. Twelve people died, and there is only a handful of survivors left. Everything is falling into disarray here.

David Ford*

Team RWBY, Ren, Nora, Qrow, Maria, Oscar, Ozpin, and Summer all felt saddened at how they learned of the station's fall.

"They couldn't save anyone...not even themselves." Summer said sorrowfully, feeling pity for the officers who gave it their all to save the civilians, unaware of the danger they was facing. The danger that spread inside the station and doomed everyone inside.

"That's the danger in facing an unknown threat, Mrs. Rose. You're always at great risk as you're trying to adapt to the unknown threat before you. A threat Jaune must overcome if he wishes to survive and protect Claire." Ozpin stated, feeling pity for Jaune and the challenge he is forced to face without evening knowing why he is on that world.

At least when the God of Light gave him his mission, he was given some details. Jaune was given no such explanation if what the God of Darkness said and they have seen are any indication.

"This is how the police station eventually fell to the outbreak." Jaune gave a weak sigh feeling pity for the brave officers and civilians.

"We can't worry about it now. C'mon, let's keep going." Claire told him, they couldn't afford to lose themselves to despair or linger too long.

The two saw in the corner piled up wooden planks with a broken rectangular window, they immediately knew what to do. The Arc immediately went first to climb over the planks and jump through the hole, followed by the Brunette. They made it to the other side of the hallway, when they saw a fat zombie banging on a vending machine. Probably the silliest thing either have seen the undead do. Anyone could make the joke that it wanted to drink coffee.

"Heheheh," Ruby and Yang snickered at the sight. Finding it amusing even in death, this guy wants in the vending machine so badly.

"Ugh, even in death that fat ass can only think of junk food?" Weiss said with a tone of disgust. Yes she was glad it wasn't people it seemed to want, but with how fat it was, she would say with certainty that he should have gone a diet long ago.

"Or coffee, nothing wrong with a good cup of coffee." Ozpin defended, one of few pleasures he still has in his existence. Heck, if that was the case he would perfectly understand why the zombie is banging on the vending machine. Futile? Yes. But understandable.

"I guess some habits truly do DIE hard, huh?~" Yang said with a smirk. Making everyone, even Summer, groan in dismay at the pun.

"Dammit, Tai, why?" Summer muttered under her breath, she didn't need to be a genius to know who got Yang hooked on puns. Don't get her wrong, she loves her husband dearly, but those puns had a hit and miss ratio with her as it is. For others it's more miss than hit.

"Heheh, not bad, they truly do." The God of Darkness complemented, amused at the pun as he knew some habits do die hard for certain individuals. Shocking and worrying the others as Yang's smile grew, someone appreciated her pun!

The blond huntsman told Claire to stay put as he tried to take it out before it notices them. He got close enough when it turned to face him, it immediately received a sword through it's head, killing it. Jaune removed it, cleaning it with a piece of cloth. It has taken too much blood from these things. And Marvin gave him a gun. He was sure he wasn't going to need it, but he still accepted it out of kindness. So he put the weapon in his right pocket.

"Jaune needs to learn to shoot that gun sooner rather than later." Maria said with a frown, feeling the young man was being careless for someone in his position. Sure, he is skilled in shield and sword combat, but Marvin brought up a truly valid point.

"Hopefully Claire will teach him, she may be the only alive in the city besides Leon who can." Summer said hoping that would happen for both his sake and Claire's. Limiting your options is never good in a zombie outbreak.

Passing another corner, there were two doors on opposite sides of the hall. One said "West Office" and the other said "Storage Deposit Room". Claire chose the second choice as they carefully entered the room. There were dozens of lockers and a control panel at the front. Jaune was looking around and saw one of them had some ammo, another had a pouch with the RPD initials. Everything in these lockers would be useful to Claire, so he went back to the Redfield who was checking the panel. Then she went to a nearby desk with a piece of paper.

* Storage Locker Terminal Memo

It appears that the keypads to the lockers terminal are missing a few keys, I suggest the person responsible for this mess find some spare keys and fix this RIGHT NOW.

(You know who you are, bastard. Who else'd fuck it up this badly?!)

"It's never easy dealing with some idiot breaking the equipment." Weiss said, knowing how annoying it is to have something like her dust containers being broken. Sighing as she recalled the little explosive first meeting she had with Ruby.

'In her defense, she is a dolt who wasn't paying attention and stumbled into my supplies from being dizzy... If I recall her words correctly.' Weiss mentally notes in Ruby's defense, given what she was told of the incident in full sometime after she got started on knowing Ruby better.

"Why make one terminal be the only way to unlock the lockers though? That's just asking for trouble." Ozpin wondered, there is a reason his students all needed their own codes for their lockers. In case anything happens to the schools power supply, they will still have access to the lockers. Thanks to their bottom rockets, the lockers can launch themselves to said students location, as long as they're within Vale that is. The dust supply in those lockers only let them fly so far...

"Looks like he never got the chance to fix it," the Arc gazed at the panel with the missing keys being 2 and 3. "I wouldn't want to be in his shoes."

"No you wouldn't. He's probably not around anymore." The Redfield stated bluntly.

The blond huntsman gave a nod, he was probably dead or a zombie, or maybe escaped safely. Gazing ahead there was another room, but smaller. There was a big locker with a weapon inside. Jaune was no expert in weapons like Ruby, but that seemed to be an older version of a grenade launcher.

Ruby blushed at the praise in being a weapons expert in Jaune's eyes, while Nora gave the grenade launcher a critical eye before scoffing.

"That antique has nothing on my Magnhild." Nora said with a triumphant grin, making Ren sigh with a small smile at how proud his girlfriend is of her weapon.

"Nora, I doubt any weapon of their world can compare to our versions. It's like pitting past against future." Ruby tried to defend the classic grenade launcher, she wasn't kidding with Jaune back then when she said no one appreciates the classics anymore.

Not in the slightest on the same level as Nora's Magnhild though.

"Damn right, fearless leader!" Nora shouted with pride, fist pumping in victory. Making Ren smile fondly at Nora's pride in her weapon.

Next to it was a locker with some ammo, probably for the weapon and next to it was an electronic device that is a card reader. They won't be getting that grenade launcher any time soon. The Arc was caught off guard hearing banging coming from the door. A zombie broke in as Claire reacted by at it's head, followed by the leg. Another shot on the leg and it was down, one last shot to the head finally killed the zombie.

"I'm sorry, Claire, I didn't realize-" Jaune tried to apologize, only to feel a reassuring calm hand on his shoulder that made him pause. Seeing she wasn't angry at him for not reacting sooner.

"It's okay, you can't always be the one to get all the credit," she smiled as she reloaded her gun with more ammo.

"So two and three are out of the question?"

"Until we find those missing keys, yeah. Let's make our time here worthwhile."

Claire opened the 106 and 109 lockers for now. There was a roll of film and ammo. The Arc had no idea what the film is for,

"He isn't the only one, what would they use that for?" Oscar asks rather curious of the strange object.

"For a camera, though the film container is different from Remnant's style back in the older generations, I do believe it's for a camera to save the pictures they've taken." Ozpin explains getting shocked looks from the others.

"You know Oz, sometimes it's hard to remember just how long you've been on Remnant." Qrow can't help but say out loud, earning a bitter chuckle from the former headmaster of Beacon.

"Trust me, Qrow, I've lost count on exactly how long it's been since I first got this mission. I only know it's been thousands of years now." Ozpin remarks sounding far older and tired than he appeared to be.

"You'll find more information on their technological feats in the book I gave to the little Schnee. I suggest reading it as a brief recess in between the viewings to adjust to what you'll learn." The God of Darkness recommends to them, before everyone turned their attention to the viewing again.

Leaving the storage deposit room, the duo continued their journey through the west hallway of the station. There was a staircase leading to the second floor, while there was a zombie outside a window in front of the stairs. Jaune saw some items below the staircase, one of them being some hard boards and nails wrapped together. The blond got an idea as he quickly grabbed the boards and undid the wrapping.

"Claire, I got an idea, but I need you to do as I say. Hold the boards as I give them to you. I'll hammer the nails in." Jaune told her quickly handing her a board.

"W-What?" Claire asks perplexed, was jaune really going to try to play beat the clock to lock a zombie out the window? How was he planning on doing this with no hammer?!

"Just trust me, Claire, please. I'll explain as we do this!" Jaune said as Claire sighed before doing as told, watching him use the hilt of his sword to quickly drive the nails into the window frame with one hit on each nail. Impressing Claire at his strength slightly, she figured he was tough, but that would require a good aim and just the right amount of force to pull off.

"Now I figure if we lock the zombies out, it'll save us some bullets from your gun and hopefully prevent extra zombies stumbling in here later." Jaune informs her, quickly setting up the first board and handing her a second. Claire had to admit, if this plan works it could spare them some trouble from the undead. Already nailing it in at a hurried pace, before the window broke. The boards stopped the zombie from getting in so far, but it's hands still reached and grabbed Claire's breast.

"You bastard!" Claire screams, feeling enraged at the zombie. She quickly pulls out her pistol and fires a shot right in the right eye. Making it stumble back before she unloads three more rounds that cause it's head to burst like a zit. Only instead of puss, it was blood and brain matter gushing out. Jaune was feeling terrified and a bit sick seeing what Claire did to the corpse. While Claire took a deep breath to calm herself, before letting it out through her nose.

"Claire...you okay?" Jaune asks, partly worried for her, but mostly terrified of the pissed off expression on her face. Seeing her look at him with that glare on her face was enough to make him cringe, as he instinctively took a step back. Claire's eyes soften seeing this as she took a second to calm down.

"Sorry, I'm fine now. I just refuse to let anyone, especially some zombie, touch me like that without paying the price. Now let's hurry up and finish setting up these boards to keep the rest of the bastards out." Claire told him with a deadly tone in her voice, one that promised nothing but pain for perverts who touched her chest without permission. Setting up the third and final board for Jaune to finish nailing in.

All the huntresses in the room nodded in agreement with Claire's righteous anger toward the zombie. It got what it deserved. While as for the men, they all cringed slightly in fear of the malicious aura from said huntresses and from Claire's deadly tone.

"I like her, if she was born here, I guarantee she would've made a great huntress." Maria says in pride, respecting the Redfield more already and loving that fiery anger she has.

"No doubt, Claire is pretty bad ass for a civilian. If anyone touched my girls, I would punch them into next week." Yang said with her eyes flashing red for a second. Summer looked at Yang with pride as she patted Yang's hand.

"That's good to hear dear, but don't be afraid to tell me if you need me to teach anyone manners of how to treat a lady." Summer began before looking at Ruby. "Both of you."

"Mommmm..." Ruby groaned in embarrassment, as much as she liked her mother being protective of her, it still felt embarrassing to hear it. Plus she didn't want her mother scaring off any of her male friends, few as there that is.

"Don't worry, mom, I can handle myself." Yang assures, giving a confident grin that made Blake and Weiss roll their eyes. Knowing all too well only someone with a death wish would try to piss off Yang or mess with Ruby in any way.

"I hope Jaune's plan works though, it does sound like a good way to reduce the chances of them having to fight more zombies than needed." Ruby said with some hope as she was calming down faster than the others. Mostly out of concern for Jaune...and Claire. She wasn't playing favorites or anything like that. Just concern for her best friend is all.

With the final board set up, Jaune smiled in pride at his rather decent looking makeshift barrier to keep them out of the windows for now on. There was an open door near the items, it was some sort of office and on a wall was a sign that said "Darkroom". The Redfield her blond companion that they'll be able to see the picture in the roll of film if they take it here. It was a good thing the brunette took a course in photography when she was in high school. It didn't take long since it was only one picture.

It was a photo titled "A commemorative photo". A statue of an old man wearing a crown, a king, he was holding a red book in his left hand and in his right hand was a scepter with a red jewel. Neither of the two had a clue what it was about or what it could mean. But they decided to keep the photo just in case. Who knows? It might come in handy later. After investigating the room, the duo went upstairs to the second floor. Two bodies near a steel shutter. Jaune stabbed both in the head to make sure they didn't get up. They went to the other stairs going to the third floor. There they saw two lockers and next to it a huge hole, like a car ram through the concrete wall. Entering the hole, something caught their eyes laying on a desk. A key and the end had the shape of a spade. So with this, they'll be able to unlock any doors that has the spade lock!

"Yes! Now they can check out more rooms for supplies!" Nora cheered, hoping they'll find the card needed to get the grenade launcher. Even if it is inferior to her Magnhild, it's better than nothing or being stuck with the pistols Claire has.

"Assuming there is no zombies in the rooms that key leads too," Weiss noted with caution and some fear in her tone. She couldn't imagine how Jaune must feel, being up close and personal with those rotting corpses trying to eat him and Claire alive.

They left the room through a door into a long hallway with a window.

As the duo continued walking, something passed the window at quick speed. It was too fast for them to tell what it was.

"What was that?!" Claire cried out in surprise.

"Don't know," the blond huntsman tightened his hold on Crocea Mors, "but whatever it was. It didn't look like a zombie to me."

"..." Claire was silent as dread filled her heart, fearing that something worse than zombies was here.

TO BE CONTINUED

"What the heck was that thing?!" Oscar shouts out as the viewing finished that chapter, he couldn't even get a good look at it and that was not helping his mind.

"Not sure...but I think it had claws?" Qrow said trying to recall the brief image they saw, only to growl in frustration that he didn't get a good look either.

"As I told you all before, Jaune will have to face one of the worst creations the human race has ever made and the darker side of humanity. That creation caused more than just zombies to roam the city and send it to chaos. Oh no, there are worse things than zombies as you will soon see." The God of Darkness said making everyone tense in fear at both his knowing tone and the implications of what Jaune must face.

Just what has the God of Light gotten Jaune into?

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AN: AND DONE! FINALLY! Good Goddess this was a pain! I dare say this might be TWICE as long as the last one, but I still must apologize for taking so long to get this out. I wanted it to be good and I had gotten distracted by more prioritizing matters.

With all that said, I have one final reminder. I can't handle a BIG group so my list of viewers are as following. Team RWBY, Ren, Nora, Qrow, Maria, Oscar, Ozpin, Summer Rose, Saphron, Mrs. Arc(Using the personality and looks from JPDE).

AN from warrior of six blades: Also, YES, I did alter one part of the story to explain how they got the boards up so quickly and make it seem more dangerous doing so. Like even though they was fast enough this time, Claire still got grabbed and a zombie got rightly shot for it. I assure they won't grab one of her breasts all the time, I'm not a pervert you jackasses. But it did allow me to show Claire's more fierce anger side in a way that I find will make Jaune have a reason to NEVER want to piss her off. Plus I'm a staunch believer if you touch a girl without consent, you deserve to be punished. Severity varying depending on how far you was planning on going or if it was an accident. If an accident, then it's okay to warn them not to do it again. I'm not heartless after all. Oh, before I forget, I should mention it also allows me to show Jaune using the hilt of his sword as a hammer. Not proper form, but in a situation like that and you have no hammers, it will serve as a substitute for those who are desperate. Plus, with his aura making him stronger and all his training, I think he could nail it up pretty fast with Claire holding the boards. I regret not thinking of this idea sooner and running it by Gravenimage in the past, but it was something I only thought up AS I was editing this chapter.

One final note that I feel MUST be addressed. I on a personal level believe the dead do hear us when we talk to them. But for the sake of the story and to further prove a point on how heavy the burden of heroism is... I am having Summer play catch up with what happened to her family and friends after she died. Also because I noticed something concerning as I watched RWBY. When God of Light talked with Ozma, Ozma had NO idea what happened to Salem. Meaning the dead on Remnant might not be aware what happens to those in the living... Which is truly sad to think about if people in mourning tried to speak their peace to their dead loved ones.

With that said, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and will be patient for the next one. I will need a brief break before starting my work on writing the next chapter tomorrow. I got things to catch up on and want to see how everyone likes this chapter first. For now I wish you all a good day/afternoon/evening depending on what time it is for you all and to please review. Flames and haters will be ignored, as well as have their reviews deleted.


AN from me: on behalf of warrior of six blades thank you for your support reviews, favs and follows. Warrior told me it will take him some time to finish the third chapter but for now enjoy the first two.