A Home Coming

by ItsMeK

A team of 5 set out to stop a group of war criminals known as the Blues and Reds. But like every mission, not everything goes according to plan. There forced to survive and adapt in a new world, hoping to regroup and stop these war criminals, once and for all. (This a RWBY and OC's insert fan fiction as well as having some RvB elements involved)

10. Chapter 9: Three's a Crowd

A Home Coming Chapter 9: Three's A Crowd

Log Entry 1-0-9: The Vytal Festival. According to Ozpin, this is supposedly a time of piece. Yet ironically, a fighting tournament is held during the tournament. But something is off, ever since the Grimm Invasion that occurred 2 weeks ago when Roman Torchwick and Bucky were captured, there hasn't been any criminal activity. Literally. The White Fang and The Blues and Reds just disappeared off the radar without a trace. This definitely feels like something Big is going to happen, the question is, are we ready for it? Or are we going to fall?

(Time: Right after Team RWBY's match in the Vytal Festival Tournament)

(Location: Vytal Festival Fairgrounds)

(POV: No One)

Team RWBY were walking in the fairgrounds after there victory against Team ABRN. They were able to meet up with there fifth member Gyro, who had to sit out of the match due to Ozpin's rule for her to compete. But she was happy that she would have a chance to fight.

"Is anyone else starving?" Ruby asks as she slouches.

"I may have worked up an appetite." Blake says as her stomach growls loudly.

The other 4 girls glance at Blake.

"Nice." Gyro says with a smile under helmet.

"Gee, if only there were somewhere on campus to get food around here." Weiss says with sarcasm. "oh wait."

"It's okay, Weiss. I forget about the fairgrounds too." Ruby says as she puts her hand on Weiss's shoulder.

"I was being Facetious." Weiss says flatly.

"Wh--Well, if you were hungry, why didn't you say so?!" Ruby exclaims as she throws her arms into the air.

"Come on! I know just the place." Yang says. As she motions the team to follow her.

"Ohhh it better be good." Gyro says as she follows Yang.

Weiss's scroll starts to vibrate and ring. She takes her scroll out to see that it was her father calling again. She had a look of frustration as she ignores the call and follows the team. As Team RWBY and Gyro follow Yang, a familiar voice calls them.

"Hey! Might be hard to eat without this!" Emerald says as she holds Ruby's wallet.

Ruby frantically pats around her 'combat skirt' whimpering. Emerald slightly laughs.

"Ha ha ha, good to see you Ruby." Emerald says as she walks to Ruby and hands Ruby her wallet.

"Oh, thanks Emerald!" Ruby says as she takes her wallet back. "Guess I dropped it. Guh, girl pockets are the worst!"

"Ha! Magnetic wallets for the win yo!" Gyro says as she taps the side of her belt.

"What's up, Em?" Yang says as she walks up to Emerald.

"Just left the stadium after your amazing fight. You guys were awesome!" Emerald says.

"Oh stop it, shut your little stupid face." Ruby says in a flustered and embarrassed tone.

"I head your team progressed the next round too." Blake says as she joins in on the conversation.

"You know, I feel like we never see your other teammates." Weiss says.

"How'd they do in the fight?" Yang asks curiously.

"I bet it was awesome!" Gyro exclaims.

Emerald stands there in deep though for a second, remembering her fight in the tournament.

"Really well." Emerald says finally.

"That's great! Uh, why don't we all go out and get some victory food together?" Ruby asks Emerald.

"Oh! Gosh, that's sounds nice of you but, my teammates are all kind of...introverted." Emerald says as she looks at Mercury behind her.

Team RWBY, Gyro, and Emerald look at Mercury at a boot shop, he picks up a boot and sniffs it.

"Ew." Gyro says flatly.

"Really socially awkward." Emerald says with a small whisper.

"Oooh, yeah. I could see that." Yang says as she nods her head.

"So yeah. Looks like Merc and I will be moving on to the Doubles round. What about you guys?" Emerald asks nonchalantly.

"Well as the leader of this team, I though long and hard about this decision." Ruby says as she places her hand on her chin.

"We put it to a vote." Weiss says as leans in front of Ruby.

"Uhh yes but I decided that we should put it to a vote." Ruby says quickly.

"Nice save." Gyro says with a small chuckle.

"We voted Yang and Gyro." Blake says a she points to Gyro and Yang.

"Were going kick some serious butt!" Yang says as she slams her fists together.

"And I've been dying to get some action!" Gyro says as she places her hand behind her head.

Emerald starts to chuckle.

"Well, if Mercury and I see you down the line, don't think we'll go easy on ya." Emerald says confidently.

"Wouldn't have it any other way." Yang says as she crosses her arms.

"Hell yeah, and you will be in a surprise when do fight." Gyro says confidently as she fist bumps Yang.

"Alright. Well, we're gonna go catch some more fights." Emerald says.

"Have fun!!" Ruby says happily as she and her team walk away.

"See ya later!" Emerald says.

Emerald walks towards Mercury as she waves to Team RWBY. Once Emerald is next to Mercury, her face changes from Friendly to disgusted.

"So how are the new friends?" Mercury says sarcastically as he puts air quotes on 'friends'.

"I hate them." Emerald says flatly.

"Orders are orders." Mercury says as he shrugs.

"I just- How can they be so happy all the time?!" Emerald says in frustration as she locks her fingers together.

"Did you at least get what we want?" Mercury says as she points towards Emerald.

"It's the bimbo and the cyan armored girl." Emerald says flatly.

"Hmm, alright. At least we know what we're sort of up against." Mercury says with uncertainty.

(Location: A food stand in the Fairgrounds)

Team RWBY and Gyro were currently sitting at a food stand in the fairgrounds. They were all sitting on the stools as the shop keeper takes their orders.

"I'll have a bowl of the regular please." Yang says as a large bowl of noodles is slid in front of her.

"Ooohhh, I'll take the same." Ruby says.

"Same here! I'm starving." Gyro says with excitement.

The same sized bowls of noodles were slid in front of Ruby and Gyro.

"Hmmm...Do you have anything with a low salt--" Weiss says only to be cut off by another Bowl to be slid in front of her. "Ah! ummm...okay?"

Blake only nods to the shop keeper. He nods back as she rushes into the back room in high speeds and rushes out the door. He speeds past Blake and places a large bowl of fish in front of her. Blake starts to drool in sight of the food in front of her. Weiss then takes out a credit card and hands it to the shop keeper.

"Aww Weiss! What's the occasion?" Yang asks.

"Consider it a victory prize for all of us." Weiss says with pride.

The credit card was thrown back towards Weiss. It lands in front of her. The shop keeper clears his throat as he points towards the cash register that has the words 'DECLINED' on it.

"What? How can my card be declined?" Weiss says in shock.

Blake had a shocked look as she frantically looks around. She then nonchalantly sits up and slowly reaches for her bowl of fish and slowly pulls it back with a suspicious smile, only for the shop keeper to grab her bowl and pull it away.

"Noooo..." Blake says sadly as she falls flat on the wooden counter.

"It's okay Blake, next time." Gyro says as she pats Blake on her back.

"Maybe I could help?" Pyrrha says.

Team RWBY and Gyro look to there left to see Team JNPR walk up to the food stand. Pyyrha held a red credit card in her hand.

"PYYRHA!" Ruby exclaims happily as she throws her hands in the air.

"Aw, you don't have to!" Yang says as she aves her hand.

"BUT SHE COULD!" Blake says quickly.

"Oookkkkaaayyyy calm down there." Gyro says as she pulls Blake back to her seat.

"Well, I think you all earned it after your battle." Pyrrha says as she places her hand on her hip.

"Mind if we join you?" Jaune asks.

"Sure!" Gyro says as she reaches for her helmet.

Teams RWBY and JNPR look at Gyro as she reached her hands to her helmet, Gyro stops and looks at the 8 people staring at her.

"What?" Gyro asks.

"This is the first time we're about to see you without your helmet on." Ren says.

"Really?" Gyro says in confusion.

"Yes!" Teams RWBY and JNPR say in unison.

Gyro then reaches for her helmet again, she slightly twits her helmet as a little bit of steam sprays out along with a hissing sound. She pulls off her helmet revealing a fair skinned young woman. She had long cyan hair that was tied up in a ponytail. She had bright green eyes and a small scar on the right side of her cheek.

"Wow." Yang says with a whistle.

"Woah the air is so much cleaner now that helmet is off." Gyro says with a sigh of relief.

"It just sounds were when you don't have your helmet on." Ruby says as she stares at Gyro.

"Yeah, that's because of the helmet filters and radios, but my god it feels good to be out of that thing for once in a while." Gyro says as she plays with her cyan hair. "Well, lets dig in!"

After 16 minutes pass by, everyone places there bowls on the wooden counter. Everyone had mixed feelings about the amount of food they just ate.

"Are you sure it's wise to have eaten before a fight?" Ren asks cautiously.

"Of course! It will give us energy." Pyyrha says.

The shopkeeper runs by picking up everyone's bowls at high speed and runs into the back room.

"And I though 26 was fast." Gyro says flatly as she grabs her helmet.

Nora burps loudly.

"Ughhh, if I barf I'm blaming you." Jaune says as he falls face first onto the wooden counter.

"Oh! Aim it at the enemy!" Nora says mischievously.

"Nora! That's disgusting. But if you feel the urge..." Ren says.

"Got it." Jaune says as he give a thumbs up.

"Ohhh I'm defiantly going to record that!!" Gyro says as she chuckles and places her helmet over her head, locking it into place.

"Well, we should be off." Pyyrha says as she stands up from the stool.

"So, you think you guys are ready?" Ruby says.

"Or are you guys going to fail due to cramps." Gyro says as she slightly cringes.

"Of course! We've got a world renowned fighter on our team, what's basically a ninja, I can bench five of me...Jaune, We've trained all year, out weapons are awesome, Glynda barely yells at us anymore, and uh...Jaune!" Nora says happily as she points to Jaune who's still face first on the wooden counter.

"Are you going to take that?" Ren asks as everyone looks at Jaune.

"She's not wrong..." Jaune says without looking up.

"I'm kidding! He knows I'm kidding. Don't be so nervous! The worst that could happen is we lose! Then it's just a few more years of walking around the school with everyone knowing we're failures, our friends will slowly abandon us to preserve their social status, we won't be able to show our faces in class, no one will sit with us in the cafeteria, Ren and I have no parents, we have no home left to go to, we'll be officially team LOSE-iper." Nora says quickly as she laughs nervously and slams her face into the wooden counter.

"Wow." Gyro says flatly.

"So yeah. We're feeling pretty good." Ren says flatly.

"Don't fret, if anything we should be looking forwards to a fight with actual guidelines and not...well, murderers." Pyyrha says with a slight be of uncertainty.

"Yeah, don't sweat it! We've all faced worse before." Yang says nonchalantly.

"Lets see: Grimm invasions, violent extremists, dangerous space war criminals, destructive sociopaths, and annoying pervert." Blake says as she counts up the events she and Team RWBY have went through.

"And that's all while we're still in training! Oh, imagine what it'll be like when we graduate!" Ruby says in excitement.

"I wouldn't get too exited, the worlds a very dangerous place, and believe me, I was born in on." Gyro says sternly as Teams RWBY and JNPR look at the Pilot. "Back in my homeworld, Cier, it's a very dangerous world once you learn how to fight, at any moment, you could be ambushed, injured, or even killed if you don't keep a level head."

"Sounds dangerous." Weiss says.

The intercom at the fairgrounds turn on to hear professor Port on the intercom.

"Would Team JNPR please report to the battle grounds immediately." Port says.

"Yes! Like they were scheduled to several minutes ago!" Doctor Oobleck chimes in.

"Well, it looks like this is it." Pyyrha says.

"Go get'em!" Ruby says as she raises her fist into the air.

Team JNPR stand up from there stools. Both Pyyrha and Ren are fine while Jaune and Nora looked like they were about to puke at any second.

(Location: Ozpin's Office)

Agent 26, Headmaster Ozpin, Professor Goodwitch, and General Ironwood are in Ozpin's office. 26 has finally decided to share the existence of his A.I. companions, after several minutes of explanations and questions that they have asked, 26 finally lost some of his patience.

"Alright why the fuck are we here?!" Epsilon yells towards the 3 adults in the room.

Both Glynda and Ironwood had a look of anger by Epsilon's outburst. Ozpin only slightly sighed.

"The reason why we called you here is because James here found something that might interest you." Ozpin says as he points towards General Ironwood.

"One of our Atlas specialists managed to obtain this during one of there missions." General Ironwood says as he pulls a black disc out. "We have never seen this kind of technology so we then brought you here to see if this was from your world."

Ironwood extends his arm out towards 26. 26 only looks at the disc before having Beta respond.

"Yep that's defiantly UNSC technology, it's a holodisc, it's just a storage device if anything." Beta says.

"Huh, well what's on the disc?" Glynda says.

"Fucking wait and we find out bitch." Epsilon says in a bit of anger only to receive glares from Beta and Glynda.

"Oh my bad, you just sound a lot like Tex." Epsilon says to only for his holographic form to fizzle for a second. "OWWWWW! WHAT THE FUCK!!??"

Beta starts to laugh while Glynda and Ozpin have a small smirk on there face. Delta then appears next to General Ironwood.

"I apologize for Epsilon's and Beta's behavior. But we can't use the Holodisc due to its heavy encryption we cannot access the information right now. It might take us about an hour or two to decrypt it." Delta informs.

"Alright, well go enjoy the festival for now, if your lucky you may get the chance to compete in the tournament, thank you for your time Agent 26." Ozpin says with a smile.

26 only nods as his A.I. disappear, he takes his leave from Ozpin's tower. Once he leaves, Ozpin, Ironwood, and Glynda looks at each other.

"Well that was certainly an interesting experience." Ozpin says with a smile.

"Honestly, that Epsilon A.I. Is a bit of an asshole." Glynda says with a bit of anger.

Ozpin and Ironwood glance at each other with a small smile on there faces.

(Time: Right at the End of Team SSSN's and Teams NDGO)

(Location: Vytal Festival Arena)

Music was playing in the arena after Team SSSN had won the match. Sun and Neptune we dancing inside the arena while Team RWBY and Gyro watched.

"Aw, that was so close!" Ruby says as she sighs and leans back on her chair.

"Looks like he dorks made it to the next round." Yang says happily.

Blake looks into the arena to see Sun and Neptune dancing. Sun notices Blake and makes finger gun hand gestures towards Blake.

"Emphasis on 'Dork'." Blake says with a blush.

"Ohhhhh someone's got a admirer!" Gyro says as she playfully nudges Blake on her shoulder.

"That concludes the matches for today, please leave the coliseum in a CALM AND ORDERLY FASHION!" Oobleck says through the speaker.

Team RWBY and Gyro cringe at Oobleck yelling through the speaker.

"Come on, lets go congratulate 'me!" Yang says as she gets up from her seat.

Team RWBY and Gyro get up from there seats about to follow Yang. As they start to walk, a white ship with four wings with large cloth hanging off each wing flys past the coliseum. Weiss takes notice of it.

"Uh! Oh...what are you viewing?" Ruby says as she and Gyro bump into Weiss who froze in her tracks.

Weiss just looks at the white ship as it flys over the coliseum. She had a look of happiness.

"She's here." Weiss says happily.

"Who?" Gyro asks only to see Weiss run out of the coliseum.

"I'll go after her." Ruby says as she runs after Weiss.

Gyro just stands there watching Ruby chase Weiss.

"What the fuck is going on today?" Gyro says as she decides to follow Yang and Blake instead.

After a few minutes pass by, Weiss finally made it to Beacons landing pad with Ruby following her.

"Weiss, what is the big deal? Who is it? Who is she?" Ruby says as she follows Weiss.

"Winter!" Weiss says calmly.

The white ship's door open as it releases a ramp. Several Atlas guards and droids walk down the ramp and surround the ship. Soon a young woman in white who resembles a lot like Weiss if she was older walked down the ramp with her hands behind her back and her rapier on her waist.

"Wait.." Ruby says as she tries to understand the situation. "Your sister?"

"WINTER!" Weiss yells towards her sister.

Winter slowly turns around as she sees Weiss and Ruby.

"Winter! I'm so happy to see you! Oh. Your presence honors us." Weiss says as her composure changes and she bows.

"Beacon...it's been a long time...the air seems...different." Winter says as she takes a couple steps forwards.

"I mean it is fall so it's probably colder." Ruby says awkwardly as she runs the back of her head.

Weiss the glances at her leader and punches her in the back.

"Ow!" Ruby says as she falls down.

"So, what are you doing here?" Weiss asks her sister.

"Classified." Winter says sharply as she doesn't look at Weiss or Ruby.

"Oh, right. Well how long are you staying?" Weiss asks again.

"Classified." Winter says again.

"Of course." Weiss says

Ruby looks at Weiss and Winter.

"Well this is nice...I think." Ruby says awkwardly as she taps her fingers together.

"Your going to love it here!! I know you travel a lot, but so much of Beacon is different from Atlas! Vale too! The government and school are completely separate! Can you believe it? I-" Weiss says as she is cut off by Winter.

"I'm more than familiar with how this kingdom handles its bureaucracy. That is not why I came. Winter says.

"Right! I'm sorry." Weiss says with a bit of disappointment.

"Nor did I come here to watch my own blood fail so miserably in battle. But it appears I have no choice in the matter." Winter says as the ship's door closes behind her.

"But...we won!" Weiss says sadly.

"Only a novice would refer that as a victory. I counted at least three strikes missed." Winter says.

Weiss clenches her fists and looks down in shame.

"Leave us." Winter says to the Atlas Droids behind her back away.

Winter sighs as her attitude changes.

"How have you been?" Winter asks in a more friendly tone.

"Oh, splendid! Thank you for asking. I'm actually in the very top ranking of our sparring class-" Weiss says as someone yells behind her.

"YOU WERE AT THE TOP!!" Gyro yells from behind.

Winter, Ruby, and Weiss ignore Gyro.

"The rest of my studies are going wonderfully too. I'm-" Weiss is cut off by Winter smacking her head.

"Silence, you boob! I don't recall asking about your ranking. I asked how you've been. Are you eating properly l? Have you taken up any hobbies? Are you making new friends?" Winter says strictly.

"Well there's Ruby...and Gyro..." Weiss says as she gestures towards Ruby and Gyro.

"I see. So this is the leader you wrote of..how appropriately...underwhelming..." Winter says unamused.

"Uhh, thank you." Ruby says awkwardly.

Gyro then joins the group.

"Heyyyyy what did I miss?" Gyro asks as she places her hands behind her head.

"And this is the 'crazy' one you wrote about'." Winter says as she observes the cyan armored pilot.

"Hey!!" Gyro says in a slightly peeved tone.

Winter ignores Gyro.

"Greetings Ruby Rose. I wish to thank you for taking an interest in my sister." Winter says towards Ruby.

"Oh, yes, of course! The honor is in my...court?" Ruby says awkwardly as she starts to lose her balance, but Gyro was able to catch her.

"Smooth." Gyro says with a chuckle.

Winter glares at Gyro and Ruby.

"My partner and I have business with the General and your Headmaster, but seeing as I'm early, why don't you take me to your quarters?" Winter says with a small smile.

"Partner?" Gyro asks as she saw no one else with her who looked to be somewhat higher ranked.

"Really?!" Weiss says happily.

"Yes, I want to inspect them and make sure they're up to my personal standards." Winter says as she and her Atlas droids follow her and Weiss.

"Of course." Weiss says. "Just so your aware, the bunk beds only look unstable."

"Bunk...beds?" Winter asks.

Gyro and Ruby are slightly left behind.

"What just happened?" Gyro says in confusion.

"You know, I've just stop asking that question not that long ago." Ruby says as she and Gyro follow Winter and Weiss.

As Weiss, Winter, and a couple of Atlas droids walk through the courtyard of Beacon, a man was following with. The man destroys the two atlas droids that were in the back. The head of one droid rolls towards Winter and Weiss, Grabbing there attention.

"Hey!" The man says as she holds a beheaded Atlas droid and throws it aside. "Yeah, i'm talking to you Ice queen."

"HALT!" Winter says to one of the Droids that raised its gun towards the man.

"Excuse me!" Weiss says as she storms towards the Man. "Do you have any idea who your talking to?"

"Sssshhhhhh, not you." The man says as she pushes Weiss head towards the side.

"Hey!!" Weiss says.

Winter glares at the man as he takes a couple of steps towards Winter.

"You." The man says towards Winter. "Saw that gaudy ship of yours in town. I guess you're here too."

A crow starts to caw as it flys around them.

"I'm standing right before you." Winter says towards the man.

The man leans towards Winters direction and squints his eyes.

"So it would seem." The man says as he smiles.

"You realize that you just destroyed Atlas Military Property?!" Winter says sharply.

The man looks at the two destroyed Atlas droids on the ground.

"Ohhhhhh I'm sorry." The man says with sarcasm. "See, I mistook this for some sort of...sentient garbage."

"I don't have time for your immature games, Qrow." Winter says as she takes a couple of steps towards Qrow.

"Wait, you two know each other?" Weiss asks as she walks next to Winter.

"Geez, you Atlas specialists think your so special, don't you?" Qrow ask unamused.

"It's in the title." Winter snaps back.

"Well, you know what you really are?" Qrow asks as he takes a step forward. "A bunch of sellouts. Just like your boss."

"I'm not sure what you think your implying, but I've heard enough." Winter says with hostility.

"Oh, I've head too." Qrow says. "I heard ol'Ironwood finally turned his back on Ozpin."

"Ozpin?" Weiss asks with confusion.

"Weiss it's time for you to go." Winter says as she pushes Weiss the side.

"What?" Weiss says.

"Listen to big sister Weiss. She'll protect you. Just like Atlas is gonna protect all of us, huh?" Qrow says and he extends his arms in the air.

"If you won't hold your tongue, then I will gladly remove it for you!" Winter says as she draws her rapier.

Some of the students and civilians that were surrounding Qrow and Winter were watching.

"Aright then." Qrow says as he brushes his hair. "Come take it."

Winter rushes forwards, only to be stopped by a gunshot that lands in front of her.

"What do you think your doing?!" A voice said.

Winter froze in her tracks. Qrow, Weiss, and the civilians and students look around to see where the voice and gunshot came from. At the center of the courtyard, a man in steel colored armor with sage accents materializes. He had a X on his helmet and had no visor. He had a shotgun in his hands as he cocked it, ejecting a shell to the ground, he also had some sort of grenade launcher on his back and some sort of weirdly shaped cylinder on his waist.

"Are you crazy?! Attacking someone in a public area!!" Then steel and sage colored man says.

"He started it!" Winter retorts.

While Winter and the steel and sage armored man argue, Ruby and Gyro reunite with Weiss.

"We heard a gunshot!" Gyro says.

"What's going on?!" Ruby asks Weiss.

"Some crazy guy just provoked my sister." Weiss says as she points towards Winter, Qrow's and the man in steel and sage armor.

"Oh no! Who would do such a th--aaaat is my uncle!" Ruby says in excitement. "Wait who's that guy?"

Ruby gestures towards the steel and sage armored man. Both Ruby and Weiss then look at Gyro who has not said a word. Gyro then started to walk towards the group in the center.

"Well well well, if it isn't my favorite demolitions expert." Gyro says as she places her hand on her hip.

The man in steel and sage armor immediately raises his shotgun towards Gyro. She doesn't flinch nor her posture changes.

"Designation and rank!" The man says towards Gyro.

"Are we seriously doing this right now?" Gyro asks with a bit of annoyance.

The armored man doesn't lower his shotgun. Gyro only sighs before responding.

"My rank is Corporal, and my callsign is Aether 2." Gyro says flatly. "Are we done now Locus?"

The man named Locus lowered his shotgun. Weiss and Ruby then walk up behind Gyro.

"You know him?" Weiss asks Gyro.

"He's my partner." Winter says towards Weiss

"And he was part of my squad." Gyro says not taking her eyes off of Locus.

As the group of 4 stare down at each other, leaving Ruby and Weiss in confusion, Glynda, Ironwood, and Ozpin joins the group behind the crowd.

"Schnee!!! Locus!!!" Ironwood yells out.

Winter and Locus turn around to see General Ironwood along with a girl with orange hard.

"General Ironwood, sir!" Winter says as she straightens herself.

Locus just stands there as General Ironwood walks towards the center of the group.

"What in the world do you think you're doing?!" Ironwood questions.

"He started the altercation, sir!" Winter says quickly.

"That's actually not true, she tried to attack first." Qrow says as he puts his hands behind his head.

"But you provoked us first. And destroyed Atlas Military property." Locus says as he glance at Qrow.

"Is that right?" Ironwood asks Winter.

Winter only looks away in shame. Ironwood then glances at the crowd they have formed on accident. He then glances at Qrow.

"And you." Ironwood says towards Qrow.

Qrow only points towards himself.

"What are you doing here?" Ironwood asks as he steps in front of Qrow.

"I could be asking you the same thing." Qrow says.

"Now, Now everyone." Ozpin says as he and Glynda walk towards the center of the group. "There is a sanctioned fight happening just around the corner at the colosseum, that I can assure you has better seats. And popcorn."

"Break it up everyone! We will take care of this mess!" Glynda says towards the crowd.

"Lets go." Ironwood says strictly.

Ironwood, Winter, and Locus walk away with the remaining Atlas droids and the girl with orange hair. Ruby waves at her as the girl waves back happily.

"Uncle Qrow!!" Ruby yells as she dashes and latches herself on Qrow's right arm. "Hi!"

Qrow lifts his arm with Ruby hanging on to it.

"Ahhh, it's so good to see you! Did you miss me? Did you miss me?!" Ruby asks in excitement.

"Nope." Qrow says with a smile and jokeing tone as he rubs Ruby's hair.

"Qrow, Gyro, a word please." Ozpin says.

Gyro looks at Qrow, the at Ozpin as she silently follows Ozpin.

"I think I'm in trouble." Qrow whispers to Ruby.

"You were about to tear up our courtyard." Ruby says with a smile.

"Yeah, I was." Qrow says smugly. "Catch you later kid."

Qrow the winks and fists bumps Ruby. He then takes off with Ozpin and Gyro. Weiss then walks next to Ruby.

"And suddenly your recklessness makes sense." Weiss says as she crosses her arms.

"Your just mad cause he would have whooped butt." Ruby says as she playfully nudges Weiss.

"They didn't even fight." Weiss says flatly.

(Location: Ozpin's office)

Ironwood and Locus were standing near Ozpin's desk waiting for Glynda, Ozpin, Qrow, and Gyro to arrive. Winter however was pacing back and forth in the center of the room. The elevator dings and opens to reveal Gyro, Ozpin, Glynda, and Qrow.

"What were you thinking?!" Winter says in anger towards Qrow.

"If you were one of my men, I would have had you shot." Ironwood says as he clenches his fist.

"If I was one of your men, I'd shoot myself." Qrow says as he takes out a flask of alcohol.

Gyro slightly snickers at Qrow's comment, only to be silenced by Locus glaring daggers at her.

"While I wouldn't condone his behavior, retaliating like you did certainly didn't help the situation." Glynda says as she stands next to Ironwood.

"He was drunk!" Winter says towards Glynda.

"He's always drunk!" Glynda quickly responds.

Everyone stares at Qrow as he drinks from his flask. He takes notice of the starring and quickly stops. Ozpin then takes his seat on his desk and sighs.

"Qrow , why are you here?" Ozpin says.

"You've been out of contact for weeks! You can't just go dark like that in the field!" Ironwood says strictly.

"I'm not one of your special operatives, Jimmy." Qrow says as he puts away his flask.

"General." Winter says as she steps closer to Qrow.

"Whatever. You sent me to get intel on out enemy, and I'm telling you our enemy is here." Qrow says.

Both Gyro and Locus look at each other in a slight bit of confusion.

"We know." Ironwood says as he sits on Ozpin's desk.

"Oh! Oh, you know. Well thank goodness I'm out there risking my life to keep you all informed!" Qrow says in irritation.

"Qrow!" Ironwood says as he sighs.

"Communication's a two way steer pal!" Qrow then takes out his scroll. "You see this? That's the send button!" Qrow points towards his scroll.

"They had reason to assume you'd been compromised." Winter says.

"Staying out of contact like that can lead to problems for us too, Qrow." Locus says as he slightly growls.

"And I have reason to assume you three don't need to be here." Qrow says as he gestures to Gyro, Winter, and Locus. "Seriously, who invited them?"

"I've allows Locus and Gyro to be here, they are important assets." Ozpin states.

Ironwood then closes his eyes in frustration.

"Schnee, we'll discuss this incident back on my ship." Ironwood says strictly.

"But, sir...!" Winter says in a bit of shock.

"Just go Winter." Locus says.

Winter then faces Ironwood and salutes.

"Yes, Sir." Winter says.

Winter then walks to the elevator, as she walks past Qrow, he gave her a wink. Only for Winter to ignore. Once she reached the elevator, the door opens to reveal Agent 26 with the holodisc in his hand. 26 walks past Winter to join the group. Winter then walks into the elevator, closing the door as she goes down. 26 reaches the group and notices Locus. The both of them only do at each other.

"Go on." Ironwood says as he gestures at Qrow.

"Your little infiltrator isn't just another pawn. They're the one responsible for Autumn's condition." Qrow says as he takes out his flask and drinks it.

"Wait, who's Autumn? What is going on? Why are we here?" Gyro asks only to be ignored by everyone but 26 and Locus.

"What?!" Glynda says in a bit of shock.

Qrow stops drinking and faces Ironwood, Ozpin, and Glynda. Then he turns his attention towards the 3 armored warriors.

"Despite what the world thinks, we're not just teachers or generals or headmasters. The people in this room, the leaders of the other two academies, we're the ones that keep the world safe from the evils no one knows about. It's why we meet behind closed doors, why we work in the shadows." Qrow says as he turns his attention to Ironwood. "So you tell me James, when you brought your army to Vale, did you think you were being discreet or did you just not give a damn?!"

Ironwood and Qrow stare at each other. Ironwood then takes out his scroll and places it on Ozpin's desk. It loads a hologram of Beacon, Vale, and the coliseum surrounded by Ironwood's ship.

"Discreet wasn't working. I'm here because this was necessary." Ironwood says as he walks towards the hologram and gestures towards it.

"Your here because Ozpin wanted you here! He made you a part of this inner circle and opened your eyes to the real fight that's in front of us. And now we have these three who Ozpin wants to be part of this as well!" Qrow says with irritation.

"And I am grateful." Ironwood says.

"Oh well, you've got a really funny way of showing it." Qrow says.

"The people of Vale needed someone to protect them, someone who would act. When they look to the sky and see my fleet, they feel safe, and our enemies will feel our strength." Ironwood states.

"Your a fucking idiot." Epsilon says as he appears next to Ironwood. "Have you forgotten the fact that our enemies are working with yours. The Blue and Reds will have no issue wiping out your fucking fleet with a single MAC cannon."

Qrow and Locus look at the A.I. Fragment of memory. Qrow starts to laugh.

"Little blue guy here is right, they're not scared of your little ships. I've been out there and seen the things she's made and let me tell you...they are fear...and those weapons these 'Blue and Reds' have, they're dangerous...they will disintegrate us if they get the chance." Qrow says towards Ironwood.

"And fear brings the Grimm." Gyro and Ozpin say in unison.

"A guardian is a symbol of comfort. But and army is a symbol of conflict. There's a energy in the air now, a question in the back of everyone's minds." Ozpin says.

"If this is the size of you defenses, what is it that your expecting to fight against." Locus says towards Ironwood.

Ironwood glances at everyone in the room. Everyone just stares back at Ironwood as he sighs. He goes to Ozpin's desk and grabs his scroll, he then walks back to the center of the room and faces Ozpin.

"So then, what would you suggest we do?" Ironwood says.

"I suggest we find out guardian." Ozpin says.

Locus, Gyro, and 26 look at Ozpin, they had no idea what's going on or what there planning. Then Delta appears in the center of the room, grabbing everyone's attention.

"The decryption process is now complete." Delta informs.

"What decryption?" Gyro asks.

"A holodisc that Ironwoods forces found. It's UNSC tech so it might be important." Epsilon says.

26 then takes the holodisc and places it on Ozpin's desk. Everyone surrounds the disc as it turns on, revealing another Cobalt soldier in armor. He had the same voice as Epsilon. And it was very distorted and had lots of static.

"Epsilon?" Gyro says in a questionable tone.

"This is Church -Static- or -Static- Alpha, if your getting this, it's an emergency -Static- SEND. HELP. PLEASE! -Static- SEND HELP!!"

The hologram flickers then disappears. Everyone in the room was silent.

(Location: Cinder's Dorm Room)

Mercury was sitting on a chair in the middle of the room, Emerald was sitting on her bed, and Cinder was pacing around in the room.

"And you're sure?" Cinder asks as Mercury.

"Bad hair and smelled like my dad after a long day. It was him, but he wasn't alone, another one of of those armored freaks was there too, this one was different too." Mercury says.

"What do we do?" Emerald asks.

"Nothing. We stay the course. They have no ideas who we are, as we have no reason to worry." Cinder says as she walks to the desk near the wall She then picks up her tablet that was laying on the desk. "Besides, the last of the heavy lifting is being taken care of thanks to our clever friends."

Cinder taps on the tablet and a chess piece of a queen appears on the screen.

"Ahh speaking of which, it appears we have a new access point. And Temples little message was delivered." Cinder says as she looks at the tablet.

"Anywhere good?" Emerald asks.

"You could say that." Cinder says as she looks at the tablet. "Go to your rooms, notify Temple about what happened, ill prepare everything for tomorrow."

"Yes ma'am." Emerald says.

"Got it." Mercury says.

Both Emerald and Mercury stand up and exit the room. Cinder looks at the tablet, she changes the Doubles lineup for the tournament.

"Let's give the crowd a good fight." Cinder says.

Cinder changes the Doubles lineup to have Mercury and Emerald to fight Coco Adel and Agent 26.

A/N

Another chapter down, so far, no one has sent any characters for me to use for the next chapter, so I'll wait a bit more till I work on the next chapter. Other than that, yay, Locus is now part of the gang, some questions might be answered in the next chapter, but it depends. Anyways, thanks for reading this chapter, have a nice day. Cheers :D