Else where that night in a secret location, Atrail was rewinding and watching the battle over and over again, not able to stop from feeling angry as he saw therists actions.
" why- why didn't we help them? The woman in white stepped out of the shadows of the room and laid a hand on atrails shoulder.
" this attack was to fast, and the damage was already done, no one expected what Therist did tonight, and it's far to early to reveal your team to the enemy. Atrail scoffed at this and punched the wall In anger as he walked away from his boss.
" we still could have helped them, but no I had to sit and watch my family, and my girlfriend get injured, how is that the right decision!? The woman in white sighed at atrails words and was going to let him leave, until another voice spoke.
" you angry young Atrail, anger leads to sorrow, and sorrow can lead to pain. Atrails eyes widened as he quickly turned and bowed to the new person in the room.
" master Xander forgive me for my lapse of emotion but, we must do something. Xander smiled, and a white light appeared over his hand as he laid it on atrails forehead.
" may light watch over you and guide you in your time of need, I give you my blessing to invite them here, it is time that the issue of Therist was dealt with once and for all. Atrail bowed to Xander once more before standing up and opening a portal to leave the base. As Atrail left, Xander turned to the woman in white and chuckled at her.
" your students are always a bit excited and adventurous like you ain't they hmm? The woman in white rolled her eyes at Xander and sat down in the computer chair to re watch the battle.
" I haven't been excited in a long time Xander you know that. Xander frowned at this and sighed as he laid a hand on the woman in whites shoulder.
" you miss your friends? And it appears you miss some one even more then Ruby yang or taiyang?, is it because Raven is back. The woman in white stiffened and shook her head as she stood up.
" I have no idea what your talking about. Xander chuckled at this and formed a heart out of light, which he spun around as he spoke.
" please child I am a thousand years old just like most of the disciples here, I do understand you young people even if the only children we pick up from the orphanages and yourself are the young ones here. The woman in white chuckled at this and stood up from the computer chair as she turned to Xander.
" fine your right I may have had feelings for nocturne once. Xander rose an eyebrow at this, and looked unconvinced.
" may have had or still have dear, you couldn't stay away from him a month ago. The woman in white eeped in response, and a blush built up under her mask.
" you were watching me! Xander chuckled and nodded as He sat down in the chair before speaking.
" of course I always am watching everyone who is at this temple, it is my job as high lord of the lumini after all, and it would be a shame to fail the duty ying yang gave to me a thousand years ago. The woman in white frowned at this under her mask, and hesitated to speak.
" if I didn't have Montys powers passed on to me would you still have saved me? Xander's eyes widened at this and he quickly stood up before hugging her as he spoke.
" why of course my child, I was going to save you that day no matter what, finding out that Monty chose your bloodline to carry his power, and him giving it to your great great grandfather, which as a result had it come to you before you gave it willingly to Ruby, was just a happy detail, yes Montys power was important just like his father ying-yang, he could control light and bend it to his will, and that is why people remember him over ying yang most of the times, as Monty had been very public about his use of helping others with his light, and his inspiration, he will forever be remembered as a hero, just as you were remembered as a hero when they thought you died. The woman in white stayed silent at this before hugging Xander tight and pulling away.
" thanks for the talk old man, I feel better now. Xander smiled and waved a hand at her title for him.
" yes yes I know I'm kind and old, now Go prepare yourself to be reintroduced to the world once more Atrail will be here within a few hours I suspect. The woman in white bowed to Xander before standing and leaving the room. Once he was sure she was gone, Xander turned around and paused the video on the exact second grim transformed after therists blood was given to him.
" Oum give them the strength to do what is right and may the light guide them, for there will be much pain and fear in the future. Meanwhile in vale, Atrail was currently sitting next to yangs bed, silently crying into his arm, when yang coughed and woke up, making Atrail stiffen, as he stopped crying and smiled.
" hey there how's it yanging. Yang chuckled at his pun and then frowned as she looked down at herself.
" not to good Atrail, Look at me, what good am I with one arm. Atrail grit his teeth at her words and clenched his fists.
" hey now - don't say that We can make you a new arm it won't take long. Yang nodded but her frowned stayed as she looked out the window.
" yeah sure, but what difference does it make? Therist has grim again, and he's destroyed the Atlesian government, and most of its army, not to mention Therist still has his robot forces and his new Grimm, this situation just looks so hopeless. Atrail growled at this and slammed his fist into the wall, putting a hole into it as a result.
" don't Say that yang, I refuse to give up on this fight, and I refuse to give up you we will get through this I promise, now wait here I'll be right back. Atrail then left the room and walked down the hall to ironwoods room.
" Mr. Ironwood sir, may I come in. There was silence for a moment, before Ironwood answered Atrail.
" you can come in. Atrail smiled at this, before opening the door.
" I have something I wish to speak with you about sir. Ironwood nodded at this and gestured for Atrail to sit down.
" by all means go ahead, I won't be getting out of here for a few more hours. Atrail nodded at this, as he took the invitation to sit before speaking again.
" I was wondering where you got your robotic half from sir. Ironwoods eyes opened wider in surprise at this and he rose an eyebrow at Atrail.
" well that I wasn't expecting, but that answer is that Pennys father Geppetto made these repairs to my body. Atrail nodded, and tipped his fedora to ironwood, before beginning to leave the room.
" thank you muchly sir, hope you get out of here okay. Atrail then left the room, to go towards a hotel, not to far from the current hospital, where the refugees from atlas were staying.
" I hope he can make a new arm for yang and if he can't, then I will. Atrail then entered the hotel, and Rang the front desks bell.
" hello I'm looking for a man named Geppetto. The worker at the front desk smiled, and checked her list before looking up at Atrail.
" he's on the ground floor sir first room over In that hallway. Atrail smiled at this, and tipped his hat at the woman before heading over to Geppettos door and knocking on it.
" mr. Geppetto? Are you in there? Silence answered Atrail for a few seconds, before the door opened, and Geppetto stepped out.
" yes how may I help you? Atrail smiled at this and Took off his hat as he Looked at Geppetto before speaking.
" my girl-friend lost her arm, while trying to fight those attackers yesterday and I was wondering if-. Before Atrail could finish his sentence, Geppetto cut him off, as he raised his hand.
" I'll do it. Atrails eyes widened in surprise as he put his hat back on as he spoke.
" just like that, well how much do I owe you. Geppetto smiled kindly at Atrail and waved off his words.
" nothing grim saved my baby girl, he stopped penny from becoming therists pawn, and saved her life, so any friend of grims is a friend of mine. Atrail smiled at this and shook Geppettos hand in thanks.
" thank you sir, I'll go tell her the good news. Atrail then ran out of the hotel making Geppetto chuckle, as he went back into his room.
" ah young love. It only took about ten minutes, for Atrail to arrive at the hospital, however when he did, he found team RWBY in yangs room making Atrail frown.
" oh hey girls I- I'm sorry I wasn't able to come help yesterday. Ruby sniffled at atrails words and hugged him as she began to cry.
" it's okay, this was all- to sudden for all of us. Atrail frowned at the crying Ruby and patted her head as he hugged her back before, pulling away.
" don't worry red, we'll get grim back, and I have more good news Pennys father can rebuild yangs arm. Yangs eyes snapped up towards Atrail and she smiled at him sweetly.
" you went and asked for him to build me a new arm? Atrail blushed and nodded before speaking.
" if he couldn't I would have built one for you. Yangs smile got bigger at this as she gestured for Atrail to come towards her.
" well I think you deserve something for that. Then to the surprise in everyone in the room, yang passionately kissed Atrail. After a few minutes of kissing, yang pulled back for air, and Atrail fell back on to the floor with stars in his eyes. Blake chuckled at atrails expression and turned to yang.
" looks like you rocked his world. Yang chuckled at this and laid back down in her bed with a sigh of relief.
" well he certainly deserved it for what he's done. Weiss arched an eyebrow at this and giggled before becoming serious.
" this romantic comedy aside, what are we going to do next Therist has grim, and there's no way we can break into that pyramid a second time. Atrail, snapped out of his trance, after hearing weiss's words, and he stood up quickly as he spoke.
" my Boss wants to invite you guys to our base so you can meet her and our , snapped out of his trance, after hearing weiss's words, and he stood up quickly as he spoke.
" my Boss wants to invite you guys to our base so you can meet her and our orginization. All four girls stared in shock at Atrail and he began to sweat as they stared at him.
" erm did I say something wrong. Ruby shook her head at this and stood up as she grabbed atrails arm.
" quick lets go tell Ozpin so we can leave as soon as we can. Atrails eyes widened at this, as he stopped Ruby from pulling him and protested.
" woah woah, we should wait for yang to get her new arm first don't you think. Rubys eyes widened and she sweat dropped, before Poking her fingers together.
" oh yeah your right sorry yang. A few hours later, and yang had a brand new metal arm, which was pretty much entirely yellow except for the hand and the bottom, which she requested to be black. After yang had gotten her new arm, team RWBY had met in ozpins office, with Atrail and nocturne, to speak to Ozpin.
" good morning everyone, what's the matter. After Ozpin said this, Atrail stepped forward with a smile.
" well sir we were wondering if we could go on a mission far to the north, my boss wishes to invite us there. Ozpins eyes narrowed at this, and he turned around to think for about one minute before he answered.
" very well we shall go to the north, but it won't be easy with Grimm investing atlas, not to mention Therist will probably find out our movements and find them suspicious, but I shall leave Glynda in charge here, and team QRTS as well to help protect the school, nocturne may come with though. The group in the office cheered at this news, and the teens left to go prepare their supplies. As they left the room nocturne tilted his head and looked at Ozpin in confusion.
" why are you coming with Oz? Ozpin sipped his tea and smiled at nocturne knowingly.
" I wish to greet an old friend just as you do. Nocturne arched an eyebrow at this and smirked at Ozpin.
" so you knew it was her the hole time to huh. Ozpin smirked right back at nocturne and nodded.
" yes she like Ruby is terrible at hiding things so I knew. Nocturne chuckled at this and took off his mask as he sat down in front of Ozpin.
" I can't believe she's alive, and if she has been alive for all of this time what has she been doing. Ozpins face turned solid after hearing this, and he sipped his tea before speaking.
" if it kept her away, it must have been important. Nocturne nodded at this and put his mask back on as he stood up.
" well I'll go get ranma ready since he's fully grown now, we can fly him right past therists forces and get by unnoticed. Ozpin smiled at this and Finished his drink as he stood up.
" good thinking nocturne please do make sure that the saddle you put on him has seat belts, we don't need anyone falling off. Nocturne chuckled at this and waved a hand to dismiss Ozpins words.
" oh don't worry if anyone falls I can catch them. A half an hour later, and everything was packed and ready to go on ranma, as nocturne got on first to be the one to control ranma.
" alright everyone aboard the dragon. Ozpin chuckled at nocturne and got on second, followed by team RWBY and then lastly Atrail, who had to have yangs back Pushed up against his chest, as he got on last.
" you know I'm pretty sure you don't have to push back into me. Yang laughed at atrails words and turned her head over her shoulder to wink at him.
" well mabye I want to sit in your lap. Nocturne chuckled at the twos banter and patted ranma on the head.
" alright buddy time to go, fly north for now okay? Ranma Roared in response, and took off, flying quickly towards the north. However, when they got close to atlas they were definitely noticed by Therist as he came out of the school with a growl.
" a Godzilla, how - unless - grim found an egg! He had a damn pet Godzilla that Ozpins u sing right now, argh. Therist then took to the air after ranma and quickly caught up to him. Hearing wing beats in the air, Atrail turned around to see Therist and growled as he undid his seat belt.
" nocturne, go on with out me the base is inside the mountain a few miles north from here, knock on the wall next to a rose made of ice. Then to everyone's surprise, Atrail jumped off of ranma, and tackled Therist in the air.
" what's up motherfucker you owe me some blood. Therist growled as he and Atrail, exchanged blows and fought in the air as they fell together.
" you, your one of those half bloods that my brother always took in, tell me scum, do you know where the rest of your pathetic race is. Atrail growled and head butted Therist, Knocking him back a few feet in the air.
" Fuck you, I'm going to make you pay for what you did to grim. Therist Growled and Drew his sword, before slicing at Atrail, who blocked it with his tail as he spun around.
" you insolent worm, I'm going to kill you slowly. Atrail grinned as he wrapped his tail around therists throat, and used this to slam him into the ground.
" not before I kick your ass you bitch! Therist groaned as he got up out of the crater he created, before shooting his shadows at Atrail, Atrail in response, snapped his fingers, and a wall of bones shot out from his feet, protecting him from the shadows.
" that's not going to work so easily on me Therist. Atrail then snapped his fingers once more, and the skeletons of dead warriors rose out of the ground .
" sorry to fight and run but I have guests at my house. Atrail then pushed a button and dived into the portal that opened up behind him as the skeletal warriors held Therist of.
" you damned coward sending the dead to fight me argh I will find you. When atrial exited the portal, he found himself inside his bases entrance, with his boss, and the rest of the group, ranma included, waiting for him.
" am I really that predictable that you waited for me? The woman in white rolled her eyes and shook her head no.
" yang here wanted to wait until you came back before we went inside any further. Atrail smiled at this and winked at yang who smiled back at him as he walked forward.
" well I'm here so let's get this show on the road. However, as Atrail went to open the door to the inner sanctum, his boss stopped him with her arm.
" wait I have to show them something first. The woman in white then reached up and took off her mask to atrails surprise revealing her to indeed be summer rose. A mix of reactions happened after this, Ozpin, Blake,Weiss,and nocturne smiled in response, while Ruby and yang ran up to summer and hugged her.
" mom! Your alive why didn't you come see us sooner. Summer laughed softly and Ruffled Rubys hair before Pulling back from the sisters hug.
" well it's a long story, look at you both so tall and beautiful now, and you both have boy friends. Both girls blushed at this and summer nodded, leaving them alone for the moment, as she and nocturne locked eyes.
" hey there trouble maker. Summer chuckled at nocturnes response, and stood up to walk to him.
" so you've been missing me badly huh. Nocturne tilted his head at this, but that didn't stop summer from taking his mask off to reveal his blush.
" I uh yeah, I never forgave myself after that die I really thought you died. Nocturne then hugged summer tight to him.
" I'm so happy your alive! Summer blushed at the tight hug that nocturne was giving her and waved at Ozpin.
" hey oz how are you. Ozpin smiled and Sipped his tea before he spoke.
" I'm good as good as I can be considering the circumstances. Summer's face face but she nodded as she pulled out of nocturnes hug and smiled at him.
" so is this my daughters team. Nocturne chuckled and nodded.
" well yes but I'm not a teacher to them, that was... Grims job. Summer frowned at this and kissed nocturnes forehead before she spoke again.
" hey now we can get your son back I promise, so Ruby want to introduce me to your team before we go inside? Ruby nodded at this and grinned happily.
" sure this is Weiss, she's my best friend and the heiress to the schnee dust company. Weiss nodded and curtsied to summer before Ruby grabbed Blake.
" and this is Blake she's a cat Faunus. Summer smiled at the two and smiled at Ruby as she stood in front of her team.
" well you make quite a good team now come inside so I can introduce you to some one special. Summer then led the group inside, except for ranma, who had to stay at the entrance due to his summer lead them inside, they were greeted by an old man, with white skin, yellow eyes, black long hair, and a black and white cloak on.
" greetings visitors I am Xander bright high leader of the lumini. nocturne and Ozpin gasped at his words, while team RWBY looked at him with confusion.
" what's the lumini? Xander chuckled at the question and patted Rubys head.
" the lumini is a group of half human half Grimm, that have evolved to make a perfect mixture of the species thus leading to our white skin and yellow eyes, I am the first leader of the lumini under ying yang Oum,and you Ruby rose are Monty oums successor in his power of light. Rubys eyes widened in shock at this as team RWBY gasped.
"You mean what I did to that thunderbird, was me controlling light? Xander nodded and chuckled at their shocked expressions.
" yes, you activated your power through righteous fury, and used said power to demolish that Grimm and Do a lot of damage to therists aura. Rubys eyes widened at this along with the rest of team RWBY.
" but how did I get this power? Xander smiled and looked to summer who nodded as she spoke up.
" I gave it up to you, unlike the maidens power people with Montys or Ying yangs control over light can give away their power willingly, luckily enough Monty chose our ancestor to safeguard this power, and so when you were a baby, so that if anything happened to me, you could help protect nocturne,. Nocturnes eyes widened at this and he turned to Xander in shock.
" so what did happen to summer then all those years ago. Xander smiled and tapped his staff on the ground before speaking.
" it's not as long of a story as summer makes it out to be, when summer fell down that abyss, I opened up a portal, and saved her, from there we explained our situation in preparing for Therist, and she wanted to join us, so she has been here training , and waiting for something major involving Therist to rise up so we could act. Nocturne nodded at this and sighed as he rubbed his face.
" I guess that's okay she was just protecting the people she cared for. Team RWBY nodded as well and summer teared up as people accepted what had happened to her.
" thanks - for accepting what happened to me, I wasn't able to be around you for years, but I'll do my best to stick around now. Ruby and yang hugged summer as she began to cry, and nocturne joined in as well.
" summer it's alright we understand let it out. As summer cried and the group tried to calm her down, no one noticed red eyes disappearing into the shadows.
" so summer rose is alive, cinder come in, prepare the troops, and get me some dynamite.