Missiles-Ruby will use an experimental gauntlet that will shoot out a finite number of energy shots. Will find Data Packs to increase her amount count. Idea by SargentEpsilon.

Morph Ball-Ruby will grain a suit upgrade from the first boss, allowing her to crawl through tight vents without getting stuck and can turn around in the vents. Idea by Me.

Charge Beam-Ruby will use gravity dust to charge up her dust to release a more powerful shot. Idea by RWBYpiece.

Morph Ball Bombs-Ideas Welcome. And no poop jokes!

Hi-Jump/Jump Ball-Don't worry about the Jump Ball, Ruby isn't going to have it. But ideas are welcome for the Hi-Jump.

Speed Booster-SargentEpsilon gave me the idea of using Wind Dust to replace Ruby's semblance, but the idea is not finalized. Ideas are still welcome.

Super Missiles-Ideas Welcome.

Vaira Suit-Dust Suit. Ruby will wear it as means to protect herself from Dust Parasites. Death Parasites that have Dust in their make-up, which is harmful to Grimms. Idea by me.

Ice Missiles-Ruby's new gauntlet will allow her to use Ice Dust to freeze enemies. Idea by SargentEpsilon.

Wide Beam-Ruby will use both Ground and Electric Dust to shoot a wide beam from her gun. Idea by LogBook.

Power Bomb-Ideas Welcome.

Space Jump-Ideas Welcome.

Plasma Beam-Ruby will use an experimental version of fire dust that the atlas military had been experimenting with, making it hot enough to become plasma. Idea by LogBook. With the idea from RWBYpiece added to the mix.

Gravity Suit-Ideas Welcome.

Diffusion Missiles-Ideas Welcome.

Wave Beam-Ruby will use a mixer of fire, electric, and gravity dust, through experimentation from the Atlas Military that allows the beam to travel through walls.

Screw Attack-Ideas Welcome.

Ice Beam-Still undecided, but ideas are still welcome.

And that the updated versions on Ruby's Weapons. As you can see, there are still a few more power-ups that are needed. I ask you all not to rush, but take your time. Now, on with the chapter!


Weiss had returned to her dorm room shortly after Ruby left with her sister. She didn't know why General Ironwood wanted Ruby, and she has been gone for some time.

"Hey, Weiss! Where's Ruby?" Yang asked.

Yang was still trying to get over the thought of her sister dying, and she was kind of overprotective right now. But Weiss knew not to lie about Ruby to her.

"My sister told us that General Ironwood wanted to see her. Sadly, I don't know why." Weiss said, preparing herself for what's to come.

"WHAT?!" Yang shouted.

"How long ago was this?" Blake asked, worried.

"About 20 minutes ago," Weiss said before Yang grabs her.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! RUBY ALMOST DIE!" She shouted.

"Yang, calm down! For all we know, he might just want to talk to her about what happened." Blake said, trying to calm her partner down.

"Really, Yang, it's not like he would put her in danger after getting out of the hospital," Weiss said.

"Yeah, Ozpin is letting us take some time off from missions to let her recover. Speaking of which, I was supposed to help Ruby with her new nails ten minutes ago." Blake said.

"That does sound odd. Ironwood knows Ruby still needs training with her new..."

Weiss stops before looking around.

"Grimm abilities." She whispers.

Ozpin told them that they had to keep Ruby's Grimm DNA a secret or the school will panic. Most of the teachers already knew, and besides them, Team JNPR also was told to keep it a secret.

"So, why does he need her?" Yang asked.

They then heard a knock on the door, surprising them. Weiss walks over and opens it, thinking it was Ruby. But she was surprised to see Penny instead.

"Salutations, Weiss." She said, trying to sound happy.

"Penny? What brings you here?" Weiss asked.

"I was hoping we could hang out, hic!" Penny lied.

"Huh? Penny, if you know my sister then you should know that I don't like people laying to me." Weiss said.

Penny looks down. She rubs her other arm before looking into her eyes.

"I know what Ironwood wanted to see Ruby." She said.

Yang's eyes widen before pushing Weiss out of the way.

"Well? Spill! What did he what with my little sister?!" Yang almost shouted.

"Can I come in first?" Penny asked.

Regardless of Ironwood's orders, Penny felt it would be bad to leave Ruby's friends in the dark about her mission. Yang steps aside and Penny steps in. A few minutes later, a loud and angry yell was heard through Beacon.

"HE SENT HER WHERE?!"


The Research Facility,

Ruby shivers as she steps into another room. She wasn't sure, but something told her she was in trouble and not from what she was seeing in the Facility. However, she was snapped of her thoughts when a Death Parasite floated down in front of her and landed on a rotten body of a person. She gasp as the body rose and moaned, trying to reach for her. Ruby fire her Crescent Rose at its head, destroying it and turning it back into the Death Parasite. It then flew at Ruby, getting absorbed into her.

Ruby waited to see if anything was different from her last encounter with the parasites. Strangely, she felt her suit energy go up and there was nothing different about her. It look as if Winter was right. She was immune to the parasites now. Ruby smiles and brought up her arm. She made the map appear and started to look over it.

"Let's see. According to this, there's a navigation room not too far from me. And it looks like the main lab is right next to it. Maybe I can find something there." She said, jumping when she saw another Parasite charging at her.

She lets it get absorbed before moving on. Now that she knew she was safe from the parasites, Ruby felt braver as she walks through the facility. The Parasites form from many things, from small creatures she's never seen before to some that look human but looked more monster-like. Luckily, she took them down with her Crescent Rose and move forward. It didn't take her long to reach an elevator and rode to the upper levels.

"It's here. Stop it!"

Ruby blinks as she heard a voice. She shook her head and heard the elevator stop. The door opens and Ruby steps out into a huge room. Checking her map again, Ruby ran through the first door, passing the navigation room. Once she enters, Ruby saw that the lab was in bad shape. It looks Parasites found their way here. Ruby started to look around the room before spotting something on the table.

It was a gauntlet. But it wasn't any gauntlet she's seen before. She picks it up and looks it over. It look almost like Yangs, but there was something off about it. Ruby slips the gauntlet on and it wraps itself over her hand.

"Whoa." She said, moving her hand around.

It moved along with her and Ruby made a fist. She watched as the gauntlet opened and form a barrel around her fist. She brought it close and notices the inside was glowing, covering her fist. Strangely, it did hurt. Ruby held her fist out and taps the button on top of the gauntlet. She was shocked to see an energy blast shoot from her hand, hitting the nearby wall.

"Unknown update. Added to the General Research Investment Measure Miracle Suit." A computer voice said.

Ruby blinks as she notices that her suit spells out the word G.R.I.M.M. with their first letters.

"Update complete. This unit can now use the experimental energy gauntlet. The number of energies-9 out of 10. Find data packs to increase the number of attacks."

Ruby blinks. She looks at the gauntlet as it changed back. She lowers her hand before turning from the room. Just as she reached the door, the power suddenly turned off.

"What the?!" She said, pulling out her Crescent Rose.

Ruby quickly ran to the Navigation Room and called Winter.

"Winter! The power just went out." Ruby said.

"I can see that. Electrical interference has knocked out the elevators on the Main Deck. This may be related to the Death Parasites. I'll look into it. As for you, try to find an alternate way to the target. It's located here." Winter said, showing Ruby where it was.

"Got it!" Ruby said, ready to stop the parasites.

"Miss Rose? Where did you get that?" Winter said, noticing the gauntlet on her hand.

"Oh? This? I found it in the lab. My suit seems to add it to me." Ruby said.

Winter looks surprised but recovers. She heard of the gauntlet and what it was made for. Maybe it was probably best for her to hold on to it.

"Very well, I am reading massive bio-signs, so I hope gauntlet works. Your target is here." She said, reminding Ruby where she had to go.

"Got it!" Ruby said.

The connection turns off and Ruby ran out to the main deck. She tries to see if the elevator was still working, but it wasn't.

"Okay, the elevator is out. Maybe I can find another way." She said.

Ruby started to look all over the room before spotting a hatch. It look to be locked up tight and her Crescent Rose couldn't dent it. She aims her new gauntlet at it and fires. The energy knocks it off, and Ruby smirks. She climbs through it and started to climb around the maintenance corridor. She run into a few more Parasites, but she easily dealt with them. During the run-around, Ruby found a small disc that looks to fit in her gauntlet. She place it in and saw the number jump up by 2. Nodding, Ruby continue her journey until she finally got out of the corridor.

She landed on the ground and checks her map. She wasn't too far from the target. She started to run down the rooms, fighting off some Death Parasites as she did. She follow her map until she saw something covering the door. It looked to be made out of something she's never seen before as a huge eye looks back at her. The eye closes before opening a second later.

Ruby quickly dodges a huge energy blast as the eye closes again. It opens to see if it hit Ruby and she acted. She fires her gauntlet and watches as the eye reacts in pain. Smiling, Ruby started to place her shots. When the eye attack, she dodges the shots. When it opens, she fires. Finally, the eye turns into a Parasite that Ruby absorbed. She was surprised to find all of her energy refilled to the max.

"Wow! I need to keep an eye out for more of those eyes." Ruby said.

Ruby walks through the door and carefully walks through the room. However, the floor suddenly gave out from under her, causing her to scream as she fell. Ruby hits the floor and groans. However, her Grimm side acted up, making her look up.

She was shocked to see a huge Parasite floating above it, with smaller ones surrounding it. She watches it change shape and land on the ground. Ruby stood up as it turned into a strange creature that looked almost like a lizard. However, Ruby took a step back. This was one was taller than her, and looks to have shape claws and teeth. It also looked like a Grimm, due to the white armor, but the only that was black was its eyes. Its skin gave off a red color as it roars.

Death Lizard,

Ruby stares at it in shock before the Death Lizard lands on all four feet. It roars again before charging at her. Ruby quickly jumps to the side, causing it to hit its head on the wall, dazing it. Ruby quickly grabs her Crescent Rose and went to attack it. However, the Death Lizard recovered and knocks Ruby back with its tail.

"AUGH!" Ruby shouted, hitting the wall.

Ruby groans as she spotted her suit energy drop by 2% from the attack. She shook her head and stood up. The Death Lizard roars again before dashing towards Ruby. This time, Ruby jumps over it and started to run down its back, hearing it crash into the wall. She looks at her gauntlet and aims it. She fires her gauntlet and heard the Death Lizard roar in pain. It then swipes its tail at her, knocking her away again. This time, Ruby was able to stop herself from hitting the wall by placing her feet on it first, only to fall as gravity pulled her down. Knowing she wasn't safe yet, she jumps back to her feet and saw the Death Lizard above her. It tries to swipe its claw at her, but Ruby ducks under it. She notices another claw swiping at her and leads back to dodge. She then notices the tail heading for her feet and jumps.

Once she landed, she quickly fires her Gauntlet at the beast, causing it to roar as it had a hard time keeping itself together. Finally, the Lizard disappear, and in its place was a huge Parasite surrounded by an outer shell. Ruby saw some smaller parasites and notice one looks a little lighter than the others. She absorbed the small parasites and saw both her energy for her suit and her gauntlet were recovered.

Ruby notices the huge Parasite driving at her, which she quickly dodges. She hots her gauntlet at it, hearing something like a scream as the shell crack. It dove at her again, but Ruby dodges it and fires another blast. Finally, after one more dodge and shot, the outer shell broke and the huge Parasite floated in mid-air. She jumps up and grabs it, feeling it absorbing into her suit.

"Upgrade complete. Crawl Mode activated. Can crawl through small vents with ease."

"Crawl Mode?" Ruby asked, confused.

She looks around before seeing a nearby vent. She knees down and pulls the vent off, thanks to her Grimm strength. She looks into the vent before feeling her suit starting to shrink. Strangely, Ruby felt her body shrink as well. She was still the same size she always was, but she felt smaller than normal.

"Oh, come on! I drink plenty of milk!" Ruby groans.

Still, she press herself on the ground and started to crawl through the vent. She was surprised to see that she could fit and crawl through with ease. It didn't take her long to reach the other side before crawling out of the vent and stood up. She felt her body unshrink and smiles.

"Okay, this will come in handy," Ruby said, running towards the navigation room.


Beacon,

Winter sighs as she saw the fight through a working camera. She had to admit, while rough around the edge, due to being a first-year, Ruby was able to beat the Death Parasite and gain a new power. Which confuse her. How did the parasite give Ruby a new power through her suit? She saw Ruby climb through a vent before she turn the camera off.

'Well, at least we know the Gauntlet works. I need to let Ironwood know.' She thought, sitting back in her chair.

Winter closed her eyes as the fight replayed in her mind. Ruby didn't notice, but Winter did. The way Ruby dodges the Parasite attacks were almost like a Grimm. Did her Grimm DNA help her? Or was it Ruby's own will to stay alive that helped her?

Winter heard something on her desk and opens her eyes. To her surprise, it was a teacup, full with her favorite tea.

"Thank you." She said, picking it up.

"You're welcome."

Winter stops as she brought the cup to her lips before turning around and saw her sister and her friends behind her. All three of them were angry, but none more so than Yang. She could see that Yang's eyes were already red and her hair was started to flicker.

"So, Winter, mind telling me what going on with our leader?" Weiss asked.

Winter sighs and takes a sip of her tea. She lowers it and faces them.

"Miss Rose was chosen for a reason. She is the only one that can resist the Death Soul Parasites." She said, knowing lying was out of the question.

All three girls gasps at the name before Yang grabs Winter by her suit.

"YOU SEND MY LITTLE SISTER INTO MORE OF THOSE THINGS?!" Yang shouted.

Winter didn't react. She understood Yang's anger. She would be mad too if Weiss was sent on a dangerous mission after she just recover from it.

"I never wanted her to take part in this mission. But Miss Rose agreed to it. Even if I could, she would have gone anyways. She had to go alone. None of you have the same immunity as her." She said.

Yang growls before a hand touches her shoulder. She turns to see Weiss holding her shoulder and calms down. Yang lets go of Winter and steps back.

Winter straighten out her suit before turning the computer.

"Miss Rose has only begun her mission. If it was up to me, I would have ordered her to find a way to escape. But General Ironwood needs her to find any survivors and intel that might still be inside." She said.

Yang growls. She had half in mind to find Ironwood and demand why he would put her sister into this kind of mission. But Yang knew Ruby, she wouldn't want to pull out if it meant saving others. They then heard a beep and Winter saw Ruby was calling her.

"Stay quiet." She said, leaving no room for argument.


Research Facility,

"Miss Rose, your report?" Winter asked.

"Well, I went to where the place where the large amount of Parasites was and fought off a giant lizard, and gain another suit upgrade. All in that order." Ruby said.

"Well, done," Winter said before noticing something.

"The breeding environments have been invaded by Death Parasites! Sector 1 (SRX) shows several abnormalities on bio-sensors. Sector 1 is a simulation of the Emerald Forest. To get there, take the Main Elevator to the access shaft and use Elevator 1. Is your objective clear?" She said.

Ruby blinks before nodding.

"Yes." She said.

She just fought off a huge parasite monster and she felt like she could handle more.

"Use the Navigation Room inside for further briefing. I'm not sure, but I believe that whoever allowed the Death Parasites into the environment may also be linked to the explosion earlier." Winter said.

'Right. I did never find any clues of what happened. Still, I better get to Sector 1.' She thought.

Ruby ran through some rooms before she found the main elevator. She quickly hops on it and started to descend into the lower levels.

However, just as Ruby left, the wall next to the elevator exploded. A figure walked out, wearing a black and red combat skirt and a red cloak with a hood. It took a few steps before stopping. It turns and looks up at the camera shocking those who were watching. Though the hood was on its head, it clearly look just like Ruby. However, its eyes were different. It was fully black with black tears dripping down.

"Grimm." It said, facing from the camera and pulling out its Crescent Rose.

Its colors were reversed and in its gun form. The clone shot a powerful blast that destroys the door before walking through it. It was on the hunt and it knew its prey was close.


And done! So, Ruby got her first power-ups and fought her first boss. To be honest, a Lizard was the best I could come up with to give Ruby the Crawl Ability power-up. I wish it could have a better name, but it's what I went with. And for Ruby's suit, I wanted the letters to spell out Grimm and it was the best I could do. Thanks to SargentEpsilon, RWBYpiece, and Log Book for their ideas on some of the power-ups for the story. I still need a few more before I have everything I need. It looks Like the rest of Team RWBY knows about Ruby's mission and Yang is not happy. But they seem to understand Ruby's reason. So next, I'll try to cover both Sector 1 and 2.