Author's Note:

Rwby vol 8 started off good, then turned to crap. What a surprise.

"Wah wah feelings! Wahhhh! Feelings! Who cares about the plot! We're all idiots all of the sudden!"

Except then they're not idiots, characters are smart and they show and don't tell. The show teases greatness all the time.

But goddamnit the dialogue still sucks, the bad scenes would be watchable if the dialogue wasn't so forced. Fuuuck I just want the AOT dubs to finish coming out, I need to rewatch season 4 with the dubs.

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Chapter 55- Fifty Shades of Red

The words "Fifty Shades of Red" appear in space.

"Oh I guess this is an anthology mini-series like the triplets." Jaune commented.

"Are there only fifty shades of red?" Ruby asked, "I thought there were more."

"There are, I don't understand the title." Weiss frowned.

"Me neither." Blake added.

Cut to Lemons running towards a line of Red soldiers standing in front of a training facility, The facility shoots a bolt of energy into the sky.

Lemons: "Good afternoon, gentlemen. My name is Special Officers Lemons."

Ruby, Yang, and Nora snorted.

"Lemons?" Weiss raised an eyebrow. "That's worse than Donut."

Lemons: "Command has seen fit to gather you here today because we believe that each and every one of you exhibit the specific traits we're looking for in commanding officers!"

"Oh this is Sarge's origin!" Nora gasped.

Lemons: "Now, this is not your standard officers training course. Today we are looking for one man and one man only to lead a newly formed team to victory against the Blue devils."

"Look there he is!" Nora pointed at the only regulation red soldier.

"Newly formed team? Grif and Simmons?" Jaune asked.

Blake nodded "Probably, it looks like they're specifically choosing the worst people-"

"Worst? Sarge is a great leader." Nora crossed her arms.

"Specifically choosing certain people." Weiss rolled her eyes, "Anyway, continue Blake."

Blake nodded, "To protect the Alpha, hiding him in plain sight at a simulation base is one thing. But they need to be sure he won't be killed by the enemy team."

"But instead he was killed by his own team." Ruby giggled.

Red Soldiers: "Sir, yes, sir!"

"I heard Sarge's voice in there." Blake mumbled.

Lemons: "Excellent. Now how about we go down the line and introduce ourselves? And I want to know exactly what it is you hope to achieve during your time here in the Red army."

"He acts like he's talking to a group of kids." Weiss noted.

McGruff: "Name's Johnson McGruff. My primary directive is to seek, destroy, and completely eradicate any members of the Blue army, sir!"

Daggerknife: "Hank Daggerknife's the name, and killing Blue's is my game, sir."

"The name's Nora and I'll turn any blue red." Nora smirked.

"All of those lines sound exactly like something Sarge would say." Blake noted.

"Though it's strange seeing them.. McGruff looks like Grif and Daggerknife looks like Simmons." Weiss pointed out.

Sarge: "Sarge, reporting for duty! As far as I'm concerned-"

Lemons: "(stutters) I'm sorry, your name is Sarge?"

Sarge: "Yup! Pappie always told me to dress for the job you want! Figured I'd just take it a little but further. (laughs)"

"That's dedication hehe." Nora chuckled.

"Nothing about Sarge's eccentricity surprises me anymore." Weiss shook her head.

Daggerknife: "Damn, I respect that!"

Lemons: "Um, how about we just skip the introductions and get right to the tryouts?"

Red Soldiers: "Sounds good to me! Jinx! Ah, you got me! Double jinx! Well played! Triple jinx! Damn it!"

"They're all Sarge's." Weiss groaned.

"I thought nothing about Sarge surprised you anymore?" Ruby snickered.

"That was for one Sarge, singular." Weiss held up one finger to demonstrate her point. "And I didn't say anything about exasperation."

"I like it! They're like brothers and one sister!" Nora grinned.

Cut to the Red Soldiers and Lemons surrounding a Warthog.

Lemons: "Alright, men, from this point on, the kiddie gloves are officially off. This first exercise will be testing your ability to communicate under pressure."

"I can't wait to see how Sarge wins all these competitions." Nora grinned.

"He is crafty, I'll give him that." Weiss nodded.

"Yeah, I bet he'll have some kind of crazy trick or something." Jaune nodded. "He used to be in the actual military

"He said he was dropped in from orbit.. that seems a little far fetched." Pyrrha chuckled.

"Simmons said it." Ren corrected.

"Oh, sorry.. I thought that was Sarge being Sarge." Pyrrha shrugged.

Daggerknife: "Are we being deployed to a planet with increased gravitational force?"

"All of these candidates sound like other people trying to sound like Sarge." Blake commented.

"They're pretty good." Ruby added.

McGruff: "Don't be ridiculous. Clearly, we're being sent to an underwater base. I'm perfect for the job sir. Was stationed at Fort Florida. Undersea pressure was enormous."

"I told you they sunk Florida! And then they built a base there!" Nora shouted.

Ren shook his head.

Jaune laughed, "I think they really did."

"That's ridiculous and not at all surprising." Weiss rolled her eyes.

Lemons: "Not that kind of pressure. This vehicle has been fitted with an IED."

Lemons kneels to show the C5 attached to the bottom of the Warthog.

"That's the same bomb the blues had last episode." Nora pointed. "C5."

"Each side was given similar equipment to keep a stalemate." Jaune recalled.

"And to help that stalemate even more Florida is picking the teams. I'm sure soon enough we'll see the blues." Blake added.

Lemons: "One of you will be tasked with defusing the explosive, while another will be in charge of walking you through the defusing process, step by step. You will be provided with a bomb defusal manual, and tool kit, but the success of this operation will depend entirely upon your communication skills."

"Communication skills." Weiss shook her head.

"Sarge has an interesting way of speaking." Pyrrha chuckled. "We know they pick him so we know that he succeeds."

"Yeah, like I said he probably thinks outside the box." Nora added.

"Yes but.. how outside the box." Weiss asked warily.

Cut to a view behind Corporal Buckshot.

Lemons: "Corporal Buckshot."

Buckshot: "Sir, yes sir!"

Lemons: "You will be our diffuser."

Buckshot: "My pleasure!"

Lemons: "As for your lead-"

Sarge: "Oh, oh! Permission to volunteer sir?"

Nora grinned.

Lemons: "Sarge! I like your attitude. Why don't you show us what you've got?"

Daggerknife: "(sighs) Lucky."

Cut to Sarge, the Red soldiers, and Lemons taking cover behind a rock while Buckshot is kneeling next to the jeep.

Lemons: "Alright everyone! This is a timed explosive! Live fire exercise begins in 3, 2, 1!"

Warthog honks and the timer starts counting down.

"Live fire… wait does that mean that's a real bomb?" Nora gasped, "That's awesome!"

"It's incredibly irresponsible and dangerous!" Weiss groaned.

"We have live fire exercises." Yang shrugged.

"We have aura, and for some reason I trust Ms. Goodwitch to handle potentially dangerous training scenarios more than Lemons." Weiss rolled her eyes.

Buckshot: "Alright Sarge, I see the device. What's the first step?"

Sarge: "Calm down, good buddy. I'm gonna guide you through this and get you home to your family. That's a promise. (turns to McGruff) McGruff, I need you to find me a M7057 Defoliant Projector."

"What's defoliant?" Ruby asked.

"A chemical that is used to clear plants and trees from areas being used for warfare." Weiss answered.

"A flamethrower!" Nora clarified.

Mcgruff: "Roger that. On it sir. (runs off)"

Lemons: "(confused) What...?"

Sarge: "(turns to Daggerknife) Daggerknife, keep your eyes on those cliffs. This could very well be a trap, set up by our nefarious enemy!"

Daggerknife: "You got it, Sarge! (runs off)"

Lemons: "Uh... Sarge? Uh... There's no enemies here. Uh-We're just focusing... on the bomb?"

"Sarge is thinking outside the box canyon they're in." Yang snickered.

Ruby sighed and shook her head.

"This is a test!" Nora gasped.

"Yes.. a test of communication skills." Weiss raised her eyebrow.

"No she's right! What if it is a test? Like to see how they handle an ambush." Ruby asked.

Weiss frowned, "Then they would have two problems, bomb defusal and an ambush. That would certainly weed out those who can't handle new situations."

"And Sarge can handle any crazy thing, he prepares for even crazier stuff to happen." Nora finished.

Sarge: "(laughs) But that's just what the Blues want us to think! I see the game your playing, Lemons, (laughs briefly) and I intend to win."

Lemons: "No, no, no... There's not-"

Buckshot: "(Timer is sub 40) Sarge, we're getting pretty low on time over here!"

"Too low, Sarge hasn't even read the defusal instructions." Blake pointed out.

"He probably memorized them." Nora waived her off.

"He may have." Weiss nodded, "Though Lemons sounds very genuine.. I'm beginning to suspect there's nothing more to the training exercise."

Sarge: "Buckshot, if we're going to do this, we're going to do it right! Now calm down and wait for instruction."

Mcgruff: "Asset acquired, Sarge. heh heh"

Sarge: "Good man. heh heh"

"They even laugh the same." Nora giggled.

"Heh heh." Ruby minicked.

Buckshot: "(panicking) Down to the final seconds!"

Sarge: "(picking up the Flamethrower) Alright, fellas. Watch... and learn. Step one."

Sarge fires the flamethrower, burning the computer and the table to ashes.

"He just burned the instructions." Weiss sighed.

"He memorized it remember?" Nora asked.

"That was just a theory." Weiss pointed out.

Lemons: "(nervously laughs) That computer had the defusal instructions. Why would you-?"

Sarge: "Step one: No cheating! The Red Army is not gonna march its way to victory by looking up the answers in the back of the book!"

"But that's how I study!" Ruby gasped.

"How can you do homework without the answers in the back!?" Jaune asked.

"You could study the chapter and reason that your answer is wrong from the information there." Weiss chimed in.

Everyone turned to look at her, even Ren.

"What!? That's how I study."

Sarge: "We'll rely on good old-fashioned intuition. (turns to Buckshot) Alright, Buckshot-"

Explosion. The Warthog flips through the sky and lands on the ground completely intact.

"That was a nice flip." Yang commented.

"Wait, Sarge failed? But he wins.. we know he wins." Nora frowned.

Ruby gasped, "He won by losing!"

"What?" Jaune asked.

"Flowers is picking the worst soldiers, so he picked Sarge! ...Sorry Nora." Ruby added.

"It all must be part of Sarge's plan." Nora grinned.

Sarge: "(runs up to the Warthog) Huh... Now that is a sturdy piece of military equipment."

Other Red soldiers murmur in agreement.

"Where's Buckshot?" Pyrrha asked.

"He was right next to- oh." Jaune paused.

"He's probably dead." Blake deadpanned.

"Live fire exercise with a real bomb." Weiss shook her head, "This same exercise could have easily been done with a dud."

"But where's the fun in that?" Nora asked.

"The fun in living a long fulfilling life?" Jaune asked back.

Lemons: "You're focused... on the JEEP?! Buckshot is dead! You let him explode!"

"He is just as much at fault as Sarge is! Both are extremely neglectful." Weiss ranted.

Sarge: "While that may be true, Clint Buckshot knew the risks when he volunteered. He died... a hero."

"He's as much of a hero as Hammer was." Blake quipped.

"Both died foolish deaths." Ren added.

Lemons: "He died in a training accident!"

Sarge: "And a damn fine one at that. I think I speak for all of us, including the dead Clint Buckshot, that we're ready for our next objective."

Red soldiers cheering.

McGruff: "These exercises really get the blood pumping. I'm ready to fight me some Blues!"

McGruff: "Six to midnight!"

More cheering from the Red soldiers.

"They're even more fanatical than the fanatics." Weiss sighed, "I suppose we should have known that already."

Daggerknife: "Oh yeah, if there were a Blue in here right now, they'd be just as dead as good old Buckshot, if not more!"

Even more cheering from the Red soldiers.

"I don't doubt Buckshot would cheer along with them." Pyrrha added.

Sarge: "I'm pretty sure it goes without saying, if there were any dirty Blues within a hundred miles of this facility, we'd find 'em and we'd paint 'em red. Am I right?!"

"YEAAAHH!" Nora cheered, "Sarge knows how to make a speech!"

Even a lot more cheering from the Red soldiers. View changes to Captain Flowers looking from a window in the cliff side.

Captain Flowers: "Wonderful. They're all idiots."

Weiss and Blake burst out laughing. Jaune, Yang, Ruby, and Pyrrha joined in a second later.

Nora giggled, "That was kind of funny, aww if only Sarge knew there was a blue right above him."

"Agent Florida is not a blue but he deserves to be hated like a blue." Pyrrha commented.

Special agent appears behind him.

Special Agent: "Captain Flowers, the Blues are here for their interviews."

Captain Flowers: "Well that is just stupendous! Right on time too. I am such a sucker for punctuality."

"Me too." Weiss mumbled.

Slide appears with the words:

CANDIDATES FOR BLOOD GULCH OUTPOST "ALPHA"

INTERVIEWER: AGENT FLORIDA "CAPT. FLOWERS"

Candidate 1 (Pvt Jimmy): "I would say that my greatest strength is my love for following rules."

"Sounds like Weiss." Ruby giggled.

"Not anymore." Weiss scoffed, "Some rules are meant to be bent."

"Not broken?" Yang asked.

"I'm not a crook." Weiss explained.

Candidate 2: "I'm a great listener! Go on, tell me something and I'll remember!"

Candidate 3 (Tucker): "What, you mean physically? I can bench a clean 200 no problem. Do a couple 100 reps everyday. 40 cock push-ups, no big deal."

"Oh there's Tucker!" Jaune pointed.

"I don't believe a word he said." Yang laughed.

"I don't want to ask but.. what is that kind of pushup?" Ruby winced.

Yang snorted, "Let's ask-"

"No." Ren deadpanned.

Jaune shook his head, "I don't even know, and I don't want to."

"It's basically what it sounds like, you lay down and push with it." Yang grimaced, "It was a lot funnier before I pictured it."

"Candidate 1

Likes Rules"

Candidate 1 (Pvt Jimmy): "Where do I see myself in five years? Hopefully with your job! *laughs*"

"That's a little rude." Weiss grimaced.

"He's trying to break the ice." Yang explained.

"I think he's nervous too." Jaune added.

"I feel bad for him, interviews are really stressful." Ruby sagged, recalling her interrogation at Goodwitch's behest.

"Candidate 2

Great listener"

Candidate 2: "Well, no matter where I end up, I bet I'll still remember that thing you told me because I'm such a good listener."

"Is that all he has?" Nora asked.

"Candidate 3

40 cock push-ups"

Candidate 3 (Tucker): "Five years? Ugh, hopefully I'm not dead. Oh, and I bang like five years worth of chicks by then, am I right dude?"

"I can see why they chose Tucker." Weiss groaned.

"Me too." Jaune laughed.

"Candidate 1

Likes Rules

Driven"

Candidate 1 (Pvt Jimmy): "Gosh, why did I join the military? Y'know, I just wanted to make a difference. Fight for my fellow man."

"He sounds like he shouldn't be here." Blake commented.

"What do you mean?" Pyrrha asked.

"He's too competent." Blake explained.

"Candidate 2

Great listener

Really great listener"

Candidate 2: "I wanted to show off how great a listener I am."

"Candidate 3

40 Cock push ups

Hopefully still alive in five years"

Candidate 3 (Tucker): "Chicks dig war heroes. I'm hoping I get shot in the foot and get sent home with a medal I can use to pick up women. Hey, totally unrelated, but do you want to do me a favor and shoot me in the foot?"

"That's sad, that he would go to such lengt- wait is this why he joined the military in the first place!" Weiss gasped.

Yang laughed, "Yeah the best reason!"

"No! The worst reason! He wanted to use valor to-" Weiss cleared her throat politely, "Pick up chicks?" She mocked.

"Is it really that surprising?" Blake asked with a raised eyebrow.

Weiss groaned, "Tucker continues to disappoint me, at least I know he becomes more respectable with time."

"Candidate 1:

Likes rules

Driven

Selfless"

Candidate 1 (Pvt Jimmy): "My deepest regret? Oh golly, I mean...Probably not telling my mom I love you more before shipping me off."

Ruby looked down, "I like Candidate one."

"Me too." Yang nodded.

"I should have done the same thing." Jaune nodded.

Blake winced, "Me too."

Ren nodded and sighed, Pyrrha remained unreadable.

Nora and Weiss grimaced.

My mom would probably be too drunk to understand me. Weiss thought bitterly.

My mom abandoned me when the Grimm came, she left me to die. Nora frowned, not really knowing what to think. I'm just happy Ren was there for me.

"Candidate 2

Great listener

Really great listener

Seriously great listener"

Candidate 2: "..Oh what? I'm sorry, I wasn't listening."

Ruby giggled, Pyrrha chuckled.

"Candidate 3

40 Cock push ups,

Hopefully still alive in five years

"Chicks Dig War heroes"

Candidate 3 (Tucker): "Oh dude, don't bring that up. Look, all I'm saying is some girls tell you they're 18 and like, what am I, some human age detecting machine? Anyway, the charges were dropped and it wasn't that big a deal despite what the media said."

The looks of horror and disgust that spread across the groups faces would have made a sailor wince.

"That- ugh!" Weiss shook her head. "That's disgusting."

"We don't know how far it went but yeah." Yang laughed, "Of course Tucker would get in a situation like that."

Weiss shook her head. "I did not know he was a pedophile! That's-"

"That's going a little far." Yang held her hand up, "I'm seventeen but do I look it? If I wanted to I could lie about my age.. I have lied about my age to get into bars."

"I suppose, though isn't that something he should have asked?" Weiss raised her eyebrows at Yang.

"Oh yeah he should have asked. However far he and the girl went, it was far enough to warrant knowing at least her name and age." Yang grimaced, "I know it was just a joke but ugh.. I want some context."

"Me too, that would be appreciated." Blake chuckled.

"Apparently it was big enough to be in the news." Pyrrha winced.

"Want to move on?" Jaune asked.

The group nodded.

Captain Flowers: "Well I think we have our man. Welcome aboard, Lavernius Tucker."

"Candidate one sounded like a real soldier." Weiss sighed.

"He's someone I'd want to fight with." Nora agreed.

"He seemed very honorable." Pyrrha added. "I wouldn't be surprised if there were some like him in this school."

Tucker: "Aboard what? Wait, what is this an interview for?"

Captain Flowers: "I'll see you in a few weeks. Thanks for your time."

Special Agent: "Time to go private."

Tucker: "No, seriously, where the fuck are we going?"

Captain Flowers: "Alright, let's see how our Reds-. Oh my word."

Cut to Captain Flowers looking out the window to see all the red soldiers dead except for Sarge and Daggerknife.

Nora couldn't help it, she began to laugh. Tears began to leak out of Yang's eyes, Ruby giggled uncontrollably.

"Oh my word." Ruby repeated as she giggled.

That caused the others to laugh too.

"How does that happen? Weiss asked. "He was gone for- it doesn't matter how long he was gone! All but two are dead!"

"Sarge probably had something to do with it." Blake guessed.

View changes to Sarge and Daggerknife. A crow is heard cawing.

Daggerknife: "Well I think that went pretty well."

Yang, Ruby, and Nora snorted with barely held in laughter.

Lemons: "What did you do!?"

Sarge: "Ah, Special Officer Lemons!"

Daggerknife: "How was our performance, sir?"

Lemons: "How did this happen? I, I, I gave you all rubber bullets!"

"As he should have." Weiss agreed.

"That was responsible." Pyrrha added. "Unlike with the bomb."

Sarge: "Oh, that was intentional? I was under the assumption you'd simply provided us with the wrong ammunition."

Lemons: "Why would you even assume that?"

Sarge: "Well you gave us a real bomb to defuse!"

"He has a point." Ruby laughed.

"He does.. I'll blame Lemons for this. He should know he's working with a group of insane people." Weiss shook her head.

Daggerknife: "Hehe, he's got you there sir."

Sarge: "Besides, who doesn't love a good live fire training course?"

Lemons: "I'm fairly certain all of the soldiers you killed."

Daggerknife: "No no no, we were all in agreement."

Nora laughed, "Aww I wish the others were still alive, they're like a huge family of Sarge's!"

"All in agreement." Weiss scoffed.

Sarge: "Oh yeah, McGruff seemed real gung-ho about the whole idea!"

Daggerknife: "God rest his soul."

Sarge: "So...have you decided which of us is being promoted?"

Lemons: "Which of you-which of you is...I,I honestly don't know. You're- you're both equally insane."

Nora gasped, "Ohh!" She leaned forward.

Sarge: "Hmm..then perhaps it should be up to us who moves forward."

Daggerknife: "Hmm... Yes, a fitting resolution if i may say so myself."

Sarge: "You may."

"I can see where this is going- er I believe I do. But I don't doubt they will exceed my expectations and set the bar even lower." Weiss sighed.

"How low is the bar?" Yang snickered.

"Six feet underground." Weiss replied.

"How do you think they will decide?" Ruby asked Nora.

"They will test each other's resolve!" Nora grinned.

Daggerknife: "Well, my father, his father and his father before him have all been exceptional military leaders."

Sarge: "Admirable, but tradition doesn't win wars. It takes strength, intelligence and the will to survive!"

"I agree with that." Weiss nodded, "Family lineage is important but the Schnee name was strong, and will be strong due to our own determination. And nothing else."

Jaune nodded, "Yeah, and tradition doesn't mean you can be as good as those before you. But you can be good, in a different way." I may not be the best huntsman, but I'm a great leader.

Lemons: "Gentlemen, I, I don't think we can base our decision on-"

Daggerknife: "Well if it's strength and intelligence you're looking for, I've got it in droves."

Sarge: "I'm only hearing two out of three, Daggerknife. But me? I've got the full package."

Lemons: "Guys-"

"I kind of feel bad for Lemons." Ruby smiled sadly at the panicking character.

Daggerknife: "I will fight for this army until this war is won!"

Sarge: "Fighting is one thing, but would you die for this army?"

Daggerknife: "Of course I would!"

Sarge: "Talk is cheap!"

"Oh no." Jaune grimaced.

Daggerknife: "I couldn't agree more!"

Sarge: "Then what are you going to do about it, Daggerknife!?"

Gunshot. View changes to show Daggerknife's dead body.

"Did he just-" Weiss looked aghast.

"Wow… he was more of a fanatic than Sarge." Nora gasped. "Oh well, Sarge has the will to survive and Daggerknife didn't."

"That was kind of dark." Jaune added.

"Not as bad as the Director but…" Yang shook her head.

Sarge: "Huh. I'd thought he call my bluff on that one. Looks like he's the man for the job after all! Congratulations Hank Daggerknife, I salute you."

"Sarge is insane, more insane than he's ever been. This is Sarge to the extreme." Blake commented.

"Yeah they were all a little more extreme when the show started." Jaune recalled.

"Not like this." Weiss grimaced.

"I don't think they were extreme at the start of the show at all." Blake added.

Lemons: "He... he's dead!"

Sarge: "Indeed, he is! Guess the job goes to me. Thank you process of elimination (laughs)."

Lemons: "You're crazy. You're all fucking crazy!"

"Lemons broke." Yang pointed out.

Sarge: "Hey, do not disrespect the fallen soldiers of this army!"

Lemons: "Haha, soldiers!? You're psychopaths!"

Sarge: "(pointing a shotgun at Lemons) Insubordination!"

Lemons: "What?"

Sarge: "As the newly appointed sergeant, I will not stand for such behavior! No Red soldier would ever speak so lowly of their fallen brethren! Unless...You aren't Red. "

Nora gasped, "Woah."

"Well Sarge may actually be right, the Project has Flowers and those under him working here. They're command, Lemons is likely command too." Blake explained.

Lemons: "Sarge? Uh, you're not making any sense."

Sarge: "Oh, that's where you're wrong, Loimans. For the first time today, everything makes perfect sense! You're not a Red, you're the final test!"

Lemons: "What are you talking about?"

Sarge: "You're a dirty Blue."

Lemons: "What...?"

Sarge: "You're as Blue as Daggerknife is dead."

Lemons: "Uh, Agent Florida, I've got a situation down here."

"Yep, he was part of the project." Yang nodded.

"I don't feel bad for him anymore." Ruby concluded. "Well kind of…" she amended.

View changes to Captain Flowers looking from a window from the cliff side

Captain Flowers: "Thank you, Special Officer Lemons, you have found us the perfect Red leader."

Lemons: "No no no, wait wait PLEASE-"

Gunshot

Sarge: "That one's for Daggerknife, dirtbag."

"Wow… Florida is a lot darker than I expected and Sarge is a lot crazier." Ruby commented.

Captain Flowers: "Welcome to the roster, Sarge."

View changes to Sarge looking at the cliff side window and showing Lemons's dead body

Sarge: "Hello? If anyone from command is watching, I've completed the final test. I've killed Lemons. I'm ready for my promotion now. Hello?"

View changes to Captain Flowers

Captain Flowers: "Now all that's left is one... final... piece."

View then changes to a Pvt. Jimmy in Cobalt armor

Fade to black

"Church? What about Caboose, Donut, Doc, and Sister?" Nora asked.

"They only got there later, this is the origin of the characters that were here from the very very beginning." Jaune explained.

Sarge: "Is this another test?"

The words "To be Concluded " appear in space.

"I guess the next episode is the end to these origin episodes." Weiss hummed.

Sarge: "I'm pretty sure I'm the only one left! Unless Buckshot's still alive."

Gunshot

Sarge: "Nope, he's dead."

Episode ends

"Sarge shot buckshot with buckshot." Nora laughed.

"Nice pun." Yang complimented.

"So flowers put together the team that killed him, and brought down the entire project. The director sure picked the right man for the job." Blake smiled.

"Now that's ironic." Ruby giggled, recalling the reds and blues debating irony.

QUESTION: What do you think about volume 8?

I think it royally fucked up and the main characters are terrible. The final episode did give some hope but eh whatever.

Also sorry for the wait etc etc, you've all heard this before. You all know I'm busy and that I will never abandon this fic. I am truly sorry for the wait, I'm hoping I can finish it all during Summer. I've saved up enough money to not work between the end of Highschool and the start of college.

I've been secretive about that stuff before but ehh fuck it why not? You all deserve to understand why there's been so much wait. I'm a senior in highschool, I started this series in Sophomore year which explains the quality of the fic before I went over everything and fixed it… for the most part. I hope I can finish this series of fics for all of you but I don't have a lot of time for it.