Chapter 59- Reunion

You might notice slight format change, I switched from Roostertooths (Yes roostertooths) transcripts to the wiki ones. Never did this before because of an annoying problem with transferring the copy and paste. That problem is gone now, roostertooths has always been great, many of the quips/jokes in the transcripts were from them or my modifications of their jokes. But it's easier to use the wiki ones and they're admittedly better. Big thanks to anyone who worked on Roostertooths, from what I can tell it was a community member that started the site and did the transcripts. So yeah, big thanks. They were instrumental to this fic and my last fic. And of course I still edit the transcripts to make them clearer etc.


"The show isn't over yet and you're already thinking of spin-offs." Yang chuckled.

Blake nodded, "Think about the other scenarios, other freelancers, other Red and Blues."

"Like the fanatics?" Ruby asked.

Nora beamed, "Yeah! I would love to watch them!"

Blake sighed and Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose.

Pyrrha chuckled, "I don't know about a spin-off, I love these characters."

Jaune nodded, "I want to see more of their past, Sarge mentioned their families in his speech."

"It's so cool that his name is Sarge." Nora commented.

"What?" Weiss asked, "That can't be his real name."

Nora nodded, "Yeah it is! He said it in his speech."

Weiss frowned, "I thought he meant to call him by his name, Sarge, or.. ugh S-dog."

Nora laughed, "S-dog." She repeated.

"Reunion" appeared on the screen with the theme.

Blake grinned, "There's not much of a mystery in that title."

Jaune nodded, "Tex 'reuniting'" Jaune made sarcastic air quotes. "With Wash and Meta."

Nora grinned, "My bets are on Tex."

"Oh obviously." Yang laughed before looking to Ren.

"We can't bet if we both have the same side." Ren explained with a small grin.

Pyrrha chuckled, "My bets are also on Tex, she is an incredible fighter. I can't wait to see her fight with two other expert fighters."

"If there is a fight." Weiss commented, "We don't know if there will be one."

"Come on Weiss don't say that." Ruby pouted.

Weiss huffed and threw a hand up. "It's just a possibility."

"Weiss, ruiner of all fun." Yang quipped.

"Oh quiet you." Weiss snapped. "And play the episode."

Jaune laughed and nodded, "Ok ok, I'm waiting to see a sidewinder reference."

Before Jaune could hit play Nora spoke up, "Sidewinder? They're on a different planet?"

"Or ring.." Ruby frowned.

Blake sighed, "I've given up on trying to pin-point locations. Sometimes they're on a ring, sometimes they're on a planet. It doesn't make sense."

Jaune nodded, "Yeah, but Church or Caboose said Sidewinder was an ice planet. Wash, Meta, and Doc drove from the desert to here."

Nora nodded, "Ohhh okay that makes sense.. I'm ready!" She grinned as she fidgeted sitting on her hands.

Wash's perspective, he's coughing. His hands held up bloodied. We see Doc lying by the warthog, and a blurry Tex in the distance.

Washington: "It can't be...Tex?"

Blake's mouth hung slightly open, "He's injured, it sounds bad."

Wash dives for a gun, but is stopped by Tex. She steps on his hand as the familiar "Tex riff" plays.

Washington: "You're supposed to be dead."

Blake smiled, "Not that injured."

Nora grinned giddily. "Fight fight fight… kiss kiss kiss." She mumbled laughing.

Tex: "Don't sound so disappointed. You'll make me cry. Where's the Director?"

Washington: "The Director? How would I know that?"

"Then I get to kill Wash and Meta." Yang quoted.

Tex: "(tuts) Wronng answer..."

She goes to shoot him, but the Meta tackles her and sends her flying off Wash. her Battle rifle also goes flying, "Boss Battle" by Jeff Williams starts.

Yang and Nora began to clap and whoop loudly.

Ruby smirked, "Hey Weiss, they're fighting."

Weiss sighed, "Yes, I can see that."

"You said they wouldn't." Ruby chuckled.

"I said it was a possibility." Weiss explained exasperated.

He charges forward but Tex catches him in a powerful punch to the back. knocking him to the ground.

Pyrrha's eyes were glued to the screen, darting from Tex to the Meta. "Smart, using his momentum against him."

With a growl of anger, the Meta hits the ground, jumps up, and throws powerful jabs at Tex, which she dodges and blocks. She sends a powerful open palmed upper-cut to his chin. Tex then knees Meta in the head and kicks him back a few feet.

Pyrrha grinned, "Her movements are so fluid. She has a plan when she's fighting. Unlike her fight with the blues she's not simply fighting using practiced moves on the closest target. She has clearly practiced and prepared for this fight."

"She's a badass, The way she slammed his head onto her knee." Yang grinned. "I need to try that."

Tex activates a detonator and sets off some explosives by her feet, revealing a powerful chain gun which she grabs in midair before swinging it towards the Meta and opening fire.

Ruby began jumping in place, "Ohmygodohmygod look at that turret! It's different from the normal ones. More chambers to fire faster." Her eyes widened. "I wonder if that move could work with Coco's turret."

"Wouldn't want to damage your upgrades." Yang chuckled.

Ruby sent her a look, "A few little explosives damaging it?" Ruby laughed, "Yang you know me better than that."

With a growl of shock, the Meta runs across the field before diving behind an icy boulder. Behind her, Wash gets to his feet and whips out the capture unit, unveiling a large spike.

"That's how they're going to suck Church into it." Jaune commented.

At that moment, Tex's gun runs out of ammo and the Meta takes this moment to return fire with his Magnum. Tex ducks behind an icy stalagmite, smashes through the ice and draws out an assault rifle and a battle rifle which she fires at the Meta.

"She has prepared the battlefield." Pyrrha commented, "She has left nothing to chance."

Blake nodded, "I'm trying to see if there's anything else but with the fighting it's hard to notice."

"I'd rather see the fighting than her preps." Nora commented.

Wash runs up to her and thrusts the unit's spike at her, parrying one of her guns away, but she ducks the blow and knocks it out of his hands.

Pyrrha sighed happily, "This fight is incredible. If only it was in real time."

"What?" Jaune asked.

Pyrrha shook her head, "It's nothing, real fights are faster than this. They have to be slowed down for tv."

Washington: "NO! (He dives for it, preventing it from going over into an abyss) Be more careful, this thing can't take any more hits!"

"This music is awesome!" Yang grinned.

"It reminds me of boss music." Jaune added.

Yang nodded, "It's cool, better than the old folky music."

Jaune frowned, "The older seasons did not have folky music. It was experimental and alternative rock."

Ruby chuckled and looked at Jaune, "It was kind of folky."

Cut to Church and Doc.

Doc: "Church! Are you okay?"

Church: "She fuckin' shot me! What is wrong with her?"

"Used him as bait." Ruby sighed.

Doc: "She did? That's what brought us to you!"

Church: "I know! She meant to do that!"

Doc: "Well she's paying for it now."

"I think the Meta and Wash are paying for it." Yang laughed.

"So far the fight has been equal, no one had gained or lost much." Pyrrha commented.

"What can they gain or lose?" Ren asked.

Pyrrha's eyes widened, "Oh I forgot they don't have aura, I've been gauging it in my head. Hmm well without aura it's up to endurance. They're equally skilled. But if Tex can separate them or take one of them out she has a better chance. Wash and Meta need to overpower her and wear her out."

"Can a robot be worn out?" Nora asked.

Ruby frowned, probably not. Need to ask Penny.

Pyrrha shrugged, "Church is injured, I assume if he can feel so can Tex."

Cut back to Tex, Wash and Meta. Meta has Tex pinned to the ground, trying to wrestle her gun away but she kicks him backwards towards a wall of ice. As Washington rejoins his colleague, she jumps to her feet and pulls out another detonator

Washington: "Is that a…"

Tex presses the button and a loud beeping starts behind them. Wash and the Meta spin around and see a row of mines built into the wall

"Avalanche!" Nora shouted.

Weiss grimaced, "One of the major problems for towns outside Mantle."

Washington: "...Mountain?"

"Ice Fight" plays as the mines go off and the wall shatters into huge blocks that go tumbling towards the two ex-Freelancers, who set off running.

Weiss smiled, "I love the music, it has variety. And this use of classical instruments is great."

"I like the rock better." Ruby shrugged.

Wash stabs at Tex again with the unit but she ducks aside and kicks him away. Then the Meta charges forward, picking up the unit.

Washington: "Meta, take it! Hit her!"

"They are surprisingly a good team." Blake commented.

Pyrrha nodded, "They fight as one too."

As the ice blocks crash around them, the Meta grabs the unit and swings out at Tex, but she ducks away. Wash then leaps up to do a jump-kick at Tex's head but she dodges and flings him to the ground, with Wash grabbing Tex's battle rifle before he falls. The Meta then kicks her in the chest, right under a huge shard of ice! Quickly she rolls away to avoid getting crushed, but the Meta kicks it out at her. Luckily, she jumps onto it and flips away into the air.

"This fight is so much better than the fight with the reds and blues!" Nora shouted.

"It's amazing! They went from standing around talking to this!" Jaune gestured to the screen.

"They're fighting on falling ice." Ruby gasped, "It's so cool!"

Blake smirked, "It reminds me of our fight with the nevermore."

Wash leaps onto another large icicle and runs along its length, firing at Tex. She lands on a block and vaults over it, followed closely by the Meta. As Tex lands, a large piece lands behind her and she strikes it, launching it towards the other two. Wash ducks aside and the Meta jumps off it towards Tex.

Pyrrha smiled as she watched, "This is better than any arena fight."

"I hope our fights in the Vytal tournament are this epic!" Nora grinned. "Oh who am I kidding? We're going to do great! Unless we don't and lose, everyone else is so good and we can't be as good as Tex, Meta, or Wash. we'll-"

Ren sighed as Nora began to spiral into a mini-anxiety attack. "Nora, focus on the show." He smiled.

Nora looked to the screen, instantly brightening up. "Okay!"

Tex runs up another icicle and intercepts him in midair, grabbing him by the chin and cracking his back over her shoulders.

Jaune grimaced, "His back, oh you can hear it crack."

"Oh she broke it." Yang laughed.

"She's like a wrestler but even more badass!" Nora shouted.

As she lands, she throws him up and kicks him in the back towards Wash, who dives out of the way. Wash then raises his battle rifle and fires at Tex but she dives behind an icy boulder where, after a moment of delay, she draws out a third detonator and hits the button.

"I love this girl!" Nora grinned. "First she blows up the ground to get a gun, then a cliff! This is going to be great!"

Yang nodded, "I bet she's going to one up blowing up the cliff."

Nora nodded, "Oh she has to!"

Ren nodded, "She hesitated before pressing the button."

"I never hesitate." Nora grinned. "I need more remotely detonated bombs."

All at once a line of charges go off under the ice twenty feet from her and as the mountain shelf begins to crumble.

Nora whooped, "She split the ground!"

"Definitely a one up." Yang laughed.

Tex takes off for the safety of the other side, but Wash fires at her and she screams in pain as the bullet hits her shoulder. She falls limp on the other side.

Yang gasped, "He got her."

Pyrrha grimaced, "She's still alright, it looks like she was grazed."

The operatic section of "Ice Fight" plays.

"Listen to that!" Weiss smiled, "I never expected the show to have this much range in music."

"I never expected a lot from this show." Blake smiled.

"It sounds so epic! Weiss can you do that? You're an opera singer." Nora asked.

Weiss smiled, "I'm not just an opera singer, and sorry but no. If I tried it would sound too melodic. Not.. epic as you put it. My vocal range is high, not low."

"Come on please Weiss." Ruby and Nora begged.

Weiss sighed, "Not here."

"I'm hearing a yes!" Yang laughed.

Nora gasped, "You can sing as me and Yang spar!"

Yang's eyes widened, "Yes. Do it."

Weiss frowned, "You two are not doing a lot to convince me, I only sing rarely."

"Come on you only sing in those stuffy concerts, doesn't that get boring?" Yang asked.

Weiss frowned, "Yes.. yes it does. Ok I'll sing while you and Nora spar. As long as it's just you guys there. I'm not singing for an audience."

Nora, Ruby, and Yang grinned.

Wash suddenly realizes that the ground is moving and he looks round to see the shelf cracking and breaking as it falls towards the icy water below.

Washington: "Oh my God! RUN!"

Weiss began to hum along silently to the song.

Wash and the Meta tear across the shelf towards the ever-more distant ledge, leaping over cracks and side-stepping the sliding boulders. As they reach the edge of the shelf, the Meta spots his brute shot falling over the cliff and leaps straight towards it.

Washington: "META! Wait, I...(Meta grabs his weapon, and uses the combat side as an ice pick to hold him in place.) God-dammit!"

"There's the end of their teamwork." Pyrrha frowned.

Blake looked at the screen, anticipating, hoping Wash would survive.

Zoom in on Doc, waving the Warthog's tow hook.

Doc: "(Waving the Warthogs tow hook) WASH! Here! Take this!"

Washington: "(shocked) DOC?! Throw it, throw it! (Waves his hands above his head, signaling for the throw)"

Doc: "Here it comes! (He throws, and it falls short)"

Nora burst out laughing, "Aw where's Donut when you need him."

Yang chuckled, "He would have overshot it."

Nora laughed and nodded, "Doc has a weak throw."

Washington: "(exasperated) You've got to be kidding me...(Nevertheless, he jumps for it, grabbing the rope and climbing up. At the top he hauls himself up.) That was the second worst throw, ever, of all time."

Pyrrha frowned, "He still remembers Caboose's throw."

Jaune laughed, "It's a nice callback."

Nora laughed too, "I forgot about that! Glad I know how to throw grenades."

Ren nodded, "No friendly fire."

Doc: "What d' you want from me? I ran track in high school."

Meta runs at Tex as she struggles to her feet. As the Meta swings the blade end of his brute shot at her, she parries it with her combat knife then elbows him back.

Blake perked up, "Hmm using a knife."

Pyrrha nodded, "Knives are the most versatile of any weapon you can face. I'm always weary when fighting someone who uses them."

As he stumbles back, Tex dashes forward and slashes across his stomach then stabs him in his left shoulder.

Pyrrha nodded, "Very dangerous. And she's very good with one."

With a growl, the Meta aims his brute shot at the ground and fires, sending them flying and knocking Tex down. Wash runs up to them as the Meta grabs the capture unit and hauls Tex to her feet.

Washington: "(panicked) Meta, wait! We don't need to hurt her, we only need-"

Meta stabs the memory unit's spike straight into Tex's visor, causing her to scream in agony and for her body to violently twitch and spasm.

Yang's mouth hung open in shock, "He- he killed her. She's dead again."

"No, no she's just captured. She's an A.I. Too." Jaune reassured her.

"Still brutal." Pyrrha grimaced.

"The Meta has never looked like more of a brute than now. The way he stomachs pain and fights on." Weiss shook her head, recalling her fight with the White Fang member. She could still hear the whir of his chainsaw sword.

Yang shook her head, "Pyrrha said it, it was just brutal.

Nora pouted, "Yeah, I was really hoping she would win."

Yang nodded, "I really thought she was going to win, I'm surprised she didn't."

Ren nodded, "We were all wrong."

Pyrrha sighed, "They wore her out, injured her, and the Meta never holds back."

A blood red light emerges from the hole in her face as she is absorbed into the capture unit.

Church: "NO! Stop!

With a growl of satisfaction, the Meta draws the unit out and flings Tex's broken body towards the stunned Church. We get a clear view of her cracked visor.

"We only just got her back." Yang sighed.

Church: "Let her outta that thing!"

Washington: "(wearily) We can't. The unit is failing. Epsilon, it's over. You're coming with us."

Church: "(furious) I'm not going anywhere with you! We can fight you!"

"They can?" Ren asked.

Doc: "(surprised) We can?"

Church: "(determined) We will!"

Ren hummed.

Doc: "(exasperated) Aw, great."

Washington: "I'm sorry to hear that. Meta, give me the memory unit. (The Meta doesn't respond) Meta?"

Meta is staring at the unit in his hands. He looks up at Wash

Blake gasped, "He has an A.I."

Yang gasped too, "What? Wait but Tex wouldn't help him would she?"

"She may not have a choice." Ren frowned.

Blake nodded, "He has what he wants, there's no reason for him to help Wash anymore."

Pyrrha sighed, "He's a beast."

Washington: "(horrified) Meta! NO! Don't…"

Meta attaches the unit to his back and becomes invisible.

"Red vs Blue" by Jeff Williams starts to play.

Washington: "Damnit! Doc, you have to protect Epsilon!"

"How can he? He can't fight." Nora chuckled.

"He can try overloading the Meta's armor again." Jaune suggested. "But it might not work now that he has an A.I."

Doc: "What do I do?!"

Washington: "RUN!"

Meta charges past him, knocks Wash to the ground, then proceeds to shoot at Church and Doc. Quickly, Wash jumps onto the Meta's back and throws his arms around his neck.

Washington: "I'll try to hold him!"

Meta throws him off and continues to shoot. Wash retaliates but is knocked off balance by the Brute Shot. Meta calmly advances on him, chuckling to himself.

"I hope this means Washington switches back to help the Reds and Blues." Pyrrha commented.

"I don't know, he only wants to stay out of prison. And after being pushed around for so long he doesn't care what he has to do." Blake explained.

Washington: "I knew you would do this, Meta. I just can't believe... (His voice trails off as he looks through the Meta's invisibility) can't believe...(The two have spotted the pelican in the sky, trailing black smoke) I can't believe it."

"Why is the plane smoking." Weiss frowned.

Ruby laughed, "Because of who's flying it!"

"Grif." Nora groaned.

The camera cuts to Grif behind the wheel. Sarge, Caboose, Simmons and Tucker can also be seen inside next to him.

Sarge: "There they are! Land right next to them!"

Nora laughed, "Seeing them just made me so happy, it's so funny to have all that serious fighting and now here they come."

Ruby laughed too, "They're going to crash."

Grif: "Right...land…"

"Why would they let him fly." Weiss face-palmed.

Sarge: "...You do know how to land this vehicle, don't you?"

Grif: "Sure! That just means stop flying, right?"

Sarge: "Brace for impact!"

Everyone either burst out laughing or chuckled lightly.

"Next time I take bumblebee out for a spin, I should just let go of the handlebars to park." Yang laughed.

"That's probably my favorite peice of dialogue from the show so far, the funniest at least." Jaune chuckled.

Tucker: "Oh shit! This is gonna suck!"

Caboose: "...I still haven't got my peanuts."

Pyrrha laughed wholeheartedly. "W-what?" She continued."

The Pelican quickly drops toward the surface and crashes. Meta and Wash jump out of the way to avoid it. The Pelican finally comes to a stop, with the Reds pressed against the glass, almost crushing a cowering Doc, with both the Reds and Doc loudly screaming. As soon as the Pelican stops, the Reds are thrown back.

Grif: "..ow."

Doc: "Wow! That was a close one!"

"If the cliff was any shorter.." Weiss trailed off.

Washington: "(coming out from behind a tree, faintly bemused) I would say that was the cavalry, but I've never seen a line of horses crash into the battlefield from outer space before."

Blake smiled, "Washington does seem to be at ease, like he was during season six."

Pyrrha smiled, "I'm glad, he is still a relatively new character. But I like him."

Blake nodded, "He's still my favorite."

"My favorite keeps dying." Yang huffed.

"So does mine." Ruby pointed out.

Church: "(from behind the same tree) heyy... Is it possible for a memory fragment out of an artificial intelligence program enclosed inside a robotic body to piss its pants? Because I'm pretty sure I just did that."

"Wouldn't be weird, they can feel pain and get tired." Jaune commented.

Ruby nodded, I think Penny can get tired. But maybe that's just her dust batteries- does she have batteries?

Washington: "Come on, let's go see how many of your friends survived that."

Church: "You know, they're not really my friends."

Pyrrha chuckled, "Church can say that but he's made it clear he cares about Tucker and Caboose. Especially Caboose."

Blake chuckled, "Church and Caboose's friendship is a lot like a certain pair of teammates we know."

Yang laughed, glancing as Weiss and Ruby. "Yeah, I think I know who you're talking about."

Weiss frowned, "You don't mean me and Ruby do you?"

Yang laughed, "Of course we do, Weiss you're Church and Ruby you're Caboose."

"What! Why do you keep comparing me to Caboose? I'm not stupid." Ruby crossed her arms.

Pyrrha grimaced at the word 'stupid' but said nothing, "I think what they mean is that Church pretended to not want to be friends with Caboose. Just like Weiss did to you."

Ruby laughed, "What? She never did that."

Blake smirked, "And we're comparing you to Caboose because he always believed Church was his friend. Like you."

Ruby blushed, "I didn't always see Weiss as a friend."

Weiss laughed, "Annoying brat."

"Petty Princess." Ruby shot back with a grin.

"Heiress." Both Weiss and Blake corrected.

The three laughed.

Washington: "That's okay, I'm sure none of them really survived."

Cut to Sarge and Grif around the crashed Pelican

Sarge: "Grif! Look what you did to our ship!"

Grif: "(dismissively) Eh, fuck it, it's a rental."

"A rental? They stole it." Weiss pointed out.

"Same thing." Yang waved her off.

Sarge: "(beat) Eh, good point, fuck it. (he kicks the Pelican off the cliff and it falls over the side into the icy water.)"

Church runs over to the group, Wash not far behind.

Church: "Has anybody seen Tex?"

Washington: "I'm sorry, Epsilon. The Meta captured her inside of the memory unit."

"He still calls him Epsilon." Ruby frowned.

"He's technically right." Jaune shrugged.

Church: "There it is! (he and the others run over to it) She's here!"

Washington: "Epsilon, there's nothing we can do. She's stuck in there."

Church: "So let her out!"

Washington: "We rigged it so it's one way. We didn't want you to escape again."

Yang sighed, "She can't be stuck in there for forever."

"Caboose could help." Pyrrha suggested.

Yang shrugged.

Church: "Well, unrig it!"

Washington: "I need to get it to a lab. Somewhere with tools."

Church: "Simmons?"

Simmons: "Hey, he's the expert. I don't know what I can do to help."

"Where's the Meta?" Ruby asked.

"I thought the ship hit him." Jaune shrugged.

"I didn't see him get hit." Blake frowned.

"Well duh, he was invisible." Nora waved her hand over her eyes.

Blake frowned and hummed dismissively.

Washington: "And it's in no condition to move. If it locks down before I can open it, she'll be trapped in there."

Simmons: "We should try something."

Washington: "If I let her out, you have to come with me."

Church: "(frustrated) Yes, fine, just get her out!"

Washington: "(turns to the other Blues) Caboose, Tucker, get in the base. See if you can find some tools"

"He knows Tucker?" Jaune asked. "They've never met."

"He probably knows of Tucker." Blake explained. "He does his research, he knows who's who."

Caboose: "Okay!"

Tucker: "Alright! I'll be right back!"

The two run off.

Washington: "You three find me anything that has power. Anything and everything. We're going to need a lot to keep it online."

Sarge: "(running off with the Grif and Simmons) On it!"

Pyrrha smiled, "Sarge is determined to help, I like this new side of him."

Nora shrugged, "I just like Sarge, he's great."

Church: "(looking down at the Epsilon Unit) I can get her out."

Washington: "What? No!"

Church: "It's my only option."

Ruby gasped, "He can go in after her."

"How would he get her out?" Jaune asked.

Ruby shrugged, "He's an A.I. He can figure it out I don't know."

Washington: "I need you, Epsilon. You're my only ticket out of this mess. If you get stuck in there, they'll never believe me, I'm not going back to prison!"

Blake hummed, "If he gets stuck in there, there's nothing he can do other than run."

Church: "I can do it."

Washington: "No, I won't let you."

Church: "You can't stop me. I have to help her. She's here because of us."

"Us?" Ruby frowned.

Washington: "Because of me?"

Church: "Not you, us - Me, and Alpha, and the Director."

Washington: "You've started to remember."

Blake, Jaune, and Ren leaned forward.

Church: "I found some journals from the Director. She's someone from his life. Someone he loved…"

Ruby gasped, "That's why Chur- the Alpha remembered her."

"She must have been really important to him, she was a part of him. Just her memory made an entire fragment. A new A.I." Yang explained.

Both Yang and Ruby thought of their mom, their true mom. Summer Rose.

Washington: "(quietly) Allison. Her name was Allison."

"Tex's true name." Ren commented.

Yang nodded, "It sounds like all the freelancers knew. Wyoming called her Allison so long ago back in season three or four."

"At the time it wasn't very significant, this show has grown so much. Almost as if it was planned but I'm not sure it was." Blake added.

Church: "Allison... (turns back to the Epsilon Unit) When they made Alpha, she came back. She was a byproduct of the process."

"I'm surprised he thinks of her as a byproduct, the director didn't like it." Jaune commented.

"He's not the Director, he's Church." Ruby explained.

Washington: "She's just a shadow."

Church: "(angrily) Don't call her that! She died in her real life, and that's all the Director ever remembered of her. So now, no matter how tough she is, no matter how hard she fights, she's always going to fail! Because that's what she's based on. No matter what she's doing, or what she's trying to accomplish, just when her goal is within her reach, it gets yanked away. Every. Single. Time. Can you imagine what that's like?"

Yang gasped, "That explains so much, and it's terrible. Imagine having that bad of luck?"

Nora nodded, "Yeah, Donut was able to throw a grenade through a tank to kill her and she got knocked out by Sarge.. well maybe getting knocked out by Sarge was just him being awesome."

Yang shook her head with a slight grin, "No definitely bad luck Nora."

"It explains every time she has failed, she is very capable. But somehow she has always failed." Blake commented. "Not being able to carry the bomb when clearly she is very strong."

"And getting caught sneaking up on Tucker, Andy, and the Alien." Jaune added. "She's smart enough to see a trap."

Yang sighed, "She's such a badass, but with terrible luck. Must be hard."

The memory unit lifts in the air, revealed to be on the back of the Meta, who, invisible, has been present the whole time.

Washington: "I think I'm getting the idea…"

Blake sighed, "I knew he wouldn't be taken down so easily."

Church: "Uh oh…"

Meta: "(growls loudly)"

The scene cut to black.

Yang slapped her knees, "Best episode so far, that fight was amazing."

Nora nodded, "I know! But it was still really funny to see her beat up the reds and Tucker."

Ren nodded, "And it looks like the season cap of only nineteen episodes has ended."

Jaune nodded, "Yeah, I'm ready to see what happens next, let m-"

"Deleted Scene" FILSS's voice rang out.

Jaune chuckled, "Never-mind."

"I always love these." Nora grinned.

Blake nodded, "Me too, it's the closest to a look behind the scenes we'll probably ever see."

"Episode 17.9 Seatback Pocket" appeared on the screen.

"Wait an entire episode was deleted!" Nora shouted.

"It's probably just the title of the deleted scene." Jaune explained.

Fade in to the interior of the Pelican. Camera pans back to reveal Caboose and Simmons.

Sarge: "(Over PA) ladies and gentlemen this is your co-pilot speaking. We'll be flying at altitudes of varying heights as we struggle desperately with the controls and then we will be slamming into the ground at high velocity. We'll be slightly ahead of schedule now if you'll please direct your attention to Caboose. He'll demonstrate the safety features of our D77H TCI drop ship."

"Is this what public planes are like?" Weiss asked.

"Wouldn't know." Yang shrugged, "The airship we rode to Beacon didn't have seats."

Caboose: "Hello all blue vs red airlines come equipped with three emergency exits which are welded shut for your safety reasons."

Pyrrha shook her head and chuckled, "Caboose is the flight attendant. That's perfect."

"I would not want to ride blue vs red airlines." Jaune added.

Weiss nodded, "Me neither."

Blake chuckled, "I can see why this scene wasn't included. It would have taken away from the seriousness and drama of the episode."

"Good!" Nora shouted.

Caboose: "Please keep your hands inside the vehicles at all times. No flash photography and please take crying babies to the lobby."

"It would be pretty easy to keep their hands inside the plane. All the exits are locked." Jaune pointed out.

"I like that Blue vs Red airlines has a zero tolerance crying baby policy." Weiss chuckled.

"You can't really control a baby, especially on a plane." Pyrrha pointed out.

Weiss nodded, "I wouldn't know. I've always flown in ..private planes." She grumbled.

"What's wrong with that?" Jaune asked. "That sounds great."

"I'd rather sit next to a stranger than my father." Weiss explained. "But… on flights with a certain butler it wasn't so bad."

Caboose: "In the event of a water landing. Start swimming."

Pyrrha laughed, "Caboose's advice is.. less than helpful."

"Especially for people like Neptune." Blake chuckled.

Caboose: "In the event of a fire landing. Please burn."

Pyrrha grimaced.

"That advice is even worse." Ruby commented.

Caboose: "If we have an air landing, that means we are still flying."

Pyrrha began to laughed, as did Yang.

Caboose: "And if we experience a snow landing, everyone should fall outside the vehicle while it slides across a big icy plane, and then does this tilty teetering thing on the edge of a cliff before it tumbles into the ocean below. That almost never happens though."

Blake hummed, "This scene must have been made before they finished last episode."

"This is cool!" Ruby grinned, "It's like we're seeing what could have happened. Like the alternate endings."

"Oh I wonder if we're going to get alternate endings this time too." Jaune commented.

"I hope we do." Nora grinned.

Simmons: "Do we at least get any peanuts?"

"Caboose didn't get his peanuts." Pyrrha commented.

Caboose: "No we have a community jar of peanut butter that you can stick your finger in and lick."

Weiss grimaced, "A community Jar."

"Talk about double dipping." Yang laughed.

"Gross." Ruby shook her head.

"I like doing that with peanut butter." Nora exclaimed with no shame.

"We have two jars of peanut butter." Ren explained.

Simmons: "Gross how about a drink?"

Caboose: "Oh that would be great, and while you're getting one would you please get something for me."

"He's the worst flight attendant ever." Weiss commented.

"Of all time." Jaune finished.

Sarge: "Uhh this is the co-pilot again. Yep we're crashin' yaaaaoooo!"

Caboose: "We want to thank you for crashing with blue vs red airlines. We know you have a choice when it comes to crashing. We hope you consider us for all your future crashing needs."

Simmons begins to scream and run around in the middle of Caboose talking.

Simmons: "Panic panic panic panic panic panic!"

Sarge: "Terror in the sky! Terror in the sky!"

The screen cuts to black.

"Well that was-" Jaune started.

"Deleted scene two" FILSS's voice rang out.

No title, a quick scene of the Meta standing above Washington holding the warthog appeared.

"What is-" Pyrrha started.

The scene ended as soon as it started. With the Meta slamming the warthog into Wash, clipping through him. Looking as if it cut him in half.

The scene cut to black.

"Huh, what was that?" Ruby asked.

"Looked like an unused animation, the Warthog went through Wash." Jaune pointed out.

"I bet it wasn't used because there's no way Wash could survive that. He basically got cut in half." Yang commented.

Pyrrha nodded, "I'm glad it wasn't used then."

"Interesting deleted scenes." Ren commented.

Professor's SS—Not Canon

"Texas's predicament reminds me of a certain Crow." Ozpin commented.

Port shook his head, "I cannot imagine a greater form of suffering, to be incapable- no! perfectly capable of achieving your goals. But fated to fail."

Ozpin listened absentmindedly as they talked about Tex's bad luck. His mind wandered to Tex, Alpha, and the Director. To love someone so much, that they become a part of you. I know that all too well.

Salem's inner circle SS— Not Canon

Salem ignored her disciples' talk, having thoughts of her own.

Tyrian cackled with glee, "Luck luck luck, poor Tex has an excuse for everything now."

Watts chuckled, "Agreed. Luck is for fools."

Salem snapped to attention, "It would be foolish dear Watts to discredit luck as false. I can assure you, Luck is a very real force."

Watts frowned but said nothing, Tyrian simply cackled as usual.

Criminals SS— Not Canon

Cinder smiled, "So the Meta's search for power succeeds."

Mercury shook his head, "Eh we all know the good guys are gonna win. Can't happen in the real world so it's gotta happen on tv."

Cinder smirked, "People with power and the will to use that power win. Whether they're good or not is irrelevant."

"The fall maiden had power, she didn't win." Mercury pointed out.

Cinder nodded, "She didn't know how to use it. She wasn't smart enough to learn. Power comes in many forms."

Emerald nodded along, like a puppy.

Birds SS— Not Canon

Qrow grumbled to himself as Raven looked at him smugly.

"You're going to say it so say it." Qrow growled.

"It's just, what luck that the show has a character very similar to you." Raven chuckled. "Grand goals but always failing."

Qrow glared at her, "She's nothing like me. I have bad luck, but that doesn't stop me from winning."

"That's right, you stop yourself from winning." Raven retorted.

"We're not going to get into this again. I did not choose the wrong side." Qrow explained.

"You left the tribe, the family that protected you. How protected do you feel now?" Raven asked.

"Your little cult is shit at protecting anyone, I can protect myself." Qrow snapped.

"Not for long, by siding with Ozpin you forfeited any protection. She will win Qrow." Raven argued.

"Not if we fight her together!" Qrow yelled.

Raven slammed her hand down, "He will fail Qrow. She will win, and if you can't beat them."

Qrow sighed, "Clearly not join them."

"Stay out of their way, mind your own business, and survive." Raven growled.

Qrow chuckled mirthlessly, "How noble."

Raven shook her head, "Nobility does not concern me, I am not a coward. I will protect my tribe. My family."

"Yes, because you have done so well protecting your family." Qrow quipped.

"Your luck will run out very fast if you continue down this path." Raven growled.

"Could say the same to you." Qrow chuckled.


Steven Universe Future's finale was great, I loved it. Way better than "change your mind" in my opinion. But it made me think of something I thought I should say. Not to be preachy but, if you have the ability to go see a therapist, do it. Everyone has their own sob story including me. The process of getting help feels great at times and even if you don't believe your problem is that serious, it helps.

But enough about that, my ears are open (and only open) to suggestions for the next chapter and reviews for this chapter! What did you think of the Side Stories? and what Side stories would you be interested in seeing.