"Nullvoid?" Team RWBY said simultaneously.
"What are you talking about where are we?" Weiss said frantically
"Calm down ok, we've been transported into another dimension." Alex said they stared at him like he had just grown a second head the concept of the multiverse wasn't an unknown subject among them especially after the visit from paradox, still it was a rather hard concept to grasp
"Seriously?" Yang asked
"He's serious" Koan said leaning up against a bolder
"Then, where are we?" Blake asked looking over to Alex
"You're in the Nullvoid, It's a pocket dimension outside of our own. The Galvin a race from my word found it and began using this place as a prison to store criminals from across the galaxy that were too dangerous to be held anywhere else." Alex said, " The only way in and out is with a Nullvoid projector"
"That thing he shot us with" Ruby realized
"So, what we're stuck here?" Yang asked looking at the baron rock around them.
"Maybe not" Koan said looking over to Alex "Hey Alex, you still got your badge?"
Alex quickly checked his pockets, pulling out his badge his face fell when he saw it, the casing was cracked and chipped away reviling the damaged circuitry underneath "Well there goes that idea" he grumbled 'it must have been damaged in the fight'
"Maybe not" Koan said
"Mind filling us in?" Weiss asked her hands on her hips as she and her team looked at them quizzically. Alex stepped forward
"Each of our plumber badges are monitored and tracked by a specific frequency even here" he gestured to the null void" and once we arrived here my signal would have been reactivated contacting a few friends of ours for pickup we just have to keep a low profile so that we aren't noticed. Until back up arrives" Alex said turning towards them.
"Noticed?" Blake inquired
"Let's just say there are allot of things in here that are worse than the creatures of Grimm." Koan said RWBY adopted slightly shocked expressions.
"Like what?" Weiss asked, suddenly a monstrous roar erupted in the distance. six creatures with squid like tendrils, bat wings and no eyes began to descend from above towards them.
"You just had to say it " Koan face palmed
one of the creatures' mouths opened red arc energy building within they leapt aside as a red laser obliterated the area they once stood, the others unfolded their weapons ready for a fight, Koan's body was consumed by a crimson flash leaving behind a purplish grey moth like creature with four legs two fangs and a duel stinger on its lower back. Alex summoned a chrono morpher his thrust his hands out to the side "Time for-" he brought them back in to his side pressing the button on the morpher"- Time Force"
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"What do you mean they just vanished?" Professor Goodwitch inquired her eye's narrowed.
"Like it sounds one moment they were fighting that Red guy and the next thing I know they get suck through some vortex" Jaun said flinching under Glynda's gaze.
"Thank you for your report Mr. Arc, you may return to your dorm." Ozpin said, Jaun stood up from his seat and made his way to the elevator as the door's closed behind him Ozpin adopted a serious demeanor.
"The same as miss Adel, they engaged the enemy and where attacked from the side and pulled into a vortex." Ozpin sighed "Have you heard any word from James?"
"None, the last thing I heard was that he is still attempting to locate where the Psycho Societies have been hiding. So far, he's managed to track a number of unidentified Bullheads, entering Vale but once they leave their signals disappeared from all equipment radars making it impossible to track them." she responded
"Are there any possible leads?" Ozpin inquired looking over to Glynda.
"Our best estimate after we lost sight of the craft is at least 3 miles outside of Vale although that area has a very high Grimm presence it would be impossible to create a secure base of operations in such a location." Glynda said.
"Thank you Glynda" Ozpin said the blond Huntress took her leave while Ozpin pulled out his own scroll flipping through the contact list his eyes focusing on two names in particular selecting the first one, he sighed as it connected
"Qrow, there's been an incident"
"Can't be that important" His speech was slurred, while he brought another glass to his lips
"Qrow I need you to take this seriously, there's a high chance your two nieces are in danger"
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Above the student dorms Four figures met discreetly out of the eyes of the students and faculty
"All in all, I call today a success" Cinder said
"Those stupid kids really made a mess of things" Emerald began "Glad they're out of the way."
"True. But many of your Faunus allies didn't make it out of that tunnel" Psycho red noted
Mercury turned to face Cinder "He's right you still think the White Fang's gonna listen to us?"
"No" Someone said. they all turned to look at the source of the voice and saw...
Adam Taurus
"...But they'll listen to me"
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Ruby, Yang and Blake opened fire on the creatures as they flocked around them Weiss created multiple Glyphs shielding the others from the creature's lasers. yang leapt into the air slamming her fist into the null guardian's forehead while firing Ember Celica the creature was launched back into two of its alleys their body's slammed into an asteroid disintegrating it on impact before plummeting to the stone ground bellow.
Black launched gambol shroud into the air the ribbon training behind wrapping around one of the null guardian's necks, pulling on the ribbon she forced it to fly into one of its comrades, a red laser was fired in her direction Blake back flipped away one of her shadow clones taking the hit. shifting Gambol shroud into its pistol form she opened fired on the Null guardian that attacked her it's body plummeting out of the sky.
Hypnotick flew through the air his form shimmered into a spectral blue as two lasers passed through him, his tongue lashed out wrapping around an asteroid hurling it like a fast ball directly into one of the null guardians
Time force Green flipped away from a blast "V-3!" He cried summoning a massive white two-handed blaster with green arrows running along the side as he landed. Raising the Weapon, he fired three green energy bolts at the Null guardian's impacting one of them it shrieked in pain as it was knocked out of the sky.
"Ice flower!" Ruby called out. She planted her scythe into the ground as Weiss formed a glyph in front of the barrel. She aimed skywards lining up the shot before ruby fired a blast of ice towards the flock, the void lit up in a white light the body's and wings of the Null guardians frozen together causing them to plummet into the void bellow.
What remained of the flock began to retreat back into the depth of the null void "What the hell were those things?" Yang asked taking a moment to catch her breath
"Null guardians, this place is a prison think of them as the guards" Alex explained walking up next to them "They attack any hostile entity they come across"
"let's hope we don't have to run into those things again they're kind of freaky" Ruby said
"Are you sure your friends are going to show?" Yang asked
"Positive, Technically I've been missing for a few months they'll be monitoring for the signal my badge gave off so there is a high chance of it being detected"
Yang took a seat on one of the bolder "Since we got some time to kill, you two gonna tell us anything about your own world? what were gonna have to expect"
Koan and Alex looked at one another " Well for starters there are no creatures of Grimm humanity has just about spread to every corner of the globe" Alex said this statement surprised the group of huntresses
"No Grimm it must be peaceful" Blake said
"Not really" Koan said "Like you've already seen from the Psycho rangers our world is still a dangerous one even without the presence of the creatures of Grimm, we've had two world wars and other conflicts across the globe and that's just involving humans. The most common threat we have is some rampaging monster let loose in the city, as well as common and alien crooks"
"Two world wars" Weiss asked in slight shock
"Yeah and almost a third back in the fifty's" Alex responded "It was a pretty grim situation, allot of stuff you guys don't want to know happened" A moment of silence passed over them, Ruby Yang Blake and Weiss spared a glance at one another making a silent agreement not to bring up the subject.
"Although it's not all that bad" Alex said on a lighter not " Most of the alien species that come to earth live in harmony with mankind I've worked alongside a few of them one being a close friend Rook Blonko he's a Revonnhaganders a species of cat like humanoids, he's a decent guy although kind of uptight and follows everything by the book"
"Sounds like someone we know" Yang said all eye's drifting to one Weiss Schnee, who scowled at them slightly.
"Still despite all the weird stuff that happens from time to time it's a decent place to call home" Alex said as if on cue a green vortex spun into existence, Alex looked back at team RWBY "There's our way out" the vortex began to flux and out stepped Max, Ben and rook
"Ben, Rook" Alex said walking up to the two
"Dude, good to see you back in one piece" Ben said he and Alex fist bumping the two
Koan and Alex stepped forward and stood at attention "Magister Tennyson "they said saluting
"Drop the formality son, it's good to see you two again" Max said offering a hand
"Likewise," Alex said accepting the hand shake "I see you guys picked up my signal"
"Yes, it caused quite the stir back at the base" Rook commented
"And I see you brought company" Max said looked over his shoulder noticing four young girls three of witch in their late teens and one just a tad bit younger than his grandson Ben
"Yeah, these are a few friends of ours." he gestured to the four "This is Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long there from the dimension the Psycho's escaped to, Magister we need to talk about the situation over there."
"Hi" Ruby said stepping forward holding her hand out "It's nice to meet you...err... Mages- magits...Sir" Ruby said awkwardly
"Call me Max" Max said shaking the young girls hand his head turned to face Alex " Let's get back you two still need to be debriefed" Alex and Koan followed max towards the vortex the remnant residents following suit passing through the vortex they stepped in finding themselves enveloped by a green light. when it faded they found themselves in front of a large metal sheet with two Galvin operating the projector. Said Galvin None other than Blukic and Driba
"You are now arriving at Plumber Base," Blukic read off a Galvin sized clipboard "Barf bags are located to the right"
"Ugh... thanks "Yang said. holding her head the others weren't in any better condition
"Make the spinning stop" Ruby said from on the floor
" I know what Jaun's motion sickness feels like " Weiss said
"I think I'm going to be sick" Blake said leaning against Alex for support
"The nausea's only temporary, it'll pass" Max said while Koan and Alex saw to their friends
"Ugh that felt weird" Ruby said shaking her head before looking up "Uhh, Yang "Ruby said tugging her sisters arm
"Wah-...whoa~"
The four stared in slight awe of planet Earth lights from the cities across the globe were visible from the surface Ruby sped up to the glass panel staring out into space in childlike wonder "Whoa~" She uttered in awe
"No kidding" Yang said the others in equal states off shock
"It's always the first time you see it like this that get you huh" Alex asked nudging Blake out of her awed state, she looked up at him before her gaze turned back towards the view
"It's beautiful" she said looking out into the stars spots of color from distant nebula only adding to the beauty of the universe.
"Hey, love birds" Ben said both Alex and Blake snapped at attention Blake blushed slightly, while Alex turned to face Ben giving him a glare
"What? you guys just zoned out." He said innocently although sporting a smirk
"Where are we anyway?" Weiss asked looking around at the base
"Plumber command, currently we are orbiter over earth" Rook said
"Thank you, rook" Weiss said
"You are welcome miss Schnee" Rook replied
"Alright Alex Koan I need you two to come with me for debrief" Max turned to his grandson and fellow plumber" Rook, Ben show these four around I want them acquainted with the base"
"Of course, Magister" Rook said
"You got it grandpa" Ben responded "You guys coming."
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The group from remnant saw many things they never could have believed existed. First was the command center that was filled with different alien species each different shapes and sizes, granted there were still plenty of human's present. Other locations included Blukic and Driba's lab Ruby practically drooled over a few of the experimental weapons the two Galvin were working on. In the prison, there were a variety of prisoners behind reinforced glass doors ranging from the gang leader Fisttrick to the Cerebrocrustaceans Dr. Psychobos.
Ruby tapped Rooks shoulder "Ben, Rook who's that? "Ruby said pointing to one of the cells one that held what looked like a ten-year-old with white hair pale skin and crimson red eye's wearing a red shirt with a black line down the center separating in to two others at his shoulders cargo pants with white and black sneakers.
"Albedo" Ben answered scowling slightly "Don't let the look fool you he's one of the most dangerous prisoners in here."
"He looks like a kid" Blake said
"Trust us when we say he is most certainly not" Rook said the group began moving on but one blond brawler lagged behind crimson eyes staring daggers at the cell. The kid or what looked like a kid looked up from the cell and smirked at her giving a mocking wave. Her fist clenched as she growled slightly at one of Koan's tormentors.
"Yang come on" Ruby's called back to her older sister
Yang let out a breath "Coming sis"
Team RWBY soon found themselves in one of the dorm rooms for plumber cadets Rook and Ben had dropped them off here having finished the tour of the base, the room itself was around the same size as their dorm in Beacon even with built in bunk beds other than that is still remained rather barren. A stray though entered the mind of the young reaper.
"Do you think they managed to stop the breach?" Ruby asked a look of worry present on her face the others stopped what they were doing they had been so engrossed by what had happened they had completely forgot about the state of their home before they left
"Atlas will have the situation under control, before we ended up here their new knights were mopping up the last of the Grimm...it'll be fine." Weiss said although her teammates could detect some doubt in her voice
"I know, I'm just worried about Jaun and the others" Ruby said taking a seat on one of the bunks
"Hey" Yang said wrapping her arm around her little sister" Don't worry I'm sure Vomit boy and the others are fine" Yang said consoling her little sister
"Still what if Torchwick managed to slip away like last time, we need to get back." Blake said although that did raise the question
"How?" Ruby asked dejectedly
"There might be a way" The four turned to find Alex standing in the door
"Really?" Ruby said her mood brightening
"Come with me" Alex said the four stood up and followed, eventually the five reached the lab of Blukic and Driba where the two Galvin where currently rebuilding what looked like a gateway although many of the parts looked like pieces of scrap metal.
"What is this? "Weiss asked examining one of the pieces currently sitting on a table
"This" Driba said hopping up onto the table "Is what remains of the original dimensional gateway that allowed the Psycho society into your world."
"Seriously it looks like a bunch of junk" Yang said prodding the chunk of circuitry
"Careful!" Driba yelled waving the blond brawler off
"Well it is junk" Blukic said from under his wielding mask as he finished welding the pieces back together.
"The psycho society built the original from multiple pieces of technology from multiple species across the universe " Driba said
"Huh?" Ruby said, the others in a similar state of confusion
"They basically Frankensteined a portal out of a bunch of weapons we had in the armory" Koan said joining them
"So, this is our way home" Weiss asked
"Absolutely" Driba began
"Probably" Blukic added
"Maybe" Driba finished
"But we need to get home fast. Vales under attack the Grimm were swarming the city we need to get back or at the very least get in contact with Beacon." Weiss said
Alex and Koan looked at one another "You're an idiot" the latter said
"I know" Alex said
"What are you two talking about?" Blake asked
Alex began searching around the lab as he spoke "After initiation at Beacon, I brought an A.I out of the morphing grid called Circuit little guy was helping me keep an eye on Vale while I was at Beacon."
"Define keeping an eye on?" Weiss asked skeptically
"I may have let him hack into Vales traffic and CCTV camera system. He's been monitoring and sorting through all the footage across the city, after what happened at the docks " Their gaze turned to Blake " Circuit had to wipe the footage from the cameras so you wouldn't get arrested for your past involvement in the White Fang"
Blake recalled the event and inwardly berated herself, crying out to her 'brothers of the white fang' was probably the worst thing she could have done in the long run if V.P.D had saw that footage regardless of her attendance at Beacon she would have been arrested for her relations to the terrorist organization "Remind me to thank him when we get back" Blake said
"You can say it to his face" Alex said returning to the group holding to metal prongs place the down on the workbench he extended both to their full length" I should be able to get in contact with him" the two prongs lit up and projecting the image of a small blue robotic owl
"Alex!" Circuit called out in surprise and joy
"Aww~" Ruby and Weiss fawned over the adorable robotic owl
"Hehe thanks" the robotic owl's bright yellow eyes turned to the Omni ranger "Alex, what happened where are you and the others, the news have listed you all as missing.
"It's a long story circuit" Alex responded "We need to know the situation Vale's in Psycho red attacked us during the breach what happened."
"I know I saw the whole thing on the traffic cameras Atlas managed to seal the breach, also two members of CMNE Team Carmine" Circuit pulled up two images one of Mercury Black the other Emerald Sustria " Were able to Apprehend Roman Torchwick" a sigh of relief came from the others" After your fight with Psycho red I managed to copy the footage before I had to wipe the rest after you de-morphed"
"Thanks circuit" Alex said
"Don't mention it" Circuit responded " if you need an update you know where to find me." with that the hologram shut down.
Taking a breath, the four girls leaned up against the work bench each bearing a look of relief, Alex spoke up" Vale's in good hands the four of you can relax now, once Blukic and Driba get the portal working we'll be able to head back and get you guy's home"
A soft chuckle escaped rubys lips "I guess we did it huh?" she began
"Yeah I guess so" Blake continued "Torchwick's been apprehended and Vale's safe"
"I swear if we don't get extra credit for all this, I'm gonna be seriously disappointing." Weiss said
"Not exactly there's still all that property damage" Alex said
"Plus, I mean, we didn't solve anything. Allot of people were hurt, and we still don't even know why they did this, who that mysterious girl was or what the Psycho rangers involvement is with them."
Weiss shook her head "Well not every story has a neat and tidy ending."
"We might not have all the answers, but we do have allot of dangerous individuals behind bars. And I think that's something we can all be proud of" Blake said
"Definitely" Alex said
"Yeah and if anyone tries something like this again We'll be there to stop them" Ruby said pumping her fist "... once we get back home"
"Yay, teamwork, camaraderie, good guy's, go team, alright, good job... so, what now" Yang asked leaning up against the doorway
"I'd suggest training for the tournament, but that's rather out of the question at the moment" Weiss said
"So then..." Blake said trying to come up with something
Ruby continued "Uhh... Time for bed?"
"Please" Koan and Yang said simultaneously, the teens stood up heading towards the door
"Absolutely" Blake said
"Yes" Weiss simply said
"And tomorrow we can check out earth!" Ruby cheered
Koan smiled "you guys are gonna love Bellwood"
"Wait till they see Undertown" Alex whispered to his friend the two shared a small laugh that certainly would be a sight
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A man in his late thirties wearing a grey and black shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbow black jeans and grey sneakers with black hair pushed over to the side brown eyes and some slight stubble on his chin, he moved through the apartment passing pictures of friends and loved ones hanging from the wall. He stopped for a moment a small forming on his face as he focused on one in particular.
Six teens stood two girls and four boys wearing blue cap and gown diploma in hand a sign in the back reading 'Angel Grove High graduation ceremony' thinking back it seemed like a life time ago. Making his way to the front door he reached for the handle when a small chorus of electronic beeps played behind him. He stopped for a moment turning back silence followed turning back towards the door he shook the thought from his mind rubbing it off as his imagination playing tricks on him.
Then it happened again the same melody he hadn't heard for years, turning around he made his way towards a cabinet in the living room he pulled open one of the doors staring down at its continence a watch like device with a gold casing with red highlights across the metallic strap and three arches moving over the microphone in the center. Then it happened again this time he answered
"Alpha?"
"I'm afraid not, good morning Mr. Park my name is professor paradox...I need your help."
'To be continued'