"Penny I don't understand "Ruby said to her friend
"Most girls are born" Penny stated "but I was made" Penny looks down at her hands "I'm the world's first synthetic person capable of generating an aura" Penny had a sad look on her face "I'm not real"
Ruby grabs penny's hands opening her palms, before closing her hands around them " Of course you are " Ruby said " you think just because you've got nut's and bolt instead of squishy guts makes you any less real then me?"
"I don't, um..." Penny was lost for words "your taking this extraordinarily well."
ruby points her thumb down the alley "You're not like those things we saw back there" she said before jabbing her finger into penny's metal chest "You've got a heart and soul I can feel it"
Penny put's her hands-on Ruby's shoulders "OH, oh Ruby!" she grabs Ruby's head and pulls her into a bone crushing hug " You're the best friend anyone could have"
Ruby lets out a groan while her skull is being crushed "I can see why your farther would want to protect such a delicate flower"
Penny let ruby go "Oh, he's very sweet. My farther the one who built me! I'm sure you would just love him!"
"Wow" Ruby let out a chuckle" He built you all by himself?"
"Well almost, he had some help from Mr Ironwood." Penny said
"The General?" Ruby asked, "Wait is that why those soldiers were after you?"
"They like to protect me too!" Penny said
"Pfft, they don't think you can protect yourself?" Ruby scoffs
"They're not sure if I'm ready yet. one day, it'll be my job to save the world. But I still have allot left to learn" Penny put her hands up to her chest "That's why my farther let me come to the Vytal festival. I want to see what it's like in the real world, and test myself in the tournament.
"Penny what are you talking about?" Ruby asked confused " Save the world from what? We're in a time of peace"
"That's not what mister Ironwood said" all of a sudden, they heard voices from down the alley.
"Check down here" Penny put her hand on Ruby's shoulder "You have to hide"
she lifts ruby up with ease despite the girls struggles. "Gah, Penny! what are you doing? you don't have to go with them I can help you!" Penny throws Ruby into the nearby dumpster the lid slamming down as she entered before penny lifted it to talk
"It's okay Ruby, They're not bad people. I just don't want you to get in trouble. just promise me you won't tell anyone about my secret. Okay?"
Ruby nodded her head " I promise " she then lowered her head into the dumpster and penny shuts the lid. sound of footsteps followed by voices followed
"There she is!"
"Salutations officers" Penny said cheerfully
"Why we're you are running? and what happened to the other girl?" One of the soldiers asked
"What girl, I've been by myself all day." Penny said innocently before she hiccupped
"You shouldn't cause such a scene"
"Are you okay?"
"Just a scratch" penny answered showing them her hands.
"Penny, your farther isn't going to be happy about this."
"Please just come with us"
"Yes, sir" they all began to walk away. Ruby smiled before the squeak of a rat made ruby jump back into the garbage.
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Bumblebee rocketed down the streets of vale yang taking turn after turn Neptune hanging onto the back. eventually reaching an alleyway and stops Neptune was shocked with awe and terror. his goggles were askew and his hair was a mess.
On the rooftops above koan in his Panunican form resembling a dire wolf with the fangs of a saver tooth tiger, a tail with a razor-sharp hook on the end along with a single horn on its nose leapt down into the street stopping next to yang.
"Whoa, what the heck is that?" she asked
A bright flash of crimson light reviled Koan " Panuncian very fast, very deadly "
"A PUNuncian" she said getting off her bike earning a groan from Neptune and a small laugh from Koan which surprised her "You like my Pun's" she asked
"A good joke's a good joke and you got plenty of them" Koan said giving her a smile causing Yang to blush.
"Uhh...guy's" Neptune cut in, shaking his head fixing his hair
"Oh…uh, right. C'mon my friends right in here" Yang said a b it flustered
" And where exactly is...here?"
Inside the club the music was blasting as Junior stood behind the bar fixing his tie. It was opening time in an hour or so the DJ stood alongside Melina and Miltia Malachite standing next to one another.
All of the sudden two of junior's henchmen come in trying to close the door behind them "Hurry close the door she's coming!" blocking the door with their body's junior saw this and yells across the club.
"What are you two idiots doing?!" he yelled suddenly the doors were blasted open. a new song began to play as yang walked in.
"Guess who's back" she said with a smug look on her face. eight guns were simultaneously pointed at her face by junior's goons, the club music began to cut off annoying her Yang glares at the DJ booth.
The DJ pops his head out seeing yang staring at him and lifts the needle off the record before taking cover. Neptune peers out from over her shoulder
"Yeah" he said "so could you define friend for me"
"Just try not to think about it" Koan said walking up next to her.
"Stop, stop nobody shoot. Junior said the henchmen lowering their weapons letting him pass." Blondie, your here... why?"
"You still owe me a drink" Yang said dragging him back to the bar.
"Whoa, what a woman" Neptune said before noticing the malachite twins putting on a suave look "sup"
the two harrumph " Whatever " before walking off
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Across town Blake, Sun and Alex arrived at the white fang meeting spot Blake analyses three lines on the corner of the warehouse resembling a claw mark. Blake leaned over to see two horned Faunus entering
"This is it" Blake said
"You sure?" Sun asked Blake glares at him sun raised his hands defensively as a response "You know what I'm just going to take you word for it" Sun said
"Hold on, you guys better take these" Alex said handing the two an ear piece each
"Smart that we can stay in contact with one another." Blake said putting hers in. Blake undid her bow as she and sun turned the corner Alex climbed up the drain pipe leading to the rooftop across from the warehouse giving him a good view through the windows.
The usher let's Blake and Sun through to their right is a box full of mask's. They both take one and walk down the corridor. A white fang member leads in the two Faunus ahead of them "New recruits keep to the right."
"I don't get it" Sun asks " if you believe what your ding is right, why hide who you are "
"The masks are a symbol" Blake began "Humanity wanted to make monsters out of us, so we chose to don the faces of monsters"
"Man, that sounds dark" Alex's voice came over the earpiece
"So was the guy who started it." Blake responded
Sun looked down at the mask "Always sunshine and rainbows with you" he said before putting it on
The two finally made it into the main room where there is some chatter they keep to the right with the others waiting for the meeting to start.
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On the rooftop outside Alex sat keeping a watchful eye on the meeting, he had managed to hack into the security cameras with his plumber's badge and had a good view of the meeting inside he could see Blake and Sun mixed in with the crowed.
A white fang member began to pace around the stage as the meeting began "Thank you all for coming. For those of you who are joining us for the first time tonight, allow me to introduce a very special comrade of ours. I can assure you, he is the key to obtaining what we have fought for, for so long"
Everyone looked to the left there stood Roman Torchwick "Thank you, thank you please hold your applause." Roman said as he took to the stage
"What's a human doing here?" A dear Faunus yelled pointing at him.
Roman looks at her "I'm glad you asked dearie. Now I'll be the first to admit, humans are the WORST." he gave a little salute "Case in point" he began to pace around "So I understand why you would love to see us all locked away, or better yet: killed!"
"Is he going with this or...?" sun asked Blake
"...Would like to mention the fact that you and I ALL have a common enemy. The one's who control, the people pulling the strings the dirty rotten humans that run our kingdoms." Roman began listing things off while counting on his fingers "Government, Military. even the schools their all to blame for your lot in life."
The recruits and some White Fang members were cheering. Blake and Sun looked around not liking where this was going "And they're all pests that need to be dealt with," Roman continued "Fortunately, I'm the best exterminator around. No offense to any rodents in the room." Roman snapped his fingers
the tarp behind him dropped to revile a giant robot, one of the Atlesian Paladins bearing a white fang emblem. The erupted in cheers.
"That's not good" Alex said
"Uh... That's a big robot." Sun said a little intimidated by its presence
"How did he get that?" Blake asked
"As some of you may have heard, this right here-" he knocked on the shin of the robot " is Atlas newest line of defense against all the scary things in the world. And thanks to some generous business partners of ours, we've managed to snag some of them before they, uh, hit the shelves."
"Now many of your brothers have already moved down to our new operation in the south east. If you want to stay in the city, that's fine but if you're truly ready to fight for what you believe in, this is the type of arsenal I can provide you."
The crowd cheers, ready to begin their instruction.
"This isn't good." Alex said
Blake looks over to sun " We should get out of here"
Then the White Fang commander speaks "Will all new recruits please come forward" the recruits began moving forward
"Welp!" Sun said as the two tried to figure a way out of this
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Junior placed his glass back down onto the bar. yang had been asking him questions about Torchwick and anything else he might have heard " I don't know"
"How can you not know?" Yang asked folding her arms.
"I haven't talked to him. I haven't seen him since the night you first came in here. He paid upfront, I lent him my men, and none of them ever. came. back"
"So where did they go?" Neptune asked trying to help
"What kind of stupid question is that? they never came back! Who is this guy" Koan dragged Neptune back
"Forgive him, he's new to this" Koan said
"So, don't worry about him worry about me" Yang said, she then points to herself "Worry about me if I don't find what I want."
"I already told you everything! Torchwick hired my boys and I guess he wasn't happy with them" Junior said before looking over to his boys who were lounging about the club. "Which is something I can relate to!"
"C'mon, guy's" Yang said turning away Koan and sun following her out
"Did we get everything we need?" Neptune asked
"We'll we got everything we can. hopefully the rest of the team is having better luck." She said
"I doubt that, in the past Alex is always able to find trouble." Koan said
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The crowd of white fang recruits cheered hyped from the speech Torchwick had given. Sun leaned over and whispered into Blake's ear "What are we going to do?"
"I'm thinking. "she responded looking around for an escape route no matter what way they took it would look like they were leaving.
Torchwick was about to put his cigar in his mouth but then he noticed the blond-haired monkey Faunus and the black-haired cat Faunus "He sees us" Sun said Torchwick tosses his cigar aside and walks towards them.
Then Blake noticed the fuse box and an idea came to mind "He can't see in the dark "She said drawing gambol shroud shooting the box. The lights go out and Torchwick yells
"Don't let them get away" he said grunting as he hit something
"Sun, the window! "Blake called out
"Stop them!" Roman called out followed by the whirring of machinery.
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Alex jumped across the gap to the roof across from the warehouse suddenly Blake and Sun broke through the window suddenly the wall was blown out reviling the Paladin chasing after the two of them.
"Guy's!" Alex yelled summoning an Astro morpher crossing his left arm over his chest "Lets Rock It!" he cried thrusting his right arm forward
Morphing Sequence
"3, 3 ,5" A robotic voice said as Alex typed in the activation code an alarm blared as the Astro morpher lit up, a hologram of the Red space ranger alongside a hologram of the Spiral Saber and various streams of data off to the side.
Morphing sequence complete
"Red Space Ranger!" he cried striking a pose, His ranger suit is primarily Red with white boots, white elbow length gloves and a white belt holding his Astro blaster, along with a yellow v neck and white collar across his chest are five multicolored boxes, his helmet is primarily Red with white highlights around the black visor with a silver mouth piece.
Leaping of the rooftop he thrust his arm out "Galaxy Glider hang ten!" he cried a flash of white light appeared as a Red hoverboard formed under him. chasing after them.
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Blake and Sun continue hopping from rooftop to rooftop hoping to get away from the robot controlled by Roman. Then sun spoke up "So you wouldn't happen to have," he jumps to another roof" Oh I don't know" another jump "some form of backup"
"I'm on it!" Blake yelled as she pulled out her scroll. Red space ranger was gaining on the robot firing off a laser that struck the hull the robots stumbled but kept up the pace the armor where the blast hit was scorched and slightly melted.
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Weiss got down to the ground level of the CCT building, picking up her scroll as she walked out of the elevator "Everyone" Blake yelled "if you can hear me we need back-"
"HEEEEELLLPP" Sun yelled over the line Weiss does an eye roll but gets a smile on her face ready for some action
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Ruby stared at her scroll she had boarded up the dumpster to keep the rats in
"They got a robot "Sun yelled " And it's big, really big!"
"Oh, I am not missing this "Ruby said running off to join the fray
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Yang and Neptune sat on yang's bike her helmet and aviators. Koan stood next to them. "That Torchwick guy's in it! But not like, it didn't eat him...He's like, controlling it or something!"
"Where are you guys?" Yang asked they heard rumbling followed by a few blue flashes from road the corner and turn to see Blake and Sun Running from the paladin and Red space ranger firing at it from behind
"HURRY!" Sun yelled
"I think that was them" Neptune said
"Yea I got it." Yang said revving her cycle" Koan are you-"
"Just go I'll catch up!" Koan said
"let's go!" Yang said speeding off as Koan slams his hand down on the Nemetrix taking his Panuncian form joining the chase.
Blake and Sun continued leaping from the roof of one car to another in the middle of the highway. one driver honking in jump onto another set of cars the robot leaping down after and Neptune doing the same
The Paladin plows through the traffic throwing cars aside. making it harder for Yang, Red space ranger and Koan to keep up
Whoa" Sun yelled as the two Faunus continued to jump from car to car meanwhile Yang was getting allot closer Koan closing in leaping onto the back of the robot to divert its attention.
"Get off you dumb animal!" Roman yells from inside
Meanwhile yang was talking with Neptune "We need to slow it down!"
Beeping came from inside the compartment getting Romans attention seeing that Neptune was reaching for his weapon, and the little shit on top was starting to do some damage. He started throwing cars at them to try and make it harder for them to keep up.
"Hold on!" Yang yelled
"Oh no" Neptune said as yang began to drive sporadically to avoid the oncoming cars. Suddenly a certain shape shifter was sent their way after falling into the Paladins grasp. Koan angled himself in the air narrowly missing Yang and Neptune, his claws digging into the tarmac he let out a roar before charging towards the Paladin once again.
Neptune pulled out his weapon shifting it into gun form, charging a lightning round firing at the robot causing a small explosion with each shot. Followed up by a small salvo from Red space ranger who surveyed the battle from overhead.
Neptune stands up shifting his weapon into its guandao form, leaping of the back of the bike the blade splits apart into a trident his weapon lands into the back of the paladin.
Sun and Blake stop on a pair of trucks seeing their friend in distress "Neptune, hang on!" Sun said he slams his palms together creating two golden clones of himself that each charge at the paladin, unfortunately they have no effect
Sun launches off the truck drawing his bow staff and is about to slam down, the robot spun one more time, throwing Neptune into Sun falling off to the side.
"Oh, that's gotta hurt" Red space ranger grimaced
Blake saw this but then heard Weiss voice from her scroll "Blake I'm in position"
Weiss leapt down from the overpass landing in between oncoming traffic the Paladin barreling towards her readying her rapier. Blake leaps off the highway Weiss slams her rapier down creating a sheet of ice causing the Paladin to slip and tumble off the edge of the barrier.
The robot lands and Ruby is waiting for it, the rest of team RWBY land ready for a fight while Koan and Red space ranger landed next to them
"What the hell is this thing made of" Red space ranger said pulling out his Spiral Saber a large drill head shaped sword capable of firing a concentrated laser.
The paladin began to close in on them "We gotta blind it!" Red space ranger said Ruby nodded
"Freezer burn!" Ruby yelled the others quickly disperse, Weiss slams her rapier into the ground creating a sheet of ice yang leaps into the air bringing her Ember Celica down creating a thick smokescreen.
Roman activates the Paladins lasers to assist with its vision but had little effect. the robot tries firing at a passing yang but misses finally the laser spots yang and Blake firing at the two who dodge but from the explosion comes Ruby slicing the front of the robot.
"Spiral Saber!" Red space ranger calls out slicing one of the cameras off following up Ruby's strike stabbing the tip of his saber into the armor plating like a hit knife through butter before disappearing back into the mist.
Ruby pulled back the slide on her weapon "Checkmate" she called out Weiss and Blake charged forward delivering a flurry of blows to the robot's feet. Weiss jumps up and stabs one of its sensors causing it to go haywire. Weiss then uses a white glyph to hop away from the robot.
The robot raised its foot to crush Blake but Weiss uses a glyph to send Blake backwards narrowly avoiding being crushed. The paladin then fired a barrage of missiles Weiss uses her glyphs to help doge the missile's.
The paladin fires a few shots at Weiss who blocked it with her rapier. yet she is still sent flying. She sent another glyph towards Blake the gears in the center began to turn causing Blake's body to glow, the robot unleashed another barrage at Blake swinging Gambol shroud and its sheath, with each swing a rocket was cut in half gaining speed over time she strikes a pose as multiple explosions go off to her side.
Ruby and Red space ranger run in and she yells "Ladybug!" Ruby fires off a gravity round and slashes the robots foot. Blake charges to slice the Paladin Again Red space ranger leaps into the air aiming for the weakened cabin. with each slice they circle the robot, the two girls leap into the air bringing their weapons down slicing through the arm of the robot.
Yang and koan nodded at one another both charging forward Yang leaps onto the robot while Koan focuses on the legs slicing through the metal in his Panuncian form. The robot grab's Koan by the tale throwing him into Yang the two slam into a pillar before the paladin punches them through it.
The two of them role across the tarmac, a crimson flash engulfs Koan reverting to his human form yang turns her head to see him try and push himself up only for the robot to come in and kick's him into the air before slamming him back into the pavement with it's one arm.
"And stay down!" Roman said cracking a grin
"NO!" yang cried
"Yang, Koan "Blake said in slight fear for her friends.
"Don't worry" Ruby said "With each hit she gets stronger, that's what makes her special."
"What about Koan?" Weiss asked she may not know him that well but he took a heavy hit
"Don't worry he's survived way worse "Red space ranger said almost instantly a crimson flash appeared from the crater Crabdozer emerges from the crater standing alongside yang her hair a vibrant gold and her eye's crimson red, Yang's fist clenched while Crabdozer let out a low growl and a puff of steam from his nostrils.
"We might want to take cover" Red space ranger said
The Paladin reels back it's fist and strikes only for it to be blocked by an enraged yang, who punches the Paladin while firing Ember Celica causing it to stumble. Crabdozer charges horn first directly into the Paladin slamming it down into the pavement dragging it across the ground creating a large trench before throwing it ten meters away.
A crimson flash followed as Koan fell to his knee exhausted "I got ya" Red space ranger said helping him back to his feet
"T-thanks'" he breathed out between breath's
"We have to slow it down!" Ruby said
"And how do you propose we do that?" Weiss asked
"Ice flower!" Weiss formed a glyph while Ruby loaded in some Ice rounds. The glyph appeared in front of the barrel of Crescent Rose, Ruby fires. an ice dust round flew through the air striking the robot freezing it where the rounds impacted.
"I got this one!" Red space ranger said, "Spiral Saber Booster Mode!" drawing his astro blaster he attached the spiral saber to the barrel forming a large cannon aiming it at the paladin
"Fire!" he cried the barrel spun and began to glow a ball of golden energy formed, the blast rocketed towards the paladin making contact creating a massive explosion blowing it apart.
Roman picked himself up out of the rubble dusting himself off " just got this thing cleaned!" He said
He turned to yang who still had aura radiating off her. she loaded her gauntlets and fired. only the rounds didn't connect. a rather short woman appeared with an umbrella blocking the shot's. The person then reviles themselves to be a girl with brown and pink hair with white stripes on the side. She wore leggings with shin high boots with heels, a brown corset with a white jacket that stopped just below her breast's the interior was pink and the back leading down into coat tails.
"Ladies, spandex, Beast boy" roman said "Ice Queen"
"Hey!" Weiss said
"Always a pleasure! Neo, if you would" Neo then did a small curtsy and freezes. Yang charges forward letting lose a battle cry Neo and Romans form's shatter as she makes contact, her anger is quickly replaced by confusion a VYTOL with Roman and Neo in the back shot off into the distance.
"Power down" Alex said his ranger suit vanishing "They got away"
"I guess he has a new henchman" yang said
"Yea" Weiss said "I guess she really made our plans...fall apart?"
"No" Yang said in disapproval "just no"
"What, but you do it" Weiss shouted
"There's a time and a place for jokes" Yang said
"Was this not it?" Weiss asked
"No, it just wasn't funny" Yang said
"Just n-ugh" Koan moaned grabbing his side the others looked at him in concern
"Are you ok?" Yang asked concerned
"A few cracked ribs don't worry I heal fast" Koan said brushing her concern off.
"we should get you to a hospital" Weiss said
"I'm fine really" Koan reassured them the six began the trek back to beacon
'well that's another eventful evening' Alex inwardly thought ' These girls seem to attract as much trouble as I did back home'
"Wait" Ruby said "Where are Sun and Neptune"
(At a noodle stand not too far away)
"Their probably fine, right?" Neptune asked his friend
"Probably" sun responded
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And done man this chapter was a long one I just couldn't figure out where to cut it off. any way theirs chapter fifteen I hop