Chapter 3: Beacon


"Come on Lil buddy" Buck spoke, he grabbed Lil Locke and placed him on the Warthog.

Locke sat in the driver seat "Alright Vale, you said you?"

Vale turned to Locke "Yeah, to Vale."

Hex sat in the back "Wait, there's a place actually called Vale here?"

Buck nodded "Yup, we should go before it's night time, heard there are sort of monsters that really show up on at night, called Grimm"

Welsh check her DMR mag "Yeah…that don't sound good."

From a hill a purple VISR watched the group depart from Luna side. "Jess…need you to keep an eye on some people that are going to Beacon, going to see someone"


(Ozpin Office)


Ironwood kept on talking "Do you honestly consider yourself a hero?"

Magnus gave a small chuckle "No…not really no."

"I can tolerate the Spartans but you Magnus" Ironwood spoke "You are too unstable."

"Unstable, meaning…I get things done…*finger snap*…just like that" Magnus countered as he entered the elevator "If you don't want to pay the cleaners…that's your problem." The elevator doors closed

Ironwood sighed in annoyance "Why…do you let him roam around like this"

Glynda shrugged "He hasn't done anything that can be considered criminal."

Ozpin walked around the desk "And he has made friends with the staff and is probably considered family by people."

Ironwood spoke "The problem itself isn't as much on how he acts…more of what he is capable of doing…I am confident that I could handle the other Spartans…but Magnus is different." Ironwood looked at Ozpin "Magnus is also only half the problem I have…Damian is potentially also a problem for me."

Glynda glared at Ironwood "And why is that?"

"I have heard reports on multiple raids on outposts, and all raids have been conducted by a blue assailant with incredible speeds and lethality." Ironwood spoke

Glynda frowned "And why would you automatically assume it is Damian?"

"Glynda be real here…who else would be a high speed unstoppable tank a side from a Spartan?" Ironwood assumed


(Beacon Campus)


Team RWBY walked around the campus "So, you guys excited about the tournament?" Ruby asked

Yang nodded "Yeah, I can't wait until I get to use Grimm's Bane and Firefly!"

"Firefly?" Weiss asked "You named the pistol?"

"Yeah why, is it bad?" Yang answered

"No, it's quite nice." Blake spoke "It fits well."

Yang flipped 'Firefly' and gave a smug smile "You think they'll disqualify me for nutshotting someone?"

Weiss scoffed "Yang, vulgar much?"

"What?" Yang countered, Weiss motioned to Ruby "She's 15! 16 in a few months."

Blake rolled her eyes "Girls, we need to come up with a strategy for the tournament."

Weiss nodded "Agreed."

"Ditto" Yang spoke

"What are your suggestions team?" Ruby cheerfully clapped her hands together

"I say we go in with full power!" Yang suggested "We can go right through them!"

"Well…" Weiss spoke "That could work…but what if they manage to counter us?"

Yang scratched the back of her head "Uhhh…darnicles"

"Maybe we should try and pick each team member one by one" Blake suggested

"HMMMMM…" Weiss hummed

Jaune suddenly spoke "Hey girls!"

Ruby smiled "Hello Jaune!"

The rest of JNPR joined, Pyrrha starting "What are you girls talking about?"

"Oh, just some strategies on the tournament...do you guys have any?" Ruby asked

Jaune smugged "Well, I do have a few under my belt!"

"Jaune, giving Nora sugar won't make her a crazy…probably" Ren spoke

Nora laughed "I'm sure it won't…I kinda want a pile of sugar right now, Ren let's go get sugar!" Nora ran away, dragging Ren along with her.

Jaune scratched the back of his head "Well…who goes and gets her now?"

"It's your turn. I went last time." Pyrrha spoke

Jaune sighed "Ok…I'll be back."

Pyrrha chuckled "Well, how has Magnus been?"

Ruby tilted her hand "Eh, he's been busy lately. Always going for Grimm infestations or Supply drops…that are filled with Grimm-basically the same thing over and over again"

"Huh…well, has he been getting sleep?" Pyrrha asked

Yang spoke in "I don't know, I haven't seen him near his room lately"

"I hope he's not pushing himself too hard…the breach affected all of the Spartans badly…especially Damian." Pyrrha mentioned

Yang nodded "Yeah…especially Damian. I miss him"

Weiss placed her hand on the blonde's shoulder "We all do…even if he did practically shout at me"

"Heh, yeah." "Yang chuckled

Pyrrha smiled "I hope he's doing well…I better help Jaune, it was nice catching up!." Pyrrha walked away waving as she did

Ruby frowned "Yang, do you think Damian is coming back?"

Yang nodded "I'm sure, he'll be back…probably."

Blake gave a look of comfort "He came back the first time…he'll be back the second, I know it…"

Weiss interrupted "This is nice and all, but we need to find a good strategy for the tournament"


(Mistral)


A woman sat in a bar, seemingly waiting for someone. Raven Branwen grabbed her shot of whiskey and drank it. "Making a girl wait isn't a good way to make her a friend."

A Blue Spartan walked to Raven's table and sat down "Oh don't start your crap."

Raven gave a little laugh "You don't start your crap"

Damian smiled from his helmet "Mmhmm, so how has Vernal been?"

"Being smug, as always." Raven spoke

"She's kinda hot to be honest." Damian leaned his head "How you think she's in bed, being a maiden and all?"

"EW, no!" Raven said in disgust "Really man?!"

Damian laughed "Nah, I'm just fuckin' with you"

Raven gave a breath of relief "Thank you."

Damian grabbed the shot of whiskey in front of him "So…you know what the 3 Outer Souls are?"

"Isn't that something of a movie…a crappy one at best?" Raven raised an eyebrow

"Void, Nova and Chroma." Damian spoke "3 Outer Souls of the universe."

Raven leaned forward in her seat "Huh...and what does this have to do with Vernal and me?"

"There is someone who wants the powers of the four Maidens…" Damian looked around "All for herself"

Raven thought about the information "Huh, and the 3 souls…why are they involved?"

"They've been involved since the beginning?" Damian said


(Team RWBY, Night time)


"Hey girls" Ruby asked

Yang turned to her sister "Yeah?"

"Should we check on Magnus?" Ruby spoke

Weiss nodded "Yes, he hasn't been sleeping at all."

Blake nodded as well "Agreed"


(Training Room)


Magnus currently punched a punching bag. Team RWBY emerged from the doors of the training room.

"Magnus?" Ruby spoke

Magnus slowed down "Yeah?"

Yang walked near Magnus "So, uh have you been getting sleep lately?"

Magnus shook his head "Don't need it."

Weiss placed her hands on her hips "Everyone needs sleep Magnus, you've also been sleeping less ever since the Breach."

"I need to stay awake so, I can clear out more Grimm. The breach cannot happen again." Magnus answered

Blake nodded "Magnus, we agree but…not to this extent. When the Spartans were all here, they would all need sleep."

Magnus turned to the four "I…am not like the others."

Ruby walked next to Magnus "What-what do you mean?"

Magnus continued punching "I am not a Spartan-IV like Damian and the rest…" Magnus gave a hard punch to the bag

"I am a Spartan Goliath." Magnus left hooked the punching bag

"I was made to kill!" Magnus dynamite punched the bag "Not to just protect humanity"

"I was forged to be the closest thing to death!" Magnus punched the bag with a powerful force

"To go in full FORCE!" Magnus slowly clenched his fist

"NOT TO HOLD BACK AT ANYTHING" Magnus jerked back his arm and struck the punching bag "UNLIKE THE DAMN BREACH!"

Ruby slowly started walking towards Magnus "Magnus?..."

"XAVIER WOULD STILL BE ALIVE" Magnus felt rage

"THE REST WOULDN'T HAVE SCATTERED" Magnus felt anger

"AND WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION!" Magnus finally hit the punching bag out of its support, falling to the floor.

Magnus sat down "I…don't want anyone to die…n-not anymore."

Team RWBY slowly walked next to the Goliath, Blake starting "You're not alone in this Magnus."

Ruby smiled "You want to do good things Magnus, but never do it alone"

Weiss placed her hands on her back "I'll cut Yang's and my answer, never go in alone."

Magnus rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit of relief "I've always done this alone…I guess I should try new things now."


A/N:

Last part inspired by John Wick