RWBY And TF2 are products of their respective corporations, and will only be a short amount of time before they take over the world.
Warning, this chapter is very bloody.
Bullhead – Enroute to destination
"REMIND MEH WHY WE'RE HERE AGAIN?!"
"BECAUSE OZPIN HIRED US TO INVESTIGATE THIS AREA!"
"AGAIN?! WHAT'S THE MATTER THIS TIME?!"
"I SWEAR YOU HAVE VERY SHORT TERM MEMORY!"
"I THOUGHT WE ALREADY AGREED ON THAT WHEN WE MET!"
"Uh, vhy are you voth shouting? Ve can hear you just fine, mein Freund!"
Engineer and the Demoman slowly turned towards the Medic, before a look of realization dawned on them. "Oh."
The pilot looked at their direction awkwardly, just as the dashboard in front of him blinked rapidly. "Yo, we're here!" Team R.E.D. immediately stopped bickering and double-checked their weapons and equipment. Demoman secured his grenades, Medic loaded a syringe cartridge into the Blutsauger, the Pyro pumped his shotgun, Spy checked his Ambassador and the Engineer slapped a fresh clip into his pistol.
"Let's do this!" Demoman said in his heavily accented voice, jumping off the Bullhead which hovered right above the ground. His team soon followed suit, all jumping down to the ground and instantly going on alert. "Good hunting boys, call me if you need me." The pilot's voice cackled over the merc's earpieces. The Bullhead soon pulled up and disappeared over the forest line.
"Engi, stay with Pyro. Demo, Medic, on me." The others nodded, and split off. "Remember comrades, we are here to investigate the destruction of this settlement. Stay low, we do not want any Grimm to spot us." Spy lifted his hand off the earpiece and gestured to the Medic and Demoman, who were following closely behind him.
Spy was about to round a corner just as a loud growling sound was heard. He immediately crouched down and scanned the area. He continued to sweep with his Ambassador until the growl sounded again, this time to their left. Spy made hand signals to the two men waiting behind him, and they nodded.
He pressed a button on his watch, activating the light distortion unit. He slipped around the corner and found a Beowolf prowling about a plaza, which happens to be the source of the growls. He also noticed that the Grimm's hide is tinted red instead of the normal pitch black, bearing a distinct similarity to…
"The Grimm that we fought a week ago!" Spy radioed his team and informed them of the Grimm, all the while keeping a keen eye on the Beowolf's movements. Seeing that the wolf is busy devouring a half-eaten carcass, presumably a human's, he snuck behind the creature and stuck his knife between the Grimm's brains, killing it.
"Alright men, I've dispatched the Beowolf. Note, this Grimm is the same type that we fought a week ago at Ruby and Yang's house, and we all know how tough they are. Be alert." Engineer let out an exasperated sigh, while Pyro just skipped down the alleyway. Passing by a slew of dead corpses, they reached the police station. Inside, it was a bloody mess. A man's gut was hanging out of where it should be, and half his head is ripped off completely, leaving his brains dangling in the air. Another policeman had a Dust gun in his hands, but he seemed to have committed suicide with said gun.
"Hmphm…" Pyro scrutinized the place, picking up a Dust-based shotgun in the process. Engineer walked up to what seems to be an office door. His hand rested on the handle, he pushed the door open, finding someone dead. VERY dead.
Said dead man was another policeman, though his bloodied uniform – what's left of it anyways – distinguishes him from the normal policeman with his rank insignia. He appears to be sheriff of the town, and looked like he had a bloody last stand here. His right arm was completely ripped off his body, which itself is already separated from its legs. Said legs lied next to the body, dark blue pants stained brown by blood, probably his own. His left arm held an assault rifle, a half-empty magazine containing Fire Dust rounds loaded in it. The room was almost fully painted crimson red with blood, with only splotches of white paint visible against the brownish-red blood.
"Fucking hell…" Engineer walked over to the wooden desk and looked at the computer terminal. Surprisingly, the terminal did not suffer much damage, only a few scratches and blotches of blood here and there. He looked through the files, filtering criminal records and daily schedules, until he came upon a folder labeled 'Daily logs'. He clicked the folder and clicked on the one representing the date the town was attacked.
Date : 21 / 10
Log :
00:00 – Resetting clock
05:00 – Shift B signed off, Shift A signed on
07:00 – Sheriff in office
13:37 – Crime reported : Type : PETTY THEFT
18:57 – Grimm sighting : Threat : Low
19:01 – Grimm sighting : Threat : Medium : GUARD ENGAGING
19:03 – Grimm sighting : Threat : HIGH : GUARD ENGAGING
19:03 – INITIATING EVACUATION PROCESS
19:05 – Sending help request – FAILED : REASON : CCT SUBSTATION OFFLINE
19:05 – EMERGENCY TOWN GUARD ACTIVATED
19:06 – Sending help request – FAILED : REASON : CCT SUBSTATION OFFLINE
19:10 – LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH EVACUATION SHIP NO.1
19:11 – LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH EVACUATIN SHIP NO. 3
19:12 – LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH EVACUATION SHIP NO. 2
23:12 – Nearby CCT signal acquired : SENDING MESSAGE
23:59 – PREPARING CLOCK RESET
"Well. That was dark."
The evacuation airships were sighted in town, nothing but a pile of burning wreck. The Engineer walked over to the dead sheriff and closed his eyes with his gloved hands. The Texan pushed the door open, finding the Pyro sifting the weapons they have in the armory.
"C'mon Pyro. We're done here." Pyro hummed and followed his/her/its companion out the door into the wrecked street. They walked for another few minutes in relative silence, the eerie tone of the dead town filled only by the cheerful humming of the Pyro.
"Engineer, anything on your end?"
"Nah, nothin' here. Just a shit ton of dead bodies."
"Our ride is getting impatient. Meet at the middle of the plaza in the centre of town." Engineer nodded, motioning towards Pyro to follow him. The walk there was uneventful, just a couple leftover Blood Grimm dispatched with lethal efficiency.
One particular Grimm – A normal Beowolf – got too close and accidentally extinguished the fire Pyro was admiring in his(?) hands. That poor soul(less), it's mother won't even recognize it after the Pyro melted the creature with hot napalm.
If it had one anyways.
"Anything you boys find?" Spy shook his head as he inspected a used Dust cartridge on the ground. They radioed in the Bullhead and the pilot swiftly came and picked them up.
"How's the hunting? Any findings?" The pilot said from the cockpit, expertly maneuvering the air vehicle at the same time.
"Ve found Grimm, but a zifferent type of Grimm. And a lot of dead bodies." The pilot nodded and continued piloting the plane.
"Hey, y'know Beacon starts school two days later?" Engineer said to his comrades, who nodded. "Y'all miss teaching? Y'know, no fighting giant robots, no killing each other, no fighting random-ass White Fang?"
"I admit, I quite miss teaching my class. I need to think of new curriculums for the new term, especially preparing them for the Vytal festival." Spy replied, earning a nod of agreement from his friend. The rest of the ride was spent exchanging banter and sharing the occasional dark jokes, sometimes with the pilot as well.
Beacon
"Hey, there's our garage!" The group followed the Engineer's pointer finger and indeed finding their old warehouse still intact, undoubtedly still containing their beloved Dreadnoughts. A lot of workers were milling around, carrying boxes of supplies, ammunition, food, pancakes for Nora, building materials, more pancakes, and cookies. Because who doesn't like cookies?
"Hey! It's Team R.E.D!" A worker announced, followed by a chorus of cheers from the others. Ever since the ex-RED Team members successfully helped destroy the Tsunami, the local population started to treat them like celebrities. The team waved at them and continued on their trip to – Guess what? Ozpin's office.
"Good morning, Glynda." Medic said as he passed by the blonde professor, carrying her riding crop as always. He received a curt nod in response. They passed through the door, and entered the elevator. The moment the elevator doors closed, cheesy elevator music started playing, accompanied by the dull hum of the elevator moving upwards.
Soon, the elevator dinged and opened the door, letting the team out of the claustrophobia-causing elevator room and into the room containing an overly extravagant display of metal gears.
Sitting on the chair facing away from them, was Headmaster Ozpin. Eerie music started playing out of nowhere as he used his legs to turn the chair around. His hands are placed in a 45 degree position, and crossing his legs, mimicking a meeting with a boss.
"I was expecting you." He said ominously, creeping the men in front of him. His chair swiveled towards them, and continued swiveling another 90 degrees, making him now face the green wall.
"Sir, with all due respect, you fucking failed that." Engineer pointed out. "Yes I did."
"So! Back to business. How did your investigation go?" Ozpin recomposed himself and placed his hands on the desk, summoning a computer terminal with a press of a button. The team then explained to him the condition of the town, which is royally fucked to the fifth degree, and the new type of Grimm.
"Grimm with red hides? The only report of this type of Grimm is in Patch, a week ago. Why did they appear near the town suddenly?" Ozpin questioned the team. "We don't know. It's just that the entire population of that town is gone by the hands of this type of Grimm." Engineer answered. Ozpin gave a nod and typed away on his computer terminal, hands a blur as he keyed in words.
"Well, anything else?" A chorus of head shakes. "Thank you, gentlemen. You may now return to your assets."
"Oh, and," The team turned around to face their boss again, who held up a hand.
"Be ready for when school starts."
Two Days Later
"Oh, I'm going to miss you! Good luck!" Summer squeezed her two daughters so tightly, even Yang was started to wheeze for air.
"Mom… Air… Need!" Ruby weakly whined, making Summer quickly let go of her bear hug, giving the two girls enough lung space to properly breath.
"Jeez, your – hug, wow, so – strong!" Summer ruffled Yang's hair, earning her a glare and a hand rapidly swatting her hand away.
"Alright, stay safe, ok?"
"Mom! You'll still get the chance to see us at our dorm! Don't worry!" Ruby assured her mother, who nodded.
"Summer, ve need to get going." Summer turned and followed the Medic to his team, but not before giving a quick kiss on the cheek to her daughters. Spy, Demoman, Pyro and the Engineer stood up ahead, conversing with one another.
"Yo, you ready?"
"Ready. Let's go!"
"WEISS! BLAKE!" As soon as the heiress heard that, Ruby dashed into the duo, knocking them down with the force of a metaphorical freight truck.
"Get. Off, me! Dolt!" Weiss forcefully and half-playfully pushed Ruby off her body, with Blake helping her. Behind their leader, Yang approached with a duffle bag hanging off her shoulder. "Hey girls! Long time no see!" She waved towards the team. Blake managed a small smile at the buxom brawler.
"Aww yea! Team RWBY is back to-ge-ther!" Ruby gleefully exclaimed, making Weiss facepalm at her antics. Blake's smile grew bigger while Yang simply chuckled lightly.
Team RWBY's Dorm Room
"I missed you, bed!" Ruby unceremoniously plopped down on her dorm bed, eliciting a slight creak from the ceiling support above her bed. Later, the team caught up on each other as they cleaned the room and unpacked their luggage.
"So, what did you do, Weiss?" Yang asked the heiress, who sighed exasperatedly.
"Very mundane tasks. Just training with Myrtenaster, and occasionally inspecting the offices with my father." She spat out the last part of her sentence with venom, and Yang understood completely.
"Just that? Nothing else? Y'know, talking?"
"Of course I did that! Just that… I have no friends at home. Only my personal driver, Greg am I truly friends with. He was like my… Uncle. He cared for me a lot, sometimes caring for me more than my father." Yang nodded at Weiss' answer and continued on unpacking her stuff, which mostly consists of shampoo, conditioners, and everything related to hair you can find. Except for hair dye, which she despises.
"Sooo… What did you do during the two weeks?" Ruby asked her teammate, Blake as they unpacked. Blake looked up and contemplated her words for a second, before speaking. "Well, I mostly went into the Forest of Forever Fall to practice, nothing much. Occasionally going to the library to get some research, and that's that." She continued organizing her books as she answered. Ruby hummed in response and went back to her own things.
Ozpin's Office
"Hello? Ozpin?"
Ozpin moved his hand and pressed a button on the table with his index finger. "Yes Glynda?"
"Team R.E.D. wants to meet you. They've brought someone along as well, says that he- SHE'S important."
"… Very well, bring them up here. Thank you." He sat back in his chair, relaxing. Not long after, the elevator door 'dinged' and the double doors opened. Five men and one woman – Distinguished by the noticeable mount on her chest – funneled into the room semi-orderly.
The admittedly short woman, just barely reaching up to the Engineer's neck, was wearing a jeans and a simple red T-Shirt. Her face was obscured by a hood, creating a shadow over her face. Her hood was attached to a cloak, reaching all the way down to her shins. The white hood definitely made her stick out among the red-clothed Team R.E.D.
Wait.
Wait.
Let's rephrase that. A woman. Wearing a white hood.
A white hood.
"Hello, Ozpin. Long time no see." Her feminine voice sounded exactly like her, albeit slightly higher pitched. Ozpin's breathing started to hitch a slight bit, but he composed himself quickly.
"I believe we did not meet. Would you be so kind to introduce yourself?"
"Yes." She took off her hood. "Summer Rose, at your service."
Ozpin was not a man who lost his cool easily. But this? This was the closest something – Someone – Made him almost lose his composure.
Summer Rose, in the flesh.
Her Aura, the same feeling all those years ago.
Her silver eyes.
Two silver-grey orbs stared in his direction, with a growing smirk on the supposedly dead woman. Undeniably, no matter how much evidence points against the fact, this was Summer Rose, AKA The White Reaper.
"Miss me, Oz?" She said with a dramatic wave of her two hands. "Being dead for a few years did nothing to dull your same sense of humor, Mrs. Rose." He replied as he sat up straight. "But, it's time you, and you all owe me an explanation."
Two Days Later
"… Welcome, fellow students." Ozpin began on the stage.
Medic continued to tune his boss' speech out of his mind, instead more concentrated on his briefing he received in his Scroll. The message instructed him to be ready and pack his bags; he was going out on a mission soon. He didn't need to listen to the speech because it was basically summed up with: You're all going on a mission with a Huntsman or Huntress in or outside the kingdom.
Compression better than RAR.
So, after a two minute talk, holograms appeared on the walls of the hall showing details of missions. The students started scattering and followed or lead their team to which mission they feel best suited for. Originally, this curriculum was supposed to happen a few weeks ago, but you know how that turned out when the Tsunami attacked.
Medic stood up, going to where his bags were located, and took them with him. His 'bags' consists of only one backpack filled to the brim food and water, along with a few essentials. His mission was to defend a village along with a team of first years. He walked over to the landing pads, and waited at pad number 3.
Around five minutes or so passed before footsteps sounded behind him. His back was turned to them so he couldn't see who they were. He deposited his Scroll and turned around. "Ah, just on time." He barely finished when his eyes caught sight of which team he was shadowed by.
"… Hi, Medic?"
"… Hallo, Team RWBY."
A/N: And… Done! Sorry this took so long, was busy handling my finals, which I still did not finish. So, I'll have to excuse myself for another week and a half, due to going on a short trip after my finals (FUCK YOU HISTORY). Apologies in advance.
So Team RWBY will be following Medic on a mission! Nothing bad will happen… I think? To all those that want to see the team of our favorite characters battle it out, the next chapter is gonna be for you.
On another note, I felt that my writing skills are lacking recently. So, I kindly ask you, my dear readers, to point out whatever mistakes I had in my stories. Grammar, spelling, translations all that shit. I thank you once more in advance.
Also, for those that need a Deconfuser-9000, the chapters before this as well as probably 1 or two more chapters after this takes place in the gap between Volume 2 and 3(AKA Shit hit the fan).
Now, the following texts are for deconfusing people. You can skip them if you want.
Deconfuser
The 5 New men – Starts at Volume 1 EP 16, Ends in alternate at Volume 1 EP 16, Ends in alternate Volume 2 EP 12.
This story – Starting takes place in the time gap between V2 and V3, will move into V3 later on the line.
Blood Grimm – Whether you like it or not, it is a new type of Grimm I 'invented' to have a bit more difficulty by the mercs to constantly combat them, basically acting as tougher Grimm. Also, their abilities, re-read the end of chapter 5 carefully.
Now, Review time!
Up n Down: It's always nice to see a new RWBY watcher. Oh, your brain died? Wait… I'll- NO MEDIC! NO! A DEFILIBRATOR IS NOT USED THERE! WAIT NO! - As for your question, read the above deconfusers. Thank you for taking your time to check out my story!
Chief of RAGE: Yea, I always felt that Dust had to have some weaknesses, and I added that fact as a way for the mercs to effectively combat the natives of Remnant who have Aura, making it fairer. I think it's already canon that the Grimm's armor is bone? I might be wrong though. As for internal organs, well, it could just be the animators being lazy or have no time to animate the models for internal Grimm organs, so they probably went without. Also, thanks m8! I look forward to yours as well!
And that's all for today, I'll come back a week and a half later and I can assure you, it will be a longer chapter than this.
Goodbye, and good morning/afternoon/evening/night.
