A/N: I don't normally do beginning notes, but this chapter is long. Just a fair warning. This is also the first chapter where the story comes in. I do want to let you know that, while I've tried to keep the characters as their normal selves as much as possible, I did make a slight background change for two of them. I'll explain more at the end.

"Now there's something you don't see every day." Sun commented, looking up at what caught his attention.

"My Gods!" Torchwick exclaimed, tilting his hat up to get a better view.

Sitting in the middle of a two-tier waterfall was an old, rusted out Atlesian U-boat. It had obviously been there a while as the foliage had begun to grow on it.

"A U-boat?" Winter asked, to nobody, "Atlas hasn't used those since the Great War."

"If that things been there since the Great War no wonder it's so rusty!" Summer responded, marveling at the sight.

"Um, what's a U-boat?" Jaune asked, embarrassed with himself for not knowing.

"They were submersible watercraft," Winter responded, in her usual militaristic form, "They were discontinued due to the large Grimm that dwell in the ocean.

There were shudders from around the room, ten of them remembering a certain Leviathan and what it would have done to the poor vehicle.

"I'll be damned!" Torchwick exclaimed as they approached.

"Must've come up the river during flood season and gotten stuck." Sun reasoned before chuckling, "Let's check it out, huh?"

"There is no way that boat fit up that river, even in flood season!" Weiss scoffed. "The way it is perched is impossible!"

"Wait, wait, wait. Something about this feels kinda hinky." Torchwick warned.

"Hinky?" Sun and everyone but Torchwick and Ozpin asked. He could not believe his old friend had used the word 'hinky.'

"Hey, it's a legitimate word!" Torchwick defended

"What century are you from, old man?" Mercury teased, "No ones used that word in ages."

"Except for him," Neo groaned, "He loves that word even if it is outdated."

Ozpin merely chuckled at the use of a word he hadn't heard in ages.

Sarcastically Sun responded, "You act like you've never seen an Atlesian U-Boat in the middle of the jungle before."

"Yes, because it's such a common occurrence," Raven retorted with equal sarcasm.

"No, I'm being serious, Sun," Torchwick continued warily.

Emerald choked on her drink, "You? Serious? I refuse to believe it."

Sun laughed off his concerns, "Tell you what, why don't you stay here, I'll check it out myself, and I'll call you if I run into any Atlesians."

Torchwick rolled his eyes, "Yeah right you do that."

Sun readied himself for the long swim into the boat before realizing he still had the diary with him, "Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait," he pulled out the diary and handed it to Torchwick before continuing, "Hold onto this for me, will ya?"

Qrow rolled his eyes, "Yeah, wouldn't want the journal that survived four hundred years on the ocean floor to get wet."

Sun rubbed the back of his neck, "Well, when you say it like that it sounds stupid."

Sun dove into the water and swam towards the waterfall. Scaling the cliff behind it, he made his way onto the rusty U-Boat.

"Hey Sun, when was your last tetanus shot?" Torchwick joked from the shore.

Everyone, save Ilia and Adam, laughed at the joke. To them tetanus was no joke as it was as serious problem in the mines.

"Oh, that's funny!" Sun deadpanned from the boat before finding an open hatch and climbing inside.

"Okay, I'm in." Sun radioed to Torchwick.

"What do you see?" Torchwick asked as Sun continued.

"Something nasty happened to these guys. There's blood everywhere!" Sun radioed looking around. Sure enough, the inside of the U-Boat was a bloody mess.

"Damn," Taiyang said, trailing off as he did.

"That's a lot of blood," Ruby noted, slightly shocked at the sight.

"What?!" Torchwick radioed, "I told you this felt hinky!"

Sun rolled his eyes and continued on until he found a corpse blocking his path. "Eugh…" he gagged as he saw the decaying man.

"I think I'm gonna be sick," Ruby exclaimed starting to wretch a little.

Summer rubbed her back, but could tell many of the students felt the same.

He moved the corpse out of his way, disgusted the whole time, until he heard something jingle and fall out of the stiff's pocket.

Emerald and Roman perked up hearing the familiar sound of money being jostled around.

It was an old Mistralian coin with a strange domed building on it. "Now where did you get this, my decomposing friend?" he quipped as he examined the coin.

"Gold!" Roman exclaimed, "Ha, ha I knew we'd get something!"

"Yeah, but aren't we looking for a giant gold statue?" Sun asked, "I'm just saying why settle for the coin when you could have the whole thing."

Neo raised an eyebrow at Sun while Roman laughed, "Kid, sometimes you just gotta learn to take what you can get in this business."

Sun turned on his radio to call Torchwick, "I think the trail just got warm again," he half explained.

"How so?" Torchwick asked.

"Well, I just met a guy with pockets full of Mistralian gold, only the coins are stamped with a mint mark I've never seen before," Sun explained.

"So, where did it come from then?" Summer asked.

"And why is it so important?" Oscar finished.

"Your kidding me," Torchwick asked, he didn't see this as a lead. He saw it as another wild goose chase.

"Looks like our Atlesian friends had a little secret," Sun reasoned.

Sun continued through the U-Boat until he reached the captain's quarters. There he saw a curtain blocking the bunk. In one fell swoop he pulled back the curtain revealing the corpse of the captain.

Ruby, Weiss, Summer, Jaune, and Pyrrha jumped at the reveal.

Yang laughed at them, "Really, guys? That was pathetic even for a jump scare!"

The five sunk into their chairs in embarrassment.

Sun radioed in his findings, "I'm in the captain's quarters, and get this – he's still here."

"No shit," Mercury deadpanned, "your powers of deduction are astounding."

Torchwick was confused, "What's that supposed to mean?"

Sun examined the body, "Uh, looks like he was killed, ripped to shreds actually." The corpse did look like something had torn into it. "What a way to go," Sun gagged.

"What caused those," Cinder wondered, "The claw marks are too small for a Grimm." She was hoping to use whatever did this to her advantage.

"Maybe it was a Faunus, Ma'am." Emerald responded, momentarily forgetting who else was in the room.

Adam glared at her and Winter responded, "Probably not, this was Atlas and Mantle during the Great War. We did not really have an inclusion policy back then."

"Sounds terrible," Torchwick stated apathetically, "Check his wallet."

Roman got glares from all of the heroes, but Emerald, Neo, and Raven laughed at his statement.

"I like your style in this version," Raven commented, earning her death glares from her family.

Sun froze in shock before chuckling at Torchwick's absurd statement, "You're all heart, Roman."

"Wait, that was a joke?" Blake questioned, "If it was it was in bad taste."

"Yup," Yang agreed, "Even I wouldn't joke about that."

Sun noticed the corpse was holding onto a sheet of paper. Pulling it out of the corpse's hand he unfolded it to find an old map of a previously uncharted island and coordinates to find it.

"No way," he commented to himself before finding an Atlesian map of the same island and cross referenced it with the world map on the wall. "You've gotta be kidding!"

"Again, we don't know what 'it' is," Ilia commented, "Seriously Sun, this version of you is super book smart, but has a hard time getting information out."

"I noticed," Sun agreed, "Seems like every time I discover something, I'm going into a history lesson about it!"

Torchwick was not comfortable with the radio silence, "You find anything, kid?"

Sun ignored the radio and focused on the coordinates, "UK2642, gotchya." He narrowed it down to a small island off the east coast of Anima.

Torchwick was worried now, "Are you alright?"

Sun chuckled before finally answering, "Torchwick, you're not gonna believe this!"

"I can believe a lot, kid," Roman snorted, "Especially when money is involved."

Cinder smiled knowing that was how she got Roman to work for her in the first place.

Though it was over radio you could hear the smirk on Torchwick's face, he could believe a lot, "Try me."

Sun broke the news, "I think I found our missing page."

Roman's face dropped, "The last page from the diary? The Atlesians had it? You were right, I don't believe it!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Sun was right Torchwick couldn't believe it, "You're kidding!"

Sun continued, "Looks like Wukong and our Atlesian pals were after the same treasure. And I've got the map that's gonna lead us right to it!"

"Ooh, now we're talking!" Nora exclaimed excitedly.

Ren rolled his eyes, "Nora, calm down."

"C'mon Ren, there has been no action since the very beginning! I'm getting bored!"

"Relax, Nora," Gordeau reassured, "I promise things are going to start heating up very soon."

Torchwick was skeptical, "Sun, this better not be another wild goose chase. We've gotta get something out of this trip or…"

Roman shuddered, "Oh no!"

Neo looked at him, "What's wrong, Roman?" There was genuine care out of the ice-cream girl's mouth.

"The last time I was interrupted mid-speech was by a griffon. Which then proceeded to eat me! I don't really want to relive that!"

Neo was shocked, then angry. She turned to Cinder, "Take it up with Little Red, huh? You know, I believed you, Cinder. I thought she killed him."

Ruby looked at her with shock on her face, "NO! I would never kill in cold blood like that! Roman disarmed me and was beating me when that griffon came up out of nowhere! If I had my baby in my hands, I would have saved his life!"

Neo and Roman gasped out loud before Roman responded, "You really would have saved me? After everything I did?"

Ruby nodded, "Yep, I can tell you didn't want to work with Cinder, you were forced to. Minus what happened at the Breach and the Fall, you were really nothing more than a dust thief in over his head. I think I understand that now more than ever." She threw Ozpin a heated glare before returning to Roman.

Roman rubbed the back of his neck before responding, "Well then Red, I guess I'll take that bet now."

"Huh?" Ruby asked not really remembering what Roman was talking about.

"We will stop it, and I will stop you. Bet on that!" Roman quoted, "Well, I am Red. You guys can do it. Maybe if I had known what was at stake I would've helped out."

Neo looked at him with a raised eyebrow, "Do you really mean that? They stopped you so many times."

Roman nodded, "Which is why I'm betting on them now. Obviously siding with Matchstick over there was a death sentence, and with her boss being pretty much the literal personification of evil, running would only have prolonged the inevitable. In hindsight siding with them was probably the only way to get out alive."

Neo looked at Roman quizzically, then over to her host.

"Yes, Neo," Gordeau responded to the unasked question, "We'll take a break in a little while for you two to have a conversation."

Neo and Roman nodded and turned back to the screen.

Winter winced slightly at one of Roman's comments. Could we really get more people on our side if we just told them what's at stake? Maybe we should tell Robyn about everything, though I would need to talk to the General about finding a new way to beat Salem.

Torchwick's radio cut out and Sun knew that couldn't be a good thing, "Or what?" he asked hoping it was just interference.

"Yep, something happened to me here," Roman worried, quickly getting back into the swing of things.

Not again! Neo thought to herself Never again!

When he received no answer he tried again, "Torchwick, you there?" Still no response so he tried one more time, "Roman!"

NO!

Sun was worried now and decided it was time to leave he headed for the exit but ended up in the torpedo launch bay. When he opened the door it accidentally armed one of the torpedoes.

Winter winced, "That's not good. Even if they aren't dust torpedoes that is going to cause a big explosion."

Nora's eyes lit up at the thought.

"That's probably bad," he quipped before diving out the launch tube. He swam to shore only to be greeted by armed thugs, a bull Faunus in a black coat, and a man dressed all in white with an impressive mustache.

"WHAT!" came the cry of Adam, Ilia, Blake, Weiss, and Winter all at the same time.

"Why the hell am I working with Schnee?" Adam yelled indignantly

"Why is Father working with terrorists?" Weiss countered, "I know Father is a bastard, but this seems too far, even for him!"

Gordeau sighed, "Don't worry Adam. It may take a while but I assure you this is all worth it. As for you Weiss, he is only going to get worse before he gets better."

"Hello," the man in white said, holding his hand out to help Sun out of the water.

"Well, he seems nice at least," Sun stated obliviously.

Qrow scoffed, "Kid, that's Jacques Fucking Schnee," he continued, ignoring the points and death glares he was getting from Summer and Ruby, "He is not nice. If he does anything for you, it's because he thinks he can get something out of it!"

Winter sighed, "Normally I would tell you to leave my family out of this, but you are not wrong in his case."

Qrow stared at her like a deer in headlights. Okay, seriously, who is this and what have they done with the Ice Queen? She's actually agreed with me at least twice now!

Sun ignored the man only to be grabbed and pulled out of the water by the bull Faunus as he took Sun's gun.

"Seriously!? I'm doing his grunt work? I hate this universe." Adam huffed.

Pyrrha ignored his outburst and turned to Sun, "Seems your counterpart knows who he is and his methods."

Sun rubbed his neck in embarrassment.

Trying to take it all in stride Sun joked, "Friends of yours, Torchwick?"

"Nope!" Roman responded.

"I'm Jacques Schnee," the man in white, now known as Jacques stated.

"Yeah, I know who you are asshole!" All the Faunus, save Sun, in the room plus Qrow, Raven, and Weiss responded, though Weiss used the word Father instead.

"Yeah, I know who you are asshole!" Sun retorted, he obviously knew of the notorious Schnee and his brutal methods.

Normally they would have laughed at the shared sentiment, but it was just too true in this case.

Jacques scoffed, "Manners, young man, this is just business."

"Business?" Sun asked, shocked, "Holding me and my friend,"

"My friend and I," Weiss hissed at him.

"At gunpoint is business?!"

Adam scoffed at the monkey Faunus's naivety, "Welcome to the world of the Schnee's. Aren't you happy you're friends with one now?"

The room glared at Adam and Weiss and Winter gasped. While Adam's eye had fixed itself, the scar of the brand remained. The letters SDC prominent on his face.

"Oh, do you see what your precious family did to me? What you are capable of? This is why I hid my face! I had to live with this mark of shame and it was all your fault!" Adam yelled.

"We didn't…" Winter started to defend herself and her sister from the bull's accusations.

"I don't want to hear it! You have no defense for this! You both just lived in luxury reaping the rewards while I got branded! You were complacent and that makes you, and all other humans, guilty!"

Weiss stood up, "Were we? How, in your mind, were we complacent with this? I don't know if you realize this, but father isn't a good person to anyone. Not the Faunus, not Humans, and certainly not his family. We left. The only reason I stayed with him as long as I did was because of my long-term goals. I was the heiress!"

Adam growled but Weiss continued, "My goal was to take over the company and reform every bloody and racist practice father ever put into place. Now, because I spoke up against him, that burden falls to Whitley, and you should be glad you're dead, because Whitley may be worse than father ever was."

Adam glared at her, but didn't dignify her with a response.

Winter was deep in thought. It is unfortunate that Taurus is dead. Branding is illegal. That brand could have been enough proof to not only have father's business practices questioned, but could have forced him to leave the race for the council seat.

"Get over there!" The bull exclaimed as he pushed Sun next to Torchwick.

"Easy!" Sun complained.

"Put your hands up!" the bull ordered pointing his rifle at Sun.

"All right, They're up!" Sun complied.

Jacques continued his thought as if nothing had happened, "See your friend owes me money, Mr. Wukong. A lot of money."

Roman's eyes widened, "That's who I owe money to? Jacques Schnee?" he collapsed in his seat, "Neo, just kill me now and spare me the pain."

Jacques focused on Torchwick for a minute before continuing, "So when he told me that you two were on to something big," Sun shot Torchwick a glare that said 'Are you kidding me?' before Jacques continued, "'the find of a lifetime' he said. Well, I was intrigued."

"Really, man? You wouldn't let Velvet come but you told this asshat?" Sun couldn't believe it.

"Yeah," Roman agreed, "Not my best moment."

Jacques refocused on Torchwick, "But he's made grand promises before, haven't you Roman? And here we are again. Another fool's errand."

"Hey, they have the map! It's not a fool's errand anymore!" Nora exclaimed triumphantly.

At Nora's statement Blake, Ren, Weiss, and Winter all realized the same thing, "He knows."

Weiss continued, "And he's playing it just like Father. Pretending he doesn't know anything to catch someone in a lie."

Sun was annoyed with the talking, "Sheesh, does he always go on like this?" he asked Torchwick loudly.

"Smooth, Sun." Blake smirked.

"If my attitude wasn't getting me into trouble it wouldn't be me would it." He smiled as everyone who knew the monkey rolled their eyes.

The bull hit him in the back with his rifle in anger.

"Ouch." Sun winced.

Jacques continued calmly, "Take it easy, Taurus."

"Adam or High Leader Taurus, you prick, those are your options. Not just Taurus." Adam spat.

He chuckled before continuing, "So, I'm afraid the time is up. Unless, of course, you found something in there, Mr. Wukong, that might compensate for all of this unpleasantness?" He pointed to the U-Boat.

"There it is," Winter sighed, "And seeing how this version of Father seems extra ruthless I expect he will kill both of them anyway."

Raven shrugged, "It's what I would do."

"You're all heart, Raven." Qrow, Tai, and Summer all said at the same time.

"He's screwing with you, Sun," Torchwick explained, dejected, "They heard everything. Just give them the map."

"At least I have the sense not to lie to the man," Roman reasoned, "I still have a hinky feeling about all this." He finished with a smirk as the theater groaned.

Sun sighed and reached for the map.

"Slowly." Taurus stated, his gun still trained on Sun's back.

Adam nodded, "At least I still hold myself to my own standards, 'Always do the job right, whoever it's for.'"

Blake stared at him, "So does stalking me across Anima count as doing the job right, Adam?"

Adam stopped. What was it that possessed me to do that? Jealousy? Anger? Why did I shirk my duty to hunt her down?

Blake smirked at Adam's inner conversation and turned back.

Taurus grabbed the map out of Sun's hand and started asking questions, "What does an Atlesian Navy map have to do with El Dorado?" He handed the map to Jacques.

"Really Bully Boy? A U-Boat in the jungle behind the temple that housed El Dorado and you think it is all one big coincidence?" Roman asked incredulously.

Adam glared at the bowler hat wearing oaf.

Torchwick looked at him like he was stupid, "What, you think this is a coincidence? The Atlesians were after the same treasure, that map has something to do with it." He looked at Jacques before continuing, "So, we square?"

"Oh, no," Weiss, Winter, and Roman groaned. Things were about to get ugly.

"For now," Jacques stated while glaring at Torchwick, "But just incase you need a reminder." He pointed his revolver at Sun.

"Hey, leave the kid out of this, asshole! I'm the one who owes you!" Roman yelled surprising everyone.

"Why are you defending that kid, Roman?" Neo asked, she knew he said he would've helped but surviving has always been Roman's goal.

"Well," Roman started, "Monkey Boy and I seem to have a similar relationship to me and you here, Neo. And even if I value surviving, I value your life too. And you've got a lot more to live than I do." Roman finished his speech to only see blank looks staring back at him, "Hey, I'm trying to have your guys' backs now, remember?"

"Yeah," Ruby replied, "But it's a little weird to hear it."

Roman scoffed, "Would you rather I insulted you like old times, Red?"

Ruby stuck her tongue out at him and he returned fire.

Neo giggled, "Seriously, how were you two not friends already? You could practically be the same person! Red fawns over weapons, you fawn over your hat. Red sticks her tongue out at people; you stick your tongue out at people."

"Probably the opposite sides of the law thing, Neo." Roman replied sheepishly, "Plus, if you don't mind me saying, the hat looks good on you!"

Neo had actually forgot she was wearing it. Probably because Roman had one on too.

"Hey!" Torchwick intervened, "C'mon leave him out of it."

"Yeah," Sun began to quip as he backed up, "Don't you guys normally just cut off a finger or something?"

"That's what Vacuo does, if they don't stick you in jail. And we've been over Vacuoan jails." Sun shrugged.

"Yes, but Vacuoan methods are far too vulgar for Father," Weiss sighed.

Jacques chuckled, "That's far too vulgar. No, I think this will hurt him more." He cocked the hammer as he finished his statement.

"See!" Weiss exclaimed holding her arms out to the screen.

"Hurt me more? So, I was right then." Roman nodded.

"Yes, in this universe Sun is like a son to you. It will be fully explained later but you have been mentoring him for many years." Gordeau explained.

Sun went wide-eyed, Roman gained a goofy grin, and Neo huffed.

"That's what he did for me," Neo stated quietly, or so she thought.

Roman turned to her quizzically, "You consider me your father?"

Neo blushed, "Well, father figure, but yeah."

Roman was shocked, "Neo, I need some time to process this, but during the break we will talk about it okay?"

Neo nodded. It was all she could do in the moment.

"Now, whoa, whoa, whoa, c'mon Schnee, he's got nothing," Torchwick tried to calm the situation down only for Jacques to turn his gun on him and shoot him in the chest.

Neo's heart sank, "NO!" she screamed in agony. She began sobbing before an arm pulled her close. She looked up to see Roman looking down at her with a soft smile. He was still there for her this time, and he wasn't about to leave again so quickly.

"Interrupted again Roman," Cinder spoke for the first time since Roman's change of heart, "And here I thought you learned your lesson."

"Shut up, bitch!" Roman bit back. It hurt seeing himself die again, but knowing that he saved someone close to him this time made him feel something he hadn't felt in years. Content.

"Roman! Roman!" Sun yelled in shock as he watched his best friend die in front of him. "Sonofabitch!" He tried to wrestle Taurus's rifle away as Jacques took aim at him too.

Ozpin sighed, "Let this be a lesson to you all, if someone gives their life to save you, take that chance. Don't press your luck."

Jaune stood up, "With all due respect sir, I think this version of Roman is better than you!"

Ozpin and Gordeau sighed. Gordeau needed his plan to work. I guess the heroes need work too. I don't deny that Dad's an idiot, but they need to trust each other if this is going to work.

Right as Jacques was about to pull the trigger, the torpedo exploded knocking everyone off their feet. Sun recovered first and looked at Torchwick's body. He contemplated taking it with him but saw that Taurus had recovered and was getting ready to fire. Sun had no choice but to run as Taurus ordered his men after him.

"That torpedo took too long to explode," Winter explained, "It should have gone off five minutes ago."

"Thanks for thinking of me kid," Roman looked at Sun, "But you did the right thing and saved yourself, I'm already gone."

Sun nodded, but Neo sank back in her chair. Don't talk like that! I can't lose you again, Roman. You're the one thing I have in this life.

Sun ran back towards the temple in a panic and looked for a place to hide. However, he was grabbed and pulled behind a pillar.

Sun cocked a fist and readied a punch only to see Velvet standing in front of him in a similar stance.

"Velvet?" most of the theater questioned.

"How did she get there?" Tai wondered receiving only shrugs as answers.

"Woah there, cowboy," she quipped. Sun lowered his guard and Velvet punched him in the face, "That's for leaving me at the dock."

"Yeah!" Nora exclaimed, "Break his legs!"

Blake sunk in her chair again, still not breaking the hold Yang had on her hand.

Sun held his hand up to the spot Velvet hit, "What the hell are you doing here?" he whisper-yelled.

Velvet scoffed, "Listen, I'm a good enough reporter to follow a couple of no-luck tomb robbers,"

"That's her reasoning?" Summer asked incredulously, "I could see it if she was a Huntress, but a reporter?"

"Maybe the show she keeps talking about trained her in tracking." Ilia suggested half-heartedly.

Sun interrupted her by pressing her against the pillar. Right as he did this two of Taurus's men passed by, "He went this way!" one of them yelled.

"Seriously?" Emerald asked, "Those goons should have been able to see those two! They're not even hiding!"

"Speaking from experience, Minty?" Roman teased.

Emerald growled at the turncoat.

Velvet looked up at Sun with a strange look in her eyes as he backed away and explained, "Well, you're down to one no-luck tomb robber now. Torchwick's dead."

"There it is," Pyrrha absent mindedly commented.

"Yeah," Jaune agreed, kind-of, "Not the best way to break someone's death."

Weiss looked down sheepishly and was about to apologize when Pyrrha interrupted, "That's not what I meant Jaune. Remember when Roman said Sun was eyeing Velvet? Look at Velvet's eyes."

Everyone looked but it was Blake who commented, "She looks smitten!"

Considering what was happening in the room, Sun got an idea, "So, I know I've never really hung out with her but,"

"Sorry, Sun," Ren, of all people, responded, "But I think Velvet and Coco are together-together."

Nora looked shocked that Ren had used her phrase and Sun looked dejected.

Ilia leaned over to Sun and whispered, "It's okay, I see it too. I think we should talk to her during this break."

Sun nodded and returned to the viewing.

Velvet went wide-eyed, "What?"

"Yeah," Sun said solemly, "And we're next if we don't get out of here."

"No time to grieve," Winter agreed.

"Best to just leave and think about it later," Raven nodded, thinking about her former second in command, Vernal.

Velvet's face had nothing but sympathy for Sun and sorrow for Torchwick. She hadn't known the man that long, but besides leaving her on the docks he seemed like a decent guy, "Oh Gods… I'm sorry!"

Ruby and Roman smiled, Velvet's thoughts were pretty much what they had just talked about.

"Please tell me you have a gun?" Sun begged.

"Of course," Velvet handed Sun the spare gun she had picked up.

"Why does she have a gun now?" Oscar asked, "Last time she had to borrow one from Sun, now she has a spare?"

"It's likely her job takes her to dangerous places," Ozpin suggested, "They probably supplied guns to her, she just didn't bring one with her last time because she trusted Mr. Wukong to have the proper documentation."

"Thanks. Let's get out of here." Sun stated with pain in his voice.

The pair made their way back through the ruins. They ran into the occasional fire fight with Taurus's men but the pair had no problem taking them out. They eventually reached the jeep Velvet had stashed nearby.

"Those goons are about as useful as Junior's," Yang laughed.

Roman chuckled, "His guys really are the worst, aren't they Blondie?"

Ruby, Neo and Yang all nodded in agreement.

Ruby remembered something Roman had said that night, "They were worth every cent. Truly, they were."

Roman put his hand over his heart in mock shock, "Red, you remembered? I'm so glad I could make an impression."

Ozpin chuckled, "You did more than that Roman, because she stopped you, I let Ruby into Beacon two years early."

Now Roman had actual shock on his face, "Really, I was that important?"

As they began uncovering it Velvet felt it safe to speak again, "You always been this popular?" she asked sarcastically.

Sun chuckled lightly, "Well, I do seem to attract the scum of Remnant. No offense."

"Some taken," Roman, Blake, and Ilia muttered.

Velvet shrugged it off, "None taken."

"Do you have a good memory?" Sun asked. She was involved now whether he wanted her to be or not. Might as well let her in on everything.

"Yeah, why?" Velvet asked.

"UK2642, you got that?"

"Yeah, what is it?"

Sun pulled out the missing page and its map. Just cause Schnee had the Atlas one didn't mean he gave up both of them. "It's Atlesian Navy coordinates. I think I know where the Mistralians took El Dorado."

"Nice, kid," Qrow commented on the map, "Not many people can pull one over on Jacques Schnee."

Weiss beamed in pride knowing that she was one of them.

Velvet was shocked, "El Dorado?" She had never gotten to look at the diary. This was the first she was hearing about it.

"Oh right," Sun stated sheepishly, "We never told her about that."

"Which, again, brings up the question, why is she here?" Summer asked again.

This time no one had any theories.

"The problem is," Sun continued as he tried to get the jeep to start, "So do the bastard's that killed Torchwick. If the Mistralians found the treasure, they had to have moved it there, to that island. And Wukong followed them."

Velvet found new confidence in Sun, "Well, what are we waiting for? I'll get the story and you get whatever it is you're after." She handed Sun back the map and he stared at her with a worried look on his face.

"Getting a little protective there aren't you Sun?" Yang teased. Sun only shrugged in response. Yang waited for a moment before shrugging herself and turning back to the screen.

"Hey, this isn't gonna be a vacation you know?" He asked. He wanted to make sure she knew what she was getting into.

She looked offended by his concern, "I can take care of myself!" she stated before smirking, "Besides, you owe me one."

"She did technically save his life, though he saved hers as well," Tai mused, "Really they should be even."

"I suppose I do," Sun responded, still thankful she had been around to save his butt.

The jeep finally started and they drove off. The scene changed to them in the cockpit of the bullhead headed for the island.

"We're on the trail of the lost treasure of El Dorado," Velvet narrated to the camera, "And it's brought us here. To this tiny island off the coast of Anima."

With the island in view Sun made a decision, "Let's get a closer look, and hope we're the first one's here."

"I second that notion," Jaune comment, "I wouldn't want to run into the Ice King and tall, dark and moody again."

Adam glared at the blonde buffoon.

They flew closer and Velvet continued narrating, "Will we discover the ruins of a forgotten colony and a fortune in Mistralian gold, or does the island have darker secrets in store for us?" She closed her camera and looked at Sun, "That ought to keep them from changing the channel."

Ruby groaned, "I hate cliffhangers! Just get on with the story!"

Unseen to anyone else, Gordeau winced at Ruby's words.

The duo smiled until an explosion rocked the bullhead.

"Whoa!" Velvet exclaimed, "What the hell was that?"

Cinder smiled wickedly, "Seems they aren't the first one's here."

"Anti-aircraft fire?" Sun asked incredulously, "This is so not cool!"

Winter gasped, "Father bought Anti-Aircraft guns? He truly is desperate in this universe."

Weiss nodded and gulped. Father could have shot me out of the sky before I even got to Anima.

The flack hit one of the bullhead's engines. It was now on fire and had stalled.

Velvet started filming the engine, "Oh, crap. We're on fire!"

Qrow laughed, "What was your first clue?"

She turned the camera to Sun who couldn't believe she was still filming. "Enough with the damned camera! We gotta bail out!"

"Agreed," Ilia commented, "She spends way too much time with that camera."

"Bail out!" Velvet screamed, "Does this thing even have parachutes?"

Sun would've rolled his eyes if he was so focused on keeping them alive, "Now would be a good time to look!"

"Really, Sun? Jokes at a time like this?" Weiss asked.

Sun shrugged, "That's my usual defense mechanism."

Velvet managed to find two very old looking parachutes, "I hope these things still work."

Sun looked at them and agreed, "Well, we'll find out in a second."

"Have you ever done this before?" Velvet asked looking for advice.

"Of course!" Sun lied, "You just jump, count to five, and pull the cord. Now go!"

Winter scoffed, "That is not the way you do it. While it would keep you alive it could definitely injure you."

Qrow shrugged, "I wouldn't know. Don't need a parachute."

The rest of the Huntsmen plus Neo and minus Jaune nodded. They all had their own landing strategies. Raven nodded as well, but only she was actually thinking the same thing as Qrow.

Velvet headed towards the door, which had been blown off, before realizing she left her camera in the cockpit. She saw Sun hadn't left his seat yet, "Are you coming?"

"Again, with the stupid camera!" Ilia groaned.

Sun had no idea what he was doing, "Kinda busy right now! Get going!"

"Why not jump at the same time?" Pyrrha asked.

"He probably doesn't realize it, but he's trying to be the hero." Jaune responded, his gaze towards Pyrrha slightly hardening.

Velvet grabbed her camera and made her way back to the door, "See you on the ground?" she asked more than reassured.

"Right behind you!" Sun yelled still not moving from the cockpit.

"If he were a hero, he'd have stayed with her so she wasn't afraid. Not sacrifice himself for no reason." Pyrrha huffed.

Jaune looked at her dumbfounded, "Uh, Pyrrha? Did you even think about that before you said it?"

"What? What did I say?" Pyrrha said confused. She looked at Jaunes hardened expression before recollection and guilt hit her face, "That's exactly what I did isn't it?"

Every student nodded. Ozpin put his head down. Team CME smirked.

"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha sunk in on herself. Jaune sighed and tried to nudge her out of her funk, but the champion refused to budge.

Velvet jumped and parachuted into the jungle.

Sun didn't move for a second before his mind caught up, "What am I doing?" he asked himself as he got up and put on his parachute.

"Great question, get out of there idiot!" Sun yelled at himself.

The bullhead went down as he jumped and screamed on his way down, "AHHHHHHHHH! ONETWOTHREEFOURFIVE!" he counted way too fast.

"Really Sun? First bats now heights?" Yang quipped trying to get Sun to react better.

Sun again just shrugged at Yang before turning to the screen.

"Okay, what's going on?" She asked oblivious to the problem.

"Yang, shut up!" Ilia yelled turning red as she did.

Yang looked at her with a confused look. Ilia rolled her eyes and quickly glanced at Blake's hand.

Yang followed the glance. She saw she was still holding Blake's hand and went wide-eyed. Oh, shit! Sun loves Blake and here I am holding her hand! And Taurus is here too! Shit I'm in trouble.

Blake had been wondering the same things Yang had but, unlike Yang, hadn't thought about the hand.

Adam had his own thoughts on the matter. Does she seriously not know? I thought I made it clear how Blake felt about her. Then again, I was attacking her so maybe she wasn't paying that much attention.

He pulled the cord and was slowed but noticed that his chute had a hole in it, "Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!" the screen went dark as Sun hit the forest.

"Well, I hope he's alright!" Ruby stated ready to keep going.

"Uh, Ruby? Remember what you said about cliffhangers?" Gordeau asked tentatively, "Well, I think we need one here because there are four very important conversations we need to have."

Ruby pouted, "What do you mean?"

"Well, I need to speak to Roman alone, Neo and Roman need to talk afterward, Team JNPR needs a heart to heart, and it would appear that Sun, Ilia, and maybe Adam need to talk to Blake and Yang." Gordeau responded.

Adam nodded, "Actually I think those two should take care of it. Those two didn't listen to me the first time, why would they now?"

Blake and Yang let out breaths they didn't know they were holding.

"Okay, then everyone feel free to wander, we will meet back here after the talks to resume this universe."

AN: Lots of important stuff this chapter. I apologize again for its length but I think this is the longest chapter in the game!

So, Roman and Neo have background changes. I put Roman around thirty and Neo the students age, meaning she is currently nineteen. I know in canon they are just good friends and probably closer in age, but I find this relationship works better for me. And hey, I changed canon already by giving Oz a son! What's a little extra to boot?

Plot stuff: Roman switchs sides, and Neo has questions! This wasn't supposed to happen until later, but as I typed Sully's death scene up I realized it was the perfect time to do it. Gordeau's plan is working already but it has a long way to go.

I'm setting up Bumblebee as well, but considering the time frame for this fic that shouldn't come as a surprise.

Also felt like JNPR needs a reunion and Jaune has some lingering thoughts about how Pyrrha left him that need to be aired out. My thoughts on this matter will be discussed next chapter. On to the casting:

Gabriel Roman-Jacques FUCKING Schnee: This was the easiest role of the whole series for me to cast! Jacques fit perfectly into the scummy crime lord who thinks he's a business man role. Gabriel is also great at manipulating situations to his liking just like Jacques.

Atoq Navarro-Adam Taurus: I won't spoil my reasoning here. If you have played the game and know what happens near the end, that is why Adam is Navarro.

Only one character left to introduce for the first game, so who did I pick to play Eddy Raja? You'll find out later.

Break next chapter. I know it's a little early but some things came up naturally in this chapter that I didn't expect until I was actually writing it. They all need discussed so that's what will happen next.

It will be a double post next week. Consider it a partial Christmas present and the fact that I don't want you all turned off by the break.

Also, reviews are great, and I know I'll have to deal with these, but if you are going to leave criticism please do it under an actual name. I am new to writing in general and would love actual help, but leaving a guest review that basically says 'Write Better' doesn't help me at all. I'm seriously not mad about the comment, hence why I left it up, but if I can't ask exactly where I need to improve, I can't learn anything.

Also, I would like to give a huge shout-out and introduce you guys to someone. They have been helping me with some doubts I've had about the story and helping me plan some new viewings so lets give a big shout-out and round of applause to Zweig! Uncharted is already finished and I've begun on the second but their help has been instrumental in the third main viewing we will see. Thanks a ton!