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Volume 3 Chapter 6: The Calm Before the Storm
It was still night and Dr Merlot was in his lab working on a small device, something which he had torn out of Rock when he had taken apart the robot to copy parts of the robot as well as taking a good look at the memories to see if he could find something of note.
He attached a few wires to the small devices, and nearly got it to turn on only for some smoke to emerge from it. Which caused it to turn off, making Dr Merlot slam his fist on the desk in anger and having him exclaim "Dammit! Why can't these things ever work!"
Despite the small failure he kept going, and after several minutes of pressing buttons, attaching wires and adding extra parts to the device it would finally turn on. Dr Merlot types something on his computer, which was then repeated through the voice box that said "Testing, testing, one two, one two testing."
Dr merlot chuckled darkly to himself and said "Perfect, time to calibrate this and the we move on to the next phase." He then pressed a button that showed a timer on a nearby computer, which was put at twenty four hours and began to count down.
He then took out his scroll and send out a message to an unknown number that said "Forty eight hours until the next phase, take care of him."
Once the message was send, he began to laugh like crazy and then yelled "Ah yes, it's all coming together! And this time..." He said as he looked at a picture of four people with their faces crossed out "...This time, no one will be able to stop me."
The next day at Beacon
36 hours remain
It was the middle of the day at Beacon, and most of the students were at their last class for the day. That class being combat class with Professor Goodwitch, the last fight was just finishing up and was between Roll and Cardin, who managed to absolutely wipe the floor with the leader of Team CRDL. The two had returned to their seats when Professor Goodwitch announced "It would seem that we have enough time for one last sparring session before the end of class, is there anyone who would like to volunteer?"
There was a bit of silence in the room, when one person spoke up and said "I would like to have the last sparring session of the day professor."
Professor Goodwitch looked up at the stands, and saw someone sitting in the stands while wearing a musicians hat. "Right, it was about time that we some more students from the other schools fighting in here. State your name and the name of your team." Said Professor Goodwitch.
"I'm Flynt Coal, and I'm the leader of Team FNKI." Said Flynt, as the sun shone into the room causing him to sparkle in the sunlight showing off his handsome features. Making some of the girls in the audience swoon over his good looks.
"Ah right, Mr Coal. Now do you want me to choose your opponent, or will you be choosing who you want to fight?" asked Professor Goodwitch.
"No need, I'll pick someone to fight. I want to fight her." Said Flynt, as he pointed towards Weiss.
"Very well then, Ms Schnee and Mr Coal get to the lockers and prepare for combat." Ordered Professor Goodwitch, the two then made it out of the room and went to the changing rooms to get into their combat outfits and get their weapons.
After a while Weiss was putting on her shoes when she got suddenly startled by Flynt who suddenly stood in front of her. She tried to ignore him, but it got hard when he kept standing in front of her. Eventually she got annoyed and asked "Can I help you?"
When she got no response, and instead got greeted by silence she asked "Seriously, what's with the silent treatment. And why did you pick me to fight as an opponent?"
"You're Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company." Replied Flynt in a cold tone.
"So what if I am?" asked Weiss, with suspicion in her tone.
"Then that means that you must be pretty good with dust?" Asked Flynt.
"I like to think that I am." Replied Weiss, feeling uncertain about where the conversation was headed.
"Yeah, my dad was good too. Owned a little dust shop of his own. Till your father's company ran him out of business." Said Flynt, with a cold tone in his voice.
"Is that what this is about, you challenging me is because you hold a grudge against my father?" Asked Weiss.
"That's right, you Schnee's are all the same. Only caring about money, and not caring about whoever you have to step on in order to get that money. It makes me sick." Said Flynt with disgust in his voice.
"Well I can assure, I'm not my father." Said Weiss.
Flynt was about to reply, when the voice of Professor Goodwitch announced over the intercom "One minute students."
The two then began to make their way back to the area, while on their way there Flynt turned to Weiss and said "Then prove it, prove that you're not your father. Prove that not all the Schnee's are as full of hot air as everyone thinks they are." After which he increased the pace and walked into the stadium.
Weiss followed her opponent with a hint of somberness on her face, she made her way into the arena and stood on her end opposite to Flynt. Professor Goodwitch then spoke up and said "Are both combatants ready?" To which both Flynt and Weiss nodded, Professor Goodwitch looked at both students and said as she sounded the bell to start the match "Then, begin!"
Weiss rushed at Flynt, only to come to a screeching halt when she saw that Flynt didn't move at all and was standing still in the arena. Flynt noticed the confusion on Weiss's face and said "Aww, is the little heiress confused. Don't worry, this will be over in a second."
Flynt then used his semblance to create three clones of himself, which then surrounded Weiss and began to blow on the trumpet. However Weiss noticed, and while the sound waves were hitting her she used several glyphs mixed with lightning dust to get away from the sound waves. Causing the sound waves to hit Flynt and his clones, pushing the real Flynt backwards.
Weiss began to ice skate around Flynt using her glyphs and taunted "What was that about the fight being over in a second?"
Flynt got back on his feet and replied "Oh sweetheart, you have no idea." He then pressed a button on his trumpet, which doubled the size of the circumference of the barrel and put fire dust in it. He then made more clones, which all stood back to back and then began blowing on their trumpets. Causing sound waves engulfed with fire to cover the entire fighting arena.
To dodge the attacks, Weiss summoned several glyphs in the air and used lightning dust to rush between the multiple summoned glyphs, dodging the waves of sound mixed with fire. All the while powering up the glyphs that were hovering in the air, after a while she stopped and stood still in the middle of the battlefield.
Flynt saw this and turned towards Weiss with his clones and taunted "Awww, tired already Schnee?"
"Not even close." Said Weiss, as she slammed her rapier into the ground. This made the glyphs that were hovering in the air shoot out several large icicles at Flynt. Some of which took out his clones, some he was able to dodge, and one was able to hit him causing him to fall to the ground and a bit of his aura to be depleted from the score board.
He immediately got back up, and pressed another button once again doubling the circumference size of the barrel. He then began to fire from his trumped, this time without using his clones. Causing Weiss to get stuck in a vortex of sound waves, causing her aura to slowly decrease bit by bit. She quickly summoned a glyph that was infused with lightning dust underneath Flynt, which also began to slowly decrease his aura.
"Time to end this!" They both yelled.
Flynt continued to blow on his trumpet and increase the intensity of the sound waves. Weiss, struggling to move, summoned a black glyph behind her, jumped into it and began to pull her self backwards. She then launched herself forwards, and knocked Flynt onto the ground by slashing at him with her rapier. The speed and power of the attack taking out half of Flynt's aura.
Flynt was now struggling to stand, so Weiss saw this as her chance to deliver the final blow. She summoned a black glyph underneath Flynt and launched him into the air. Then she launched herself into the air using the same technique, after which she summoned several glyphs at the height at which Flynt was in the air. Weiss uses the glyphs that are in the air to launch herself back and forwards at Flynt and then launches herself back to another glyph and each time she strikes him with her rapier.
When she saw that his aura was in the red, she summoned a glyph above Flynt and she launched herself towards the ground. Using Myrternaster to deliver the final blow, and launching him into the ground. Causing his aura to shatter, and him to lay down on the ground in defeat. Weiss misses the landing by a bit, but still managed to land safely on the ground.
She stood up straight, but sank to her knees when her aura shattered as well. But by using Myrternaster as a cane she was able to somewhat stand, while she caught her breath from the fight. When Flynt didn't stand up Professor Goodwitch said "Seeing as Mr Coal is unable to stand and his aura is in the red, this sparring match goes to Ms Schnee." After which the bell rang, indicating the end of combat class.
Seeing that Flynt was still lying on the floor, she walked over to him, held out her hand and said "Hey, good fight. You need help getting up?"
Flynt grabbed onto her hand, used it to get back onto his feet and replied "Thanks, I guess I misjudged you."
Weiss nodded as a reply and then returned to her team and the four of them were heading back to their dorms as all classes had ended for the day and Roll told them that she would be with her family for the rest of the day. They were walking for a bit when Weiss was stopped by Flynt appearing in front of her. "Something else you would like to say?"
"Yeah, listen... uh... would you like to get dinner sometime or just something to drink?" Asked Flynt with a nervous look on his face.
"Uh... uh... Excuse me what?" asked Weiss, as she got a flustered look on her face.
"It doesn't have to be a date, just a drink or something to eat." Said Flynt.
"Oh you should totally do it Weiss!" Exclaimed Ruby, having her smile return for the first time in days.
"Quiet you dolt." Whispered Weiss in annoyance.
"Oh my gosh, just like in chapter seven of Ninja's of Love 3: Triple the Katana's. Two rivals becoming lovers, oh so romantic!" Exclaimed Blake, as she quickly got a flustered look on her face due to her realizing that everyone had heard her.
"Wh-what?" asked Flynt.
"Don't worry about it, she likes to read books of the adult variety." Said Ruby.
"I do not!" Exclaimed Blake.
"Yes you do Blake, they're scattered all across the room. I nearly had to give poor Ruby the talk." Said Yang, as she was acting as if she was absolutely shocked by the types of books Blake reads.
Having enough of her teammates antics, Weiss exclaims "Ok, I'll go have dinner with you. What time would you like to have it?"
"Go for it Weiss!" Yelled Yang.
"Around dinner time is fine with me. I'll see you then." Said Flynt ignoring what Yang said, he then began to walk away and met up with the rest of his team.
Weiss then turned around, with an angry look on her face, and looked at her teammates. Noticing this, Ruby asked in a sweet tone "Something wrong Weiss?"
"Our dorm room. Now!" Yelled Weiss through her teeth in an annoyed tone, she then began to drag her teammates with her.
A while later
Weiss had dragged the rest of her team back to the dorms, and was now walking through the room with an angry look on her face. She then stopped, looked at her teammates and said "What was that?"
"What was what Weiss?" asked Yang, with an innocent look on her face.
"Don't give me that, all three of you were acting like children!" Yelled Weiss.
"What are you talking about Weiss, we always act like children in your eyes." Said Ruby.
Realization then dawned on Weiss, and she replied "You're all messing with me, is this some sick pay back for how uptight I was at the start of the year?"
"Ding, ding, ding. We've got a winner folks, so tell me my lovely assistants what does our contestant win?" Asked Yang, acting as if she was a game show host.
"A fun dinner with a cute boy." Said Blake.
"Why are you three doing this?" Asked Weiss, with an annoyed tone in her voice.
"It's only for fun Weiss, we've been noticing all day that you've been turning back into your more uptight and strict version. You know, the one we knew at the start of the year." Said Ruby.
"I... I have? I'm sorry for that, I guess the thing with Winter has been getting to me." Said Weiss, with a somber tone in her voice.
"Hey, it's alright. These things happen, me and Ruby have arguments all the time. And in the end it always works out." Said Yang.
"Yeah... but Winter was the only family member who I got along with back at home. We looked out for each other, and I'm scared. Scared that I'm going to lose her because of what I said." Said Weiss, as tears were beginning to drip down her face. The rest of her team noticed, and pulled her into a hug.
Blake was the first to speak up and said "Don't say that Weiss, family is forever. I may not be on good terms with my parents, but I know they still love me."
"Then why haven't you contacted them?" asked Weiss.
"Cause I'm scared to do so." Said Blake.
"Don't worry Weiss, it will resolve itself." Said Ruby.
"And if it doesn't, you'll always have us." Said Yang.
"She's right, after all we're a team. We support each other, and we have each others backs. Rock may not be here at the moment, but we're still family." Said Blake.
"Thank you, I needed that." Said Weiss as she began to dry her tears. The group stopped the hug, as Ruby spoke up.
"Say, weren't you interested in Neptune a while back?" Asked Ruby.
"I was, unfortunately he keeps flirting with every girl he sees. So I'll just see what comes from the small date with Flynt." Replied Weiss.
"Well I don't blame you, with almost every girl in class today fawning over his good looks. So I don't blame you." Said Yang.
It was at that moment that a knock was heard on the door. Ruby went to get the door and saw Qrow standing in the doorway.
"Uncle Qrow, what brings you here?" Asked Ruby.
Qrow walked into the room, turned to Weiss and said "Listen Weiss, uh, your sister wants to talk to you. Said something about wanting to apologize for yesterday, and that she wants a chance to talk to you."
"How do I know she won't try to convince me that the general is right?" Asked Weiss, with skepticism in her voice.
"Look, I'll be honest. I don't like her, I don't get along with her. Our work ideologies and personalities tend to clash, but when she asked me to pass along the message I knew she was being genuine. So please give her a chance." Said Qrow.
Weiss stayed silent for a bit, thinking about what Qrow had said. After a bit she spoke up "Fine, I'll go talk to her. Where did she want to meet?"
"In some terrace near the greenhouse, I didn't even know that Beacon had a terrace." Said Qrow.
"Thanks, I'll see you three later." Said Weiss, as she ran out of the room.
Qrow then turned to Ruby and said "Weren't you supposed to be at some meeting for team leaders?"
Realization dawned on Ruby, and she exclaimed "Oh my gosh, I completely forgot about that! Thanks for reminding me!" After which she used her semblance to dash out of the room in order for her to be at the meeting in time.
Qrow then came face to face with Yang and Blake, and noticed a somber expression on their faces. "So, tell me. What's eating at you two?" He asked.
"I'm scared Qrow, for the first time in a long while do I feel scared." Said Yang.
"Well, this is the life you chose." Said Qrow nonchalantly.
"Don't you think I know that! I know that this is the life we chose, I'm fine with what happened with the Breach. But with everything that is going on, some strange cult blowing up warehouses, Ruby watching someone die in front of her and Rock going missing! I'm scared of what's going to happen next." Said Yang.
"Alright, I'm not going to sugarcoat it but the world is not a nice place. Things happen that are beyond our control, however things will work out in the end. Things will get better, that group will be stopped and Rock will return. He is not your mother." Said Qrow.
"Damn that's harsh." Muttered Yang.
"What?" Asked Qrow.
"It's just, you said that about your own sister." Said Yang.
"She disowned me as her brother the moment I refused to return to the tribe with her. Anyways, don't worry about that. Rock will come back." Said Qrow, to which Yang nodded. He then turned to Blake and asked "So, what's eating you kid?"
"White Fang stuff, and what I did in the past." Replied Blake.
"Listen kid, I'm not going to pretend that I know a single thing about what the Faunus went through nor do I about how to solve it. Cause if I did I would have just become a politician... no wait I still have my moral compass. Forget what I said, look the thing is you did some bad stuff in the past and now you are trying to atone for that. What you need to start doing is forgiving yourself." Said Qrow.
"How can I when others see me as a monster?" Asked Blake.
"Who said that?" Asked Qrow.
"Cardin." Said Blake.
"Does this guy have a last name?" Asked Qrow.
"Winchester, Cardin Winchester. The biggest asshole in this school." Said Yang.
"Winchester huh?" Said Qrow, as he let out a laugh and then added "What did he do? Spin some sob story about how his grandfather, or father, or uncle owned a store in some far away village that got destroyed by some Faunus extremist?"
"He did, how do you know that?" Asked Blake.
"Look kid, that's an obvious lie. The winchesters have been attending Beacon academy since the school was founded, they're one of the richest families in Vale. He was obviously lying to you, just to get some sympathy." Said Qrow.
"How do you know that?" Asked Yang.
"Cause his father, Duke Winchester, used to do the same. That was until Summer straightened him out." Said Qrow.
"What did she do?" Asked Yang.
"Threatened him by saying that he would not get any warm meals until he cleaned up his act. Within a week he decided to change his act, but we all knew that it was an act. Seeing as the Winchester family tradition of being the absolute worst is still alive and kicking." Said Qrow.
"Why was Summer cooking for him?" Asked Yang.
"Oh she was cooking for everyone, you see due to a lawsuit that came from the death of Gretchen Rainhart the school didn't have enough money to feed it's students for a year. So they had parents give out a monthly allowance to make sure they would have at least some food. Problem was, no one knew how to cook. Except for Summer, so she began to cook meals for everyone. While at the same time teaching people to cook. It didn't work that well, but hey. No one was starving." Said Qrow, to which both Yang and Blake let out a laugh.
"Thank you." Said Blake.
"Don't mention it, look it's good that you are trying to atone for your past. But don't keep beating yourself up over it." Said Qrow.
With Weiss.
35 hours remain
Weiss had made her way over to the terrace and saw Winter sitting there at one of the tables with tea in her hand. Upon seeing Weiss, Winter greeted Weiss and said "You came, glad to see that that oaf kept his word."
"He said you wanted to talk to me, so here I am." Said Weiss.
"That's good, look I just wanted to say..." Said Winter, only to be interrupted by Weiss.
"Don't give me that fake apology, mother has given me enough of those. You have something to say, say it. Cause right now, I'm really beginning to regret agreeing to this." Said Weiss.
"Understood, I wanted to commend you on your victory in combat class today." Said Winter.
"You know about that?" Asked Weiss, as she sat down at the table across from her sister.
"I was passing by in the hallway and I stuck around to watch the fight. Although it was good that you won, I have to say your form was sloppy..." Said Winter.
To which Weiss replied "And like that, you just wasted your only chance." Weiss was about to walk away, only for Winter to summon a glyph to stop Weiss from leaving.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. Please sit down." Said Winter with a calm tone in her voice. To which Weiss nodded as she sat back down at the table, Winter then added "Like I was saying, your form was sloppy at times. However, I can see that you are improving. Becoming better at handling situations that requires improvisation."
"Yeah, that would be thanks to my teammates. Especially Yang and Ruby, while training they can be wild and unpredictable, and I had to learn to work around that." Said Weiss.
"I can see that it has paid off, I'm very impressed. But I must ask, why aren't you using your summons?" Asked Winter.
"I... I can't." Said Weiss.
"You can't, or you don't want to?" Asked Winter in a stern tone.
"I... I don't know." Said Weiss.
"You need to learn to summon, you can't always rely on your glyphs in battle." Said Winter.
"I know!" Yelled Weiss.
"Then why haven't you practiced?" Asked Winter.
"Cause I can't do it!" Yelled Weiss as she slammed the table.
"Don't be ridiculous Weiss, every Schnee has the ability to summon. It's something that has been passed down for generations." Said Winter. "Anything a Schnee has taken down will be added to their arsenal, you can summon Weiss. You just have to practice."
"Right now?" Asked Weiss.
"Yes, I want you to try and summon something right now. It will be the foundation upon which you will begin to built and improve your skills." Said Winter.
"I'll do it." Said Weiss.
"Good, then create a summoning glyph on the ground and focus." Said Winter.
Weiss nodded and used myrternaster to create a summoning glyph onto the ground, she then began to kneel onto the ground and put her weapon into the ground.
"Good, now focus. Remember that which you have killed, imagine it, picture it, give it form and summon it into battle!" Yelled Winter, trying to encourage her sister.
Weiss concentrated, remembering the Arma Gigas her father had her fight in order for her to attend Beacon. How much she struggled against the foe, the pain she felt when the monster scarred her for life, the anger she felt towards her father for allowing this. All the while more and more energy was put into the summon, until eventually a bright flash of light enveloped the area.
Winter and Weiss were blinded by the light, and didn't see what was happening. When the light died down they were able to see that a white sword was floating above the summoning glyph before it vanished.
"Did I..." Muttered Weiss.
"Impressive work sister, I honestly expected you to fail. But this... this is a good start. I'm impressed. Now I urge you, please keep practicing this. It will only come to benefit you in the future." Said Winter.
"Thank you Winter, but there is one thing I'm still miffed about." Said Weiss.
"If it's about what the general did, then I unfortunately can't say that I have changed my mind. He probably had a good reason for what he did, your teammate did shoot down several airships of his." Said Winter.
"But the way the general did it was still wrong, please think about this. I thought that you joined the military to get away from fathers control, but instead you decided on following a man with the same mentality as father." Said Weiss, causing Winter to get a look of shock on her face.
"I'll think about it." Said Winter, who then get a sly look on her face and asked "Now, what's this I heard about you having a date tonight?" Which caused Weiss to get a flustered look on her face.
"You know about that?" Asked Weiss, as a blush formed on her face.
"I do, don't worry I won't pass judgement. He seems like a nice person, much better than father at least." Said Winter.
"Well, he did say that his dad lost his dust shop because of father driving his store out of business. He said that us Schnee's are all the same." Said Weiss.
"Then it's a good thing that you were able to prove him wrong." Said Winter.
With Ruby
34 hours remain
Ruby, and all the other team leaders from all four years as well as all the exchange students, were listening to a lecture from Professor goodwitch which was nearing it's end.
"So remember, always make sure that you fill out the proper forms when ordering extra rounds of dust or ammo for either your or your teammates weapons." Said Professor Goodwitch, who then pressed a button to go to the next slide of the presentation.
"Anyways, our last point for today is this." Said Professor Goodwitch as she showed an updated rule list for Beacon Academy. "As long as the situation hasn't been resolved and the missing students haven't been found no one is allowed to leave the school grounds without permission and supervision form one of the teachers. That will be all, be sure to pass the information along to your teammates."
Professor Goodwitch then packed up her stuff and left the room, leaving the students alone in the room. Ruby was busy writing down the important bits from Professor Goodwitch's lecture, when she overheard Cardin muttering something as he was about to leave the room.
"Pfft, I don't see why they care so much about missing students. Arc was dead weight anyways."
Hearing this, Ruby dashed in front of Cardin and said "What did you say?"
"Ah the teachers pet, I would love to repeat what I just said. Arc was dead weight." Said Cardin.
"How dare you!" Yelled Ruby in anger.
"Aww, is someone mad. What are you going to do about it shrimp? Fight me? Last time I checked only your sister was able to beat me in a one on one fight, and last time I checked she was not in this meeting." Said Cardin, who then felt a tap on this shoulder. He turned around, only to be met with Coco's machine gun pointed at his face.
"I'm sorry, what were saying again. You little punk?" Asked Coco, when Cardin didn't reply she added "Go on, speak into the microphone. I'm sure everyone would like to hear what you have to say."
"I said that Arc was dead weight cause he cheated his way into Beacon." Said Cardin, which caused Coco to let out a chuckle. "What so damn funny!"
"You're a fool Winchester, cause let me tell you something. Arc may have cheated his way into Beacon, but he still deserves to be here more than you and that sorry excuse of a team that you have. You bully people, you pick on those that you see as weaker than you and lets not forget your grades are laughable. Arc at least puts the effort into improving himself. Anyone who is not blind can see that. So go on, repeat what you said into the microphone." Said Coco.
Cardin gritted his teeth in anger and said "You'll pay for that Adel, that pet of yours better watch her back."
"Oh my, is that a threat? Rose, did that sound like a threat to you?" Asked Coco to Ruby, who nodded as a reply. Coco turned to Cardin and said "You have five seconds to get out of here before I start using you as target practice."
"Pfft, you wouldn't. You're bluffing"
"Five."
"They'll expel you for that."
"Four."
"You don't have the guts do that."
"Three."
"You'll pay for that."
"Two." Coco continued counting down, with her machine gun beginning to rev itself up.
"Bring it on!" Yelled Cardin as he got his mace out.
"One!" Yelled Coco, who then began to shoot at Cardin causing everyone in the room to close their eyes. After a bit of shooting she stopped, when everyone opened their eyes they saw that Coco had shot around Cardin. Creating an outline of him on a nearby wall.
"You still think I'm bluffing?" Asked Coco, Cardin shook his head. Coco then added "That's what I thought, now get out of here you little punk."
And as soon as she said that Cardin dashed out of the room, just to get away from Coco as soon as possible. Coco then turned to Ruby and asked "Rose, how are you holding up?"
"I'm fine, he didn't get a chance to do anything too bad." Said Ruby.
"Still, three of your friends are missing, one is in a coma and Vale is devolving into chaos every night. Look if you ever need to talk, don't be afraid to talk to us upperclassmen. We may look scary and intimidating, but really we're not any different from you first year students." Said Coco.
"Thanks, I'll be sure to remember that." Said Ruby.
It was then that the two team leaders overheard some of the other team leaders speak amongst themselves.
"...Honestly, what is that guy even doing here?" Asked Nebula.
"I know right, the behavior of him and his team is what led to the great war. " Said Brawnz.
"Well, one of the reasons at least." Said Flynt.
"Honestly, he makes Schnee look pleasant by comparison." Said Arslan.
"Oh come on guys, Weiss isn't that bad. At least, once you get to know her a bit better." Said Sun.
"She's a Schnee, Wukon. They're all bad news." Said Brawnz.
"No he is right, Weiss is not that bad. At least when you get to know her a bit better." Said Ruby, joining in on the conversation.
"Really, then why does she act like she is so much better than everyone else? Like she is so above everyone else?" Asked Nebula.
"Cause she is supposed to hold up to a certain standard." Said Ruby.
"Really, if I might ask what standard is that?" Asked Flynt.
"Her father's standard." Replied Ruby. "Look all I know, from what she told us, is that her father expects a certain standard from his children so they would uphold the name of the Schnee Dust Company. But look, when you get to know her she isn't that bad. It's not that she looks down on anyone, it's that she can't afford to fail."
The other team leaders had some guilty looks on their faces, it was then that Arslan spoke up "When you put it like that, I guess it makes some sort of sense."
It was then that Nebula, Brawnz, Arslan and Coco all left the room. Leaving Ruby alone with Flynt and Sun, Ruby was approached by Flynt who asked "So you are her partner, which means you know a lot about her. How should I approach my date with her?"
"Oh... oh that. Look just be yourself, don't do anything too extravagant or big. She hates that, will make her think that you're only wanting to go on a date with her for her family name." Said Ruby.
"That is the last thing I would want for her to think. Thanks for the advice." Said Flynt as he ran out of the room, grabbing his scroll and yelling into it "Neon! Cancel the fireworks!"
It was then that Sun approached Ruby and asked "You want to tell me why Weiss lost interest in Neptune?"
"Uh, yeah, look she said that she didn't like his constant flirting with every girl in school." Said Ruby.
"That's it?" Asked Sun, to which Ruby nodded. "That makes sense."
"You're not upset?" Asked Ruby.
"Not at all, look I've told him many times that his constant flirting would come back to bite him. And now it has." Said Sun.
At Merlot's Base
30 hours remain
At the base of Dr Merlot a large metal rod was being lifted into the air, while another rod was shooting a laser into the sky. The laser itself causing a rift between time and space to be opened, after which the pod was lifted into the rift causing the inhabitants of the pod to be engulfed with the energy coming from the rift. After several minutes of this happening the pod was taken out of the rift and return to the base.
Once back inside Dr Merlot attached a tube to the pod and began to drain the energy from the pod. Which was then transported a large vat in the base, and from the vat the energy was put into robots that were being created on the conveyor belts. Once all the energy was taken out of the pod, Merlot opened the door causing Sonic, Amy, Knuckles and Tails to fall out unconscious.
"Hmm, shame. I might have overdone it. Oh well, back to the cells with you four." Said Dr Merlot, as he pressed a button which then released robotic arms that then picked up the foursome and returned them to the cell.
Once the four of them were brought to the cell, they were thrown into it after which the cell door slammed shut behind them. After which Pyrrha walked over to them and asked "Do you need help standing up?"
"We're good, as long as your friend can give us some of his energy we'll be fine." Said Sonic.
"Sonic! Don't be selfish!" Exclaimed Amy, chastising Sonic for his reckless idea.
"Don't worry, I got more than enough aura to fall back on." Said Jaune.
"Sure, but won't you ever run out?" Asked Tails.
"No, I can recharge my aura really fast even if I were to run out. So why don't you four just sit still, while I give you some of my energy." Said Jaune, as he kneeled down next to the four and began to release some of his aura in order to power up the four of them.
"Careful Jaune." Said Pyrrha, with concern in her voice.
"It will be fine, I'm getting better at this and I'll pay attention to make sure I won't lose all of my aura at once." Said Jaune, as he began to emit a white light which began to engulf Sonic and his friends.
"How are Ness and Lucas doing after they were drained before us?" Asked Knuckles.
"We're doing better." Said Lucas, as he summoned a pk flame to keep him warm.
"Unfortunately we don't have enough power yet to get rid of Rock's mental blocks, although we can look through his memories." Said Ness.
"Don't worry, it's fine. This doesn't require our immediate attention, we just have to get out of here as soon as possible and stop whatever he is doing." Said Rock. It was then that the doors slammed open once again, and agent 3 in her squid form was thrown against a wall of the cell. After which the door slammed shut.
"Three are you ok?" Asked Lucas.
"So... cold... Need... heat." Mumbled Agent 3.
"Just lie her down next to the others, I might be able to give her some energy to warm her up." Said Jaune.
Lucas and Ness then picked up Agent 3 in her squid form, and placed her next to the others who were being given energy from Jaune, causing her to also be engulfed in white light.
After a while of that happening Agent 3 opened her eyes, and turned back into her humanoid form. "Are you feeling better?" Asked Pyrrha.
"Yeah I'm fine." Said Agent 3, with a snappy tone in her voice.
"You can talk about it if you want." Said Pyrrha.
"You know what it feels like to have your ink drained?" Asked Agent 3, to which Pyrrha shook her head. "Well let me tell ya, it's not fun. Inklings and Octolings are made of ink, without it we die."
"Well that certain explains those robots that were carrying ink tanks in Vale a while back." Muttered Jaune, as he was focusing on evenly distributing his aura amongst Sonic, Knuckled, Tails, Amy and Agent 3.
"I'm wondering, how do you know about that?" Asked Roman.
"I heard about it, there was a story floating around about an inkling who got her ink drained and either died or turned into a human. I'm not sure, the details were rather vague." Said Agent 3.
"You know, I have been wondering this for a few days. But how can you turn into a squid?" Asked Roman.
"Oh that, that's just what we evolved into." Said Agent 3.
"So humans in your world evolved into squid people?" Asked Pyrrha.
"Oh no, they've gone extinct." Said Agent 3, causing Pyrrha, Jaune and Roman to get shocked looks on their faces.
"Extinct! But how?" Asked Jaune.
"Sea levels began to rise, humans went extinct and nearly ten thousand years later sea life had evolved to the point that they were able to live on land." Said Agent 3.
"Well damn, that's disturbing." Said Roman.
"I have a question." Said Rock, trying to save his energy while sitting up straight.
"Yeah what's up." Said Sonic.
"I suddenly remember something, I met a man who claimed to have known me as well. Do any of you know Snake?" Asked Rock.
"You found Snake!" Exclaimed Lucas.
"He found me actually." Said Rock.
"Well where is he, he could bust us out of here." Said Knuckles.
"No idea, I gave him my weapons before getting arrested and asked him to keep looking for other people." Said Rock.
"Then all we can do is hope that he is alright." Said Tails.
In the Emerald Forest
29 hours remain
After fully patching up Adam and being given directions to where in the Emerald Forest to look Snake was now making his way through the forest. On his track through the forest he had already taken down several Ursa's and Beowolves with his guns. It was then that, after several hours of going through the forest, that he had finally found the mansion.
The outside of the mansion looking exactly like he had remembered it, looking smaller on the outside than it was on the outside. He went through the front doors and was met with the inside of the mansion being in a state of disrepair. Curtains ripped, chairs having been thrown all over the place, windows broken and plants having fallen over.
"HELLO! Anyone here!" He yelled, when he didn't hear an answer to his call he decided to continue and explore the mansion. First he went to a room in the back of the ground floor of mansion, not knowing that he was being watched by small eyes within the darkness of the shadows.
Once he made it to the room in the back of the mansion, he opened the door and went inside. The first thing he saw was a desk with the name 'Master Hand' written on it. He rummaged through the room, until he stumbled upon a picture that showed him, the hands, and everyone else who ever participated in the tournament.
He slammed the picture down on the desk in anger and yelled "Dammit Master Hand! Why didn't you tell us about this! Why! This whole thing could have been avoided! Why didn't you warn us!"
"For once, I actually had people on which I could rely. For once... I actually had family." Said Snake, with a somber tone in his voice. It was then that his thoughts were interrupted when he heard the sound of plates breaking in the kitchen.
Snake rushed over and when he made it to the kitchen, he kicked open the door with a handgun in hand only to be met with an empty kitchen. Apart from the kitchen appliances and the broken plate.
But it was then that he heard several small footsteps throughout the halls. So he stepped back into the halls and saw a nearby door close, he rushed over to that door and while kicking it open he yelled "Ok whoever you are, come on out with your hands up!"
It was then that he looked into the room and saw a familiar face standing in front of him, "Olimar, is that you?" Asked Snake in confusion, as in front of him stood the small, big nosed, space explorer.
"Snake? You're alive?" Asked Olimar, who quickly blew on his whistle causing all the Pikmin to come out of the shadows. "How did you find this place?"
"Someone gave me instructions on how to find it, better question is how did you get here?" Asked Snake.
"Couple of months ago I found myself waking up in this forest. I was able to find my Pikmin and together we managed to take out a few of those shadow monsters before finding this place." Said Olimar.
"So why didn't try and look for the others?" Asked Snake.
"Me and my Pikmin against those beasts, I wouldn't dream of if. Besides I have been fixing some of the broken equipment." Said Olimar.
"Well it's good to see you again." Said Snake.
"Same, how did you get here though?" Asked Olimar.
"It's a long story." Said Snake.
20 years earlier
"What are you talking about, Professor?" Asked Tai in disbelief.
"Take a look down there, and tell me what you see." Said Professor Fall.
Tai and Qrow put there heads into the hole in order for them to look down at the hall that Professor Fall stumbled upon. It was there that they saw thousands of tubes filled with mutated Grimm. They pulled their heads out of the hole, and faced Professor Fall.
"You think this might have been the source of that energy blast that shot down the bullhead?" Asked Qrow.
"I'm not sure, but it can't be a coincidence." Said Professor Fall, as he grabbed his scroll and tried to call Ozpin. But unfortunately he didn't get a signal.
Seeing this on their own scrolls, Tai asked "So what should we do?"
"We need to leave this place and find a way to contact Ozpin, he might be able to get us out of here and shut down this operation." Replied Professor Fall.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that, if I were you." Said a voice that came from the door to the lab. The trio turned around and came face to face with a younger Dr merlot, who was still a hundred percent human.
"Professor Merlot!" Exclaimed Tai and Qrow.
"Doctor Merlot! It's Doctor, not professor! Doctor! I didn't earn all those titles just to have you snot nosed brats calling me a professor!" Exclaimed Dr Merlot.
"Hey buddy, care to explain what all of this is?" Asked Professor Fall.
"Not really, though I'm sure that you can tell that I plan on taking over Remnant with these mutated Grimm." Said Dr Merlot.
"You know I'm going to have to report this to Ozpin right?" Asked Professor Fall.
"Yeah... I'm afraid I can't let you do that." Said Dr Merlot, as he pressed a button causing sleep darts to shoot out from the walls. Hitting Tai, Qrow and Professor Fall, causing all three to fall to the ground and Tai and Qrow to become unconscious.
"How could you... do this... Colleague?" Asked Professor Fall, as he also became unconscious.
"Welp, time to give these three front row tickets to the start of my new empire!" Exclaimed Dr Merlot, as he let out a fit of mad laughter.
Meanwhile in the forest
Summer and Raven were running through the forest, trying to avoid as many of the mutated Grimm as possible, when Raven came to a screeching halt, fell to the ground and grabbed her head in pain.
"Raven! What's wrong!" Yelled Summer.
Raven screamed out in pain, and yelled "Something happened!" Before screaming out in pain again.
"What, what is it!" Exclaimed Summer.
"The portal connection between me and Tai, and Qrow was cut. I can't sense them anymore!" Yelled Raven in pain as she grabbed onto her head.
"Portal connection cut... as in they died?" Asked Summer.
"No you fool! The connection was cut forcefully, if they died I'd still be able to make a portal to them!" Yelled Raven.
"Ok Raven, breath. Take a deep breath, everything is going to be alright. So calm down and the headache will soon go away. Just breath." Said Summer, and to her surprise Raven listened to her and began to regulate her breathing. "That's better, now can you stand?"
"Off course I can stand you idiot!" Yelled Raven, as she stood up on her own legs.
"Ok, keep breathing. Try to ignore the splitting headache, and everything will be ok. Can you do that?" Asked Summer, with a calming tone in her voice.
"I... can." Said Raven in a calm tone, as she then threw a few air punches and began to move while ignoring the headache.
"Good, now can we continue?" Asked Summer.
"We can, and I think I might have an idea on where to look for the boys. Follow me." Said Raven, as she ran into the forest with Summer following right behind her.
Back in the present
24 hours remaining
It was the middle of the night, and Agent Stern was walking through a shady part of the Vale docks, with a recorder in hand which was used to keep track of his findings.
"Right now I'm getting to the address that I found through the boys in the lab. I should be getting closer, less and less camera's are working." Said Agent Stern into his recorder.
He then kept walking and after a while he found the address that Agent Stern was looking. He opened the doors, and entered the place. He looked around and saw piles of weapons and armored suits lying around the place.
"I found it, this whole place is riddled with explosives, guns that can take out robots and some sort of strength enhancing mech suits. I can tell that I have stumbled upon something of note." Agent Stern said into his recorder.
He then heard the sound of a cars engine starting up outside, so he quickly rushed outside and was greeted with the headlights of a car. Within the blinding light he was able to see the emblem of the Emerald Spears, so he yelled "Freeze, this is the Vale P.D. Get out of the vehicle with your hands up!"
When the occupants of the car didn't respond he yelled "Final warning!"
It was then that the car drove at Agent Stern at high speeds, and ran into him. Hitting him in the torso, and driving over him. The car and it's occupants then drove off at high speeds.
Agent Stern laid on his back on the ground and began to cough up blood, he quickly grabbed his phone and dialed the number of Agent Krantz. But when he finally got a connection, he dropped the phone on the ground and passed out from his wounds.
Agent Krantz didn't know this however, and said "Gilbert, why did you call me. It's the middle of the night."
When she heard no response she said "Gilbert, are you there?"
"Gilbert, where are you?"
"Answer me!"
"Gilbert!"
A/N: And with that, another chapter done. Will Agent Stern survive? What is the clock counting down to? Will Rock ever be saved? Keep reading to find out.
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