Well here it is. The second Chapter of the reboot. Author's note will be at the end to explain what has been happening. I don't own RWBY or Overwatch, they belong to their respective owners. ENJOY!

Prologue part 2:

The Day After

"What are you doing?!"

"MONSTER!"

"RUBY WAIT!"

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

"AAAAAAAAGGGGH!"

Jaune eyes shot open as he took a deep inhale. He had no idea what dream he had, but despite the voices that practically came from all around him, he couldn't see a thing. Now that he thought about it, his vision was a lot blurrier since the last time he opened his eyes.

'Where am I?' he thought as he looked down at his hands. He was shocked to say the least as he found himself floating in a tube of sorts and couldn't tell if he was floating in water or not. While his body was scarred, especially around his kneecaps, his muscles looked to be more toned since the last he checked. He wasn't ripped at all, but definitely toned.

"Any updates doc?" Jaune could barely hear from behind the glass tube he was in. The sudden voice got his attention though as it sounded oddly familiar.

"Nothing at the moment," another voice that Jaune didn't know spoke up. The voice belonged to a woman, but her tone was deeper than any other woman he had met. "Though he is stabilized for now. Besides what I already told you about his accelerated healing, there haven't been any new findings."

"Hopefully something happens soon," the masculine voice replied. Jaune lifted his head slowly to see where the voice was coming from. He could barely make it out through his blurry vision, but there were two people in the room he was in. One man and one woman. Besides the woman's orange hair, there wasn't anything else he could make out. "Had to pull a lot of strings to get this equipment here."

"At least you didn't have to abandon your former employers by releasing one of their prized test subjects." the woman replied. "I still have bruises from the fight with Hazel."

"You think you have it rough?" Jaune shifted his eyes toward the man. "I owe Akande and Olivia favors now. You know how it is with those two."

"Unfortunately, I do know. You have my sympath-!" Jaune noticed that the woman was looking right at him and his breath hitched. "He's awake." those two words ended the conversation and the man was looking at him in an instant.

"Hey kid?" the man said as he waved his hand up and down to get Jaune's attention. The blonde knight fixated his gaze on the blurry outline. "Can you hear me?" Jaune could barely make out what he was saying as he shrugged his shoulders. "Drain the tube, Moira."

With a few pushed buttons on her console, the water began to drain around Jaune. Once the knight could feel his feet touch the metal grate beneath him, his legs buckled forward and he pressed his hands against the glass. A few seconds passed as Jaune tried to focus on his breathing and before he knew it, the door to the tube opened and the orange haired woman pressed him against the back wall of the tube.

"I just need to remove these." the woman known as Moira said as she removed the patches off Jaune's chest. He looked up to whoever she was when she removed his mask and was surprised to see a woman about his height with different colored eyes that were both blue and brown. She wore a lab coat and white pants along with a metal plate around her right eye. "C'mon," the doctor said as she put Jaunes right arm over her shoulder, "Let's get you to a better area."

Jaune faded in an out of consciousness as he felt his feet drag along the icy floor. After a few seconds, he would feel a chill cover his whole body which made him clench his teeth in shock. He couldn't tell how far he had gone, but before he knew it, he was resting in what he would guess was a hospital cot.

He turned his head to the right to see that the two strangers were looking over him. Jaune discovered in those moments who the other person was. His built form deceived from his aged face and somewhat gray mustache and beard combo. He wore a black hoodie and black cargo pants while his arms were folded. Even in Jaune's dazed state he had to look away from the stern gaze that was aimed at him.

"I'm surprised it hasn't kicked in yet." the man said as he looked to the orange haired doctor, who didn't look surprised at all.

"Give it a minute, Gabriel." she said. "Believe me, it will come." she folded her arms as well and the two waited in silence. The confusion in Jaune peaked and with the remaining strength he had, he sat up with a soft groan.

"What are you two ta-!" Jaune's body completely seized as he jerked forward. He couldn't say anything as a pain he had never felt before began to creep up from the base of his spine and spread throughout his body. He couldn't tell if he was boiling alive or being consumed in liquid nitrogen. The pain only grew with each second and he could barely utter a word. Small cracks in his voice were the only noises to escape his mouth and his hands trembled violently. Jaune's eyes widened as he saw the skin on his fingers slowly disintegrated to reveal muscles and eventually bone. His breathing grew heavy as he remained focused on what was happening to not just his fingers, but his arms and legs as well.

"AAAAAAAGH!" Jaune screamed out of pain and fear as he tossed himself out of the bed. He scrambled to his feet and bolted out of the room the two strangers were in. With a turn of his heel, he made a sharp right and bolted down the dark hallway ahead of him.

"Slippery bastard!" Jaune could hear from behind him as he continued to sprint down the hall. There were a few tight turns, but eventually he made his way to a ladder that revealed a hatch in the ceiling. Jaune didn't care where he went, he just needed to get away from the pain. The blonde sprinted toward the ladder and as he jumped to get some extra speed, he felt his whole body flare up and the feeling of being disintegrated atom by atom invaded his nervous system. He tried to scream, but the darkness began to consume him as he believed to lose consciousness.

With a deep gasp of oxygen, Jaune opened his eyes and felt the intense light of the sun bathe him in warmth. He pressed his fingers into the dirt as he got up with a few heavy breaths and began to look around him to see where the hell he was.

"Kid!" the voice that belonged to the man called out and Jaune turned around to see that he had made his way out of a hatch. "Just stop and listen Goddammit!" Jaune looked around his surroundings and noticed the crimson leaves in an instant. The massive trunks that plagued the tree line and the amber sunlight all invaded Jaune's memory, leaving him with his answer: The Forever Fall.

"What's happening?!" Jaune screamed at the man who was slowly making his way to him. "Why am I here?! Who are you?! WHY AM I LIKE THIS?!"

"The name's Reyes." the man said as he put his hands up to show he wasn't a threat. "As to your condition, that's still up in the air." Jaune was about to say something else until that same familiar pain erupted from within his chest. The blonde knight didn't even have the privilege of screaming as he let out a pained gasp and collapsed to his knees. He felt as if his whole body was drained of any strength as he fell forward towards the dirt.

His descent stopped halfway though as he felt the tough arms of Reyes catch him before he fell. There was no comment from either of them as the stranger lifted Jaune to his feet and began to take him away from the hatch they made their way out of.

"Don't worry kid," Reyes said as Jaune slowly looked up to see that Reyes had a slight smirk on his face. "I got you." Before Jaune could say anything, his eyes felt heavy and he drifted back into sleep.

"Is he alright?" Reyes heard Moira call out from behind him as she caught up and put Jaune's other arm underneath her shoulder.

"Just passed out again." Reyes said with a slight grumble as the three of them made their way to his cabin that was only a few yards away. "Not surprised. It was like this last I remember." his remark earned an eyeroll from Moira.

"Yes. I remember very well. So, does my destroyed equipment and injured staff at the time." Reyes chuckled at her flat expression as the two made it into his semi-destroyed homed and laid the boy down on a nearby comforter. "Hopefully it won't take him as long to wake up. I was surprised when he phased right through us when he bolted for the door." Reyes scratched the back of his head when he heard Moira's observation.

"Kid was acting on instinct. It's not unusual. Although, that was a trick I picked up a little later. Color me jealous."

"Well you and your jealousy can wait here until he wakes up again." Moira said as she headed back to the hatch. "I need to go over what just happened in my lab. And the test results on his unstable cellular makeup just finished." Reyes grumbled a bit but remained seated next to the boy's sleeping form. Once Moira was out of his sights, he looked to the blonde's face and noticed the slight contortion he gradually showed. It almost looked as if he was angry.

"Huh." Reyes said as he looked back at his hand which had wisps of smoke dancing at his fingertips. "Wonder what's on his mind."

"Pyrrha." Reyes raised an eyebrow at the mumbled name that escaped the boy's mouth. "Pyrrha." the old man sighed in response as he looked up at his damaged cabin. Holes of numerous sizes decorated the walls and ceiling. Some of the beams were damaged but the supports were still intact. It would take some time, but he would eventually rebuild. Although his age would only make it harder for him and he knew it would only be a matter of time before he would be completely reliant on the smoke that fueled him.

"Son of a bitch." Reyes said to himself as he snatched the smoke from his fingertips. He rested his forearms on his kneecaps and let out another grumble. He hoped that the kid would just wake up soon so they could figure out what was going on.

#

"Gotta keep moving! Gotta keep moving!"

"There he is!"

"Pyrrha! Please stop!"

"No one will remember you."

Jaune's eyes opened once more as his breath hitched slightly. He remained silent as he pressed his hands against the splintered floorboards and wondered what the hell just happened. he pressed his hand to his forehead as he felt a throbbing ache emit from his dome. The blonde knight grumbled as he came to his senses and realized he wasn't at Beacon, or anywhere he knew to be exact. What he did realize was that the cabin he was in was almost completely destroyed

"Where am I" Jaune whispered to no one in particular as he scratched his head, only for a sharp sting to pierce his neck. The blonde winced at the sudden pain and as he pulled his arm back to see if he had done anything to cause it, he saw with wide eyes that his fingers looked to be disintegrating into black smoke.

"What?" Jaune said in between heavy breaths as he felt as if his fingers were being pricked by sharp needles. "What the fuck?!" he said with a sharp whisper. Before he could react even further, the smoke receded back to his fingers where the bone that was showing became layered once more with his flesh.

"I think I'm gonna puke." Jaune said as he got to his feet and noticed that it wasn't just his fingers going through this process, but his entire body. It felt like if someone decided he would be their test subject for the most painful acupuncture in Remnant. Walking was a trial in of in itself and Jaune gritted his teeth with each step.

*BANG BANG!*

Despite the pain that ignited in his neck, Jaune darted his head to the doorframe where the heavy banging came from and he felt his body freeze up as the knocking became more frequent. Despite the urgency in the knocking, He slowly made his way out of the damaged room he was in and made his way to an even more damaged living room. Jaune was surprised that there was nothing that made this cabin a home. He made his way to the door frame and as he was about to face the visitors, he stopped cold in his tracks.

"Guys, I think this was a massive waste of time." Jaune's heart stopped as he heard the obnoxious tone of a voice he knew too well. Her voice was soothing when he heard it during her concerts, but now, with all the memories that flooded back to him, that voice was the last thing he wanted to hear. It was the voice of Weiss Schnee, the same person that tried to kill him multiple times the night before.

"Well we need to try. I don't know how he was able to get up from what I did to him, but the bugger is out here." Jaune's hands balled up into fists as he heard another voice accompany the royal bitch. The same voice that destroyed his knees. He slowly backed away and prayed none of the boards would creak. Thankfully, his prayers were answered and Jaune was able to crouch and hide in a better position. He peeked through one of the bullet holes that riddled the cabin and could see Weiss and Yang waiting impatiently for a response. "How he was able to walk away from that, I will never know." at least he and Yang could agree on something.

"He did have a lot of aura," Jaune's eyes darted to another voice that belonged to a certain faunus. His blood boiled as she stretched in the morning glow. "But what he went through before you did that to him, I'm just as surprised as you are." Jaune said nothing as he continued to look at the three huntresses in training. He recalled everything that happened, Weiss's attempts of stabbing him, Blake barely getting away with strangling him with her ribbon, Yang breaking his legs, and the last person that made his blood boil more than ever.

"Can we please not bring that up?" Jaune's rage peaked with the last voice that he knew the best out of all of them. He couldn't see her, but he could recall her voice from anywhere. The voice which comforted him at his lowest point, the voice he needed to defend him against the ridicule he faced at Beacon, and the voice that dripped with cruelty when she kicked him off the cliff into the tar. "I'd rather not think about what happened."

"Well we did what we had to do. After what he did to Ruby…" Jaune's smoke began to swirl around his arms as Weiss spoke up. He knew what she meant and it only made him stand taller. There was no way they could see him yet, but they would in moments. He would make sure of that.

"I got word from Ozpin," Yang said, "She's stable, but it was touch and go for a few hours." Jaune couldn't help but feel a bit of relief as he heard the brawler inform her friends. "Anyway, I think this place is a bust, we need to move."

"You sure we shouldn't go in and see further?" Pyrrha asked as Jaune inched back to the doorframe. The smoke grew a bit more frantic with each inch towards her and as Jaune looked down to check his footing, he noticed his reflection in one of the mirror shards that were littered across the floor. the same effect that happened to his fingers applied to his face as well as he watched his left cheek droop into muscle and eventually bone, only for his face to reform after a few seconds. The one thing that stayed consistent and terrified him for a few moments were his eyes. They were redder than Yang's and the smoked that dissipated from his eyelids only added to the fear. The same fear he was about to unleash onto the people that did this to him.

Before he could take the last step in order to he needed to strangle the red-haired bitch, he felt himself being pulled back a few feet. He darted his head to the cause of his prevented vengeance and noticed the man from before, pulling him back with a finger over his lips. Jaune wanted to protest, but as his anger died down slightly, the pain came back in droves and Jaune collapsed to his knees. The blonde knight looked up to see that the man made his way over to the threshold of the door.

"I'm sorry," the man Jaune recalled as Reyes said to the four girls who waited at his front porch. "I was cleaning up in the back and didn't hear you."

"Oh!" Pyrrha said out of surprise as Jaune saw her jump a bit. "That's alright."

"Can I help you girls with something?" Reyes asked politely as possible and Jaune noticed that Weiss stepped forward.

"Have you seen anyone around here lately?" the heiress asked. "We are looking for a potential threat." Jaune mentally grumbled at her comment while he winced at the pain that crept up his back.

"Can't say I have," Jaune heard Reyes reply. "Though there was some commotion last night."

"You sure it wasn't this place?" Blake spoke up and Jaune saw through one of the holes that she was examining the status of the cabin. The blonde made sure to stay hidden after he realized that. "Looks like a full out invasion happened here."

"Just a bandit raid," Reyes said with some distain. "They came and went not to long ago if that's what you're looking for."

"Sorry Gramps," Yang said as she put her hands on her hips. "But were looking for one person. Tall, blonde, scraggly, and psychotic." Jaune had enough when he heard the brawler say those words. He stormed towards the door as he ignored the pain that ignited within him.

Before he could confront his literal demons, a stream of smoke held him back. It wrapped around his body and kept him where he was. Jaune silently struggled to break free but the smoke wrapped around him like a vice. He didn't know the source of his restraints, but the smoke spilled out from the floor beneath Jaune and the blonde knight noticed red tints that decorated the outline of his restraints.

"Can't say I have blondie." Reyes said as he rubbed his chin.

"Can you please keep an eye out for him?" Reyes looked to the redhead for a moment and noticed something familiar in her eyes. There was a sadness to her that he had only seen a few times before in his life and if there was one thing Reyes could never get away from, it was the past.

"Sure." Reyes replied. "Anyways, I should get back to fixing up the place."

"Wait a second," Yang said and Reyes froze. Jaune could see through the various holes that there was suspicion in his former friend. She eyed the house for a few moments before she opened her mouth.

"Yang, we need to go." Blake said before Yang could push further. "We aren't even supposed to be out here." with that reminder, Yang's conviction faltered and she nodded her head. Jaune felt the seconds go by as he saw his murderers walk away dissatisfied.

"Nearly got yourself killed there, kid." Reyes said as he entered the damaged cabin and put his hands on his hips. "It would have taken longer, but you would have been killed once they got their hands on you." Reyes smirked at Jaune who only glared in response. "What's your name?" there were a few seconds of silence before the blonde knight let out a sigh.

"Jaune." he said. "Jaune Arc."

"Arc, huh." Reyes said as he shrugged his shoulders. "At least I have a name now." Reyes walked across the living room and leaned against the far wall. "Friends of yours?" Reyes asked as he gestured to the threshold of the front door.

"No." Jaune growled.

"Really?" Reyes raised an eyebrow. "I mean the blonde bimbo and the white-haired brat I could see you not liking, but the red head seemed worried about you." Jaune snapped at that point and pointed to his deforming face.

"THAT BITCH WAS THE ONE THAT DID THIS TO ME!" Jaune screamed.

"Tone down the edginess," Reyes replied as he folded his arms. "You sure it was her?"

"Yes." Jaune muttered as his voice grew low.

Reyes stood there as he pondered everything that had happened up until now. Either Jaune was lying, or insane. That girl didn't kick him into the pit, Cinder did. Even if that redhead wanted to, he could tell she didn't have the heart or stomach to do so. The others definitely did, but she was the only outlier, so why was he so convinced it was her and not Cinder?

'Culprit or not, she's a major threat.' Reyes thought to himself as he let out a breath of frustration.

"Alright," Reyes said as he believed Jaune. "Well what do you plan to do? You know you can't take her on." Reyes continued as he had a slight smirk on his face. Jaune raised an eyebrow at him and pointed at the older man's chest.

"That smoke that was holding me back," Jaune said in deep thought. "That was you wasn't it?" Reyes replied with his hands up.

"You got me." Reyes replied. "So, when I say I understand what your feeling, know it really do." Jaune's eyes slightly widened as he saw the same type of smoke emit from Reyes. "I could tell you the specifics," Reyes continued as he walked toward Jaune, "But I'm going to need some help in return." Reyes held his hand out for Jaune to take, and while there was a tension that hung between them, Reyes smirked as he and Jaune realized the blonde had no other options.

"Fine." Jaune grumbled as Reyes eyed his golden opportunity.

Alright. Well that was the finished prologue, now we can get into the good stuff. Anyways I hope you all enjoyed this and I thank you all for being so patient with me. I won't complain to you all about my personal life, but I will say 2018 has been difficult in many ways. Nevertheless, I'm not the only one in the world going through problems and I promise I will continue writing this story.

Before I end this note, I will say that this reboot will take a little time to iron out in order to retain the same passion and reasoning that the first story had, but have enough of it be different so it isn't predictable. That has been the challenge so far, but it is coming along well.

Anyways, like, comment, review, or PM me if you have any questions. And remember, BE COMPASSIONATE AND BE FIERCE!

SPARKYDAPPERDAB19 SIGNING OFF!