(Beacon academy amphitheater)
The trio finally arrived at the auditorium where the other students were gathered
"Ruby! Alex! over here I save you guys a spot" yang yelled out to the two
"Hey, we gotta go! we'll see you after the ceremony!" ruby said darting off
"Hey, wait oh great where am I supposed to find another nice quirky girl to talk to" Jaune said
"Oh, I think you'll be fine" Alex said noticing a redhead that had taken interest in jaun before Alex began walking away
"So, how's your first day going guy's?" Yang asked
"You mean since you ditched us and I exploded" Ruby said
"Wow melt down already" Yang said
"No, she literally exploded" Alex said
"Yea I literally exploded a hole in front of the school...there was fire... and I think some ice" ruby aid
"Are you guy's being sarcastic?" yang asked
"Ugh I wish" the two said in unison
"I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage and then she yelled at me and then I sneezed! and then I exploded! and then she yelled again and I felt really really bad and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me" ruby said unaware of said girl coming up behind her
"Uh ruby" Alex said
"YOU!" Weiss yelled
"Oh god its happening again" ruby yelled jumping into yang's arms
"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff" Weiss said
"Oh my god you really exploded" yang said
"Told ya" Alex said
"It was an accident " Ruby said hopping out of her sister's arms approaching the heiress
"Yea can't you just forgive her " Alex said Weiss the held up a pamphlet with the words 'Dust for Dummies' written on the front
"What's this?" ruby asked
"The Schnee dust company is not responsible for any injuries or damage sustained while operating a Schnee dust company product although not mandatory the Schnee family highly encourages their customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy to follow guide to dust application and practice in the field" Weiss said
"Uhhh" was all ruby could say
"You really want to start making things up to me?" Weiss asked
"Absolutely" Ruby said
"Read this and don't ever speak to me again" Weiss said
"Look it sounds like you two got off on the wrong foot why don't you start over a try to be friends ok" yang suggested
"Yea great idea sis hello Weiss I'm ruby want to hang out we can go shopping for school supplies" ruby said
"Yea and we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys like tall blond and scraggly over there "Weiss said her voice dripping with sarcasm while pointing her thumb at jaun who took notice of her comment
'Geese this girl really needs to just chill out'
"Oh, wow really?" ruby beamed
"No" Weiss said coldly
Professor ozpin stepped up to the stage "Ahem... I'll keep this brief."
The students then look towards him before he continues " you have traveled here in search on knowledge. to hone your craft and acquire new skills. and when you finish you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people"
Ruby grinned at the statement
"But I look amongst you and all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose direction you assume knowledge will free you of this but your time at this school will prove to you that knowledge can only take you so far. it is up to you to take the first step" ozpin said
"Man, that was depressing" Alex said
"He did seem kind of off" yang said
"It's almost like he wasn't even there" ruby said
Glynda then approached the microphone "you will gather in the ball room tonight tomorrow your initiation begins... be ready you are dismissed " she said
(beacon ballroom)
All the students laid sprawled about in sleeping bags Alex took a spot next to a window overlooking the courtyard Alex took of his jacket and shirt revealing a rather muscular upper body immediately catching the attention of some of the female students and a set of glares from the male students who were trying to impress the girls he looked around the room ruby was busy writing in what looked like a journal until yang dropped down next to her
"It's like a big slumber party" yang shouted while crashing down next to ruby
"I don't think dad would approve of all the boys" Ruby said
"I know I do " yang purred as she looked over the male students before jaun walked into view wearing rabbit footy pajamas making her groan and turn her attention back to ruby
"What's that?" yang asked
"Oh, just a letter to the gang back at signal. I promised to tell them all about beacon and how things are going" ruby said
"Oh, that's so cute~ " yang squealed before a pillow hit her in the face courtesy of Ruby
"Shut up I didn't get to take my friends to school with me it's weird not knowing anyone here "ruby said a slightly angry expression on her face
"What about Jaun he's... nice there you go plus one friend that's a one hundred percent increase add Alex and you've got another one hundred percent increase! that's two hundred percent! that's two-hundred percent increase in total" she said trying to cheer ruby up
"Pretty shore Weiss counts as a negative friend back to one" ruby said as she lay on her back
"There's no such thing as negative friends "yang replied, "you just made two friends and one enemy!" she said not realizing that didn't help her sisters situation, until she received another pillow to the face "look it's only been a day. trust me, you've got friends all around you. you just haven't met them yet" yang said a small light turning on got the girls attention looking over at the source finding a familiar raven-haired girl reading a book at candle light
"That girl" ruby said
"You know her?" yang asked in sudden interest
"Not really, she saw what happened this morning, but left before I could say anything" ruby said
"Well now's your chance" yang said before grabbing her little sister and dragging her towards the midnight reader
"Wait what are you doing! "ruby cried in protest struggling to get free
Alex couldn't help but laugh at this he stared out the window into the star lit night sky
'Looks like this is home for now' he thought closing his eyes
*CLANG*
Alex eyes shot open looking around some of the students clearly herd the noise but quickly brushed it off and went back to what they were doing Alex looked down into the court yard finding at least a dozen white humanoids with bronze armor and mechanical body parts marching off somewhere
'Grinder here the psychos are already making there move' Alex thought to himself while making his way to the door but not without getting the attention of four girls
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Alex kept to the shadows following close behind the grinders until they entered beacons locker room Alex hugged the wall before looking round the grinders were busy trying to pry the lockers open while a robot with large tools on his back and arms. his triple red eyed silver face on a bronze gear attached to another gear on his chest is a gun barrel
"Now let's see how these humans fair without their weapons" laughed the leading robot
A group of grinders pointed towards the entrance getting his attention "what is it now you fool's" scowled the leader before turning towards the doorway "aw butter biscuits!" scowled the robot while Alex stood there with his arms crossed
"Sup cog so the psycho society revived you after the pirate legacy rangers destroyed you" Alex said recalling when professor cog joined forces with the armada to concur an alternate version of earth
"Correct power ranger but this time ill defeat you after all your outnumbered. grinders destroy him!" cog ordered as the grinders charged foreword
"I don't think so" Alex said summoning the cell-shifter morpher and engine cell inserting the cell he thrust the morpher foreword before moving it to the side
"RPM" presses the gold button "Get in gear" thrusts morpher foreword
*Morphing Sequence*
Alex slides through three holograms before spinning as his ranger suite form bellow his neck. Alex pumped his arms away as two silver seat belts flew over his shoulders locking into his belt buckle his zord road over him before his helmet formed around his head
*End Morphing sequence *
"RPM red ranger!" Alex cried out his suit is primarily red, including his boots. his boots and white gloves have a black tire each from the entrance point his helmet is eagle/ vehicle themed along with an eagle stylized 1 on his chest
"An RPM ranger quick protect me!" cog cried as the grinders charged foreword a grinder swung its sword at red RPM ranger who slid under the blade knocking the grinders legs from out under it before spin kicking another grinder in the chest and punching it in the head he retrieved his weapon from its holster "Nitro blaster" he cried as he cut don three of the grinders
"You may not be in Corinth anymore" punches two grinders in the head " but now the power of Corinth" kicks another in the chest "has come to get rid of you " Red RPM ranger cried before double punching a grinder in the chest sending it crashing into a pillar suddenly two black ropes wrapped around his wrist restraining his arms taking advantage of his situation a grinder swung his sword at Red RPM ranger who griped one the black rope with his hand pulling it in the direct of the grinders attack as he ducked his head the grinders sword severed the rope restraining him grabbing the grinder he delivered three knees to the gut before burning the remaining rope off with the tire on his arm
A group of grinders formed a firing line and fired at red RPM ranger who handsprings to the side avoiding the blast creating a series of explorations behind him "Nitro saber!" Red RPM ranger cried cutting down two grinders before punching another two in the head before flipping the blade into a back handed griped the two tires on his boots began two spin emitting a red energy " time to get in gear" red RPM ranger cried before zooming foreword cutting down the remaining grinders before skidding to a halt their bodies began to spark and spasm before exploding
"That really grinds my gears" professor cog roared as red RPM ranger patted his nitro saber against his palm
"Its late Cog can we wrap this up" Red RPM ranger said
"My mission is a failure I have no reason to remain here" Professor cog said before running off Red RPM ranger sighing heavily de-morphing
"Ugh please no more surprises tonight " Alex said before heading back to the ball room unaware that people were watching him
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After Alex's battle with professor cog Ruby Weiss Blake and Yang stood in the entrance to the ballroom each with mixed expressions on their faces Ruby seemed awed by what she had seen when Alex took out the robots with speed that could match her own. Weiss had a look of both shock and confusion after watching a spandex wearing teen take down a squadron of robots in less than a minute. Blake although she didn't show it she was rather interested by the events that transpired the robots the suit and this Corinth all seemed to be linked. Yang simply stood there dumbfounded after witnessing said eagle themed warrior take down the robots with ease.
"Ok I'll be the first to say that was so cool!" ruby exclaimed
"How is this even possible where on remnant did those robots come from?" asked Weiss
"It does seem a bit strange, although rather interesting at the same time" Blake said
"I am so confused right now I mean how the heck did he do all that?" yang asked
"I think it would be best if we wait until morning to get answers" Blake suggested
"That we can all agree on" Weiss said before the four returned to their sleeping places
Blake stared at Alex who had returning to his sleeping area turning in for the night 'who are you?' she wondered