Chapter 2
Jack woke up to the sound of May (the little rabbit girl they saved) scream. Jack quickly stood up and grabbed his M60 and ran out to door. Zoe, Sean, Max, and May looked at Jack in confusion as to why he suddenly ran out the door holding his M60. "Dude are you ok?" Sean asked while slowly approaching Jack. "I heard May scream so I panicked and came out here to see if there was a problem." Jack said slightly embarrassed. "Dude it's ten am and your in your underwear in front of a little girl." Sean said with a large shit eating grin. Jack immediately ran back inside the house and put on a mechanics uniform but didn't put on the mask and backpack seeing no need for it. Once Jack came back out the house Sean and Max laughed at Jack just to piss him off. Jack glared at the two before sighing and walking to Zoe and May.
"How are things for the two cutest girls I know?" Jack said while picking up May and hugging Zoe. The team had been living in the remains of the town for a two month and quickly learned about Remnant thanks to May. May had also grown to see Jack and Zoe as her new mommy and daddy and even started referring to them her mother and father. Jack and Zoe had also grown to see May as their daughter so doing things like taking walks together, sleeping in the same bed, and playing together felt right to the three of them. Of course Sean and Max had also grown on May as well and thought of her as a little sister. Overtime the team had set up a perimeter defence and small garden for growing food. Thankfully Sean's grandfather was a farmer and taught Sean how to grow food properly. The teams daily routine was Sean tending to the garden, Max checking on the defences, Jack hunting for some meat, and May and Zoe scavenging around the remains of the town.
While Jack was hunting he heard an engine overhead and looked up to see a bullhead with a snowflake emblem on its side head for the town. Jack immediately ran back to the town in a panic. Jack was just outside the defences when it landed and out came ten atlesian droids and Winter with a man holding a coffee mug and a cane and another man wearing an atlesian uniform with black hair but the sides of his hair were turning white.
Jack snuck past the strangers and made it back to the house. "Guys get your gear! We got visitors!" Jack shouted as he put on his incinerators uniform. Every one put on their respective uniforms and set up extra defences around the house. Jack, Max, and Sean stood at the front of the house while Zoe was standing in the door way holding her M14 in one hand and carrying May in her other. Winter and the two men and her droids approached the house slowly. The man in the uniform looked confused as to how such crude weapons could have injured an atlesian specialist. The man with a mug simply frowned when he saw May looking at them in fear and dug her head into Zoe's shoulder.
"That's far enough." Jack said in a threatening tone before firing his flamethrower in a line between them and the stangers. "Sir I assure you we mean no harm and simply wish to talk." The man with a mug said. "Who comes to talk to someone bringing ten robots that are armed to the teeth?" Max sneered as he cocked his ak. "These androids are merely a precaution. Especially of you consider the fact that one of my best specialists was injured here. But I must say I am impressed that you defeated her so easily. And the fact you did it without aura." The man in the uniform said with a hint of venom. "James we are here to to talk. Not to mention give these people a chance at a better life." The man with the mug said as he stepped in front of the man now named James. "So mr 'I love coffee so much I always have a cup of one', what is this 'better chance'" Jack said making quotation marks with his left hand.
"Sir before you start insulting people I suggest you get to know them first. My name is Opzin. And I'm offering you and your friends a job to work at my school." Ozpin said taking a sip from his mug. "If your offering a job as teachers no deal. If your offering a job as security maybe." Jack said as he looked back at Zoe and May. "Yeah and also if we accept how much are we going to get paid?" Sean but said as he high fived Max. "If that's the case then I'm afraid we don't have any deal. I was hoping you could teach my students how to fight like all of you. I do believe it is safe to assume none of you have aura?" Ozpin said in a disappointed tone. "That assumption is correct. And even if we told you our stories we doubt you would believe us. We have photographic proof but we think it might not be enough. My name is Jack by the way. Jack Ferro." Jack said as he held up a flash drive. "Over the years that I've been a teacher has taught me to keep an open mind mr Ferro. And besides I am curios as to what sort of evidence you have in that drive." Ozpin said with a smirk. "Alright. If the three of you would be so kind to follow me inside. Come on guys lets head inside before grimm show up." Jack said as he walked back to the house. Once everyone was inside Jack showed them news recordings when the virus first struck. Jack even went as far as to show them the videos of the missions they went on from Max's go pro. After the three reviewed the videos for any sort of edit. (And found none) Confronted the cleaners.
"How old are all of you?" James asked. "Well I'm nineteen. Max and Sean over there are eighteen, and my girlfriend Zoe right here is seventeen, and also May is six." Jack said as he pointed to each of them. "I know you all probably think were crazy or something to think that were from another world but I assure you everything you just saw was genuinely real. The gun fire was real, the people dying was real, all of it was real." Jack stated nervously. "General Ironwood you can't possibly believe any of this! These people are clearly insane and in need of help!" Winter said angrily while glaring at Jack. "Well if we are insane then how come we haven't hurt anyone except you and some of your troops? And believing your from another world sounds crazy yeah sure, but as long as they don't attack anyone without reason there ok with me. And besides you can check every type of record you have! Me and my friends here aren't gonna be on any of them. Well except May possibly cause she's lived in this town her whole life." Sean stated proudly. Jack looked at Winter and saw her reach for her sword. Before Jack could say anything a gunshot rang through the air and Winter grabbed her sword hand in pain. Everyone looked at Zoe with suprised looks on their faces. "What? That bitch was gonna try and hurt Jack." Zoe simply said. Zoe shrugged and picked up May and walked back in the house. "Over time you learn how to see if people are lying. Insane or not. As far as I can see these people have told nothing but the truth." Ozpin stated calmly and took a sip from his coffee.
"I'm making you a new offer. I'm offering you four to be students in my school. In a three days there will be an initiation. That's three days to decide." Ozpin said with a serious tone. Jack looked at Sean and Max for any objections and found none. "We accept. On a few conditions."
"And what are these conditions?" Ozpin asked. "The first condition is that we can keep our masks and cleaner uniforms. The second condition is that we can bring May with us. She told us she doesn't know of anymore family members and if you consider the fact we've pretty much adopted her already. Third condition is that you can make me and Zoe her new parents on paper. And the fourth condition is that we don't have to do the initiation and we are just called the 'cleaners'. OH! And we can keep our crates in our room." Jack said raising a finger per condition. "I can do all of that. But you and Zoe will have to help me with putting all of you in the system."
"That's not a problem." Jack said with a thumbs up. Jack and Ozpin shook hands and prepared to leave. The next three days went by in a flash. The cleaners were first year students, Jack and Zoe were now May's official parents, they got a great big dorm room with three beds since Jack Zoe and May share one bed while Max and Sean get there own. Now the cleaners and May were sitting in the concert hall watching the initiation. And they had to admit they were a bit jealous that these guys have really cool weapons while they're weapons were crude and makeshift. The cleaners were impressed by the teamwork of the four girls that chopped the head off of the nevermore. "Hehe... Off with your head if I do say so myself." Jack murmured and got up and motioned for his team to follow. The team walked to the concert hall and took a seat waiting for the teams to be announced. The cleaners cheered loudest for when team RWBY and JNPR were told called out since they were impressed by both teams. After the announcements the cleaners retreated to their dorm and went to bed.
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Team RWBY and JNPR were running to class until they passed by the combat room and heard someone shout in pain. Out of curiosity they all looked inside the room and found four masked people fighting each other and a little faunus girl cheering for her mom and dad. The teams completely forgot about class and walked in the room and sat on the bleachers. The teams were intimidated by the big one among the group as he shrugged of the bullets from a little turret set up by the one wearing a tools around his belt and is currently shooting the girl with a rifle in hand. Ruby was feeling inadequate as the girl was quick scoping the other at speeds not even Ruby could do, not even with the help of her semblance! The fight was very interesting to say the lest. Well it was until an alarm rang through the room and stopped the fight.
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The cleaners decided to have a sparring match before class just to sharpen their skills since none of them don't have aura and are probably outclassed in a few ways. The sparring was going well until Jack's alarm went off. "GUYS WERE LATE! WE HAVE TO GET TO PROFESSOR PORTS CLASS!" Jack screamed as he picked up May and ran out the door with his team in tow.
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Both the cleaners and team RWBY and JNPR were running to class ignoring Glynda's stare as they ran past her. All three teams burst through the door to Ports classroom. "SORRY WE'RE LATE!" all three teams said in unison. The teams sat down as Port droned on about his grandfather. Half in hour into class and most of the students were asleep, trying to stay awake, or playing a game on their scrolls. The entirety of the cleaners were playing a game on their scrolls together, team RWBY were doing there on thing. Blake was reading a book, Yang was asleep, Weiss was trying to take notes, and Ruby was drawing a picture of Port, balancing a book and an apple on a pencil, somehow falling asleep all of a sudden, and picking her nose. (How the fuck does she do all of this in a matter of seconds?) "So! Who among you believe themselves to be the embody ment of these traits?" Port asked doing a little hop per word. Weiss was about to raise her hand until a laugh and shout interrupted her.
"FUCK YOU AND YOUR PUSSY TACTICS!" Jack shouted as Max laughed at him. Jack was about to burn Max until he felt every eye in the room on him. "Ummm... Can I help any of you?"Jack asked nervously. "Well Mr Ferro since you have the bravery to interrupt my class why don't you come down here and show us what sort of skills and abilities you have?" Jack shrugged and walked down the steps and into the front of the class. "Sooooo... How am I going to show any of you my skills?" Jack asked confused as to why Port had him walk down there. "Hehe. Are you ready to face your opponent my boy?" Port asked standing next to a cage that everyone swore wasn't there before. "I-""BEGIN!" Jack was about to reply but was cut off by Port breaking the look on the cage and a boarbatusk rushing out. The boarbatusk looked around until it set its sights on Jack. The pig grimm charged Jack but he sidestepped the charge and burned the its side armor. The pig ignored the pain and turned around to face jack again. Jack was staring down the pig while breathing heavily with one thought in mind. "I'm having bacon tonight~" Jack thought before giving a mighty shout and charging the boarbatusk. The boarbatusk rolled into a ball and charged Jack as he ran towards it. Everyone in the class (except for Jack's teammates) held in their breaths as they saw Jack charge into his death. The students gasped as Jack had stopped the boarbatusk mid charge and is now holding down the pig by its throat with his foot as he shoved his flamethrower down its throat and burned it alive from the inside.
Jack pulled his flamethrower out of the now dead boarbatusks mouth and rolled his shoulders back. "Well... I must say I am impressed by the very bold move. Unfortunately that's all the time we have. Be sure to cover the assigned readings and be alert!" Port said and walked into his office. Weiss quickly gathered her things and walked out the door. The rest of team RBY looked at each other confused until Ruby got up and followed Weiss out into the hallway.
"Weiss!" Ruby said scared as to what was bothering her teammate.
"What?" Weiss said practically dripping with anger.
"Whats wrong with you? Why are you being-" Ruby started but was cut off by Weiss. "Whats wrong with me?! Whats wrong with you?! Your supposed to be a leader and all you've been so far is a nuisance!"
"What did I do?" Ruby asked. Suprised that her teammate would suddenly act out like this.
"That's just it! You've done nothing to earn your position! Back in the forest you acted like a child! And you've only continued to do so."Weiss answered with venom in her voice.
"Weiss, Where is all this coming from? What happened to all that talk about working together? I thought you believed in acting as as a team." Ruby pleaded.
"Not a team led by you. I've studied and trained. And quite frankly I deserve better. Ozpin made a mistake." Weiss said before walking off. Ruby turned around only to see the sniper girl from the combat room.
"Hello Ruby. I see your talk with ice queen didn't go so well..." Zoe said. "Yeah... Wait. How do you know my name?" Ruby asked. "Hehe. I read your teams file. I must say I'm impressed. You stopped a dust robbery and lived after coming face to face with master criminal. Listen Ruby... Don't let what Weiss said get to you. You have earned your position. I mean look at you! You got into beacon two years early! And that's no easy feat! The best you can do right now is to prove Weiss wrong! Weiss probably grew up being handed everything she ever wanted. I know your going to say you tried to in the emerald forest but all you did there nearly get yourself killed! I know I'm being mean but the world isn't so fine and dandy. I learned that the hard way. So did the rest of my team! I prefer you learned that now than later..." Zoe said before walking off.
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Weiss walked out to the balcony and saw professor Port talking to Jack and May before walking off. Weiss sat on one of the benches and tried to calm down until a shadow loomed over her. Weiss looked up to see Jack and May looking down at her. "I know that look." Jack said casually as he sat down next to her and started playing with May. "That's the look of a person who has me about them. Maybe it'll help you feel better!" Jack said not bothering to look at Weiss. Weiss took a deep breath before speaking. "I think I should have been the leader of team RWBY." Weiss said quickly. Jack laughed before answering.
"I saw your little 'talk' with Ruby. Your wrong about nearly everything you said you know? When I look at you I see a girl who grew up being given everything she's ever wanted on a silver platter. Because of that you believe you should get everything you want. It doesn't work like that here. And what you said about Ozpin being wrong... Let's just say that was a dick move. How could you say that Ozpin made a mistake? You've only known Ruby for a day! Did you know she stopped a dust robbery? Did you know she lived after facing a master criminal? Did you know getting into beacon two years early is not easy? Weiss when your not given what you want, do you really think acting like a spoiled brat will give you what you want? Being a good leader doesn't mean giving good orders or being strict and telling everyone what do. It's about trusting in each other and being able to get your team back safely. I should know... I've seen too many of my friends die around me." Jack said before walking away with May.