Here is the next chapter of our epic adventure. Now that the team is all together I can shelve the multi point of view for a while until I need it again. After this chapter I will be going into my own storyline, but don't worry I will include scenes from the show to make it relevant. As always I do not own RWBY it is the property of Rooster Teeth, I just own my own characters.
As everyone was following Ruby the Nevermore slowly drew closer as the Deathstalker broke free and began its chase. Nearing the cliff the Nevermore over took the group and perched on the derelict tower that sat on the only bridge to the cliff, taking cover behind some of the ruins the group tried to think of a strategy around the large bird. Carmine and his team were huddled behind the pillars on the left of the large path way with Ruby and her team, Jaune was on the right with his team. Delilah could hear the Deathstalker closing in, "that Deathstalker is coming up fast, how are we going to get past that damn bird?" Carmine and Levina pulled out their guns as Nora ran out from behind the pillar on the other side, Omar created a wall that moved with Nora blocking some of the feathers that the Nevermore shot out. When she started firing on the Nevermore Carmine and Levina joined her, the Deathstalker burst through the forest aiming directly at the three. As it went to attack it was blocked by Blake and Ren intercepting both of its claws and Delilah blocking its stinger.
Everyone else ran to the bridge while the Deathstalker was distracted, the Nevermore flew off to avoid taking continuous fire. Ruby and her team were the first to cross the bridge, Carmine and his team was in the middle with Jaune's team at the rear. Halfway across Pyrrha hung back to try and buy everyone some time, Levina and Delilah equipping their weapons in gun mode assist her. As Ruby and her team were about to make it to the tower the Nevermore slammed into the bridge cutting them off from the others, Omar and Carmine had to leap over the large bird as it took out a large section of the bridge. Jaune and Nora were separated from their partners as they dealt with the Deathstalker, with them were Blake, Levina and Delilah. Omar and Carmine climbed the tower with Ruby and her team as they took shots at the Nevermore, Omar was summoning spears out of thin air and launching them at the bird. Nora using her hammer slammed down on the section of bridge her and Jaune were standing on, the force launched Jaune over the gap as Nora using her hammers grenades propelled herself with him. Standing on the very top of the tower Omar created a large ballista as Carmine loaded the grenade drum into his weapon, Blake having landed on the tower with them stood near her partner. With a large smile Yang shouted, "Alright lets hit it with everything we got!" Ruby and everyone on the tower fired everything they had at the Nevermore, Carmine managed to hit it in the left wing joint, Omar aimed one of the bolts at the same spot only to have it miss as the Nevermore took a steep dive into the tower. Everyone fell as the tower crumbled, Ruby and her team using their weapons and semblance leapt through the debris and landed back on the bridge. Carmine was not near any debris that he could use as a launch pad, Omar created a platform and rocketed toward Carmine grabbing him before making another that he used to leap onto the same platform as Yang.
Jaune reunited with his team along with Levina and Delilah were dealing with the Deathstalker as best they could with the limited mobility they had. Delilah with her Bo staff was blocking the claws as Levina and Pyrrha were laying down a cover fire. Switching back to her tonfas she switched them to cannon mode as she climbed on top of the left claw, aiming at the joint she fired both rounds leaping back to avoid the blast. As the scorpion went to attack Delilah's unguarded back Pyrrha stepped in a deflected the claw as Delilah turned grabbing her as she jumped back to avoid the stinger. The Deathstalker had struck the bridge with enough force to cause it to become unstable, Levina took shots at the stinger managing to cause a deep cut on the connecting joint. Ren jumped on top of the scorpion and grabbed onto the stinger, using his guns he tried to further damage the joint until it hung loosely attached only by a small tendon. Jaune saw this a directed Pyrrha to cut the rest of the stinger off, tossing her shield she managed to strike a soft spot completely cutting off the deadly appendage. Flinging its tail around it threw Ren behind it slamming him into a wall, as the bridge tilted back Levina and Delilah jumped over the scorpion and Nora propelled herself into the air with the help of Pyrrha. She slammed her hammer down onto the scorpion as Jaune and Pyrrha followed behind Levina and Delilah, with one last explosion from the hammer Nora sent the Deathstalker into the mist below along with the remains of the bridge as she landed with her team.
Yang was taking shots at the Nevermore as it circled around, one shot in particular struck the bird in the face making it change course. As it flew at her she jumped into its open mouth and fired off the rest of her gauntlets shells down its throat. Climbing to the top of the remains of the tower Omar waited for the Nevermore to pass in front of him, putting some force into his step he leapt at the Nevermore. Carmine stood in disbelief at what Omar was doing, Omar punched the Nevermore with enough force to throw it into the cliff knocking Yang out of its beak. As she fell he grabbed her and tossed her back onto the bridge as he fell into the mist. Carmine tried to grab him as he fell but Omar was too far, Weiss sped past him freezing the Nevermore's tail feathers in place as Ruby enacted her idea. Moments later Ruby flew through the air hooking her scythe on the Nevermore's neck, Weiss created glyphs up the entire cliff for Ruby to run on. Using her sniper to propel herself she climbed the cliff with the Nevermore, reaching the top she removed the head. As it fell Carmine looked over the side as he called out, "Blake how long can you stretch that sash?" Yang and Blake jogged to Carmine, "pretty far why?" giving a huff as he removed Iron Battalion Carmine replied, "Some idiot went over the side, and I don't know how far down it goes." As Carmine climbed on top of the ledge something rocketed out of the mist, almost falling back Carmine tried to find what it was by looking in the sky but the suns glare made it difficult. Everyone looked down into the mist when a voice spoke, "what are we all looking for?" Carmine hearing the voice next to him responded, "Some idiot tried to be a hero and ended up going over the side, I don't know how far down it goes but I can't just leave him down there." A hand appeared before him holding a rope, "here hold this while I go down." Carmine grabbed the rope before he paused slowly looking at who he was talking to, Omar was standing right next to him tying the rope he created to his waist as he climbed on top of the ledge. Staring at him for a full few seconds Carmine thoughts final clicked as he screamed, "What the hell are you doing here! Didn't you go over the side!?" Omar gave Carmine a bored look as he responded, "Yeah but I just jumped back up it wasn't that hard." Carmine laughed awkwardly as he leaned on the ledge, never in all the time he spent traveling and training with Sable and his team had he met someone so nonchalant about almost dying multiple times. He just looked as Omar tried to flirt with Yang who was did not seem to think of him much as she casually smiled.
Standing in the auditorium Carmine was told to stand with Omar, Levina and Delilah and wait until Professor Ozpin called them onto the stage. The stands were filled with a lot of the second and third year students as well as the faculty. The large screen above Ozpin was showcasing some high lights of the teams, team RWBY had the Nevermore decapitation play, and team JNPR had the Deathstalker fight. When it came time for Carmine and his group Ozpin showed Omar punching the Nevermore into the cliff, many of the second years began gossiping as another clip showed Omar stopping the Deathstalker's stinger with his bare hand. Ozpin adjusted his glasses and asked, "In my many years of teaching I have not seen a student display that kind of 'strength' during the initiation. You have performed feats that would quite frankly put some of the more well-known hunters to shame, so I must ask where on earth did you get that type of strength?" Omar with his hands in his pockets was not really paying attention as he was trying to get a look at Yang, Ozpin clearing his throat made Omar answer, "I trained with my sister back home, I gotta say though the Grimm here are pretty weak compared to the ones back home." Ozpin intrigued asked, "And where might I ask is that? Many of the Grimm located around the kingdoms are quite formidable, so which one did you conduct your training from?" Looking at the map Ozpin displayed Omar pointed to the western most continent, "that one." "So you trained in Vacuo?" "No, higher." With that many of the faculty began whispering, "I see." Ozpin smiled slightly as he turned to Carmine, "young man it seems like you will have an interesting time getting to know your team." Carmine stood a little straighter as all four of their pictures were then displayed on the screen. The team name was then shown at the bottom, "Carmine you are the leader of team COLD, good luck to you." Carmine nodded, "thank you sir."
The dorm they were given was a spacious thirty by twenty foot room with four beds lined up on one wall with four dressers lined up on the opposite wall. Several suitcases were placed by the beds, in the corner of the room were four small desks. Stepping into the middle of the room Carmine assessed how much space they would have if they moved the furniture around to their liking. Delilah was the first to speak in the group, "wow this is a lot bigger then my room back at the dojo." Levina picked a bed sitting on it, "she's right this room is pretty big, but we might want to think about how we move our stuff around." Omar looked at east and west walls, then the north and south walls as he crossed his arms. Carmine inspected the bathroom and found it to have enough counter space for maybe all of their toiletries, the shower had a small shelf to place shampoo bottles. There was also a tiny closet for extra towels and bed sheets, the towel rack already had a fluffy white towel hanging. Omar created a stick as long as the bed as he went about measuring potential places the beds could go. Levina laid back on her bed, "thank god classes start tomorrow, it would have been killer if they expected us to attend after what we went through in the forest." Delilah sat at one of the desks trying not to freak out that she was not only placed on the same team as Carmine but also shared a room with him, Omar moving her chair snapped her out of her daze. Omar cleared his throat getting everyone attention, "I think I found a way for us to move our stuff around the room how we want it. If each of you pick a place to put your bed and picks a desk, I can lift the bed up and place the desks underneath. Thus we have extra room to say get another table for weapon maintenance." Carmine huffed, "and how do you expect the beds to stay above the desk? We don't have time to go into Vale to find a hardware store to get the supplies needed for such a project." "You missed the part where I said I would lift them didn't you?" "No I just wondering how you are going to do that with no material." Omar smiled widely looking at Carmine, "do you trust me?"
Everyone picked a spot on one of the walls placing their beds flush against the wall as Omar directed. Standing in the middle of the room he looked at his bed, with an upward turned palm he slowly rose his hand as the bed did the same. The bed was supported by a glowing platform until it reached the desired height, after he was satisfied he clenched his hand and the platform became a solid piece the same color as the wall, it was supported by a beam at each corner and a ladder was made up to the bed along with a stopping bar on the edge of the bed to prevent him from rolling off. Levina stood with her mouth open, "how'd you do that?" "My semblance allows me to create anything I can think out provided I have the proper amount of aura, there are limitations to what I can make but something like this is pretty simple." Omar then rose the other beds as Levina, Delilah, and Carmine moved the desks and dressers underneath giving the room more space. There was enough space in between the beds to put in a table, "the tables we'll have to buy, I can only do some much with the room." Carmine nodded noting the time was 10:38pm, "well seeing as how much we got done I can say we should call it a night and finish unpacking tomorrow." Everyone agreed as they took turns changing in the bathroom before climbing up to their beds falling asleep after the eventful day they had.
