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I would say that was the most terrifying moment of my life but I'm pretty sure that my life isn't over yet. Fighting a robot on top of a ship going hundreds of miles an hour through the sky with no chance of survival if I fall, it was terrible and maybe a little amazing. When I climbed back into the ship with Qrow in toe, Winter decided it would be a good idea to hit me. Well more a bonk on the head but still, she followed up with, "What were you thinking, you could have been taken!"

"Well I was thinking he wouldn't immediately shoot me off the ship like he did Qrow."

"That was reckless, you could've been hurt."

"I don't think he would have allowed that."

"He wouldn't hurt you? I don't think that he was really thinking of-"the ship began to rumble cutting her. It sounded like something had just passed over us, she went to finish her thought when all of the sudden the ship began to shake precariously. She went to continue only for a loud explosion to interrupt her. She said, "This isn't over," before running to the cockpit of the ship with Qrow following close behind.

Team RWBY formed up and Ruby said, "This wasn't the best rescue but at least we are together."

"Yeah, and what was that about sticking together when we got here." I said sarcastically she looked almost offended. They all looked considerably warmer, with Blake wearing the largest coat that she could no doubt find, Yang's coat was just closed around her, and Ruby was wearing pants. So you know warm.

"Are you warm enough?" Oscar asked me as he rubbed the bruises on his face.

"I was raised here on a floating castle that was constantly being peppered by snow, I'm fine."

"Well good to know that your Weissy personality hasn't melted," Yang tried to make a pun but I think she was too cold to really give it much effort.

"You are the worst," I said as the rumbling continued it made the conversation feel like we were dangling on a thin wire but it was good to be back together.

"Ok I promise, snow more bad jokes." I felt the need to strangle her at this point. But before I could Blake basically grabbed her and held her as close as possible. We were all taken aback by that.

"You are the warmest thing around."

"Are you cold?" Ruby asked.

"I was raised on a desert island without seeing snow till yesterday."

"Really?" We all questioned while we began realize what she meant. It was good to be back with friends at least I wasn't in that atrocious Manor anymore. That was when the rumbling really got worse; we could barely stand as the ground felt like it was giving out from under us.


There was an odd beam shooting at the airship as we chased it. The people in this ship must want something from the people that took Ms. Schnee; it was not for me to judge. A dwarf and one eye woman, not much of an impression that could be made about them that shouted honest and hard working. I radioed Mr. Schnee to inform him of the development and when he picked up he said, "Well where is she?"

"Currently flying due west, currently this unit requires armor. If you bring the Manor around, this unit will be able to retrieve it within several minutes."

"No, you will bring her back and then we can discuss your armor, along with your failure to keep her here. When you bring her back we have to talk about making this place even more unescapable, I won't have her getting away again. Do anything necessary to bring her back."

"Affirmative," he then hung up leaving me to focus on the main issue at hand. That was when the massive red beam finally connected with the ship it took out the bay door and with it several figures fell out of the hold. I focused on them, five individuals fell one of them being Weiss. I pointed to them and said, "Land, we can catch them on foot."

"Well that would be incredibly inconvenient as we need something one of them is carrying, a gold lamp. If they have it then we'll land," she said with the utmost control.

"The Red one has it *hic*, "It was a lie; I had no idea if she had the lamp but their objective was irrelevant to me.


We were falling and not in the graceful dive into a pool, kind more splats upon impact kind. It was initiation all over again, I can't believe that I would be using that landing strategy over again. We all did what we could to land before the painful impact, when I was slowing down I noticed Oscar was screaming and crying. He didn't have a way to stop. That was before Ruby crashed into him, I had no idea how she had done that without pulling out Crescent Rose. I then got a call on my scroll it was Ruby, is that like a skill Qrow trained into her. When I answered she shouted, "SAVE US!"

"Yeah that's about right," I muttered to myself as I summoned several glyphs under her. It slowed her enough to only hit the ground with a little thud.

"THANK YOU!" I aimed for a clearing slightly farther away than I would have liked but that was as good as it could get. When I got to the ground I immediately sunk a foot in the snow. I was never going to live that down, I began to trudge my way through the snow towards where I thought the others had landed. It was a short trudge through fairly deep snow that was until I thought that I saw a fire. It led to me going in a full sprint going as fast as I can, only to find the fire was a particular blonde sitting perfectly still in a puddle. She had an angry scowl worn on her face with red eyes, when she finally noticed me she said, "There is a good reason for this."

"I would assume, otherwise it would seem like you thinks it's a good idea to sit in puddles." Blake proceeded to climb out of her hair.

"You're just mad that I claimed this spot first."

"My hair is not a heater!" She shouted as Blake darted back inside. We just sat there for a few seconds staring at each other not knowing what to say until Ruby came bursting through some dead trees. She looked at Yang and then back to me and said, "Well it looks like we're only down Blake then."

"I'm here." She called from inside of Yang's hair.

"Well there goes the warmest spot for miles."

"I'm not a heater!"

"Well we didn't keep you around for your fiery personality, this way you actually contribute something." I said trying to lighten the mood. It was fairly grim to say the least, five children lost in the winter tundra of Atlas with no supplies and warmth. This was going to end poorly, that was when I asked, "Where were we going anyway?"

"Well we were headed to the Relic of Creations hiding place," Oscar said as he climbed out of the trees right behind Ruby.

"Right, shouldn't that be in Atlas?"

"Well the thing about that was, it isn't," Ruby said trying not meet my eyes.

"Then where is it?"

"Nearby…" Yang tried to supply.

"Where?" I was basically scowling at Oscar now knowing he would either tell me the truth or suffer a fate worse than Ozma. It didn't take long for this scowl to break him as he basically spilled right away.

"At a Schnee dust company mine."

"What! How! Why!" I was livid and confused but that wasn't what was really about to make me snap as Ruby tried to calm me down.

"Well they don't know it's there, they're just mining under it."

"That doesn't make this much better. I mean why would they hide it there?"

"Well it was decided long before your father took over," Oscar supplied.

"That doesn't help much."

"Well either way we have to get the relic there and lock it in the vault before anything else goes wrong," Ruby said as she motioned towards her belt where the relic was supposed to be. It wasn't.

"Uh, Ruby…" Yang tried to interject.

"What where is it?! Did I drop it are we all doomed. Oh gods we're all doomed aren't we." She panicked for a second before Oscar provided.

"You left it on the airship."

"Oh right."


With the sounds of people shouting and several cries of what I could only assume was pain I followed several tracks leading to smoke. The chance of them actually starting a fire was slim but they were all underdressed for this weather along with the two women following me. One was wearing shorts and the other was wearing something equally as ridiculous in this weather. When the fire drew even closer they spread out leaving me alone as I broke through the final tree line. They were all laughing at the red one. It took several seconds for them to notice me, but when they did they all got into combat positions. When the blonde one got up she seemed off balance. But this didn't stop her from producing a witty retort, "Well we already dealt with one clingy ex, so I guess another won't be too difficult."

"Ms. Schnee you are to return to-"

"I know you've said that already."

"Then you know it is imperative that you return to Schnee Manor."

"What are you anyway… are you like Penny?" The red one asked. I hesitated for a second, it was illogical I just had to answer the question or ignore it. Why was I feeling so conflicted?

"Unit Penny was the predecessor to this unit. Now we must return before anything unpleasant happens."

"What, are you going to assault us?"

"Negative. But the same cannot be said for the women that are trying to surround you."

"Well I am surprised that you lasted that long without giving me away." The one in shorts came racing out aiming for the only man among there group. He looked shocked, they all did in fact. She was barreling towards him when before she could get to him a massive scythe came out of nowhere and slashed at her.

"Cinder! How are you even alive?" The red one questioned her as she swung her scythe. Before they could engage in a fight to the death the short one appeared and began attacking the blonde one. It was odd like there were more than one of her. Before I could get to Weiss she came up to me.

"You have to obey me when Jacques is around right."

"Affirmative, the prime directives set currently are to protect Weiss Schnee, urgently retrieve Weiss Schnee, and to follow Weiss Schnee's orders. This unit cannot follow the commands input until the most urgent prime directive is followed out."

"Well then I urgently tell you to fight them." She motioned to the attackers; the fight between the red one and shorts was heated, literally. While the one between the blond one and the short one produced multiple clones of herself. When the short one was about to get a hit on the blonde ones back, until the black one from earlier jumped out of her hair. That made no sense.

"That will not force this unit into action." She scowled at me for a second before running over to the fight between the red one and shorts. She moved between them and pulled out her sword, she was in the path of a fire blast. I didn't have time to think. On prime directive one I had to protect her. Before it struck I was in front of her taking the full brunt of the attack. It was searing and would destroy me if I didn't do something; I drew my right gun and fired it wildly in her direction. The chances of it hitting her were slim and unlikely but it was just enough to get her to lay off the fire for a second.

"Why get in our way when you can just take the girl and leave. We won't come after you."

"This unit is to protect Weiss Schnee at all costs. Under her own suggestion this unit will engage in combat and upon completion she will return to Schnee Manor."

"Well I never said that…"

"Fine if you want to fight, then you'll just have to die with them," she produced more flames intent on burning me to ash but that was irrelevant. While the fire was raising my temperature I moved forward until I could touch her hand. When I did I grabbed it and moved it out of the way of my face and that allotted me a clear look in her eye.

"This unit is not alive, ergo it cannot die." I then slammed my head into hers. It jarred her much more than any attack before. When she regained composure she looked back at me with her one eye with nothing but rage left. I holstered my gun right before she tried to stab me with her other hand, it was odd that she would cover herself in black and use that as a blade. Either way it impaled into my left hand, going through launching several pieces out the back. We both were locked together when she tried to blow me away, to prevent this I kicked her in the chest and separated us. She looked at me with a single solitary fiery eye.

"The chances of this unit's survival along with Weiss Schnee are low. It is imminently requested that unit Nickel is allowed to do everything in its power to ensure the highest survival chance."

"What does that even mean?" Shorts practically screamed.

"It means he is requesting you to allow something," Ruby said to Weiss.

"Then I allow anything that will let us survive," she said with increased confidence that she was making the right choice.

"Unit Nickel Overclocking Frame," this led Shorts to say while cocking her eyebrow.

"What." I began to transition into the overclocked form, as the fake skin on my joints receded, several panels and my arms extended along with cracks forming in my skin to allow freedom of movement. My two vents popped out them. The lights that were under my skin shifted from blue to red along with my eyes, followed by the system heating up to produce steam. She just looked me up and down and said, "So what are you going to light show me to death, because I don't know of you know this I am using magic."

"Negative, the plan consists of A) punching and B) Improvising."

"Not a very well thought out plan really." Before she could fire another volley of fire I launched myself at her closing the distance in a second. She looked surprised for the speed increase, but that was only followed up by the punch delivered directly into her gut. Her aura absorbed it but that wouldn't stop me for long. With the contact it pushed her back allow her to create some distance. But the charging at top speed could only do so much; when she was expecting it she was capable of matching it. We were on equal terms physically, but she had something I didn't 'magic'. This fight needed to be short, I don't know if she knew that but she was clearly avoiding a head on fight because she was evading my attacks more than anything. She created a sword and in the same motion swung it trying to cut me in half, I blocked with my left arm. At this point it had been damaged enough to be useless otherwise, the only thing it could be used for was as a shield. When I threw a punch she evaded, I had to do some damage before time ran out.

There were several options but I would need to bridge the distance to gain the advantage. That was before we reached a massive rock wall, she managed to get the upper hand and slam me into the rock face creating a crater where I hit. Holding me in place with her left arm, it was a tentacle that stretched to bridge the distance between us, she said, "Did you really think that you could beat me? You a nothing compared to me a maiden."

"I wouldn't count him out yet," Weiss said from behind her.

"You really think he is a match for me? None of you are even capable of beating me."

"You can stop listening to this conversation now and fight back Nickel."

"She likes to hear herself talk."

"And how does that help you?" She questioned as she got ever so slightly closer.

"I can draw you in to do this." I said as I lifted my legs and used both of them to kick her in the chest; it propelled her away from me. Before she could get up I jumped right up to her and slammed my right fist into the ground to create a crater of my own. She dodged just before the impact, but when one of the rocks from the impact came into view I punched it and it shattered launching a blast of rocks into her. This took her off guard for a moment, but even so not for very long as she began to levitate and call the wind to her. Before she could do anything I punched a hole through a tree and knocked it over. I then proceeded to pick it up and throw it at her. She wasn't expecting that either because it hit her right in the chest. I then began to close the distance before attacking her again. She then got up off of the ground after the tree. Before she could regain her composure I continually threw an onslaught of punches knocking her off balance. It didn't really work because on my final left hook she countered with her own left hand as well. She was kneeling while she forced her fist through mine. As my arm was penetrated by her tentacle arm it would be terrifying to a normal person.

"Valiant effort, but that's all it was valiant."

"You forget this unit is a machine it doesn't feel pain."

"Ohh no," I picked her up by the arm and threw her into the ground. Another crater formed and I came face to face with her on the ground. The next thing that I did was punch her as hard and as many times as possible. The crater kept getting bigger and deeper until finally her aura broke.

"I'm going to give you this if-" I began to stomp on her until she was bleeding and broken. I don't know how long I was going I just know that a crowd began to form around me. It was Weiss and everyone that was around slowly watching the brutality. When the grip in my left arm began to fade I stopped. The tentacle began to slide out of my arm freeing me from her grasp, or more crushing it until she couldn't hold on any longer. I got out of the grasp only for my arm to spark a little. I was free and she was on the ground beaten, when I got back up the kill mode finally ran out of time. All the heat built up finally released, producing large amounts of steam and smoke. I heard her flee but I didn't stop her, I may have not seemed it but I was a lot more damaged than ever. When the smoke finally cleared Weiss and the others were still around me. Weiss spoke up.

"Well that was excessive."


After that battle I was dumbstruck that much chaos and power, could Penny do that when she was alive. Before we could ask any real questions Nickel stood up and looked directly while sparking all over at us, "Weiss Schnee you are to return to Schnee Manor immediately."

"What if we say no?"

"Unit Nickel Overclocking Frame." He said while gritting his teeth, sparking all over the place. The whirring of an engine could be heard but it was definitely struggling. His color scheme tried to turn from blue to red but it was struggling. I don't know what he could even do if he was capable of changing. We all looked at him not wanting to fight but unsure if we could manage to beat him after seeing that.

"Nickel stand down," we all turned to see Ironwood walking this way. He looked as unhappy as ever, but right after he said that Nickel immediately stood down. Well more like he crumbled to pieces. He was just sitting there in a pile of himself. Ironwood just looked down at him and said, "Damage report."

"Left arm has been crippled, currently running on 30 percent power, along with numerous punctures and scrapes. Combat effectiveness unknown."

"I'm sorry if I'm missing something, but WHAT! THE! FU-" I had to cut off yang before she said anything too provoking.

"What is he?"

"Well Ms. Rose, he is like Penny. Yet a lot different," he tried to confirm our suspicions.

"Oh yeah, be more vague," Oscar pointed out.

"You don't get to talk." All of us said in unison.

"That's fair."

"Well what is he?"

"Complicated," he tried to sum it up but he was failing to come up with a reasonable excuse to keep us from asking anymore questions. He tried to rally the subject to a different point, "The main thing is he's still alive and we can use him from there."

"Use him?"

"Yes, this unit is a tool meant to fight battles that no one else can," Nickel said with the same amount of emotion as usual. But he followed that up with retrieving his gun and shooting in our direction. Before the shock set in he said, "it would be prudent to retreat from this position to a safer one. After all of you are radiating negative emotions."

With plenty of unease we all looked at each other and decided it would be better to go with them than to stay here and starve or get ripped to shreds by Grimm. The aircraft was primed and ready to go as it was still floating just off of the ground. It wouldn't be too difficult to get into but Nickel asked Weiss, "Do you require assistance?"

"What? Why would I need assistance? I'm not the one who's severely damaged."

"The difference in height would make it more difficult for you to enter safely."

"Are you offering your assistance because you're implying I'm short?" She asked with a scowl and through grit teeth.

"Affirmative," I could practically hear her blood pressure rising. She just climbed in without his help, and when we were all on he joined us. It was a short quiet ride that led to a single solitary mountain. It was amazing; it was a mountain in the middle of a massive valley from this distance you could see a small city around where the base of the mountain was. Weiss looked at it with horror though almost like she had seen it before and hoped to never again.

"Olympus. The relic is hidden at Olympus."

"Weiss, its okay if-"

"Why would you give it to the Schnee dust company? General this is probably the least safe place for it. If my father ever knew about it-"

"It is highly unlikely he knows of it," Ironwood tried to calm her. While it seemed to help she was still rather focused on the major obstacle. But he continued none the less, "The relic was retuned here 50 or so years ago to prevent anyone from uncovering it at Alsius during the Faunus revolution."

"Returned here? It was here before," I questioned.

"It was hidden here in the tomb of the kings," Weiss said with a bitter look. We all focused on her as she said that, "This was the first Schnee mine created by my grandfather Nicholas Schnee. He claimed that ghosts called him here and that the dust was a bonus."

We were all surprised by what she had said but before any of us could question it Oscar said or more Ozpin, "The relic was originally hidden here, but it was moved shortly before the Great War. When it all settled down we moved it to Atlas for a few years before tensions ultimately rose forcing us to return it here. It was placed in the hands of Nicholas, whom hid it atop the mountain instead of inside where it was formerly placed."

"Since then we convinced Jacques to form a mutually beneficial partnership with the Schnee dust company. We get most of the hard light dust from this mine and we will allocate major forces and technology to protecting it, because what's so surprising about protecting large amounts of dust." Ironwood answered with understandable resent.

"So he gets a large mine that has innumerable forces protecting it and you get a hiding spot that won't look suspicious with large battleships overhead. All built on shady Faunas labor I'm guessing." Blake said.

"We can't force him to change his policies. It would be impossible to convince him to change them for his most profitable mine." He sounded like this wasn't the real reason he was allowing. Before we could debate anymore Nickel interjected.

"Why is there smoke rising from the top of the mountain?" When we all looked out the window we saw it smoke steadily rising from the peak. That was when Ironwood spoke up.

"Where are all of the warships?" It was a harrowing thought when we all noticed the same; there were no airships in the sky defending the mountain.

"Down there," Nickel said as he pointed to valley floor with all of the airships scattered around it.

"We need to find out what is going on down there!" He shouted as he headed to the cockpit. But he was delayed by a bright red beam of light striking the ship, before we knew it the ship had exploded.


I could feel Cinder stirring back into consciousness as I was dragging her through the snow; it was difficult being significantly smaller than her and all. I was dragging me by the shoulders away from the way that they had fled, "What are you doing? Their headed the other way," No response of course, "Look if we don't get the relic then both of lives are forfeit, and you can forget about revenge too."

She struggled to free herself from my grasp. It wouldn't be difficult if she wasn't so injured, but when I had enough I finally weakened my grip and let her fall to the ground. It took her a while to stand once again clearly having taken plenty of damage, "I will not underestimate that machine again."

She got up and walked the way we came; I could either walk away and let her die, or leave and be alone again. If I went with her I could feel the impending destruction to come, theirs or ours I couldn't tell. It was starting to snow and with that it brought back some bad memories, so freeze or go with her. Lie, cheat, steal and survive that was what I was going to do.


Overclocking is not his semblance nor will it become a big thing, it is a substitute for a semblance more than anything. He has no soul so a semblance is out of the question. He was designed to hunt everything and overclocking his frame just makes him stronger, faster, etc.