Far from the planet Mobius, built in secret, floats the Death Egg 2 in the blackness of outter space. Lukily Robotnik had upgraded the ship schematics Roman had provided to make the airships Spaceworthy.

Roman isn't happy as he steps off his transport into the hangar of the new space station. All around members of the White Fang work alongside robots to build their new war machines, but Roman pays them no attention as he heads off to find Robotnik.

He's in the main deck, surveying progress through monitors.

"Well," Roman sighs. "It looks like a certain rodent had powerful friends. They busted the tank, and destroyed one entire train car of Dust at the same time!"

"I guessed as much. That rodent Won't die ever," Eggman states, not looking away from the monitor.

Roman sighs as he dusts off his hat, and then leans on a workbench, "An associate of mine once said that it's not about overpowering your foes, but rather taking away what power they do have."

He pauses as he spies a large gold gem on the table next to him. He picks up the fake Chaos Emerald with a smirk, "Well now, what do we have here…?"

"That's a fake Chaos Emerald. It's more stable than your Dust crystals, but it doesn't generate as much explosive power at one time." Eggman glances over.

Roman smirks, and chuckles darkly, "And you made this? Artificially?"

"Indeed." He nods. "Why?"

Roman shakes the gem gently, "A little refining, and we have all the Dust we could ever need my friend."

Eggman nods, "Say... I have a question for you... why are you helping me? What's in this world that isn't better in yours?"

"A clean slate," Roman replies. "For years I was getting by on smash-and-grabs, but now... Well, here our tech is something new, something powerful. I have a new chance here to live the high life, letting you take all the credit while I reap the benefits of a great partnership." He toasts the fake emerald to Eggman like a wineglass as he chuckles.

Eggman smirks as well, "Well then, it's a partnership. But, is there anything over there I should be concerned about? Any annoying speedsters I need to worry about?"

"Just a little girl in a red hood," Roman replies. "And her team of course. My new Underworld sources on Mobius reported seeing them, and her blond teammate was on Angel Island during your assault according to the memory we recovered from the robots you had attack there."

"Ah, yes..." Eggman tugs on his mustache thoughtfully.

Roman tosses the false Emerald up, and catches it, "A fun little tidbit, my warrior Adam went toe to toe with Shadow. I understand it was a stalemate, and that both of them are just itching for a rematch."

"Shadow?" Eggman raises an eyebrow. "No wonder we lost the base."

Roman nods, "There was some big robot that cost Neo her umbrella, which needs replacing by the way, and some bat I had hostage, then had to ditch so Sonic couldn't follow us."

"...an umbrella." Eggman deadpans, making sure he heard that correctly.

"Her weapon," Torchwick explains. "A lightweight shield against Dust attacks, durable enough to resist physical ones, and conceals a sword in the handle."

Torchwick looks up as Neo quietly steps in the room, looking downcast, and a bit shaken.

"Hmm... are all objects made into Dust weapons?" Eggman asks thoughtfully,

"Not all," Roman says as he lights a cigar. "But Dust Weapons can come in a variety of styles. So much so that you can't even call the unorthodox because there is barely an orthodox to compare them to. Like my cane..."

He holds it up for Eggman to see, "Handheld cannon for explosive rounds, grappling hook, and is strong enough to handle swordplay. I remember getting into a fight not too long ago with a monkey Faunus that had gun-chucks."

Neo walks up on Eggman's side, and puts a hand on his shoulder with a question in her chocolate brown eyes.

Eggman sighs. "If Roman here can provide a schematic of your weapon, I'll see what I can do."

Neo smiles, and hugs Eggman around the neck.

"Looks like she's taking a shine to you," Roman chuckles, looking through a handheld device. "Let's see... Ah, here it is." He starts downloading the blueprint while Neo lets Eggman go.

Eggman starts looking at it. "I'll start right away."

Adam walks in, "Eggman, Torchwick, our people watching your monitoring systems detected another cosmos anomaly. They said it was local to this dimension unlike our arrival, someone jumping through time to either get to, or leave the present."

Roman raises an eyebrow, "Time travel?"

"Someone's inducing Chaos Control," Eggman mutters, moving to his console and starting to type.

Roman looks over his shoulder curiously while holding his cigar away from Eggman, "So what are we looking at Doc, this sort of thing happens often?"

"Shadow is an expert at it. Sonic has been shown the ability to do so, with a Chaos Emerald." Eggman responds.

"Chaos Control," Roman mutters thoughtfully. "Huh... Catchy."

"Indeed. It is a defensive move Chaos users know. It allows people to manipulate time and space for short periods of time." Eggman explains.

"Teleportation," Adam says. "Does that explain how he was able to keep up with me as well?"

"It does." He nods. "However, do not be fooled. He is the second fastest hedgehog on Mobius. He can keep up with you without warping."

Adam frowns, "He was holding back... He's incredibly powerful too. His energy based Attacks I can handle, but is he's faster than me..."

Roman looks over his shoulder at Adam, and then smirks. "Well from what I saw browsing through the Doc's files on regular pests, Shadow is supposedly the Ultimate Lifeform."

Adam crosses his arms, "He's not stronger than me, just faster. And no matter how hard I swing if I can't touch him..."

Roman strokes his chin, "These... Chaos Emeralds, they seem to work a lot like Dust." Roman turns back to Eggman, "Is there a chance that Dust users can learn this Chaos Control thing?"

"I welcome you to take back the not stronger part if you can easily lift and flip a bus with one hand carrying a tank cannon with the other." Eggman smirks. He turns to Roman. "I have doubts, since all Chaos Users I have seen are Mobians. It is a rare talent."

"I'm not human," Adam replies coldly. "Let me try, at the very least."

Eggman shrugs, and presses a button, pulling out the white Chaos Emerald and tossing it to Adam. "If you don't give that back, there will be serious consequences."

Adam takes it, and Roman looks concerned, "Hey, if something actually happens, do we really want it to happen in here?"

"The worst thing he can do is do an inverse Chaos Control, and freeze himself for seconds to a few days." Eggman shrugs. "It is literally the easiest Chaos move to learn, according to Shadow."

"Yeah, but Adam excels as absorbing energy, and then releasing it all at once... Sound familiar?" Roman raises an eyebrow as he mimes an explosion with his hands.

"Ah. Well then in that case, go to the combat room before exploding." Eggman makes a shooing motion.

Adam steps out, and heads to the training room.

Roman, Neo, and Eggman watch from cameras as Adam steps to the middle of the room. Looking right into the camera, Adam says, "Explain to me how he does this."

Eggman rolls his eyes. "I literally just said the only people who know how to do it are Mobian. I am not Mobian. I guess look into the Emerald, and see what pops out at you."

Adam stares into the emerald intently. He frowns when it does nothing, and decides to take an active approach. He drains off a little of his aura like when he prepares to redirect energy Attacks, and then allows it to replenish, using the action to push his aura into the Emerald.

For a moment nothing happens, and then the Emerald glows. Then Adam feels the same energy trying to rush back into him. He frowns, and then gradually lets it, the red on his person starting to glow.

Eggman leans in curiously. "If you feel a reaction, say Chaos Control. That is the command to use it."

"If that's not a reaction I don't know what is," Roman mutters, dragging on his cigar.

In the training room Adam says, "Chaos... Control!"

Then he vanished in a flash of red, reappearing inches from the ceiling. He flips, landing in a kneeling position.

Roman grins, and says into the microphone, "Adam, how did you do that?"

Adam stares at the Emerald, "I thought how I wanted to teleport, but I didn't pick a specific destination before releasing the energy. I just thought about how I didn't want to go far, just not out into space."

Roman slowly turns his head to Eggman, "You know what this means...?"

Eggman strokes his mustache thoughtfully. "It means we need more people with Aura."

"We already have them," Roman chuckles. "Anyone from Remnant that has arrived here has it. Every single Faunus here, roughly fifty of them, all with these kinds of powers... With the right training of course."

Eggman nods. "Adam, try again. This time, warp to the deck. Imagine where you want to go."

Adam nods, drawing on the Emerald much faster now. "Chaos Control!"

A moment later he's there, and smiling to himself.

Eggman nods. "Now, this is the challenge... try teleporting to the old base on Mobius." Eggman stands and starts walking. "Roman, come here."

Roman raises an eyebrow while Adam starts drawing on a great deal of energy.

"If you're trying to screw him somehow, you'll regret it," Roman warns quietly."

"I'm seeing if he's smart." Eggman replies. "Sonic cannot do such a feat, and Shadow has only done it with great strain on his body."

Adam tenses his shoulders, "Chaos... Control!"

He vanishes in a flash of red light, and Roman swallows nervously. "...Where did he go?"

Neo snaps her fingers to get their attention. She points to a screen where salvaging robots at the old base show Adam kneeling in the rubble. He slowly gets to his feet, shaking a little.

Roman gives a low whistle, "I gotta give it to him, he's got will power... Then again he's part bull so it's to be expected." He tosses his cigar in the waste disposal as it burns out.

Eggman nods. "Send a ship to get him back here. He will need to recover a jump like that. Once he's rested, tell him to pick nine candidates to learn Chaos Control."

Roman smirks, "Might be worth looking into myself. I'm no slouch in a fight, and it wouldn't hurt to have an extra trick up my sleeve."

Eggman nods. "If you wish. I will start on Neo's umbrella." He turns and heads to his lab.

...

Ruby sneaks through the woods as stealthily as she can. She knows the others will give her grief later, but for now she needs to start looking for Yang. Not to mention DDR really doesn't do much for a week of cabin fever so she needs to run a bit to get strength back in her legs.

"Ruff! Ruff!"

Ruby jumps, "Shhhhh! Zwei..." She looks around tense as a wound up snake.

Suddenly, a bright light appears in front of her, and two Mobians fly out, landing in a heap.

"Agh... Chaos... Next time, I'm driving Blaze..." A male silverish-white hedgehog moans.

"Shut up Silver." Blaze, a lilac female cat, huffs as she crosses her arms, sitting daintily on him.

Ruby stares at them, "Oh... Please tell me you two aren't with GUN..."

Zwei tilts his head at them, then hops in Blaze's lap to lick her all over the face.

Blaze tenses at the dog, blasting him away with a fireball as her fur stands on end and she jumps into a tree, hissing with her ears pinned back.

Silver blinks, looking at Blaze before sitting up. "I don't think we are. I'm Silver and this is my friend Blaze. We're from 500 years in the future."

Ruby watches as Zwei rolls around comically to put out the fire, and then puts his front paws on Blaze's tree, wagging his tail like he found a new playmate. Then what Silver said catches up with her.

"Uh..." She offers him her hand, "Ruby Rose... I'm from the world of Remnant..."

"Oh, good! That was easy..." Silver sighs with relief.

Ruby tilts her head as she pulls her hand back to put on her hip, within easy reach of her gun. "What was easy?"

"You know a Roman Torchwick, right?" Silver asks, standing.

Ruby nods, "Yeah...?"

"In the future, he takes over the world." Silver frowns. "With his army of robots and Faunus, he overwhelms the world."

Ruby's jaw slowly drops, "...I better take you back to camp. Um... Zwei, heel!"

Zwei trots back over, staring up at Silver with ears perked.

Silver smiles and pets Zwei. "C'mon Blaze! He won't bite! I hope..."

Ruby shakes her head, "Nope!"

Blaze hesitantly comes down. "If he does, he will find himself very dead." She warns, her fur still on end.

Ruby picks Zwei up, and the dog looks at Blaze upside-down. "Nope, he's very friendly. But we better get back to camp, Professor Oobleck will know what to do." She turns, and quickly starts leading them through the trees.

Silver and Blaze quickly settle into the same pace, following closely.

When they get to camp the team has already finished setting up provisions in a cave, and started a fire in the clearing in front of it. Weiss, and Blake spot the newcomers, instantly jumping to their feet.

"It's okay," Ruby assures them as she puts Zwei down. "They have news about Torchwick... Where's Penny, and Professor Oobleck?"

"Doctor," Oobleck corrects as he steps out of the cave, inspecting a rock in his hand. "Now, who are you two, and what is your purpose?"

"They said they're from the future," Ruby says.

Weiss scoffs, "That's ridiculous!"

"Actually it is not," Oobleck says. "During my week on this planet I have made intensive studies, and the means is certainly readily available. Now then, time travelers, if your business is with us please keep all details to a minimum. The less we know about the future, the less danger there is for everyone."

"We need to stop the one known as Torchwick before the world is conquered." Blaze says simply.

Oobleck rubs his chin, "...Girls it appears I have made an error is removing you from GUN."

Weiss looks shocked, "What?!"

Oobleck looks over the two in front of him, "If what they're saying is true, then no matter how far from the future they are from, our fates are now intimately locked with this planet."

Blake blinks, "Meaning... Even if there's a way back to Remnant, we have to stay?"

"Possibly," Oobleck says. "Either way, these two coming to seek our help so soon after I removed you from GUN custody seems to indicate that may have been the choice that brought about a tragic destiny for everyone on Mobius. Therefore, we must return."

"But they extorted us," Weiss objects. "They were trying to use our technology, and methods for their own purposes!"

"Such is the way of life, Miss Schnee," Oobleck says. "As I said, our destinies are now tied to this planet. Sharing our resources will most likely be required to stop Torchwick at any rate. If we ignore this, the chances of a rule under him will only increase exponentially."

Ruby crosses her arms, "What about Yang?"

"Fear not Ruby, for I have no doubt that in our mission to stop Roman Torchwick that your sister will rejoin us as soon as she is able," Oobleck assures her. "For now we must break camp, and move out to return to GUN. This time of there is to be a merge of our cultures, it will be under my supervision."

Silver tilts his head. "...I'm lost."

"We're teaming back up with GUN to stop Torchwick," Blake says. "Just go with it." Her eyes slide to Blaze for a minute, and she offers a hand to shake, "Blake Belladonna."

Blaze blinks, studying Blake. She then shakes Blake's hand. "Blaze Cat."

Blake nods, and then helps to break up camp.

Ruby frowns, "But... Where's Penny?"

Oobleck looks around, "She seemed quite taken with that android back at GUN, she's probably already on her way to see if he is fully repaired yet."

Weiss groans loudly, "Great! So we can team up with whatever is left of GUN once they're done!"

"A valid point," Oobleck nods. "Ruby, you're the fastest out of us all. Return ahead of us to deliver our intentions, and minimize damage. Agree to nothing until I return."

Ruby snaps a salute, and bolts off in a flurry of Rose petals. Oobleck zips up in front of the Mobians, "I must apologize, in all the excitement I forgot to ask for your names."

"I'm Silver the Hedgehog. This is my partner and best friend, Blaze the Cat." Silver smiles. "So you're Professor Doctor Oobleck, huh? Nice to meet you!"

"Just Doctor Oobleck," Oobleck replies in an annoyed tone. "And there be time for further niceties later, right now we're on a mission so please help where you can since that is in essence what you broke through time, and space to do."

The Huntsman takes a swig of his coffee, then starts blurring around the campsite. Blake stands with her own bag on her back, "I know he's odd, but he's the best we could have hoped for."

"So... I need to ask..." Silver tilts his head. "...Is he really drinking coffee?"

Blake looks back, "...Sometimes I wonder."

"In the texts... everyone says he's actually drinking hard liquor. Since it sets things on fire, and it needs fuel that can ignite..." Silver scratches his head.

Blake frowns, "Texts?"

"Ah-Ah-ah!" Oobleck waves a finger, "No inquiring about the future. And for your information, I am indeed drinking coffee. However my thermos only half contains coffee, the rest is a high flammable feul laced with Dust. The two liquids are kept separated by a mechanism of my own design, and when I transform my thermos into weapon mode the availability of these liquids changes."

"But... how is so much coffee in there?" Silver blinks.

"Did you not hear what I said?" He holds up the thermos, "Half."

"He is suggesting that you drink a lot of coffee, and yet you never seem to run out." Blaze says.

"Of course I do," Oobleck replies. "But there is no time to explain. I'm surprised you can afford to waste time looking into my drinking habits when the fate of millions is in our hands."

Weiss stands, "Ready!"

"Then let's be off!"

Penny walks calmly down the hill towards the GUN base, humming to herself. She waves to the guards, "Salutations!"

They panic, quickly aiming their guns at her. "D-don't come any closer miss! Please!"

She stops right in front of them, "May I please pass? I'm here to check on the big red Mech-"

"PENNY!"

Ruby tackles Penny from behind, and sighs in relief, "Made it just in time..."

The head officer blinks, and grabs his walkie-talkie, talking quickly into it.

Ruby sits up, "Tell Commander Towers that Team RWBY is on the way back with a mission to stop the world domination of Roman Torchwick-WHOA!"

Ruby falls off Penny as the ginger girl stands, and then Penny helps Ruby back to her feet.

Shadow warps next to them, crossing his arms. "I'm sorry, what?"

Ruby turns to him, "Two Mobians named Blaze, and Silver showed up. They said Torchwick took over the world, and Professor Oobleck thinks working with GUN is the best way to stop it... But he said not to agree to anything until he got here so I guess it's going to be on his terms."

Shadow frowns. "He will have to talk to Towers about that. In the meantime..." He looks at Penny. "...Is she safe?"

Penny nods, "Affirmative, how is the big guy?"

Shadow looks at Ruby to confirm.

Ruby nods, "She's okay, she's just a little rough around the edges."

Penny looks herself over while feeling her face, "What edges?"

Shadow nods. "Does she have Dust overexposure shielding?"

Ruby blinks, "Say what now?"

He sighs. "If she is hit with a large dose of Dust, will she live?"

Ruby touches her fingers together nervously, "Um... Well... Uh, Penny?"

Penny nods, "Don't worry, I passed my durability test with flying colors!"

Shadow smiles. "Well then, let's see if you pass this test. It took Omega ten times."

Penny smiles widely, and follows Shadow confidently with Ruby lagging behind.

Shadow then grabs their arms. "Chaos Control!" He warps them into the base.

Once again, the sensation of falling through a harmless Dust explosion is felt before they land in the base.

Ruby stumbles a bit while Penny is unfazed, instead she looks around for her opponent.

Omega is off to the side, various panels open as he gets a tune up. His eyes turn on when he senses Shadow's return.

Penny walks up to him, looking him over, "Salutations! And may I just say how your insides look as impressive as your outsides!"

"...REGISTERING AS COMMENT... THANK YOU?" Omega drones, almost sounding puzzled.

"You are most welcome," Penny says with a smile, and cheery tone of voice.

Shadow looks at Ruby. "In the meantime, Rouge has still not been found. Has she been spotted by your team?"

"We weren't even gone 24 hours," Ruby reminds him. "So... How mad was Towers?"

"Oobleck will have a lot of talking to do before you all will be able to leave the base again." Shadow states. "He won't be able to smoothtalk the commander... or I suppose in his case, quick talk..."

Ruby snickers, "I suppose, but I think Oobleck will get to him anyhow. I mean Towers saw what we can do, so he's going to have to put us on field duty at some point."

"Actually Ruby," Oobleck says as he walks in with the rest of the team. "He is not going to be in command of you at all. As the lone full-fledged Huntman here, it is my responsibility to look after your team. Therefore if this Commander Towers wishes for our cooperation, it will have to be through me."

Ruby blinks at him, "You got here fast."

"Yes, after fifteen minutes Silver here revealed his telekinetic abilities, and flew us within easy walking distance of the base," Oobleck explains.

"I wish I didn't... I need a nap now..." Silver massages his temples.

Weiss offers him a hand, "I'll take you to our quarters, you can rest there."

Ruby smirks with a tease, "Taking a boy to bed Weiss?"

"Quiet you," she snaps with a scowl. "That's disgusting!"

"Thanks for the offer though..." Silver reaches out for Weiss's hand, grabbing it when he finds it.

Weiss leads him out of the training room, and Blake raises an eyebrow at Blaze. "Boyfriend?"

Blaze blushes and looks away. "J-just really close friends..."

Blake gives her a look that says she's not convinced. But Penny steals her attention when she asks Omega, "How long until you are fully prepared to contest power with me?"

"THIS IS A SIMPLE MAINTENANCE CHECK. IT WILL TAKE FIVE MORE MINUTES AND TWENTY-TWO SECONDS." Omega responds.

Penny smiles, "Sensational!" She tosses both hands in the air as she walks to one side of the training room to wait.

Ruby gulps, "We should get out of here then..."

Blaze nods. "Yes, let's." She walks out of the training room.

Penny just stands there after the others leave, not bothering to even stretch as she folds her hands behind her back.

Weiss, and Blake join the others in the observation room. Blake frowns at Ruby, "What's wrong with you?"

Ruby taps her fingers together nervously again, "Well... There's something about Penny I never told you, but that's because I promised not to..."

Shadow states, "She's a robot."

Ruby blinks at him, "How did you...?"

"Why do you think I asked if she has Dust shielding?" He states. "Robots short out when exposed to high doses of Chaos Energy."

"Not Remnant androids," Blake says. "It's their fuel as well as ammunition."

Weiss rubs her chin, "But should she be doing this? I mean from what I've seen of her Penny doesn't strike me as a war machine."

"Does she have emotions?" Shadow asks.

Weiss nods, "Without a doubt, but the military androids on Remnant aren't supposed to."

"Then she has a crush on Omega."

All three Huntresses look at Shadow like he suddenly sprouted a second head.

"She just complimented him. She showed concern for his arm earlier, she has a crush on him." He states.

Blake stares at Penny, "If you're right then why is she fighting him instead of asking him out?"

"He's a combat mech," Weiss says. "Besides, where would they go? The motorpool?"

"The ice cream parlor."

The girls give Shadow weird looks, and Weiss says, "You do realize you're not making any sense, right?"

"Omega's AI grants him the most basic emotions. Happy, sad, angry. But, his organic inner body requires a tiny bit of food, and it enjoys milkshakes." Shadow explains.

Ruby breathes, "Oh... So Omega is kinda the opposite of Penny? She's covered in living tissue, and generates an Aura of her own from within a robot body. But Omega is organic inside while metal on the outside."

"Yes." Shadow nods.

Down in the training room Penny looks up at the ceiling in though, "I think I am experiencing boredom."

Omega stands. "TUNE UP COMPLETE."

Penny smiles at him, and drops her hands to her sides, "Shall we begin then?"

"AFFIRMATIVE." Omega thuds over and takes a fighting stance.

Penny takes on a more serious expression, and narrows her eyes. Her shoulders open, and a sword pops out, unfolds to its full length, and then divides into eight blades as long as her body hovering in the air behind her.

Omega seems to smile. "CHALLENGE RECOGNIZED. AND ACCEPTED." His hands have swords come out of them.

Penny launches herself at him, slamming her feet into his chest while firing two swords into the wall behind him at an upwards angle. She reels them in, carrying him across the room into a wall, and then flies upwards by reeling her sword in faster.

Omega isn't fazed however, grabbing her leg before she escapes and slamming her into the ground.

Her swords are yanked from the wall above, and they morph into rifles, blasting him point-black with green lasers.

They do little to him, his armor too thick. He then rams her head into his chest.

Penny just plants her feet,and lifts him over her head, throwing him across the room. A bit of he skin is missing from her forehead revealing the grey metal underneath.

Omega rolls gracefully, astounding for a robot of his size. He then makes his chaingun hands appear, firing at her.

Penny whirls her swords in front of her, blocking bullets with ease. "You're not half bad Omega!"

"COMPLIMENT ACCEPTED, THANK YOU." He then switches his left hand into a cannon, firing a huge red laser from it.

Penny leaps off to the side, dodging, and then turns all her swords into guns. She crouches as they whirl in a ring in front of her, a ball of green energy collecting.

Omega backs away a little. "ADJUSTING PERSONAL SETTINGS."

"Oh boy," Ruby whimpers, recognizing the attack, and cowering with her hood up.

Penny punches both hands into the ball, and a massive green laser fires at Omega like a giant cannon.

Omega suddenly gains a red glow, and when the attack hits him, he absorbs it. Penny blinks in surprise, and cuts off the attack.

Omega glows green with the attack, sparking with energy. "POWER AT 500 PERCENT CAPACITY." His eyes glow brighter.

Penny runs calculations in her head, and blinks twice. Then she says, "If you release that much power you will cause serious collateral damage, yet if you do not it will damage your systems."

She sets her jaw, and stows her weapons into a single sword. Then she grasps it with both hands before walking over to him, holding the sword like she's offering it to him, but she has a firm hold on it.

"I yield," she says. "So please return the energy to my systems before someone gets hurt."

Omega stares at it, aiming his laser cannon at her.

She presses the flat side of her sword to the tip of his cannon, and nods while bracing herself.

He unleashes the beam on his lowest setting, letting it be absorbed.

The energy crackles over Penny like lightning, slowly turning from red to green as her entire body absorbs it.

Omega lowers his hand, turning it into regular mode. "POWER AT 100 PERCENT."

Penny let's out a relieved breath as she puts her sword away, and smiles up at Omega, "Note to self, E-123 Omega is not to be trifled with."

A bit of skin from her forehead flaps into her field of view. She looks up at it, and then sighs as she starts to unbutton her shirt.

Omega tilts his head.

She exposes a bit of bare skin where her collarbone would be, and a compartment with basic first aid supplies opens. "Excuse me," she says as she steps closer to him, using the finish on his chest like a mirror. She uses a cream to make what skin remains appear flawless, and then uses medical tape to put a patch of gauze on her forehead to hide the metal underneath.

Nodding in satisfaction she steps back, putting her medical supplies away then buttoning up her shirt. "My systems are undamaged," she reports. "And my biological Outter layer will heal in roughly two days."

"AFFIRMATIVE." Omega says. "YOUR WEAPONS ARE IMPRESSIVE. HOWEVER, MY EXTENDED ARSENAL WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO HANDLE THEM."

"My father built me for the military, but he still wanted to uphold the mostly nonlethal methods of a Huntress," Penny explains. "But judging from your functions you were built for lethal force."

"MY ORIGINAL PURPOSE WAS TO DESTROY SONIC THE HEDGEHOG. HOWEVER, I WAS DECOMMISSIONED AND DEACTIVATED FOR MY ARROGANT COMBAT STYLE, AND DEFYING MY CREATOR DR. EGGMAN. I WAS REACTIVATED HOWEVER, AND NOW I WILL DESTROY EGGMAN WHEN WE ARE GIVEN THE TASK." Omega holds up a determined fist.

Penny frowns with a concerned look, "Well... I won't tell you to go against your primary programming, but I was programmed to believe all life is precious."

"DR. EGGMAN HAS NO REGARD FOR LIFE OTHER THAN HIS OWN. FOR THE SAFETY OF THIS PLANET, HIS LIFE IS FORFEIT." Omega states.

Commander Towers stalks in, his eyes resting on Dr. Oobleck.

The doctor glances at him, and then back out to where Penny stands with Omega. "Remarkable. Neither of them have more than a few shreds of what we consider human, they don't resemble each other in the slightest, and they're from completely different worlds. Yet looking at them they meld perfectly."

Oobleck sips his coffee as he turns completely to face the commander. "Such connections will be needed if we are truly to cooperate."

"Come with me, doctor." Towers turns and walks away.

Oobleck calmly follows after him, silent.

Shadow watches the two walk away before turning to Ruby. "Now is as good a time as any to do that self defense lesson."

...

Oobleck makes careful notes of their surrounding as they walk, and glances down as Zwei trots next to him.

Towers leads him into the same room as Ruby, Blake, and Weiss, locking the door behind them before sitting in a chair. "I assume you're going to stand anyways if I ask you to sit?"

"Actually I have been standing for most of the day, a seat would be nice," Oobleck replies, sitting while scratching Zwei behind the ears.

Towers watches Oobleck calmly.

"You sir, are a fine military man," Oobleck says. "Though some would accuse you of swindling, you were merely serving your country."

Oobleck pushes his glasses up on his nose, "However now that I am here things will be different. If you want the help of my Huntresses, you will first clear it through me."

"I find that interesting. Why should I agree to this? I simply cannot allow anyone to lead potentially dangerous women around. Unless you plan to have some of my men follow you around." Towers states.

"They have already made friends with some of your soldiers," Oobleck says. "The team trusts Shadow unconditionally, Penny is bonding with Omega, and I heard that Blake made a promise to retrieve a soldier of yours by the name of Rouge. If supervision is what you're concerned about, I certainly have no problem letting those three work with my Huntresses."

Oobleck takes a more serious tone, "But let this be a warning Commander Towers. You've seen part of what we are capable of, and there is much you have yet to see. We are facing an impending danger from our worlds meeting, and like cream from coffee it is far too late to seperate our worlds."

Oobleck stands, "In short Commander Towers... I walked out of here with my Huntresses once, and I can certainly do it again."

"Good luck the next time." Towers states, standing. "Just so we're clear, this is not your world. You cannot do whatever you want, you have to follow our rules. If you don't like them, then walking out will be the last thing on your mind."

Oobleck frowns, "If I think my girls are in over their heads then leaving with them with very much be the first thing on my mind. You know these girls well enough to know they will not intentionally break your laws unless it is to save innocent lives."

Towers says nothing, opening the door and leaving the room.

Oobleck frowns, and Zwei whimpers up at him. Oobleck shakes his head, "No, I said what I meant to, and he understands now."

Oobleck raises his thermos, and mutters into the rim, "I hope he does... For his sake."