The T-750 removed its uniform and put on its blue jeans and its t-shirt to sleep in before it climbed into bed and closed its eyes, however it didn't activate sleep mode right away, because it heard Ruby, Weiss, Yang, and Blake all talking in the hall outside their dorm. "Hey, am I the only one who thinks 750 is pretty weird?" It heard Weiss ask. "What do you mean?" Blake replied. "Well he never eats or drinks anything, and he always speaks so flatly." Weiss explained. "Yeah I've noticed that too but, everybody's different, we really shouldn't judge him about it." Ruby said. "Yeah, and he's a part of our team." Yang added. The terminator felt a very small amount of sadness because of Weiss' words because of its damaged emotional inhibitors, but it didn't last very long. The terminator activated sleep mode and shut down for the night. However something strange happened that night that hadn't happened before, the terminator actually started to dream.
In its dream it saw itself in one of the bunkers that humans in the future were hiding in. Soon a T-700 (The previous model terminator) walked in through the door to said bunker and began executing humans, it killed four before the T-750 saw itself grab a stolen plasma rifle use it to blow off the T-700's right hand and causing it to drop its gun. Soon after the T-700 grabbed its gun. The T-750 saw itself run forward at the terminator as it aimed its gun at a child and it proceeded to stab the T-700 in both of its eyes with a pair of screwdrivers, this caused the T-700 to shoot the T-750 in the chest causing serious damage to the ribs and right lung. before someone finally destroyed it. The T-750 then witnessed its human self exit the bunker knowing that he was dying, so the T-750's human self went running before he fell to the ground and everything went black.
The terminator woke up the next morning very confused by what it had just seen in its dream. Skynet had installed devices in its brain to stop it from remembering anything before it was converted into the first generation of new terminators. So it had no idea why it had just seen that. Everyone else woke up shortly after Ruby yawned "Oh 750, you're up." Ruby said with a smile. "Affirmative." The terminator replied. "So... excited for our field trip today?" Ruby asked. The terminator remained silent as it picked up its uniform "Oh, you don't need your uniform, like I said we're going on a field trip." Ruby said. "Yeah you can just wear your normal clothes." Yang said. "Oh, alright." The terminator replied before placing its uniform down on its bed again and picking up its hoodie and put it on. "So? I guess we'd better get going then." Ruby said. "Right let's go." Yang added. The terminator opened the door to the hallway and walked out. Team JNPR came out of their dorm moments later all of them wearing their casual clothes as well.
Both teams were soon met outside by Glynda Goodwitch and Cardin's team, Cardin was carrying a box of tools and jars which he promptly handed to Jaune "Follow me students." Glynda ordered as she lead the teams away from Beacon. It took about an hour before they entered into a forest with trees that had red leaves, and red grass as far as the eye could see "Yes students, the Forest of Forever Fall is indeed beautiful, but we aren't here to sight-see." Glynda said. "Professor Peaches has asked all of you to collect samples from trees deep inside the forest, and I'm here to make sure none of you die while doing so." Glynda exclaimed. "We will meet back here at four o'clock so have fun." Glynda said as she waved her hand. "Come on, let's go buddy!" Cardin said grabbing Jaune by the back of his hoodie. Jaune looked down sadly before following Cardin and his teammates. Pyrrha looked down sadly and sighed while she and the other members of team JNPR walked in the opposite direction.
The terminator glared at Cardin but instead of engaging in any kind of combat it followed Ruby, Yang, Weiss, and Blake in the same direction as team JNPR. Everyone was given a jar and a small tool to scrape samples from each of the trees with, and that's all anyone did for several minutes. Until the terminator heard a loud roar "What was that?" Ruby asked. Cardin's teammates soon ran by but yang grabbed one of them by his collar (Russel) "What's going on?!" Yang demanded. "There's an Ursa!" Russel replied. "Where?!" Yang asked quickly. "Back there, it's got Cardin!" Russel shouted. Yang dropped Russel seconds later who just ran. "Jaune! He's with Cardin!" Pyrrha shouted. "Yang! You and Blake, Get Professor Goodwitch!" Ruby ordered. "Ren, Nora go with them! There could be more grimms." Pyrrha said. Ren and Nora nodded while Ruby, Pyrrha, Weiss, and the terminator all ran toward the sound of the roaring.
When they got there they saw a massive Ursa walking over to Cardin who was currently on his hands and knees in a feeble attempt to crawl away. The Ursa raised its claw and brought it down toward Cardin, who had his eyes shut tight as he waited for his death. But out of nowhere Jaune ran in and blocked the hit, Cardin opened his eyes and was shocked to see Jaune holding the Ursa back. Weiss readied her sword "Wait!" Pyrrha said. Everyone froze and watched. Jaune suddenly swung his sword and cut the Ursa's chest causing it to rear back in pain. Once it recovered it tried to slash Jaune with its massive claws but Jaune dodged it, the Ursa swiped at Jaune's legs but Jaune jumped over it with ease before the Ursa hit him in the chest which sent Jaune flying. But he got up as if nothing had happened and ran toward the Ursa, Jaune jumped up trying to hit the Ursa's head but the Ursa swatted him away like a fly. Jaune breathed heavily and checked his aura meter which was now in the red zone. The Ursa charged at him letting out a ferocious roar, Jaune let out a battle cry as he ran forward showing no fear. The Ursa swung at him but Pyrrha put out her hand and moved Jaune's shield so he could block the attack and after a few seconds he completely decapitated the Ursa.
"Uhhh what was that?" Ruby asked. "Well, You have your speed, Weiss has her glyphs, 750 has his strength, My semblance is polarity." Pyrrha said. "So you control poles?" Ruby asked. "No idiot it means she controls magnetism." Weiss said. The terminator stayed silent as it saw what had just unfolded. Pyrrha walked away "Where are you going?" Ruby asked. "Shouldn't we tell them what happened?" Weiss asked. "Negative." The terminator said. "Yeah 750's got the right idea, let's keep this our little secret." Pyrrha said. Before they left they saw Jaune help Cardin get up "Don't ever mess with my team or my friends, ever again." Jaune said before walking off. Cardin looked scared as he simply stood there, reflecting on what he had just witnessed.
The terminator and everyone else soon picked up the samples they had taken from the trees and began their return to Beacon. Later that night the terminator and the rest of the team prepared for bed "Ya know the Vytal Festival is tomorrow, we should go." Weiss said as she laid down. "Well we'd have to anyway, I signed us up for that fighting tournament." Ruby said. "You're telling us this now?!" Weiss said. "Didn't 750 say he didn't want to participate in that?" Yang asked. "Well he doesn't really have a choice now." Ruby said. The terminator had already activated sleep mode so it didn't get a say in this "So then it's settled we're going tomorrow." Weiss said. "Should we wake up 750 to tell him?" Blake asked. "We can tell him in the morning." Weiss said waving her hand dismissively. "Fine, then let's get some rest and we head out first thing tomorrow." Ruby said. The lights were all soon switched off and everyone else soon fell asleep.
The next morning the girls woke up early but the T-750 stayed in sleep mode as the eight hour timer it was set to hadn't been completely elapsed yet. "750... Wake up." Ruby said poking at the terminator's face. It didn't react at all and just continued to lay there silently "Let me try." Yang said as she walked up to the terminator's bed. Ruby stepped aside and Yang started trying to shake the terminator to wake it up but she was barely able to move it "Damn, he's heavier than he looks." Yang groaned. "So... What do we do?" Blake asked. "Let me see if I can get him up." Weiss said. Weiss approached the terminator's bed and she leaned in next to him "GET UP!!!" Weiss shouted. But the terminator didn't even flinch. "Well not even that worked." Weiss said as she put her hands on her hips. "Well, I guess we just wait until he wakes up." Ruby said. Weiss groaned as she sat on the edge of her bed.
After another ten minutes the terminator woke up and got out of bed "Oh well look who woke up." Blake said. Everyone turned and looked at the terminator "Morning 750, come on we're going to the Vytal Festival." Weiss said. "Yeah and the tournament there is in a few hours." Ruby said. "Tournament?" the terminator replied confused. "Oh I forgot to mention that I signed our team up for the big tournament in the Vytal Festival." Ruby said rubbing the back of her neck. "But we've got time, the festival isn't for another few hours." Blake said. "Well, let's go out anyway... See if anyone has arrived yet." Weiss said. "Should we eat first?" Ruby asked. "We can get something to eat while we're down there." Weiss said. "Well, off we go I guess." Blake said.
So they set out into Vale and after a long time of them walking soon, they came to the docks to see everyone was decorating the city for the festival, the most notable decoration being a large banner labelled Welcome to Vale "The Vytal Festival! Oh this is absolutely wonderful!" Weiss exclaimed. "Wow, I don't think I've ever seen you smile so much Weiss." Ruby said placing a hand on her hip. "It's kinda creeping me out." Ruby said cringing slightly. "How can you not smile?! A festival dedicated to all of the world's cultures!" Weiss exclaimed looking back at Ruby. The terminator ignored them both as it looked around curiously "750, aren't you excited?" Weiss asked. "And the amount of organization and planning this takes, is simply breathtaking!!" Weiss almost shouted. Yang sighed "You really know how to make a good thing sound boring." Yang said crossing her arms. "Quiet, you!" Weiss said glaring back at Yang.
The group suddenly heard a boat horn go off "So remind me, why are we spending our Friday afternoon visiting the damned docks?" Yang said obviously annoyed. Ruby pinched her nose "Ugh, they smell like fish." She whined. "I've been told that students from Vacuo will be arriving by ship today. And as a representative of Beacon I feel it is my solemn duty to welcome the to this fine kingdom." Weiss explained. "To put it in simpler terms: she's looking to spy on them so she can see what will give her an edge in the tournament." Blake surmised. "Ah! You can't prove that!" Weiss said annoyed. Ruby looked to the side "Woah!" She said seeing a dust shop with smashed windows that was covered in police tape with policemen all around it.
The group curiously walked over to the shop "What happened here?" Ruby asked one of the policemen. "Another dust shop was robbed. That's the second one this week." The policeman said. Yang scoffed "That's awful." She said. "They left all the money again." A detective said which quickly grabbed Ruby's and the Terminator's attention. "That sounds like that guy who tried to rob the dust shop that me and 750 were in a few months ago." Ruby said looking back at the terminator. "Roman Torchwick." The terminator said looking down at Ruby. "Who even needs that much dust anyway?" The first detective asked. "I dunno, ya know what I mean?" The other detective asked. "Could it be the White Fang?" The first detective asked. "I'm thinking they don't pay us enough." The second detective said stroking his chin.
"Hmph, the white fang. What an awful bunch of degenerates." Weiss sneered. "What's your problem?" Blake asked. "My problem? I simply don't care for the criminally insane." Weiss replied. "The White Fang is hardly a bunch of psychopaths. They're just a collection of misguided Faunus." Blake replied a little aggressively. "Misguided?! They want to wipe humanity off the face of the planet!" Weiss replied. "So do the ones that made me." The terminator muttered but nobody seemed to hear it. "That makes them 'very' misguided." Blake replied. "Besides that doesn't explain why they'd just rob a dust shop in the middle of downtown Vale." Blake added. "She has a point, and the police never caught that Torchwick guy 750 and I ran into. He could've done it." Ruby said. "That doesn't change the fact that the White Fang are a bunch of scum, all they know how to do is lie cheat and steal." Weiss exclaimed. "That's not completely true." Blake said.
"Hey stop that Faunus!" They heard someone shout. Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Blake and the Terminator all ran back to the docks to see a Faunus with a monkey tail run off of the ship. And bolt passed the group, making sure to wink at Blake, with two of the policemen from before running after him. "We must observe him!" Weiss said running after them. "We'd better go after her." Ruby said before she and the rest of the group ran off after Weiss. After rounding a corner Weiss slammed into some girl which sent both of them to the ground and she looked up just in time to see the Faunus with the monkey tail jump to the top of a building and escape. Weiss got up quickly after noticing the girl who had short red hair with a pink bow "Salutations." The girl said for some reason still laying on the ground. "Um... Hello." Ruby said confused. "Greetings." The terminator said. "Are you okay?" Yang asked. "OH I'm wonderful, thanks for asking." The girl said. Everyone looked at each other confused. "Do you... wanna get up?" Blake asked. The girl with the red hair thought for a moment "Yes." She replied before slowly standing up.
"My name is Penny. It's a pleasure to meet you." The girl with the red hair said smiling. "Hi Penny, I'm Ruby." Ruby said. Weiss, Blake and the terminator introduced themselves (it introduced itself as 750) "Are you sure you didn't hit your head or something?" Yang asked. Blake nudged her "Oh, I'm Yang." Yang said. "Pleasure to meet you." Penny repeated. "You already said that." Weiss said. "So I did." Penny said. All of them (Even the terminator) gave her strange looks before turning away "Well sorry for running into you." Weiss said. "Take care, friend!" Ruby said waving as they walked away leaving Penny standing there confused. "She was weird..." Yang said. "Now, where'd that faunus riffraff go?" Weiss asked. Penny suddenly appeared in front of them "Where did you come from?" Blake asked. "Sorry to scare you but Ruby what'd you call me before?" Penny asked. "Friend?" Ruby said confused. "Yeah, am I really your friend?" Penny asked leaning in uncomfortably close to Ruby. "Uh... Yeah sure, why not?" Ruby said nervously. "Sensational! We can paint our nails, talk about cute boys and..." Penny said among other things very quickly.
"Oooh, is this what it was like when you first met me?" Ruby whispered to Weiss. "No, she seems 'far' more coordinated." Weiss said. "Soo, why are you in Vale?" Yang asked. "Oh I'm here for the tournament." Penny said. "Wait... you're gonna be fighting in the tournament?" Weiss asked confused. "Combat ready." Penny replied. "Forgive me, but you don't really look the part." Weiss said. "Agreed." The terminator added. "Says the girl in the dress and the guy in a hoodie." Blake said. "It's a combat skirt!" Weiss said annoyed. Ruby ran up next to Weiss "Yeah." Ruby said with her arms crossed. Weiss and Ruby proceeded to high five. The terminator let out a slight chuckle. "Hang on, If you're here for the tournament does that mean you know that monkey-tailed, rapscallion?" Weiss said putting her hands on Penny's shoulders. Blake glared at Weiss "The who?" Penny asked clearly confused. Weiss pulled out a poorly drawn picture of the monkey faunus from the boat "This filthy faunus." Weiss said.
Blake stormed over to Weiss "Why do you keep saying that?!" Blake demanded. "He's not a rapscallion, or a degenerate. He's a person!" Blake said angrily. "Oh, I'm sorry. Do you want me to stop calling the trashcan a trashcan?" Weiss said gesturing to a trashcan. "Or stop calling this lap post a lamp post?" Weiss asked gesturing to (you guessed it) a lamp post. "Stop it!" Blake demanded. "Stop what? He clearly broke the law. Give him the time and he'll probably join up with those other faunus in the White Fang." Weiss said. Blake growled "You ignorant little bitch!" Blake sneered. Blake stormed off seconds later "How dare you speak to me like that! I am your teammate!" Weiss shouted before following Blake. "Teammate? You're just a judgmental little girl." Blake said. "What the hell makes you think that?" Weiss demanded. Yang grabbed the terminator and Ruby's shoulders "We'd better go." Yang said pulling the two back. "Where are we going?" Penny asked again appearing out of nowhere. "The mere fact that you would sort that faunus boy with the terrorist group. Makes you just as much of a scoundrel as you think he is!" Blake shouted. "So you admit it the White Fang really IS nothing more than a radical group of terrorists." Weiss replied. "You know that isn't what I meant!" Blake replied.
The argument continued until they had returned to their dorm room that night. "I don't get why this is causing such a problem." Weiss said. "That is the problem!" Blake replied. The two argued sitting on their beds which were across from each other in the room while the terminator ignored them and looked out the window "Why is he just standing there?" Yang asked. Weiss and Blake however ignored the terminator and continued their argument "You know you're defending an organization that hates humans right? The faunus in the White Fang are pure evil." Weiss said calmly standing up. "There is no such thing as 'pure evil'! Why do you think they hate humanity so much?! It's because of people like Cardin, people like 'you' that force the White Fang to take such drastic measures!" Blake shouted. "People like me??" Weiss said shocked. "You're discriminatory!" Blake replied. "I'm a damned victim!" Weiss said. Silence filled the room for a good thirty seconds.
"Do you want to know why I hate the White Fang? Why I don't particularly trust faunus?" Weiss asked. "Because they've been at war with my family for years, war. As in actual bloodshed. My grandfather's company has had a target painted across its back for as long as I can remember. And ever since I was a kid, I've watched family friends disappear, board members be executed, there was even an entire train car full of dust... stolen. And every day my father would come home furious, and that made for a hard childhood." Weiss explained. Ruby went over to Weiss and placed a hand on her shoulder "Weiss I-" Ruby said. Weiss spun around "No!" She shouted cutting Ruby off. "I hate the White Fang because they're a bunch of liars! Thieves! And murderers!" Weiss exclaimed. "Well maybe we were sick of being pushed around!!" Blake shouted. The room fell silent once again before Blake ran out of the room "Blake wait!" Ruby shouted. The terminator glanced at her momentarily before going back to staring out of the window.
Yang started to get angry seeing this and she went over and grabbed the terminator by its shirt and forced it to turn around "Okay, I've had enough of this. We've only seen you show two emotions: anger and some happiness but, you don't even react when one of your friends runs out of the room crying?! What is it with you??" Yang demanded. "Yang, I don't have any other emotions any more." The terminator said. "What?" Yang asked. "I'm not human anymore, some 'people' did something horrible to me. And because of them I don't have most of the emotions you do nor any memories of family or friends until shortly before I met Ruby. I don't feel concerned for Blake because I simply can't." The terminator explained solemnly not breaking eye contact with Yang. The room went silent once again as Yang let go of the terminator's shirt and the other girls stood there dumbfounded by what they had just heard while Ruby went after Blake.