F3: Alright everybody welcome back. Let's dive right into this puppy. Before we do though I like to go over the disclaimers with all of you. First of all RWBY is property of Rooster Teeth and Monty Oum. Second I only own the OC charcters and the plot. Third this an AU so there will be some changes. With that said Let's Rev It Up!


Volume 1-9: Weekend in Vale.


The weekend finally came as the sun shined at Beacon Academy waking up the students their. Star was the first to awaken as per usual which is a habit she has started to make. She blew her whistle waking everybody up.

"Goody morning everyone." Star announced as her teammate slowly woke up.

"Girl its a weekend today. Do you have to wake us up?" Iona asked.

"Yes. Besides we have plans of going to Vale City today remember." Star reminded them.

Pepper however didn't seemed to get up immediately as she was still half asleep. Star looked over to her with a concern look.

"Rina shouldn't you check on your partner." Star replied.

"Yeah yeah I'm getting up." Rina said as she started to sit up. Star remembered that Rina didn't wear her sports bra to bed as she stopped her.

"Cover up first before getting out of the hammock!" Star said. Rina stopped herself before smirking a little.

"What you like what you see?" She smirked as Star tossed Rina her outfit.

"At least act like your a pre adult and not something else." Star growled blushing a little as she went to check up on Pepper who was still asleep as the girls.

"Pepper. C'mon time to get up." Star said as she gently placed her hand on the girls shoulder.

Almost immediate Pepper's eyes shot wide open and in one swift movement she had one of her gauntlets in gun mode pointing directly at Star.

"Whoa Pepper! It's just me!" Star called out her hands in front of her in a defensive matter.

Pepper realized who was in front of her before lowering her gauntlet and took it off.

"Um... sorry about that. Reflexes." Pepper said groggily.

"You going to be okay?" Iona asked.

"Yeah I'll be fine." Pepper said as she got out of the hammock slowly. Rina who is finally changed descent.

"Well cause we're going to be heading to Vale today. No classes till Monday." Rina smiled.

Pepper grabbed her things and went to changed into her attire. As this happened a knock came at their door revealing Ruby.

"Oh hey Ruby. Something I can help you with?" Star asked.

"Actually its not for me it's from Weiss. She's wondering how Pepper is this morning after yesterday." Ruby said.

"Well... other than a little groggy she's up and moving at least. Even though she about shot my head off." Star said nervously.

"Huh? How come?" Ruby questioned.

"Well I went to wake her up and next thing I know she was pointing her gauntlets barrel at my head. She has freaky reflexes." Star added.

"Well I for one ain't surprise about that." Weiss voice said next to Ruby along with the rest of the team.

"Oh really." Star groaned.

"Yes really." Weiss added.

Pepper reappeared in her usual attire since it was a weekend so they weren't obligated to wear the school uniform.

"Morning Team RWBY." Pepper replied.

"Morning." Yang greeted.

"So what brings you girls here?" She asked.

"Actually we don't have much homework to do. Ruby was thinking we could hang out today. You know a team get together something like that." Yang suggested.

"Well... we were planning on heading toward Vale today so maybe you girls could join us." Iona added.

"That would be great." Blake said.

"Breakfast first then Vale." Pepper replied as they group left for the cafeteria.

=RWBY=

After both teams had their fill of breakfast they headed toward the airship dock that'll take them to Vale City.

"We'll have to travel by bullhead to get their. It shouldn't take too long." Rina added as both teams got on the bullhead as it then took them to Vale City.

After about ten minutes the group arrived at Vale City. Multiple buildings towered over them as they looked around. Mainly Star who was excited from seeing Vale up close.

"Wow this place is amazing." Star said a starry look in her eyes.

"Guess coming from Vacuo you don't see many cities right." Rina replied.

"Nope but I certainly like it." Star added her tail figeting under her clothes.

"Well where do we want to look first?" Ruby asked.

"Um... I never thought of that yet." Star said nervously.

"We can't just wonder around the place aimlessly. Their has to be some place to check out." Blake replied.

Rina suddenly came up with an idea "Well I heard theirs a dust shop here in Vale. I'm sure they'll have some rare dust to get." Rina suggested.

"That sounds perfect. I need to reload of dust anyway plus its a perfect opportunity to explore." Star said as the group of eight headed toward the dust shop while also looking around the city itself.

After about twenty minutes of looking around the group had finally made it toward the dust shop. A two story building with a green roof with a brown sign above saying Crystal Dust and Weaponry.

"So this must be it." Ruby said.

"Well lets check it out." Star added as the group headed inside. Rina however looked outside at the two security cameras hanging just above them.

"Two outside. Interesting." Rina thought as she followed the others inside.

When they got inside they saw cases of dust in crystal form varying in different colors along with different weapons hanging on the walls above the dust.

"Oh wow this place is huge!" Ruby squealed as she saw the weapons.

"I'll say." Yang added surprised at how big the store was.

"Can I help you with something?" The owner said which is a female in her late twenties to early thirties.

"Actually I have a question. How did you managed to get so much dust in this place and not only that but weapons as well? That's impressive." Star asked.

The owner simply chuckled "Well actually this place is sort of my own business. My parents helped me getting this building and well I decided why not sell both weaponry and dust at the same time." She said.

"As for where I get the dust from theirs actually a secret dust cove that only I know about outside of Vale. I usually go their at least twice a month to restock supplies." She added.

"Isn't that a little dangerous. You know with the grimm and everything." Blake remarked.

"I hire huntsman as an escort and if I get a good load I usually give them some of the dust as a reward for the help. Though sometimes I feel like I need to hire huntsmen full time." She said.

"How so?" Weiss asked.

"You heard about that armored car robbery?" She asked.

"Yeah its been all over the news. Something about someone stealing dust from it." Yang said.

"Not just anyone I believe they dubbed the person The Spider. Cause there has always been spider webs left after the deeds been done." She said which made Rina flinch a little bit.

"But I like to see The Spider get in here." She smiled confidently.

"If The Spider could steal from an armored truck what makes you think it couldn't steal from this joint." Pepper said with a questioning look.

"The floor is pressure sensitive and if anyone other than me touches it the doors in this building will go into lockdown with the police on the way." She said confidently.

"That does sound like a good system." Rina commented.

"Thank you I put a lot of effort into it." The owner added.

"Well okay then but I do want to buy some dust. Mainly those small crystal ones over their." Star said gesturing to them as Rina was carefully looking in the room.

"So she has keys on her at all times. That may complicate a few things but I'll make it work." Rina thought as she added it to a list on her scroll.

"Three cameras inside. Two outside." She thought adding it to the list as Star and the owner brought the dust to the register.

"How much will all of this be?" Star asked as she went for her pouch with lien in it.

"Well given that these are fine cut. That'll be three hundred and five lien." She told her the order in which Star wilted a little.

"Dang I've only got one hundred and ninety of it." She said. Rina rolled her eyes and brought out single platinum lien card and flinged it at the owner. The owner managed to catch it in time seeing the coloring of the lien card.

"Where did you get one of these?" She asked ijn shock.

"I do a lot of odd jobs around town and such. I believe that is worth five hundred on its own. Oh and keep the change. I'm buying." Rina simply stated.

"Um... of course." The owner said as she rung up the order and carefully bagged each dust.

"Thank you all for shopping here." She said as the group left.

=RWBY=

After the dust shop the group decided to go toward a small snack place to get a bite to eat and once again Rina bought for all eight of them apparently having more lien then everyone else.

"Okay I've got to ask. How many odd jobs do you do because you even managed to get everyone here lunch and not even seemed effected by it." Weiss said suspiciously.

"Like I said I've done a number of odd jobs around the city that would even make huntsmen and huntresses jealous." Rina stated taking a bite of her burger.

"Though to buy everyone lunch. Even that's got to cut into your wallet." Star replied but Rina simply shook her head.

"Nah. I've got plenty more lien in a bank. So I'll live." Rina assured as she was messing with her scroll.

"I'll be right back. Got hit the ladies room." Pepper said as she left the group for the moment.

"Alright now would be a good time to ask Weiss. I can't believe I just thought of that." Star thought still remembering back on the first day.

"Um... hey Weiss." Star began.

"Hm." Weiss replied.

"What happened with Pepper the other day; how'd you managed to calm her down?" Star asked.

Weiss stopped eating for a moment before she answered "All I did was just talk to her." Weiss stated.

"But it looked like you did so much more than just that." Yang said agreeing with Star.

Weiss simply sighed "Pepper... is a complicated person. Sure she may seem to put on this tough girl act but I know that deep down she is fragile as a sheet of thin ice. At least mentally she is." Weiss began.

"You see she has... what would be a sense of PTSD. But it mainly focuses on memories. All it takes is a memory or something that reminds her of a memory her PTSD will trigger which in turn triggers a panic attack." Weiss said.

"So... what happened yesterday... was my fault." Ruby said now thinking about it.

Weiss shook her head "No. It wasn't your fault Ruby. Pepper has been dealing with this for years when she was little. Trust me... I should know." Weiss added somberly.

"So what do we do if she were to have another one?" Star asked.

"Only thing you can do." Weiss began.

"Give her support and shoulder to cry on." Weiss stated.

Pepper eventually returned as she sat back down next to Weiss.

"So where are we going after this?" Pepper said.

"Well I know its a weekend but I've got some homework to finish up for Oobleck about the Great War." Blake said.

"I think you mean we. We're in the same class." Weiss pointed out.

"Yeah eventually we do have to get everything done. Not to mention that I still have a dagger to create for weapons crafting. That is going to be a chore." Ruby whined.

"I think I have that class as well. I can give you some help with that if that's okay." Iona suggest as Ruby nodded.

"I think I could use some help with one of my classes homework." Yang said rubbing the back of her head nervously.

"I can help a little and I'm sure if Weiss helps we can get it done a lot faster." Pepper suggested.

"What about you Rina, got any studying to do?" Yang asked.

"I think I'm going to stay out a little bit more you know catch in the sites." Rina said.

"Okay but make sure not to stay out too late. You don't want to miss the flight." Star warned.

"Yes mother." Rina teased. After finishing their lunches seven of the eight girls returned toward Beacon while Rina stayed out to look around more and to plan.

=RWBY=

Hours went by as the moon shined upon Vale City with no one out as everybody slept. Well almost everyone as a blur jumped across a building onto another building with ease. The blur stopped and looked toward its target with was the Crystal Dust and Weaponry shop.

The blur was now wearing a simple skin tight body suit to blend into the night sky without being detected. The body suit was fitted for a female but the face was block by a face mask and goggles.

"Okay you know what your doing?" A voice said in the figures ear.

"Hey relax pops I've been over this a hundred times. I'll use the air vent to get inside and avoid the floor piece of cake." The figure said the voice being muffled but was sounded like a girls voice.

"Yeah yeah but try and not to get caught." The voice said.

"C'mon pops. When have I ever been caught." The female said.

"Alright just be careful." He said with a worried tone.

"Don't worry I will. For now radio silence till I let you know that its done." The female stated as she heard a buzz in her ear meaning the radio went silent.

She carefully approached the building at the side where there aren't any cameras and opened the vents as she crawled inside. After about ten mintues of crawling her way into the vents she was able to find a point of entry.

The owner was about to lock up for the night as she turned off the lights. However she heard a noise as the ventaliation shaft was suddenly flung open as she brought out a flashlight and looked at it as it swung back and forth.

"I thought I'd closed that thing." The owner said scratching her head in confusion.

However before she could move she heard something click behind that sounded like a gun.

"I've got lightning dust loaded into this gun that'll render you stunned for the next three hours. Don't make me have to use it." The female said behind her.

The owner gulped nervously. "I'm guessing you must be The Spider then." She said carefully.

"In person." Spider said.

"But how are you not touching the floor?" The owner asked.

"Lady I'm a spider faunus which means I can climb on walls. Now I believe we have some busniess to attend to." Spider said calmly.

"If you after my dust then please just take it. I've got two young boys at home." The owner said tears threatening to escape.

The Spider simply tried to shush her "I'm not going to kill you. Not my style to kill people." She said calmly which made the owner feel a little at ease.

"Now here's what's going to happen. I want you to go over to your desk and grab your key to the dust safes here. And don't try and press that security button I know you have one. I want you to unlock them and only give me fifty percent of the dust in this building." The Spider ordered.

"Why only fifty? Why not take it all?" The owner questioned.

"Hey I may be a theif but even I got some standards. Like not letting a business go banketrupt. Plus you got kids which is something else I consider." She said.

"You know for a theif you sure are a honorable one." The owner said.

"I try. Now move it." She ordered.

After about twenty minutes of gathering fifty percent of the dust in the building The Spider looked over her load before nodding in confirmation.

"Well done. No one got shot and no one got killed. That's an A for effort." The Spider said enthustically.

"Guess I'll be seeing you." The Spider said as she left through the same way she came.

The owner was able to finally relax a little as she took a seat behind her desk glad to be done with the ordeal.

About five minute later though there was a sound coming from the same place The Spider came through.

"Not again. I gave you what you wanted now why don't you just..." However the owner couldn't get another word out as a shout rang out shooting directly between the eyes killing her instantly as her limp body fell to the ground motionless.

A hissing sound came from above as it mades its way toward the desk making sure not to touch the ground as the blur grabbed the lien and the remaining dust that was in the building and made its way back out the vents.

"Sorry Sssspider theirs a new crook in town." A female voice hissed as it made its disappeared in the alley way behind the buildings bright green eye illuminating the darkness.


F3: And cut! Okay now things are starting to get interesting. Who is this new thief and how does it know the Spider? You'll have to find out more next chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed this one and if you did make sure to leave a comment and also don't forget to fav or follow as well. With that said this has been Fireuser3 and I'm out!