Hey there my fellow readers, another week another chapter. First up, replying to reviews. OutlastTheDark, dear god I would definitely hate playing 'Clue' with her. As for the faunus thing, I honestly don't know. We have only seen mammal type faunus so far but there has been no concrete evidence suggesting they can only be part mammal. The reason Winston is a gorilla faunus is because the character of the same name in Overwatch is a big ass Gorilla. And that's freaking awesome! Now, on with the show!

"Talent is an accident of genes – and a responsibility." Alan Rickman, 1946-2016. You shall be missed.

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Chapter 7- Identification

"Okay, how about...this guy?" Yang asked as she pointed at the screen, which depicted a muscular man in brown cloth and gold armour, wielding a bow.

"No." Blake sighed, pinching her nose as Yang scrolled past the man apparently called 'Hanzo' until she came across another picture of a muscular man.

"How about this one?" Yang asked as she pointed a finger at the new picture, this one of a man in a leather grey body suit and an almost robotic mask with a neon green visor.

"No." Blake repeated, causing Yang to groan in annoyance as she scrolled past yet another suspect. "Look guys, I already told you! I don't think the guy from the warehouse is the killer!"

"He's our only suspect so far, plus even if he is innocent, he's the only person we know of that might actually know who the killer is!" Weiss retorted, causing Blake to roll her eyes slightly and sigh in defeat. She was right, the man was their closest bet to finding the Vale Reaper.

The hard part was finding a match in Beacon's file history, which was made even more difficult by the fact that they couldn't search for the guy via his semblance, since no one actually knew what an appropriate name would be. They had already been searching for hours with no luck so far.

As Blake's eyes flitted through the files that Yang was scrolling through, her eyes caught a familiar shade of blue.

"Stop!" Blake shouted, causing Yang to stop what she was doing and look at Blake confused. "Go back a few profiles!" Blake ordered, which Yang complied with. As Yang scrolled back through the pictures, Blake saw the picture that caught her attention.

The person wore navy blue trousers with blue armour covering their chest, arms and feet. Over the chest piece yet somehow under the arm guards was a blue trench coat that was covered in dirt and scorch marks. He was admittedly rather handsome, with golden blonde hair neatly combed to the right with a headset inserted on his right ear. In his hands was a grey and white rifle that closely resembled the one used by the man from the warehouse. Not to mention his build fitted perfectly.

"That's him!" Blake announced as she pointed at the man on the screen.

"Are you sure?" Jaune asked, craning his head forward to insert himself into the conversation.

"Positive." Blake replied, earning a small nod from the rest. His Semblance matched the guy from the warehouse too, an adrenalin rush that increased his strength, speed and accuracy erratically, taking on the appearance of blue electricity arcing over his body.

"Right then, let's see who mystery guy is..." Yang stated as she selected the profile, the screen changing to show off their suspect.

"According to this our guy is called… John 'Jack' Morrison, born in Vale." Weiss read as she scanned the screen with her eyes. "That's weird..."

"What is it?" Ruby asked, leaning forward as she looked at the profile page detailing Morrison.

"It says here that Beacon was his second Academy...but that's impossible!" Weiss replied, her eyes narrowing as she continued scanning the page. A Huntsman or Huntress in training was only allowed access into one Huntsman Academy. If you were kicked out of one, you couldn't get into any of the others. What was so special about this guy?

"What Academy did he go to before? Does it say?" Blake asked as Yang scrolled through the profile.

"Says here before coming to Beacon he was enlisted into an Academy called...Overwatch." Yang replied as she narrowed her eyes. She had heard of that name before, but just couldn't place it.

"Over what now?" Ruby asked as she rubbed the back of her head in confusion.

"Of course...that makes sense..." Weiss finally said as the realisation hit her. "When I was a child, I heard stories that there were once two Academies in Vale. One was Beacon, the other was Overwatch."

"Wait, are you serious?" Ruby asked incredulously as Weiss spoke, tilting her head back in disbelief.

"I knew I'd heard of it somewhere! Uncle Qrow and dad used to talk about it from time to time." Yang said as she nudged Ruby slightly, before the realisation hit her sister as well.

"Apparently the Academy was so good that some considered it the best in the world." Weiss continued, causing the rest of the team to turn their attention to the Heiress. "Everyone agreed that only the best Huntsman and Huntresses originated from there."

"Sounds great, but what happened?" Jaune asked, raising his eyebrow slightly.

"The same thing that happens to all powerful organisations, corruption." Weiss replied, earning a silent gasp from the blonde knight in return. "Rumour had it that the Headmaster was rigging exams and was backing corrupt and evil organisations such as the Shimada assassin clan and the Talon terrorist group."

"Yeah that's what Uncle Qrow said, but some people think that it was Beacon planting false evidence to tarnish the Academies reputation." Yang added, earning yet another silent gasp from the blonde knight.

"Regardless of whether the rumours were true, Overwatch got shut down. All the current students were transferred to different Academies. And fate just so deemed that our friend here was transferred to Beacon." Weiss concluded. "The Overwatch students were treated as initiates, thus were inducted via the initiation as well as assigned new teams."

"Speaking of which, lets see who they were..." Yang said as she scrolled onto the next page of the profile. "According to this he was the leader of Team JAGR, which consisted of our friend John 'Jack' Morrison, Amélie Lacroix, Gabriel Reyes and Reinhardt Wilhelm."

The image on the screen changed to one of four people standing side by side. The one furthest to the left was easily identified as John Morrison whilst on his right was a woman in a black and red leather suit that was most likely Amélie Lacroix. On her right was a man with a black hooded jacket wielding two shotguns whilst black armour protected his body, most likely Gabriel Reyes. And furthest to the right was a man who could only be described as a walking tank. They wore large armour that eerily reminded Weiss of the knight construct she fought at home during training. In their hand they held a giant hammer that from the looks of it, doubled as a rocket launcher.

"Damn, I bet he's overcompensating for something..." Yang snickered as she looked over the immaculate armour and weapon.

"According to this they all attended Overwatch and were part-way through their first year when it got shut-down." Weiss said, gaining everyone's attention again.

"Were they all on the same team before going to Beacon?" Pyrrha asked, breaking her silence she had put herself in when they first arrived.

"No, Morrison wasn't even a team leader." Weiss replied as she looked through the profile. "According to this, the only person who had any experience was Gabriel Reyes yet for some reason whoever was in charge put Morrison as head of the Team."

"I guess Team GAJR just didn't have the same ring to it." Yang chuckled, only to be bopped on the head by Weiss in response.

"Well where is Morrison now?" Blake asked, wishing to get back to the main focus of why they were here. "Surely his profile page should contain details such as last known location or family details."

"Let's see here..." Yang replied as she scrolled through the profile until reaching the end of the page. She blinked in surprise as she finished the profile on Morrison. "That can't be right..."

"What is it?" Ren asked, leaning closer to the screen, his mouth going agape as he saw what had startled Yang.

"Blake, you sure this is the guy who attacked you?" Yang asked as she questioningly looked at the faunus.

"Positive, why?" Blake replied, unaware at what had startled Yang.

"Because according to this, he's been dead for like twenty years!" Yang replied, causing a collective gasp to resonate around the library.

"What?! No, that can't be right!" Blake replied, believing her team-mate had made an error.

"See for yourself..." Yang replied as she turned the computer around, showing the screen to Blake.

Blake read aloud from the computer, her words turning to silence upon reading the damning statement.

"It can't be true...it had to be him! His Semblance matches and everything!" Blake said, her eyes furrowed with confusion.

"True, but if we cross reference his Semblance with other students I'm sure we would find others with a similar power." Weiss replied.

"How did he die?" Blake asked, having gotten over the initial shock.

"Doesn't say...just that it was related to the deaths of the rest of his team." Yang replied, a sympathetic look on her face.

"Wait, his team died too?" Blake asked, raising her eyebrow slightly. "Does he have any known family?"

"His mother and father left Vale around the time of his death, guess they couldn't cope staying in the Kingdom their son died in..." Yang replied, a sad look in her eyes.

"Does it say where he was buried?" Blake asked, turning to face Yang slightly.

"According to this, he and his team were buried in-"

Yang was cut off by a loud cough behind her, startling both her and her friends. Both teams turned slowly to see Ozpin looking over them, walking stick in hand, with an upraised eyebrow.

"Professor Ozpin!" Weiss stuttered, being the first to recover. "We were just-"

"I can see what you were doing, Miss Schnee." Ozpin interrupted, though he didn't sound particularly angry. It should also be mentioned he didn't sound particularly happy either. "The question is why?"

"Why...what?" Ruby asked, attempting to sound innocent. Though judging by how Ozpin simply raised his eyebrow higher made it clear he wasn't buying it.

"Why are you looking through Beacon's files on graduated students?" Ozpin clarified, causing both teams to look at one another sheepishly. "Well, are you going to answer? Or am I going to have to send for Miss Goodwitch?"

"We were looking for evidence on the Vale Reaper...thought he might be a former Huntsman..." Jaune finally replied, earning a few glares from Team RWBY.

"Really?" Ozpin replied, his tone having become slightly more passive. "If that was the case then why were you looking through the file of a deceased student?"

"Because Blake said she saw him at the scene of a crime and-" Yang was quickly cut off when Blake clamped her hand around the blonde brawlers mouth, clearly startling her.

"Is this true Miss Belladonna?" Ozpin asked, turning his gaze to the faunus, who's eyes darted around wildly.

"Yes..." Blake finally replied, removing her hand from Yang's mouth who quickly sent an annoyed glare her way afterwards. Ozpin sighed loudly as he pinched the bridge of his nose, neither angry nor pleased with his students.

"Listen, I understand that you wish to help find this killer, truly I do! It shows how selfless you are, and I'm sure that qualities such as that will form you into great Hunters and Huntresses." Ozpin replied, causing the two teams to look at one another in slight confusion. "However, this Reaper is beyond any of you! Even combined the only difference you will make is add to their kill count! It is best left to the VPD and Atlas Military to find this monster, and you will certainly find no answers in the past."

"But-" Ruby was quickly cut off as Ozpin raised his hand, causing Ruby to become silent immediately.

"I will hear no more of it!" Ozpin stated, before gesturing to the exit with his cane. "I suggest you all head to your rooms, if I catch you again investigating these murders know I will not be so kind a second time."

The two teams stared at one another dejectedly before complying with Ozpin's orders, leaving the library and heading to the mess hall. Ozpin sighed loudly before turning to face the screen the two teams had been using, the profile of John 'Jack' Morrison still displayed on the screen.

"I hope what they claimed about you was true...for all our sakes..." Ozpin silently whispered, before closing the document down, switching the terminal off in the process.

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"So...now what?" Ruby asked as the two teams crowded around their usual table, silently contemplating the events of the last hour.

"I guess we should do what Ozpin said and just...drop it." Pyrrha replied, shrugging her shoulders slightly.

"And let the Reaper kill again?" Weiss questioned with a glare. "I don't think so!"

"Ozpin is bound to be watching us, making sure we don't disobey his orders..." Blake replied, shuffling slightly as she spoke.

"Speaking of which, did he seem a little off?" Yang asked, raising her eyebrow slightly.

"How so?" Ren asked, all turning their attention to the blonde brawler.

"He just seemed...I don't know...uncomfortable about the whole Vale Reaper subject." Yang replied, causing the rest of the teams to look at one another.

"You guys investigating this Reaper dude?" a voice asked behind them, causing the two teams to turn at the sound of the voice.

The eight students turned and found themselves facing both Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai, both of which had their hands placed on their hips in a confident manner.

"Turns out so are we." Emerald announced, shrugging her shoulders slightly as she spoke.

"Correction, we WERE investigating the Vale Reaper." Weiss replied, causing the two Haven students to turn and face the Heiress.

"What, you gonna stop because your Headmaster said otherwise?" Mercury asked, causing the two teams to look at one another questioningly. "Look, the sooner we get to the bottom of this case, the sooner the Tournament gets put back on. And 'Vales Finest' aren't doing a good job so far."

"So your motives are purely based on personal gain rather then because it's the right thing?" Blake asked, raising her eyebrow in annoyance.

"Look, we know we aren't saints, but you need all the help you can get!" Emerald replied, sighing slightly. "Besides, the more the merrier right?"

The two teams turned to face one another as they silently discussed for a whole minute before turning to face Mercury and Emerald.

"What about the rest of your team? Will they be joining you?" Weiss finally asked, raising her eyebrow slightly.

"Nope, they think they should leave it to the police." Mercury quickly replied, Emerald nodding in confirmation.

"I guess it couldn't hurt..." Pyrrha finally said, causing the others to nod in agreement.

"Alright then, it's settled!" Ruby said, holding her hand out which Emerald shook. "We'll meet up tomorrow and compare evidence!"

"Sounds like a plan." Mercury said, before turning to leave. "We'll see you then."

The two Haven 'students' waited until they left the mess hall before Emerald stuck out her tongue whilst making a disgusted noise, wiping her hand on her trousers.

"God I can't stand those brats!" Emerald complained as she continued to wipe her hands on her trousers. "Especially that self righteous faunus bitch!"

"I hear you, like they're doing it because it's the 'right thing to do'." Mercury replied, raising his hands as he quoted said faunus. "But orders are orders, Cinder said we need all the evidence we can get and Neo said she saw Blake at the warehouse."

"The sooner we find that Vale Reaper guy the better!" Emerald replied, flexing her arms as she cracked her knuckles.

Mercury only nodded in agreement as both 'students' returned to their dorm, where their dark mistress awaited them…

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Well, the plot thickens! Next week is gonna be a big one as well, so don't miss out on the fun! If you liked the chapter, feel free to review and constructive criticism is welcome. Any questions? Either PM me or leave in your review and I'll answer next chapter.

Raging Archon out.