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Chapter 57

"[I don't know why you are talking to me, you don't understand what I am saying]."

Inside Magnus' base, Lopez was minding his own business until Ruby and Nora rushed up to him and begin asking questions like 'How was he built?', 'How was he so free-willed?' and 'What crazy dreams he had?'…the last one question was from Nora. While Nora and Ruby were bugging Lopez, everyone else was in the living room while discussion on what to do next.

"There is no way I am working with her!" Yang shouted as she pointed at Neo.

Blackheart sighed and said "As much as I want to strangle the midget, we have to put our differences aside for now if we want to save Penny."

Hearing being balled midget, Neo narrowed her eyes at him as she pouted while Yang yelled "No way! She tried to kill me and…"

Just then, Neo simply rolled her eyes as she took out a large stack of lien and held it to her. Seeing the lien, Yang then said "Completely forgiven!"

Yang quickly grabbed the lien and started to count how much was in it. Everyone just rolled their eyes as Jaune said "Other than that, what is the plan?"

"Plan?" Magnus said, "The plan is for us to either figure out what their next move is or wait until something comes up. Other than that, we wait."

"But we can't wait," Ren said, "If they are using Penny for their own ends, then we need to stop them."

"As much as I agree with you, Ren," Blackheart said, "But there isn't much we can do right now. Like Magnus said, we don't know what their next move is. For all we know, they could be using Penny to attack a village. Or maybe destroy SDC property, I don't know."

"Well, without the aid from the White Fang, they can't really do much now," Pyrrha said.

Neo then held up her Scroll as it read 'She is right on that'. Blackheart looked at her and asked "You really can't talk, can you?"

Neo replied by nodding her head as if saying yes she is mute. As Blackheart shook his head, Ruby walked up to them and said "But we can't just wait around and do nothing. If Penny is out there, then we need to contact out friends and let them know about her."

Magnus shook his head and said "You forgot the part where there is no signal out here? I installed scramblers around the place so Scrolls cannot be traced in or out the base."

Ruby was confused and said "Then…how can you expect Lopez to find something online if you have Scramblers?"

Magnus replied "Lopez has his own secure line for him to use, it's basically a one-way connection to the network. And, it's untraceable."

Nora huffed and said "One way to be connected."

Before anyone could say anything, Ruby shouted "Connected!"

Startled by her sudden outburst, Blackheart said "Jeez Ruby, what's with the sudden outburst?"

Ruby looked at him and replied "That is what Penny meant when she said she wants to disconnect the world! We are all connected through our Scrolls!"

Magnus then said "Psssh, what's she going to do? Destroy our Scrolls? Would be a waste of time, if you ask me. She would need to plant a virus to do that, but there hasn't been any evidence to prove that. All they have been doing is testing Penny's destructive abilities and those outdated robots. I mean, if she wants to really 'disconnect' the world, then they would have to attack the…"

He then paused as everyone waited for him to finish. After a few seconds, he said "Son of a bitch! Grab what you can and get moving!"

As he made his way to the armory, everyone was confused by his sudden action as Blackheart asked "Magnus! What's the matter?!"

"I know where they are going to attack to 'disconnect' us all!" Magnus shouted, "They are going to attack the CCT!"

When he said that, everyone gasped in shock as Pyrrha said "If they take that down, then we won't have any means of communication with the other kingdoms!"

"We'll be…disconnected," Blackheart said as he turned to the others, "Grab as much ammo as you guys can!"

Everyone nodded as they dashed to the armory and began to gather as much ammunition as they can. Once they got their ammunition, Magnus led them to an elevator, after Jaune rushed to pick up Pyrrha and carried her bridal style, everyone got in and they made their way up to the ground floor.

As soon as they got there and they exited the elevator, Yang asked "How are we going to get there in time? For all we know, they could be attacking right now."

Magnus replied "I got that covered."

He then motioned them towards modified Bullhead and everyone soon got in. Neo rushed to the cockpit with Lopez as they turned on the engine and they took off. Everyone was readying their weapons as Magnus said "We should be arriving to Vale soon. Once we are in range, you make your call to your friends and warn them of the attack on the CCT. There are hardly any Huntsmen present, so they are all we got."

"I am on it," Blackheart said as he took out his Scroll, "Just hope they can hold Penny and those outdated robots before we show up."


"That is weird," Cinder said as she was holding her Scroll, "He should have picked up by now."

Inside their old dorm room, Cinder, Emerald and Mercury, who was lying in bed with the cover covering his lower body, were waiting for Blackheart and the others to return, but they haven't yet. Cinder tried calling them, but their Scrolls went right to voicemail.

Emerald then said "Yeah…that is weird. Jonathan usually picks up his Scroll by now. What gives?"

Mercury shrugged and said "Maybe he is in the bathroom and can't answer his Scroll?"

Both girls simply rolled their eyes as Cinder's Scroll started to ring. She looked at who was calling and saw it was Blackheart. She smiled at him and asked "You were saying?"

She then answered it and said "Jonathan, I was beginning to worry where—"

"Cinder!" Blackheart shouted through the Scroll, "There isn't much time! I need you to grab everyone and head to the CCT! Elsa and her gang are planning to destroy the CCT with an upgrade and deranged Penny and a lot of old Atlesian robots! If they succeed, then the kingdoms will be cut off from each other! You have to stop them before it's too late!"

After that, Blackheart's Scroll went silent. After the call, Cinder, Emerald and Mercury all sat in silence as Emerald said "T-They can't do that…can they?"

"If they do, then we can't let them," Cinder said as she begins to type in her Scroll, "I am going to send everyone a message to meet me at the entrance so we can make our way there. Emerald, I want you to find Professor Goodwitch and warn her about this so she can send Huntsmen to the CCT."

"Got it!" Emerald said.

Cinder nodded as she looked at Mercury and said "Um…Mercury…"

Mercury waved his hand and said "Don't worry about me, go save the world."

Both Cinder and Emerald sadly nodded at him as the two of them rushed out of the dorm room as Emerald went to find Goodwitch while Cinder sent out the message and waited by the entrance. After a few moments, Cinder saw Team AVGR, Blake and Weiss rushing towards them.

Once they were near, Arthur said "We got your message, what happened?"

Cinder replied "Long story short: I got a call from Jonathan saying that Elsa and her gang are going to attack the CCT with a remodeled Penny and old Atlas robots. We need to stop them before they destroy the tower."

Everyone gasped in shock as Weiss cried "If that happens…then we lose communication to all the kingdom!"

"Then we have to stop them," Victor said as he looked at the others, "What are we waiting for? An invite? Let's go!"

Everyone nodded as they rushed to the CCT. They all had their weapons in checked, even Weiss and Blake. When they returned to Beacon, Blake was fortunate that Riku kept it safe while Weiss fixed her saber with Arthur's help. After, what felt like a long time, they eventually arrived at the CCT. But when they got there, everyone was confused that nothing was attacking the CCT.

"Um," Grif said, "You sure they are gonna attack the CCT? I don't see anyone."

Cinder replied "This is Jonathan we are talking about. When has he ever lie to us?"

"I'll give you that," Arthur said, "But there is nothing here."

While everyone talked among themselves, Blake's cat ears picked up a sound in the distance, looked over and her eyes widen in fear as her ear flatten.

"Uh, guys?" Blake said, "I don't they'll be coming in by foot."

Confused, Riku looked to where she is before looking at what she was looking at and said "What do you mean by th—OH WHAT THE HELL?!"

Hearing Riku yell, everyone looked over at what the two of them were looking at and their eyes widen as they saw an Atlas airship slowly flying towards them.

"Are you kidding me?!" Grif shouted, "That is bullshit!"

"Where did they get an airship?!" Cinder yelled, "It's impossible!"

The moment the airship got closer, they saw small objects falling from the sky and they soon crashed to the ground. Everyone looked and saw that the objects were the old Atlesian Knight robots all armed and ready to attack.

"Thank god we came here just in time," Victor said as he took out his Twin Devils pistols, "Now let's waste these rust-buckets!"

Once he said that, everyone immediately drew their weapons as they rushed towards the oncoming robots. Arthur made the first attack by raising his Righteous Fury gauntlets and fired a few rounds of Dust bullets at the robots and torn them to pieces. As more closed in, Arthur pushed the button on both his gauntlets as the blades popped out and he slashes through the incoming robots. He then channeled his Holy Fire through the blades as he sliced through more robots like butter while scorching them.

Victor was literally shooting the robots like fish in a barrel. He had both of his pistols out while he activated his Target Eyes Sembalance as he shot the robots in the head and they all dropped like nothing. But as more and more showed up, Victor was forced to turn his pistols to his hook swords and he started to slice through their limbs.

Grit was wrecking through every robot that was charging at him with their blades out. Gripping his Berserker's Claw, Grif wrecked through the incoming robots with ease as the Bear Faunus cuts through the robots. He then converted his axe into his rifle as he fired each one down.

In lightning speed, Riku used his Way to Dusk sword to slice through a few robots as they fell to the ground in pieces. Pushing a trigger on his handle, the cylinder on his sword started to rotate before he swung it at a few robots, releasing a massive wave of lighting at them, which they all short-circuited and exploded.

Blake, having enough experience in fighting the old Atlas robot models, was using her Gambol Shroud to take out a few robots before she unsheathed her weapon and dual-wielded her weapon and cut up a few more before more fell from the airship. Putting the sheathed on her back, Blake transformed her katana into her pistol form, attached her ribbon to it as she swings it around her as she took out the robots from a distance. As one tried to attack her, Blake used her Sembalance create a clone so the robot could attack it while she snuck behind and stabbed it through the chest and threw it to the ground.

Gripping her Myrtenaster, Weiss gripped her repaired weapon as she slashed at a few robots before she used her glyphs to speed through the group of robots and slashed them apart. Seeing a few more, Weiss pointed her right index and middle fingers at the robots as black glyphs appeared under them as they start to float. As soon as they were in mid-air, Weiss swings her saber as she created ice spikes and impales them, destroying them in the process.

Cinder was handling the robot with ease since her Maiden Powers relied on magic as she scorched the robots and melted them in place. She would use the occasional Earth Dust to trap the robots in place as she created two glass swords and sliced through them while melting their sliced bodies. As she saw a group of robots charging towards her, she took out a vial of Fire Dust, waved it in front of her as red spikes appeared in front of her and she waved her hands at them, sent them flying at the robots and exploded on impact, destroying them into pieces.

After what seems to be forever, the group managed to destroy the robots and were getting a breather. Arthur then said "If there is any doubt that the CCT is going to be attacked, that doubt sure flew out the window."

"But why would they risk destroying the CCT?" Blake asked, "If they do that, then they too will lose communication."

"Maybe…" Cinder said, "They planned to destroy it during the invasion. But since we reacted and not only saved the city and cleared that virus that was in the system, they think that they can still destroy it. But we won't let them."

"Ha!' Grif said, "Let those assholes send more robots! We can take them all on! I was hoping for a better challenge!"

All of a sudden, there was a loud crash near them, and when they looked over, they saw Penny standing up as her body twitched a bit.

"S-S-S-SaLuTaTiOn! I h-h-h-OpE i Am NoT lAtE fOr ThE pArTy!"

As they saw the psychotic Penny, everyone slowly turned towards Grif as Victor said "Really, partner? You just had to jinx us."

While Grif gave them an apologetic look, Arthur drew Excalibur and said "No matter, all we need to do is delay them until reinforcements arrive."

"Oh of course," Riku said as he gripped his sword, "How hard can that be?"


"How long do we have?!" Blackheart shouted from the backseat.

In the pilot seat, Magnus looked at the console as he replied "About 10 minutes we should be there!"

"Wow," Yang said, "You weren't kidding when you said this is fast."

"That and the base is located near the city," Magnus said.

"You're a wanted criminal!" Ruby cried before turning to Pyrrha, "Sorry Pyrrha."

"It's ok, Ruby," Pyrrha said,

Magnus shrugged and replied "Even I'm not dumb to have a base in the middle of nowhere."

"And what's stopping us from telling the local Huntsmen where you are?" Nora asked.

Instead of being threatened, Magnus just laughed and said "You can try, but do you really thing that is the only base I have? By the time your Huntsmen show up, I will be long gone. Plus, you owe me for saving your asses from that deranged android, so you keep your mouths shut about it and we'll call it even."

As Nora pouted, Ruby shouted "Don't call Penny crazy! It's not her fault that she is like that! It was Elsa and the others!"

Magnus rolled his eyes and said "For all I care, she is just another robot like Lopez here."

"[Fuck you]."

"And furthermore," Magnus said, "She is designed to act and pretend to be a normal girl. All she has been doing, all that she has ever done, it's all been programed into her, she isn't real."

"That isn't true!" Ruby shouted, "She is a real person! It doesn't matter if she is a robot or not, Penny is real and that's all that matters!"

"[Preach it, little red]".

Magnus just huffed and said "Fine, believe what you want to believe. But don't go all heartbroken when you realize it's all a lie."

As the Bullhead continued to fly, the sensors picked up something as Magnus, Neo and Lopez looked up ahead and were in a bit of a shock.

"[Ooooooooh shit]."

"You have got to be kidding me," Magnus said.

"What?!" Jaune shouted, "What is it?!"

"Those assholes somehow manage to take control of an Atlas airship!" Magnus replied, "Those bastards, how did they even get one?!"

"They have an airship?!" Blackheart shouted.

"That is unfair!" Nora cried.

Ruby then said, "If we take out that airship, then we can take down the robots."

Everyone looked at her as she said "What? Last time an airship crashed, all the Atlas robots just shut down…from what I heard."

"She is right," Blackheart said, "If there is a way to shut down the robots, it has to be on that ship."

Magnus then said "And what about Penny?"

Lopez then said "[Hey jerkwad, I am detecting a lot of action near the CCT. My sensors are picking up a lot of outputted power, the robot girl is down there]."

Magnus nodded as he said "Lopez says that Penny is down there fighting some people. My guess? Your friends."

As everyone gasped in shock, Blackheart then said "Then drop me off at the airship and make your way to Penny and help everyone."

"Sounds like a plan," Magnus said as piloted the Bullhead towards the airship.

Knowing what to do, Blackheart made his way to the back of the ship and rolled his shoulders, ready to board the airship. A bit worried, Ruby walked up to him and said "You sure you want to go in there along? For all we know, Elsa and the others could be in there."

"Yeah!" Yang said, "Let us go in there with you!"

"No," Blackheart said as he turned to them, "Your focus should be on the ground making sure the CCT doesn't get torn down. They need all the help they can get."

"And you sure you can take them all on by yourself?" Pyrrha asked in a worried tone, "Not even Team AVGR could defeat them, and they are one of the best."

"Don't worry about me," Blackheart said in a determined tone, "And make sure that Cinder is safe, for all we know, they could be after her as well."

A bit confused, Magnus turned back to him and asked "Wait, why would they be after one of your friends?"

"Don't worry about that," Blackheart said, "You just focus on your mission and we'll focus on ours."

Magnus simply rolled his eyes and said "Whatever, your stop is here."

As soon as the Bullhead was flying over the airship, the back door opened as Blackheart gave everyone a two-finger salute as he jumped off the Bullhead and towards the airship. As soon as he was about to hit the surface of the airship, he shouted "FEIM!"

Using his Become Ethereal Shout to become ghost-like and landed on the surface safely. Once the effects wore off, Blackheart took out his Daedric Rifle and quickly made his way into the airship. While making his wat through the airship, Blackheart continuously used his Aura Whisper Shout to see if he could find Elsa or the others, or if this was some sort of trap. To his surprise, none of that happened. He eventually made his way to the control room, where he spots one glowing aura behind the metal doors. Knowing the person behind this attack was behind the metal doors, he charged his Daedric Rifle as he charged right in. While he expected the person to be Elsa, it was a bit of a surprise to see that it was the Bat Faunus, Batty, who was messing around with the control.

Hearing the doors opened, Batty turned around, went pale and shouted "Are you kidding me?! Why are you here?! How are you here?! Oh lordy, I am so dead!"

"How about you calm down and tell me where Elsa is?" Blackheart said in a demanding tone, "Tell me or I won't hurt you as much."

Batty nervously laughed and replied "Um, well, um, haha, funny thing about that…uh…she…isn't here?"

Confused, Blackheart said "But…that doesn't make sense. This is supposed to be her plan to take down the CCT, right? It would make sense if she is around."

"Oh, she would have loved to be here!" Batty exclaimed, "But…uh…something…important came up and she was forced to leave while I took over this operation."

"She's gone?" Blackheart asked in surprise, "Where could that woman have gone to?"

"I ain't a rat!" Batty shouted, "I'll never betray her!"

"Then I will beat you up and stop this operation for good," Blackheart said.

"No way!" Batty shouted, "I'll just send the Penny robot up here to fight you and stall you!"

Blackheart shook his head and said "I highly doubt that would happen"


"I-I-Is ThAt AlL y-y-y-yOu GoT?"

Penny stared down at Team AVGR, Blake and Weiss, who were winded out, as Cinder was the only one standing with both her swords in hand. However, she too was running low on Aura and her Maiden Powers only held her up for so long. Whatever happened to Penny, she is faster and stronger than before.

Cinder gritted her teeth and asked "What did they do to you?"

Penny let out a homicidal laugh and replied "I-I-I aM bEtTeR tHaN bEfOrE! a-a-aNd NoW, y-y-yOu ArE cOmInG w-w-wItH mE!"

Before she was about to make another attack, her eyes flashed red for a moment and spoke in a monotone voice "Warning: New target acquired: Jonathan Dragonborn. Location: main control airship."

When Blackheart's name was mentioned, everyone perked up as Penny's eyes turned green again and said "S-S_SoRrY tO cUt ThIs MeEtInG sHoRt, BuT i Am NeEdEd ElSeWhErE!"

Right before she was about to take off, a blast knocked her off her feet and sent her crashing through a pillar. Shaking her head, Penny looked up as she saw Magnus holding a rocket launcher over his shoulders. Seeing Magnus once again, everyone gasped as Weiss said "Oh no, not him again!"

"Why is he doing here?!" Blake asked.

Before anyone could say anything, Ruby, Yang, Ren, Nora and Lopez all showed up and stood next to Magnus as they all had their weapons drawn while Lopez was holding a heavy machine gun. Seeing their friends with Magnus, their eyes widen as Cinder asked "Why are you all with him?! What is going on?!"

Ruby turned to her and replied "It's a long story, we'll tell you guys later!"

Seeing Ren and Nora present, Arthur asked "Where is Jaune and Pyrrha?"

Ren replied "Jaune took her back to our dorm and volunteered to stay with her while we fight Penny."

As Penny stood up, Ruby looked at her sadly and said "Penny, I know you are in there, please, fight it. I know you can."

Hearing Ruby talk to her, Penny laughed and said "O-O-Oh rUbY fRiEnD! Y-Y-YoU cAn'T cHaNgE mE! i-i-i Am BeTtEr ThAn EvEr!"

Just then, she flicked her left hand and slashed her claws towards them and released slashes of green energy towards them. Everyone managed to get out of the way of Penny's attack as they regained their footing.

"Everyone ok?" Magnus asked.

Yang looked around and saw Ruby, Ren and Nora still alright and said "Yeah, we're good."

"[Are you fucking kidding me right now]?"

When they heard Lopez speaking, they turned their heads at the robot and some of them, mostly Ruby and Nora, laughed as Lopez was sliced apart from Penny's attack as his body was in pieces, the machine gun was laying around and his head was intact.

"[I don't know why, but this feels like Déjà Vu]."

"Lopez!" Ruby cried, "Are you okay?!"

"[Well…I can't be mad at you, at least you care. Unlike a certain HOMICIDAL MANIAC]!"

"Yeah, he's fine," Magnus quickly said as he turned his attention towards Penny, "Now…how about we take this robot apart."

"Whatever happened to talking her back safely?!" Nora asked.

Magnus replied "I just need to bring back her core and memory drive intact, everything else can be replaced."

Penny just laughed and said "I-I-If YoU mAnAgE tO bEaT me!"

She then flexed her claw as she used her boosters from her feet as she flew towards them in intense speed.


"No! No! No!" Batty shouted as he was looking at the screen, "You should come here and protect me from this fiend!"

"Well, that's a first," Blackheart said as he raised his Daedric Rifle, "But, this is where you—"

Just then, Batty quickly turned towards him as he released a sonic blast from his mouth and knocked Blackheart towards the metal wall while his ears were loudly ringing. As he slowly regained his footing, Batty was breathing heavily and said "I-I know I am no match for you. B-But I can't let you ruin this!"

When Blackheart regained his eyesight and looked at Batty, his eyes widen as he saw a Black Dust Crystal in his hand. Realizing what that meant, Blackheart quickly puts away his Daedric Rifle and said "Listen to me, don't use that. You don't know what that will do to you."

"I-I know what it will do to me," Batty said as he was getting scared, "I saw what it can do. But…I would rather be turned into a Grimm than get arrested and turned over to Atlas!"

"You don't have to be!" Blackheart shouted, trying to reason with him, "I'll put in a good word for you, if you cooperate with us! You don't have to follow Elsa! She wants nothing to do with you!"

"Elsa is the reason why I am alive!" Batty shouted as tears ran down his face, "I owe her my life! My whole life…I worked in those SDC mines…those…Humans…hurt me…they didn't care for us! Just make us work, work, work! Then…there was an explosion…I managed to escape…and that is where she found me…she was different than the other humans…she cared for me…made me feel safe…appreciated my talents!"

He held the Black Dust Crystal and said "I…I stole this from her…she doesn't know I have it…I don't want her to worry…I knew I might get caught…and…I would rather die than get interrogated. No…more…PAIN!"

"No!" Blackheart shouted, "Don't!"

He tried to stop him, but the effects from Batty's sonic blast still affect him as he just stood there and watch as Batty stabs himself in the chest with the Black Dust Crystal. The effects were instant as he cried in pain as his whole body was covered in black mist. His skin turned black as bones crawled out of his body as his spine and ribs were now showing, white bone plating appeared on his shoulders, arms and hands, his feet were now that of a bat, his wings darkened as his whole head was covered in thick bone and had vampire teeth and his eyes were now glowing red: Batty has now become a Bat Grimm.

As Batty let out a loud shriek that almost shattered the windows, Blackheart took out both of his Daedric Pistols, aimed them at the former Bat Faunus and sadly said "I'm sorry…"

Poor Batty, a victim of the SDC and now has been transformed into a Grimm. And we all know what will happen to him. And also sad for Lopez, he never catches a break.

But I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I think the next one will be the last chapter of the Android Arc. And after that, well, it is going to be a filler arc, but that will be a big surprise for all of you! Anyways, hope you all enjoyed this chapter and see you all next time. Until then, please review!