Author's note:

One piece of writing I like to praise from RWBY is in season four. Remember the jackass that tried flirting with Weiss? I LOVE that guy's pick up line/strategy. It's so douchie and I haven't seen any other show write such an accurate dick trying to pick up a girl. So often they're overdone and overly acting to the point where they don't feel like a real person. But that Henry Marigold is golden and feels very real.

Especially because young me was an idiot and tried using that strategy. I'm even dumber because I "came up" with the strategy myself and didn't get it from the show. I thought I was a genius. Cringe memories from the awkward years are fun.


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Chapter 38- Fall From Heaven

"All those poor A.I." Pyrrha grimaced.

"Delta." Ren listed.

"Tex." Yang continued.

"Theta and the others who we haven't seen yet." Weiss added.

"I feel bad for them, the Meta and Sigma are crazy." Nora twirled her finger in circling motion next to her head for emphasis.

"I even feel bad for Gamma." Ruby admitted.

"But he was just as manipulative." Weiss pointed out with a grimace.

"Yeah he was bad but whatever happened with the Meta couldn't be good." Ruby explained. "They were really creepy when they found Delta."

"Yeah, it was like they were seconds away from chanting 'one of us, one of us.'" Jaune chanted. Ruby giggled.

Ren hummed, "Hm, that's true but when Delta left a message to Church in Caboose's head after being captured by the Meta. He said that the next time Church saw him, he might not want to be helped."

"What does that matter?" Weiss frowned.

"It matters because I think Sigma convinced him to join, and I think he did the same with the others too." Ren explained. "There is a possibility they weren't forced to help the Meta."

Weiss frowned, Ruby gasped, One of Yang's eyebrows tried to leave her forehead. "Uh what?"

"He didn't convince any of them. He stole them away from their freelancers." Blake clarified.

"I mean that he convinced them to stay willingly." Ren explained. "Delta hinted that he would want to stay."

"But why though? To become metastable?" Ruby asked.

Ren nodded, "Or something similar."

"Hm, it feels like it would be less like convincing someone to hang out and more like convincing someone to join a cult. Know what I mean?" Yang asked.

Ren nodded, "I'm afraid in the end they wanted to help the Meta."

"Somehow that's worse than being forced to." Ruby grimaced.

"How is this show so dark." Nora pouted.

"It's very subtle." Blake smiled, "I like it."

Ruby huffed, "Boo Blake, boo."

Blake chuckled and shrugged, "Sorry Ruby, maybe this episode will be a light one?"

Ruby gasped, "Blake no!"

"You jinxed it!" Nora shouted.

"Someone's going to die now." Ruby crossed her arms.

"Fall From Heaven" appeared on the screen with the theme.

Blake winced, "You might be right Ruby."

Ruby's eyes flicked up to the title, "Aw." She sagged.

"Hey if someone's falling from heaven, that means they're coming back to life." Yang pointed out. "Heaven is their special good place right?"

Ren nodded, "And Hell is the opposite, it's very literal."

"I hope you're right, oh maybe it's Donut!" Ruby gasped.

To to show Four Seven Niner ordering a freelancer trooper pulling a crate.

Four Seven Niner: "No, no! This one goes here, that one goes there."

The trooper grunts in annoyance while glaring at Four Seven Niner.

Carolina, York, North Dakota, and South Dakota walk into the hangar.

Washington: "(Quietly)So when do you bet we're gonna jump out of this thing?"

Blake chuckled, being the only one to hear Washington's question. Falling From Heaven, they're going to jump out.

York: "Wrecked him? Damn near killed him!"

North: "York, how many times are we gonna have to listen to this story? Get a new one."

"I'm getting so tired of hearing about Nora's dreams." Jaune groaned.

"The amount of Ursa skin rugs changes every time." Ren added with a strain in his voice.

"MOTHER OF INVENTION HANGAR A1. MANY YEARS AGO…" appeared on the screen.

York: "So anyway, like I was saying…"

Carolina: "We ready?"

"Hm, I want to hear his story but he keeps getting interrupted." Yang frowned.

Four Seven Niner: "Just about. Running final checks now."

Carolina: "Alright, you heard her! Everyone onboard!"

Washington: "Great."

North Dakota: "Alright."

York: "C'mon D. Let's go. It's about time. Let's get this mission goin'."

"He sounds so nonchalant, they're going on a mission to kill C.T." Ruby stared at the screen uneasily.

"Her armor is the primary objective." Weiss stated, "They could let C.T. go."

"We know that didn't happen." Blake sighed.

"All we know is that they didn't get her armor." Yang pointed out. "Again she could have lived and impersonated him. Washington said she, remember?"

"Because it was her armor, again I think he killed C.T. and stole her armor." Blake explained. "If she wanted to impersonate him, she would have stolen and worn his armor."

"We'll see what happens." Ren cut in, "It's impossible to know for sure what will happen."

Yang and Blake shrugged, "It's fun to guess." They spoke at the same time.

Four Seven Niner: "Woah, woah, woah. Hang on a minute, what is that thing?"

York: "This is Delta. Our new addition."

Four Seven Niner: "Your new addition is pretty small."

Washington: "I said the same thing."

Blake chuckled again.

York: "Delta is a computer program. He helps us figure stuff out. He's an A.I."

Four Seven Niner: "Oh A.I. huh? What's the A stand for?"

"They've asked that question a lot by now." Pyrrha commented.

York: "Artificial-"

Four Seven Niner: "I know what the fuck it stands for. What's it doing here?! Is it like one of those robots who takes people's jobs and puts them out of work?"

York: "I don't think so."

Ruby gasped, could more people like Penny steal my job? No, Qrow says Remnant will always need huntsmen because there are just too many Grimm and bad people. I could work with more people like Penny! That would be so cool!

The trooper stops to watch the Freelancers and Four Seven Niner.

Four Seven Niner: "What are you looking at?! I said put it over there, pay attention!"

The trooper resumes moving the crate around.

"I have a feeling that guy is an intern." Yang commented.

"He probably is." Weiss nodded.

Carolina: "Hey guys, get a move on."

Four Seven Niner: "Hang on a minute. You. Green guy. Do you know how to fly a plane?"

Delta: "No, I do not."

Ren smirked, "I doubt that."

Yang laughed, "It was logical to say no."

Ren chuckled.

Four Seven Niner: "Huh, right. We're cool then. Everybody on board!"

The trooper continues to grunt in annoyance as he's moving around the crate.

Four Seven Niner: "Not over there, over there! Just quit screwin' around and put that thing back where you found it."

Exhausted, the trooper slams his head onto the crate.

"Definitely an intern." Weiss rolled her eyes. "He certainly gets the treatment of one."

"He probably got a workout pushing that crate everywhere." Yang added. "Poor guy."

Blake nodded as she noticed the caution sign on the crate. "Caution: Heavy." She read.

"Interns at the SDC have to deal with people like that every day." Weiss grimaced.

Cut to the freelancers taking their seats in the pelican.

Four Seven Niner: "This is Four Seven Niner. We are wheels up and engines hot. Leave a light on for us, command."

Command: "Roger that, Four Seven Niner. Good luck."

Four Seven Niner: "Thanks, command. Four Seven Niner out. Man, I would hate to have that guy's job."

"Does she mean the crate guy or the phone guy?" Ruby asked.

Ren chuckled, "I think she means the man on Command. She eventually does get his job."

"So it WAS her." Ruby's eyes widened. "I guess she got demoted. Unless it's a bad promotion."

"The person flying dangerous missions probably gets paid more." Yang pointed out. "Probably demoted."

"I wonder what she did." Nora scratched her chin.

"My guess would be talking back to her boss, aka the director or the counselor. Maybe she used profanity." Weiss suggested.

"Cussing out her boss? Sounds like her." Yang chuckled.

Four Seven Niner starts the Pelican.

Cut to the desert, the group rides in with blues in a warthog up front, followed by Carolina on a mongoose in the middle, and backed by the reds in their warthog.

"Hm, smart." Jaune noted. "They're defended from the front and back."

"ANCIENT ALIEN TEMPLES. PRESENT DAY…" appeared on the screen with the theme.

Carolina gets off her mongoose.

Carolina: "This where you found the body?"

Washington: "Yep, she's right up there."

Carolina: "We'll see. Take me there. Sync."

Washington: "Sync."

Caboose: "Automatic dishwasher."

Pyrrha laughed, "I like this joke, though eventually he will run out of kitchen appliances."

"He could start getting very specific." Ruby giggled.

"He could mention the Supreme Gravity and Steam Dust Dishwasher 3000." Ren commented, "Or their version of it."

"I told you, there's no room." Jaune explained.

"And I told you that it is important to keep our dishes clean. Remember what Carolina said, maintaining our equipment is important. Any equipment." Ren explained while crossing his arms, stamping his metaphorical foot down.

Washington and Carolina run off to find the body

Tucker: "Man, where was this chick when we had that awesome tank? Bitches love tanks!"

"I don't think she would be impressed." Pyrrha commented.

"I would be, but I'd be impressed by the tank. Not them for having the tank." Nora grinned.

Church: "I don't get it. What is she looking for?"

"C.T.'s body, whichever C.T. it is." Blake mumbled.

Tucker: "You tell me! I don't know half of what's happening these days. You found me here, remember?"

"Hm, I wonder if there are any aliens left." Jaune frowned.

"Washington and the Meta killed them all." Blake shot down the possibility.

"...One could have survived." Jaune argued weakly.

"Doc checked remember? They were still dead and also still aliens." Ruby explained.

Church: "Oh yeah! You were actually kind of a badass that time."

"Another redeeming moment for him." Weiss commented.

"Tucker is awesome, he's stabbed two freelancers." Jaune held up two fingers, "And one of them was the Meta."

"Ever since he got the sword he's been kind of a badass." Yang added. "He fought Wyoming, then C.T. and finally the Meta."

Tucker: "Dude, I'm kind of a badass, all the time! You guys just happened to notice it then."

"None of them noticed it in season five, he's right." Jaune commented.

"Church noticed it but didn't really thank him because he almost got shot by a tank again." Ruby giggled.

Caboose walks over

Caboose: "Ah, that's not true. I never noticed it."

Pyrrha rolled her eyes halfheartedly.

Church: "Look, the point is she's not telling us everything. I just don't understand why."

Tucker: "Who knows man? I've tried everything I can to get some info out of her. I tried hitting on her, I tried sleeping with her, I tried making out with her-"

Church: "(sarcastically) Sounds like a complete effort."

"My thoughts exactly." Weiss groaned. "He redeems himself then un-redeems himself."

"Hey he's try-" Yang couldn't complete her thought before snorting in laughter. "I can't- ha! I want to see him try this."

"It never worked out well with Tex." Pyrrha chuckled. "And it sounds like the same can be said for Carolina.

Tucker: "Dude, no kidding! I used the whole playbook! I even used my best pick-up line: 'hey baby, did you fall from heaven, cause I've always wanted to bone an angel!'"

"Oh take me now." Yang scoffed.

"I'm weak in the knees." Blake added, rolling her eyes.

"That was the worst pick up line I've ever heard." Weiss added, breaking the sarcasm.

Jaune gave an almost silent sigh of relief. Thank you Tucker for somehow being worse than me.

Church: "Tucker, be honest. Have you ever had sex with anything besides an alien?"

"Ha!" Yang barked a laugh.

"I think he did something with a rock." Ruby grimaced.

"Oh god don't remind me." Yang gagged.

The duality of Yang.. where's Yin? Blake chuckled at her own joke.

Tucker: "Church, the more important question here is: do you know any girls who aren't complete bitches, that won't sleep with me?"

"Sister meets one criteria, she's not mean. She's just… ditsy." Ruby settled on the right word.

"That's putting it lightly." Weiss laughed.

"I'm still happy she's not blonde." Yang smiled.

Church: "Sorry, dude. That seems to be all I have in my life."

Tucker: "(sigh)You're like the worst wingman ever."

Caboose: "Of all time."

"Tucker would be the worst wingman, he'd try to pick up any woman Church talked to." Blake commented.

Cut to the Pelican flying through the sky.

"Heh, Tucker said wingman. And now they're flying." Yang noted.

"EN ROUTE TO ENEMY BASE. MANY YEARS AGO…" appeared on the screen.

Washington, York, North, and South are shown in the Pelican's rear bay. The pelican rumbles slightly.

York: "We parking?!"

"In the sky?" Weiss raised an eyebrow.

"Plenty of parking space." Yang shrugged.

Four Seven Niner: "Indeed, we are. The enemy base is right below us."

Washington: "How far below?"

Four Seven Niner: "Do you really wanna know?"

"Well they're in the clouds." Ruby giggled, "They're pretty high."

"If they jump, there's not a landing strategy that doesn't end in a splat." Jaune grimaced.

Washington: "Probably not... do I wanna know?"

Four Seven Niner: "Seventy-five thousand feet."

"Woah that's.. that's really high." Jaune winced. "I don't like heights."

"You're afraid of heights?" Nora gasped.

"It is a natural fear." Jaune defended.

"You're like Grif." Nora giggled.

Washington: "Uhh, that's high."

Four Seven Niner: "(mumbling) No wonder you guys need computer programs, (raises voice) yes, that's very high."

Yang and Weiss laughed.

"I like her." Weiss smiled.

Delta: "That is approximately fourteen-point-two miles."

"Ooookay I did not realize they were that high." Ruby sucked in a breath.

"She said 75,000 feet." Weiss pointed out.

"Yeah but I don't know how many miles that is off the top of my head!" Ruby knocked on her head.

"Do you know how many feet are in a mile?" Weiss raised a disapproving eyebrow.

Ruby threw her hands up, "No because it's a dumb number. Five thousand something." She guessed.

York: "Thanks, D. You do not need to do that anymore."

Delta: "Automatic conversion routines, offline."

Ren chuckled.

Carolina dismounts from the co-pilot seat.

Carolina: "What's the plan?"

Four Seven Niner: "Well, we know they're ready for us, so I figure they have defenses pointed in every direction. Except…"

Carolina: "Except they're probably not looking straight up."

Four Seven Niner: "They're probably not looking straight up."

"Why wouldn't they look up, spaceships exist." Jaune frowned.

"The last time not looking up didn't work out so well for them." Blake added.

Washington walks up behind Carolina

Carolina: "You thinking about a dive-bomb?"

Washington: "Oh no."

Washington returns to the rear bay

"Oh yes!" Nora shook in her seat, "A divebomb sounds awesome!"

"...You know I divebomb isn't a type of bomb right?" Jaune asked.

Nora pouted, "I'm not an idiot Jaune… though that would be a cool bomb."

Four Seven Niner: "Sort of, but if we did a dive bomb, our engines would register on their thermals. Let them know that we're coming. I'm thinking... something else."

"Oh hohoho I like her tone." Nora grinned.

"I was thinking the opposite." Jaune grimaced.

"They're jumping out aren't they?" Weiss asked.

"Probably, Wash predicted it." Blake chuckled.

Carolina slowly backs up into the pelican's rear bay

Carolina: "Probably wanna tighten that harness."

"Well she has the right idea." Jaune nodded

Washington: "Ohh no."

Carolina sits next to Washington as the Freelancers put their harnesses on.

Four Seven Niner: "Express elevator, goin' down!"

Four Seven Niner stops the engines throwing the pelican into free-fall.

"Yeah!" Yang cheered. "I don't know what it is, but when she said that it really pumped me up."

"I know right?" Nora met Yang's eyes and the two grinned.

"I'll say it again, I want her to be our pilot." Ruby put her foot down.

Washington: "I think I'm gonna be sick!"

"I would be too." Jaune felt as if he turned a little green.

Carolina: "You know these suits are supposed to eliminate all waste! You could probably throw up in your helmet and it would take care of it for you!"

York: "Yeah! You should test that, Wash!"

Washington: "You two are assholes!"

Jaune grimaced as the others laughed.

"I think Wash has motion sickness." Jaune said.

Delta: "Actually York, we were never able to get the vomit disposal patch beyond beta. Agent Washington would likely drown."

"Oh gross!" Ruby gagged.

"That is foul." Weiss tried to keep a straight face.

"No wonder the Meta drowned, there's no waste disposal that could have gotten rid of the water." Blake commented.

Jaune's queasiness left him, "Huh, yeah if they can't get rid of vomit they can't get rid of water either. But to be fair he was underwater and I think the water got in through his chest where Tucker stabbed him."

York: "Yikes. Way to kill the mood, D."

Four Seven Niner: "Hey York, send that little green guy up here."

"Oh, does she need help flying now?" Blake chuckled.

York: "D, you heard her! Front and center!"

Delta appears in front of Four Seven Niner

Delta: "May I be of assistance?"

Four Seven Niner: "Hey buddy, I need you to tell me when I can fire the jets at the last possible second. You know, to avoid crashing."

"Why is she only doing this now! While they're already falling?" Weiss asked.

"Because she's awesome!" Nora answered.

Yang laughed, "You know this would be the perfect time for them to play that one song.. uh what was it? Falling towards the sky!"

"They're not falling towards the sky this time either." Weiss commented. "They're quite literally falling from heaven."

"So Carolina did fall from heaven." Pyrrha chuckled.

"I can't believe that's the best Tucker could come up with." Weiss shook her head. "Er no I can believe it."

"Not surprised but disappointed?" Ruby asked.

"Took the words right out of my mouth." Weiss nodded.

Washington: "Please don't say crashing!"

Delta: "I understand. To prepare, I will need to calibrate for your reaction time."

Four Seven Niner: "Fine, go ahead."

Delta: "When I say 'mark', you say 'sync'. Mark."

"Sync!" Nora shouted.

Four Seven Niner: "Sync."

Delta: "Mark."

Four Seven Niner: "Sync!"

"Syn- aw I was too slow." Nora pouted.

"Good thing Caboose isn't there." Yang giggled.

"Why?" Pyrrha asked.

"Sync." Yang stared at her, raising her brows.

Pyrrha got it a second later and laughed, "I think his reaction time would be faster with more kitchen appliances."

Delta: "Calibration complete."

Four Seven Niner: "So, we're good?"

Delta: "I have high degree of confidence we will be able to complete this maneuver."

Delta flashes.

Ren raised an eyebrow.

Four Seven Niner: "Wait a second, why did you just blink like that?"

Delta: "That was just a standard maintenance routine."

Four Seven Niner: "Dude! Did you just make a backup of yourself?"

Ren chuckled, the others laughed loudly.

"Delta is really funny this season." Jaune commented.

"He's becoming more personable like York said." Ruby commented.

"Probably more metastable too." Ren added. "Maybe it's not only hardship."

Pyrrha gave a sigh of relief.

Delta: "Confidence is one thing, but it is always prudent to prepare for failure."

"Yeah backup plans are important." Jaune nodded.

"He made a copy of himself." Ren frowned, "Hm I guess fragments can copy themselves."

"Unless it's a plothole, in which case." Bake shrugged, "What can you do?"

Four Seven Niner: "(scoffs) That's a dick move, green guy."

Can Penny make a backup of herself? Ruby pondered. No. She's a person, she has a soul. You can't backup a soul. It would be great if she could though! But.. hm why would she need it? Penny is combat ready! She can handle herself.. she's definitely not a delicate flower.

Delta: "I apologize if I have offended-"

Four Seven Niner: "Dick. Move."

"Eh, can't really fault him for doing that." Yang shrugged,

"If you could make a backup of yourself, would you?" Ruby asked.

"No." Yang said immediately, with no hesitation. "If I did I'd never be able to live in the moment again. I'd know that I could just do whatever I want and not worry about the consequences."

"..Isn't that the opposite of living in the moment?" Ruby asked.

"Kind of." Yang shrugged, "But the point of living in the moment is still being yourself while doing it. Know what I mean?"

"Not really but sure!" Ruby shrugged.

"I think I understand, in the same way that you wouldn't want to be fearful of new things you also don't want to feel no fear at all." Ren guessed.

"Exactly." Yang nodded.

Delta: "Prepare to fire engines on my mark. Five, Four, Three-"

Cut to two Insurrection soldiers standing next to each other

Insurrection Soldier #1: "Hey."

Insurrection Soldier #2: "Yeah?"

The group instantly caught on and began to chuckle.

Insurrection Soldier #1: "You ever wonder why-"

The pelican fires its engines, landing right behind the two soldiers as they scream.

Four Seven Niner: "First floor! Everybody out!"

The elevator from heaven to hell. Ren thought.

Everyone jumps out of the Pelican.

York: "Okay, go, go, go!"

Washington: "Why are we always jumping out of this thing?"

North Dakota: "Let's move people!"

"Wash is the most rational out of all of them." Jaune commented.

Ruby raised her hand. "Jumping off of stuff is fun."

"It most certainly is not." Weiss growled.

Carolins readies herself to jump.

Carolina: "Yeah, let's move."

Carolina jumps off the back of the pelican, landing in between some Insurrectionist soldiers and leading the Freelancers into battle.

"Fight scene! Yes!" Nora cheered.

"I've been waiting for another since the fight with that awesome song Terrify!" Yang grinned.

"The choreography has improved over time, if it even needed improving in the first place." Pyrrha added.

Two warthogs drive up and fire at the group. The Freelancers dodge the blast, with Carolina using the attacking warthog to jump onto a higher platform. North and South take cover behind a container.

North Dakota: "South! Stay behind me!"

North fires at the warthog drawing its fire.

North Dakota: "Go, go!"

York and Washington run ahead from another container.

Washington: "York, move up!"

"Wow, all of them are here except Tex and Maine." Jaune commented.

"Wyoming and the blue guy aren't there." Ruby pointed out.

"They were scouting in the water remember?" Jaune asked.

"And Tex is definitely showing up." Yang added.

York: "On it!"

York is blasted back by an explosion.

Washington: "Oh…"

York: "Fucking grenades!"

Nora gasped, "How dare he!"

"He lost an eye to a grenade Nora." Ren reminded.

"He should take that as a reason to respect grenades." Nora huffed.

Washington narrowly avoids another gauss warthog round, using some sort of EMP attack on the surrounding warthogs.

"Wait WHAT! When could he do that!?" Blake gasped.

"That was awesome! He has an emp!" Ruby raised her fists.

"He has an emp? Boo!" Nora booed. "He can cancel me out!"

"E.M.P." Weiss groaned.

"Emp, E.M.P. who cares." Blake shook her head, "When has Wash ever been able to do that?"

"He doesn't have an A.I." Pyrrha added.

"We know it's possible to use the special equipment without A.I. remember Grif and the superspeed?" Jaune asked.

"But he didn't function well as Delta would put it." Weiss pointed out.

"Still it's possible." Jaune shrugged, "I wonder why he didn't use it on the Meta?"

"Well it's clear his E.M.P. is better than the Red's warthog cannon." Blake explained. "Wash didn't go limp, maybe his E.M.P. works better."

"I bet their armor is shielded from Emps." Ruby commented.

Yang nodded, "The reds didn't shield their warthog and that was it's problem. That's why it stalled every time they shot."

The gunner of one of the warthogs gets off only to be gunned down by South, who jumps up into the warthog and shoots the other gunner. Washington and York then run forward. Cut to C.T and the Insurrection Leader in a room, viewing the carnage through a monitor.

C.T: "They're here! I didn't think they'd find me so quickly!"

Insurrectionist Leader: "It was only a matter of time. Let's deal with this!"

The Insurrection Leader walks up to an intercom and starts speaking

Insurrectionist Leader: "All hands topside! We are under attack, this is not a drill! Let's go people, move!"

"I wonder what C.T. told him about them." Blake gestured to the leader. "He could know some of their weaknesses. We already know he's cunning."

The music picks up as the scene cuts to Carolina, firing her plasma rifles from behind a crate at an unseen enemy until she is pinned down by sniper fire. Washington and York, who are below take cover behind a wall, from a Warthog.

Washington: "We've got to time it just right! Wait for my mark!"

York: "Call it."

"It only counts if you call it." Ruby giggled.

Cut to four Insurrectionist soldiers firing sniper rifles at Carolina. The Resistance sniper walks up and takes aim.

Resistance Sniper: "Okay, what have you got for me?"

The Insurrectionist sniper nearly hits Carolina.

Carolina: "Woah!"

"I want to see him and North in a shooting competition." Ruby commented.

"I bet he would win, North knows more than just snipers. But that guy seems like a specialist." Jaune gestured to the resistance sniper.

Carolina holsters a plasma rifle and moves to the other side of the crate.

Carolina: "Alright, boys. Me first!"

Carolina throws a grenade at the snipers but the Resistance Sniper shoots it in mid-air. The grenade explodes. Washington and York move out of cover.

"He's a really good shot, wow!" Ruby gasped.

"If only Tex did that, she wouldn't have died to Donut." Yang commented.

"Ruby would you be able to do that?" Nora asked, looking at her grenades.

Ruby smirked, "Wanna find out?"

"Yeah!" Nora grinned. "After this season."

Washington: "Now!"

They are immediately forced back into cover by a warthog.

Washington: "No, wait! Not now, not now!"

York: "Come on!"

"They all seem evenly matched, the only reason the insurrectionists lost last time was because of Tex." Yang commented.

"It's elite soldiers vs elite agents." Jaune summarized.

"So we've seen the sniper guy, the sleeveless guy, and the girl." Nora listed. "Who else is there?"

"The one with the flamethrower and the one who held the transmitter on top of the building." Ren recalled. "But I'm sure both are dead, that could be what the girl was referring too. Two of their friends died."

"That's why I'm not rooting for either side, they're both bad and good." Ruby sighed. "The C.T. guy doesn't seem evil now but he could be because of everything in season seven. And the director is clearly bad but he just wants to see his wife again."

"It's dark shades of grey." Blake smiled.

Carolina is nearly hit again.

Carolina: "Damn it! (over radio) North, we're pinned down, I need you to take them out!

North Dakota: "I can't get a line of sight on the target from here. But I might have a way to contain them."

Cut to North and South, behind a warthog. South is firing at an unseen enemy and narrowly dodges a sniper round.

Carolina: "(over radio) Just do it!"

North Dakota: "Theta!"

Theta pops up.

Theta: "Ready!"

"He's so happy to help." Yang smiled.

"I know he's so cute!" Weiss added.

North Dakota: "Putting up a hail-mary! I need you to guide me!"

"A hail mary? What does that mean?" Ruby asked.

"In sports it usually means a long throw in a desperate attempt to score or pass to a teammate." Jaune explained.

Seven pairs of eyes settled on him.

"What? I told you guys one of my sisters was into sports." Jaune shrugged.

Theta: "Okay!"

Theta vanishes. North Dakota backs up from the Warthog, where South is still firing. He holster his sniper rifle and pulls out a device. He prepares to throw it.

North Dakota: "They say the best offense, is a good…"

North tosses the device over a building.

North Dakota: "...defense!"

The device lands behind the Insurrectionist snipers.

Resistance Sniper: "What the-?"

The device projects a domed energy shield around the snipers.

"He threw his armor ability? Cool! I wonder if they can all do that? Like can Carolina throw something that changes the colors of other soldiers armor?" Ruby asked, rapidly spouting off her thoughts. "Can Tex make others invisible? Oh! What about Wash he can throw an emp grenade basically! And-"

"Ruby!" Yang chided.

"Oh! Sorry guys, sorry." Ruby stammered.

Resistance Sniper: "Hold your fire people! Stand down."

One of the snipers holster his weapons and pulls out his SMG.

Sniper: "I got this."

"Wait, isn't the shield two way?" Ruby asked.

Jaune nodded.

Resistance Sniper: "No, Wait!"

The sniper fires and is immediately killed by the ricocheting bullet. The dead sniper continues firing, sending bullets ricocheting all over the inside of the shield killing the other snipers as the Resistance sniper ducks. Some of the other snipers are hit and a couple of them fire as well, intensifying the gunfire. The inside becomes covered in blood. The domed energy shield dissipates and the snipers all fall to the floor.

Ruby flinched, "Ah! That was so bloody!"

"The best offense is a good defense when a defender is an absolute idiot." Weiss rolled her eyes.

"That was the most graphic scene in this show so far." Blake commented.

"I don't like it." Pyrrha grimaced.

"Graphic violence in shows is ok if it's done well and sparingly." Blake gave her side with a shrug.

"And it wasn't that graphic, but it was graphic compared to what we've seen so far." Yang added. "Besides, their language is more graphic than any violence they would show."

Pyrrha chuckled, "Good point, I've gotten used to their excessive language."

Cut back to Carolina, now watching the bodies.

North Dakota: "(over radio) Did I get 'em?"

Carolina: "Yeah, North. you got 'em."

Cut back to North, Theta, and South who has stopped firing and is reloading.

North Dakota: "Thanks for the help, Theta."

Theta: "You are welcome."

"He's still cute but also a little scary." Yang commented.

"I still lo- I still think he's great." Weiss caught herself.

North Dakota: "Okay we're movin'! York, you guys can handle it from here right?"

York: "(over radio) Handle it?"

Cut to Washington and York

York: "Sure. I mean, I nearly got blown up a minute ago, and now I'm paired with the squad's second worst fighter. But sure, we can handle it."

"Second worst? Who's the worst?" Ruby asked.

"Probably South?" Yang suggested.

"Second worst? Washington is a great fighter." Blake frowned.

"I bet he gets better after.. after everything with Epsilon." Jaune guessed.

Blake hummed, "Less qualms about harsher attacks and more drive to be better."

North Dakota: "(over radio) Great! North out."

Washington: "(looks up) You really think I'm the second worst fighter?"

York: "No, I was being nice. You're easily the worst."

Blake scoffed, "Really?"

York is punched to the side by the Sleeveless Insurrection Soldier

Washington: "You were saying?"

Blake chuckled, "Good."

Washington and the Sleeveless Insurrection Soldier face each other

Washington: "Yuh oh."

Washington is knocked down next to York. The two Freelancer notice that he is carrying a rocket launcher. The Sleeveless Insurrection Soldier fires at the Freelancers but they narrowly avoid it and are blown back. Washington manages to shoot the rocket launcher out of his hands. A Warthog in the background turns it's turret at Washington.

"Worst fighter hm?" Blake rolled her eyes.

"Yeah that was smart, rocket launchers are a big target. If I don't keep a grip someone can easily shoot my baby out of my hand if it's in grenade launcher form." Nora gestured to Magnhild.

Washington: "Uh oh."

The Warthog backs up and drives towards Washington. Washington manages to get up and begins running away.

Washington: "Car!"

"Man Wash can't catch a break!" Yang mock gasped.

Groans erupted around her.

York gets up

York: "Damn it!"

York fires his shotgun at the Sleeveless Insurrection Soldier but the soldier knocks his arm away from him

York: "Shotgun!"

"And Grif appears!" Yang quipped.

Ruby, Jaune, and Nora laughed.

"Ok that was funny." Ruby grinned.

"You know my break pun was good too." Yang grinned, brimming with satisfaction.

The Sleeveless Insurrection Soldier tackles York and gets up. Carolina begins to fire at him from the upper platform. The soldier dodges the shots by rolling. Carolina's plasma rifles overheat and she notices the warthog chasing Washington, putting him inbetween a crate and the warthog.

Carolina: "Oh, fuck! No you don't!"

Carolina leaps off the platform and kicks Girlie off the Warthog's turret. She then jumps on Girlie but is kicked off. Regaining her footing, Carolina fires at the her, but the bolts are stopped when the Demo Man, who now has a robotic arm, backs the warthog up to block them. He then raises his a shotgun with his robotic arm at Carolina

Demo Man: "'Sup bitch. It's payback time!"

"He lived!" Jaune gasped.

"Oh robot arm cool!" Ruby gasped.

"It looks the same as the one the women had in the PSA with Caboose." Pyrrha noted.

"Robot arm? Pfft." Yang glanced at her own arms. Never want to lose one of these guns.

The Demo Man fires his shotgun but Carolina gets out of the way only for Girlie to attack her with dual pistols. York gets up and runs for his shotgun, surprising the Sleeveless Insurrection Soldier who was trying to grab the shotgun as well. York pummels him and sends him to the side. Grabbing his shotgun, York hits Girlie with the butt of his shotgun and prepares to fire at her.

Pyrrha's eyes followed every movement, "No move is ever wasted, using momentum from picking up the shotgun York slammed it into the girl."

"It's sometimes hard to follow, I know in a real fight it's easy to see out opponents moves because of adrenaline. But sitting here all the moves look so fast but they're actually pretty slow." Ruby commented.

"The moves here are definitely faster than in any action movie, and most animated fights I've seen." Jaune added.

Girlie ducks as the Demo Man drives over her and uses the side of the warthog to knock York into the crate that Washington hides behind.

York: "Oh, my head…"

The group chuckled.

"That's probably not a 'oh the front of my front' joke but it reminded me of one." Jaune laughed.

"Yeah same for me." Nora giggled.

Washington moves to the other side of the crate and pulls out a pad.

Washington: "Okay! Time to fight fire, with fire!"

Washington tosses the pad out into the open. Girlie, and the Sleeveless Insurrection Soldier are seen in the background charging at Carolina. Washington presses something on his arm piece. The view cuts to the pad which emits a red light and a beeping noise which grows faster until a drop-pod lands right on top of it.

"Woah what is that?" Ruby asked.

"That's what Tex's motorcycle and rocket launcher came in last season." Yang eyed the drop pod.

"Fighting fire with fire." Blake frowned. "Hmm."

Girlie and Sleeveless soldier turn around. The hatch pops off, sending it towards the soldiers. Cut to the front of the pod. Agent Maine exits the pod and stands in front of the soldiers. Sigma then appears on Maine's right shoulder.

"Oh it's Maine!" Jaune gasped.

"Sheila fired the Maine cannon!" Yang quipped.

"Yang boo." Ruby said, almost bored before she turned to the rest of the group. "Didn't Sarge do something like this?"

Nora gasped, "Yeah he did! And then he got a fear of heights, oh Jaune he's also like you!"

"Hey I'm not specifically afraid of heights, I'm just afraid of falling." Jaune crossed his arms.

Sigma: "Agent Maine, isn't that the soldier from the freeway? The one that shot you in the throat?"

Maine growls and turns to face the two. They are reflected on his visor.

Sigma: "I thought so. Sic 'em."

Maine lunges forward as the screen cuts to blackz

"That evil.." Pyrrha sighed, "He's already controlling Maine."

"I almost feel bad for the sleeveless guy." Ruby winced, "Maine is slowly becoming evil and all his anger is about to be let loose."

Blake nodded grimly, "The title, Fall From Heaven could refer to the freelancers falling in the Pelican or Tucker's bad pick up line. But now I think it could refer to Maine, falling from the way he was before towards the Meta persona."


Question: Apparently people don't like Neptune. What do you all think of him?

I think he's an okay character, people whine about him taking up too much screen time but I don't think he did. He was on screen to develop Jaune and Weiss mostly. Also yeah he has that "womanizer" personality but he had a nice little arc during the dance. He gets so much hate, I've seen people demonize him as a sexist manwhore who ruins the show.