Sun made his way down from the window. When he hit the ground, Taurus and Schnee burst

out of the mausoleum. Sun overhead Taurus giving orders, "Torchwick has escaped. Spread out and find him!"

Ilia couldn't believe it, "That's your diversion? Simply letting them know you escaped!"

Neo scoffed, "That's mild compared to his usual fare, Rainbow."

"Hey, I'm right here you know!" Roman complained.

Sun rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Seriously, your distraction was yourself? We're gonna have to work on that ego some more."

Laughter from around the room.

Sun found a sniper rifle nearby and used it to kill five of the goons before they realized he was there. He swapped the rifle for a shotgun before drawing his Desert 5 and taking the rest out. He entered the mausoleum to find that Velvet and Torchwick had beaten him there.

"I see what you meant about that pistol, Ruby!" Blake stated with wide-eyes, "Any chance I could get you to upgrade mine to be like that?"

Ruby went wide-eyed herself, "Of course! I've never gotten to work on your weapon before Blake! This will be so exciting! Oh, I need to make a note of that. But wait, wasn't Gambol Shroud destroyed?"

Blake went wide eyed, "Oh yeah, I forgot about that."

Velvet looked worried, while Torchwick just smoked his cigar staring at the ceiling.

"Hey," Sun stated indicating he was here.

Velvet perked up, "Hey!"

"This again," Velvet rolled her eyes.

"Ha!" Roman laughed as he stood up, "I knew you could do it kid! So what's next?"

Sun shrugged, "I don't know. I'm figuring it out as I go. This is definitely the right place though."

Sun noticed that each pocket of the mausoleum had a different symbol under it. On a hunch, he turned one to the left and a passage way opened up behind one of the tombs.

"I'm really getting tired of secret passages now," Ruby muttered.

"Well, that was fast," Weiss scoffed.

"Looks like we're in business," Sun chuckled out, amazed he'd gotten it in one move.

Sun cleared the bones off the entrance before getting an idea.

"Head's up!" He yelled as he tossed a skull to Torchwick.

Yang and Tai fell down laughing.

"Gah! It's contagious!" Sun yelled.

Torchwick caught it, looked at it strangely, and then groaned at the atrocious pun.

Slowly, Sun and Velvet slid through the opening. Torchwick was on his way through but Velvet stepped forward and a rock sunk under her with a grinding noise.

"That doesn't sound good," Summer muttered.

"Uh-oh." She realized sheepishly.

Sun heard it too, "Oh, shit." He followed it over to the entrance, where Torchwick had stopped mid crawl.

"What the hell is that?" Torchwick asked.

"Roman move!" Sun yelled as he pushed Torchwick back out of the passage. The opening slammed shut a second later.

"Roman!" Neo cried out. Ilia squeezed her tightly.

"Why me? Why always me?" Roman asked to no one.

Sun called Torchwick instantly. Thankfully, he picked up.

"Thank Gods!" Roman sighed in relief.

Sun sighed, "You alright?"

"Yeah," Torchwick grunted, "Knocked me on my ass, though."

"Well, at least you're alright," Sun muttered.

"Yeah, besides his bruised ego-I mean ass," Ilia smirked out.

Roman sent her a fake glare, "You know, maybe I don't like you as much as I thought," he joked.

Neo and Ilia both gave him looks of faked shock.

Velvet sighed hearing Torchwick's voice. Sun continued, "You better get back to the library. We're gonna have to find another way out of here." Sun hung up and looked at Velvet.

"Sorry," she (both of them) apologized.

Sun (both of them) shrugged it off, "It's alright. Let's just keep moving."

They proceeded until they reached a room full of small bridges, platforms, and gears.

"Woah," Jaune stated in awe.

"Indeed," Winter agreed, "What's fascinating is that whoever made this did it four hundred years ago."

"With how far technology has come since then, it truly is," Ren noted.

"What is all this?" Velvet asked in wonder.

Sun groaned, "A really elaborate way to hide the damned treasure!"

"It does seem to be making them jump through a lot of hoops," Tai pointed out.

Raven nodded, "Even I would have given up by this point, and you know how stubborn I can be."

Qrow threw his hands in the air, "Finally! She admits it!"

"Quiet, brother," Raven snapped, "You and I both know you're just as guilty."

"But I admitted it long ago," Qrow added with a smirk, to which Raven just silently huffed.

As they approached, they noticed that there were many paths forward. Each path was labeled with a number. Sun remembered seeing three seemingly random numbers on the map.

He pulled it out and saw two, five, and seven. "I'll follow these numbers, and that should lead us to the treasure." He said aloud.

"Oh, those numbers!" Blake realized. Yang looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Blake shrugged, "I noticed them when Sun first picked up the map, but didn't think much of them at the time. Who knew the smallest detail would actually be important!"

Ozpin sighed, "They usually are."

"Right," Velvet nodded, "I'll stay here and keep an eye out for the bad guys." She held up her gun and smirked.

Pyrrha's face scrunched, "Are we sure this is Velvet, and not Ruby or Yang?"

Velvet blushed in embarrassment, while the sisters yelled, "Hey!"

Gordeau chuckled, "Yes, it's her. She just dealt with less bullying during childhood, so she's more confident in herself."

Velvet looked at the man with hopeful eyes, "Really?"

Gordeau nodded, "Remember what Neo and I said, 'You are capable of doing this.' So, Velvet, you are capable of being more confident in yourself. It may take work, but you can do it. You've already made steps towards that."

"Yeah, Velvs," Yang commented, "If you weren't at least a little confident in yourself, do you really think you could've landed one of the hottest girls at Beacon?"

Velvet blushed harder, but realized Yang was right.

Blake had a different reaction, "Yang!" she stated, shocked.

Yang spoke without thinking, "Ahh, is Blakey getting jealous? I said she was one of the hottest not the hottest!"

Blake rolled her eyes and sarcastically asked, "Oh, and I assume you're the hottest, Yang?"

Yang again spoke without thinking or noticing the sarcasm, "Nope! That honor belongs to yo…" Yang's mouth snapped shut before the word could come out.

Both partner's faces turned bright red as they turned to face the screen again.

Some people wanted to comment on the exchange, but those that did knew an embarrassed Yang quickly led to angry Yang if provoked. They did not want to end up on that side of her.

There was one comment though, "Did Blake just make a pun?" the ever oblivious Jaune asked.

Blake and Yang thought it over, and when they realized she did Blake groaned and Yang chuckled. They still didn't speak to each other though.

Sun rolled his eyes at her antics and kept moving. Sun followed the numbers until they led to a large waterwheel. Pulling the indicated lever, he activated the mechanism. Suddenly, lamps started swinging and random machinery moved all over the room.

"Oh, come on!" Sun yelled in disbelief, "How much more are you gonna make me do until I find this stupid thing!"

Sun sighed. He knew it was necessary, but it just made his job a lot harder. He climbed up a freshly moved chain and dodged a lantern. He kept going dodging lanterns as he went.

Eventually, he reached a small wooden platform near the top of the room. Looking down he could see Velvet.

"Hey, I made it!" He called out proud of himself.

"And here's where my bad luck kicks in," Sun muttered, seeing the pattern now.

Orow nodded, "You're getting it now, kid."

Velvet looked up with a smile. That smile quickly turned to a look of concern when she saw what Sun was standing on. "Be careful. That doesn't look like the sturdiest…" before she could continue the platform cracked, "SUN!"

Sun screamed as he fell, but luckily grabbed a hand hold and slowed down so he landed with a soft thud.

He chuckled as he picked himself up, "I'm alright. I'm okay." He sighed internally though. Now he had to get back up there. He saw what looked to be an elevator and headed towards it.

"You know," Weiss started, "I'd say he should not have survived that, but we've seen him survive worse already. I think the shock has started to wear off."

Most of the theater nodded, but Gordeau chuckled, "Oh, Ice Queen, just keep watching."

It was not. Instead, it fell when he stepped on it. He screamed again but it came to a stop seconds later. A small gate opened up, and a number five pointed at it. He chuckled and realized that was supposed to happen.

He jumped through the window. As he landed, he thought he saw something crawling on the ceiling, but he had to double take and it was gone. "What the hell?" he asked himself.

"What the hell was that?!" Emerald yell-asked.

"I don't know!" Blake, the one with the best eyesight, admitted. "I don't think anyone got a good look at it."

Sun saw another of the mechanisims right next to him. Taking the ride much better this time. It opened the gate for Velvet to join him in the next room.

The two continued a little way until an explosion rocked the cavern.

Nora perked up. It had been far too long since an explosion had been seen for her taste.

Looking up they saw a gate had been blown off it's hinges and Tyrian's men started pouring in followed by the man himself.

"Him again?" Cinder scoffed, "I thought Schnee got rid of that idiot!"

"Well, he was upset he didn't get his share of the treasure, he's probably here to get it. It's what I would do." Mercury reasoned.

Tyrian noticed Sun and smiled at him, "Hey, Wukong. Last man alive gets the gold," he taunted before laughing.

The laughter stopped as he finished, "You lose. Kill them both." He ordered his men before running off to look for the gold.

"Well, this just keeps getting better and better," Sun quipped as they both took cover.

Light chuckles came from around the room.

Sun's shotgun made quick work of Tyrian's men and eventually the pair came to a large room that was obviously the vault. Unfortunately, it was empty.

Velvet sighed, "There's nothing here."

"This is getting so old!" Sun stated, very frustrated at the situation.

"YES, IT IS!" most of the audience agreed.

"Seriously!" Mercury groaned, "It's like this universe enjoys being a cock tease."

Suddenly Sun noticed something. He saw a skeleton dressed in old Vacuoan clothes lying next to an altar. He walked towards it slowly. His expression only showing sadness and disappointment.

"Sun?" Velvet asked, worried for him.

Sun noticed the crest on the corpses armor, "It's Wukong." He stated.

Silence permeated the theater. Ruby stuttered, "What?"

Sun became dejected, "He never found it. He just died here."

"That must be devastating." Velvet noted, "His ancestor and idol dying before he could accomplish his goal."

Oscar sighed, "Now try being the reincarnation of said man, and you know how I feel."

Ozpin looked down in shame, while Gordeau put a hand on the young man's shoulder.

"You're not the only one he's hurt like that kid," he lamented.

Sun sighed and contemplated his life. In his thoughts, he realized if he didn't stop now, he was going to end up just like his ancestor. Rotting in a forgotten tomb with nothing to show for it. He ripped the ring off his neck, "So much for greatness," he mumbled and put it in Wukong's hand.

Sun nodded, "Yeah, so much for that."

Nora looked at Ren worriedly. They had come from a very small beginning, were they doomed to fail as well? They secretly had the same thoughts, but Ren knew he couldn't show weakness right now or Nora would be devastated.

Jaune, however, shook his head, "No. What he did or didn't do doesn't matter. What matters is that, in the face of adversity and hard times, you rise up and surpass other's expectations of you. That's what greatness means."

Most of the crowd stared at the blonde in shock. Not many people knew he could make speeches like that. Oscar was the most conflicted by this statement, as he tried to piece together what he could do to surpass Ozpin.

Pyrrha was beaming at Jaune, "Jaune, you are great. You've done so much more than anyone expected you too, and you're still fighting. That makes you great."

Ozpin agreed, "Indeed, Mr. Arc. I know you don't want to hear it from me, but even when my deception was brought to light, you carried on. I also think you have achieved greatness."

Jaune didn't know how to take that. He still hadn't forgiven the man for the deception, but maybe he was still a good man doing things the wrong way.

"Wasted his life, for nothing." Sun said somberly. Velvet looked at him, then the corpse, then the ring. How could one revelation beat Sun down so badly?

Suddenly Velvet heard screaming and gunfire. She knew Sun wanted to stay a little longer but they had to move. "Sun? Are you ready to get going?" she asked caringly.

"Who's fighting out there?" Winter asked, "I thought only Tyrian's men were down here?"

"Yeah," Sun said, tears forming in his eyes, "more than ever."

To humor him, Velvet went and paid her quick respects to Sir Francis before the pair started to look for a way out.

Sun looked up to see the vault had a second level. "Hey," he got Velvets attention, "Looks like there's some kind of crane up there."

"Good," Sun stated, "Now we can finally leave this stupid island."

"Right there with you, Sun," Velvet agreed.

Velvet looked around and saw a broken ladder, "Look, a ladder. If you give me a boost, I think I can get up there."

Sun nodded and squatted down. Velvet got on his shoulders and he stood up slowly, commenting the whole time, "Oh, you're heavier than you look."

"What?" Velvet glared at Sun.

All the men in the room felt sympathy for Sun, knowing you never comment on that.

"Can you reach it?" he asked.

Velvet didn't respond as she was kind of pissed about the weight comment. She did grab the ladder and start climbing.

"Yes, yes I am!" Velvet seethed.

"There's a rope." She stated looking at the crane, "I'll try and lower it down to you."

She reached the top and was overjoyed with what she saw, "Oh, I see a tunnel! We can get out this way!"

"Yes! Freedom!" Ruby exclaimed.

Weiss wanted to agree, but couldn't. Something didn't add up. The traps, Tyrian's men going missing, the strange thing they had seen, and now the random gunfire and screams.

Suddenly Tyrian and one of his men burst into the room panting.

Sun drew his gun on them before commenting, "Hello, boys."

Yang chuckled, "That's exactly how I handle Junior when I see him."

Tyrian flinched at sound before realizing it was Sun. Suddenly, strange roaring came from the door.

"I don't like this," Velvet stated, clinging tightly to the Coco plushy.

Ruby began hiding her face in her hood again.

"What the hell is going on out there?" Sun asked.

Tyrian had a panicked look in his eye as he answered, "Didn't you see them?!"

"Them?" Weiss asked hesitantly. She was pulling back from the screen slightly.

Summer was now also hiding her face in her hood.

Suddenly the roaring came from the floor.

"Ren," Nora started. The childhood friends looked at each other wide-eyed. That roar was very reminiscent of the Nuckleavee. They grabbed each other's hand, hoping to find comfort.

Tyrian's man started to panic, "Oh no, oh god, oh no!"

"Well, the excess panic won't help the situation," Winter noted, though she was also not thrilled by the roars coming from the screen.

Qrow shuddered, suddenly having Apathy flashbacks.

Tyrian continued to panic but looked around. Seeing no exit, he got hysterical, "We're trapped."

Cinder smirked, "Like rats in a cage! This is perfect!"

Emerald gave her boss a sideways look, but shrugged it off quickly.

Sun still had no idea what was going on, "Brothers, what is that?"

Tyrian kept panicking, "We're dead, we're all dead!"

Emerald whispered to Mercury, "While I appreciate seeing Tyrian like this, the whole situation doesn't sit well with me."

Mercury nodded, but was too engrossed in what was happening to comment.

The goon was backing up trying to keep his back to the wall. The poor bastard didn't realize he'd positioned himself right by a hole in the floor. Suddenly, a hand shot up and grabbed the man's leg pulling him under the floor.

"What the hell was that?" Roman yelled.

Tai and Mercury chuckled. They had figured it out, but they had no idea how it had happened.

Tyrian ran to try and help his man but was too late. Now from all around the room, the creatures popped up, revealing their true nature.

"ZOMBIES?!" The yell came from everyone in the room, save Tai and Merc.

Everyone had different reactions to this. Ruby subconsciously jumped into Wiess's arms, who proceeded to hug the reaper in fear. Yang pulled Blake closer to her. Velvet squeezed her plushy so hard it's head almost came off. Sun just sat there, jaw dropped. Pyrrha and Jaune kept looking back and forth between each other and the screen. Nora and Ren squeezed their hands tighter. Summer mimicked her daughter jumping into the nearest persons arms. Unfortunately for Winter, it turned out to be her. Winter just sat there shocked. Not so much at the zombies, but at the older woman sitting in her lap like it was nothing. Tai, Raven and Qrow were chuckling at the situation Summer and Winter were in. Roman had jumped up and tried to step back, only to fall completely over his seat into the row behind him. Neo and Ilia had done something similar to Ruby and Weiss, but they were also laughing at Roman's misfortune. Adam sat slack-jawed, unwilling to believe it. Oscar, being the youngest in the room, screamed in fear. Gordeau tried to comfort his father's newest form. Ozpin simply raised an eyebrow. Mercury chuckled at the fact that he was right. Emerald was trying to add up how zombies factored into everything.

Cinder had the most terrifying thought of the whole group. I wonder if I can use these creatures to my advantage? Just seeing the terror they bring to the room, they would make an excellent addition.

"Tyrian get back here!" Sun commanded as he readied his weapon.

"Zombie outbreak rule number thirty-four: previous grudges don't matter. Fight to survive, regardless of who you're with." Blake quoted.

Yang looked incredulous, "You have a Zombie Outbreak plan?"

Blake looked sheepish, "Yeah, I did at one point. I went through a phase where I had to plan for everything, regardless of how off the wall it was."

Yang nodded in approval, "I wasn't judging. I had one too."

The two rivals stood back to back, (or as close as they could with their tails), and readied for combat.

Tyrian was still panicked but looked over his shoulder at Sun, "Wukong, if we don't make it out of here, I just want you to know,"

"Oh?" Raven asked, "Is there more to Tyrian's character than we thought?"

"I hate your guts!"

The joke broke the tension in the room. Everyone started laughing, and then realized the situations they were in.

"Get off me, you dolt!" Weiss exclaimed, turning bright red and pushing Ruby onto the floor. Yang shot her a knowing glance, and Weiss silently huffed.

"EEP," was all Ruby said in response as she hit the floor.

"Uh, hey Winter!" Summer awkwardly started, realizing the situation she was in, "How are you?"

Winter smiled, "I'm fine, Mrs. Rose, but would you kindly," Winter's face dropped the smile and turned to anger, "GET OFF OF ME!"

"EEP," Summer responded, getting back in her seat.

Roman came too, having accidentally knocked himself out, looking up at the ceiling and Raven's face. "Uhh," He started, "What am I doing on the floor?" He heard giggling form in front of him. He stood up to see what was so funny, and realized what happened, "Oh, ha ha, very funny!" He retorted sarcastically, stepping back into his seat.

Ilia set Neo gently back in her seat, but neither girl removed themselves from contact completely.

Sun would've chuckled if he wasn't currently surrounded by FREAKING ZOMBIES! "Yeah, likewise pal. Now let's do this."

"Yeah, kill those zombies Sun!" Ruby cheered, followed quickly by Yang, Nora, and surprisingly Neo.

Blake shuddered, "I glad my father isn't here right now."

Yang gave her a quizzical look, so she continued, "My dad hates horror with a passion, but zombies scare him stiff."

Sun, Ilia, and Yang all laughed at this, but it was Sun who said what they were all thinking, "Your dad, Ghira Belladonna, founder of the White Fang and the most muscular man I've ever met is scared of zombies?"

Blake simply shrugged in response.

Tai, who had never met Ghira (or Hazel for that matter) in person, was offended by the muscular comment.

Tyrian and Sun started firing, Tyrian with his golden pistol, and Sun with his shotgun.

Velvet heard the commotion from the top floor and was confused, "What the hell is going on down there?"

"You don't want to know," Jaune stated, shaking his head.

Velvet nodded, "Yeah, I really don't."

"Just get that rope down here, fast!" Sun yelled.

Sun continued firing, not really covering Tyrian, but the scorpion was doing fine on his own.

"Damn!" Velvet exclaimed from above, "It's totally rusted it won't move!"

Sun sighed but kept fighting. He did not want to die today.

"Nonsense," Nora stood, "Today seems like a good day to die!"

Those still not used to the bomber's antics were taken aback, but Ren just responded in his usual way.

"Actually, Nora, I think today might be a good day to retreat. Can we push dying off to a week from Friday?" He quoted, knowing Nora didn't recognize the quote.

"Okay!" Nora responded cheerfully, "Only for you though, Renny!"

Ruby tilted her head and whispered to Yang, "Did Ren just calm Nora down with what I think he did?"

Yang was stunned as well, not so much by Ren calming Nora down, but that Ren actually watched one of the sister's favorite scroll shows.

Velvet still hadn't gotten the rope to budge, but Sun and Tyrian were pushing the beasts back.

Tyrian got a boost of confidence as he gunned one down and it fell in a hole. "That's right, you ugly bastard!" he taunted as he walked over the hole, "Don't mess with Tyrian Callows!"

"Oh, Tyrian," Cinder scolded, "That arrogance is going to get you into trouble someday."

"Well, it did already cost him his tail!" Ruby boasted.

Team CME smirked, knowing Watts had already built and installed a new tail on Tyrian.

Suddenly a new hand grabbed Tyrian and pulled him into the hole. He screamed like a girl on the way down. Sun could only yell his name and hold his ground as more beasts came through the floor.

Emerald was grinning sinisterly; the bastard had gotten what he deserved.

Qrow smirked, "One down, two to go!"

Raven nodded, "But I doubt the other two will go down as easily."

Ruby was retching, "I don't care if he was evil, no one deserves to die like that."

She got nods of agreement from various parties, and scowls or sighs from the others.

"Velvet, hurry up!" he yelled at the top of his lungs.

Sun held off another wave, but had to switch to his pistol halfway through as he had run out of shotgun shells. The Desert 5 was effective, but he didn't have a lot of ammo for it either.

"Uh oh," Ruby pulled her hood up again.

"What's wrong, Ruby?" Weiss asked.

"I've been watching and counting," Ruby explained, "And Sun only has three bullets left."

Wide-eyes continued to look at the screen, hoping the monkey Faunus could pull this off.

"I got it! It's moving!" Velvet exclaimed from above and Sun (and the audience) breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the rope moving down.

Sun grabbed the rope and climbed up. Velvet swung him over and they both ran down the tunnel, chased by the beasts the whole way.

"Go, go, run!" Sun yelled more out of fear than a command.

They found a heavy metal door and swung it closed separating them from the monsters.

"Whew, safe at last," Velvet sighed.

Emerald, however, smirked, "You sure about that?"

"I concur," Ren agreed, "That door doesn't match anything else we've seen on the island so far. It has all been stone or wood, so why a metal door here?"

AN: Some important stuff happened this chapter. Velvet gets a confidence boost. Blake and Yang have a quick flirty moment. Jaune realizes Oz isn't as bad as he thought. Hope you guys like the reaction to the zombies. I've been looking forward to this plus the next two chapters from the beginning! Only two left in Uncharted: Wukong's Fortune.