Chapter 3
It's been a few days since Zoe and Jack spoke with Ruby and Weiss. The couple were glad to see Ruby and Weiss starting to get along and even talk to each other more. The cleaners were on their way to lunch until they bumped into team RWBY and JNPR. "Hey I remember you!" Ruby and Weiss said in unison as they pointed at Jack and Zoe. "Ok... So how can we help you?" Max said. "Well actually we were going to find you guys and see if you wanted to join us for lunch. Maybe we could chat a bit and get to know each other better." Yang said as she eyed Jack and like a piece of meat. Zoe picked up on Yang's stare and stood between Jack and Yang. "Sorry blonde but he's mine." Zoe said in an authoritative tone and pulling out her M9. "Ummmmm... lead the way Ruby." Jack said nervously as Zoe and Yang stared each other off. Ruby led the way to the cafeteria and found a big open space for the three teams. The teams got food as May guarded the seats and ran off to get food. May was sitting patiently until a shadow loomed over her and she looked up to see beacon's resident bullies. Cardin Winchester, Russel Thrush, Dove Bronzewing, and Sky Lark.
"Well looks like we got ourselves a dumb bunny here boys." Cardin sneered as he pulled Mays rabbit ears. "Dumb bunny probably snuck in here." Dove said as he slapped May. May let out a loud cry of pain that rang through the cafeteria. Everyone stopped and looked at the May as she cried in pain while Cardin pulled on her ears. The cleaners were NOT happy that May was being bullied. The cleaners stomped their way to the table to where May was sitting and looked down at Cardin. Beacon's bullies looked to see the cleaners standing right in front of Cardin staring holes into him. "What do you masked freaks what?" Cardin sneered and laughed thinking they were intimidated. The cleaners cracked there knuckles and got to work. Jack grabbed Cardin's wrist, twisted it, and threw Cardin into the trash bins meanwhile Zoe grabbed Russel's head and slammed her knee into it and threw him into the ground and proceeded to stomp and kick at his prone form. Sean tackled Dove into the wall and constantly kept slamming Dove's head into the wall making sure to leave a face print in the wall by the time he was done. Sky tried to uppercut Max but Max ducked underneath the punch and kneed Skies balls and uppercut him nearly a foot into the air. Cardin pulled out his mace and made a downward swing at Jack but Jack rolled to the left and threw a tray of food at Cardin. Cardin covered his face from the incoming food. While Cardin was distracted Jack grabbed an entire table and slammed it on Cardin. Zoe pulled Russel to eye level and slammed him down onto a table. Russel tried to push Zoe of him but Zoe was much stronger than she looked and held him down with one arm as she used the other to grab whatever was in her reach and hit Russel with it. Eventually Zoe ran out of things to hit Russel with and just settled for holding his own knife at his throat. Dove head butt Sean and punched Sean in the gut knocking the air out of him. Sean grabbed a glass bottle from the trash can next to him and smashed it against Doves head dazzing him. Sean slammed his elbow into Doves back as he was still dazed. Sean pulled Doves sword out of the sheath and held the blade to Doves throat. Max dodged a punch from Sky and punched him three times in the chest and punched him really hard in the face. Sky was knocked off his feet thanks to Max's punch and tried to get up. Before he could Max pressed the blade of one of Russel's knives into his throat.
Jack and Cardin were now in a power struggle as both were fighting for the grip on the mace. Jack suddenly let go making Cardin lose balance slightly and leave an opening. Jack kneed Cardin in the balls and slammed his head into the glass leaving a hole in it. Jack grabbed Cardin's mace from the ground and slammed on Cardin's back and taking a stomping on his back before grinding his boot on Cardin's arm making Cardin shout in pain. "If I hear that your team has been bullying anyone ever again... Let's just say that you won't be found anytime soon." Jack said in a very threatening tone before dropping Cardin's mace and walking away to grab food. Zoe, Sean, Max dropped the weapons and grabbed food as well. A few minutes earlier Ozpin and Glynda had walked in a saw the whole thing. At first Glynda thought that the cleaners were bullying team CRDL and wanted to reprimand them until a student explained what happened. Glynda was about to step in when she saw them holding a blade at team CRDL'S throats but Ozpin put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head. Glynda sighed and called for a medical team to pick up team CRDL. After the medical crew arrived and Glynda fixing everything and leaving everything went back to normal in the cafeteria.
"That was... Interesting to watch. But I have to ask why did you lash out after May was slapped? I honestly though you guys wouldn't do anything." Blake said as she took a bite out of her Tuna sandwich. "Well... Me and the team saved May when her town was under attack by grimm. She told us she didn't know of any other family members and had no where to go so we adopted her and raise her as if she were our own." Jack said casually. "How are you guys going to eat if your still wearing those masks? And why do you keep those masks on all the time? I don't think anyone has seen your faces before." Ruby said slightly excited by wondering what the cleaners looked like. "YEAH! OH, ARE YOU GUYS ALIENS IN DISGUISE OR SOMETHING?!" Nora shouted out before Ren had her calm down. "Your going to see how we eat soon and we wear the masks all the time because we each did some really bad things before. So we wear them because of fear of our pasts coming after us. Hell were not the only people on this table who did something bad." Zoe said glancing at Jaune, Pyrrha, and Blake before removing the lower part of her mask and started eating. Pyrrha and Jaune exchanged worried glances and Blake narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "What's that supposed to mean?" Blake asked slowly starting to hate the cleaners. "Oh nothing." Zoe said and chuckled before she continued eating. Yang and Max tried to lighen the mood with puns but was just ignored. The rest of the meal was met with small talk and a heavy tension in the air. The rest of the day went rather quickly. Blake had never let the cleaners out of her sight until she and her team retreated to their dorm.
"What do you guys think of what Zoe said?" Yang asked.
"I don't really know. It creeped me out though. It was as if they knew are darkest secrets." Ruby said shivering slightly at the thought.
"I must admit it did scare me when she glanced at Jaune, Pyrrha and Blake." Weiss admitted.
Blake was silent throughout the whole conversation. She was too far in thought to say anything. "Are they spies from the white fang?" Blake thought to herself.
Team RWBY were now in their pj's and were currently doing their own thing. Ruby was listening to music on the radio, Weiss was studying, Blake was reading her ninja's of love book, and Yang was reading a magazine. Ruby's music was interrupted by a news report of a bank robbery by men wearing prison suits and masks. Some even being said to wear riot gear and throw grenades. The looked at each other and nodded each getting dressed as fast as they could. When they left the school and were on the bullhead to Vale Blake noticed someone was following them. Blake ignored it in favor of coming with a plan. "Alright here's the plan. These guys are good and their suprisingly well equipped and there are a lot of them. Since their well equipped and lasted this long I'm sure they have aura so we can use live rounds. Weiss, Blake you two will sneak in through the back while Yang and I make a diversion at the front. Weiss you and Blake will be inside to search for hostages just in case they try to bargain or something." Ruby said as she made gestures to the map on her scroll. When the bullhead landed the team ran towards the bank only to see the bodies of the VPD (Vale Police Department) and the bodies of the robbers at the front with the front door kicked open. Ruby vomited in a trash can nearby while Blake looked in disgust, Yang looking away, and Weiss trying desperately not to throw up. Weiss and Blake snuck around the back and made it into the front door without any resistance. Ruby and Yang walked in though the front and searched the for the robbers only to find more dead bodies. Weiss and Blake were finding the same thing but Blake was getting very suspicous because many of the bodies were burned, and Blake didn't think a huntsman would do that. The four could hear gunfire and screams of pain the deeper they got into the back until they all stumbled into the main vault. The team was horrified at what they were seeing.
The cleaners were there! The cleaners had arrived ten minutes earlier because they took a shortcut to the bank. The cleaners had fought there way into the back killing all the rikers to make sure their secret doesn't get out. Jack was slowly walking forward as he burned every riker in his sight while Zoe was at the back of the group taking shots at rikers that were trying to escape, Sean was doing what he did best, which was bashing his enemies in the face with his shield and plunging his axe into heads. Max was hiding behind a pillar as his turret quickly killed every riker within its range. Once the cleaners had killed the rikers they turned around only to see the shocked looks on team RWBY's faces.
"What are you guys doing here? And why did you kill them?! You could have just knocked them out and arrested them!" Ruby said with tears in her eyes. Sean walked up to Ruby and put a hand on her shoulder. "Ruby... these guys are dangerous. These guys did some really really bad things. Going to jail would be to good for them. I tried arresting them once. And when I did they broke out and killed nearly everyone close to me. These guys may not have aura but they are not to be messed with." Sean said sadly and walked out with the rest of his team. "If you want answers meet us at our dorm tomorrow." Jack said while looking over his shoulder and walked out. Team RWBY was a buzz with emotion. Ruby was crying and trying to get the memory of the dead bodies out of her head, Yang was trying desperately to calm Ruby down. "I'm going to kill those guys next time I see them." Yang thought as she clenched her knuckles and got a plate of cookies. Weiss was on her scroll looking for information on the cleaners and found very little. All Weiss could find was a video of Jack threatening racist people and fighting her sister and winning. But Weiss was terrified at the fact that Jack had NO aura and defeated her sister so easily. Blake was sitting on her bed and watching the news report on her scroll. The news report showed the gun fight between the rikers and the VPD and fast forward to when the cleaners showed up and started killing the rikers. The video continued to the inside of the bank as the cleaners saved the hostages and keep going into the bank killing rikers as they went. Blake was no stranger to killing but she was disgusted at how the cleaners showed no hesitation when pulling the trigger on live people.
Team RWBY had told JNPR about the incident at the bank and offered them to come with for answers. Team JNPR accepted and followed Ruby as Sean had given her a small map to where their dorm was. On their way to the dorm everyone had a serious or nervous expression. Even Nora had a serious look on her face. When the teams found the dorm Max let them in and sat them on the couch while he got the rest of his team. (I know the dorms aren't that big but its my fanfic and I decided to give the cleaners a dorm with multiple rooms.) Both teams were nervous to see where the cleaners lived. Sure it looked normal but there were piles of crates in the corner of the room they were in.
"What do you think is in those crates?" Weiss whispered to Blake.
"I don't know. If I had to guess stolen stuff." Blake whispered back.
Blake's curiosity got the better of her as she stood up and grabbed a crate from the piles. Weiss pointed out the cleaners emblem on the box and told them she saw the same emblem on Jack's incinerator uniform. "Maybe this isn't a good idea..." Yang said hesitantly. "Who knows what could be in those crates! For all we know its nothing." Ruby tried to reason. "It's not nothing Ruby." Blake said wide eyed as she opened the crate and found sweeper ak-47's with the flamethrower attachments. Pyrrha grabbed another crate and found sweeper uniforms in it. The teams were wide eyed. The teams kept looking in the crates and found more weapons, uniforms, and ammo. "Why do they have these?!" Jaune said starting to sweat. "I don't know. But it looks like there's enough in here for a small army!" Pyyrha said starting to get scared at the thought of an army of cleaners burning everything down. "You know its rude to snoop in someone else's home." The teams turned around and saw jack leaning on the door way while Zoe was holding a sleeping May and Sean and Max stood with arms crossed. The teams weren't shocked by them being there, NO! They were shocked because they weren't wearing their masks!
Jack had brown hair that was combed to the side and dark red eyes. Zoe had hazel nut colored hair that was tied in a ponytail and Blue eyes. Sean had black short hair and green eyes. Max also had brown hair except he had a slight military haircut and black eyes. To say each of them were good looking was an understatement. They were beautiful!
"Right now were trusting something with you that no one else knows. Whatever is said in this room doesn't leave. You know what they say... 'Snitches get Stiches'" Max said seriously. "Why us?" Ruby asked while gesturing to everyone. "We see potential in each of you. We want to try and help you. I know you guys don't trust us and you saw us kill those rikers without a hint of remorse and what not..." Sean said stating the obvious. "Rikers?" Jaune asked. "The rikers were inmates in where were from. They escaped after a massive disease struck." Jack explained. "What are those weapons for? What are you going to do with all this supplies?" Blake demanded. "In order for you to know you have to know where were from. Get comfy. This is a long story." Jack said and pulled up a chair. The teams sat down as the cleaners took turns telling them about how their from a different world and what happened to them.
"Wow... HOW STUPID DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!" Yang shouted as her eyes turned red and standing up. "Zoe do you think you could get the hard drive?" Jack said tiredly. Zoe nodded and stood up and walked into another room. The teams tilted their heads in confusion as Zoe walked back in with a hard drive and laptop in hand. Max plugged the laptop into the tv as Sean turned off the lights. Zoe played a video from the hard drive. The cleaners showed the two teams recorded new reports from when the disease first struck and even showed them some of the footage from missions they went on together. The video ended when it showed they were suddenly in a forest. "So... any questions?" Jack said while clasping his hands. Almost instantly every hand shot up. "Ok here's how this is going to go I'm going to answer Ruby's question first then Weiss then Blake and so on." Jack said in a tiredly as he rubbed his eyes.
"Do you guys have aura?" Ruby asked. "Nope. Don't need it." Jack responded. "How can we know your telling the truth?" Weiss asked sternly. "What reason do we have to lie to you? And even if you think the footage we showed you was staged or edited have fun trying to find anything false in them." Max said. "Why do you guys have all this? And what do you plan on doing with it?" Blake asked. "We don't know why it was brought with us here to Remnant but we talked about making a new name for the cleaners here. Help the people instead of burning everything." Sean said as he looked at something on his scroll. "If you guys are students here what year are you guys?" Yang asked. "Were first years. And if your gonna ask why you didn't see us during the initiation we made a deal with Ozpin about keeping all this secret and not needing to do the initiation. Oh and putting us in the system and making May our adopted daughter." Zoe said as she rocked May in her arms.
"How do you guys do it?" Jaune asked. "How do we do what?" Jack asked. "How do you guys keep up with everyone? I mean you guys don't have aura or semblance yet you can keep up with everyone." Jaune said. "Well on earth right now it's either learn quick or die. We learned quickly in order to survive. We can keep up because we have experience with an actual life or death situation. Sorry but that's the best way I can explain it." Jack said gravely. "If your planning on making a new name for the cleaners here on Remnant then how are you going to recruit?" Nora asked. "We're not sure yet how but we will figure it out." Sean said not looking up from his scroll. "How are you planning on keeping your munitions in stock if your weapons and ammo are from another world?" Pyrrha asked. "Well there are 3D printers down in the armory. We've been using that to keep us stocked. For the fuel for the flamethrowers my father taught me how to make it. It's called 'Napalm'. Stuff is really flammable and lasts long." Jack explained. "Do you ever plan on going back home?" Ren asked. The question stung the cleaners and each of them shifted uncomfortable. "I'm sorry if I have offended you in any way." Ren apologised. "No it's fine. It's just... we never thought about that. You see we don't really have much to go back to. My father burned my mother alive when she got infected and my father was killed by the division." Jack explained. "I don't know where my parents are. And even if I did I don't really want to see them." Zoe said sadly. "My family was killed in a riot. I only survived because Jack found me before anyone else saw me." Sean said with tears in his eyes. "I never really had any parents. I was an orphan. Since I was always put in charge of fixing things in the orphanage I got interested engineering and started studying." Max explained as he pat Sean on the back.
"You guys have been through a lot..." Ruby said. Weiss and Blake had started to feel guilty for thinking the cleaners were cold blooded killers. The cleaners explained more about earth and how different it was compared to Remnant. Weiss had a hard time believing they had been able to land on the moon but after a little bit of explaining Weiss reluctantly believed. The night turned from serious and nerve wrecking to fun and games. At one point of the night Jack had opened a crate full of earth beer. Everyone except Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Ren had a bottle or two. (Maybe more than five in Jack's case) The teams woke up to find themselves still in the cleaners dorm. Yet what was shocking was that they were in sleeping bags and in their pajamas. Team RWBY and JNPR looked around the dorm to find the cleaners in their respective beds asleep. The teams found it heart warming to see Jack and Zoe cuddle up to May. The teams found their clothes in small back packs with notes attached on it. All the notes said the same thing.
"Thanks for the fun last night! Haven't been that drunk in a long time! Also thanks again for being the first new members of the cleaners! You will find a book inside this bag that has all the details. Weapons, uniforms, rules, etc." The teams looked at each other wide eyed. Yang looked in her bag and found the book! She looked inside the book and it actually did have all the details. The teams got dressed and tried to get out of the dorm. But the door wouldn't budge.
"Guys... it won't open!" Yang said as she pulled on the door knob.
"What are we gonna do?" Jaune asked clearly panicking.
"Well I could put my finger in a socket to charge my semblance and break the door down." Nora suggested with an evil smile on her face.
"No we can't do that! We don't want to wake them up!" Ruby said
"Well what can we do? The way I see it we can either wait for them to wake up to let us out but we'll probably be starving by then or we could smash the door down but that would probably wake everyone up." Pyrrha said while looking around.
"You guys don't have to do any of that because your staying here for the day!" The teams jumped back in shock and looked back to see Sean and Max with coffee. "C'mon go to the living room. Me and Max will bring you guys your breakfast." Sean said as he walked into an unknown part of the dorm. The teams looked at each other and merely shrugged before heading to the living room and each reading the cleaners Wikipedia book. The teams were interested in each role of the cleaners and their names. Weiss found the names to either be suiting or completely strange.
"Fumigator? What does that even mean?" Weiss thought to herself but said it aloud.
"It says here that fumigator's are the grenadiers. They normally just throw grenades and use pistols but higher ranking fumigator's get smg's instead." Ren said in his usual stoic tone.
"I must admit for a group of sanitation workers they are quite organised." Pyrrha admitted.
"Yeah... it's kinda terrifying if you think of it. Former city cleaners gone rouge! Still cleaning the city but with fire!" Yang said.
"Yes but they are not as organised as this 'Last Man Battalion. The 'LMB' are some sort of private military company before this JTF lost control of everything." Weiss said. Weiss was impressed. According to the book most of the LMB's soldiers were war veterans.
"The rikers are what scare me. Wait... aren't they the ones that robbed the bank?" Jaune asked.
"Yeah. But I still don't believe what they did was right. I mean if you were to imagine earth prison! The guards don't have aura and probably only ever use non-lethal weapons! But prison here on Remnant. The guards have aura and will use lethal weapons if necessary." Ruby said.
"Well Sean did say that jail would be to good for them." Yang said.
"It must be hard to be a mechanic." Nora said.
"Why?" Blake asked.
"Well it says here mechanics rush to cover when combat starts and put a crude turret down. Wait how do you build something that quickly?" Ren asked.
"Pure skill." Max said as he entered the room pushing a trolley with food in with him. "Welcome to Kentucky fried chicken living room. I hope you enjoy your meal~" Max said attempting to sound like a flight stewards. The two teams went wide eyed at the food. There was fried chicken, mashed potatoes, eggs, rice, and other delicious foods. "How did you guys cook this so quickly?" Yang asked as she grabbed a plate. "We all woke up after you guys checked on us. Zoe is an AMAZING cook. We don't know how but she can cook really fast as well. Sean will be here in a few minutes to bring your drinks." Max said as he walked back to the kitchen. Like Max said Sean came in a few minutes later and gave everyone a drink. The teams sat together and had a hearty and full breakfast. Once the team finished eating they put the plates back on the trolley and Yang pushed it back into the kitchen just in time to see Jack cook a steak... with his flamethrower. Yang looked shocked.
"What?" Jack asked completely oblivious to Yang's confusion.
"Why are you cooking with a flamethrower?" Yang asked.
"It's a lot of fun. Also tell the others to hurry up and decide what kind of cleaner they want to be. Were going to the shooting range to teach you guys how to use our guns." Jack said and went back to cooking steak. Yang went back to the living room and told everyone to decide what class.
"What? Why can't we just use our regular clothes and weapons?" Weiss asked.
"I don't know. But it must be for good reason." Blake replied.
"I know what class I'm being." Ruby said confidently.
"Let me guess... The controller?" Nora said excitedly.
"Yeah how'd you guess?"
"It was kinda obvious Rubes~" Yang teased.
Ruby glared at Yang but went back to looking at the weapons category of the book. Weiss chose to be a fumigator, Blake a collector, Yang a incinerator, Jaune a sweeper, Nora a fumigator, Pyrrha a controller, and Ren a mechanic. Soon after they chose The cleaners took them to the shooting range like Jack said. Max and Sean handed them their assigned weapons and told them to shoot. For Ruby and Pyrrha it was easy since the m14 wasn't all that far from their normal weapons. The others how ever was a different story. Weiss was having trouble with the recoil of pistol, Blake with the weight of the gun, Yang was having trouble carrying all three gas tanks at once, Jaune couldn't even hold it properly, Nora kept complaining that the pistol was to light, and Ren was having trouble with the shot guns recoil. The cleaners shook their heads in disappointment and went to help them. Blake was teaching Weiss how to use the pistol since Blake was the most experienced with one. Max taught Blake, Jaune, and Ren how to use and hold their respective guns and tried again. Jack was having fun torturing Yang with the gas tanks. Eventually Yang got so pissed off she gave up on all three at once and put one on first. Zoe gave Nora a VERY special gift.
"What's the occasion?" Nora asked as she held the box. Nora found it was suprisingly heavy.
"Consider it as a thanks for being one of the first to join up. Even though you were all drunk when we asked you." Zoe said with an evil smile. Nora slowly opened the box and found a Milkor MGL grenade launcher! Nora looked at the cleaners with tears of joy in her eyes as she hugged the grenade launcher close. She mouthed the words 'Thank you' before grabbing a box of ammo and running off again to the shooting gallery. Nora's maniacal laughing and the sounds of explosions echoed through out the school. Ren shook his head and went back to learning how to build the turrets. Max grabbed a blueprint from his backpack and showed Ren. The blueprint showed how to make division grade turrets!
"Pretty cool right?" Max asked with a smile that was hidden behind his mask.
"Do you even know how to build this? I don't mean to be rude or anything but this seems a little advance. Even for you." Ren replied.
"I do actually. It's just us cleaners didn't have the same materials as division so I never could rebuild it. But since we're here we have pretty much unlimited resources." Max explained.
"That makes sense. But shouldn't you practice first before teaching me?"
"Nope. It's actually quite simple. The parts have already been assembled and all you need to do is put those parts together." Max said as he gestured to parts of the blueprint. Max continued to point at each part of the blueprint as he explained what each part did and how it did it. Max also taught Ren how to build the crude cleaner turret just in case. The cleaners taught team RWBY and JNPR how to use their equipment for weeks. The cleaners were impressed by how quickly they learned. Especially Jaune. In a matter of weeks Jaune could rival Pyrrha when it came to using guns and now had an ak-47 with the flamethrower except the flamethrower's gas tank was only half the size it used to be and Jaune's belt held a few extra clips for the gun and wore a half gas mask and backpack with extra filters and water just in case. Ruby now wore black cargo pants with a red t-shirt and hoodie with a half gas mask and backpack with extra filters and water like Jaune and kept her new m14 always strapped to it. Ruby still wore her cape but she wore it more like a scarf. (Think of how she wears it in volume 4) Yang now wears black cargo pants and a yellow shirt with her emblem on the left side of her chest and the cleaners emblem on the right with a leather jacket with 3/4th sleeves. Yang's gauntlets now had a flamethrower attachment and she has two small fuel tanks on her belt connected to her gauntlets by black hoses that didn't dangle thanks to hooks attached to the back of her shoulders and elbows. Yang also wears a and yellow backpack that has her half gas mask, filters, water, and ammo. Weiss now wears her outfit called 'snowpea' but on her thigh she had a holster for her silenced m9 pistol with a belt that had medium sized pouches on her sides and lower back that held her gas mask, filters, division medkits, dust cartridges and ammo for her m9. Due to Weiss's pouches being to small so it doesn't bother her fighting style Weiss morely relies on 'special' rounds from her m9 than grenades and semblance. Blake now wears long white coat and dark gray lining and a sleeveless black crop top. The crop top has a rectangular and diamond shaped cutouts around the neckline and wears a white belt over her black fitted pants and a black backpack with her gas mask, filters, ammo for both the ak and gambol shroud. Nora wears a pink skirt with a white sleeveless shirt with a black jacket with the sleeves rolled up with pink finger less gloves and white pinkish boots and a backpack where she straps the MGL Zoe gave her. Pyrrha wears a special helmet Max gave her that looks like a spartan helmet but lets her stick her ponytail out the back of it and has a hud and gas mask attachment. Since Pyrrha refuses to wear anything else other than the helmet and Jack told them they can't use their normal weapons when on cleaner duty Pyrrha has a foldable shield Max gave her and a sword and folding staff that has a spear tip attachment Sean gave her.
Since the cleaners helped team RWBY and JNPR they helped the cleaners get normal clothes. Jack wears a black heavy parka with black cargo pants and combat boots. Jack of course still wears his gas mask of course since he's paranoid in a sense. Zoe now wears a white short skirt with a tight long sleeved t-shirt and black vest with a pair of black sneakers. Zoe stopped wearing her gas mask when going out so there was one problem though. Every guy in school tries to hit on Zoe. In order to counter this Jack proposed to Zoe in front of everyone in the courtyard, while many other girls thought it was cute many of the boys tried to attack Jack out of pure jelousy but Jack beat some sense into them. Even though Zoe and Jack are engaged some other guys try to flirt with Zoe but Jack is always nearby. Cardin was a tricky case since he doesn't give up on trying to get Zoe to leave Jack. Cardin went as low as to show Zoe a cropped picture of Jack walking with another girl. Zoe didn't believe it since Jack was still wearing his mask in the picture and she knew Jack was incredibly loyal to her. More than once Jack beat up Cardin for trying to hit on Zoe and trying to bully some other random student, Cardin has tried to get payback on Jack but none of those ever end well for him. Sean still wears his shield uniform as regular clothes not really interested in buying new ones. Max wears an orange hoodie with a black vest and jeans with a pair of combat boots. Both Jack and Max wear keep their hoods up and gas masks on since they like to keep their looks a secret.
Jaune and Cardin are in the arena, both breathing heavily and auras in the yellow. Cardin charged Jaune with his mace above his head but Jaune rolled out of the way and pulled out his ak-47. Cardin had no time to react as a hail storm of bullets went his way. Jaune's clip ran dry with a loud 'click' and Cardin smirked. Jaune put away his ak-47 and took out Crocea Mors and charged Cardin. Cardin sidestepped Jaune's charge and hit him in the side making Jaune's shield fly out the arena. Jaune pulled out the R8 revolver Jack had given and ran to Cardin shooting as he went. Cardin tried to grab Jaune but Jaune slid underneath Cardin and put some of his aura into his last bullet and fired. The bullet flew in the air with a white light surronding it and hit Cardin in the back making his armor dent inwards and his aura flare before shattering. Miss Goodwitch walked into the arena.
"As you can see students Mr Winchester's aura has gone into the red. In a tournament style duel this means Cardin is no longer fit for battle and the official may call the match. Mr Winchester it's been weeks now and please try to refer to your scroll during combat. Gauging your aura will help to decide when it is appropriate attack or when it is time to move to a more... defensive strategy. We wouldn't want you to be goobled up by a beowolf now would we? Now remember students the Vytal festival is only a few months away! It won't be long until students from the other kingdoms start arriving. For those of you who are fighting in the tournament will be representing all of Vale!" Goodwitch explained and looked at her watch. "Well it looks like we have time for one more match. Who would like to volunteer?" The students looked at each other and and started chanting 'HELLS ANGEL'. Hells angel was actually a nickname given to Jack when he was first seen sparring. The nickname was only reinforced when Jack had his armor designed to look like that of a demon. Goodwitch sighed and called Jack up to the arena. Jack and his team had grown a reputation as they fought without mercy and with a lot of brutality. As the students chanted professor Port came into the classroom with a cage.
"What is the meaning of this Port?" Glynda asked as she rubbed her forehead.
"I received a message from Ozpin saying a student known as 'Hells angel' wanted to fight an ursa major." Port replied casually.
"I highly doubt Mr Ferro is capable of battling one of the most powerful major species here." Glynda said as she pointed to the cage.
"Yes I thought so too but Ozpin insisted." Port said
The crowd continued to chant in hopes of seeing Jack fight an ursa major. Team CRDL only chanted in hopes of seeing Jack get seriously hurt or better yet die. Glynda soon gave in to peer pressure and gestured for Jack to get ready. Jack went into the locker room and put on a shield uniform and grabbed a flaming katana he and Max made. Jack also grabbed the special shotgun sheath and his trusty R8 revolver. Jack walked back into the classroom and saw the cage on the left side of the arena. Jack walked to the right side of the arena and pulled out his sword. The sword was crude in design but was effective at spreading the flames across the blade. Since his suit was fire proof he placed the swords blade on his elbow to steady it. (Basically how the wardens from 'for honor' hold their swords)
"Are you ready my boy?" Port asked before cutting the lock with his blunderbuss axe. The crowd went silent as an ursa much larger than your average ursa burst out the cage. The ursa major sniffed at the air before looking at Jack. The ursa snarled before charging Jack. Jack rolled to the side and pulled out his r8 and fired into the ursa's side. The ursa growled before swiping its claws at Jack. The claw hit Jack making him fly towards the other side of the arena. The crowd gasped in suprise when Jack landed his swords fuel tank exploded somehow and coated Jack in flames. The crowd cheered when Jack stood back up. Glynda tried to intervene the fight but was stopped when Jack held up his hand. Jack made his masks visor go red with special lights he had installed and walked towards the grimm while holding his shotgun sheath. Jack was still on fire but he didn't really care the suit was fire proof after all. Jack cocked the shotgun and took aim. The ursa roared in challenge before trying to charge Jack again. Jack fired his shotgun at the grimms head but the slug round only bounced of its skull. When the ursa was close enough Jack slid underneath the ursa and fired his shotgun right in its belly. The ursa growled in pain for standing on its hind legs and swiping its claws wildly at Jack. Jack danced around the claws and fired his shotgun into its belly as he went. The ursa and Jack kept this up for nearly five minutes. Jack's team was getting worried. Jack's suit was starting to melt! They had no idea how he was still on fire, or how all his bullets haven't fired because of the heat. Jack was getting tired. He and the ursa have been dodging each others attacks and pushing one another around the arena for a while. Jack got an idea. "If I could just get one lucky shot on its neck." Jack thought to himself. Jack was knocked out of his thoughts after the ursa got a lucky hit on his face making his mask fly of the side. Some girl in the crowd caught his mask and screamed. Jack was out of bullets for both his r8, and shotgun so now he was relying on his brute strength. The ursa stood on its hind legs and roared at Jack. Jack roared back at the ursa and tackled it. The ursa was caught of guard by the charge and flailed frantically trying to get Jack of its chest. Jack roared as he sat on the ursa's neck and started punching it in the face as hard as he could. Thanks to Jack's already inhuman strength and adrenaline his punch was hard enough to crack the face plate. Jack's eyes were leaving some sort of red mist as he moved his head back and punched the ursa again. The ursa's head exploded when Jack's fist made contact with it. Jack stood on top of the ursa's disappearing corpse and shouted.
"IS THIS YOUR STRONGEST CREATURE?! WERE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?! BRING ME MORE TO KILL! SEND YOUR ARMIES! BUILD YOUR WALLS! NOTHING CAN STOP THE FLAMES OF HELL!" Jack shouted before walking off the stage. Jack's face was covered by the shadow made by the hood and cap but his eyes were still glowing and leaving a small red trail of mist. As Jack walked off the crowd was screaming with excitement. Not even Glynda's stare or throat clearing would calm the crowd. Jack walked back into the locker room and put on his parka and mask again.
00000 (Later that night in Ozpin's office)
"Professor Ozpin why did you have Mr Ferro fight an ursa major? There's already even a video of it on the school website dubbed 'Come to Beacon! They will teach you to do this!'!" Glynda asked as she scrolled through the school website.
"Look at it as a promotional video Glynda. It's only been a few hours and I've already received a few messages about enrolling." Ozpin replied before sipping from his coffee.
"Ok fine but I believe he has aura. I mean how can you kill an ursa major with your fists? The boy has to have aura! He and his team have probably tampered with the aura detection system. Look at their achievements! How can you get shot so many times without aura and not even flinch? I feel as if your helping them avoid trouble and even helping them build a false reputation!" Glynda said.
"I'm hurt Glynda. I can't honestly believe you think that. Glynda I have seen them do things no ordinary person can do. I want to train students not to rely on their auras. The cleaner team is the key to doing so. If you were to see the things these supposed cheaters have been through would make you cry. Glynda do you have any idea what Mr Ferro and his team have been through?" Ozpin asked before pulling out a tablet and showing five video options. "These teens have been through hell Glynda. These videos are recordings of when I interviewed them. The fifth video is a documentary they made about the world they lived in. Before you make any more assumptions I want you to watch these videos and before you deem them as insane or delusional they are from another world. One that has gone from peace to war in a matter of days." Ozpin said before handing the tablet to Glynda and walking into the elevator. Glynda stared at the tablet confused wither Ozpin is serious or not. Glynda was about to watch one of the videos but an explosion from the emerald forest interrupted her.