Chapter 47: Plans Before the Fall
An hour after the ceremony, the now new teams, GRMA and CFDT were all being led to Professor Port's Lecture Hall by Qrow.
"Well, here we are," Qrow said as he walked up to the door with two Atlesian soldiers standing guard.
"Halt. Identify yourself," one of the soldiers said.
Qrow sighed as he pulled out his scroll and showed his ID to the soldier.
"Alright come in," the soldier said.
They all walked through the door and saw RWBY, JNPR, CFVY, and SSSN sitting at their seats and Ozpin, Glynda, Keaton, Alex,and Cassandra were at the front of the classroom.
"Ah, teams GRMA and CFDT we're so glad you could make it," Ozpin said.
The two Terran teams all took their seats.
"Now that you're here, WHAT WERE YOU ALL THINKING?!" Glynda yelled.
"What?" Jacob asked.
"What you did to the White Fang in the Emerald Forest," Blake said with a glare.
"You guys slaughtered them like animals," Velvet said.
"Guys in our defense, they were trying to kill us," Allen said.
"Plus, they are a radical terrorist organization that wants to either enslave or wipe out humanity," Robert added.
"Not to mention Cinder was the one that sent them to kill us," Rebecca also added.
"They didn't have to go out like that!" Blake shouted.
"As gruesome as it was Blake, they're right. They were trying to defend themselves," Keaton said.
"Are you seriously taking their side and brushing all this off like this is nothing?!" Glynda asked in shock.
"When you're in a battle, it's kill or be killed. And it's never pretty," Keaton answered.
"They are right, Glynda," Ozpin said.
"Sir?" Glynda asked in shock.
"Even huntsmen have to kill others at some point and sometimes it can get messy," Ozpin said.
"Look, we're sorry that you all had to see that," Jacob said.
"Will try and tone it down a bit the next time," Britney said.
"Somehow that doesn't make us feel better," Weiss said.
Suddenly the door opened up and in came General Ironwood and next to her was a girl. She had short, rather curly orange hair that came down to her chin with a small ahoge on top, and she wore a pink bow on the back of her head. She also has bright green eyes, light skin, and freckles. She wore an off white old-fashioned styled off the shoulder blouse with frill detailed trim and frill flared cuffs that half cover her hands alongside copper button detailing on the lower parts of her sleeves. She also sports a short gray pinafore dress with golden trim on the hem alongside four light green stalagmite styled stripes on the lower half of the dress, two on the front and two on the back. accompanied by two matching colored circles above the tips that have a stripe that runs around her waistline, with golden outlines. She also wears a pair of black thigh-high leg pieces that seemingly are attached to black shoes. The leg pieces have a single green stripe up the sides that appears to light up. She also wore a silver backpack. This is the first aura producing android, Penny Polendina.
"Salutations!" Penny greeted.
"Hey, Penny," Ruby said, waving to her.
"Ruby!" Penny exclaimed as she then held out her arms and tackled Ruby into a hug that left both of them on the floor.
"Why..." Ruby groaned.
Penny jumps back up to her feet while Ruby slowly stands back up to her feet.
"It is such a pleasure to see you again!" Penny said, excitingly.
"It's great to see you too Penny," Ruby said as she and Penny took their seats.
"Sorry, we're late. We were finishing up the clean up that the new teams made in the Emerald Forest," Ironwood said, giving a glare at GRMA and CFDT.
"Give them a break, Irondick," Qrow said.
Ironwood gritted his teeth at the insult Qrow gave him.
"Thanks for the new nickname," Qrow said to Jacob.
"No problem," Jacob said with a smile.
"Now I'm sure you all know why you are all here," Ozpin said.
"To figure out how we can prevent the fall of Beacon Academy?" Sun asked.
"Bingo, kid," Qrow replied.
"So what's the plan here?" Coco asked.
"Professor Ozpin and General Ironwood met with our ambassador on Earth and agreed to let the United States military and its other allies help out," Keaton said.
"We are already starting to station ourselves in Mountain Glenn and are clearing out the Grimm as we speak," Alex said.
"We also got some of our top hackers stationed in the vault to see if we can erase the virus that Cinder has downloaded in the systems," Cassandra said.
"Can't you guys just go and arrest Cinder?" Scarlet asked.
"Despite having evidanse, if we go now and apprehend Cinder and her followers now..." Ironwood said.
"...We'd risk exposing Earth's existence to all of Remnant," Keaton finished.
"Not to mention the web show's existence," Alex added.
"And that will definitely get everyone's attention, including Salem," Kendra added.
"There is another important thing we all need to talk about," Ozpin said.
"Amber," Pyrrha said.
"That's right and the idea for Ms. Nikos to be the next host still stands," Ironwood said.
"NO!" Jaune yelled.
"I forbid it!" Jacob yelled.
"Uh-uh!" Rebecca angrily exclaimed.
"Absolutely not!" Kelly yelled.
"Are you fucking kidding us right now?! Did you not watch the show?!" Ricky asked.
"She clearly can't do this because in the show, the pressure of being the 'supposed next Fall maiden' got her killed, you stupid fuck!" Britney shouted, pounding her fist on her desk.
"They're right. I don't want to see Pyrrha die again," Ruby said with a bit of sadness.
"That's not for you all to decide," Ironwood said.
"We can't let her die in the hands of the slut, Cinder fucking Fall!" Robert shouted.
"Ms. Nikos is our only qualified candidate!" Ironwood shouted.
"Fuck you, asshole!" Allen shouted.
"Enough!" Ozpin shouted.
Everyone turns their attention to the Headmaster.
"Ms. Nikos has the right to make her own choice. So let her decide," Ozpin said.
Pyrrha had been silent throughout the whole argument.
"I'm sorry... but I can't go through with this," Pyrrha said.
She then dropped to her knees and started sobbing as Jaune ran over to her and hugged her in comfort she continued to break down.
"I understand, Ms. Nikos," Ozpin said.
General Ironwood gave a heavy sigh and looked over to Pyrrha.
"I apologise, Ms. Nikos. I shouldn't have pressured you like that," he said.
"That's... all-alright," Pyrrha sobbed out.
"Now what?" Glynda asked.
"We are running out of time and we don't have another candidate fit for the job," Qrow said as he drank out of his flask.
"There might be another way we can do this without having anyone having half a soul and powers of a maiden crammed into anyone," Keaton said.
"It can also prevent Cinder from getting the other half of the Fall maiden's power," Alex said.
"And what is your idea?" Ozpin asked.
"We take Amber back to Earth and have the best doctors and scientists find a way to revive her or at the very least keep her in stable condition," Keaton said.
"You can't be serious!" Ironwood shouted.
"Think about it for a minute. If we take her to Earth, she'll be out of Cinder's reach. I mean, she doesn't know about Earth yet and how she can get there," Cassandra explained.
Ozpin stood in silence, thinking about the plan the marines came up with.
"They do have a point, James. From what we have seen they've seem to be experts in the medical practices and seem to be fast learners. And with the aid of some of Remnant's medical practices, maybe there is a chance," Ozpin said.
"Oz, are you..." Qrow was cut off as Ozpin gave his answer.
"Yes, were going with Captain Gordon's plan," he said.
"Ozpin, you can't be serious," Ironwood said.
"If they say they can do it, then we must trust them," Ozpin said.
"Alright. Now all we need is Amber's medical records and history and have her ready for transport," Keaton said.
"The records I can get, but having her ready for transport will take until the day the attack on Beacon happens," Ironwood said.
"Well, try and make it as quick as you can," Keaton said.
"What about the rest of us?" Yatsuhashi asked.
"Yeah, what do we do?" Nora asked.
"The rest of you are all on stand by. If we have any assignments or any important information to give you, we'll let you know," Cassandra answered.
"What if the Grimm does attack?" Neptune asked.
"If things get too heated with the Grimm, will send some of our military personnel to aid against the Grimm," Alex said.
"And as an added measure, while we are stationing ourselves at Mountain Glenn, we'll clear out as much Grimm as we can, like we mentioned earlier," Cassandra added.
"Are there any more questions?" Keaton asked.
Nobody spoke up or raised a hand.
"If you do have any questions, feel free to come to us and ask. If that is all, you may go now," Ozpin said.
Everyone got up from their seats and started to walk out of the classroom.
"Except for teams GRMA and CFDT. There is one more thing we need to talk about," Glynda said as the terran teams all walked up to the inner circle.
As everyone walks out, Pyrrha walks up to Penny.
"Penny, could I talk to you for a minute?" Pyrrha asked.
"Of course, Pyrrha," Penny answered.
"Penny... I'm sorry," Pyrrha choked out.
"What for?" Penny asked.
"For... for tearing you apart in... in the tournament," Pyrrha sniffled.
"Pyrrha... it hasn't happened yet. And even if it did, it wasn't your fault," Penny said.
"But… but I still feel like I did," Pyrrha said as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"It was Emerald that tricked you into killing me. That was all on her. But either way, weather it happened or not, I still forgive you," Penny said.
Pyrrha finally broke down into a crying mess as she hugged Penny tightly as Penny hugged her back in return.
Back in the classroom, teams GRMA and CFDT stood in attention as Ozpin spoke.
"Now before we let you all go we thought it would best to give you all these," he said.
Glynda walked up to each of them one at a time and handed them a scroll. The terran teams all awed at the new devices handed to them.
"Your dorm room numbers, your class schedules, and some maps of this academy are all on your scrolls and there are also instructions on how to work them," Ozpin said.
"Thanks, Professor," Jacob said.
"Now run along now," Ozpin said.
GRMA and CFDT all walked out of the Lecture Hall and all went to find their new dorm rooms.