Morph Ball Bombs-Ruby gains a belt that allows her to drop dust bombs when using her Crawl Mode. Idea by RWBYpiece with a little of storyreader21 idea added to the mix.

Hi-Jump-Ruby absorbs another parasite that strengthens her legs to jump higher. Idea by RWBYpiece with little of SargentEpsilon idea added to the mix.

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-Jacob9594 gave me the idea of Ruby combing two dust into one to make her energy blasts strong. But the idea is not is finalized. Ideas are still welcome.

Power Bomb-Ideas Welcome.

Space Jump-Ruby will gain rocket boots that let her jump continuously. Idea by Jacob9594 with a little of SargentEpsilon added to the mix.

Gravity Suit-Ideas Welcome.

Diffusion Missiles-Ideas Welcome.

Screw Attack-Ruby will use her Crescent Rose during her space jump with electricity added in cause she misses. Mixing both Jacob9594 and SargentEpsilon ideas for this one.

Ice Beam-Still undecided, but ideas are still welcome. I might just remove this power-up altogether.

Well, it appears I got lots of ideas from you guys. Thanks! Now before I start let me get something out of the way. Just because I don't use some ideas from others, doesn't mean I'm not grateful for the help. Also, storyreader21, Ruby will not be transforming into a Beowulf, at least not in the way you think. But will not happen at all for this story. For those that are wondering why are some of the ideas say "Not Finialzed". I like the ideas, but I feel there could be something more that could be added to them. And I combined two people's ideas because I like what both of those people have. Before I forget, Jacob9594, I did get your ideas for the Power Bombs and Diffusion Missile, but I haven't decided if I'm going to use them. But at least I have a backup just in case, thanks.

Okay, that's it for the update, on to the story.


Ruby rode down the elevator feeling some shake above her.

"What was that?" She asked, confused.

The elevator reach the bottom floor and it suddenly went dark again.

"Okay, what's is going on here?!" Ruby asked.

"Trap it!"

Ruby jumps as she heard the same voice from before. She looks around before spotting some numbers on the wall, with the number one glowing.

"I guess I'm going this way." She said, running down the hall.

She found another elevator and saw it was still working. She rode it into Sector 1. She enters the Navigation Room and contacts Winter.

"Winter, something strange is going on." She said.

"Agreed, the Main Elevator in the access shaft has been severely damaged. It will be unusable for some time, unfortunately. Some unknown agent is at work. Something very powerful. Certainly not human or faunus of any kind." Winter said.

Ruby couldn't be sure, but it sounds like Winter's voice was trying to hide some kind of fear in it.

"I'll report when I know more. Now, listen closely, the parasites in Sector 1 have invaded the atmospheric stabilizers. They must want to alter the environment to suit their needs. They are already reproducing. Clear all 5 atmospheric stabilizers to stop them." Winter said.

"Why would they do that?" Ruby asked.

Winter went quiet.

"Winter?" Ruby asked, confused.

"Just clear out the atmospheric stabilizers." She said and cut the connection.

"Okay?" Ruby said, even more confused.

She shook her head and started on her mission.


Beacon,

"Winter?" Weiss asked, crossing her hands, upset.

They didn't leave after watching the camera of the strange new Ruby and hearing the real Ruby's question.

"I can't tell you. Ironwood ordered me not to tell anyone. Not even you, Weiss." She said.

"Well, can you tell us WHY IN THE OUM THERE ARE TWO RUBYS?!" Yang shouted.

"I'm not sure. Reports say that the Death Soul Parasites mostly take the form of animals to hide from Grimms, due to them attacking humans. But how did they copy Miss Rose?" Winter said before the answer came to her.

'Her blood! That has to be it! It must have used her blood to take her shape. But why Miss Rose? Why did they take up her body?' She thought.

"Well, since we know which one is the real Ruby, what should we call the other one?" Blake asked.

Winter replays the image of the other Ruby and notices had it was looking at them with the dead in its eyes. Weiss shivers from the look. Seeing something take the form of her partner and giving off the opposite of what Ruby normally shows, feel her with death.

"Death Rose," Weiss said, her voice showing fear in it.

Winter turns and heard the name. She looks back at the image and couldn't help but agree with the name. It was a Death Soul Parasite mimicking Ruby after all.

"Death Rose?" Yang asked, surprised.

"It was the first thing that came to mind. I mean, look at it! It looks like Ruby, it even has its own Crescent Rose! But it's eyes! They're nothing like Ruby's!" Weiss said.

"Agreed. From the short time I've known her, this thing is nothing like Miss Rose." Winter said before noticing something on her belt.

"What?! It has its own dust?!" She asked, shocked.

"Is that bad?" Yang asked.

"I'm afraid so. We took away Miss Rose's dust to prevent any damage to the facility, and we strongly believe, due to her Grimm DNA, Miss Rose can be hurt by dust. We don't know why her aura isn't attacking her, but if this parasite has dust then it must know how to beat a Grimm." Winter said.

The rest of Team RWBY's eyes widen. Yang was more than willy to tell Winter to get Ruby out of there, but she then remember that the main elevator was down. Meaning, Ruby was stuck!

"I know what you're thinking, Miss Xiao-Long. Don't. You don't have any protection against the Parasites. I'm sure your father and uncle wouldn't want to lose you as they almost did with Miss Rose." Winter spoke up.

Yang growls as she knew Winter was right. How was she going to help Ruby if she had no way of keeping herself safe?

"Yang, I understand how you feel," Blake said, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"But we need to trust Ruby with this. She'll come back alive." She added.

"Yeah," Yang said, sadly.

While she doesn't doubt her sister's abilities, she still remembers the promise she told herself after they lost Ruby's mother. She knew Ruby was growing up and can take care of herself, but she was still her sister. It was her job to watch over her. But it was starting to become much harder now.


Sector 1,

Ruby enter a room that looked like a piece of the Emerald Forest, but with red mist and an alarm baring. Ruby was glad to be wearing a helmet. There was something about this mist that look poisoned to her. She ran through the area, keeping an idea out for any of the atmospheric stabilizers. It didn't take her long to find the first one and noticed the Parasite covering it. She quickly fires her new gauntlet at it, causing the parasite to break apart. Ruby absorbs it as the area started to clear up.

"Good! I just have four more to go!" Ruby smiles.

Ruby looks around, seeing the area fading back to normal. She turns and left the room, not seeing a pair of eyes watching her.

Ruby enters another room like the first and quickly clears the area. She did the same for the next area and the area after that. So far, things were working smoothly.

"Grimm! KILL IT!"

Ruby jumps as she heard the voice again. She had no idea where it was coming from, but she had to move on. She soon came to another giant eye that began to attack her. Ruby was able to destroy it and walks inside. She blinks as she steps into the room. It looked like another lab only this one had a...bird statue?

Ruby walks up to it and notices something in its hands.

"What is this thing?" She asked before looking closer at what it was holding.

Suddenly, the ball began to crack before the whole bird statue faded into a Death Parasite! Ruby jumps back as the Parasite was once again covered in a shell, but this one was different. Its shell looked to be spikey as if to protect itself from Ruby's attacks. Ruby watched as it floated close to her before an eye appear. It builds something inside it before a powerful blast hits her.

"AUGH!" Ruby shouted, getting knocked back as her suit energy drops by 10%.

'Was that dust?!' Ruby thought, her body feeling a bit heavy.

She shook her head before seeing it build up the same energy as before. She quickly aims for the eye and fires a blast at it, hearing the same scream-like cry as the other. Now seeing a way to hurt it, Ruby followed a pattern. First, wait until the eye opened and started charging up, then shoot the eye. Rise and repeat. After the last blast, the shell breaks and Ruby jumps up and absorbs it.

Instead of going to her suit, it went straight to her Crescent Rose.

"Upgrade for the Crescent Rose compete. Chargeable Gravity Dust added. Charge up Dust to release a more powerful shot."

"Gravity Dust?" Ruby asked, confused.

She pull out her Crescent Rose and kept it in its gun form. She notices something on the barrier of the gun and hits her trigger. She held it and saw some dust build around it before it became an energy ball. Ruby turns and released the shot, seeing a bigger and more powerful shot from her Crescent Rose. She was almost knocked off her feet, but she was able to stay on them.

"That...look...so...AWESOME!" Ruby beamed.

However, Ruby snaps out of it when she remembers her mission. She still had one more atmospheric stabilizer to find and the door looked to be much different than the other ones. Giving her new Charge Shot a try, Ruby open the door and started looking for the last atmospheric stabilizer. She did find it and was able to clear it, thanks to her new charge shot.

"There, that should clear everything up." Ruby smiles.

"Kill It!"

Ruby jumps again as the voice spoke up. She pulled out her Crescent Rose again, she put it away after cleaning the last atmospheric stabilizer, and started to look around.

"Okay, that voice is started to get ready spooky. I better head back to the Navigation Room." She said before running as fast as she could.

Ruby didn't get why her suit wouldn't let her use her semblance. Oum, she could still use it even after getting her Grimm DNA. So why can't she? She reaches the Navigation Room and contacts Beacon.

"RUBY!"

She jumps in shock when she saw her sister Yang appear on the screen.

"Yang?!" She asked, surprised.

"You're in big trouble, young lady!" Yang shouted.

"Yang! Get your face out of the screen!"

"Weiss?" Ruby asked, hearing her partner's voice.

"Not just her."

"Blake? How do you guys...?" She started.

"Never mind that, what were you thinking?! You almost died to those things! Why did you go in an area infested with them?!" Yang shouted.

"I..." Ruby started.

"Do you have any idea what dad and uncle Qrow would do if they find out about this?!" Yang shouted.

"YANG!" Ruby shouted, stopping her sister.

"Look, I get it. You're mad, all of you. But I wanted to do this. If I don't, then the Parasites could escape and head to the city. Thousand of People will become infected and they might not be as lucky as me." Ruby said, making her team think on her words.

"Miss Rose," Winter said, taking over.

"From what I can see, the atmospheric stabilizers are online. But many of the Parasites have already made it to other sectors. In particular... Sector 2 (TRO), the tropical habitat, shows abnormalities. I suspect the parasites entered this sector with the help of our unseen saboteur. He, she, or it may be in TRO now. Miss Rose, get over there. We need to put a stop to this. Start moving. I'll brief you at the TRO Navigation Room." She said.

Ruby could tell there was something else she wanted to say, but it looks as if she needs to cool down Yang first.

"Okay, and Yang?" She said, making her sister turn.

"I can do this. Trust me." She added.

Yang sighs before looking at her baby sister.

"Just don't die on me again." She said.

Ruby nods and the connection turn off. She run to the elevator and started to head for Sector 2.


Okay, I'm going to do Sector 2 for the next chapter. I wasn't in a writing mood for a few days and decided to take a break from it. But I was able to work on this chapter before so I got a lot done before my break. So, Ruby's Death Parasite has its name, and Ruby clears out Sector 1. She even got her Charge Beam. I wish to thank everyone for sending their idea in the last chapter, but I still need more to cover all the power-ups. To help keep everyone updated, I will remove the Power-ups that have the abilities to match how they could work in RWBY's Universe. So, Sector 2 will have its second boss, which RWBYpiece gave me a Frog to represent the Hi-Jump. You know, I might do that with all the boss. Might help you guys come up with ideas for the power-ups. But take your time and don't rush.