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Pre chapter A/N: I'm not sure if I should put this here, but for those that are squeamish a bit of a warning. A small part of this chapter contains some graphic depictions of violence, so yeah you have been warned.
Also the authors notes at the end contain my opinion for the one hundred episode of RWBY that aired last night. I also left a warning at the end, but I just felt like it was the right thing to do to leave one at the start as well.
Volume 3 Chapter 9: Let The Games Begin
1 week later
A week had passed since Team R_WBY had been taken by Doctor Merlot and they had been reunited with their missing friends, while at the same time getting acquainted with with the other people Merlot had been keeping captive in his lair. But unfortunately things haven't been going easy for them as the doctor kept draining their aura, leaving them tired and unable to do much.
It was now the middle of the day, and Doctor Merlot had just finished draining everyone of their powers and energy. After which they had been returned to their cell, or more accurately Merlot had his robots throw them onto the ground of the cell.
Yang was the first to get off the ground and while dusting of her clothes remarked "So much for a soft landing."
After which everyone else got off the ground and stood up, all except for Jaune who was laying face first on the ground. "Jaune, aren't you getting up?" Asked Pyrrha with concern in her voice.
"No, too tired." Mumbled Jaune.
"Jaune! I told you to take it easy have you still been healing people all throughout the night?" Asked Pyrrha, with a hint of frustration in her voice.
"I have to, it keeps everyone alive." Muttered Jaune.
"Jaune, please. What good will you healing others do if it kills you in the end?" Asked Pyrrha.
"It improves my abilities, I want to get better." Mumbled Jaune.
"Wait, is that what this is about?" Asked Yang, realizing what Jaune was referring to.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Pyrrha.
"Jaune, are you still feeling guilty about the transcripts. Is that why you have been pushing yourself so much to help others?" Asked Yang, to which she received a nod from Jaune as an answer. "Vomit boy, listen. No one cares about that anymore, both you and Ruby have proven that you belong at Beacon. I mean the only ones who care about that are Team CRDL, but honestly no one in their right mind cares about what they think."
"Jaune, you told me that there are people out there who care about me for who I am. Who can look past my status as champion. You made me promise to rely on others more and to not sacrifice myself for the sake of others. I listened to you, so please give me the same curtesy. Don't sacrifice your health to help others." Said Pyrrha.
"I'll work on that, I can't promise that it will go right the first time. But I'll try." Replied Jaune.
"Good to hear that, it's good that you want to be a hero bud. But if it leads to you dying, then what's the point?" Asked Sonic.
"Speaking from experience?" Asked Yang.
"Yeah, there have been plenty of times where my friends told me to slow down. I didn't listen, and I paid the price for it. I don't want something similar to happen to other people." Said Sonic.
"You know, I think you should train with dad and uncle Qrow." Said Ruby, joining the conversation.
"I was beginning to think the same thing." Replied Yang.
"Huh?" Asked Pyrrha in confusion.
"Lets just say that with your semblance and the way you have been using it dad and uncle Qrow might be able to help you." Said Ruby.
"How?" Asked Jaune.
"First off, there have been numerous stories floating around Beacon about dad breaking his bones and ending up in the infirmary due to overdoing it with his semblance. But over time he was able to control his semblance properly, so I think he might be able to help you." Said Yang.
"What about your uncle?" Asked Blake.
"Oh yeah that, secondly uncle Qrow's semblance causes bad luck and caused a lot of chaos in his time at Beacon. Now he has learned to control it, so I really think those two might be able to help ya out." Said Yang.
"Hey, what's this about transcripts I hear?" Asked Ness, who had woken up after having his energy drained and was now joining the rest of the group.
"Well you see, that idiot over there forged his transcripts to get into one of the most prestigious schools in all of Remnant." Said Weiss, pointing at Jaune.
"Weiss, be nice." Said Rock, in annoyance.
"I am being nice Rock, I'm just pointing out what he did." Replied Weiss.
"It sounded pretty mean." Said Rock.
"He is right, it was pretty mean how you said that." Said Knuckles.
"I thought you two had gotten over that." Said Pyrrha.
"I have, I don't know about the ice queen though." Said Yang.
"Ok, I'll admit I may have been a bit too... how would I say that..."
"Cold, icy, frosty?" Asked Yang.
"Lets go with cold, I may have been a bit too cold with Jaune after learning what happened. But here is the thing, he put himself in danger, he could have put all of us in danger and Professor Ozpin let what he did go unpunished." Said Weiss.
"That's not true, remember Ozpin said that he was testing Jaune. Had he failed that test Ozpin would have expelled him." Said Rock, remembering the conversation from that night.
"That still doesn't change what he did." Said Weiss.
"So you're still feeling resentment over that, even after he healed you multiple times over the last week?" Asked Pyrrha.
"No, but I still think that what he did was wrong." Said Weiss, who noticed the look Yang was giving her and added "I know what you're thinking Yang, 'oh but she said she would do better, oh you should have learned enough to not be the way you were at the start of the school year.' Look, I am trying my best to be more open minded, to be less strict, to try more outlandish strategies in fights. To try and be more patient with you guys."
"But here is the thing, I am not perfect, none of us are. I'll admit, my fathers influence sometimes still gets a hold over me and I'm trying to move away from everything he has taught me over the years. And it goes well for the most part, but sometimes when I'm feeling frustrated or something else it comes back." Said Weiss.
"I get where your coming from, sometimes my mindset from when I was still in the White Fang comes back. I feel disgust over all humans whenever I see people like Team CRDL pick on the faunus students. I can understand where you are coming from." Said Blake.
Weiss nodded as a reply, turned to Jaune and said "Jaune, I don't hate you. Even I can see that you have been working really hard to get better, so I just want to say that... I'm... I'm... that I'm sorry for how I treated you. I just want you to understand that there are going to be times where I'm going to be less pleasant towards you or anyone for that matter and I'll try to keep it under control. But when it happens just don't take it personal."
"Thank you Weiss, I'm glad about that." Said Jaune.
Weiss then turned to Pyrrha and said "I also wanted to apologize for how I treated you at the start of the year. I saw you more as an object to increase my social standings, rather than a person. That was wrong of me and I'm sorry about that, and sorry about how that made you feel."
Pyrrha nodded, pulled Weiss into a hug who got a look of shock on her face and said "I accept that apology, I'm not one to hold onto grudges." After which she let go of Weiss.
There was a bit of silence heard in the room, but then a clicking sound was heard. When they couldn't find the origin of the sound, Ruby asked "Rock, is that clicking sound coming from you?"
"It's not, I'm not even moving right now." Said Rock.
"I knew I wasn't hearing things." Mumbled Blake.
"That's strange." Said Pyrrha.
"I know, we have also been hearing a weird clicking noise. But strangely it didn't start until Rock and that Roman guy showed up." Said Agent 3.
"Wait a minute, Torchwick? Are you the one making that clicking noise?" Asked Ruby, causing everyone to look at Roman who had his back turned to them.
"Torchwick, could you turn around please?" Asked Pyrrha.
Torchwick listened to the request and turned around to face them, it was then that Yang asked "You're not trying to blow yourself up, are you?"
"Oh no, not at all." Replied Roman.
"Then what were you clicking on?" Asked Lucas.
"Nothing of your concern." Said Torchwick.
"If it's something that could help us, please tell us." Pleaded Tails.
Roman stayed silent for a bit to think, and after a while he put his left sleeve up to a reveal wrist watch. To which Rock asked "What is that?"
"That is my watch, and if you must know it also has a special feature. You see Merlot may have taken away my cane, but he didn't bother checking for anything else. I have been pressing the button on top of the watch to have my cane send out a signal." Said Roman.
"Who is getting the signal?" Asked Tails.
"Neo. But in these last couple of days I have been getting worried if she is actually receiving my signals, which is why I have been pressing it more and more." Said Roman.
"Won't that break it?" Asked Weiss.
"It doesn't look broken to me, so I think it will be fine." Said Roman, as he showed the group his specialized watch.
"Why do you even have that?" Asked Blake.
"As a precaution, if we ever get caught by the police and brought to an unknown location we'll be able to break each other out. Neo has a similar tracking device on her umbrella." Said Roman.
"I guess your as thick as thieves then." Said Yang.
"We are, I just hope she shows up soon, we need to get out of here." Said Roman.
"Yeah so do we." Said Tails.
Meanwhile somewhere that the author doesn't know the location of
Somewhere in the Remnant skies an Atlas airship was flying through the skies at high speeds, but the airship was being flown by one person. Neo to be exact, who was looking at the screen in front of her with the location of Roman's signal.
"Don't worry dumb dumb, Neo will rescue you." Neo thought to herself, as she kept pushing on the buttons of the steering wheel to make the airship go faster.
But throughout that her scroll kept giving of a beeping signal, which was starting to get on her nerves. And as the beeps continued she thought to herself "I know it's taking a long time Roman, but do you really think I would just leave you behind."
The beeping continued and Neo thought in annoyance "That's it! That thing goes off one more time and I'm throwing it out!"
Another beep was heard and she exclaimed internally "That's it! Away with this thing!"
Neo then threw her scroll out of the airship out of frustration, and having finally gotten peace of mind she got a relaxed look on her face. "Much better." She thought.
Unfortunately for her the screen she was using to find Roman, stopped showing the signal. Neo quickly put a stop to the airship and thought to herself "OH CRAP! I needed that scroll!"
She then began to make several maneuvers with airship, resulting in the airship dive bombing towards the ground in the hope that Neo would be able to find her scroll. All the while she thought to herself "Sorry dumb dumb, but it will be a bit longer before I can get you."
At the Smash Mansion
After finding the mansion, Snake and Olimar had spend the last week making repairs to get rid of the damage done to the mansion. In that time they had been able to restock food, drinks and healing items. They were currently making repairs to machines in the laboratory of the lab, when a strange sound started coming from the machine.
"Do you hear that?" Asked Snake.
"The beeping sound? Yeah, I have been hearing it from time to time since I came here." Said Olimar.
"And you didn't bother checking what it could be?" Asked Snake.
"Sorry, but in all fairness I never even used the lab when everyone was still around. So I didn't want to accidentally break anything in case it was important." Replied Olimar.
"Hmmm, good point. Should probably check out what could be causing all of this noise." Said Snake, Olimar nodded in agreement and the two began to search through the lab. Looking at each of the machines present and listening to see if any of them made a beeping noise. After a while Snake decided to check one of the closets in the lab.
He opened the closet door and found a rectangular looking machine, with a radar on the side, a satellite disk on top of it and sever pieces of printed out paper that were laying on the floor. "I wonder what this could be." Said Snake, as he began to read through it.
After a bit of reading, Snake managed to get through all the papers and said "Hey Olimar, could you come here for a moment?"
"Sure Snake, what is it?" Asked Olimar, as the space explorer made his way over to Snake and was given the papers. He tried reading them, but got confused by what was written on it. He then asked "Do you know what this is? Cause I can't make heads or tails out of this."
"I read through the papers, apparently Master Hand had this machine created after the subspace incident to keep track of any anomalies in space or in time." Said Snake.
"What does that have to do with these papers?" Asked Olimar.
"It seems the machine was never properly turned off and it kept making recordings of anomalies in space or time as the mansion was flung to this world. It seems that someone in this world has been opening rifts between time and space and then they closed them soon after." Said Snake.
"So what does that mean?" Asked Olimar.
"No idea, but it could explain how the two of us ended up here. The rifts that are opened between time and space pulled us into this world." Said Snake.
"You think that means that if whoever is doing this opens another rift more of our friends and allies could appear?" Asked Olimar.
"Could be, but we can't be sure about that." Said Snake, who then heard a knock coming from the door. "Did I just hear a knock coming from the front door?"
"Yes you did, I heard it as well." Said Olimar.
"Ok, stay here. I'm going to check it out." Said Snake, who then left the lab and quickly made his way to the front door of the mansion. He opened the door slowly and looked around to see if there weren't Grimm at the door. When he couldn't find anything he opened the door fully, and checked to see who it was. When he couldn't find anyone he heard sounds similar to barking and quacking coming from below him.
He looked down and saw a brown dog with a duck on it's back sitting in front of him. "Dog, Duck you two are here?" Asked Snake, feeling confused.
The dog nodded, while the duck used it's wings to point to the door "Oh, OH! You two want to get inside, sorry about that. Follow me." Said Snake.
The dog barked in thanks, while the duck gave a thumbs up with it's wings. After which the two went inside and Snake closed the door behind him, they weren't even inside for a single second when a crashing sound was heard coming from one of the top floors.
Snake rushed upstairs to find the source of the noise, with the duck hunt duo following close behind him. When they reached the source of the noise, Snake opened the door to the room and inside he Olimar looking at the person laying on the bed with worry in his eyes.
"Olimar, how did you get here so fast?" Asked Snake, from within the hallway.
"I used the teleporting machine when I heard the noise." Replied Olimar.
"So, who is it?" Asked Snake, accepting the answer from the space explorer.
"Come see for yourself." Said Olimar, to which Snake nodded and then entered the room. Once he was inside and had reached the bed, he was shocked when he saw Shulk laying on the bed while groaning in pain. Snake then looked up at the ceiling and saw that a massive hole had formed due Shulk crashing through it.
"Shulk, can you talk?" Asked Snake, only to receive a painful groan as an answer. Snake then turned to Olimar and asked "Can you get some of the healing items."
He was surprised to see that instead of leaving the room, Olimar pulled out a Maxim Tomato out of his pockets and gave it to Snake. Olimar then said "I put some of the healing items in my pockets in case we were going to need them."
"Good thinking." Said Snake, who then placed the Maxim Tomato in the mouth of Shulk and moved Shulk's jaw up and down to help him chew. After a few seconds Shulk was able to swallow the paste that the Maxim Tomato had turned into. A few seconds later the healing began to take effect, and Shulk was able to open his eyes.
Unfortunately Shulk then began to look like he was in some sort of catatonic state, as he jolted backwards, began to breath heavily while also beginning to shake violently. Snake saw this, so he and Olimar immediately grabbed hold of Shulk to calm him down. All the while Snake yelled "Shulk, calm down! It's us! It's Snake and Olimar. CALM DOWN! You're safe!"
Thankfully after a few seconds the shaking stopped, Shulk calmed down and tears were beginning to flow down his face. "Shulk, what's wrong? What did you see?" Asked Snake, remembering Shulk's ability to look into the future.
"I saw it. I saw it all, our last moments. We failed, and even when we're safe we still won't be able to rest. Hellfire will rain from the sky, time and space will be torn apart, worlds will be lost, pure darkness and there is nothing that we can do about it!" Exclaimed Shulk.
"Yeah, well we're not going to let that happen." Said Snake, not believing that what Shulk was saying could be true.
"How can you be sure of that, I saw it. I saw all of it! Each and every one us killed, by pure evil. With no chance of us stopping it!" Yelled Shulk.
"Well, we've beaten the odds before. I'm sure we'll be able to do it again." Said Snake, bringing hope to Shulk. While Olimar, the dog and the duck nodded in agreement.
20 Years Earlier
As the bright silver light died down Raven was able to see that all the Grimm that had been attacking them had been wiped away completely. She looked around and was shocked to find that Summer was laying on floor unconscious, Professor Fall was on the floor with a stab wound to his torso and Tai was struggling to stand due to the pain from his broken arm.
She looked around and saw that Doctor Merlot had fallen onto the lower from his lab due to the light blinding him and causing him to fall over. It was then that she turned to Qrow and Thomas, and said "I need you two to take Professor Fall and Summer with you, and help Tai get up from the ground."
"I'm going to make sure that that bastard won't be a problem for us." Said Raven, as she used her sword to open a portal.
"Where will this lead us?" Asked Thomas.
"Outside, hopefully to a safe area. Try to contact the school, and maybe get help send our way." Said Raven, with a somber tone in her voice.
Tai tried to stand up, only to fall onto the ground due to him using the wrong arm to get himself up. It was then that Qrow picked him and Professor Fall up from the ground, and gave both of them his shoulder to keep balance.
"We're not going to just leave you here with that madman." Said Tai.
"Tai, listen..."
"No, you listen. It's like Summer always says, we're a team, we're family and we stick together. Although, we haven't always listened to that." Said Tai.
"NO! None of you can stay behind, I need to do this. I need to cause a chain reaction to blow up the place, I can't have you guys be in harms way when that happens." Said Raven.
Qrow chuckled and said "Wow Raven, since when do you care about others?"
Raven scoffed and gave him an elbow into his ribs "I could very easily leave you behind." After which she used her sword to open up a portal, and gave them a sign to step through it.
Qrow, while supporting Professor Fall and Tai stepped through. Raven noticed that Thomas was having troubles carrying Summer, and asked "You need any help?"
"No, I'll be fine." Said Thomas, as he walked towards the portal and just before stepping through it he added "Just make sure that you return to your team in one piece ok?"
Raven nodded, and Thomas stepped through the portal after which she closed the portal. Raven then turned to Doctor Merlot's unconscious figure, approached him and stabbed her sword through his right shoulder.
Upon the sword cutting through flesh, muscle and bone his eyes opened and he started screaming in agony. To which Raven said in a cold tone "I knew you were faking it."
She then then grabbed the holder of her sword, and fired two shots into his legs ensuring that he wouldn't be able to escape. "That was for causing the death of Gretchen Reinhart." Said Raven, as she used he blade to stab him in the chest several times "And that, was for nearly killing us."
Doctor Merlot spat out some blood and yelled "You're a monster!"
"Yes, yes I am. But as you should know, me and that fool of a brother of mine were raised to be killers. It's the reason why we came to Beacon after all." Said Raven, without much emotion in her voice.
"Well, go ahead then. Kill me!" Yelled Merlot.
"I would, but that would be too easy. No, I'm going to let you suffer in the last moments of your miserable existence. As I cause your life's work to burn up right in front of you." Said Raven, who began to walk off towards the stairs that led to his lab.
"She will never be safe, you know." Said Doctor Merlot, as he was struggling to stay alive.
Catching Raven's attention she turned around and asked "What are you talking about?"
"Her silver eyes, you know the stories right?" Asked Merlot.
"People with silver eyes have the ability to take out Grimm with their eyes, but they also die early." Said Raven, remembering the stories that her parents told her after she had been able to impress them enough during training.
"Hehehehehehehehe, correct. And now that she has used that ability she'll be hunted by her followers, it doesn't matter where she'll go, it doesn't matter who he takes down. They will always find her and there will always be more to hunt her down. She may have stopped my plan but she will pay for it with her life." Said Merlot, as hatred was seeping of every word her spoke.
"Who is this 'she' you're talking about?" Asked Raven.
"Oh my dear child, the one who controls the Grimm, the Queen herself, Salem. When she finds out that there is a silver eyed warrior alive, she won't stop until they have been snuffed out." Said Merlot, after which he coughed up some more blood.
"Big deal, if she is going to send a few Grimm after her I'm sure we'll be fine handling them." Said Raven.
"Oh I have no doubt about that, but you see it's not just Grimm she'll send. Her underlings, bounty hunters and murderers will be send to deal with her. You won't last very long." Spat Merlot.
"Then we'll tell Professor Ozpin, he might know what to do." Said Raven, causing Merlot to burst out laughing in maddening laughter. "What's so damn funny?"
"Oh you foolish child, don't you know? Ozpin is the one at war with Salem!" Exclaimed Merlot.
"What!" Yelled Raven in shock.
"Oh, you don't know? It seems that there is something you don't know about your own headmaster. Well, let me tell you what he trusted me with. He is an ancient reincarnating wizard, who has been at war with Salem for centuries or even millennia. He created the schools in order to train soldiers to deal with the Grimm and even to find the one who could stop Salem. Why do you think I experimented with the Grimm, Ozpin hasn't been very successful. So I made sure to create Grimm that I could control so I could stop her and unite humanity. Only that fool was to stupid to see it!" Yelled Merlot.
"So all this time..." Mumbled Raven.
"That's right, everything you know is a lie! Everything they ever taught you at Beacon is a lie!" Exclaimed Merlot.
"Doesn't matter! Me, Tai, Qrow and anyone else won't let anyone harm Summer. We may get annoyed with her overly cheerful attitude and I may have my differences with her. But we won't let her die!" Yelled Raven.
Merlot chuckled and replied "So you would be willing to throw your own lives away just to keep one person safe? That won't work, Salem can't be killed. Not by you, not by Ozpin, not by anyone for that matter! She is a disease, one that can't be removed. So why risk it?"
"Yes, cause sometimes it's worth it just to risk it all." Said Raven.
"Interesting, regardless you'll still fail." Said Merlot, only for Raven to stab her sword through his left shoulder tearing through flesh and bone, making more blood leak out of his body. Causing Merlot to scream in agony due to the pain.
"There, now you won't be able to escape." Said Raven, with an angry tone in her voice. She then looked at the lab, she then looked back at Merlot and asked "That device in your lab, how big would the damage be if it were to blow up?"
"The explosion would probably take down the entire lab, as well as the entire base." Muttered Merlot.
Having heard his answer Raven then walked to the stairs to enter the lab, once she got into the lab she disconnected the tubes from the main reactor and set the energy output for the reactor to maximum which began to overload the machine. She then readied the Scabbard part of her weapon and from the broken windows of the lab she began to fire several shots of fire dust. Causing parts of the base to begin catching on fire, which then began to quickly spread throughout the base.
As the base started to burn down around her, Raven made her way down the stairs and walked over to Doctor Merlot who stared her down with anger in his eyes. Causing Raven to say "You've lost, and yet you still cling onto life."
"You think that I have lost, but this is only the beginning. I won't be beaten by mere students." Spat Doctor Merlot, whose breaths became heavier and raspier with each passing second.
"Maybe so, but I'm not the one sitting in a pool of my own blood as my life's work is being burned to the ground. Anything you have to say about that, doctor?" Asked Raven, in a mocking tone.
"When, not if, when you lose Summer as a result of her and you come to the realization that you have gotten yourself involved in an unwinnable war. When that moment comes I hope that you realize that I was right. And I'll be having the last laugh." Said Doctor Merlot, who was coming close to taking his final breath.
"Right, when hell freezes over." Said Raven, who then used her sword to open a portal and then entered it as the entire base went up in flames. When the portal closed the entire base was blown up by the energy reactor going critical. Taking Merlot along with the explosion and leaving nearly no trace of the base ever having existed. Except for the crater that was formed from the explosion.
In the present
After parting ways with Snake more than a week ago, Adam found himself traveling to Mountain Glenn on foot through the Emerald Forest that stretched throughout most of the eastern part of the continent of Sanus. And while the journey hadn't been an easy one, he had managed to survive being able to find enough food and water to keep him moving. All the while taking out any Grimm that got in his way.
Right now he kept going to the south, and he knew that he was getting closer to his goal of taking revenge on Scorpio and the White Fang members that had betrayed him. He was making great time by running through the forest, when he got stopped by screams of fear coming from nearby. He made his way to the source of the noise, and saw that a small caravan with two people in it was being attacked by a pack of Beowolves.
Adam was about to unsheathe his sword and rush in to take out the pack of Beowolves, when he was stopped by a voice in his head "What do you think you're doing?"
"I'm saving those people." Replied Adam.
"Now why would you do that?" Asked the voice.
"They are being attacked by Grimm, someone has to do something." Said Adam.
"But they're human." Said the voice.
"Doesn't matter, they're unarmed and I feel that I need to save them." Said Adam.
"You know they wouldn't do the same for you, if they had the chance they would leave you for dead. Cause that's what all humans do, so leave them be." Said the voice.
"NO! Leaving innocent people to die is wrong, doesn't matter if they are Faunus or Human!" Yelled Adam at the voice in his head.
The voice chuckled and said "What happened Adam, we used to be one and the same. So filled with vengeance, anger and hatred. Willing to kill anyone he comes across, what happened to that Adam?"
"That Adam is gone! I will never become like that, like you ever again. That I can guarantee, now get out of my head!" Yelled Adam.
"As you wish, just know that saving humans will come back to bite you in the end. I just know it." Said the voice as it then vanished into the nothingness.
Having gotten rid of the devil on his shoulder, Adam immediately unsheathed his sword and rushed down to the Caravan and sliced the entire pack of Beowolves to pieces. Causing the entire pack to evaporate into black dust.
Adam then turned to the person who was getting attacked by the Beowolves, and asked "Are you ok, are you hurt?"
The person, a woman, turned to Adam and he was able to get a better look at her. She looked tired as if she hadn't slept well for several weeks, with her brown eyes showing just how tired she is. She had brown hair, a slightly tan complexion and wore a run down dress. When she recovered from the shock she replied "I'm fine, thank you."
It was then that both their attentions were taken away when a soft voice spoke up. "Aunt Em."
Em looked at the source of the voice, and was shocked to see that her companion was covered in scratches that he had gained from the Beowolves. "Oscar! Are you ok!" She shrieked as she rushed over to him and began to cradle him in her arms. "Please, stay with me."
"It hurts, everything hurts." Said Oscar, as tears began to flow down his face.
Adam knelt down to the ground to look at the wounds given to the young boy and then said "Those wounds are treatable, do you have anything in your caravan that might help him?"
"I do, there are disinfectants, bandages, medicine and some other supplies that we took with us. But I don't know how to apply it." Said Em.
"Luckily for you, I do. I'll go get it, just stay calm. You're scared and panicking, that will attract the Grimm." Said Adam, as he went into the caravan to grab the medical supplies.
Later
After treating his wounds with disinfectants, and patching up Oscar's wounds with bandages the small group had travelled to a different and much safer part of the forest. One that wasn't filled with Grimm, they set up camp and now that the sun had gone down they had made a campfire where they had just finished eating and Oscar was sound asleep. Leaving Adam and Em to be the only ones who were awake.
"I can't thank you enough for saving us mr... Oh dearie me, in all this haste to save Oscar from his wounds and get us to a safer location I completely forgot to ask for your name." Said Em.
"Adam, just Adam."
"Well then Mr Adam, thank you for saving us. If you hadn't come across us, I'm not sure if we would have survived." Said Em.
"It just felt like the right thing to do, but I have to ask. Why were you traveling through this part of the forest in the first place?" Asked Adam.
It was then that Adam noticed that Em got a sorrow filled look on her face, as she replied "We... we uhm... we had to flee from our home town. It got completely destroyed by the Grimm several weeks ago, Oscar, this caravan and everything inside of it is all that I have left."
"Don't you have any family?" Asked Adam.
"Unfortunately not, my brother and my sister in law lost their lives when Oscar was just a baby. He is the only family I have left, and I'll do anything to keep him safe. It's a promise that I made to my brother before he passed away. Me and Oscar are the only members of the Pine family that are still alive." Said Em.
"I'm sorry for your loss, where do you plan on going?" Asked Adam.
"Honestly, I have no idea. I'm just trying to find a town where I can find some work, to keep both of us alive. We're already running low on food and money." Said Em.
"You didn't have to share your food with me, you two need it more than I do." Said Adam.
"But you saved our lives, it was the least I could have done." Said Em.
"Why would you do that, I'm a..." Said Adam, only to be interrupted by Em.
"A Faunus, is that what you were going to say?" She asked, when Adam nodded in response she added "You really think that all humans look down on Faunus due to what happened in the past?"
"Sort of, you barely see humans step in to stop discrimination against Faunus." Mumbled Adam.
"Well you're wrong, it's not that most people don't want to do anything. It's that they can't cause they're scared of what would happen if they did. If the police would come to your house arrest you because you stood up for the rights of Faunus or being scared of getting killed by anti Faunus extremists. And just because there are Faunus out there who have done some bad things doesn't mean that all Faunus's are bad!" Exclaimed Em, who then realized that she had been rambling and added "Sorry about that, I tend to ramble on at times."
"No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so negative, I just had a difficult life and I tend to slip back into the belief that all humans are bad." Replied Adam.
"That's fine, let me tell you. I never believed in that whole one group over another group nonsense, it's how I have also been raising Oscar. To treat everyone the same, and give them a fair chance." Said Em, as she let out a yawn.
"I see that you're tired, maybe you should also get some sleep. I'll watch over the camp." Said Adam.
"You sure about that, I can always keep you company." Said Em.
"It's fine, I have my weapon with me in case a Grimm tries to attack. Just get some rest, you look like you haven't slept in weeks." Replied Adam.
"Well if you insist." Said Em, as she grabbed a sleeping bag from the caravan and laid down next to her nephew. She then promptly fell asleep, letting the sleep she had been craving for the last few weeks overtake her.
Adam in the meantime kept his guard up while he stared into the fire, as an internal conflict began to bubble up inside of him.
The next day
It was a quiet early morning at Beacon, the sun was just getting up and most of the students were still asleep. Only a few people were awake, some of them being teachers who were preparing for their classes. Ozpin, from within his office at the top of Beacon, was enjoying his morning coffee and was watching everything unfold as it usually would.
That was until his attention was caught by several Atlas airships landing on the docking areas. Once those had landed the doors opened a group of five people in Atlesian military uniforms exited the main airship and were promptly followed by several platoons of robotic soldiers. He then saw that the small army got into greeting position and after a few seconds Ozpin saw that General Ironwood and Specialist Winter Schnee approached the group, the small platoon then saluted the general.
Seeing this happen Ozpin took out his scroll, dialed a number and once he got connected with the right person he said "Glynda, get Tai, Qrow and the teachers to the landing area. Ironwood seems to be planning something, and I don't like it."
After which he heard a confirmation on the other end of the call, he hung up, finished drinking his coffee and then took the elevator to get to the ground floor. After making it out of the Beacon Tower Ozpin was met with Glynda, the Beacon staff, Tai and Qrow all waiting for him. He looked at them and saw that Qrow had been pulled out of bed by Tai and was still half asleep.
Ozpin nodded to Glynda, who gave a signal to the others present, and the group made their way to the Beacon landing area to confront the general. Once they got there Ozpin noticed that one of the human members of what seemed to be Atlesian special forces was no longer present, but he decided to ignore it as he got ready to confront the general.
"General, would you care to explain to me what in gods names are you doing?" Asked Ozpin, causing Ironwood to turn around to face him. And it was at that moment that Ozpin noticed that there was some strange glassy look in the eyes of the general. As if his actions weren't his own.
The general simply responded by snapping his fingers, causing all the robotic soldiers to take aim at Ozpin and his group. "I'm sorry Oz, but I'm taking matters into my own hand since you clearly are unable to do so."
"What are you talking about James, have you gone mad!" Yelled Ozpin out in anger.
"Mad? No. I'm just doing what has to be done in these troubling times. Now I suggest you keep your arms in the air and you don't move at all." Said Ironwood, who snapped his fingers again making several robotic soldiers approach the group with restraining bands. "I'm hereby placing all of you under house arrest, do not get in my way."
Qrow, having slightly woken up, let out a dark chuckle and said "You really are turning into a dictator, huh James. You can try arresting us, but you won't get far." He then tried reaching towards the weapon on his back.
"Wait, don't." Hissed Ozpin.
"What, why? We can easily take them out, it's just a couple of robots, some kids who look like they just graduated from Atlas academy, someone who look likes he joined the military after being a high school quarterback and a Schnee. This should be easy." Said Qrow.
"Stay put Qrow, we don't know what we're up against." Said Ozpin, Qrow nodded but stood in a fighting stance in case something would happen. After which a bolt of lightning appeared, and a young woman with several devices around her arms and upper appeared next to Ironwood. Holding Doctor Light who was wearing handcuffs, while also holding onto a turned off Roll, Proto and Auto.
"He is right Qrow, you might be able to stop a few of our robots. But do you really want to risk the life of Doctor Light, you're not that fast." Said Ironwood, causing Qrow to relax his stance. Ironwood then gave another signal and the robotic soldiers marched towards the group and put semblance/aura dampening cuffs on them. Ensuring that none of them would be able to escape.
"Very good, bring them to the teachers housing area and don't let them escape." Said Ironwood as he also pointed towards Doctor Light and his creations, the robotic soldiers saluted towards him and began to take the group away from the landing area.
As the group was being brought away from the landing area, Qrow turned his head and yelled "Schnee! I mean Winter! You know what he is doing is wrong! Don't let him get away with this!" But unfortunately his plea fell on deaf ears as the group was carried away, while Winter stood there in silence.
Ironwood then turned to his remaining robotic soldiers and said "Get all the students and bring them to the assembly hall. Place the semblance/aura dampening devices in the room to ensure that none of them will be able to escape."
The robotic soldiers gave a salute to the general and left the area, going to all the dorm buildings to get the students. Winter seeing what was happening turned to the general and asked "Sir, what do you want me to do?"
"Go with them Schnee, and be on the look out for any students who might have been able to hide. Capture them and bring them to the assembly hall." Replied Ironwood.
"Sir, there is an injured first year student in the infirmary. What do you want me to do with her?" Asked Winter.
"Leave her there, she won't be an issue for our plans." Said Ironwood, with a dark tone in his voice.
Not liking the tone in his voice Winter spoke up and said "But Sir, isn't this a little too much?"
"Don't question me specialist Schnee, now do your job." Said Ironwood, with a stern tone in his voice.
"Yes... Sir." Said Winter with a hint of hesitation in her voice, after which she left the area to go after the group of robotic Atlesian soldiers.
Ironwood turned to the remaining group of five people and said "Ace Ops, you will follow me to the Beacon CCT tower and stand guard while I go inside. Under no circumstances will anybody be allowed to go inside. Is that understood?"
"Sir yes sir!" Shouted the Ace Ops.
"Good, then lets go." Said Ironwood as he walked off towards the Beacon tower, followed by the Ace Ops and their leader.
Later
A little while later Emerald was woken up by several crashing noises, she got up and exclaimed "Mercury I swear if you broke another window!" When she heard no response, she looked around and saw that nothing in the room was broken but then she heard another crashing noise coming from outside. So she looked out of the window and saw that the front doors to the dorms building for the students of all four academies had been kicked in and several robotic soldiers were storming into the buildings.
"Oh crap, they're onto us!" Emerald thought, she then rushed over to Mercury's bed and began to shake him awake while saying "Mercury! Wake up, the Atlesian military is here. They're onto us!"
Mercury opened his eyes and said groggily "The heck are you talking about Emerald?"
Emerald pulled Mercury along to the window and pointed towards the entrance of the other dorm buildings. "I don't see anything, other than the doors being opened. Don't they know how much money it costs to heat these rooms?" He was about to walk away from the window, when Emerald pulled him back.
"No, look!" She exclaimed, as they both saw that from one of the dorm buildings an entire group of students was being escorted away by the robotic Atlesian soldiers.
"They're not arresting us, they're arresting all the students." Said Mercury.
"We have to wake up Cinder." Said Emerald.
"We, who is this 'we' you're talking about. You know how she gets in the morning and she likes you a lot more. So you do it." Said Mercury, as he kept watching more and more students being escorted out of there buildings.
"Fine." Said Emerald, who went over to Cinder, began to gently shake her and said "Cinder..."
From within her sleep Cinder replied "... I don't want to clean the damn floors..."
"Cinder, wake up." Emerald whispered as she began to shake her a bit harder.
"... Fuck you, you can clean them yourself..." Cinder mumbled in her sleep.
"Cinder!"
"...It's your hotel, clean them yourself..." Cinder continued mumbling in her sleep.
"CINDER! Wake up!" Yelled Emerald as she shook Cinder heavily, causing her to wake up and give Emerald a very angry look.
"You better have a damn good reason for waking me up at this ungodly hour!" Exclaimed a very angry Cinder.
"The Atlesian military are arresting all the students, we don't know what to do so woke you up." Said Emerald.
"Dammit, I knew we should have posed as Atlesian students. But no, Salem had just had to scare professor Lionhart! Said that it would be easier to corrupt Ironwood's heart." Exclaimed Cinder in annoyance, after which the door was knocked open and several Atlesian soldiers walked into the room.
"You are all coming with us." Said the Atlesian droid, after which the trio was placed in semblance/aura dampening cuffs and taken away to a different location by the droids.
With Ironwood
Ironwood had made it to the floor of the Beacon Tower with the CCT Network on it, once he was there he walked over to the main computer with a disk drive in his hands. He placed the disk drive in the computer port and waited for the data to download onto the computer.
The computer then activated and began to show the map Remnant with dots scattered all over the map, he was then shown a prompt "Do you wish to send this data to a third party."
"Yes." Said Ironwood, giving a voice command which the computer accepted.
Another prompt was given which showed "Data send to third party, control given to third party, coordinates send to targets."
"Excellent" Said Ironwood
At Merlot's lair
In his lair Doctor Merlot was watching as the the last bit of stolen aura from the storage tanks was being transferred into his robots, when a message appeared on his main computer. He looked at the message and remarked "Would you look at that, it seems my plan can start earlier than expected."
He then went over to the microphone in his lab and said "Attention all prisoners, you've been behaving so well that I think you deserve to watch some form of entertainment. But since I'm the host I get to decide what we watch. And I say that we watch how I take over all of Remnant, how does that sound to you?"
No response was heard, only angry banging on the walls. "No one is against the idea? That's great!" Exclaimed Merlot, who pressed another button on his desk. He then added "Right now a screen should be in your cell, enjoy the carnage." After which he turned off the microphone and began to press several buttons on his computer.
The button presses caused the roof to the warehouse with all the robots to open, the robots to activate and all of them to begin to take off at high speeds towards their preset destinations.
Doctor Merlot let out a maddening laugh and then exclaimed "Fly my robots, fly! Soon all of remnant will be mine!"
He then pressed another button and saw the footage being collected by the robots as they were flying towards their destination. Merlot look with glee in his eyes at his creation and said "Let the games begin."
A/N: Hello everyone, hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I certainly enjoyed writing it. Now as most of you will probably be aware of at this point, we're getting close to the climax of this arc. So look forward to seeing some unexpected faces show up.
Anyways, the thing with Adam in this chapter. If it wasn't already, I'm just going to say that he will be having the role of an anti hero in this story. He won't be turning into the stalker ex boyfriend that he was in the actual show, cause that was really dumb. So he won't be entirely good, but I will also be working towards him realizing that in some aspects he was wrong.
Now onto the reviews from last chapter:
Jacob9594: Thanks for the review, and don't worry this won't be the only death that Merlot is going to get.
BlueSkies: Thank you for the review, glad your enjoying it.
Guest: Ok, I'm not sure if you're still here seeing as you're not spamming me with the same review. But I'm just going to say that for most of the story I have been working towards having Ruby and Rock be one of the main pairs. So sorry about that, but don't worry Penny also deserves love and she will get it at some point.
Now, before I close this chapter I just want to say a few words about the RWBY episode that aired yesterday and I promise that I'll keep the spoilers to a minimum. But if you don't want to be spoiled, stop reading beyond this point.
Now I just want to say that it's nice to see the show reach a hundred episodes, it's really deserved and it really shows just how far the show has come since the first episode.
But that being said, holy shit that episode was one of the scariest and tensest episodes I have ever seen. I legitimately felt fear and terror as the episode went on. I was honestly so worried for the safety of all the characters, I mean honestly whoever wrote this episode should write a horror movie or write a horror novel. It felt reminiscent of the volume 6 episode with those Apathy Grimm.
But it was just a great episode, all the characters got to shine and were working together great. So all in all congratulations to the RWBY team for managing to make it this far. And still managing to surprise the audience after all this time.
And that ending, damn that ending. It gave a lot of scary implications that I'm sure no one wants to think about to much about but it's certainly some dark stuff.
Anyways, with that being said see you all next chapter.
