A/N: Okay, I'm honestly surprised with the reception this story got within the first two days of it's release. For those of you who reviewed and liked the two chapters that were posted, thank you for the support. I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and now I'm going to reply to reviews, something I don't normally do.

Stylus Opium: Trust me, your wish will be granted within the next one or two chapters. I hope you hate Cardin.

Cheshire1999: Your feedback is appreciated, and that's the way I see it too. But contrary to most fics, I just have a hard time seeing Ozpin letting a one man support team stand.

SkeletalPheonix: Here is your update. And if your a fan of MK, then you should notice a few more MKX references in future chapters.

Greer123: I am doing well, thank you. And I hope you enjoy this chapter as well.

Chyllus: I see where you're coming from. I'm glad you've enjoyed it so far, and I hope you enjoy this chapter.

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That's a reply to everyone who left a review within the first two days, and I thank you all for the feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed, or were at least willing to read the prior two chapters, and I hope those of you that read the third enjoy it as well. Now, without further delay, let's get this story going.

Also, I didn't say this before, but it should be obvious: I don't own RWBY or Friday the 13th. This is simply a story produced by a fan. I'm only writing this once.


It had been a few days since the stunt with Cardin and, well, he did tell Ruby she could take him around Vale, but Jason probably could've found a better way for her to make up with him. Especially considering everyone kept looking at them. No seriously, just about every person Jason spotted, aside from the red cloaked jabberjaw next to him, was staring at the two, either with looks of shock, fear, or disgust. A rare few had smiles on their faces, but Jason wasn't really sure what to make of them, as they were complete strangers.

To be honest, Jason wasn't shocked at the negative reactions. He was a hulking behemoth who never talked, and he had a machete on his waist in plain view, making fear easy to create. He could see the shock because Ruby was only 15, whereas Jason was a full grown adult who made Ruby look like a child next to him. And disgust... well, he did look like a rotting corpse (Which he was before a certain blonde stabbed him with a metal fence post in a thunderstorm) so he could see why some had green looks.

"That's Tukson's book trade, the local book shop." She said, pointing to a nearby store, and Jason could make out well stacked book shelves in through the windows. He also spotted Blake in the store talking to someone, whom he assumed was this Tukson. He wanted to go in and say hi, in his own way anyway, but Ruby had his attention. At least until his tour of Vale was over. Ruby raised her hand to point at a nearby store with a broken window, and police tape. The sign at the top read 'From Dust Till Dawn'. "That's the dust shop where I stopped a robbery." She informed, causing Jason's one eye to widen in surprise. "It's actually what got me accepted into Beacon early."

Jason nodded in acknowledgement. Turning to look at the short girl, he raised his hand to the top of her head, a sign that Ruby and the others had learned meant quite a few things. It was one of Jason's few ways of encouragement and complimenting, and he was shocked to find that a lot of people enjoyed it when he did it. Even Yang did, and Jason had learned that even though he was stronger than the blonde, you do not mess with the fiery golden locks that is Yang Xiao Long's hair. Not that he was scared or anything, but it was just a bad idea.

But Blake seemed to enjoy his head-patting most of all. It was odd, whenever he would do it, she would shove her head in the direction of his hand, as if asking for more, and (Jason swore this upon his immortal life) she would purr like a cat. Literally. She would purr. Jason was happy that she enjoyed it, but it also made him slightly suspicious. He was nowhere near as stupid and naive as many believed on his world, childish maybe, but not dumb. He spotted many things, and was a lot smarter than he seemed. Using his surroundings to his advantage, and stalking kinda helped with that. So he took note of peculiar things, and connected them to things he had hears over time or had heard before.

For example, Blake purred like a cat, and would move her head into his hand as if she were a pet wanting affection from its owner. And he knows of the faunus, humans with animal traits. He had also noticed her bow twitch from time to time. Add all that together, and you have the theory that Blake Bellodona is a cat faunus. Now, even though it was a suspicion, he wasn't going to bring it up or confront her about it, because he knew of the racial descrimination the faunus faced. He himself understood their problems. He may not be a faunus, but he definitely had it worse than any faunus out their. They probably haven't died and returned to life.

Ruby smiled as Jason patted her head, turning her neck to look at her large friend. "Thanks Jason." Jason tilted his head, and nodded Ruby's eyes widened as an idea came to her. "Do you wanna see Signal?" Jason tilted his head as he scratched the side of it in confusion. It took Ruby a few seconds to realize the problem. "Oh! Signal Academy is where I used to train, until Professor Ozpin invited me to Beacon two years early. My dad's a teacher there." Jason nodded in understanding, happy to know what Signal was now. "So, do you wanna see it?"

"Does who wanna see what?" A familiar voice asked as their attention turned to the person who butted into their conversation. Unsurpisingly, it was Yang Xiao-Long.

"Yang? What are you doing here?" Ruby asked, tilting her head in confusion.

"I was coming to get Blake. I convinced her to go to the arcade with me." Yang explained. Ruby widened her eyes.

"How'd you pull that off?" She asked. Yang just grinned.

"You know me!" She said cheerily, causing Ruby to sigh.

"Good point."

"So what are you two doing here?" Yang asked, looking between Jason and Ruby. Jason's finger immediately raised in Ruby's direction, prompting said girl to explain.

"I'm showing Jason around Vale as an apology for what I said before." Ruby explained, her eyes taking on an apologetic tone as she looked at the giant. "I still feel bad by the way."

Jason's head drooped and his whole body seemed to slouch in exasperation as he let out a silent sigh, before looking at Ruby with a wide eye, gesturing his arms to Ruby af if to say 'Seriously?!', confusing the poor girl. "Huh?"

Yang seemed to have a better idea of what he meant. "How many times have you told him you feel bad?"

Ruby counted her fingers before answering. "I've told him it a lot the past few days."

"And there's what's wrong." Yang said. Jason nodded quickly.

"What's wrong?" Ruby asked, still confused. Yang sighed.

"He's probably already forgiven you, and you annoy him every time you say it." She explained, causing Ruby's eyes to widen, before she let out a ridiculously loud 'Oh'.

"Sorry Jason."

Jason promptly facepalmed.

Yang chuckled as Jason realized what he had done, feeling his mask to make sure he had not damaged. "The mask is fine, hockey man." Jason nodded in relief. "Anyway, where's your next stop?"

"I was gonna show Jason Signal." Ruby explained. "Maybe talk to dad if he's there."

Yang's eyes widened in excitement. "Oh! I'll go with you!" she said with a smile. "I wanna see what dad's up to. I also wanna see how he reacts to Jason."

Ruby tilted her head. "Really? I thought you and Blake were going to the arcade." She said.

Yang nodded. "We are. And you guys can join us!" She offered. "We can make it the final stop of the tour!" She proposed. Ruby had stars in her eyes at the idea.

"That sounds great!"

"Yep! Just let me grab Blake!" With that, she ran past the two, entering the book shop a couple buildings away. Sounds and crashes could be heard from inside, causing Jason and Ruby to look at each other in confusion, before Yang burst back through the doors with Blake kicking and screaming on her shoulders.

"Dang it Yang, put me down!" Blake screeched as Yang walked towards Jason and Ruby, who looked completely bewildered at the sight.

"I got to make sure you aren't gonna run off first." Yang said with a grin as she approached the two.

Only when she was finally in front of them did Blake finally find herself on her own two feet, her arms crossed, and her face in a pout. "Don't do that again Yang."

"Aw, you know you love me." Yang joked. Blake gave an exasperated sigh.

"Whatever. Let's get to the arcade and get this over with." She groaned, uncrossing her arms and shifting her weight onto one foot.

"Change of plans." Yang said abruptly, causing Blake to widen her eyes. "We're making a pit stop at Signal Accademy." She informed, causing Blake's eyes to narrow.

"I didn't agree to that." She responded. Yang rolled her eyes.

"Come on!" Yang said, looking at the dark dressed girl. "We're just stopping to show Jason, plus I wanna see if my dad's there. After that, we're all going to the arcade."

Blake's brow furrowed. "Isn't Ruby taking Jason around Vale?" She asked with a suspicious tone. She found herself jumping in shock however as Ruby seemingly materialized in front of her, backing into Jason on accident.

"Come on Blake! Please!?" The tiny girl asked, extending the word 'please' ridiculously for added effect, as she gave Blake the puppy dog eyes. Blake looked up at Jason for his input, now unsure of what to choose. Jason simply shrugged his shoulders, acknowledging that it was her choose. After a few seconds, Blake relented.

"Fine." She said begrudgingly, crossing her arms. Ruby stopped with the puppy dog eyes and stood up straght, a smile on her face now matching Yang's.

"Great!" Ruby said, walking past Blake and Jason and to the front, leading them to Signal, Yang following close behind. Jason and Blake looked at each other for a few moments before following the two.


When they had finally arrived at Signal, Jason wasn't really sure what to make of it. The bulding was much larger than most of the buildings in Vale, but it didn't even come close to Beacon. It looked like a mixture of Beacon's dorms, and the tower itself. The building had a large tower that made up one corner, and Jason could easily make it out from the rest of the building, considering it was sticking out above the roof like a sore thumb. It was painted a glossy grey, almost looking silver. The whole building looked like it was made of the material.

It stunned Jason just what he was looking at.

"Welcome to Signal!" Ruby said, spreading her arms in a gesture to the building as she turned to look at the two guests.

"It's... bigger, than I was expecting." Blake admitted, almost as awed by the building as Jason, who simply nodded in agreement.

"Yep! This is where me and Ruby trained so we could get accepted into Beacon!" Yang informed, a large smile plastered on her face. "Although I actually finished." She joked.

"Hey! At least you got to bring your friends with you!" Ruby countered, giving an accusatory finger at Yang, who laughed.

"I'm only kidding, Rubes. You got accepted two years early." She said, wrapping her arm around Ruby's shoulder and pulling her close. "That's impressive enough."

Jason didn't know what to make of the sibling banter. He had never had siblings growing up, and the only one he knew he ever had at all was dead. And the other kids bullied because of his face, so that was out the window (Well, there was one who was nice, but he didn't know if she was still alive or not.)

"Can we please get on with it?" Blake asked, annoyed. She really did not want to go to the arcade in the first place, and stopping at Signal wasn't even planned. She just wanted to get it over with.

"You're mean." Ruby pouted. But she was chipper again in a moment. "Come on!" She said, gesturing to Signal's entrance. When they walked in, they spotted a female secretary, who immediately recognized the sisters.

"Yang! Ruby!" She said, a wide smile on her face. "How are you two?"

"We're good, Mrs. Miller." Yang said, smiling at the woman.

"That's great! I heard you two got accepted into Beacon! Ruby two years early!" Mrs. Miller said, smiling ear to ear.

"Yep! Ruby was given the okay by Ozpin himself!" Yang informed, and Ruby's face went red from the attention.

"Aw, it was nothing, really. I stopped a robbery, that's it."

Mrs. Miller shook her head. "It most certainly is something! Do you realize that you got accepted into the most prestigious combat school two years early?"

Ruby slowly nodded. "Yeah."

"She was even made leader of our team!" Yang remarked, causing Mrs. Miller to look at the red dressed girl in surprise.

"You are leader of you team?"

Yang answered for her, wrapping her arm around Ruby's shoulder. "Yep! She was made leader of team RWBY!"

Mrs. Miller was silent for a few moments, before finally speaking. "That's confusing."

Ruby nodded. "Yeah, it has led to some confusion." She admitted.

"So who's on your team?"

"Yang is." Ruby answered, gesturing to the blonde.

"You two are on the same team?" Mrs. Miller asked, looking between the sisters.

Yang nodded. "Yep! And so is Blake." She said, jerking her thumb towards said girl.

"Nice to meet you ma'am." Blake said, waving at the woman, who smiled.

"It's nice to meet you too, Blake." Mrs. Miller said, before her gaze turned to Jason. "And who is this big man? Is he the fourth member of your team?"

Yang snorted. "I wish. His name is Jason. We met during initiaton, and he made it really easy." She explained. Mrs. Miller looked at Jason.

"Thank you for keeping these two girls safe. They can handle themselves, but one's a thrillseeker and one is really young." She remarked, causing the two girls to spout words of idignation. Jason simply nodded. "So who is your fourth team member, then?"

"Weiss Schnee." Blake answered. Mrs. Miller's eyes widened.

"The Schnee heiress?" Mrs. Miller asked in shock. Blake nodded.

"Um, we're getting off topic." Ruby interrupted before the conversation could continue. "Is dad here?"

Mrs. Miller nodded. "He is. Would you like to see him?" She asked, to which the sisters nodded. "Go on ahead. You know where his classroom is."

"Thanks, Mrs. Miller." Yang said as the two walked towards an elevator, Blake and Yang in tow.

"So what's your father like, anyway?" Blake asked as they entered the elevator, Yang pressing the button.

"He's like me!" Yang boasted, before putting her hand to her chin. "Although, he tells awful 'dad' jokes."

"Reminds me of someone." Ruby whispered to the other two, who nodded in agreement. Yang told horrible puns.

"And he's a teacher here?" Blake asked for clarification, to which Ruby nodded.

"Yeah! My Uncle Qrow was too, but he eventually retired for some reason." Ruby said, looking up in thought for a moment, before waving it off. "Anyway, dad's a great teacher especially considering what he had to go through." Jason tilted his head in confusion, silently asking what had happened. Luckily for him, Blake was curious as well.

"What happened?"

"He lost our mothers." Yang explained. "So he had to raise us by himself, as well as juggel being a huntsman and a teacher." Jason could sympathize with the sisters there. His father left before he was born (at least that's what his mother told him) so it was only his mother there for him, raising him. And unlike most people, Jason's face made it hard to make friends. So growing up, he only had the support of his mother, and his childhood friend, Lacey. So he gave a nod of sympathy to the two girls, putting a reassuring hand on each of their shoulders.

Ruby smiled at his kindess as the elevator door opened. "Thanks Jason." She said with a smile, as they left the elevator. The evetually arrived at yellow door, which was wide open, and Jason was able to spot a blonde man erasing a chalk board. Jason and Blake watched as the sisters smiled. "Dad!" Ruby called out, catching the blonde man's attention.

"Ruby, Yang!" His eyes widened in surprise as he spotted the two, immediately setting down the eraser as the two girls ran into his arms, embracing him in a hug. "What are you two doing here? Shouldn't you be at Beacon?"

"I was showing a friend around Vale, and Yang was going to the arcade with a teammate. We decided to stop here and see how you were." Ruby explained. Their father nodded.

"So who are they?" He asked, gesturing to Blake and Jason.

"The girl is our teammate, Blake." Yang informed.

"Hello, sir."

"And the big guy?"

"Oh, that's Jason."Ruby said. Their father walked up to the man, and Jason noticed a bit of a distrustful look in his eyes.

"Nice to meet you, Jason. I'm Taiyang, Ruby and Yang's father." He said, offering his hand. Jason was silent for a moment, before nodding, shaking the man's hand. Jason noticed that the man attempted to crush his hand, and he decided to return the favor, giving his Taiyang's hand a light squeeze. The man winced at Jason's grip. "Quite a grip you got there." He said, letting go of Jason's hand to massage his own. Jason simply nodded. Taiyang narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "Can't you talk?"

"Actually, he can't." Ruby spoke up.

"Really?"

"Yeah." Yang confirmed. "His vocal cords are mess up. Something to do with the disease that makes his skin look weird." She noticed Jason's insulted glance. "No offense, Jason."

That's some questions answered, it left only one. "So why the mask?"

"It holds some kind of personal value to him." Blake explained, speaking a sentence to the man for the first time. "Professor Ozpin actually let him wear it during classes, although he still has to wear the school uniform." Taiyang gave a good solid look at the man for a few seconds, before bringing up something new.

"Where's his eye?"

"What do you mean?" Ruby asked, tilting her head in confusion as she approached the two, looking at Jason.

"His one eye is gone. It's hard to see the other one, because of how dark the mask makes it, but it's there. But the other one..." Taiyang trailed off. Blake noticed where he was going though, as she took her own look at his eye.

"You can't see it, no matter how hard you try."

"Exactly." Taiyang remarked. "So he's either got a pitch black eye, or-"

"Or now eye at all." Yang finished, she too, now looking at Jason's blank eye socket.

Jason wasn't quite sure what to say without telling them he was a walking corpse, so he just thought of something off the fly. Lucky for him, it was believable, as raised his fist, his index finger pointing and flexing his thumb, making a hand gun motion.

"It was shot out?" Ruby asked, looking at the large man, who promptly nodded. "That's awful."

Jason nodded.

Taiyang felt sympathy for the man, his distrust slowly, but very surely, fading away. "I can't imagine what a you man such as yourself has gone through to have something so horrible happen." He said, looking at him with pity.

Jason internally snorted. He was anything but young, and if only Taiyang knew.

"You know, while where talking about Jason, I got a question for him. Hopefully he can write down the answer." Blake said, catching everyone's attention. She looked at the masked man. "What's that noise you make?"

"Hey, yeah. I've been wondering that too." Yang said, now looking at Jason.

"Me too!" Ruby too.

"What noise?" Taiyang asked. To his knowledge, Jason had been completely silent.

"There's some kind of 'ch, ch, ha, ha' noise that he makes." Yang explained. "He's usually fighting when you hear it, or threatening someone. The noise itself is really eerie, and horrifying."

"Ki, Ki, Ki, Ma, Ma, Ma."

The familiar noise, the one they were talking about, rang out around the room, and everyone turned to Jason.

"That noise?" Taiyang asked for confirmation, which he got when the three girls nodded.

"Yeah. What's it mean, Jason?" Blake asked him. Jason immediately shook his head, a sign the girls learned meant he didn't want to talk about something.

"It's fine if you don't wanna talk about it." Ruby assured. "Let's change the subject."

"Okay, so how did you meet him?" Taiyang asked.

"Apparently, Jason was an extra student for Beacon. Our team and another team encountered him when he saved me from a deathstalker and a nevermore." Ruby explained. Taiyang narrowed his eyes at the new information.

"What happened?" He asked, putting his fists to his hips. Ruby shrunk under his gaze as she realized she said too much. Unfortunately for her, Yang decided to explain.

"She tried to 1v1 the deathstalker to impress some spoiled brat, who's on our team. And it sucks."

Taiyang's eyes widened, before glaring at Ruby. "You get accepted into Beacon two years early, and you end up having to be saved during initiation by a hobo." At Taiyang's words, a loud thump sounded out, causing all attention to turn to Jason. Taiyang sweat dropped as he found the man with his arms crossed, his one eye glaring daggers into the man's soul. "Uh, no offense." Jason silently snorted, rolling his one eye.

"Hey, I didn't get killed, so that has to count for something." Ruby attempted to defend herself.

"But you wouldn't have come close to death either if you had actually used your head." Yang countered, looking at Ruby with narrowed eyes.

"WHO did Ozpin make team leader again?" Ruby asked, before answering her own question. "Oh, that's right, me!"

"I guess it doesn't matter as long as you're alive, and you still got accepted into Beacon." Taiyang relented. "So, you're the leader of your team?" He asked, looking at Ruby, who nodded eagerly.

"Yep! I lead Team RWBY! And yes, that does cause confusion." Ruby informed.

Taiyang gave her a proud smile. "Good job, Ruby." He congratulated, before frowning. "Wait, shouldn't their be a J in there somewhere? Or does Jason's last name start with a W?"

The three girls were confused for a moment, before realizing the problem. "Oh, Jason isn't on our team, sir." Blake informed.

"You can just call me Tai, Blake." Taiyang said, a little annoyed at being called sir. "And he's not?"

"No, our fourth teammate is Weiss Schnee." Yang said, to which Taiyang frowned.

"My daughters on a team with a Schnee, and she isn't the leader." He calmly stated, before asking "Does she give you hell about it?"

Ruby nodded. "She used too, but we made up." She informed.

Taiyang nodded. "That's good." He said. "Anyway, what team is Jason on?"

"Oh, Jason's an extra student." Yang informed. Taiyang's eyes widened at that.

"Really?"

"Yeah. He's gonna accept three extra students so that Jason will actually have a team. And so that he'll be part of the Vytal Festival." Yang responded. "We're really excited about that."

Taiyang raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

The girls grinned. Even Blake had a small smile. "Jason wiped the floor with a team, and his aura hadn't even left the green!" Ruby exclaimed, glancing up at large man with stars in her eyes. "He's practically a one man team on his own! Imagine what he could do with help!"

"I doubt he'd need it, honestly." Blake remarked, her eyes moving up to the man as well. Taiyang widened his eyes.

"Is he really that good?"

"I recorded the whole thing." Yang revealed, pulling out her scroll. "I'll show it to you."

"While you two are doing that, do you care if I go visit my friends?" Ruby asked. "I really wanna talk to them, since they didn't get to come to Beacon with me."

Taiyang nodded. "Sure. Go on ahead."

Ruby grinned. "Yay! You wanna come, Jason?" She asked the masked man, who nodded. "What about you Blake?"

"I think I'll stay here with them, wait for Yang." Blake said. Ruby nodded.

"Okay! Come on Jason!" She said chipperly, skipping out the door. Jason followed her, trailing behind as they went down the long hallway, before Ruby finally stopped outside of a door with a large label reading '2-5'. Ruby took in a deep breath, before knocking her fist against the door.

"I'll get it!" A voice on the other side said. Suddenly, a dark skinned woman with wild hair, dressed in a white sleeveless top, and blue jeans, with high healed boots, opened the door, while laughing at something on the other side. Once her eyes landed on Ruby, however, her eyes widened in shock. "Ruby?!"

"Hi Whitney!" Ruby said with a large grin. It was silent for a moment, before now called Whitney squealed in happiness.

"Oh, it's so good to see you!" She said, wrapping her arms around Ruby's neck in a death grip hug. "How is Beacon?" She asked once she let Ruby go.

"Oh, it's awesome!" Ruby said in equal delight. "I've already made a bunch of friends, and the weapons are awesome!"

"Of course you would put weapons and friends in equal categories." Whitney remarked with a grin, causing Ruby's face change to match her cloak.

"Hey!" She shouted in indignation and embarassment, lightly punching Whitney just laughed, before looking at Jason.

"So who's the giant?" She asked, looking Jason up and down.

"Oh, that's right!" Ruby said, turning to Jason. "Jason, meet Whitney. Whitney, Jason." She introduced the two.

"Nice to meet you, Jason." Whitney said, shaking Jason's hand. Jason nodded his head in a manner that said 'likewise'. "How did you two meet?" Jason promptly pointed to Ruby.

"I'll tell everyone at the same time. Are the others here?" Ruby asked. Whitney nodded.

"Yeah. But why can't he tell me how you guys met?" She asked, pointing to the masked giant.

"He can't speak." Ruby explained, causing Whitney to take on an apologetic look.

"Oh. Sorry, big guy." She said. Jason shrugged his shoulders. Whitney turned back to Ruby. "Anyway, you wanna come in, see the others?"

Ruby nodded. "Yes please." She agreed.

"Well then come on then!" Whitney said as she went back into the room, waving the two in. Jason took note of everyone there.

There was a boy who dressed like a biker, with a black t-shirt, leather jacker, leather pants, and biker boots, who was sitting on one of the 6 beds. A boy who dressed like a surfer, with an orange flower shirt that transitioned into blue at the top, and a pair of kaki shorts, sitting at a computer desk, a girl who dressed like a cheerleader playing on her scroll, and a muscled guy who looked like a high school jock with his arms propped under his head on another bed.

All in all, the team looked like the steriotypical victims that Jason had encountered during his... career.

"Look who's here, guys!" Whitney said, catching all their attention.

The biker smirked. "Well, well, well, if it ain't Little Red Riding Hood."

The cheerleader rolled her eyes. "Enough with the cool guy act, Danny."

Danny stuttered. "A-A-At least I don't dress like a slut, Amy!"

The jock rolled his eyes. "Dan, you've used that comeback so many times, it just seems like your desperate. Am I wrong, Dex?" He asked the surfer.

Dex nodded. "I guess, Ryder. Anyway, what's up, Rubes?" He asked, looking at the red dressed girl.

"Nothing much. Me and Yang decided to stop by with a teammate and a friend, see how dad was doing. Plus, I wanted to see how you guys were." Ruby explained, scanning around the room. Someone was missing. "Where's Lace?"

Dex pointed in the bathroom. "In there. She had another nightmare again, and this one made her sick."

Whitney looked down. "They've been getting worse recently."

"I really wish I could make her feel better." Ryder said. Jason tilted his head, loking at Ruby for information.

"She's another girl who sleeps in this dorm." Ruby explained. Now that she had spoken to him, the other's finally noticed Jason's presence.

"Who's the hunk?" Amy asked, staring at Jason with a sligh blush on her face. Danny silently fumed, jealous of Jason.

"Everyone, meet Jason Voorhees, a friend I met at Beacon." She said, gesturing to the large giant, who silently waved.

"Nice to meet you, Jason. I'm Dexter Morgan. But Dex works." Dex introduced.

"Name's Danny Fordsman, and I suggest you-" The biker was interrupted by Amy.

"Ignore him, for he's an idiot. I'm Amy Verida." She introduced herself. "It's nice to meet you, Jason."

Ryder nodded. "I'm Ryder Flanigan. Nice to meet you." He nodded to the larger man, before turning to Ruby. "So, shortstack, how'd you meet him?"

"He saved me from a deathstalker." Ruby said, blushing slightly from embarassment.

"How did he have to save you?" Dex asked, a smirk on his face.

"Shouldn't you have been able to run from the thing?" Whitney asked, sitting down on her bed.

Danny chuckled. "This I gotta hear."

"Don't be a prick." Amy said. Ruby shrunk into her cloak, hiding her face out of embarrasment as she recounted the story.

"I got pinned down by a nevermore feather." She admitted. "I didn't wanna leave my cloak."

"You really like that thing, don't you?" Amy said more than asked. Ruby nodded.

"Yeah. I do." She said. The conversation was interrupted as the bathroom door opened. A girl with brown hair in a pony tail stepped out, wearing a long sleeved shirt and a knee length skirt, with gym shoes on her feet.

"Hey, Lacey. Look who's here." Ryder said, gesturing to Ruby. THe girl known as Lacey looked at Ruby, and let out a silent squeal as she ran at the dark haired girl, wrapping her arms around Ruby in a happy hug. Unintentionally crushing Ruby.

"Nice to... see you... too... Lace." She huffed out, attempting and failing to breath. When Lacey finally let go, she moved her hands in weird gestures. Sign language.

'How are you?' She signed to Ruby, who smiled.

"I'm pretty good. What about you? Are you okay?" Ruby asked, a smile on her face masking her concern. Lacey nodded, smile still wide on her face. Ruby nodded herself. "Good." Her eyes widened as she realized something. "Oh, I want you to meet someone!" She said with excitement, turning to Jason. Lacey's eyes widened as she spotted the large man.

'Who is he?' She signed. Ruby smiled.

"Lacey, meet Jason. Jason, Lacey."

However, Jason's mind wasn't processing anything as he looked at the girl, eyes widened in shock. It was as if his brain had shutdown, refusing to process anything else. He recognized this girl. Sure, she was older, and had bit more curves to her, but he could recognize her brown hair and pale skin anywhere, her emerald eyes looking returning Jason's stare in confusion.

He was looking into the eyes of his childhood friend, Lacey Whitaker.


A/N: And there we go. Sorry this chapter is so short compared to the others, but I didn't want it to be all over the place, and I don't even know if I managed that. Anyway, I decided to introduce the OC character of Lacey Whitaker, as someone that Jason knew, so that he had someone he could confide in on a personal level, being someone Jason knew as a child. Granted, it's not the same one, but an alternate version in the RWBY Universe, but because of that, there is an AU Jason that she knew, who died the same way, and didn't return to life. The next chapter will focus on Jason and Lacey, but after that, we return to the Jaune Arc episodes, but with more of a focus on Velvet, Jason and Cardin. Also, I'm sorry if I fall behind on updates for this story, but I am also working on an Attack on Titan story called 'The Three Guardians. I will be focusing on both stories, and I'm going to try to update that story and this one equally until I finish both, before working on another story.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and don't forget to follow and favorite the story if you enjoy it enough.