Chapter 52- Snooze Button

Sorry about the late chapter, I've lost all urge to write this fic. I just want to finish this series of fics so I can move on to what I actually want to write. However, I still want to keep this fics quality, I will not leave this fic unfinished and I will never rush through it. Hope the quality stays the same, thanks for all the love and support!

"Snooze Button" Appeared on the screen with the theme.

"That's my favorite button." Nora chuckled.

"You sleep through your alarm, I don't think you need a snooze button." Ren pointed out.

"If she sleeps through her alarm how do you guys get her up?" Ruby asked glancing at Yang.

"I shake her awake." Ren explained.

"And that works!" Ruby asked/shouted. "When Yang doesn't want to wake up almost nothing works."

Yang crossed her arms, "I wake up early whenever we have to go to school. When we don't, I like to sleep in."

"Why are you trying to get her up on the weekends?" Jaune asked.

"She used to, as team leader she was worried about us sleeping in meaning that when school started we'd be too tired having had to get up so early." Blake explained.

Ruby blushed, "That was a while ago."

"Good times." Yang chuckled sarcastically. "Everyone who didn't know me stuck me with the dumb blonde party girl stereotype."

Weiss coughed and looked away while Blake simply snorted as she laughed.

Yang nodded, "Yeah I'm talking about you two."

Blake hummed, "I choose not to judge-"

"-A book by it's cover?" Yang smirked.

Blake sighed, "Judge a person at first sight."

"And you Weiss?" Yang asked.

"It wasn't for that long." Weiss explained, "You did more work than Ruby, still do I think."

Ruby huffed, "I think we do an equal amount of work."

"Can we do an equal amount of watching?" Jaune asked, gesturing to the screen.

Fade in to Church, fuzzily in Recovery Mode.

Jaune squinted at the screen.

Church: "What happened? Where am I?"

"His armor isn't locked anymore." Ruby pointed out. "Weird."

"That effect around the screen looks familiar." Jaune commented.

FILSS: "Safety protocols were initiated. Please remain calm."

Church: "Sheila is that you?"

FILSS: "Yes."

Church: "What is this place?"

FILSS: "Your operator has been injured, or incapacitated, and you are now in recovery mode. You will remain in this state, until such time as you can be extracted by a Recovery Agent, or your operator regains consciousness."

"Operator? Is that what A.I. Call their user?" Jaune guessed.

Blake hummed, "Maybe, I don't know what else operator could mean. But who would his operator be? He isn't controlled by anyone."

Nora gasped, "What if he is!?"

"...That's a theory." Blake tilted her head in a 'could be true' way.

"I think a recovery beacon activated." Ren added.

Jaune's eyes widened slightly, "She did mention one."

Blake grinned, "I really like that Washington became the main villain. For this season at least."

"You like that?" Nora asked.

Blake nodded, "It's a good story."

Church: "Wait- you didn't send a recovery beacon, did you? Because that would be really-"

FILSS: "Recovery beacons only arm once a unit leaves the facility. This unit has yet to leave the facility. Therefore, we must first en-"

"Oh." Blake frowned, "I thought that would be the reason they encounter Washington."

Church looks to Tex

Church: "Yeah, yeah, I got it. Is that Tex?"

Yang grinned.

FILSS: "Affirmative. Technically she is not present in this environment, but if you would like to speak to her, I can relay communication through external channels."

"That sounds like gibberish to me." Nora commented, "What does that mean?"

Ren shrugged.

Church: "Yes, please."

FILSS: "I am sorry but, she has refused the connection. She should not be able to do that."

Church: "Yeah, that's not surprising. Can you force it through?"

"Not surprising that she can refuse it or not surprising that she doesn't want to talk to him?" Yang chuckled.

"Both!" Nora shouted.

Yang nodded, "That's what I thought."

Blake frowned, "I don't think forcing it through is a good idea."

Weiss nodded, "She clearly doesn't want to talk."

FILSS: "I can try, but I would not recommend that action."

Church: "Because it might damage her?"

FILSS: "No, I have just learned that when a woman wants to be alone, it is best to leave her alone."

Yang laughed, "Oh come on, the same applies for guys too."

"Uncle Qrow." Ruby groaned.

Yang nodded, "Try bringing up anything serious that relates to him and he'll dodge the issue. Especially drinking."

Ruby nodded, "If he would just talk about the stuff that bothers him he could at least make it a little better. Right?"

Yang shrugged, "I don't know, I also don't feel like talking about Uncle Qrow right now."

Ruby nodded, "Yeah, I haven't seen him in a while." She groaned.

Yang nodded.

Jaune chuckled, "Still though, I agree with FILSS, it's a really bad idea to push issues."

Nora laughed, "Story! Story! Story!"

Jaune chuckled again, "There's not really a story, I just have seven sisters. When one of them doesn't want to talk I've learned to leave them alone and talk to them later."

"Booorrring!" Nora groaned.

Church: "Myeah, good call. Hey get me outta this but uh, leave her in here until I figure out what to do with her."

FILSS: "Suit yourself."

Tex turns toward him

Yang let out a short laugh, "That's great, she heard him."

Church: "Uh... she didn't hear that did she?"

FILSS: "Unclear."

Yang grinned, "I'm still so happy that she's back! And she's an actual badass this time. Not just a badass surrounded by idiots."

"She still is a bad...bad-ass surrounded by idiots." Weiss pointed out.

Yang laughed at her stammered curse.

Blake nodded, "Good point Weiss."

Church: "I thought you weren't relaying my messages."

FILSS: "Recovery Mode, disabled."

Church: "You women always stick together. Man I hope she didn't hear that!"

"It sounds like Church's experience with women has been them teaming up against him." Blake chuckled.

"That sounds more like a thing that would happen to Tucker instead of Church." Weiss added.

Jaune sighed, "Yeah probably."

Cut to Doc and Wash staring into the entrance where the Meta is angry

Washington: "Are you going in or not?"

Doc: "Oh do I have a choice? Then not, let me go with that one."

"The dialogue is so clever." Blake mumbled.

Washington: "Meta, get out here."

Meta: *something*

Doc: "Yeah I'm definitely gonna stick with 'not', that seemed like the best one of those two choices that you gave me."

"What could the Meta be so mad about? Is he looking for the floating ball thing Church was in?" Ruby asked.

"How could he know about that?" Pyrrha asked.

Ruby shrugged, "I don't know, But It's the only other interesting thing there. Other than C.T. But they already found him. Her?"

"That still confuses me. Her, that has to be important." Jaune frowned.

"Someone said it before." Pyrrha started, "It could be a voice changer, like with Tex."

"But why?" Jaune asked.

Pyrrha shrugged, "Sorry, I have no guesses."

"Whatever it is I hope it proves that I'm right and C.T. Was a criminal and not a government goon." Yang commented.

"We will find out who's right eventually." Ren grinned slightly.

Washington: "Get in there."

Doc: "Tell you what: put me back in the wall, I like the wall. It was cozy and it protected me. I miss my wall."

Washington: "You, are utterly useless. I know we brought you along for a reason but for the life of me I can't remember what it is."

Blake began to laugh, "I love Washington."

"Why did they bring him along?" Ruby asked, "They got him originally so he could examine the Meta."

"I think they brought him along because they believed he had information about the Red's and Blue's and he could be useful." Jaune explained.

"He hasn't been very useful." Weiss commented.

Doc: "The important thing is we're becoming friends. They say the bonds of men in combat are as strong as brotherhood."

Pyrrha smiled, "I understand that."

Ruby grinned, "Blake and Weiss, you two make better sisters than Yang any day."

"I'm offended." Yang mocked.

Washington: "Meta, get out here! Please!"

Meta: *something*

Doc: "Boy he sounds tense. Maybe you should give him a backrub. That wouldn't be weird, right? One Freelancer giving another a backrub?"

"That'd be just as weird as anyone else doing it." Blake grimaced.

"I want a massage." Yang huffed.

"They are very relaxing." Pyrrha agreed.

"I bet you got a lot, being a world renowned fighter." Weiss commented.

Pyrrha blushed, "Yeah." She scratched the back of her neck.

Nora gasped, "Did you ever do the weird suction cup thing?"

Pyrrha laughed, all tension gone in a snap. "No, I never did that. They call it cupping."

"It looks gross." Nora frowned.

Pyrrha chuckled and nodded.

Washington: "Aren't you trained in stress management or something, calm him down."

Doc: "That only works if the person wants to be calm. I don't think he qualifies."

"Can't be helped unless you want help. I think that line is BS." Yang commented looking at Blake.

Washington: "Listen, Meta. Whatever you found, we can deal with it, I promise. Just come out here and show me what it is."

The Meta tosses the Epsilon unit out from the temple over their heads

Washington: "Whoa!"

Doc: "Daen- funky buttlovin'!"

The camera reveals the Epsilon Unit.

"Funky b- oh look!" Nora laughed.

"Ohh that's probably why he's so mad." Jaune nodded, "It has no A.I."

"He's an addict." Blake added.

Washington: "Oh. You found... that."

Cut back to Church, with a now unfrozen Tucker

Tucker: "Ho-ho God, that sucked! What was all that glowing shit?"

"He saw that too?" Jaune frowned.

"Huh, I thought it was just Church and Tex." Ruby shrugged.

Church: "Sheila put us in lock down to save us."

Tucker: "She knocked us out to help us? That makes sense."

Church: "Hey, at least we're not getting our asses kicked okay? That's an improvement."

Tucker: "Yeah, that's a good point. Can't argue with results."

"I wonder how Tex would hold up against the Meta." Yang commented.

"From what we've seen I think Tex would win. She's brutishly strong and is very tactful." Pyrrha explained.

"Good answer." Yang nodded.

Church and Tucker walk over to the Reds, still frozen

"That's probably the glowly stuff they see." Jaune commented.

Church: "Sheila, can they uh, can they hear me?"

FILSS: "Affirmative."

Caboose: "(On speaker)She said yes!"

Tucker: "We heard her dipshit."

"Looks like Caboose found the loud speaker." Pyrrha chuckled.

Caboose: "I know. I just want to use the microphone. It makes me sound super loud.(on speaker) I'm not sure you can tell."

Tucker: "Hey, where'd you get the new body?"

Church: "Long story dude, I'll tell you later."

Tucker: "Eh, I know I asked but I don't really give a shit Church."

"What great friends they are." Pyrrha chuckled sarcastically.

"At least he asked." Jaune shrugged with a smile.

Caboose: "(On speaker)Attention Freelancer shoppers. We have a special on sub-machine guns in aisle seven!"

Ren glanced at his own sub-machine guns with a grin. "I believe I'm all set with Sub-Machine guns."

Ruby grinned, "Yours are so cool!"

Ren nodded, "Especially after your upgrades."

Ruby blushed, "Ah it was nothingiwassimpledon'tworryabout it." She stammered.

Ren raised and eyebrow and chuckled.

Church: "Sheila, please mute him."

FILSS: "Affirmative."

Caboose: "This is Michael J. Caboose sign-*Click* Aw man!"

Pyrrha laughed, "I think he's still 'super loud' he doesn't need the speakers."

Cut to the Red's in deadworld.

Simmons: "Sarge, where are we?"

Sarge: "Men, I have bad news for all of us. We're dead."

Jaune gasped, "Ret-con! They're explaining why Sarge was almost a ghost in the first season!"

Weiss and Blake grinned.

"That's great. That inconsistency still bugged me kn the back of my mind." Weiss sighed in relief.

"Mine too, normally ret-cons are lazy or poorly done. This show is the exception." Blake added.

Sarge: "Which in the case of Grif is good news for me. But still, bad news overall."

Nora laughed, "He's always looking on the bright side."

"I'm going to have to disagree with you on that." Pyrrha grimaced slightly.

Simmons: "Dead? I can't be dead. I still have so much to do!"

Grif: "Uh, like what?"

Simmons: "Like... everything that doesn't involve a computer. Man, it's been a real one track life for me."

Pyrrha hummed, "I've been on one track for almost my whole life."

"You thinking of a career change?" Yang quipped.

Pyrrha chuckled, "No, but what Simmons said has me thinking. I need to remember not to focus entirely on fighting."

"That's very wise of you." Ren complimented.

Grif: "So this is the afterlife, huh? Not bad. It's kind of grainy. Overall I can't complain."

"Now that is someone looking on the bright side." Pyrrha smiled.

"Or someone who doesn't care much." Blake added.

Sarge: "This is just the stage before we move on. Like Purgatory."

Simmons: "Ooh, or like the last episode of LOST."

Sarge: "Hey I haven't seen that yet! No spoilers."

"Another reference." Jaune commented. "Sounds kind of interesting, but I guess the ending was spoiled for us."

"Oh no, a show we can never watc- wait. What if after this show we get another one?" Weiss asked.

Ruby gasped, "That would be so cool! ...but I don't think it can top this one."

Nora nodded, "Yeah, I probably wouldn't watch it if we got it. This show barely keeps me still!"

Weiss shrugged, "We probably wouldn't get another one anyway. And now that you mention it, I wouldn't want to watch another one either. We still have classes."

Simmons: "That show was on hundreds of years ago!"

Sarge: "Lah, dah, dadah. Don't say anything else!"

Simmons: "Gimme a break."

Grif: "Well, I'm going to sleep. See you losers in fourteen hours."

"That sounds like a great sleep." Yang grinned.

"I used to wonder if Grif was going to get some kind of development because of his sleep. Because sleeping a lot is a sign of depression but-"

Pyrrha gasped, "Oh no that's awful! If that's true he must be in great pain."

Blake nodded, chuckling lightly. "He would be, but now I know it's just his character. He's lazy."

Sarge: "Grif! No napping."

Grif: "Sorry Sarge but you always said I could sleep when I was dead. Hey guess what, I am dead. So this Purgatory is about to become purga-snory. Yawn."

Yang laughed, "Purga-snory. Nice."

"Bad joke." Ruby groaned.

Sarge: "Grif-"

Church: "Hey Reds, can you hear me?"

Sarge: "Who in Sam Heck is that?"

Simmons: "Is that God?"

Grif: "Hey Almighty, can it, some of us are trying to get a little shut-eye."

"What a way to speak to someone you believe is your god." Weiss shook her head.

Sarge: "No blasphemy."

Simmons: "What do you want God? Take Grif, he's been terrible. I mean great."

"Their god is weird." Nora commented. "All gods are kind of weird, but their powers are cool."

Pyrrha chuckled, "They also have interesting stories, one is more of a fairy tale, I heard it a long time ago. It's called the tale of the two brothers, I don't remember much of it though."

"I've never heard of that one before." Ruby added.

Tucker: "It's not God dudes, it's Church. He just thinks he's God."

"Not so much since his incident with Washington." Pyrrha commented.

Back to all of them in the real world

Tucker: "This is just what you need- more people worshipping you."

Pyrrha sighed, "Now the only one is Caboose."

"The Aliens were funny." Nora groaned.

Church: "Yah, hey listen. We wanna let you out, but we don't want you to attack us, or attack Tex. Okay?"

The Reds speak as though their mouths were stuck closed

Simmons: "Attack Tex, she attacked us!"

Grif: "Fuck you guys."

Nora giggled, "They're talking weird."

Sarge: "I would never hit a girl."

"Wuss." Nora grumbled.

"He's just scared if getting hit back." Yang laughed.

"I think it's simply a sign of respect. He's very traditional." Pyrrha explained.

"It's disrespectful that he wouldn't hit a girl." Nora grumbled.

Church: "Just agree and we'll let you out."

Simmons: "Hgh, fine."

Grif: "Whatever."

Sarge: "Fuh, fucking yudedyerhrmenburburg!"

Nora laughed.

Church: "I'm gonna assume that last one was a yes. Alright let 'em out Sheila!"

The screen fades to black.

FILSS: "Affirmative. Ending Recovery Mode, Red units."

Sarge: "Ah, my neck was killing me."

The episode ends.

"I wonder what they're going to do with Tex." Yang commented.

I miss the days when I had an urge to pump out 2-3 chapters a day. Then again my writing was very bad and it was for 2-3 minute episodes. Either way I hope the quality of my work doesn't drop. And I will do whatever I can to not have it drop. I still enjoy writing this fic, I just want so badly to finish it all so I can move on to another.

That other may be another RWBY fic or a Gravity Falls fic. I haven't decided yet, Gravity falls has a few good "After the Summer" fics. But they're unfinished or characters become OOC or the dreaded "BillDip" happens. Just like with this fic I would like to write an after the summer fic and do it right. In character, Mabel and Dipper growing up together in a normal city/town without weirdness. Etc, can't give too much away.