Author's note: Happy to be back writing to my original story I started my Fanfiction account to. And I want to say thank you for all who have stuck with me for the ride. Speaking of rides, the next time you need a lift don't trust your lazy friend to do it for you. Here's why.

Blake, Doc, and Sun were waiting for Grif to find them a set of wheels to go to Mistral. So far, it had been seventeen minutes and the group was getting more and more impatient. They then heard a car beep from around the corner of the building.

They rushed over to see Grif standing next to a hearse, he started to sound like Oprah, thinking he got the right car, "You get a car, and you get a car and you get a car." He said as he pointed to each member of team BDGS.

Blake scratched her head in confusion, "You didn't disclaim the vehicle was going to be a hearse." She said.

Grif felt disrespected for his work, "I'm sorry, the closest thing around was a funeral home, not a rent-a-car." He replied.

Sun asked Grif, "Hope you checked to see there wasn't a body in the back?" He laughed meaning it to be a joke.

Grif shook his head, "Uhhh, I don't really know." He admitted.

Blake grew wide eyed, "You didn't check?" She asked.

"I was in a hurry, I checked to see if it had gas. That seemed more important." He argued.

"So there is a body?" Blake asked blatantly.

"Let O'malley check, he likes this kind of stuff." Grif said pointing to Doc.

O'malley switched in gear, "Yes, already I think of seven good uses of the cadaver, TODAY." He said as he grew eager.

Grif interrupted his happy time, "No, Dr. Hyde we got to turn in the body if there's one in there." He explained.

"Alright." Doc said deviously as he looked to the side.

Grif noticed that, "Don't do that." He said regarding O'malley's action.

I might do this as a replacement for the RWBY chili thing.Now back to your normally scheduled fanfic.

It was the dead of night and no one was up, especially in the middle of the forest. Only echoes of past events went through Ruby's mind, she swore she heard voices within her head, but she heard Church's voice. As it had a faint echo she heard his voice, "Don't worry Rubes, I've done this before, I'll be back." She heard a voice similar to Church's, "Ruby, where are you?" The sound of Church's voice asked as it echoed. It now repeated her name, "Ruby? Ruby. Ruby!" He shouted as Ruby jolted awake.

She had simply dreamed up Church, unfortunately he was gone. But something about the dream made him feel close to her.

[Timeskip]

The group was now back on the road, heading to the next city, "So, the next town is...?" Ruby asked waiting for someone to finish her sentence as she fumbled with the map, "Uh huh, uh huh...we're lost." Ruby admitted.

Luckily Jaune knew what she meant, "We're not lost, the next town is Shion. My family used to visit it all the time." Jaune said.

Ruby then remembered the path, "Oh yeah, don't you have, like, four sisters?" She asked.

Jaune rolled his head as he was embarrassed by the answer, "Uhhh, Seven." He admitted making Ruby giggle.

Nora then found the logic behind it, "You know that actually explains a lot." She said.

Jaune turned to Nora with bewilderment, "Wait, what do you mean-" He was about to ask.

Thankfully Ruby made sure everyone was on track, "SO, what did you guys do there?" She asked hoping to avoid conflict.

Jaune happily forgot Nora's remark, "Oh all sorts of stuff." He said as he walked forward to the map, "Over here is a great hiking trail, and over here is where we went camping all the time. I got my own tent because I was special." He said proud of himself, "Also so my sisters would stop braiding my hair." He admitted.

Pyrrah came in on Jaune's left side, "Didn't like the look?" She asked intending no response.

Jaune stood tall as he said his answer, "Yeah, they just kept doing pigtails, but personally I think I'm more of a 'Warrior's Wolf Tail' kind of guy." He said trying to sound cool.

Locus chimed in, "I used to have that style, until I went with a different choice." He said as he showed off his bald black head, (I'm making Locus look like DMX because he looks like a badass more now. If you don't know what he looks like, look it up, trust me the payoff is worth it.) to the group.

Ruby giggled a bit, "That's just a ponytail." She said.

Locus and Jaune looked at each other, "I stand by what I said." They both said in unison.

The group continued staring at the map until Nora and Ren stopped in their tracks, "Uh, guys?" Nora asked.

Pyrrah, Jaune, Ruby, and Locus all responded differently, "Yes?/What?/Huh?/What is it?" They all stopped. Only to see the destroyed town of Shion, laying right before their eyes. They dropped everything they had and started to spread out to see if there was anybody still left wandering the town.

Ruby tried to keep hope, "There could be survivors." She said.

Ren found someone laying against a wall from far away, "Over here!" Ren shouted as he rushed to the person in trouble, everyone shared a look before heading out.

Ruby saw him dressed in armor, "A huntsman." She said realizing what this person was.

Jaune began to ask the dieing huntsman a question, "What happened, Who killed all these people?" He asked.

With a few coughs he spoke, "Bandits, the whole tribe...Then, with all the panic..." He stopped speaking to cough some more.

But everyone knew what he was going to say, "Grimm." Ren finished.

The group then huddled except for Ren who went to take in what just happened, and Locus who stood to watch the huntsman. Ruby was the first to act, "Alright, we can get him to the next village and try to find a doctor there." Ruby suggested.

Jaune nodded in agreement, "Yeah, Ren and I can take turns carrying him." He added.

Nora had to be the realist in this situation, "I don't think he'll make it." She said, her voice soft as ever.

Jaune still had to maintain hope, "He will. He has to." He said as he looked to Nora.

Ruby nodded with Jaune's faith, "If we get going now his chances will be better. I can run ahead and look for help." she recommended

Locus who still was watching over the soldier, spoke up, "Guys." He said as he shook his head looking at the huntsman. They were too late, he died as he was now motionless, and dead.

Nora had her hand over her mouth as she wondered what to do, "Should we...bury him?" She asked.

Ren walked away from the body, "We should go. It's not safe here." he ordered.

Locus ignored Ren's request and began to use the butt of his sniper rifle, as a shovel, "I'm not leaving unless I honor his death." He said as he dug up dirt.

Pyrrah and Jaune shared a look with each other as Pyrrah was the first to respond, "Locus, there's nothing more you can do. He fought with his last breathe he can go peacefully, just leave him-" she was stopped as Locus snapped nearly breaking into tears.

He had his eyes watering as he tried to hold it back, "No, I'm tired of serving my time with murderers, I'm done taking orders from malevolent tyrants, Just let me honor this warrior. He deserves much more than just death," He started to let tears roll down his face, "He deserves much more than a monster like me, he's better than me in every single way." He stopped as he kneeled down to cry some more.

Pyrrah wrapped her arms around his armored shoulders, as well as Jaune who hugged him close. Jaune wanted to support him in a way, he grabbed his shield from his sheath as he began to dig up the dirt. Pyrrah followed in Jaune's way as she pulled out her circular shield and started to lift up dirt from the ground. Locus resumed his way as the three began to dig a grave to honor the huntsman. Mid way of the ending of the grave Jaune placed a hand on Locus's shoulder, "It's okay, I hate losing everything too." He said as Locus began to cheer up a little bit.

While the three of them were giving the huntsman a proper burial, Ren was walking away from the body. Until he stumbled across a huge footprint of a hoof, from something Ren and Nora were all too familiar.

[Timeskip]

As Ruby layed trying to dose off into a deep sleep, she kept hearing Church's voice in her head. No matter how many times she tossed and turned, she could never get Church's voice out of her head. It felt as though her mind was in a maze and Church was the only thing that could get her out.

But no matter how many times she hoped, she would have to accept the fact that he was gone.

But she couldn't shake the question: 'Why did he feel so close?'

[Timeskip]

Ruby although dealing with Church's absence, still was able to keep a positive attitude. She had to keep her hopes up for her friend's sake, "Come on guys, if we pick up the pace we can hit the next town before sunset." She said.

Jaune responded with a depressed tone, "Assuming it's still there." He said.

Ruby smiled as she looked back at Jaune and Pyrrah, "Of course it'll be there, this one's supposed to be pretty big." She tried to pronounce the village's name, "Hee...Gan...Bay...Na..." So far she was failing poorly.

Luckily Ren stepped in, "Higanbana, it's a well protected village with a popular inn." He said.

Nora was relieved for another reason, "Which means...no camping in the rain." She said with delight.

Ruby smiled seeing everyone getting better, "See everything's gonna be fine." She said.

Pyrrah looked on the bright side with Ruby, "You know we've had a lot of ups and downs, but things could be a lot worse. Really thought we'd see more Grimm." She said with her eyes closed with a warm smile.

Locus nodded along with the group, "As did I." He said in his dark slightly less menacing voice.

Nora cheered for the whole team, "I guess our luck is finally turning around. To Higanbana." All of them chanted with Nora, except Ruby who was still attempting to say it right.

Locus looked back as he saw a man on the cliff with a sword, deep within a beowolf. He looked back at Locus as they both shared a nod, "Hmph, 'Luck'" He said as he walked with the others.

[Timeskip]

At the Inn, while Ruby was checking in the 3 girls and 3 boys, Locus went to the bar just across the way to meet someone. He sat at a supposedly random table as he sat there staring at the blank spaces of wood he saw. The man next to him started off the conversation between them, "So, how's my niece?" He asked.

Locus responded as he continued to stare at the blank wood, "She's doing better than expected." He said as he tapped his fingers.

The man next to him drank a little from his glass, "I want to thank you for watching over her for me. I trust you know why I can't travel with her." He said as he stared down at his drink.

Locus nodded, eventhough the man couldn't see him, "I do, Qrow, and nothing will harm her as long as I am near." He said as he closed his eyes behind his folded hands.

The waitress then brought a glass of liquor to Qrow, "Uh, I didn't-" He tried to say.

The woman interrupted Qrow, "From the woman upstairs, red eyes. She said you wouldn't mind a bottom shelf." She said.

Qrow looked upstairs, knowing who it was, "Thanks." He said.

The waitress leaned in close to Qrow, "But I went ahead and gave you top, lucky you." She said as she winked at him trying to flirt with Qrow.

Qrow followed her with his eyes until he diverted his attention back to the window that had Ruby in it. He then had his grin disappear, "Yeah," He turned to Locus for a second, "Hey, do me a favor will ya? Keep an eye on her for me." Qrow asked.

Locus nodded, "It will be my honor." He said as he got up and went back to Ruby and the group.

[Somewhere Else near the road to Mistral]

Someone had just slain a whole herd of Grimm that were wandering through the woods, near a village. He wore a cobalt T-shirt that he had ripped down the middle to make a headband, along with the sleeves to make wristbands. His current weapon a makeshift bow and arrow, he smelled the fresh air to see if he was on the right track.

He noticed a rose petal on the ground, "Don't worry Rubes," He said, "I'm back." The survivalist said as he walked off.

Author's note: Okay I know this chapter was short and had no action but now I'm currently moving this as fast as possible because other followers from a different story are getting impatient. But next chapter will see a few familiar faces.

Not to spoil what will happen to Church but, think Dead Rising 4 DLC Frank Rising, trust me the payoff is huge.

Alright thank you and goodnight. Depending on where you are.