Timeskip (2 days later/ June 20)
Early in the morning
After running away from her team, Blake found herself following the monkey Faunus boy to a place he was staying at. But she didn't talk much when she stayed there. Even when he introduced his name as Sun to her, she still didn't say much about her. Just that she wanted to stay there for a while until things cooled off back at Beacon, mainly with her teammates. But after two days of awkward silence, Sun decided to take Blake to a cafe spot in Vale.
Blake was sipping her cup of tea and sighed She looked up at Sun sitting across from her, who held his drink with his tail as his hand propped his head up. He took a sip when Blake put her cup down.
"So, you want to know more about me..." said Blake with a sigh at the end. She didn't like talking about her past but all the frustration she kept pent up was starting to get to her so she knew she had to talk to someone. And who'd better than a fellow Faunus.
Sun sat right up as he said "Finally, she speaks! Nearly two days and you've given me nothing but small talk and weird looks!" which in turn just made Blake give Sun a firm look
"Yeah, like that" said Sun as a joke as he could tell she was the moody type of girl.
Blake just rolled her eyes before closing them and looked at him sadly as she said "Sun... Are you familiar with the White Fang?"
Sun scoffed a little as he said "Of course! I don't think there's a Faunus on the who hasn't heard of them. Stupid, holier-than-thou creeps that use force to get whatever they want. Bunch of freaks, if you ask me!" in a bit of frustration.
It was because of the White Fang that he dealt with discrimination in his homeland of Vacuo and even when he moved to Mistral, he was bullied and discriminated against. He hated them because of their idea that being as violent as humans solves their problems.
When hearing this, Blake finished sipping her drink while listening until she spoke a big reveal saying "I was once a member of the White Fang."
Hearing this, Sun promptly went cross-eyed and choked on his drink, making him put it down and wiped his mouth as he held up a hand to process this information as he said "Wait a minute? You were a member of the White Fang?!"
Blake sighed with a sad face as she said "That's right. I was a member for most of my life, actually. You could almost say I was born into it..." as she began recalling what she went through before Beacon. All the fighting and protest she lived through or went to. She remembered them all. All the times she wanted their messaging to get across to others. And maybe end all this fighting. But she was merely focused on before all that.
"Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang was meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between Humans and the Faunus" said Blake as she remembered when before the White Fang became what they are today, she remembered when she was told how the White Fang was once was a peaceful group. But as we all know, peace is a fragile thing, once broken, it can be hard to put the pieces back together.
"Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as a voice of our people. And I was there" said Blake as she remembered going to her first White Fang rally and she protested for freedom, along with multiple other Faunus.
"I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott. I actually thought we were making a difference. But I was just a youthful optimist" said Blake in a sad tone as she recalled the times she thought she was helping her people, but in truth, it made things worse for all of them.
"Then, five years ago, our leader stepped down, and a new one took his place. A new leader, with a new way of thinking" said Blake with a grave sounding voice, as she recalled when her father stepped down from the position of the White Fang leader, and when a new leader would show up. A leader she would soon call "Teacher"
"Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear" said Blake as she leaned back in her chair in sadness and a bit of frustration how everything went from bad to worse. And how she never saw it until it was too late.
All she wanted was for her people to be free. To not be hated, to finally live their lives without being judged or discriminated against. That was there future she had always dreamed of. What she always wanted. But instead of helping her people, she just added more wood to the fires of rage that the Faunus had kept in their hearts. And now that rage burst into wildfire. And it burned down what little respect people still had for them.
All under the name of the White Fang.
Sun was still completely stunned by all this information and couldn't help but feel sorry for Blake. She had been through more problems than he had and couldn't imagine how much frustration and fear she was going through.
Blake then took a deep breath as she then said "So, I left. I decided I no longer wanted to use my skills to aid in their violence, and instead, I would dedicate my life to becoming a Huntress. So here I am: a criminal hiding in plain view, all with the help of a little black bow" as she gazed up at the top of her head and wiggled her cat ears beneath the fashionable disguise to demonstrate her words.
Sun was still amazed by her words but was slowly coming to terms with this as he leaned on the table and said "So... have you told your friends any of this?"
Blake merely looked down in shame and stayed in silence.
But after contemplating the question given to her and her own thoughts mixed with it, she looked up at him and said "I couldn't. I hardly knew anyone there and I didn't want to cause a scene because I knew that there would be someone that wouldn't accept me. And it wouldn't be long until I would be an outcast in that school so I kept it a secret" said Blake as she leaned back in her chair a bit.
"But I did find one person that didn't seem to care all that much about me being a faunas and still treated me like a friend. Even if I didn't trust him and he didn't know about me being a Faunas. Heck, he stood up for a senior faunas at Beacon and didn't seem to care about her being a faunas either so my curiosity about him sort of grew" as she looked down into her drink, remembering her time at Beacon.
She knew that, to Sun, she was talking about him standing up for a Faunas. But she was also meaning about his powers. They were unlike anything she had seen and she wanted to know how he could do such strange feats that no one in all of Remnant could do. But when she met him, she did the same thing that everyone in the world had done to her.
She judged him just based on first appearances. And she already didn't trust him. But after spending time with him, she began to see the kind of person he was. He was someone she wished everyone in the world was like but sadly, that was a pipe dream to her now. But this boy stood up for a fellow Faunus and that made her see him in a different light. So that might've rekindled her past hope for the world. Which was why she began to be more trusting of him, albeit slowly.
Sun was a bit surprised by this and said "Huh. After hearing what you've been through, I thought you'd never be so optimistic about someone, even when you didn't tell your own teammates. So who is this guy?" as he leaned on the table in curiosity.
Blake took a sip of her drink and set it down as she remembered her promise to the head master as she knew she couldn't tell Sun about his powers but she could say his name.
"His name is..."
Meanwhile(On the other side of Vale)
"Reeeexx" yelled Ruby in a worried way as she Yang and Weiss were walking down the streets of Vale, looking for their two teammates.
They notified Ozpin and Ozpin agreed to help as much he could in finding the two. He had told them not to tell anyone else as to not cause any disturbance. But he mainly did that in fear that Rex might be captured but also if other students began to search for him, then they might find out about his powers and Rex might not even know about it.
Right now, the rest of Rex's team were walking through the streets of Vale, trying to find their. comrades.
"Reeeeexxxxxxx" yelled Yang in a worried way also.
"Blake and Rex" said Ruby, but as they kept moving, Ruby could see that Weiss was just walking with them and not calling out for their teammates.
"Weiss! You're not helping" said Ruby in frustration.
"Oh you know who would be a big help. The police" said Weiss in a nonchalant way as Ruby just grumbled at her in frustration.
"It was just a suggestion. And besides why are you worried about Rex anyway. I'm sure he's fine. He can handle himself" said Weiss, as she knew how strong he was so it didn't worry her where he was.
"But that doesn't mean we still can't be worried about him. He's been gone 2 days like Blake so I can't help but worry about him. Plus I think that we need to hear Blake's side of the story instead of being so judgmental already" said Yang in a concern way.
"And I think that when we hear it, you'll realize I was right" said Weiss in her snobby attitude as she strolled on ahead.
"And I think that Weiss hair looks great today" said a voice from behind, which the girls yelp in surprise as they all jumped ahead and looked back.
"Penny where did you come from?" said Ruby in a scared voice.
"Hey guys. What are you up to?" said Penny, ignoring Ruby.
"We're looking for Blake and Rex. They disappeared on Friday" said Yang as she calmed down.
"Oh you mean the tall boy and Faunus girl" said Penny in a carefree manner.
The girl looked at each other in surprise and Ruby said "Wait how did you know about Blake?"
Penny pointed at the top of her head and said "The cat ears."
"What cat ears? She wears a... booow" said Yang, realizing what she meant as she realized that cat ears are on top of the head, and that's where her bow was.
The team stood in silent as Ruby broke it whispering to Yang "She does eat tuna a lot."
"So where are they?" asked Penny to the group.
"We don't know. They've been missing since Friday. Blake blurted out that she was a Faunus and Rex went after her. But we haven't seen them since. And its starting to scare us" said Ruby, answering Penny's question.
Penny gasped and walked to Ruby and held her shoulders, weirding Ruby out, saying "That is terrible. Well, don't worry Ruby. I won't rest until we find your teammates" as she saluted to Ruby.
Ruby tried her best to tell Penny that they were ok but Yang and Weiss had left her alone with Penny.
They stood in silence until Penny broke it saying "Sure is windy today."
(Cue This will be the Day by Jeff Williams)
{Instrumental}
(The scene opens up with Ruby Rose kneeling at Summer's gravestone near the Cliffside Forest, as Red petals are flying off of her.)
'They see you as small and helpless'
(In the midst of a snowstorm, she looks up and sees a figure wearing a white cloak, with a red interior, nearly identical to hers, that looks as if a person is wearing it before dissolving into white rose petals.)
'They see you as just a child'
(The moon then starts to scatter as the sky changes color, and a huge gust of wind kicks up snow and rose petals from Ruby's cloak.)
'Surprised when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild'
'Prepare for your greatest moments'
(The camera pans to the left with the snow and rose petals, revealing the title of the show.)
"The Evo of Remnant"
'Prepare for your finest hour'
(Weiss Schnee is seen under a spotlight in the Schnee training room , possibly preparing to sing as she closes her eyes.)
'The dream that you've always dreamed is suddenly about to flower'
(Blake Belladonna appears next on the screen, standing on a branch in Forever Fall forest, then disappearing suddenly when a branch passes over the camera. In the background, outlines of Adam Taurus's mask and face are seen over the moon.)
(Yang Xiao Long looks over the city where Junior's club is situated, as she is checking her scroll before looking up at dark clouds ahead of her as she then rides off on her motorcycle, BumbleBee, in a cloud of smoke and away from the city.)
'We are lightning'
(Several creatures of Grimm including dozens of Beowolves, Ursa, a Deathstalker, and a giant Nevermore flying at the camera are seen with some dark, mysterious shapes are over the grimm creatures.)
(Roman Torchwick and a few of his henchmen appear as Roman points his cane at the camera.)
'Straying from the thunder'
(The scene then bursts into fire, as the three silhouettes of Mercury Black, Emerald Sustrai and Cinder Fall are visible through the flames, as the camera zooms in on Cinder's right eye.)
'Miracles of ancient wonder'
(Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang are preparing to fight a horde of shadowy, grimm creatures surrounding them, but before they attack, they all hear something over their heads and look up to see a gradient red looking circle above them. Suddenly, something orange and big falls out of the circle and the four get out of the way as it impacts the ground where they were.)
'This will be the day we've waited for'
(They turn their heads to see Rex Salazar, with his Smack hands out, as he leaps towards them and gets in a stance as he faces the grimm ahead of them. The girls smirk and do the same as they all start to charge towards the grimm and begin to fight them.)
'This will be the day we open up the door'
(Looking at a statue of a man and woman on a cliff over a Beowolf, Jaune Arc is joined by his teammates, which are Pyrrha Nikos, Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie, as they all look up to the sky to see Rex flying in with his Boogie pack and lands and props his elbow on the man's head as he just smirks at the group.)
'I don't wanna hear your absolution'
(Nora jumps and cheers, Ren bows his head, Pyrrha places her hand on her heart and bows to him, and Jaune tries to do the finger pistol but Rex just shakes his head in embarrassment but sees a Nevermore flying away so he activates his wings again and flies after it.)
'Hope you're ready for a revolution'
(Ozpin, holding his cane and his mug, and Glynda Goodwitch, with her scroll, look onward while at the railing of the front of the school's airship, which flies off as several smaller craft soar around it. Soon they turn to see Rex flying next to them as he gives them the thumbs up while soaring down into the Emerald Forest, while Glynda shakes her head in annoyance, while Ozpin merely smirks while he drinks his coffee.)
'Welcome to a world of new solutions' 'Welcome to a world of bloody evolution'
(A quick shot of each of the girls and Rex in Team RRWBY with their symbols: Ruby with a red rose symbol; Weiss with a white, stylized depiction of a snowflake; Blake with a black, stylized depiction of a belladonna flower; Yang with a yellow burning heart; and Rex with a spinning, orange gear; as the emblems appear before a black background.)
'In time, your heart will open minds'
'A story will be told'
(Ozpin and Glynda, Jaune and his teammates, Yang, Blake and Weiss all stand at the doors of Beacon Academy, and at the front is Ruby, wielding Crescent Rose, and Rex Salazar as he has his B.F.S. but soon brings it back into his arm. Soon Ruby looks over his shoulder at Rex as she holds Crescent Rose up as she cocks the gun back, while Rex just smirks as he holds his left hand up as blue lines appear on his hand.)
'And victory is in a simple soul'
(Soon, an orange and dark red slam together behind Rex and Ruby with each colors behind them, respectively, as the two friends look at each other, smiling as the title appears above them.)
"The Evo of Remnant"
Back with Blake and Sun
After talking about what Rex did, minus anything involving his powers, Sun was impressed by what Rex did. he seemed like a nice guy but he would have to see it for himself to fully believe it. But after their talk, they began walking down the sidewalk and were still talking about the White Fang.
"So what's the plan?" said Sun as he and Blake walked down the street.
"I still don't believe that the White Fang is behind these robberies. They've never needed this much dust" said Blake as she remembered what she had saw for the past few days.
"Well what if they did. I mean the only way to know that they didn't do it is to go... to.. the place where they would most likely go to if they were to do it and not find them there right" said Sun stumbling with what he was saying.
"Problem is I have no idea where that would be" said Blake shrugging her shoulders.
Sun began to think then remembered his ship travel and said "While I was on the boat, I heard some people say about offloading some dust before."
"How big?" asked Blake.
"Huge. Like a Schnee cargo crates" said Sun as he expanded his arms out.
"Then I guess that's where we'll look" said Blake as the two began their journey to the docks.
Back to Weiss and Yang
Back with Yang and Weiss, they exited a shop after having asked if they had seen Rex or Blake, but no avail. So they left and waved goodbye to the person inside
"Thanks anyways!" said Yang as they both began walking down the sidewalk as Yang then let out a deep sigh and said "This is hopeless" as she rested her fists on her hips.
Shen then looked over at Weiss and noticed how nonchalantly she was looking around and said "You really don't care if we find her or Rex, do you?"
Weiss just sneered and said "Don't be stupid, of course I do. I'm just afraid of what she'll say when we find her. And why are you so concerned about Rex. He can obviously handle himself" as she walked forward as she then called over her shoulder "The innocent never run, Yang!"
Yang just sighed and looked down in thought.
Back to Ruby and Penny
Penny and Ruby kept walking down the sidewalk in silence, mostly, until Penny broke it by saying "So, Blake is your friend?"
Ruby just sighed as they made their way down the sidewalk as she said "Yes, Penny."
"And is Rex also your friend?" asked Penny again, making Ruby groan again.
"Yes Penny" said Ruby, trying to not pop her top at Penny's constant questions.
"But you're mad at them?" asked Penny, trying to defuse the situation.
"Yes...Well, I'm not. Weiss is. At both of them, to be honest" said Ruby as she rubbed her neck a bit.
"Is she friends with Blake and Rex?" asked Penny to Ruby.
Ruby was curious about her question as well as she wasn't sure what to call their relationship besides teammates at this point as she then said "Well, Rex's relationship with both Blake and Weiss hasn't been the best. But Blake seemed to be a bit more open now than when we first met. As for him and Weiss... well I can't tell you everything but that's kind of up in the air right now. As for Blake and Weiss, that too is in the air at this point" as she was still worried where the two of them were.
Penny was still trying to contemplate this as she then asked "But why?"
Ruby sighed again and said "Well, you see, Blake might not be who we thought she was..."
Penny gasped and asked "Is she a man?"
Ruby was surprised by the sudden question and said "No! No, Penny. She's..." as Ruby stopped and sighed while looking at Penny as she said "I don't know what she is. If I'm being honest, I don't know who Rex is either but he's been more calmer with us than Blake. And he ran after Blake to stop her but we haven't found them yet. Plus, Blake didn't exactly talk to us before she decided to run off."
Penny took in her words and said "I don't have a lot of friends, but if I did, I would want them to talk to me about things."
Ruby turned her gaze downward sadly as those words recalled her past thoughts about Rex. She wanted to know about him. But he didn't seem to be the same way. He told Ozpin to tell her nd the others that knew about his powers to keep them secret, for fear that if they were shown to the world, it would cause problems for the school. She understood that but she still wanted to know him more.
She then lifted her head as she said"Me too..." and began to turn around as she and Penny continued walking.
Timeskip to tonight
It was night time at the docks of Vale as Blake was on the roof of a building, laying low. Amidst the chirping of crickets and darkness of night, Blake laid flat on her stomach on the rooftop overlooking the shipment of Schnee Dust containers.
Sun had stepped out to grab some food for the two of them. Or rather steal from the merchant who had them as he snuck his way back over to Blake as he said "Did I miss anything?"
Blake looked up as Sun dropped down to her right as she said "Not really. They've offloaded the crates from the boat. Now they're just sitting there."
Sun sat down as he said "Cool" as he held out one of the green apples in his arms as he said "I stole you some food!"
Blake just turned to face him as she gave Sun a questioning look as she said "Do you always break the law without giving a second thought?"
"Hey, weren't you in a cult or something?" said Sun, trying to defend himself. But all that did was make Blake deliver an angry glare at him.
This made him feel bad as he said "Okay, too soon!"
Just as he said this, the wind blew all around them, and they looked up to see a Bullhead's searchlights flashing around for a landing spot, descending in the middle of the cargo containers.
As it landed on the docks, the back of it soon extended a ramp out as a black hooded individual with a metallic fanged mask came out of and walked down the ramp.
Blake looked closer at the people and groaned in frustration as she recognized the symbol.
"Is that them?" asked Sun, wondering if these were the people Blake thought would be here.
"Yes. It's them" said Blake in worry, as she stared at the bloody wolf on the back of the man's outfit with three slashes through it.
They then saw more White fang members begin to walk out of the ship and began moving out as one of the White Fang Soldiers call to the other White Fang members coming from the aircraft, motioning with his rifle as he said "All right, grab the tow cables!"
"You didn't think it would be them, did you?" said Sun as he looked at Blake with contempt.
"I mean I did. But part of me knew it could happen" said Blake in a sad voice, but she was stopped by a voice coming from the ship.
"Hey! What's the holdup!?" said a stern voice, making the soldiers look up at the ship as a man was coming down the ramp.
They then saw a man with bright, long, orange hair with long bangs covering his right eye. He had slanted, dark-green eyes as black eyeliner traced his visible left eye covered by a black bowler hat with a small feather tucked into it's red band and wore an immaculate red-lined white suit with long black pants and black shoes. His accessories included a small gray scarf, black gloves with buckled sleeves. This guy was the criminal known as Roman Torchwick.
"Hurry up. We're not exactly the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves at the moment, so why don't you animals try to pick up the pace?" said Roman in his authoritative manner as he waved his cane around.
"This isn't right. The White Fang would never work with a Human. Especially not one like that." Blake said in anger, standing up and unsheathing the katana of Gambol Shroud before walking off the edge of the roof.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Sun asked in alarm as Blake ran off.
"Sheesh. Does she even know what she's doing?" asked Sun to himself as he watched her sneak her way over closer to them and ran towards the crates.
She turned a corner and saw the members walking towards the door as well as Torchwick. She then heard a noise of something falling down and making a big sound.
Then she heard Torchwick say, "Dang it, you stupid mutt. We're already taking a big risk here, so try and be more quiet. We'll attract more attention to us."
Blake held her blade in her hands tight as she was ready to try and take him down. Just as Roman Torchwick looked away from her spot, Blake leapt out and ran towards Roman and then held her blade over his neck as he grunted in annoyance.
"Oh for Fu-" grunted Roman as he was about to almost curse before he was cut off.
"Nobody move!" yelled Blake as the White Fang members pointed their weapons at her as she looked over at her own kind aiming a weapon at her.
She wanted answers and she was going to get them so she removed her bow as the bow cloth flew away in the wind, making the White Fang members look at each other in confusion.
"Brothers of the White Fang! Why are you adding this scum?!" asked Blake in a demanding tone, not knowing what was happening and she hated not knowing something involving her people.
Roman just chuckled as he asked "Oh, kid, didn't you get the memo?" with his lead back smile.
"What are you talking about?" asked Blake to the criminal with a demanding voice.
"The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together" explained Torchwick with a smirk on his face, knowing what is going to happen.
"Tell me what it is or I'll put an end to your little operation" demanded Blake, pulling her sword a little closer to his neck when suddenly, the air is filled with more turbines, blowing the wind wildly around the holdup.
"I wouldn't exactly call it a...little operation" said Roman with smugness in his voice, looking up as two more Bullheads were hovering above the docks, and as Blake watched in horror, Roman smiled as he managed to fire his cane at Blake's feet, resulting in a large explosion as smoke billowed into the air, and caused Blake to fly back.
The streets of vale
Penny and Ruby were walking down the streets, away from the docks, but then they heard a big explosion and turned to see dark clouds behind them.
Ruby knew something was wrong as she said "Oh no."
She then turned around and began running towards the docks to see what the problem was as Penny followed her.
Back to Blake
Groaning from the explosion, Blake stood up from the ground and saw that there was some crates next to her, so she stood up and ran over to them and hid bending them. She readied herself to attack, as she looked around to see Roman standing with his smug smile as the Bullhead's began to turn on their search lights and aim them at where Blake was, making her a target.
Blake was nervous but still tried to assess the situation and was waiting to see what would happen. Soon, several White Fang members began running over to Roman as they stood by him and readied their weapons.
Roman just stood there with his smug smile as he said "You can't win, kitty cat. The odds aren't in your favor. I've got all this strength in numbers and you've just got little old you" as he aimed his cane up, ready to fire at Blake.
Blake was panicking as she was now stuck between a rock and a hard place. All she could do was...
"I know it's easy to travel by plane..." said a voice that echoed through the docks, catching some people off guard as they heard a droning sound coming towards them. But Blake recognized that voice. She knew more than the rest.
"Wait...is that...?" she thought in her mind, but as she did, something big, orange, and loud flew behind Roman and the White Fang members, causing them to turn around as in a brief moment, Blake saw in the sky a quick flash of orange wings flying towards one of the Bullheads but something was familiar about those wings. Like she had seen them once before, but only that one time.
There wasn't a doubt in her mind.
She knew who's wings they were.
.
.
.
It was Rex's, her teammate's wings...
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.
.
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...and he was using them.
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.
"But you guys sadly don't have the right tickets to travel, so this flight's been canceled" said Rex as he flew towards one of the Bullheads as he pulled his leg back and maneuvered his way over as he then formed his right Punk Buster.
Just as he came close to the Bullhead, Rex swung his leg forward, while also using the momentum of his Boogie pack and kicked the Bullhead so hard.
The force of the kick indented the ship and caused the Bullhead to fly forward at the pilot lost control as they began spinning around and around until they fell to the ground as it skid across the floor, causing the White Fang and Roman to run out of the way of the newly fallen ship as it skid past them, causing them to jump to the ground, out of the way, as the ship crashed into the crates they had there, burying it.
Dust flew up from the crash as Roman and the White Fang stood up but before they could react, a sudden and loud "INNNCCCCCOMMMMING" filled the air as Roman turned to see something falling from the sky and it looked big as that same giant thing falling from the sky was carrying the scream.
It was getting closer and closer to the ground and just as it hit the ground it made a ginormous, "THHHUUUUUUUDDDD" as a giant dust cloud filled the docks, causing some of the people there to fall down as well as Blake.
The White Fangs members and Roman groaned at the sudden tremor as the dust cloud was still up in the air. They gathered themselves up and when the dust cleared, Roman and the White Fang were stumped at what they saw.
There, stood a young teenage boy, wearing giant, metal, orange boots, and was looking down on them with a smirk on his face.
To everyone else, they didn't know who he was but when Blake looked at the man in front of them, she knew who it was.
It was definitely her teammate, Rex Salazar.
Roman stared at the tall boy, in the giant boots, but what he saw next was truly shocking. He saw the giant boots began to shrink and disappear into the boy's legs.
Roman was surprised by this. He had never seen a kid do what he had just done. He then saw the boy turn towards him as he pointed his pointer fingers at Roman, in a gun-like fashion, and said,
"Now that's how you make an entrance at the same time" said the boy smirked at the fallen criminals while giving them the gun fingers.
Roman was still confused but he shook it off as he said "What the hell are you, kid?!" in shock but still a demanding tone as well.
Rex just gave him his usual smirk and said "Your worst nightmare" as he held out his arms.
Roman was about shoot his cane gun at the boy. But he then saw blue lines begin to appear on the boys arms and then suddenly, he saw some metal began to come out of his arms and in their place with 2 giants orange and silver gauntlet looking things.
Before he could even react, Rex stepped forward and gave Roman one powerful punch to the face, causing Roman to go flying back past the White Fang members as he then hit the crates that Blake was hiding behind.
Surprised by this action, the White Fang members quickly grabbed their weapons and tried shooting at Rex.
Rex just simply blocked the bullets by shielding himself with his hands. And with one quick move, he quickly swatted the white fang members to the side like bugs and sent them flying away.
Rex smirked in achievement at stopping these bad guys but he soon heard another ship landing on the ground behind him as he turned and saw several more White Fang members running out of the ships and firing their weapons at Rex, to which he just blocked with his giant hands.
With his back turned, Roman was managing to get up and saw a chance to take the kid down as he was distracted.
Roman slowly got up and was about to aim his cane until he suddenly heard footsteps behind him as he turned and saw Blake charging at him at full speed.
Roman saw her charging at him as she swung her sword at him, to which he blocked with his cane. Then he pulled his cane down and caught the hook on Blake's hand and then threw her to the side, but Blake stood her ground and charged at him.
She and Roman exchanged swipes with their weapons as they dueled each other with their must and courage. Blake then tried using her semblances and tried to use her shadows to swipe at him, but he ducked and dodged her fake out attempts and he then tried to strike her legs, but she blocked him. She then lifted her right leg up and stomped on his cane, bringing it down to the ground.
Seeing this, Roman simply smirked as he said "Big mistake, kitten" as he then pulled his cane trigger, causing it to shoot the ground and causing Roman to skid back a bit but caused Blake to fly back and land on her back.
Roman saw this and smirked as he saw his downed opponent.
Rex had been smacking away the White Fang soldiers that had just arrived, but he soon heard an explosion and turned his head to see Blake on the ground with smoke billowing from her.
Rex's eyes widened as he yelled "BLAKE!" as he then glared at Roman, who wasn't facing Rex, as he then swung his right hand forward and punched him hard, which made him crash into the building's wall next to them.
Rex panted after punched Roman hard, but soon felt a sting on his shoulder as he turned to see more White Fang members firing at him.
And in that split second, Rex ran over to Blake and stood in front of her and began to help her up as Fang members kept shooting them but Rex quickly formed his Block party and shielded them both from the bullets.
He looked back at Blake and asked "Are you ok?"
Blake groaned as she said "Yea. Just a little banged up. Thanks again" as she looked up and saw a new build she had never seen before as her eyes widened a bit.
"That's a new one" said Blake with a hint of curiosity in her voice as she looked at the transparent blue shield, protecting them from the gunfire.
"Pretty handy in this situation. How many builds do you have exactly?" said Blake, still curious about his abilities. She knew that she still felt guilty about spying on him but after seeing how much of a helper and nice person he was, she began to feel bad about doubting him, her own teammate. But she still was curious.
"Enough to win this" said Rex as he turned his attention back to the White Fang.
He then ran towards them and hit them with his shield and then expanded it as to push them away from him and Blake, causing some of the White Fang members to go flying, as his shield disappeared.
As his shield disappeared, some of White Fang members that didn't get hit began firing again, but Rex formed his Smack Hands and blocked the bullets as he then saw more of them began charging towards him as he just sighed and began charging back.
As Blake saw Rex fighting the White Fang, she then heard a noise and then jumped out of the way and turned to the firer was and saw that Roman had gotten back up, albeit a little dirty from being hit by Rex and getting slapped into a building.
Blake then ran out of the way of Roman's continued attacks, as more flaming shots came towards her, causing her to dodge them all, destroying cargo behind her as she retreated behind more containers.
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty..." taunted Roman as he began following her, before a banana peel landed on his head.
He grunted as he threw the peel away and looked at the culprit who threw it, as his eyes widened, as his face was met by Sun's feet as he landed on his head and made him fall as Sun jumped and flipped away from him.
Sun turned around and glared at Roman as he said "Leave her alone!"
Just as he said that, he heard a Bullhead above him and it opened to let more White Fang members out and descend onto the scene, standing by Roman as he got up and surrounded Sun.
Roman just smirked as he said "You are not the brightest banana in the bunch, are you, kid?"
With that said, the White Fang charged at the monkey Faunus, but Sun managed to dodge and slash at the White Fang and hit some of the soldiers with his fists and kicks them aside until he rolled out of the way of one's sword.
Sun then chuckled as he reached into his shirt and pulled out a collapsible red staff. He quickly used his weapon to beat down on each opponent that came near him, striking each one in a single flaming blow when he twirled it around, even creating a scorching shockwave to beat the last of them.
While that battle was going on, Blake peered around the corner of the container to watch Sun jump around and beat another White Fang soldier, landing on his back and causing him to fly over toward Roman's head. The crime boss ducked then growled in annoyance and aimed his cane at Sun, firing a shot that he defended himself from just when Blake leapt into the action.
"He's mine!" yelled the cat girl as she got in close and became a blur of after-images as she slashed both blades at Roman, who backed away and deflected each would-be blow with his cane at unbelievable speeds.
Blake continued to dash, hop over, and slide around Roman to try and find a weak spot, but her enemy, while barely deflecting the attacks, landed a few hits on Blake until one final beating with his cane caused her to go down.
As Roman dealt with one opponent, Sun appeared right behind her and disconnected his staff in two spinning circles of flame-firing shotgun nunchucks, becoming twin arcs of offense again.
Sun swung each gun at Roman while firing everything he had at him, but even with the rapid series of shots and flying bullets, Roman managed to defend himself against every bullet and hit until a millisecond-long pause allowed Blake to get a slash in and knock him back.
On his back, Roman noticed a container hanging by a crane right above the two warriors, and then got up to fire his cane at its supports and one between the two knocking them down.
The shipping container started to fall off its supports as Sun and Blake looked up and saw the container falling down. Before they were crushed, Blake then heard a voice yell "Lookout"
Blake and Sun were then pushed away from the container as Blake caught a quick glimpse from behind her, and saw that it was Rex that had pushed them out of the way with his Smack Hands.
Just as they were pushed out of the way, Blake turned on her heels and turned around as she then yelled "REX, NOOO" as she saw the container coming closer to crushing Rex.
But just as she tried to save Rex, Rex held his hands up and was able to catch the crate. He bent his knees down from the force of the crate as he groaned in frustration at the weight of the crate. As he struggled to hold it up, Sun looked over and saw Roman pointing his cane gun at Rex, intending to shoot him but he was stopped by a loud voice.
"Hey!" shouted Ruby with Crescent Rose equipped as Roman turned to his side and saw Ruby standing at the top of the building, with Penny to her side.
Roman just gave a slight chuckle as he said "Well, hello, Red! Isn't it past your bedtime?"
"Are these guys your friends" asked Penny in a wondering way.
"Penny, Stay back!" said Ruby, but before she could react, Roman fired a shot at the non-focused Ruby and she was then met with his fire shot and flew backwards while Roman just chuckled at her.
"RUBY. NOOOO" yelled Rex as he then grunted in anger at Roman and then turned to Sun and said "MOVE" as Sun looked at the strange boy holding the container and could easily tell what he was going to do, so he quickly jumped out of the way.
Then Rex said "You want this dust so bad? Then take it" as he threw the crate at Roman.
Roman's eyes widened as he ran out of the way as to not get crushed to death as he fell to the ground, and grunted in pain and annoyance.
"I don't know who this kid is but he's already going on my hate list" said Roman as he stood back up but then jumped to the side as several swords came flying at him and a few Fang members.
Rex then looked to his right as he saw someone jumping down from where Ruby was.
It was Penny.
And there were... several floating sword behind her?
He then saw her throwing her swords around knocking the Fang away. Even when several White Fang members tried and attack her, Penny was able to sweep them aside with her blades.
"Woah" said Sun and Rex in unison as Blake began running towards the two as Blake, Sun, Rex, and Penny soon all grouped together.
As they said that, they heard three more Bullheads come from the skies and open fire on the battle.
Rex saw the incoming firing so he jumped in front of them and formed his Block Party, creating a barrier and shielding them from the bullets. Blake and the others saw the shield in front of them and ducked down near Rex.
"So what do we do know?" said Sun as he shielded his eyes from the sparks the bouncing bullets were leaving behind.
Rex looked at the three ships coming towards them as he said "It's simply really" as he smirked and, in a quick moment he deactivated his left part of the shield, making the shield lose in shape and size, and quickly formed his Slam cannon and took a big chunk out of the concrete behind him.
Seeing cannon almost come near him, Blake and Sun flinched at it but not Penny as she was more surprised. So was Sun, but he was more scared of the thing almost eating him.
With his weapon fully equipped, Rex fired the Slam Cannon three times, hitting the front of the Bullhead's engines, causing it to malfunction as it then lost control and descended into the sea.
"We fight fire with water" said Rex as he saw the two other ships began to break off from the fallen ship. Rex then came up with an idea as he now knew what to do.
He turned back to the others and said "Ok, here's the plan" as the others listened to him.
"I will do some aerial relay while you guys do some ground worK" said Rex, trying to sound all cool and collected but the others looked at him in confusion and said "What?"
Rex just groaned as he faceplates himself and said "I will fight the jets in the air while you guys fight the Fang on the ground" said in frustration as he pointed at the enemies, respectively.
"Oh" said Penny and Sun in unison, but Blake just groaned at how he worded his idea for stopping the jets.
"Come on guys. You've got to catch up on these things. Otherwise, my clever catchphrases won't work or sound awesome" he said in annoyance while the others just sweat dropped.
Blake just shook her head as she said "You are a dork" as they then broke off as Rex began to run after the two jets. He then formed his Sky Slyder and charged after the jets.
As he flew up and came closer and closer to one of the jets, one of the side doors opened up and several White Fang members began firing at Rex, which made him flinch as he flew around aimlessly.
He flew higher than the ship and then deactivated his Slyder and began flying towards the top of the ship and smirked as he shouted very loud that even Blake and the others heard.
"Didn't your parents ever teach you: Never bring a gun to a Big Fat Sword fight" yelled Rex as he formed his B.F.S and in one slice, he cut the jet in half, causing it to lose its power and falling apart sending one to the ground, causing an explosion.
Rex laughed in victory as he spun around in the air and then formed his wings and then steadied himself in the air as he then flew after the last ship.
As he drew nearer, its side door opened as well as more several White Fang members began firing at Rex, but Rex just flew in fast and then swung his legs forward as he then deactivated his wings and he tucked his legs in and, in a quick moment, activated his Punk Busters.
At his speed, he then kicked the wing of the plane, sending the plane to turn on it side and began falling to the ground and came crashing down. Rex then fell to the ground as he just landed on the ground with his giant boots and then deactivated them.
While the battle was going on, Roman just watched this strange boy that feel from out of nowhere and just managed to take down three ships and many of the White Fang members on his own.
"These kids just keep getting weirder" said Roman as he made his way over to his ship. He made it in and he used his cane to close the door, as the jet started and began to lift off, flying away from the lost battle.
Just as the jet started, Rex then looked over saw Roman was getting away.
He gave a smug look as he said "Leaving so soon? And here I thought we were just becoming pals?" as he quickly formed his Punk busters again and then jumped over to the jet as it was taking off and landed on the roof, causing the jet to sway at the sudden weight added to its roof.
Rex then put his hand on the roof and shut down the plane with his nanites, destroying its controls and sending it crashing to the ground and into the warehouse.
As the plane fell to the ground, Rex formed his boogie pack before the plan went down and saw the jet went down and crash into the crates below.
Rex looked down at all the planes that he stopped and said "And that's how's pro does it" as he smirked.
He then flew over to the others as he saw them regrouping. As he landed, he was tackled by a certain red head.
She looked up at him as she squealed saying, "You are so cool! I can't believe I finally got to see your builds again. How you took down those planes was so awesome!" in excitement.
"Yea, man. The way you single handedly took down those planes on your own was awesome. Cool powers by the way. Just what in the heck are you?" said Sun as he too was amazed by his talents.
Rex just smiled sheepishly and said "Just an awesome guy that's knows how to kick butt."
But just as he said that, he soon realized what he did, as did Ruby as her star studded eyes soon turned to white circles of panic.
She and Rex then turned to their sides to see Blake, Penny, and Sun had all seen Rex's powers out in the open.
Rex soon began to sweat nervously as he then said "So uh, I don't suppose that you guys could possibly forget that last half hour of your life" as he nervously chuckled.
"Oh boy" thought Rex in slight defeat and worry.
Timeskip
After the teenagers reunited, the ones that had just seen Rex's powers for the first time, Penny and Sun, began asking questions, and Rex and his team had to really talk them down to try and not ask more about him as Rex came in in a spur of the moment type deal and didn't realize until now what he had done.
Sun was reluctant as he didn't know why he wouldn't want to talk about his powers but also bummed because he wouldn't get to know how he could create giant metal weapon out of his body. But he respected his wishes and decided to keep his mouth shut.
Soon after all that debacle went down, they tried look through the wreckage of the plane Torchwick was on, but they couldn't find him. They assumed he escaped while they were talking, so they all sat on some crates as they waited for help.
After a while of waiting, the police began to arrive and searched the wreckage and began a thorough search of the docks while everyone else was waiting on some crates until they were allowed to leave.
As they waited, they saw Yang and Weiss walk over to them as Ruby stood in front of Weiss and said "Look Weiss, it's not what you think, she explained the whole thing. See, she doesn't actually have a bow, she has kitty ears and they're actually kind of cute..." but Weiss ignored her and walked over to Rex and Blake.
Blake spoke first by saying "Weiss look, I'm not with the White Fang anymore. When I was little..."
"Stop" yelled Weiss, interrupting Blake.
"Rude much? Oh wait. I forgot who I'm talking about" thought Rex in annoyance.
"Do you have any idea how long we've been looking for the both of you? 2 days, which means I've had 2 days to think. And in that twelve hours, I've decided..." said Weiss as she got closer to Blake.
"... I don't care" said Weiss, stepping forward.
Blake was surprised by this and Weiss said "But from now on, if something big like this happens, again you talk to your teammates about it, ok".
Blake nodded and Ruby cheered saying "Yea Team RRWBY is back in business" as the team hugged it out and began walking back to the dorms.
Outside Beacon
As the team was getting close to Beacon, Blake slowed down and walked next to Rex saying "Thank you, Rex. For helping me and stopping the White Fang."
Rex smiled at Blake and said "Sure. After all, you don't leave your teammates alone. We stick together and we have each other's backs" as he looked at her with confidence.
Blake was happy and smiled at what he said. When she first met him, she was skeptical as she had not met a man with abilities like his but she could see that he was good to have in a fight. She still had questions but those could wait.
As she was thinking about Rex, she remembered that he just came out of nowhere from the sky and made that weird loud voice. Judging by what happened she concluded that he was the one who did the loud voice. She then began to wonder how he knew she was at the docks even before she began fighting Roman.
She then turned back to Rex as she said "Hey Rex that reminds me, how did you know where I was? I mean, I didn't tell anyone where I was and you just came flying in, out of nowhere. How did you know you know I was there? Or the White Fang for that matter?" as she was genuinely curious.
Rex grew a nervous face as he suddenly realized what had happened and how he didn't think of a way to explain himself. He had been gone for two days and he would've found Blake in no time with his powers but after meeting Paradox, he remembered that Paradox said that the time would be set to two days in the future, meaning he was gone for two days and he didn't think of a plan to tell the others why he was gone for so long, just like Blake.
"Uh, well...I was trying to find you a lot quicker. So I thought about using my powers to find you but it wasn't easy at night. Then came morning, so I had to do it on foot. And when I saw that big, jet thing flying ahead, I could already get some weird vibes from it, so I decided to check it out low and behold I was right" said Rex as he rubbed the back on his head and chuckled nervously.
Blake could tell he was lying but wasn't entirely sure why he was. He was looking for her, so why would he be lying about trying to find her. She didn't know but after all he did for her tonight, she decided to let it slide since he did help her out with stopping the White Fang.
"I see. Well, thank you again for helping me in stopping the White Fang robbery. We put a stop to whatever it was they were doing, so thanks for that" said Blake as she patted his on the shoulder.
"Sure thing Blake" said Rex as he just turned his attention to the school.
"But why didn't you contact us that you were still out there? We were worried about you and Blake" asked Yang as she and the others heard their conversation as they all stopped at turned around to face Blake and Rex.
Rex stopped in his tracks and chuckled nervously as he said "Well, I was busy trying to find her and I couldn't find her well at night, so when morning came, I had to search on foot. Not easy trying someone without using your own jetpack, don't ya think?" as he then shrugged his shoulders.
The girls were a little bit confused by his logic as they still didn't know why he still didn't call them. Or even come back to the dorms to rest.
Rex could see it in their faces that what he was saying wasn't working as he then sighed and said "Look, guys. I've had a really trying few days, alright. Been searching for Blake and I had to defeat a whole group of White Fang baddies. Can't we just go to bed. I'm tired, alright?" as he stretched his arms out for emphasis.
The girls could see that he wasn't in the mood to talk and they agreed that it was getting late and that they too should get some sleep as well.
"Yea, Rex is right. We've got class tomorrow so I guess we need our sleep" said Ruby as she scratched the back of her head as the rest of the team agreed and continued their way to Beacon.
Beacon Academy
After their long walk, the group finally made it back to Beacon. They then walked through the front doors and were now walking down a hallway. But as they made their way down the hallway, they noticed some students were sitting on benches or chairs in the hallways or study rooms, watching their scrolls, and seemed to be very interested in them.
As the team walked by, the people watching pulled their vision up towards them and they all seemed to have either shocked, nervous, or even amazed expression as Team RRWBY walked by them, feeling uncomfortable.
"Is it just me, or have the kids here started having the same kind of eyes at us?" asked Rex, feeling a bit put off by them.
"Yea, why are they looking at us? I mean, I know its late but we made it back in time for curfew, right?" said Yang as she had her arms behind her head, sort of cradling it.
But the team soon began to hear a rumbling sound behind them and several voices clattering over each other. This caused the team to look back and be shocked to see several students charging towards them with looks of a rowdy, uncontrollable crowd.
The group began to panic as Ruby said "What's happening with them?"
"I know those looks" said Rex in a slight deep tone, causing the girls to look at him in question.
"What do you mean? What do those looks mean?" asked Blake in curiosity and question as to what that crowd was.
"It's... a crowd of uncontrollable fans and critics!" said Rex as he turned on his toes and yelled "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" as he ran down the hallway as the girls saw the crowd was getting closer and didn't argue as they turned tail and ran as well.
Rex and the girls ran as fast as they could down the hallway of Beacon as Ruby asked "What is up with these people. I don't remember being this popular before."
"Who cares. I've seen eyes like that and they're ones that you only face if you've got a death wish" yelled Rex as the group then turned a corner and were getting close to their dorm rooms.
But just as they turned the corner, they saw their door was open and in the doorway was Team JNPR, leaning against the doorway.
The team then saw Team RRWBY coming towards them with the crowd of kids following them as they then straightened up as Jaune yelled "Hurry guys. In here. HURRY!" as he gestured them into their rooms.
The gang ran as fast as they could and ran into their rooms and jumped out of the way as so Jaune and Pyrrha could close the door as quick as they could, locking the door as Ren placed a chair underneath the door handle, giving it more assurance of it staying closed.
Suddenly, the door was being pounded by the crazy crowd that was following them as Team RRWBY was panting hard and laying on the ground after being chased.
Rex sat up from the ground to see Team JNPR staring at the group with looks of concern. But all Rex asked was "What is *pant* wrong with everyone?" as he tried to catch his breath.
"You guys didn't see it?" asked Pyrrha in confusion but also worry.
"See what? Other than a crazy crowd chasing us for no reason" said Weiss as she stood up and dusted herself off.
"Oh, I think that crowd had plenty of reason for chasing you guys. I mean, how could they not, I mean..." said Nora in her hype voice as Ren covered her mouth as he said "I'm sure we should just show them what happened."
This made the group confused as Blake asked "Show us what? What did we miss here?"
Jaune then stepped forward as he pulled up his Scroll and then connected it to their TV monitor as he said "This just showed up on the news a few minutes. Channel 7. Do you have a TV monitor so I can show you guys what you missed" said Jaune as he looked at the news file he saved.
Team RRWBY was curious as to what they meant so Ruby and Yang pulled up their little Tv and allowed Jaune to connect it to their TV.
But while he did that, Weiss turned to the rest of Team JNPR and asked "Wait, how did you guys get our door unlocked? Each room is designed to be opened by its sole inhabitants" as the rest of the group didn't think about that before so she did have a good point.
"Well, it was Ozpin that gave us the pass to open your doors" said Pyrrha, catching the attention of all of Team RRWBY.
"Huh? What do you mean he gave you the power to open our doors?" asked Blake.
"Well, just watch the news clip then we'll explain what happened" said Ren as he pointed to the TV as Jaune had turned it to Channel 7, which was the news, and when the group looked at what they saw on the screen, they were shocked.
There on the news was a story tilted:
News report with Lisa Lavender:
White Fang Dust Robbery in Vale's Industrial District stopped by mysterious metal boy!
Seeing this, Rex began to panic as they saw video clips of Rex fighting the White Fang along with Ruby and the others fighting as well at the docks but the camera seemed to be focused on Rex than the others.
The video clips showed him using his powers to take down the White Fang and the Bullheads with his builds. All in plain sight.
They then saw a female reporter appear on the screen as she said "Just on the outskirts of Vale was a secret operation of the White Fang happening on the docks. They've could've gotten away with it since there wasn't any security at the docks. But their plans were thwarted by this mysterious young boy..." as the TV then changed back to Rex fighting the White Fang.
"... Who can apparently grow metal looking creations out of his body. And he manages to not only take down the White Fang but also 4 bullheads with machine guns firing at him. Truly, he is a very strange but very heroic boy. Thanks to him, the White Fangs notorious plans were stopped. But one question has been on everyones mind here in the studio...
...Just who is this strange boy" as she then showed a close up photo of Rex.
Rex just stuttered nervously as he asked "Uh, how long has this been up?"
Pyrrha turned towards him and said "It's been on for a few minutes, I think. But the moment we saw you on the screen, we began to worry. We were in our rooms, watching the nightly news to see what was happening, when the news suddenly reported seeing Rex using his powers to stop the White Fang. The only thing we were worried about was the fact that Rex's powers were now being broadcasted on the news, but while the news story was being aired, I got a message from Ozpin to me as it said "Get Ready to help Team RRWBY into their dorm rooms and keep the doors locked for the time being." Once we read that, we had a feeling that now that Rex's were shown to the whole world, you would need help in escaping from whatever crowd of people may chase you and we decided to wait by your dorm rooms and help you get in quickly while we boarded up your doors" said Pyrrha, relaying what they did when they saw the newscast.
"But it's strange. The news lady said how none of their people were near the docks. Just an unknown person filming the whole thing " said Jaune, some of team RRWBY look at Jaune in question.
"Wait, what do you mean?" asked Yang as she turned her attention to the others.
"Before, the lady said that the footage wasn't recorded by any of their man. It was shown to them by a guy who said that he saw something flying over above him and when he saw that it was a person flying with big wings, he said he followed that person, which I guess was Rex caused he described it like I remember seeing what Rex's wings looked like" said Pyrrha, recalling what the news had said about who recorded the video.
"And he soon saw a whole fight happening before him and took out his scroll and recorded what was happening. Then he left and took it to the news, cause he thought it would make him famous or something. I didn't pay attention to what he said" finished Jaune to the whole group as they were still in shock that Rex's powers were now shown to everyone that owned a TV.
But none were as shocked about this as much as Rex. If this was on the news, then many people around the world, or however much this news station broadcasted to, now know about his powers and this was a problem for him.
Rex just sat there on the bed and thought "I think I might've made things more difficult for me."
Meanwhile(Before Team RRWBY made it back to Beacon)
Roman was dragging his feet and grunting in pain as he was still hurting from the battle. He walked into a white building and dragged his way and sat on a chair. He wheezed in relaxation until he was surprised by a voice that he want expecting.
"Oh my~. You don't look so good. What's wrong? Did you get roughed by a few dogs?" said a woman walking towards him.
She wore a dark-red, off-the-shoulders, v-neck mini dress with yellow designs. There was a blue feather-like accessory on her right hip, at the top of an open portion of her dress. The dress ended in an upside-down triangular tail in the back, ending just above the knees.
There was a baseball diamond-shaped keyhole on the dress' upper back at the same height as her chest. The sleeves ended in a triangle shape, which are wrapped or tied around her middle finger, with the gold designs of the sleeve taking over at the wrists. Her fingernails were painted dark red.
She wore black shorts underneath her dress, as well as a black choker on her neck. She had a gold loop earring with a black gem dangling from it on her right ear. She had dark, glass, high-heeled shoes and a jeweled anklet on her right leg.
On her upper back, in the keyhole of her dress, she had a black tattoo of what appears to be a pair of high heel shoes placed sole to sole, forming a heart shape inside. This was Cinder Fall.
"Don't laugh at me. I've had my hands full of weird kids. And one of those kids. This boy. He-he just... took down our entire jets and I almost died so don't go mocking me" yelled Roman until he realized what he had said and saw the lady holding a flame in her hand
She then scolded at him saying "Are you threatening me?" she said with fire in her voice.
"O-Oh no. Of course not sorry. I've just had my hands full and those stupid mutts from the white fang couldn't even stop them" groaned Roman.
Then the lady came forward saying "And you will continue to work with them until further notice." As she walked towards him he saw two other people.
On her right was a pale, well-built young man with silvery-gray eyes and silvery-gray hair, partially slicked back while unkempt at the front. He also wore a slate gray and black two-tone partial-zip jacket that covers his upper body.
He also wore a single notched belt with what appeared to be a sash or bandana draped over it. Protecting his arms were sets of vambraces.
He had prosthetic legs that attach part-way up his thighs. These legs were usually hidden, due to him always wearing black pants and a pair of black boots. His armor hide what appear to be oddly-shaped scars on the outer sides and backs of both of his arms.
This was Mercury Black.
To Cinder's left was a young woman with medium-brown skin and dark-red eyes. Her hair was a light, mint-green cut with a straight fringe and bangs, as well as two long locks on each side, in the back. She wore two bronze-colored rings on her middle fingers as well as a pair of high-heeled shoes.
Originally, her attire consisted of an intricate thinned white top and an olive-colored shallow-cut crop top, on the back of which is her personal emblem. This emblem is in the shape of a cut gem, most likely referring to her name. This was intended to be accompanied by white shorts, decorated with what appears to be a gold coin-plated belt, with four gold chains draping around her back from two of the coins and what seems to be a green loincloth.
She wore a silver, three-ring armband on her left arm and a string of beads near the same wrist.
She also wears white pants and brown chaps that end at her calves and an overlong belt, twice-wrapped, where she keeps her weapons as well as a single pouch.
This is Emerald Sustrai, partner of Mercury and fellow accomplice.
"Speaking of which, you were suppose to bring those dust shipments but you didn't even bring one. I'm honestly disappointed in you, Roman" said Cinder in a degrading tone of voice.
"Well, we would've had more if that boy hadn't stepped in. If you would at least tell me what your plan is then we could work better and you could be there to deal with these crazy kids" replied Roman in an annoyed manner.
"Oh Roman, all in due time. We have big plans for you Roman. All we ask is a little cooperation."
She then began to pull up a chair and sat next to Roman saying "But this boy. I don't say this often but he has peaked my interests. About how he took down our jets. And how he made you into this mess. Tell me...
...what kind of boy did you come across and how did he stop this operation of ours?" said the lady as fire lit up her hand as her eyes glowed as well.
One explanation later...
"And that's the gist of what I went through" said Roman as he held an ice pack over his head and right leg. He was sitting down at a table while his mysterious partner and her accomplices sat across from him.
The mysterious partner gazed at him with intrigue at his mention of Rex and his abilities. Hearing Roman's story made her more and more curious about the boy himself. Never in her years in Remnant did she ever her of a boy that could grow metal out of his body and cause such collateral damage. She was still mad that he stopped their operation but hearing how he did it made it more intriguing to her.
"So he was able to make giant metal builds and seemed to have been to take down the jets just by touching them?" she asked in curiosity.
But then a White Fang member popped out of nowhere with a scroll in his hand and said "Boss, check it out. That boy you were talking about is on the news" he said as he handed them the scroll.
Cinder grabbed the scroll and began watching the video. Her eyes never left the screen as she was entranced by the boys abilities. She then began to lose herself in thought to which her accomplices noticed.
"What are you thinking about, Cinder?" asked Emerald in question at Cinder's thoughts.
Cinder just smirked as she got up from her seat and walked away as she said "I think we've found something that's worth looking into."
Beacon Tower
Ozpin was sitting at his desk as he was staring at his scroll as he just got notified of a news notification. The moment he opened it up, his body froze. There he saw a video recording of Rex fighting the White Fang. And this made Ozpin very upset and scared. But it wasn't the fact that Rex was out away from the academy at late hours that concerned him.
In the video, he could plainly see Rex using his powers out in broad daylight, taking down the White fang and shooting and slicing down all of the bullheads that were there at the docks. He then saw the video show him placing his hand on the bullhead, blue lines appearing on it, and the ship crash landing into crates.
"So I guess that's what all that noise was I heard a while ago" said Ozpin as he had heard explosions before but wasn't sure where they were coming from.
He then heard a ding as Glynda, Port and Oobleck stepped out into the office.
"Oz, did you see...?" asked Glynda but she was stopped by Ozpin saying "Yes I have. I've been watching it over a few times."
"I must say, I had no idea that that was what that boy could do. I mean, I saw his performance with that dainty sword of his, I thought he wasn't going to make it far in our academy. But I never knew he had such abilities. Such powers should not even exist and yet I was seeing clear as day. What extraordinary strength and courage this boy has" said Port in his boastful and cheery manner.
"Quite right, dear friend. I'll admit, Mr. Salazar has not been the brightest of the bunch but he made up for all that incompetence for intelligence with his skills and abilities. I have never seen such power and fighting spirit in this boy. Though I must say, whatever the White Fang were planning to do with that dust would've spelled disaster for the people in this world. Guess we should be thankful he stopped them, but perhaps a slap on the wrist for leaving the school without telling us" said Oobleck in his fast manner as he sipped his coffee.
Ozpin sighed in frustration as he said "This is something to be taken seriously right now, you two. This is a serious manner. With this all over the news, people are bound to ask questions about me, us, and this school. Not to mention that many wanted criminals could see this and get intrigued Rex and his powers. And I know a few people in this world that'll defiantly try and get their hands on him" as he swiveled around in his chair as he looked out into darkness of the night.
"Especially, my old student" he thought in contemplation at what might happen now.
After Rex's battle
In some forest outside Vale
Out in forest, near a cliff side, near Vale, grimm creatures were crawling around through the night but those grimm were in battle against a strange woman as she was slashing away the grimm with ease.
The woman was wearing a shallow cut black and red dress, with five necklaces with an assortment of beads, a red girdle-belt, and a pair of matching gauntlets. She also wore black fingerless gloves.
An object that looked to be made from feathers hung from the right side of her skirt, as she also wore detached leggings that are solid black. Underneath her leggings she wore black boots, which have red high heels and soles.
Her most distinctive feature was a fearsome, full-face mask that resembled the face of a Creature of Grimm; A Nevermore. The mask had four eye slits, further enhancing the character's inhuman appearance. The slits were black and red had a large blood red sword with a rotary chamber with different Dust blades.
The woman had slaughtered the Grimm with fast paced attacks that left them dead within seconds.
As the last of them disintegrated, she got notification on her scroll and took it out and saw a news headline on it, reading:
White Fang Dust Robbery in Vale's Industrial District stopped by mysterious metal boy!
She then saw that there was a high quality video and picture on the site and on it as she scrolled down and played the video. It showed a young boy messing with the White Fang and their leader. But what really took her by surprise was the metal creations the boy was popping out of his limbs and creating such a ruckus for the white fang and showing to have great strength and power behind them.
The woman's eyes widen slightly at the boy's power as she smirked darkly under her mask, zooming in on the photo, taking a look at his features to try and get an understand of what he looked like.
"Well, he's certainly caught my eye. And we haven't even met face to face. Well then let's see what you're made of" said the woman as she sheathed her weapon, and jumped off the cliff side...
...where a raven was then flying away.
Later
As soon as the raven arrived at the scene, it then saw that the boy she was interested in wasn't there, but she had a feeling as to where he was going so she began to fly towards Beacon academy. She flew for a bit until she then saw the boy she was interested in was walking with his group of friends, but she also noticed another girl with him. She knew who that blonde headed girl was.
But the raven soon hid behind the statue in the courtyard as the raven transformed in the woman again as she watched the boy closely as she followed them to the front of the school. The woman just smiled from behind her mask at the events that were happening tonight.
A strange boy with the ability to grow metal out of his body was here at Beacon. Oh, how things had gotten interesting.
But she then saw a crowd of kids chasing after the mysterious boy and his team as the ran for their lives.
The woman simply chuckled as she then changed into a raven again began to look through the windows of the dorms to see where they could've gone.
She then found the room they were in as she saw that they were now watching the news clip of the boy and his powers being put on display. So the raven decided to find a nice spot to rest on a light post near the entrance of their window and watched as she saw the kids were watching the news over and over again. She waited out on the light for them to be done as she saw the boy with intriguing powers began to freak out.
She figured it was because of him being on the TV but the lady, in her bird form, was internally smirking at the boy. As the kids soon began to quiet down, the bird soon flew up to the window and began to peer inside, seeing all the kids sleeping in the beds but the raven's head was more focused on Rex as the lady Raven was still internally smirking.
As she saw them sleeping the woman changed into her normal form and looked at the boy as she thought,
"Quite the interesting character you are, boy. Whatever those powers of yours are, I will figure them out. No matter the cost. And I will be an even greater leader of the tribe. Even if I can't, I will make you join me" as she then jumped off the window sill and changed into her raven form and flew away.
