A/N: Hey it's short but at least I got an update out right?!

"Ozpin, this is Baron." Baron grunted into the scroll as Gary worked on removing the metal cleaver from his shoulder.

"Professor Baron…" Ozpin froze a little as he looked and saw Barons state. "What happened to you, are the students alright?" Baron sighed before answering.

"Yes the students are alright, I was the only one injured, but listen, you need to tell the military to quarantine the forest." Ozpins face remained stone cold as only his eyebrows lifted slightly at Barons request. "Why would we do that?" Ozpin asked as he took a sip of his coffee.

"We need to talk when Gary and I get back, tell you what we haven't." Gary said as he injected Baron again with the Medic-gel as Baron ended the call.

After a few minutes the Bullhead landed allowing students to hop off. Seeing a small crowd of students gathering on the pad they assumed that the students of the bullhead had contacted their friends and told them about the incident. Baron snapped around when Gary tapped him on the shoulder and motioned to get off the ship.

"Upsidaisy Baron…" Gary grunted as he lifted Baron off of his ass and into a standing position.

"I can stand on my own, we've done this plenty of times." Baron said as he hopped of the bullhead and almost fell to his knees. "See, you need rest you sodding idiot." Gary said as he took out another one of the syringes and jammed it into Baron.

"That should heal you up all the way." Gary smirked as Baron stretched his shoulder and felt it mending back together, the bones and muscle that had been torn apart were now back together, albeit a bit ugly to look at.

"Gentlemen, I have a few questions." At the voice both Baron and Gary looked up and met eyes with Ozpin.

"Can we talk in a private…" Baron was cut off as Ozpin interrupted him. "No, we talk here. One, you put my students in danger, and two, what could possibly warrant an early return of 6 teams of first years and two professors?" Gary looked at the ground before looking at Baron.

"We aren't from this world, if you couldn't tell from that sodding big portal when we arrived." Baron's words elicited mumbling and gasps from all the students except teams JNPR and RWBY who had seen their appearance.

"Alright, it appears as though this must be a private conversation. Come with me, you must tell me everything about yourselves and these things." Baron and Gary nodded at the terms before heading off to their dorm. The only thing going through their heads as they entered the dorms was 'How are the zeds here?'

Unknown Location in southern Atlesian Mountains 5 hours' prior

"Doctor, you said your portal was a success, no?" The man that stood before Dr. Oswald Layth was the Atlas Armed Forces head researcher, Lance Corporal Hanalei.

"Yes Hanalei, I was able to turn on the portal, but I would urge against it. The people who came through looked like they were…" Layth was cut off as the researcher put his hands firmly on his shoulders.

"People came through, we need to open that back up and send a team through!" Hanalei was out of his mind and Layth knew it.

"You can't open that portal up. Dust only knows what's on the other side of that gate!" Layth said as he pointed at the portal set up in the middle of the room.

A few dozen guards, Atlesian Special Forces from the solid black armor, stood at the doors and on the catwalks overlooking the room.

"It's all in the name of science Dr. Layth." Hanalei said as he walked over to the control panel and started flipping switches. The guards looked on edge as they half-raised their weapons towards the portal. Hanalei picked up the microphone and spoke.

"Remember men, we don't know what's through this gate, brace yourselves. Team 1 prepare to enter. Radio and digital connections remain established between gates so keep us up to date." Layth froze at his words as he looked at the 6-man team readying to enter to portal.

The soldiers looked hesitant as they edged towards the ring before stepping through all together. There was a silence throughout the room before a voice spoke through the speakers.

"This is team one, we have successfully made it through… my Dust." Everyone listened with baited breath as the team saw whatever grizzly scene was on the other side.

"It looks like some kind of lab, wait, we have a body here. Set up a perimeter, it looks like a scientist." The scientists on Layth's side were putting together the pieces about what the place on the other side of the gate was when team one spoke again.

"You guys hear that? It's coming from over there." Metallic stomping as boots impacted metal as the heartrate monitors of the men showed increased beats per minute.

Several seconds past before gunshots could be heard through the radio. The gunshots were followed by an incredibly distorted and un-human screech.

"What the hell is that, it's not dying, Gah!" The line cut as the scream tore through the radio another voice taking his place.

"They ripped him in fucking half, open fire! Open fire!" Gunshots rang through the speakers as more screams and tearing followed.

"We are coming back through! I'm not dying here!" Seconds later a single Atlesian solider burst through the gate only to be followed by whatever was on the other side of the gate with them.

It was disturbing to say the least. Some of the soldiers gaged at the picture before them. A hairless pitch black figure with white spikes jutting from its back. It twitched its head before its eyes landed on the gate operator. Running and leaping from the platform it landed on his chest. Clawed hands tearing the man's face from his body, shredding his chest and neck before taking his head in its jaws and rending it from his neck. Blood pooled and splattered as the soldiers just watched the monstrosity literally eat their comrade in a state of shock.

"Open fire!" One solider shouted as they fired upon the beast.

Surprise, and then fear, consumed them as their dust infused shells struggled to penetrate the creature's dense forearms making headshots impossible. Then another and another emerged from the portal. The soldiers panicked as their weapons did little against the black ones. However, the light skinned ones were easier to kill as they didn't cover their heads.

So far, only a few seconds in and 8 of the 24 guards in the room were dead. Layth just looked on in horror at the creatures that were now pouring form the machine, tearing the security limb from limb. Layth looked a Hanalei before sprinting from the room out the back door. Alarms and red lights blazed in the hallways. 'Not again, this can't happen again!' he yelled in his head as he pulled out a Beretta M9 that he swore he would never have to use again. "This is my damn fault!"

Ahead of him he saw a few soldiers running as a Clot came around the corner. Raising his pistol, he fired, killing the clot. The soldiers looked at him, blood ran down from their slashes and injuries, hell one of them had a chunk taken out of his arm. "Come with me, we are getting the hell out of here!" The soldiers straightened up and raised their weapons, or sidearm as they had already run out of primary ammo.

He cursed under his breath before rounding the corner and seeing two half eaten corpses of AAF soldiers lying in front of a shattered front door. The winter air stung his skin as he ran out onto the landing pad. Blood soaked the snow as he looked at the waiting Bullhead.

Climbing in the pilot's seat he could still hear the inhuman screams of the zeds and the almost as inhuman screams of those being eaten alive and torn to pieces. Looking in the back he saw a few soldiers in the hold as he powered up the engines. A few crawlers came out of the entrance but met a quick end as the doctor aimed his pistol and planted a bullet into each of their skulls.

The Bullhead lifted off as the soldiers in the back slowly cried at the horrors they had just seen. Shaking his head, he slowly increased power before speeding off towards the nearest city Andromeda.

"Let's just hope they have weapons…" He trailed off as he set the autopilot and joined the men in the back. Sitting down on the slightly slick cargo hold he pulled out a Scroll before realizing something.

The two men who had come through the portal at Beacon. He fumbled with the scroll and punched in the emergency broadcast code as the scroll started to ring.

Beacon 5 hours later

"So, what you're saying is that these things you encountered in the forest destroyed the world you came from." The amount of concern in Glynda's voice was unsettling to Ozpin who just looked at the two seated before him.

"That is correct. These things were created as part of a company's efforts to make the perfect genetically modified soldier or some shit like that." Baron sighed as he explained.

"We thought Horzine had been shut-down for good after London, but hell if the company silenced those who knew and bought its way back up!" Gary was pissed and almost fumed as he spoke.

Ozpin and Glynda listened to this mix of anger and sadness that almost visibly flowed from the two seated before them. Glynda felt almost sick listening to the lives of these two men torn apart and reshaped by what was now coming for the people of Remnant.

"Is there any way to properly fight these failures of science?" Ozpin asked, a small hint of what sounded like a search for hope.

Baron looked to Gary and shared a thought just through eye contact as they turned their heads back to Ozpin.

"No… in our world we use, what do you use for ammunition?" This question caught Glynda and Ozpin off-guard but Glynda quickly answered.

"We use a mix of Dust cartridges and solid Dust rounds." Glynda's answer made Baron and Gary look around, a bit lost to put it simply.

"Gather up some of your best students, we will also need a firing range and lots of ammunition." Baron stated as he and Gary stood and looked at Ozpin.

Ozpin pondered the question and motioned to Glynda. Glynda got up and moved to his side of the table.

"If they know how to kill these things, we need their help since as it stands, and from what they stated, these monsters will lead to a disaster on the global scale." Glynda slightly paled as she nodded.

"We will observe your weapons first and my combat class will assist in your study's." Glynda said as she turned to leave.

"However, it does seem that your armory and facilities support production of our worlds firearms and ammunition." Ozpin nodded and motioned for the two to stand as he rose from his seat.

They were about to leave the room when the table lit up and beeping came from the hologram. Ozpin walked over at a quickened pace before his face began to give off a hint of confusion and worry. Pushing the answer button the hologram flickered to show the same scientist that they had seen a few days ago, but this time he looked a little worse for wear.

"Ozpin! Oh thank Dust, you still have those two from the other day right!" He was worried, scared even, and Ozpin, Baron, and Gary could see it.

"What the hell happened?!" Gary questioned with a look of anger and concern on his face.

"They made it through, Atlas, the mountain research labs are overrun!" At this, Baron and Gary just stood up and looked at each other, an aura of urgency surrounding them.

The Zeds were coming.

A/N: Shit, another cliffhangerME?! Really?! Well hopefully this update doesn'ttake as long as the last one :)