"Because we have sought to cover up past evil, though it still persists, we have been powerless to check the new evil of today. Evil unchecked grows, Evil tolerated poisons the whole system." -Fma brotherhood

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Looking around he spotted a large heavy-duty door down the now empty part of the corridor and spotted a door conveniently marked 'personal quarters' in big red letters. stepping through the door he saw his old gear in a glass display case...like it was a FUCKING achievement to be mounted on the wall, this was not a hunting trophy nor was he.

His blood boiled at that revelation and let it out in the form of a roar smashing the case open with a stool and grabbed his suit Ruby made with him, the dust crystal pouches and his dagger were on either side of it, but his pistols weren't. crestfallen was in front of the suit at its feet so that was a good sign 'weiss probably got it along with everything else in my will...well at least someone I trust got my shit' he mused noticing a room connected to the one he'd been in, walking through the doorway took an outfit from the wardrobe to his left of the doorway.

His clothes consisted of a pair of black boots, socks, military trousers a belt already in the waist loops and a dark grey t-shirt. looking it all over he shrugged and took his things into a bathroom hoping to clean up and find food to eat and after that he'd see about leaving.

Taking in the look of the bathroom he saw a bench built into the shower and a detachable shower head 'whoever built this place thought of everything' he chuckled at that as he turned it on and stripped out of the coat letting it peel off him, took the lanyard off and tossed the id on the counter for later.

Turning the water on he stepped in immediately. "ahhh gods that feels so good" he moaned at the hot water washed over him stripping away the stick of the odd red liquid and was enough to give his body a chance to accelerate. his healing.

To his misfortune he looked around the spacious shower area he realized there was no soap so he'd have to deal with just rinsing off but it didn't stop him from getting angry.

"well, I guess I can't expect too much out of an abandoned underground laboratory" he said pressing his head to the wall. "Still though, where fuck did this scientist get Atlesian military uniforms?"

Just as he did that however a semi nude woman wearing cream colored skintight underwear, her hair was fiery red, eyes were blurred blue and purple, skin matched his almost identically and a blank expression fixed on her face for all time till she looked at him as she entered his shower through the wall.

"whoa, what the hell!" he yelped falling off the bench hitting the back of his head on the edge.

The woman smiled at him and said "hello, I am Rachel I am your personal robot assistant in aiding you in any way applicable to all your needs" she knelt down and grabbed his grimm hand helping him back onto the bench and stood there waiting for his orders.

"uh- wha?" he got out too shocked to properly respond " this is a...half naked...woman- wait this is a thing not a woman, so why am I so self conscious?"

"maybe I should be more direct and just show you" she said kneeling in front of him holding her hand over his and watched a blue slime drain on his hand mixing with the water "this is mint oil and shampoo" she said watching him smell it.

After a moment she assumed he didn't understand her so she repeated herself "I am your personal-"

"I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME!" he yelled blushing and glaring at her but froze when he realized his grim hand had broken claws and didn't want to hurt himself more so he bit the bullet and asked "will you wash my hair; I need to trim my claws"

She smiled and opened a small door in her right thigh and held out a metal file to him "this will be better on your claws while I wash you"

He let out a strong shiver feeling creeped out as she began washing his hair and ended up needing to turn off the water so he could have his hair washed without wasting soap.

She slowly massaged his scalp for a few minutes and went to rinse him off just as he finished filing down his claws. Taking a moment to close his eyes he relished in the heat of the water, "do you wish for me to wash your back?" Rachel asked holding up a soapy loofah smiling robotically.

"uh- yeah. sure, thanks" he said standing up but was held down by said robot, 'her skin feels so real' he thought curiously

"please master, save your strength" she said almost motherly "I don't believe you want another injury to occur so soon"

He chuckled not noticing his cuts were still openly bleeding but weren't hurting as badly "I find it odd a robot would care" he said grabbing the soap from her hand and washed the rest of his body.

"I am programed to accommodate your needs including but never limiting to: making you mentally and physically comfortable, so in my opinion its not odd at all" she explained dumping a bucket of water over him rushing his rinsing with a smile. And I that moment he took a moment to realize that his hair was long enough to reach the top of his calves.

'odd as hell a tin can in skin would have an opinion, let alone a conscience' he thought to himself absent-mindedly washing himself while tin can washed his entire back and lower back.

"hey robot?" he asked holding himself up against the wall of the shower. "can...you help me cut my hair?" deep down he was hoping she wouldn't but it was worth seeing if she could.

"after you dry off master, it'll be easier to deal with dry after all" she said holding him up and walked him over to the toilet where a towel was so he didn't slip off, and to keep it mostly dry while she grabbed extra towels and helped him into a black robe, as well as slipping sandals on his feet, "I can do that myself trash bin" he said swatting her away from his feet.

"I understand master cole but it is my directive to-"

"I know- gods be damned we already went over this!" he said annoyed with the bot stumbling out of the bathroom and jumped on the bed face first groaning in exhaustion and annoyance ignoring the pain racking his whole body.

Rachel sat on the bed and wordlessly went to work on drying his hair and brushed the tangles out while being careful to not hurt him.

'this trash can is getting on my nerves' he thought as he sat up watching her tend to his hair from the corner of his eye, 'after she- what the fuck!' he shot up on the bed pushing her away with his sandal wrapped foot.

"is there something wrong master? I wasn't trying to make the brushing and drying uncomfortable" she inquired stopping her work.

"what do you mean trash can!?, your fucking naked on the bed brushing my hair!" he yelled pointing to her nude form.

Giggling she looked down and replied sweetly "that's because you didn't order me to change my settings" He froze at her words slurring out a "b- wuh..Huh?"

Seeing his dubstruck confusion she said "you didn't tell me to-"

"I heard what you said trash can. What do you mean change your settings?" he asked rubbing his hand over his face.

"Perhaps I should just show you" she said sitting on her knees displaying her body to him as it began to shift. Cole watched in slight amazement as it started creating the illusion of a dark orange bra and panties over her breasts and voluptuous and perfect lower half smiling "I can do all kinds of types and styles of undergarments ranging from lingerie to bathing suits...which would help you feel more comfortable with?" He looked away blushing at her words and said "I meant clothes you damn idiot"

"I see, hold on a moment while I clothe my body for you" she said disappearing into the closet and came back wearing a shirt far too big on her and asked "is this adequate for your tastes master?"

His brain blanked as his nose bled at how sexy a robot could appear in the moment, and dumbfounded he spoke quietly "th-that works trash bin"

"I am designated as Rachel, master" she said resuming on his hair brushing.

"please stop calling me that; cole is enough for me so cut it out" he replied wiping his blood on the black sleeve of his bathrobe.

"while you wait would you like to hear what else I am here for?" she asked enthusiastically.

He let out a sigh and almost regretting this "sure, as long as you don't cut too much of my hair off while you talk"

Giving a nod she pulled out a pair of scissors from Inside her left thigh and asked, "how much do you want to keep?"

He looked up at her and said "halfway down my lower back so i can braid it still; I hate that I need your help so don't take it personally if I don't like you"

Ignoring his last comment she nodded as she began cutting hair and after a few minutes she said "I am an android designed to aid you in every way possible. I help you recuperate after missions, wash you when or if required, I do the cooking as well as maintain a clean home whenever you go out, and if needed you can use me as a sexual partner; you don't need to clean me, feed me or even love me. I am completely at your disposable and I am powered by a super-capacitor generator capable of maintaining a charge for 100 years" sitting there on the bed listening he became more and more conflicted about this...thing taking care of him and talking to him like she was a piece of his property yet looked, sounded, smelled and felt human. "I never brought this up earlier, but can I ask where I am Rachel?"

"most certainly cole, we're in doctor jameson merolt's underground laboratory. But he won't be back for another six months why do you ask such things?"

Turning to her, a look of anger and determination came over him and grabbed a hair tie and finished for her. "because im going to destroy everything he built here, but before I do im going to see how I can regain some of my strength back and as much as I hate you right now, im going to need you for a bit longer than I thought" turning away from her he grabbed his outfit from earlier and added "help me into this please" blushing up a storm.

She did as he asked and only backed off when he asked her to not touch his private area. When he was done Rachel said "i neglected to tell you" making him turn to face her, "Dr.merlot had armor created to go with your bodysuit for when you emerged from your sleep cycle but I register that you awoke two years too early"

He blinked twice and said "take me to it"

Holding his arm over her shoulder she led him to where he needed to go but took longer due to cole trying to walk on his own and constantly needing to take a break but Rachel picked him up and said "it's more efficient if I just carry you master, your in no shape to move so I insist you hold still and let me assist you."

Cole ignored her in favor of watching the double doors open to a room filled with different armored suits but cole wanted none of it so he said "I think I'll forgo armor till I have the strength to use it; strength means nothing if i can't stand" he recited before he started getting tired. "hey...Rachel, with how my health is now, how are my chances lookin' in a few months?" he asked watching her grab a broken Bo staff and said "i'll see if I can't fashion you a walking stick" she said grabbing a discarded door handle she used a flame dust crystal to melt the metal to the wood for easier mobility and said walking him back to his room.

"if you keep up a daily routine of exercise and sleep well enough I calculate your recovery will be 48% complete by the months end; meals will be prepared for you by me so I will have to make sure to keep it balanced and nutritional, but i can't promise anything will be delicious" She ended with a cheery smile showing her white teeth.

He let out a deep breath said "you can't taste anywaya" as she walked out the door.

But she had and replied "I can actually master" she replied cheerily.

"lets get started then" he said standing up with aome effort to not fall face first to the ground and help from Rachelwas welcomedbut still felt odd. "I'll be lucky if this Dr.merlot stays gone for that long' he thought while paying extra attention to his surroundings seeing as he was in a shadow testing facility. "this place is disgusting" he bitterly said wobbling through the hall.

"do you wish for me to prepare a meal for you cole?" she asked guiding him into his temporary room ignoring his comment. "yeah, make it quick though please" he replied as she lied down on the bed already tired from the walk back to 'his' room or more accurately 'sigma's room, he was just fortunate enough to have it to himself.

She set to creating a simple suit of armor and set them inside cases and left wearing nothing, exposing her nude synth body for the entire facility to see but cole stopped her at the door "Rachel, I swear if you don't get dressed I'll take you apart piece my fucking piece!"

She let out a giggle and said "I apologize for my ignorance cole" then walked into the closet and came out wearing a pink see through night dress and bright pink short shorts both of which hugged her body as she knew he didn't care what she wore by now, just that she wore anything at all.

"better I guess" he growled remembering weiss wore something similar to that but pale blue and white once when he let her share his room because she had nightmares. Thank the gods cole had self control, otherwise her team would've attacked him.

"GOD DAMNED HORMONES" he roared in aggravation gripping his hair "I am a faithful man, I will not cheat on weiss with a trash can made human!" he screamed hoping to banish the thoughts in his head.

One hour later rachel brought in a cart of food for cole to choose from while scanning the floor for hostiles but noted that cole killed them all but his orders were final so she followed them to the letter.

"quite odd for master to not want to use me to my maximum capacity, am I doing something wrong?" she thought but the directive she 'remembered' was that she technically was being used at her fullest at the moment 'perhaps he needs time to recover and then he can leave strong enough to fight while I simply do as he orders'

Her thought halted as she opened the doors to find cole out of his robes and wore only black boxers, she watched him slowly pushing his entire body weight up and down but it appeared to her he was only capable of doing a single push up but that was to be expected at his current state.

"Master cole, I have brought you breakfast; choose what you wish and I shall save the rest as leftovers"

He let himself fall to his toes and ever so slowly got up to look over what she brought him and honestly it all looked good but realized how much there really was compared to the cart she wheeled it on.

"thank you Rachel" he said tired and winded grabbing a fork and knife digging into buttered toast, hash browns and eggs scarfing it down with the fervor of a starving animal but remarkably kept his etiquette clean and presentable despite being watched by a robot maid.

After forty minutes he'd eaten everything on the cart and went to sleep after thanking her and washed himself up in the bathroom sink to not be completely ungrateful regardless of the living situation. He ate faster than he moved and it was evident he had more time required if he was to make a sufficient recovery.

She bowed her head and pushed the cart into the halls marking down what he needed to focus on to effectively recover in a short time.

Cole sighed as he very slowly made his way out of out of the bathroom wearing the same boxers and a white t-shirt.

He felt great full to be alone so unceremoniously he collapsed on the bed and soon fell asleep with weiss on his mind but slowly drifted his thoughts on her friends and who was worth forgiving but also hoped weiss would be happy to see him, but realistically it was also a possibility that she'd moved on from him.

"I can't wait to see you again" he mumbled drifting off to sleep just as rachel came in. She knew nothing of her master except the data banks on his condition and how to help him recover but the rest of who or...what he was, it seemed to be locked away by several highly advanced encryptions she couldn't access and from her understanding he was more dangerous than initially thought.

"is this what P-3NN1 went through when she was created, a purpose she didn't truly understand?" she said this aloud to voice her concerns but it didn't help so instead of dwelling on it she plugged herself into the servers attached to the phone cole had stolen and found a video marked almost three years ago and played it.

Inside the 3D simulation she watched cole fighting seven color clad fighters. starting from when he first entered the room to when he ran away. thankfully she had no audio but reading lips and body language she deciphered most of it and a few times she gasped with a myriad of emotions danced across her face.

She dug deeper into everything Dr.merlot had on cole and found a multitude of files, pictures, and videos on cole and she admitted that she was beginning to pity the man that slept beside her, then a thought crossed her servers. 'if he doesn't let his heart heal he'll get himself killed' her directive dictated that she needed to ensure her master didn't expire so she made a note to ensure he survived...even if it meant her destruction.

crawling into bed with him she placed a hand over his cheek with a determined look on her face.

"i hope i can serve you well master cole" she said pulling him close to her chest in her synthetic arms while he instinctively pulled her close enjoying her cold body in his sleep.

"i love you, snow angel" he whispered in his sleep.

"you have a lot of time and potential to prepare...don't fail remnant" she said mimicking weiss' voice and kissed his temple.

Cole's subconscious caught the voice immediately and he started crying, Rachel heard that and pulled him close into her chest letting him listen to her false heart beating rhythmically and soon calmed a bit more than expected and wrapped his arms around her.

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Ya'll know where to dm me if you have anything to say.

Cole wasn't supposed to be brought back in my original story but I figured it was better to bring him back in the worst and darkest way I could fathom so I guess this was the best way to do it.

All the characters will be put through absolute torture for being built back up so if you hated this route I would ask that you let me know otherwise I'll keep writing this plot point cause it feels more authentic than just making a carbon copy of the Canonical rwby vs my story.