Chapter 3

Author's note: In the last story, a guest mentioned that the operators all can speak english, from when Glaz was complaining to Tachanka and Jager replied to the cameraman in the last chapter.

This is because of two things. One, they're surrounded by people who they have no idea who they are. Most people in this situation who's mother tongue isn't english would probably turn back to their normal language. Two, they are professionals, their identities are supposed to remain hidden from the public, so of course they'll be speaking in other languages so as not to be overheard.

Hope this explains it, and thank you so much for the support. Enjoy!

As the counter terrorists flew in a single bullhead to Beacon, they introduced themselves through their code names. They had been given back their weapons and gadgets, with all their other gear and crates going to arrive the next day.

"Interesting choice of names. However… Recruit. It is an unusual name. Could I call you Rook instead?"

"Sorry, that name's taken by… wait. Rook. The others!" Doc sat up. "What about the other guys in Rainbow?"

Castle shrugged. "Nothing we can do, right? Until we get back, they'll just have to manage without us."

An awkward silence fell over them. The pilot leaned in from the cockpit. "We're almost here."

They all looked out the open doors. Buck gave a low whistle. "Man, that's a fairy tale castle if I've ever seen one."

The bullhead landed at the dock. All fourteen members of Rainbow followed the headmaster as they walked through the school to his office.

Indeed, several students were walking through the campus, and they all stopped to watch them as they walked by with their weapons out, all whispering to one another.

"If you wish, some of you can come along to my office, but you are allowed to explore the school and familiarize yourself with the layout."

Recruit, Sledge, Valkyrie and Buck decided to look around, while the rest followed Ozpin into the main central tower in the center of the school.

"Right." Recruit adjusted his MP5 in his hands. "Where should we look?"

"I want to see if we can get some food." Buck spoke up, shouldering his FAL. "I'm starving, and we skipped breakfast."

"Same." Valkyrie stretched. Sledge just nodded, and they set off to find the canteen.

Team RWBY and JNPR all met up for lunch, planning to head out to the scene of the incident that morning afterwards. But Ruby had forgotten her scroll in her room and went to get it while the others went into the canteen.

As she ran out of the dormitory building she suddenly ran into someone else. "Oops, sorry!"

The man stumbled back a bit before catching himself. He wore black, from his boots to his trousers to his vest to his balaclava over his head. His eyes were hidden behind large goggles. But most interesting was a small submachine gun hanging from the vest. "Sorry, are you alright?"

"You…" Ruby stared. "You're the guy at the incident this morning!"

"That's us." A woman in weird tan clothing and a large shotgun walked up from behind, followed by a man wearing light blue winter gear and beanie and a large man wearing a gas mask and carrying a large hammer. "Walking free after dropping in from another dimension."

"Another… dimension?"

"Hoo boy, do we have a story for you." The man in the beanie laughed. "But first, can you show us to the canteen? We missed breakfast."

"Ok." Ruby suddenly perked up. "Whoa! What is that gun?!"

He smiled as he pulled the enormous battle rifle off his shoulder. "Like it? FAL model C1A1 battle rifle, fires the 7.62 mm Nato round, and it has Skeleton Key, a small semi-automatic under-barrel shotgun for close range."

"Awesome! So what's it's melee form?"

"Melee form?"

"You don't have that? Like this." She pulled out Crescent Rose and extended it to it's full length, making the three jump back. The larger man just watched.

"Man! How did you do that?!" The man in the balaclava exclaimed, looking over the scythe. Ruby just smiled.

"I made it myself." She folded it back. The woman got over her shock.

"Jeez, this dimension's crazy. Anyway, my name's Valkyrie." She offered her hand, and Ruby shook it. "Kid here's Recruit, man's Buck and brute here's Sledge."

"Funny names."

"They aren't our actual names, but we prefer to keep our real ones private. So, about that lunch…"

"Oh, sorry, it's over this way." She started leading them to a large building on the other side of campus.

Teams JNPR and RWBY were surprised when Ruby arrived with the four visitors, but soon they were all talking. Nora and Valkyrie were getting along well, due to their familiar names and thirst for violence. Sledge still hadn't talked, and Buck was more than happy to talk for both of them. Recruit had become friends with Ruby and was talking with her, Yang, Weiss and Blake.

"So why don't your weapons convert?" asked Ruby to Recruit.

"Well, I'm not sure how it works in this universe, but in ours we focus on firearms for weapons. The invention of the gun basically killed the melee weapon from the battlefield."

"What about faunus or Grimm?" Yang leaned forward.

"What? Who?"

"The faunus are people who have animal traits, and the Grimm are creatures of death. They inhabit this world. Blake's a faunus."

To prove her point, Blake removed the ribbon around her head, exposing two cat ears. She covered them up before anyone else could see though.

"Ok, well, in our world, we don't have creatures of Grimm. We only have humans."

"So why do you need weapons then?"

"About that…" He sighed. "Over the entire course of our human history, we have fought with one another in thousands of battles and wars. It's one of the darker sides of humanity. In fact, we had two world wars less than a hundred years ago."

"World wars?" Weiss looked at him. "What does that mean?"

"Our world has many nations. Almost two hundred countries now, to be exact. And each and every one of them has seen some form of conflict in it's history, either civil war or between another country. And the last world war, the second one… there were around sixty million people killed in the space of around six years."

The four girls all looked at each other with mixtures of horror and shock. "Sixty million!" Yang exclaimed.

"Yes. Well, in recent years, a new type of warfare began. Terrorists who would specifically target civilian populations with explosive attacks and bombs. Our job as counter terrorists was to stop them in any way possible. We all came from police and military backgrounds and are part of the elite team called Rainbow. The best of the best."

Recruit turned to Sledge. "Sledge here is a member of the Special Air Service, an elite group from the nation of Britain. He's participated in multiple raids and has saved dozens of lives from terrorists since… well, since before I was born.

"Valkyrie is part of the American Navy Seals, an elite branch of the military that focuses on special operations and in urban warfare. She was transferred to the team due to her close-quarter combat skills.

"And Buck here is part of JTF2, a Canadian counter terrorism unit. He joined the army, then the police before being invited to the JTF2 unit and then Rainbow."

"What about you?" Ruby turned to him.

"I've only joined a couple of days ago, but one of my training sessions turned out to be a real hostile situation. Managed to disarm two bombs that would have released a toxic gas into a populated city, while facing suicide bombers and gunmen."

Everyone stared at them in awe. Several dozen students had been listening in. Valkyrie shrugged, Buck smiled and Sledge just kept eating.

"Is there anyone else?" Yang asked.

"A couple of others as well. Until we're able to get back to our world, we're stuck here."

They all looked at one another, before the blond kid - Jaune Arc - spoke up. "If there's anything we can do to help, let us know."

"Thanks, guys." Recruit stood up. "We've got to meet up with Ozpin now, so we're going to go now. See you later."

The four all stood up and left the canteen. Immediately, the students all started talking with each other. Team RWBY looked at one another.

"So there are worlds out there… ones without Grimm or Faunus." Weiss said.

"But hey constantly fight one another." Yang added. "And have done so for years."

"Wow…" Ruby was in awe.

"But they've been teleported here somehow, and are trapped." Blake put in. "And now they have to get home."

They let that info sink in a little more.

"So, Blake." Weiss turned to her friend. "Do you have any books on inter-dimensional travel?"

I'm not sure how this chapter came out towards the end. Did a lot of editing and re-editing, but I'm now moving on.

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