Reviews:

Guest (First One): While your statement is true, the Magos Dominus still have plans for the world before he plunges it into the fires of war. Also, if the Ad Mech declares war of Remnant than my story will end quickly and abruptly. Which I know that some readers will not appreciate, and neither will I.

Guest (Second One): Cool.

Janne Rolfe Jalandoni: You do not need to remind me of the consequences of not posting more chapters. Give psalms to the Machine God till the end of days.

Forge Master 00: 1) Doctor Oobleck is still worried about the conversion part, and losing his humanity. But he can still be swayed 2) I might include your Void Splitter in my next story, I will pm you about it when the time comes. 3) The Metalica conscript thing is not canon (currently scouring for knowledge to prove or disprove it), but I would not be surprised if it is true. Metalica isn't my favorite Forge, I am trying to figure out which Forge World I will choose for my army. Ryza, Lucius, and Stygies are the ones I am torn between.

Guest (Third One): I am want Doctor Oobleck and Ruby to become tech-priest but if the stories does not flow that way than so be it. The first poll on the discord server will be about which one will be the first tech-priest. It depends on the Forge World, for example in the review Forge Master 00 left shows that the citizens of Mars have more choice. It is just that Metalica is a world with everything put into efficiency and citizens that do nothing harm that efficiency. I never liked Blake as a character in RWBY because she gave off a sense arrogance and that only she could fix the White Fang, when she can't do shit to be honest. That character flaw is going to be presented in full during this story. I swear to the Omnissiah, if that ball of plot armor and geneseed enters any of my stories I will book a one way ticket to Hell Forge Sarum.

Speech Syntaxes:

-Speech- Lingua-Technis

"Speech" Low Gothic/English

"Speech" Demon/Possessed

Notes: The discord code is eeJxfZ9, if it does not work/expires then pm me about it. I am going to have the first pole set up there soon, all are welcome to join. Since the fleet in orbit has been ignored heavily they will be getting some love in this chapter. Apologize for being late with this chapter, school ends at the end of the month for me which will allow me to post more often.

Chapter Eighteen: Fury

Even with her Faunus traits she had trouble listening to what the tech-priest and professor were talking about, not due to distance but the rhythmic sound caused by the metal soldiers between her and the conversation. It was almost if they knew what she was attempting to do and were preventing her from completing her mission. She needed to stop the Adeptus Mechanicus from destroying the White Fang so that she could rebuild it in a better image, her image.

Doctor Oobleck tore his mind away from the tempting offer to question his students, he secondary mission after making sure they are protected against all forms of assault. Even if it comes from the Adeptus Mechanicus, which he hopes will never happen. He really needs to get rid of his habit of going off on tangents and focus on the task at hand. "Tell me Yang, why did you choose this line of work?" asked the teacher as he put the blonde under his judging gaze.

She started off explaining, "Well, to fight monsters and save-"

The professor could not help to pinch the bridge of his nose above his glasses. "No, that is what you do. I want to know why you do it. The honest reason as to why you want to be a Huntress," Oobleck corrected.

"The honest reason? I'm a thrill-seeker. I want to travel around the world and get wrapped up in as many crazy adventures as I can. And if I help people along the way, then that's even better. It's a win-win, y'know?" answered Yang. He noted that her eyes started to jump from building and the foot that her weight was placed on shifted multiple times during the entire answer.

While the next encounter was being wrapped up he questioned his second underling, "And you, Miss Schnee? A girl born into fame and fortune such as yourself certainly doesn't need the extra work. So…why choose this over a cushy job in Atlas?"

She slowly walked up to him, her manner of talk was as if she was giving a speech, "It's exactly as you said. I'm a Schnee. I have a legacy of honor to uphold. Once I realized I was capable of fighting, there was no longer a question of what I would do with my life. It was my duty." Similar to her teammate, she was lying. If she became a huntress because of solely her family duty and honor, she would be in Atlas Academy. This is an interesting matter, to research later.

After the ex-terrorist cleared out the first floor the ruined building, Doctor Oobleck decided it was a good time to ask her a few questions. (All professors know that Blake is an ex-White Fang member and a Faunus. While Ozpin likes to keep information to himself, he wanted to give the teacher a warning about what they say in class to her.) "And what about you, Blake? You seem to carry yourself with a sense of purpose," stated the professor as he stood in the doorway.

She turn to see who was talking, upon realizing it was the huntsmen she took a glance out of each window. It was as if she was hiding from someone, Dominus Ferrum perhaps? He did notice the glares the Faunus had been sending to the tech-priest. Blake reasoned, "There's too much wrong in this world to just stand by and do nothing. Inequality, corruption…" After checking the windows again she whispered, "Foreign invasion."

The entire room went silent as if both of them was waiting for something to happen, thankfully nothing did. Blake went back to her normal speaking voice, "Someone has to stop it." She appears to already despise the Adeptus Mechanicus and suspect them of wanting to invade Remnant. While her theory may hold some fact, due to the reports from the recent attacks on the White Fang outposts and relations between them and Atlas, it is not entirely true. Maybe she is biased because she still supports her brothers and sisters in arms against humanity even though she said she changed. Regardless, Ozpin will want to hear about this.

Doctor Oobleck decided to continue the conversation, "Very well. How?"

Blake appeared caught off guard, frantic, and confused all at the same time. He would most likely pin the facial changes on being surprised or scared. The hidden Faunus whispered, "I, uh…stop the Adeptus Mechanicus?" The professor need nothing more from her. He walked back to the group with haste to reach up with the Skitarii, maybe he could ask some of them questions why they enlisted as well. The ex-terrorist was left alone, surrounded by the fading bodies of the Grimm, as she allowed her mind to wander.

Skitarii Ranger Alpha-9342, 'Daniel', watched as the person designated as Doctor Oobleck approached them. His face showed no signs of hostilities or displeasure, but a special kind of curiosity. The same that she had seen on an Adept training to become a tech-priest before she was transferred under command of Magos Dominus Pugnus. He asked the squad in general, "Why did you choose to join the army of the Adeptus Mechanicus?"

Knowing that only he could give the answers that the Dominus would be pleased with, the Alpha lied, "All of the Skitarii here have been conscripted." Daniel watched as the professor wrote some notes down on his notebook before heading off in the direction the party had been going. Once he was out of range he questioned his squad, -How many of you have recorded the conversation the Doctor had with the traitorous abhuman? - Sadly his blessed machine ears only received five affirmatives, none of which were from the fresh converts. Maybe they past selves still had some control over them, the Magos Dominus must be warned about this if it is true.

Blake noticed that during the second half of the evening the attitude of the Skitarii changed while they were around her. Instead of one always glaring at her it increased to two, and they only rotated between half of them. Maybe they heard her conversation with Professor Oobleck? No that was impossible. They were too far away from the conversation, and factoring in her whispering, only a Faunus could hear her confessions. And she knew for certain that an organization that wanted to exterminate her kind would never hire on of her brothers or sisters. But doubt still lingered in the dark corners of her brain. Her gut told her that she was in danger, but her mind reasoned that if they did anything to her then Remnant would no longer trust them.

Weiss was the first to notice that Doctor Oobleck stopped walking that is if you do not count the robots that had reactions times that humans could not compete with. Her gaze shifted to her team leader who was using her weapon to play with the cute and lovable fur ball called Zwei. It had a nice Atlesian sounding name, which made it even perfect. The heiress noted how the tech-priest appeared to be also glaring at her partner, it was hard to tell because her entire face was metal. Living around someone as cold as her sister helped her read emotions of people who were usually cold. But Winter was a snowflake in coldness compared to the blizzard that is Dominus Ferrum. Once Ruby noticed everyone was looking at she apologize, "Sorry! Uh…are we ready to keep going?"

Doctor Oobleck corrected her, "Nope! I believe that will have to do for today. It's going to be dark soon." He set the supplies he had been carrying down, "You three, set up camp in that building. Oh, and please do make sure there are no more of those…creatures. Your leader and I are going to secure the perimeter. Come, Ruby." A quick burst of static came out of Ira, forcing the Skitarii to split into two groups of five. The group without the tech-priest followed Oobleck and Ruby, while the other group with the Dominus moved towards the supplies.

Blake stepped forward toward one of the Skitarii who was reaching for the supplies, in a quick movement she snatched it before he could lay a finger on it. During the entire confrontation her eyes did not move from the face of the soldier. Weiss expected the android to do nothing, but instead it commented, "That is good to know. Beacon produces soldiers that are incompetent and have not learned manners."

"Maybe you could teach the feudals in Manners 101? You would make a perfect teacher." recommended another Skitarii.

Ira reprimanded them, "Skitarii Ranger-4880 and Skitarii Ranger-1574, I believe the two of you were ordered not to antagonize the feudals, no matter how tempting it maybe. Or do both of you need to be sent to the to the reinforcement pool?" Both of the offending soldiers stood up straight and gave a crisp salute to their superior. The five man squad gathered the rest of the supplies without a word, which was weird to Weiss. They showed traits of being human one moment, but when reminded by the tech-priest they turn back into emotionless robots. Were the Skitarii human or metal? That was when she remembered that she did not ask her question yet.

"Are the Skitarii metal androids or men?" questioned the Atlesian. Ira's head turned around her shoulder to check who asked, upon seeing Weiss she turned to face her completely. Annoyed that she did not receive a reply yet she repeated herself, "Since I did not ask a question on the bullhead ride here, so I am asking my question now. Are the Skitarii metal androids or men?"

"They are not the androids of Atlas, but they are not only made of the weak flesh. They are seen fit to receive the graces of the Omnissiah, in return all they have to do is hear and obey. These exact Skitarii are relatively fresh converts which is why they can act of out of line," explained Dominus Ferrum as she gestured to the Skitarii setting up the bonfire.

Weiss attempted to continue the conversation, "That means they have free will?"

"You have already asked your question Heiress," Ira reminded her. The rest of the evening was silent, except for the rustling of leaves and weeds as the breeze flows thru the abandoned streets. The Skitarii stood outside the house they chose to set up camp in an eternal watch. Their cloaks was the only object on them that moved, pushed out of perfection by the chilled wind. Weiss tried to put the pieces together, they are…or were humans that were augmented to act like androids. The idea was reasonably sounds, but it was not ethically sound. Why would anyone give up their will to choose for nothing in return? Maybe it was because of the cult they were indoctrinated into?

Doctor Oobleck walked thru the ruins of the streets with Ruby and the five Skitarii trailing behind him. He turned around the corner to spot something that he has never seen in a long time, a herd of six Goliath Grimm. The innocent teen was the first to break the silence of the group, "What is that? It looks awesome!"

"That my dear girl, is a Grimm," informed the professor.

In her childish nature she raised her sniper rifle and pulled back the bolt to chamber a round. She commented, "Let's kill it."

He reasoned with her before she caused the doom of the entire mission, "I'm afraid your sniper rifle will do nothing more than agitate a Grimm of that size."

"But…what if it attacks us?" questioned the crimson student.

Doctor Oobleck warned her, "Fret not Ruby, those Goliaths are not concerned with us. Ruby, not every Grimm is mindless. Or rather not every Grimm is still mindless. You see, the Grimm you see before you are so powerful, so superior to the Grimm you fought, that they've undoubtedly lived hundreds of years. In that time between killing humans and attacking our borders, they have done one important thing. They've learned. They've learned that when they attack our borders, they're likely to die. And what we lack in strength, we make up for in will. And that killing one human will only bring more."

"Just because the xenos does not harm us now does not mean we have to spare it. They will be dealt with shortly," retorted the Skitarii Alpha.

The professor reminded him, "Wasn't the deal with the Headmaster that, if you want to commit to an orbital bombardment that you have to have his permission?"

"Who said it was going to be an orbital bombardment?" questioned the adept as the squad started to continue on with their search. The green haired teacher glanced down to meet Ruby in eyes, all we was greeted with was concern and confusion. Both of which will not help the effectiveness of the mission.

"Then what are you planning then?" asked Oobleck.

The answer was cryptic, "They will taste the power of Fury." On that note the Skitarii left the two pure humans to continue with the perimeter sweep.

"I can't believe we didn't find anything," commented Yang to her teammate who stood around the campfire.

After putting down the stick she was using to stoke the fire, Blake reasoned, "We've always been fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time. I guess we can't always have luck on our side."

"That's not what I meant," stated Weiss as she thru the conversation off topic. The confused look from her partner made her realize that they did not know what she was talking about. The Heiress explained, "Earlier, about…upholding the legacy. There's more to it than that."

The blonde bombshell agreed with her, "Yeah…No, me too. I mean…I don't know."

"I don't know, either. I know what I want to do, but I figured I'd always take things one step at a time," summarized the Faunus. She quickly check to make sure they were now listening before continuing, "I expected to find something about the White Fang or the Adeptus Mechanicus by know, but as I said before luck is not with us today."

Her partner attempted to lighten the mood, "Well, it doesn't matter. We know why we're here." The team was cloaked in pure silence. There would have been the ambient sound of crickets or any other species of bug, but none were found in the ruins under the stone glare of Mount Glenn. But something does darn to stir under the giant's gaze, the subtle sound of meat feet pushing against the loose rubble of the street.

As the patrol approached the building a voice called out from the darkness past the multitude of electronic blue eyes, "Ah, wonderful. A textbook campfire!"

Faster than their eyes could see, their team leader and her dog rushed to sit next to the fire. The first understandable words Ruby commented was, "So…warm…"

"Very good! Eat your dinners and hurry to bed. We have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow and we'll need you to take turns keeping watch over our temporary abode. Any volunteers for first watch?" questioned Doctor Oobleck to his four students.

"What about the Adeptus Mechanicus?" asked Blake.

The professor informed them, "Dominus Ferrum told me that they have enough supplies to last over the entire mission. They have their own camp set up in the abandoned building across the street."

"I'll take first watch," volunteered Ruby as she left the fire to go out into the frigid cold.

Her sister stopped her before she left the building, "Hey, did Oobleck ask you why you wanted to be a Huntress? I mean…what did you tell him?"

"Hmm…No, he didn't. Weird. Oh, well. Good night, guys!" recalled the team leader.

Three quarters of team RWBY unrolled their sleeping bags in a triangular pattern next to the fire to keep themselves warm. Their leader however sat on the floor above them, where the exterior wall was turned into rubble, as she watched over the city under the pale light of the shattered moon. Across the street she could not see and fires, but she saw pairs of light blue circles at every window. The lights never let the window throughout her entire night shift. Zwei walked up to her and nuzzles his head into her lap. She reassured the corgi, "Don't worry. Things will be better tomorrow."

In the darkness of Vale, the only light that shone onto the graveyard was from the shattered moon. A girl in her late teens dressed in all jet black stood before an unmarked grave silent as the dead. Her face was protected by the moonlight by her midnight black umbrella and a velvet bowler hat with burn marks around the edges. Anyone that walked by did not bother her except for a quick glance of confusion. As her lips moved without making a sound, multiple curses gave birth due to her unrelenting fury for those murderers. She would erase their existence from this planet even if it was the last thing that she would do. She no longer feared death, because it would only reunite her with the light of her world. Who was wrongfully burnt out like a wick of a candle.