"What the hell were those things?" Velvet asked once they were safely inside.

"Uh, zombies?" Nora replied, "Have you never seen a movie before?"

"I think she means what are they doing here, Nora." Ren corrected.

"Well, why didn't she say that?" Nora asked.

"I don't know! I don't know!" Sun replied still in a panic. "Are you okay?"

Velvet sighed and turned around to look at the room they were in. Her jaw dropped as she saw it, "Yeah, Sun? Where are we?"

Ren, Emerald, and Winter tensed up hoping for a good answer.

Sun turned around and saw they were in some form of control room. It was situated above a dock which housed another Atlesian U-Boat.

"They found it!" Winter gasped.

"Wow," Sun commented, "This explains the U-Boat in Menagerie!"

Velvet had found some document on the table, "Sun, come look at this!"

Sun looked at the document. It was a map of the monastery. It depicted El Dorado in the room they had just been in. "So they found it!" Sun realized, "They must have broken into the vault and cleared it out!"

"Wait, if they found it in the vault," Oscar mused.

Ozpin nodded and finished Oscar's thought, "Then Sir Francis did indeed find El Dorado."

Sun smiled proudly before realizing something, "So then, why was he still in the vault?"

"Yeah," Velvet agreed, but pointed at the circled cathedral in the picture, "But what does the church have to do with it?"

"I don't know," Sun admitted, a fake look of shock hit Velvet's face, "It doesn't make any sense!"

He looked at the schematic and noticed that they moved the statue under the cathedral. "If that's where the statue is now, we were right on top of it! Son of a bitch!"

"And they would've avoided the zombies too," Velvet pointed out.

"Yeah," Ruby pointed out, "but the zombies were pretty cool!"

Velvet looked around the room and found an elevator, "I bet this will take us to the surface," she reasoned.

Sun hit the button but nothing happened because there was no power, "Guess the Atlesians didn't pay their electric bill," he quipped.

Light chuckles came from around the room. Qrow made an observation, "Ain't that ironic."

He looked at the wall and found a map of the complex, "You know, if we can make it to the generator room, we could get the power turned back on. We just gotta find a way out of here first."

"So how do they get out?" Ruby asked.

Velvet pulled out her camera and threw it through one of the windows, "Found a way out," she quipped.

"Oh," Ruby was answered.

"No, my baby!" Velvet cried.

Sun was stunned silent for a minute, "Nice work, but your camera," he lamely complimented.

"Yeah," Sun stated, "I'm sorry about that."

Velvet would have told him it wasn't his fault, but she loved that camera, second only to Coco.

"Sun with what we just saw, I don't want this story getting out! I'll tell my boss I fell through a bridge and had to drop it to save myself or something." She retorted, "It'll be fine."

"I agree," Weiss noted, "If she published the story, those zombies would kill a lot of would be explorers."

"Oh," Velvet sniffled, "When you put it like that."

Sun nodded and then saw a pipe out the window he could grab, "All right, let's go."

"Nope," she responded, "This ones all you cowboy."

"Huh? Why? Bunny Girls held her own well enough so far. Why exclude herself?" Neo asked.

Velvet had a reason, but she didn't want to say it until she had proof.

"Whaddya mean?" Sun asked stunned.

"Sun, you know I can't make that jump!" She rebuked.

"Yes, she can we've seen it!" Ilia rebuked.

"She's scared," Velvet stated, "That's the excuse I would use."

"Velvs," Blake sighed, "I understand."

Sun pointed to the door, "There is no way I'm leaving you alone here with those things."

"We don't have a choice!" Velvet argued, "Just go turn the power on, come back and get me, and then we'll get the hell out of here!" Her voice gave away just how scared she was.

"There it is," Jaune rubbed his neck, "I would be in the same state if I just went through that."

Ruby nodded in agreement.

Sun realized she was right, but he did his best to reassure her, "I will be right back!" he promised before jumping out the window.

Sun nodded, "Just a note, I would do that for any my friends."

Blake smiled, "We know Sun. You're a really good friend."

Sun made his way across the pipes until he reached a passage way. It was covered in piping and papers and was pitch black. He walked slowly through the dark pistol at the ready, just waiting for the monsters to jump out.

"Making your way through an abandoned bunker with no power while there are literally zombies on the loose?" Roman asked, "How is this not a horror movie?"

"It was a pretty big build up if it was," Tai reasoned, "If this was a horror movie, we would have seen this a whole lot sooner."

Sun tripped over something. Looking down he saw that it was a Great War era Atlesian rifle, a MP40.

"Wow, that's an old gun." Ruby noticed.

Winter nodded, "Another thing we haven't used since the Great War."

Swapping his empty shotgun for it he continued, new weapon at the ready, and picked up as much ammo as he could find.

Sun hadn't seen any of the monsters yet, but he soon entered a room that was covered in dry blood. It had a projector in the middle of the room, but since the power was off, he couldn't do anything with it. He found an open door and continued to look for the generators.

As soon as he exited the room, the monsters leapt out of the side hallways at him.

"AHHH!" Most of the room screamed at the jump scare; including Yang this time, leaving no one to tease them.

He gunned them down but they had scared him.

Fighting off more of the jump scare monsters, Sun finally found himself in the generator room. Now he just had to find out how to turn them on.

He found a crank and turned it. After a few rotations, the power turned on.

"Yay, power!" Ruby cheered.

Unfortunately for Sun, it also turned on the alarm, alerting every monster in the area where he was. He ran as fast as he could for the projector room.

"No!" Ruby's enthusiasm was immediately crushed.

"We probably should have expected that," Winter noted, "If the other room was covered in blood, chances are the monsters set off the alarm."

He slammed the door behind him and relaxed for a moment. The projector in the room was on now and was showing a recording.

"Maybe we'll get some answers now," Weiss grumbled. She had been enjoying this universe, until they threw zombies in. Now she just thought it was kind of ridiculous.

"I am curious as to how those creatures came to be," Ren noted.

It showed El Dorado and one of the creatures tied up next to it.

Emerald raised an eyebrow, "That's slightly suspect."

Sun pulled back in shock. Sun noticed a note and a photograph next to the projector. The photograph was of an Atlesian officer kneeling next to Sir Francis's body. Behind them, on the altar Sir Francis had been leaning against stood El Dorado.

"He really did find it," Sun mumbled, now upset that his counterpart had dropped his ring.

Jaune nodded, "And the Atlesians moved it. I still have a question about why he was there when he died."

"Maybe the note will explain it," Blake suggested.

Sun picked up the note and read it. "My end is near, the devils hunt for me in the darkness. The gold of El Dorado bears a terrible curse; the Mistralians have unleashed hell, and become as Grimm."

Weiss sighed, "Cursed treasure? Seriously? Could this be any more absurd?"

"Um, Weiss?" Ruby started nervously, "You do know we're protecting relics that could destroy the world, right?"

Realization hit Weiss and she chuckled, "I guess our lives are pretty absurd now too."

Roman, Neo, and Raven now didn't want this treasure. Even if it would be worth a fortune to them, the zombies were kind of a deal breaker.

Cinder thought she may have found a way to burn the whole world.

"My men have all been murdered, leaving the task to me alone. No ship will depart this island; I destroyed them all and drowned the cursed city."

"Wait, the ships in the harbor?" Ilia asked, "Someone destroyed them so they couldn't take the treasure?"

Winter nodded, "And judging by the age of ships, only one person could have done it."

"A thing of such great evil must never leave these shores. In my final hour, I commend my soul to the Gods. May they have mercy on this unholy place. Sir Francis Wukong."

Ozpin raised his eyes at the man actually still worshipping the Brothers. They didn't have mercy when they left, I doubt they will again.

"He died to save the world," Sun stated, shocked, "He truly was a hero." Now he wanted the ring for himself to remember the heroics of the man that was his ancestor in this world.

Most of the hero's nodded, Cinder rolled her eyes, and Adam and Raven had respect for the man. Adam's out of the man's commitment to his duty. He had died for what he believed in, something Adam wanted all of his men to keep in mind. Raven simply respected his resolve.

Sun was shocked. "My Gods," he whispered as the monster on the projector broke its chains and charged. The projector then died, having reached the end of its reel.

Summer went wide-eyed, "Did that zombie just break a metal chain? They must be scary strong!"

Tai put his arm around her, "It'll be okay, Sum."

Suddenly, Sun's moment of peace was gone as the monsters climbed through the ventilation to attack him. Sun escaped the monsters and found himself in a control room on the opposite side of the dock as Velvet.

"Now to just find his way over to her and they can leave," Raven stated.

"Can they?" Blake questioned, "Jacques may want the statue for his private collection, but I'm sure Adam wants something more out of it."

"Right," Ilia nodded, "Though, I'm not sure how you weaponize a statue."

"We can't leave now! If Taurus get their hands on that thing…" Sun started.

"Then the whole world is at risk! We're the only ones that can stop them!" Velvet continued.

"Right there with you," Roman, of all people agreed, "If that statue makes it off the island, I don't think anyone survives. So our alternate selves are going to stop it."

After a few strange looks, the heroes all smiled at the three.

Sun looked across to try and get her attention, only to see she had been kidnapped by Taurus and Jacques.

"Shit!" Sun and Roman said at the same time, their previous air deflating.

"Oh, shit!" Sun exclaimed as Jacques walked up to the microphone on his side.

"Can you hear me in there?" he asked smugly.

"Loud and clear, Jacq-ass!" Sun retored.

"He stole my joke!" Roman pointed out. Unfortunately, he had only sent that joke to Gordeau. So while the man in question laughed, the rest of the room looked at him in confusion.

Jacques couldn't hear him however, because Sun had no microphone.

Jacques kept up is smug tone, "Oh, no microphone on your end? What a shame."

Weiss gagged, "Oh, I almost just threw up at how smug Father is."

Velvet suddenly broke free of Taurus's grip and grabbed the microphone, "Sun! Get out of there before, AH!" She was stopped as Taurus pulled her ears and punched her in the gut.

"Oof," Velvet winced, holding her own stomach and ears.

"Asshole," Yang muttered as Summer smacked her.

"Velvet!" Sun screamed, "Leave her alone you sons of…"

All Jacques and Taurus could see though was Sun banging on the glass, mouthing obscenities.

"I'm actually kind of glad they can't hear me," Sun muttered, "They'd probably hurt her more if they could."

Jacques looked at Taurus condescendingly, "Taurus, if you can't maintain control over a small girl…"

Adam (and quite a few others) growled. Jacques was still treating him like dirt and he wasn't having it.

The others growled due to the small girl comment.

"It won't happen again." Taurus flatly said, pulling Velvet up and putting his pistol to her head, "Trust me."

Velvet went wide-eyed, "No, he can't shoot me! I'm the love interest, so I have to live right?"

Blake sighed, "Usually, yes. But we already had a switch from action/adventure to horror, so a switch to tragedy might not be too far off. Sorry, Velvet."

Velvet tightened her grip on the Coco plushie.

Velvet whimpered as Jacques went back to taunting Sun, "I'm sorry for the interruption. I just wanted to uh, thank you for leading us to El Dorado." He waved the Atlesian map around to prove his point.

"Of course," Sun muttered.

"Oh," Jacques wasn't finished, "I hope you don't mind if we borrow Miss Scarlatina a little while longer. Just to discourage you and your partner from trying anything creative."

Winter went wide-eyed, "Well sister, you asked for a difference between Father and the version on screen, and now you have it."

Weiss nodded, "Agreed. I don't think Father would take hostages in our world."

Adam scoffed at the sister's optimism.

Jacques smirked, "So long, Sun. It's been fun!" He shut off the microphone and the two walked away, dragging Velvet with them. But not before Taurus smirked at him and fake saluted with his gun.

Ilia, Blake, and Yang coughed. "Did Adam just make a joke?" Blake asked incredulously.

Adam shrugged, "I don't know. It was probably more a taunt than a joke."

"Yeah, keep smiling asshole!" Sun muttered sarcastically, giving Taurus finger guns as well, "I'll see you soon!"

"You're in trouble now," Ilia noted.

"I'm not worried." Adam shrugged it off.

"You should be!" Ilia warned.

"Why should he, Rainbow?" Neo asked, more to spite Adam then for an actual answer.

"There is one rule about Sun," Ilia answered, "Never hurt his friends, Sundae. He fights harder if they are on the line."

Sun beamed in pride and turned to the duo, "That goes for this one too," he pointed at Ilia, "She's my friend, so if you hurt her expect me to hurt you."

Neo smirked at Sun's threat, but she was slightly shocked as Sun's demeanor turned from proud to threatening in one second. Ilia was touched Sun considered her a friend.

As soon as they left Sun slammed his hands against the glass and shouted, "FUCK!"

"AHH!" Ruby and Summer pointed at the screen at the same time.

Tai and Yang smiled seeing that life and death hadn't completely killed those two's innocence.

Suddenly, a noise behind him got Sun's attention. Taurus's men were coming after him now. And he was pissed.

AN: Sorry I'm late. I wasn't happy with this chapter initially so I spent a good portion of yesterday re-writing reactions.

Only thing is a slight canon change. As stated earlier, I hate that the camera wasn't used as more of a character-building moment. In a cheeky reference to the source, Velvet's cover story is exactly what happens in canon. I hate it. The camera becomes a cheap plot device only used to reveal Sully being alive. Velvet using it to smash the window makes it more meaningful. Instead of losing her story because she drops it, she makes a choice. A choice that means less lives lost. Sorry for the rant, this moment just irks me. Last chapter coming up.