Here we are at Chapter 12. Time for a little surprise, especially since some of you have been asking for something like this. I do not own RWBY or Transformers. They belong to their respective owners. Here's chapter 12. Enjoy.
Chapter 12: Grimm Inferior
At the Xiao Long household, Taiyang watches with Zwei as Yang tries out some training with Megatron. At first, both Yang and Taiyang were worried about Megatron getting hurt since h only had one arm…But after Megatron somehow managed to knock Yang into the dirt several times now in the past ten minutes, Taiyang is now more worried about Yang getting hurt, and Yang is more concerned about getting knocked onto her backside…again. Yang raises her right arm to block a few kicks from Megatron, and then goes on the offensive with a left hook that Megatron blocks with his one arm. Yang jumps back and then charges at him again. Megatron uses his one hand to deflect each of Yang's punches. Yang, already aggravated from him beating her more than once already, goes in for a roundhouse kick, but Megatron grabs her leg and swings her around into a nearby tree. Yang growls as she gets back on her feet, while Megatron looks bored as he gestures with his hand to come at him again. Yang moves in, throwing a few crosses at his head, but Megatron moves his head side to side to avoid each one. Yang then goes in for a left uppercut, but Megatron blocks with a raised right knee. Yang tries to fake him out with what looks like a left hook, only to come in with a right haymaker. However, Megatron sees it coming a mile away and easily catches the punch in his right hand. He then pulls Yang in for a head-butt to her face, followed by a side kick that sends her back onto the ground…again.
Megatron shakes his right hand a bit, "While that new arm of yours does possess some power to it, that power is useless if you can't knock the rust off. Come on, I've only got one arm, and you haven't landed a single blow on me. I'm getting bored here," he notes.
Yang holds her head as she sits up on the ground, "Well, SORRY I can't give you a good fight right now. I haven't exactly been fighting in a long while, you know. We've only been at this for about a week now. I'm not at the top of my game right now," Yang says.
"Even if you were, it still wouldn't make much of a difference," Megatron mentally notes.
Taiyang stands up and walks to them, "Alright, I'd say that's enough for today. Here," he says, offering a towel to Yang, which she takes. "Just because he only has one arm, doesn't mean he's going to be easy to beat. Hell, he still trains even with just one arm. Never underestimate your opponent. But, you're right, you haven't been back at this for long, and it's been months since your last training session. For now, it's about knocking the rust off and getting back into tip-top shape. The real progress comes after that. Now come on, let's go have some dinner. You can help out with that Yang, consider it another part of learning how to use your new arm, except this is just for regular activities," Taiyang says as he walks back to the house, with Zwei in tow.
Yang sighs and stands up to follow him, followed by Megatron as they all enter the house. While the family head into the kitchen to prepare dinner, Megatron waits in the living room, and a moment later…
"Megatron…" he hears and looks to the window to see Optimus' reflection once again.
"Optimus…" Megatron says as he walks to the window, glancing behind him to make sure no one is watching. "What is it?" he asks.
"I wanted to see how Yang's training is coming along. Any progress?" Optimus asks.
Megatron grunts in annoyance, "She's sloppy. It's obvious she hasn't fought since losing her arm. Any true warrior would keep their training and their skills up, no matter what condition they're in, with the only exception being if they're dead. She's getting used to her new arm, but it's going to be some time before she'll be ready to get back out there. And unfortunately, I was never the most patient of individuals, as you very well know. But while we're on the subject, I need to ask you a question," Megatron says.
"And that would be?" Optimus asks.
"The girl with the Silver Eyes, Ruby Rose. You said that she would be the one to save Remnant, but what if those that seek to destroy it come after her while I'm stuck here training Yang? I can't be in two places at once, and if she dies before Yang and I can get to her, then all of this will be for naught. What am I supposed to do about that?" Megatron asks.
"I figured you would ask about that sooner or later. Don't worry about Ruby Rose. I've managed to find someone with the help of the original Primes to watch over Ruby while you continue to work with Yang," Optimus explains.
"What? Who?" Megatron asks.
"Someone who is now in the same boat as you…And someone you know quite well, one whom you trusted with a great many things back during the war for Cybertron and Earth," Optimus says.
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Meanwhile, in the forests of Anima, Ruby Rose and the remaining members of Team JNPR continue on the dirt road as they slowly make their way to Mistral, and to Haven Academy.
"Come on, gang. Another day, another long walk to the next village on our way to Mistral," Ruby says.
"I just hope that maybe they'll have an airship that works. It would really save us the time…and this way I wouldn't have to worry about sleeping in the forest and get hit with either rain or worse, Grimm, in the middle of the night while I'm asleep," Jaune complains.
"We can only hope," Ren adds.
"Come on, where's your sense of adventure, Jaune. Travelling is about the journey, not the destination. Hiking through the forest is half the fun," Nora tries to cheer him up.
As they walk through the forest, up on some cliffs overlooking them, Ruby's uncle, Qrow Branwen, watches over them without their knowledge. He hums and takes a swig of his flask as he watches over them.
"Things have been calm for a while now, all things considered…That's usually a bad thing from my experience. But, if I kill every Grimm that comes their way, they won't learn or get better, and they're gonna need to be a lot better than how they were back at Beacon for what lies ahead of them," Qrow thinks. However, when he turns to move on, he notices what looks to be a dark silver falcon with red eyes flying through the skies above him. The color wasn't the strangest part though. The strangest part was what is on the falcon's body. "What the Hell?" Qrow wonders.
The Falcon appears to have pieces of metal, like armor, on its main body, each piece purple in color, along with some armor on the main joints of its wings. A small, red visor is over where the falcon's eyes would be, and some kind of weird mechanism is seen on its back. On the talons are sharpened blades over each talon, turning them into deadly weapons. Qrow watches the strange-looking falcon fly through the skies over Ruby's group.
"Either I've drank so much that I'm finally seeing things, or that's no ordinary bird," Qrow mentally notes before he notices that the Falcon's focus appears to be focused on Ruby's group, and that it seems to be keeping pace with them rather than flying off ahead of them or going somewhere else. Qrow narrows his eyes, "It looks like I'm not the only one using a bird's eye view of Ruby and her friends. Question is: is that bird friend…or foe?" he wonders before deciding to move on while keeping an eye on his new feathered rival, which flies higher into the clouds in the sky.
Back with Ruby's group, they walk through the forest for a while longer as the sky begins to get a little cloudier than before. Not wanting to be caught in a storm if that happens, the group quicken their pace a bit. However, they finally notice something off about the forest…It's way too quiet.
"Uh, anyone else feel something off with the forest right now? It's too quiet for my liking," Jaune notes as he gets on edge while looking around.
"I feel it too. No birds, no bugs, no wild animals. That can only mean one thing…something scared them off," Ren adds. The group are now on their guard, and a few minutes later, they hear some faint growling off in the distance. "It sounds like…Grimm," Ren says, taking out his pistols.
This prompts the others to draw their weapons out as well. As they slowly move forward, a pack of Beowolves to appear from behind the brush, surrounding the group.
"Well, this doesn't look good," Nora notes.
"We just have to keep our guard up and watch one another's backs. Let's go Team RJNR!" Ruby yells and the fight is on.
Ren fires off some shots at a pair of Grimm, killing them before two more attack from his flanks. Ren spins low and swings his guns around, slicing their legs off before he jumps into the air to swing his blades at their heads, beheading them. Meanwhile, Nora plays some baseball with her hammer as a bat and one Beowolf as the ball, smashing it into another Grimm and sending them crashing through a tree. Ruby uses her semblance to zip around the battlefield, slicing through a few Beowolves with her scythe. As she stops at one point, one Beowolf comes at her from behind, only for Jaune to smash his shield in its side, followed by a swing of his sword, slicing it in half. Ruby smiles at him, but that smile quickly fades when a larger Grimm appears behind Jaune. A Beringal. The ape-like Grimm smashes Jaune off to the side, and the goes after Ruby. Ruby fires off a shot to propel her back to avoid it, only for a second Beringal to appear, grab her, and swing her around into Nora. Ren fires off his pistols, but the remaining Beowolves get in his way from helping them. The rest of the group get back on their feet and regroup, and look to see the two Beringals slowly approaching them.
"Ruby, you've taken out a Beringal before. What should we do?" Jaune asks.
"I don't know. I only took out one alone, remember. There weren't two of them, and I fought it when it was basically by itself. This is way worse than back then," Ruby retorts.
Up top, Qrow sees this and is about to intervene, but then he sees the falcon from before suddenly shoot down from the clouds straight into the fight at lightning speed. On its back, two small gun barrels appear to fire off red blasts of energy at the Grimm, hitting their faces and disorienting them enough to give Team RNJR time to regroup with Ren. They watch as the falcon flies around, avoiding any attacks from the Grimm, using its sharpened claws to shred their eyes. The group watch in awe, but then hear footsteps behind them and look back to see a teenage boy run right past them. The boy had on black pants, a purple belt, and gray shoes, with gray armor long the thighs and the knees. On his torso, the boy is wearing a short-sleeved dark purple hoodie over a long-sleeved gray shirt. Lightweight pieces of silver armor appear on his chest, around his abdomen, and shoulders. On his arms are a pair of silver gauntlets with foldable blades (think GN sword from Gundam Exia in Gundam 00, but smaller) that fold out for the battle. Finally, he has fair skin, short purple hair, and a strange looking visor covering his eyes and part of his face. Small sections of his armor have glowing purple lines all over them. The group watch on as the mysterious boy joins the falcon in the fight against the Grimm.
The stranger slides under the legs of one Beringal, slicing its legs off and then backflips onto its back, folding the blades back and firing off several red blasts of energy at its neck point blank until its head gets ripped off. The remaining Beowolves all charge at him, but the falcon fires off more shots at them, distracting them while the boy comes in with his blades out. The boy spins around and swings his blades at two of them, slicing through their torsos. He then jumps up and kicks a third in the face, followed by spin kick to one coming at his rear. The second Beringal jumps in the air to crash down on him, but the boy rolls out of the way. The Beringal and the Beowolves regroup before they go after him again. The boy fires some more shots at the Beowolves in conjunction with the falcon, the shots taking out two more Grimm. The Beringal and three Beowolves are all that's left. The Beringal grabs one of the Beowolves and throws it at him, but the boy slashes through the Grimm, giving the Beringal a chance to surprise him with a frontal attack. However, the falcon swoops in and claws at its eyes, making its attack miss the boy. The Falcon flies away before the Grimm can grab it. The boy ducks low and sweep kicks one Beowolf off its feet. As the Grimm falls on the ground, the boy jumps up and lands with his knees wrapped around the Grimm's head. He gives a firm twist and snaps the Grimm's neck, killing it. The last Beowolf swings its claws at him, but the boy swings his right sword around, slicing off its right arm. He then goes to slice off its left arm, and then finishes it off by impaling it with his swords and then ripping it in half. The Beringal roars and charges at him again, but the boy makes another surprise when the armor on the sides of his lower abdomen open up and out come a pair of purple, metal tentacles. They grab the Beringal's head and release an electric charge into its skull and body. The Beringal falls onto its knees and the tentacles retract back into the boy's armor. He walks up to the Grimm, and with a quick swing of his right blade, he decapitates the Grimm.
Ruby's group only look on in awe at the skillful display from the boy and the falcon, who must be his partner of sorts since the falcon flies in to land on the boy's right shoulder. The boy retracts his blades and turns to Ruby's group. They tense up a bit, but seeing as he helped them against the Grimm, and has his weapons deactivated, they decide to see who this guy is, and what he wants.
"Um…Thanks for helping us against the Grimm there. You were really cool. Um, my name is Ruby Rose. These are my friends, Jaune Arc, Lie Ren, and Nora Valkyrie. What's your name?" Ruby asks.
The boy makes no vocal response. However, he reaches up and hits a button on his visor and it lights up a little bit more than before.
"Soundwave," his visor shows what look like soundwaves pulsating and a slightly inhuman voice speak the word (Megatron's voice), from where they don't exactly know, but it didn't come from his mouth.
This confuses the teens, "Um…what?" Jaune asks.
Nora leans close to Ren, "I think there's something wrong with this guy," she whispers to him, and he shushes her to be quiet.
"Um…s-say that again. What was your name exactly?" Ruby asks again.
"Soundwave," the boy's visor speaks again in the same voice.
"Are you uh, saying that your name is…Soundwave?" Ruby asks, and the boy, now named Soundwave, nods in reply. "Okay, well…what about your friend here. Does he have a name?" Ruby asks, gesturing to the falcon.
"Laserbeak," Soundwave speaks through his visor.
"Laserbeak…it actually kind of fits, considering he's got all that weird tech on him. So, uh again, thanks for helping us out with those Grimm. What are you doing here?" Ruby asks, but Soundwave makes no reply this time. "Well, uh…where are you heading?" she asks, but again, no reply. "Okay, this is getting awkward," Ruby mutters, but then her eyes travel to the boy's blades, and they start to sparkle a bit. "So, I know this is really awkward to ask, but…may I see your weapons?' she asks, and the rest of her group facepalm.
Soundwave makes no response, but glances at Laserbeak who glances back, but then he eventually nods. Ruby suddenly shoots over to his side in a flurry of petals.
'Oh, wow, these blades appear to be made out of material I've never seen before, and the guns don't seem to be using Dust, or at least Dust that I haven't used before either. The gears are very well maintained, no wonder they move so easily in between modes. And then there's those tentacle things from earlier. How did you do that? Did you make them? Can you show me how to make them? Please!" Ruby yells.
Soundwave then looks at the others.
"She's always like this when she sees new weapons. She means you no harm," Ren says.
Soundwave sends out his tentacles to pick up Ruby by her hood and move to look her in the eye, (well, eye to visor anyway). Ruby suddenly gets nervous as he does nothing but just stare at her, almost like he's studying her. A moment later, he puts her down next to her friends and his tentacles retract back.
"Oh, uh, sorry about that. Well, it was nice meeting you. And thanks again," Ruby says as she waves to him and her group begin to walk off, only to notice Soundwave walking a few feet behind them, following them, and they stop. "Um, do you need something?" she asks, but gets no reply. "Okay…well, see ya," she says and they start walking again, only for Soundwave to start following them again.
This process goes on for a few more minutes before Ruby's group decide to just move on while Soundwave follows them. Meanwhile, Qrow watches from the cliffs, keeping his eyes on the two newcomers.
"That kid is good, real, good. Question is though, why is he following them? Who is he? And what does he want? I'd better keep an eye on him," Qrow mentally notes before moving on to follow them.
And that's the chapter. So now Soundwave and Laserbeak have joined the fray. People have been asking if any more transformers will join the story, and so I decided to use these two, for now. The main focus is still on Megatron and Yang, but now there's another focus for it. How will Ruby's group deal with their new friends? Will Megatron reunite with his old comrade? Until then, please Read and Review.