Chapter 8: The Investigation
Remnant
Beacon Academy
Headmaster's Office
November 9th, 2019
The clockwork gears shielded by the glass floor and ceiling turned as a man sitting at his desk looking over the footage of teams RWBY and JNPR's disappearance. He wears shaded glass spectacles and a small, purple, cross-shaped pin on the cowl around his neck. His outfit mainly consists of an unzipped black suit over a dark green, buttoned vest and green shirt. He also wears black trouser shoes and long, black pants. He appears to look like a middle-aged man with tousled silver hair and thin brown eyes. He has a light complexion and sharp facial features. He also has black eyebrows. He is the Headmaster of Beacon, Professor Ozpin.
"I wonder what has happened to them," Ozpin thought as he sipped his cup of hot cocoa.
He played the video again in slow motion and noticed the way they disappeared. The students didn't show any sign of pain as well as their bodies and clothing didn't show any signs of burning up. Ozpin knew they were fine and that they hadn't disintegrated, but is concerned about what has happened. The elevator doors opened revealing two people as they walked out.
The first was a woman wearing a white long-sleeved, pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist. Her lower body is covered by a black high-waisted pencil skirt with bronze buttons and black-brown stockings. She wears black boots with bronze heels and a cape that is purple inside and black on the outside. The cut of the cape is stylized to end in flames and arrows, with a row of diamond-shaped bronze beads on the back. Above this line of beads appears an emblem of a tiara that is her personal symbol. She appears to be a middle-aged woman that has very light-blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her face. Her eyes are bright green and she wears thin ovular glasses. She has dangling teal earrings that match the hanging pendant on her collar. She is the Deputy Headmistress of Beacon, Glynda Goodwitch.
The second was a man shown to be well dressed and clean, much like Ozpin. He wears a white overcoat, with a gray undercoat, black sweater, a red necktie and a white glove on his right hand. His suit pants share the same color as his overcoat and are tucked into silver boots accented in gray. His hair is black, with some silver and gray areas, while his eyebrows are solid black. He has a strip of silver metal above his right eyebrow. He is the Headmaster of Atlas Academy, General of the Atlas military, and holds two seats in the Atlas counsel, General James Ironwood.
"Aw, Glynda, James, is there any news of Teams RWBY and JNPR?" Ozpin asked.
"I'm afraid not," Glynda answered.
"And we still don't know what the new dust samples did to them," Ironwood added.
Ozpin sighed at the answer given to him.
"Should we contact their parents?" Glynda asked.
"No. At least for the time being," Ozpin responded.
"I've already gotten a drone to test out the dust," Ironwood announced.
"What good will that do?" Glynda asked.
"There are two small bombs attached to the drone that have the unknown dust inside each of them. We detonate the first one and it will disappear, then three minutes later the second goes off. The camera will record what it captures," the Atlesian General explained.
"Lets us hope it gets us our answers," Ozpin said.
The three teachers made their way to the arena as Ironwood was carrying a drone and two time bombs laced with the new dust samples. He walks up to the center of the arena and starts setting up the drone and bombs.
"Are you sure this will work?" Glynda asked.
"Only one way to find out," Ozpin responded.
"Why is it that whenever something happens, it's always RWBY and JNPR?" Glynda irritatingly asked.
"Now Glynda, they are still children and their curiosity simply got the best of them," Ozpin explained.
Ironwood walks up to the two Beacon teachers. "Everything's ready," he said.
"Excellent. Then let us get started," Ozpin said as he sipped his hot cocoa.
They all stepped off the arena and took several feet away. Ironwood pulled out a scroll and pushed on one of the buttons. The drone started to hover a couple of feet in the air.
"When the timer on the first bomb goes off, it will be set to auto pilot," he informed as he pressed another button.
The timer on the first bomb was now armed for ten seconds.
"The second bomb will be armed for one minute as soon as the first goes off," the general said.
The timer counted to zero then the bomb detonated as a flash of light engulfed the drone. The light then died down as the drone is nowhere to be found.
"Now, we wait," Ozpin said.
Earth
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Empire State Building
The rooftop of the Empire State Building was quiet. Suddenly a bright light flashed then died down revealing the drone from Remnant. The timer on the second bomb started counting down as the drone started to fly around. It hovered off the roof as the camera started rolling. As the drone was flying in the air, the camera was capturing the sight of the huge city, filming all the buildings around it as the entire city looked like it went for miles. The camera then zoomed in on the ground below as it saw lots of people walking in the streets and sidewalks and heavy traffic being backed up. All in all, the city was lively. The camera then zoomed in on a small island, and with in it was the Statue of Liberty with some people surrounding it. The timer on the bomb went to zero, then emitted an engulfing light. After the light went away, the drone was gone.
Unbeknownst to the drone, a few security cameras from the roof were watching the drone flying in the air, recording its every action.
Remnant
Beacon Academy, Vale
Arena
The Professors and the General all stood outside of the arena, waiting for the drone to return. A light flashed into the arena then died away, revealing the drone. Ironwood pressed on his scroll, then the drone landed on the floor.
"Now we can see what it's found," he said as he started to play the footage, while Ozpin and Glynda watched.
The footage showed them the city and its inhabitants.
"What is this," Ironwood asked.
"It appears to be a city and what a beautiful city it is," Ozpin said as he watched the footage.
"It goes on for miles," Glynda added.
"But it's no city I'm familiar with," Ironwood said.
"He's right. The look of the city is something I don't recognize at all, especially that huge green statue," Glynda agreed.
"Be that as it may, whatever this place is, it's possibly where my students are located," Ozpin said.
"If that's the case then, how do we get them back?" Glynda asked.
"We'll have to send more drones to look for them while investigating this new world," he said.
"I'll get more drones produced," Ironwood said as he walked off to do just that.
"Ozpin, this is big. Bigger than anything we have come across," Glynda said.
"I know, Glynda," Ozpin said.
"To think there is another world out there. This raises so many questions. How would the people react? What would Ironwood plan to do next? Or what if she finds out about this new world?" Glynda asked.
Ozpin took a sip from his mug.
"For the moment, we'll have to keep this quiet so we don't create a panic. Until then, we investigate this new world and get our students back," Ozpin answered.
Ozpin then watched and admired the video of the new world's city.