(August 5)

Ruby had just been chasing Penny around Vale for a while, she didn't even know where she was going. But soon she caught up with her but soon learned about how powerful Penny was when she stopped a moving truck with her bare hands.

"Penny, I-I don't understand..." said Ruby, not understanding what is the big deal with having prosthetic arms.

"Most girls are born, but I was made. I'm the world's first synthetic person capable of generating an Aura. I'm not real..." explained Penny as she turned her head to the side, sadly thinking that she will be rejected.

"Of course you are. You think just because you've got nuts and bolts instead of squishy guts makes you any less real than me?" replied Ruby, gently taking Penny's hands into her own.

"I don't... um..." said Penny before she leans in close to Ruby's face, "You're... taking this extraordinarily well" added Penny, feeling a little confused.

"You're not like those things we saw back there. You've got a heart, and a soul; I can feel it!" said Ruby as she tapped her chest with her pointer finger.

"Ooohh... oh Ruby!" replied Penny as she forced Ruby into a hug and shook her back and forth as she added "You're the best friend anyone could have!" as she was crushing Ruby to death with how tight she is squeezing.

"I can see why your father would want to protect such a delicate flower!" groaned Ruby.

"Oh, he's very sweet! My father's the one that built me! I'm sure you would love him!" said Penny as she was back to her usual happy self.

"Wow. He built you all by himself?" asked Ruby as she giggled.

"Well, almost! He had some help from Mr. Ironwood" said Penny as this made Ruby surprised.

"The General?! Wait... Is that why those soldiers were after you?" asked Ruby as it now made sense.

"They like to protect me, too!"said Penny as she rubbed the back of her head.

"You're really strong! Don't you think you can protect yourself?" asked Ruby as she scoffed.

"They're not sure if I'm ready yet... One day, it will be my job to save the world, but I still have a lot left to learn. That's why my father let me come to the Vytal Festival. I want to see what it's like in the rest of the world, and test myself in the Tournament" said Penny, confusing Ruby for a moment.

"Penny, what are you talking about? Save the world from what? We're in a time of peace!" said Ruby.

"That's not what Mr. Ironwood said" said Penny, confusedly.

Before Ruby could ask, they heard the Atlesian Human Soldiers were coming their way.

"Check down here!" said one of the Atlesian Human Soldier as they heard them running down the alleyway.

Thinking quickly, Penny grabbed Ruby by the shoulders and lifted her above her head effortlessly.

"You have to hide!" said Penny, walking towards the dumpster.

"Penny, wait! What are you doing? You don't have to go with them! I can help you!" said Ruby before she was thrown into the trash and lifted the lid so she could still talk.

"It's okay, Ruby. They're not bad people; I just don't want to get you in trouble. Just promise me you won't tell anyone else my secret. Okay?" asked Penny seriously.

"I promise" replied Ruby as she lowered her head into the garbage as the lid was put down, but she lifted it a little to peek at the scene outside.

"There she is!" said one of the Atlas Soldier.

"Sal-u-tations, officers!" greeted Penny, pleasantly.

"Why were you running? And what happened to the other girl?" asked the second Atlas Human Soldier to the hidden Android.

"What girl? I've been by myself all day!" said Penny, causing her to hiccup.

"You shouldn't cause such a scene" scolded the Atlas Human Soldier.

"Are you ok?" asked the second Atlas Human Soldier in concern.

"We'll..." said Penny, showing her hands to the two Atlesian Human Soldiers.

"Well, that can be patched up. Now, please, just come with us" said the second Atlas Soldier stated, knowing that they were going to get it when they get back.

"Yes, sir!" replied Penny as she was escorted away as Ruby looked on in sadness... until a rat screeched from below her feet, causing the young Huntress to fall and close the lid on herself.


With Rex and Yang

Vale

While Ruby and Weiss were dealing their issues, in the ruined parts of Vale, the sound of a motorcycle engine was getting closer and closer to a building that was blasting music as The Rex Rider pulled into the street with Rex in front and Yang hugging him from behind.

Yang's hair was more messy and spritzed up from blowing in the wind as she just smirked at how ,on the way, Rex was completely clueless as where to go and she had fun with him by lying about where to go. But they eventually made it to their destination.

"Woman, you are impossible" groaned Rex as he deactivated his ride and made Yang fall on her butt.

"Oww. You could've warned me" complained Yang as she rubbed her sore butt.

Rex just sighed as he said "Well that's what you get for making me miss many turns and, not to mention, you made me crash into a hot dog cart. I mean, that alone is a crime that can send you to jail. Its inhuman to ruin the wonders of a street vendor's hotdog cart" in an exaggerated serious tone.

Yang just chuckled as she said "Yea sure, whatever. Anyways, this is the place" as she turned around and faced the building.

Rex then looked up at the building where her "friend" was. He could hear loud music playing inside it and he could tell it was probably those clubs with gang members in it. But then he also remembered Tai's story about how she tried to go on her own to find her mother a while ago, and when she came to this place to find our info about her mother, she ended up trashing the place and getting in trouble.

Oum knows what the place is like now.

"This is the place, huh" said Rex.

"Yep. Owner owes me a drink so getting information should be a breeze" said Yang confidently.

Hearing this didn't surprise Rex but he knew that she didn't know that he knew her reasons for being a huntress. I mean, it all started here. Well, where her journey to become a huntress started. Her quest to find her mom still hung in the air, waiting to be resolved.

"Owes you a drink, huh?" said Rex, nonchalantly as he continued saying "And how old are you exactly."

Yang just did a playful scoff as she said "Why, Rex dear. You never ask a lady her age."

Rex just chuckled as he said "What does that have to do with you, miss blond brawler" but he instantly regretted it as Yang gave him a strong punch to the shoulder.

"Owww" exclaimed Rex as he rubbed his shoulder.

"You jerk! That was just plain mean" said Yang in a playfully angry tone.

The two then looked at each other and then just laughed at each other.

They soon stopped their laughing as they then walked together into the building.

"So why were you asking about me this guy owing me a drink. Are you perhaps jealous?" said Yang in a teasing way.

"No. I just found it questioning when you said a drink" said Rex in his nonchalant way as he kept walking.

"Yea, you're so jealous" teased Yang.

"Can you stop being a tease and let's get that information?" said Rex walking past her. She just shrugged and began heading in.


Inside the Club

The music from Junior's Club was getting louder once inside to show Junior behind the bar adjusting his cuffs as his Henchmen stock the bottles, carry boxes, and otherwise stand around on the dance floor, until...

"Hurry, close the door - she's coming!" shouted a henchmen as the two ran in, slamming the doors shut.

"What are you two idiots doing?!" asked Junior, walking out of the bar.

The Henchmen shouted incoherently until an explosion knocked them to the ground and forced the doors open, allowing a familiar face to walk in through the smoke.

"Guess who's back!" shouted Yang as she continued to smile and pose for everyone as Rex just followed behind her.

But then eight guns were then pointed at her face with an equal number of angry Henchmen behind them.

Though this doesn't faze her, she stopped and glared at the recording studio where the track was messing up until the frightened bear-headed DJ took the needle off the record and retreated back under the table.

He knew she meant business.

"Yeah, so what exactly is your definition of "friend" exactly?" asked Rex, appearing behind her and quickly formed his right Fun-Chuck and with one swift swipe, he punched Junior's henchman away and sent them flying through the air.

The Henchman soon hit the ground near the bar, where Junior was in shock that "he" was here. He saw the news clip too so he knew this kid was trouble. And that fact the the blonde that ruined his night club was here made everything 100x worse for him.

Soon the henchman that were near the two all groaned in pain as they all soon got up and then decided to attack from a distance and began to shoot at them.

Rex quickly saw their little gathering of guns and formed his Block party on his hands and shielded himself and Yang from the hail of bullets that were coming at them.

Yang looked through the clear blue shields as he put her arm on Rex's shoulders as she said, "I knew bringing you along was a smart idea" said Yang as she then readied her weapons.

Yang then said "Wait until they've stopped firing then release your shields and leave the rest to me."

Not even a few seconds later, the goons stopped their firing and Rex took that as the signal and released his shields and charged at the goons. But before she could land a blow, everyone heard a loud voice.

"EEENOUUGGHH. Stop, stop! Everyone stop your shooting" commanded Junior as he cut his way to the front, straightening his tie.

"Blondie, you're here! ...Why? And is that your boyfriend?" asked Junior nervously, not wanting his club to be destroyed for the second time.

"You still owe me a drink" said Yang as she grabbed Junior by the arm and dragged him to the bar through the hired guns.

Rex internally sighed as he was glad she didn't do her whole teasing motif.

"Well, I'm glad she's at least focusing" thought Rex.


With Blake and Sun

Meanwhile, Blake's fingers traced three scratch marks on a wall before peeking around its corner and seeing a pair of horned Faunus as they were ushered into a building by a bearded man.

She turned to Sun next to her and said "This is it."

"You sure?" asked Sun, earning a glare from the Cat ear girl.

"Y'know, I'm just gonna take your word for it" said Sun, a little scared from her glare as she removed her bow.

The two began to walk inside the building to a hallway filled with cases, seeing another man announcing "New recruits, keep to the right!" at the young trio as they follow.

"I don't get it. If you believe what you're doing is right, why hide who you are?" asked Sun as he held out the half-mask in his hand.

"The masks are a symbol. Humanity wanted to make monsters out of us, so we chose to don the faces of monsters" explained Blake with her knowledge during her time in the White Fang.

"Grimm masks... That's kind of dark" stated Sun, as he looked at the mask.

"So was the guy who started it" replied Blake, thinking about her former partner as she put on her mask.

"Always sunshine and rainbows with you" sighed Sun as he followed her.

The new recruits to the White Fang were moving in a line to the side of the stage, a mere few dozen compared to the hundreds of white-vested, black-hooded soldiers to their left and up above in the balconies.

Blake and Sun looked around themselves when they stopped, and a fully-masked man with tattoos standing started speaking before the large sheet emblazoned with the bloody wolf and claw marks.

"Thank you all for coming. For those of you who are joining us for the first time tonight, allow me to introduce a very special comrade of ours! I can assure you, he is the key to obtaining what we have fought for for so long!" said the White Fang Lieutenant to his fellow Faunus brothers and sisters.

Right as he finished his sentence came out a man that Blake and Sun knew.

They 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. It was Roman Torchwick, fully healed from encounter from Rex.

Seeing him on the stage didn't seem to sit well with everyone there as they soon all began to yell and complain but Roman just waved mockingly as he said "Thank you, thank you! Please, hold your applause!"

"What's a Human doing here?!" shouted a Deer Faunus like the name was a crime to say.

Roman smirked as he said "I'm glad you asked, "Deerie"! Now, I'll be the first to admit, humans... are the worst" as he saluted as an example and finished with "Case in point."

"So, I understand why you would like to see us all locked away, or, better yet, killed" said Roman as if he didn't care.

Sun leaned over to Blake as he said "So, is he going somewhere with this?" but Blake didn't answer and just kept listening.

"But, before the claws come out, I'd like to mention the fact that you and I all have a common enemy. The ones in control, the people pulling the strings, the dirty, rotten humans that run our kingdoms!" said Roman as the crowd changed their tune and started agreeing with him.

"Government, military, even the schools. They're all to blame for your lot in life! And they're all pests that need to be dealt with! And normally, I'd be able to handle their kind of strength with my own tactics but unfortunately, we have a new problem" said Roman as the crowd soon went silent as Blake and Sun listened carefully.

"A brand new type of problem. One I never saw coming and, in turn, got screwed and lost a plan that me and a few colleagues of mine were working on. So we've been working on a new one" said Roman as he was building up who he was talking about, but Blake and Sun began to get a clue as to who he was talking about.

"And I'm of course talking about...Rex Salazar" said Roman as he pulled a remote from his pocket and pressed a button. Suddenly, the screens in the room turned on and Blake gasped at what she was seeing.

There was footage of Rex not only fighting Roman and the White Fang but he somehow managed to get footage of him fighting team CRDN that day when he ended up on the news.

"This boy was a complete mystery. He shows up from out of nowhere and just slaps us around like a bunch of baby seals. No offense to those of water faunus" said Roman.

"My colleagues managed to learn about his name but they haven't learned much more about him. They are curious about his powers but to me, he's just like all the rest, isn't he. He had no right to but into our operations and just fights like he's unstoppable. He's become nothing but a pest for both me and you" said Roman as everyone in the room soon began to cheer and yell.

Hearing all of this made Blake feel uncomfortable.

Rex wasn't a bad guy. Heck, he didn't even discriminate against her for being faunus. He even made friends with some other faunus at the school. Oh, how she just wanted to run up there and tell everyone off that he wasn't a bad guy and make them see that they are wrong but she knew that she couldn't because they wouldn't listen and she still needed to find out more info.

"Fortunately, I'm the best exterminator around... No offense to any rodents in the room" said Roman as with a snap of the fingers, the curtains fell, and the whole mass of Faunus applaud at the sight of the Atlesian Paladin-290 behind it, the mark of the White Fang painted on its shoulder.

Sun's eyes widened behind the mask as he said "Whoa, that's a big robot..."

"How did he get that?" asked Blake.

"As some of you may have heard, this right here...is newest defense against all the scary things in the world. And thanks to my "employer", we've managed to snag a few before they, uh, "hit the shelves" said Roman as he tapped the metal suit.

"Now, since that boy is a part of our beacon's academy, its going to be hard to try and draw him out like this. Atlas has already made their way here and we don't have enough suits to go up against them but we have made another plan. Many of your brothers have already moved them down to our new operation in the southeast. If you'd rather stay within the city, that's fine... But if you're truly ready to fight for what you believe in, this is the arsenal I can provide you. Any questions?" said Roman as the White Fang's roaring applause told him the answer.

Blake turned to Sun as she said "We should get out of here."

But before the two could even leave, a White Fang Lieutenant yelled "Will all new recruits, please come forward!" and soon, the line surged forward with the two having to follow.


With Rex and Yang

Yang had tried to get as much info out of Junior as she could but none of it was very helpful.

"I'm telling you that's all I know. He came in, took some of my boys, and never showed up again" said Junior raising his hands in defense.

"So why haven't you asked anyone if they've seen them" asked Rex.

"Because I wouldn't know where to begin. All I know is that Torchwick took my boys and I guess he wasn't happy with them. Which is something I can relate to" yelled Junior as he looked at his men just lying around.

Yang grunted in anger and said "Come in Rex. Let's go."

"Did we get everything we needed?" asked Rex.

"Well we got everything we can. Let's just hope the other are having more luck" said Yang as the two made their way outside.


With Sun and Blake

The White Fang were still cheering loudly as the recruits began to march over to the stage, with Blake and Sun having no choice but to follow along.

Sun leaned over and whispered to Blake "What are we going to do?!"

Blake responded by whispering "I'm thinking..."

As the two kept moving forward, Sun watched Roman lean on the robot, smoking his cigar and laughing with a girl beside him. Just before that they could think that they could find a way to escape, Roman turned his attention to the crowd and he looked very close and he soon zeroed in on the two and frowned at the two.

Sun became nervous as he said to Blake "He sees us... " as he tried to smile and wave.

Roman then smirked as he said "Speaking of Rex, it looks like I don't have to look further than right ahead of me. Seems Rex sent one of his pals to spy for us" as he pointed with his cane at the two, making everyone look in his direction. But since the crowd was so big, they didn't know who he was talking about.

Roman groaned as he said "Its the cat and monkey, you simpletons."

Soon people looked around them and soon all their attention was directed at Blake and Sun, who were now very scared.

They were found out.

Soon the other faunus began to move away from them in shock as they looked at Sun and Blake with shock and anger. The people that were with Rex were now hiding in plain sight and it made them anger that their own kind would join his side.

Blake looked around and saw their angry protests, telling them to get out of here but she didn't want to run. Maybe she could change their minds if they listened.

With that, Blake unsheathed her sword, and transformed it into a pistol, and shot at the ground, making a loud explosion, making everyone in the whole building turn quiet as some White Fang members drew their guns from above on the cat walks and aimed it at the two.

Blake then sheathed her weapon as she took off her mask and said "Fellow Faunus. Why are you listening to this man? He's a human and when did the White Fang ever join up with a human?"

"Oh come now. You all may hate me but I'm your key to getting rid to these pests of power. We'll all be free from them. And you should be ashamed of yourselves. Siding with the boy who hurt your own kind" mocked Roman as he swung his cane around.

Blake growled at him as she said "What? He would never do that on purpose. He only did it because what the White Fang is doing is wrong. All of this is wrong" as she pointed around the room as the crowd was just shocked at her words.

"Yea, that dude is way too chill to be a villain. He's actually fought for the Faunus at Beacon to not be bullied. He's on the Faunus side. We should be thanking him, not hating him" said Sun but soon everyone began yelling at them.

"TRAITOR" yelled a Cat Faunus.

"GET OUT OF HERE" yelled a lizard Faunus.

"No we won't. Why are you all doing this? This isn't making things any easier for the Faunus in this world if we make the problems even worse. We all may claim to be equals, but how many people will it take until you're satisfied. How many deaths will be on all of your hands if you keep retaliating like this?" Blake asked, causing most of the newer recruits hush up, as some began to think on it and agree.

"YOU LIE! IT WAS THOSE HUMAN'S FAULT!" a Wolf Faunus screamed at Blake, but she turned and glared at them.

"Yes, Humanity has done horrible things to us, they've have treated us like animals based on our characteristics, but we've also have done horrible things to us, and two wrongs don't make a right. This is wrong. I don't know what the way might be to stop all this hatred for all of the Faunus and humans in this world from ever happening again but there's another way to become members of our society: work hard; it will take a long time, yes, but its better than trying to kill others. And its because of people like Rex that can change our future. He doesn't care about our characteristics, but rather us as ourselves. He even did a fight that stopped the Faunus at our academy from being bullied and it hasn't been as bad as before" said Blake, trying to reason with other Faunus.

The crowd soon became hushed as even some White Fang members looked at each other in question at her words.

Blake looked around and saw some were looking at each other in question and Blake felt a small glimpse of hope that maybe her dream of equality could be seen. If they would only believe.

But it was all cut short by Roman laughing, making everyone face him.

He was now onto of the robot and was pacing back and forth as he said "Oh how cute. You think that its just that simply, huh? Well, let me tell you something, sweetheart. As long as the government and the military exists, that will never happen. They let things like this happen and they will continue to let it happen. They created these circumstances, kiddos. And your words are just empty speeches. They didn't stop these things from happening and that will continue to happen. And I sure as hell won't be stopped by a couple of animals like you" as he soon jumped into the mech suit.

"That's not good" said Sun as the Prototype Atlesian Paladin-290 pointed its guns at the two.

"You know what they say. Exit, Stage Right" said Blake, as she used her gun as she shot at the power box, making the lights go out for the whole building and turning the screen dark.

"Don't let them get away!" shouted someone.

"Sun! The window!" said Blake as she ran towards it as Sun followed.

"Stop them!" yelled Roman.

Before the two student Huntsmen crashed through the window and started running as fast as they can, the mechanized sound of running power signaling that the Altesian Paladin's was now activated, and it crashed through the wall of the building in pursuit of the runaways, who leapt off of a car and managed to get on the roofs. The Paladin followed beside them on the street as Blake and Sun run, jump, and flip from rooftop to rooftop.

Sun began to freak out as he said "So you wouldn't happen to have... oh, I don't know... Rex on speed dial. Cause he would be really helpful right boat now?!" as he kept leaping over the rooftops.

"On it!" yelled Blake as she grabbed her scroll and put it to her ear as she continued to jump.


Rex and Yang

Rex and Yang began walking outside the building and Rex was about to form his ride until Yang teased Rex by saying "So you remember the way back to Beacon?"

Rex just gave her a "seriously" expression as he said "Yes I do."

Yang chuckled as she said"Well, you wouldn't have found this place without me. Plus, you were pretty heroic back in there when you saved me" teased Yang.

"Good grief. Yes, I know my way back" said Rex as he turned around and formed his Rex Ride.

"Admit it. You like me" teased Yang.

"I would like it if you would at least focus on the mission. Now isn't the time or place" said Rex.

"Are you kidding. With a stud like you, it's always the time and the place" smirked Yang but soon she changed her expression to a more somber one.

She then tapped rex on the shoulder, making him turn and say she had a more sincere looking smile as she said "But seriously, Rex. Thanks for helping me."

Rex just sighed as he said "Yea, you're welcome. Now let's start heading back to..."

Beep beep

They heard Yang's scroll calling. She opened and heard Blake saying "Guys if you can here us we need..."

"HHHHEEEEELLLLPPP" yelled Sun on the line.

"It's a robot. Big. Big robot with several guys in it, I think" yelled Sun.

"On our way. Guys, try to lead him away from as many civilians as possible! Yang and I are on our way now" said Rex.

"Where are you guys?" asked Yang, but right on cue, behind them, the two were seen running through the street with the Paladin hot on their heels before they all disappeared from view.

"I think that was them" said Rex, with a little sarcasm in his voice.

"Yeah, I got it" said Yang, putting her Scroll away as the two looked at each other and nodded.

Rex then deactivated his rider as he said "Come on. We'll get there faster this way" as he then formed his Sky Slider

He soon grabbed Yang's arm and held her close to him, flew off the ground, and began chasing after the robot, Blake, and Sun.

Rex flew above the city as Yang felt the wind blowing in her face as she slowly opened her eyes and saw that they were flying above the buildings.

She was amazed by this as she thought "Wow. I've flown in airships before but this is different."

She then saw the giant robot running through the street and into the highway.

Rex then looked on top of the buildings ahead of him and saw that Sun and Blake still running from the mech.

Rex then gained a determined look as he said "Better kick this baby into overdrive" and the moment he said that, the two of them zoomed faster towards the mech, still after Sun and Blake.

Blake and Sun made it to the highways, jumping down into the busy street and continuing their escape by hopping on cars while the Paladin followed them by pushing vehicles out of the way.

Sun paused to look at their pursuer's path of destruction and offer a quick "Whoa!" before leaping onto more cars, much to the anger of Roman inside the robot, his face surrounded by blue holographic screens.

Rex flew in closer to the mech suit on Rex's hoverboard, and came in closer to it as they continued down the highway.

"We've gotta slow it down!" shouted Yang over the wind and traffic, but hearing this gave Rex an idea.

"I got it!" said Rex as flew faster towards the mech and came close to it as his nanites began forming and made his Blaster Caster.

He then threw it forward and wrapped around the robots left arm, causing it to move slightly, much to Roman's annoyance.

"Hurry, give it a strong punch" said Rex, and Yang just nodded her head as he left go of her and fried a couple of shots and landed on the mech.

Yang then unleashed a fury of punches to the mech, but she was met with a energy blast from the mech, causing her to fly back. Rex reacted quickly and let go of the mech and caught her in his arms, making Roman run faster down the street.

"You alright" asked Rex to Yang.

"I'm fine. Just get after him" said Yang as Rex followed after him.

He flew past the mech and landed in the street ahead of him.

Rex then formed his Slam cannon and managed to take a chunk out of the road and before he could even fire it, Roman noticed the pair on his sensors and crashed into a multitude of cars with the Paladin's strong bulk, sending them flying towards his chasers.

"Look out!" shouted Yang as she jumped to the side in avoidance of flying debris while Rex formed his Boogie Pack and flew higher away from the debris.

Yang saw this and held her hand in the air as Rex then flew in close and with his free hand, caught Yang as she flipped herself onto the back of his wings.

They flew in close as Yang fired several shots at the Paladin, causing Roman to groan at how persistent the kids were being.

Switching strategies, Rex flew in closer to the mech and managed to land on the top of the Paladin causing Blake and Sun to stop there and stop their car hoping.

"Hang on!" shouted Sun as Rex was trying his best tried to hang onto the top, but Roman kept bucking and threatened to make him fall.

Closing his eyes, Sun smashed his palms together, and from the golden Aura around him, his Semblance created two glowing outlines that copy their creator, leaping off and going back over the tops of vehicles to collide into the Paladin's front.


Weiss, Neptune, Ruby

"Guys, we're in position!" said Weiss as she jumped off the bridge, landing on the highway in the middle of the road, holding her sword at the approaching mech.

Roman smiled as his robot charged the girl, but Weiss spun and plunged her blade into the ground, summoning a circle of ice across the pavement that causes the Paladin to slip and crash, actually flying over the young Huntress, but it managed to make both Sun, Neptune, and Rex fly off the ramp, landing further down before Ruby, already having her Crescent Rose out in scythe form.

The Paladin stood back up, and the rest of Team RRWBY, minus Rex, fell besides their leader to take up positions, causing Roman to chuckle, moving the robot slowly towards the 6.

"Freezer Burn!" shouted Ruby, commanding her teammates for their special Team Attacks as the first one was Yang and Weiss.

Ruby and Blake jumped back out of the way as Weiss performed her same ice-circle trick as Yang jumped into the air and hit the epicenter with her Ember Celica, creating a wave of mist that surrounded Roman.

Immediately, the Paladin activated its laser sensors to make up for the lost sight, but it barely saw the afterimage of Blake and narrowly missed the dashing Yang. A gun managed to fire at the area between Blake and Yang, but out of the blast came Ruby, who slashed the metal with her blade, causing it to falter.

"Checkmate!" shouted Ruby, their next team attack of Weiss and Blake.

Blake and Weiss went in this time, each girl going for the feet.

Roman lifted the Paladin's foot to crush Blake, but Weiss summoned a Glyph under her teammate to launch her backwards before the crushing blow can land.

Roman growled and fired off the missiles, but Weiss and Blake flipped backwards as the explosions merely hit where they were.

Weiss's rapier absorbed the damage, but Weiss was thrown back, so she casted a beam of light from her weapon to the ground under Blake, forming a yellow clockwork circle that's absorbed into the Faunus girl and lets her slice through each launched missile with ease in a flurry of super-fast slashes.

"Ladybug!" shouted Ruby while running into the fray as she and Blake were about to do this team attack.

Ruby shot herself forward and sliced at the robot's legs, then turned as Blake aimed herself at the giant's feet as well.

They both dashed forward and attack at the same time, circling each other around the Paladin with each strike until they both launch themselves into the air and come down together on the shoulder, cutting off the left arm entirely.

Yang didn't waste a second, jumping onto the Paladin's back and punching the top with fiery shotgun blasts. Seeing as he can't reach them with his remaining mechanical arm, he ran backwards through two columns and left her embedded in a third before backing away and turning towards her.

Just as she was falling down, the remaining arm extended a closed fist, and when it punched her, she flew through the column and didn't get up.

"Yang!" shouted Blake, worried for her partner.

"Don't worry! With each hit she gets stronger, and she uses that energy to fight back! That's what makes her special" explained Ruby, knowing her sister's Semblance and just began to watch the fight in anticipation.

Yang slowly got back on her feet, her hair burning a brilliant white as she clenches her fists.

Sensing victory, Roman threw a punch, but Yang caught it in her own hand, despite the ground cracking beneath her, and her red eyes appeared, destroying the last arm with one strong punch.

Getting desperate with his armless robot, Roman immediately kicked Yang back as she flew pass Ruby and her teammates...

"Bumblebee!" shouted Ruby, commanding for another team attack as Blake and Yang began getting ready.

With the command given to them, Blake and Yang unleashed their respective weapons with holding her arm out, to which Blake replied by Blake with Gambol Shroud's Kusarigama mode as she then threw it towards Yang. Yang then caught her weapon and then began running around as Blake then began to use the momentum to swing Yang around for a final hit to the robot.

Roman, however, stepped out of the way just in time to avoid complete destruction.

"We have to slow it down!" said Ruby to her teammates.

"And how do you propose we do that?" asked Weiss to her leader.

"Ice Flower!" shouted Ruby to Weiss, helping Weiss know what Team attack to use.

Twirling their weapons so they both would point at Roman, Weiss created a series of glyphs in front of the scythe's sniper barrel, and a single shot through the circles creates a dazzling spiral of energy that creates large icicles upon impact with the Paladin.

Ruby continued to shoot as Weiss freezes the fire, and as the ice completely envelops the robot's body, Blake then swung her partner around in a circle one more time, but with Roman unable to move, the Paladin is hit by the speed and power of Yang's fists.

Roman groaned as he faced the girls again but he then noticed they were one short.

"Where's the boy" said Torchwick checking his monitors.

"INCOMING" said all heard as Rex jumped down with his big fat sword.

Rex then brought his sword down and cut off the robot's right arm off. Roman jumped back and growled at Rex.

Team RRWBY gathered together and Blake said "What now?"

Rex thought for a moment until he said "If I could get close to the robot, I could shut it down. So could you keep him distracted."

"Yea. We can do that" shouted Yang as she punched her fists together.

Weiss and Yang then made another smoke screen to where they were able to hide in the fog. Roman began searching for the girls and eventually found them and began firing at them. The girls avoided and evaded his attacks long enough for him to be distracted.

They gathered in one spot as Torchwick said "Haha. Do you really think you can stop me?"

"No we can't, but he can" said Ruby as she pointed up.

Roman then looked up and saw Rex was flying with his Boogie pack as he flew down close to him and landed on the back of the robot.

He put his hands on it and told his nanites to shut it down. The robot then began to shutter and shake and eventually it fell down. Rex got on top of the robot, formed his Smack Hands, and tore open the door and pulled Torchwick out in his giant hands.

"Do you mind?! This is a new suit" complained Torchwick.

"Nope. Looks like this is the end of the line for you Torchwick. No where to run. Now why don't you tell us what you're doing with these things, or I start squeezing?!" threatened Rex.

Roman sighed but then grew a smirk as he said "Ok. I'll tell you but why don't we have a nice big bowl of Neo to pass the time" as he kept the smirk on his face.

"Why do you want ice cream...AGH" said Rex as he was kicked by a girl in high heels, making his side hurt, and making him lose his grip on Roman.

Roman fell to the ground as he said "Geez. Next time, bring a pillow for me to land on, will ya?" as he looked at the girl next to him.

Rex groaned as he looked back at Roman and saw who was the person who kicked him.

There, beside roman was a girl standing at 4'10" wearing a white jacket with a pink interior, brown pants, black gloves, and black and white boots with very high heels. Under her jacket was a brown corset, curved in the middle and at the bottom, exposing her hips. She also wore a multitude of necklaces, which hang haphazardly around her neck.

Her theme seemed to be modeled after Neapolitan Ice Cream as it had the appropriate trio of colors in her hair and on her outfit. Her hair color was typically half pink and half brown, with white streaks on the pink side.

Her natural eye color changed between brown, pale pink, and white, and they can alternate coloration in differing combinations, with this ability apparently being entirely under her control. Because of this, she tended to temporarily have a condition known as heterochromia iridum, where the eyes of a subject have two different colors. In her case, it is complete heterochromia, where one iris in its entirety is a different color from the other.

"Well I would like to stay and chat, but I've got things to do" said Torchwick as he now sounded like he didn't care anymore that he would potentially be screwed.

He then turned to the girl as he said "Neo. If you mind."

The girl then nodded at him as she then began to lean forward, like she was about to bow to someone.

"You're not getting away" said a voice, which as Rex looked back to see who it was, a yellow flash zoomed by him and he saw it was Yang as she was charging at them and tried to hit them

But they ended up shattering into pieces as she swung her fists at them.

Rex's eyes widened as he said "Dang. That's one powerful punch" as he was still holding his side where Neo kicked him.

Off in the distance, they all then heard sounds of an airship and looked over and saw Roman and Neo getting away.

"Never mind" thought Rex in annoyance.

The girls ran up close to Rex as they saw him getting away.

"Guess he got a new henchman" said Rex in an annoyed manner.

Yang ran over to him after seeing him holding his side

"Are you ok?" asked Yang as she saw him holding his side.

"Yes, Yang. I'm fine. Just give me a few minutes. The pain will go away" said Rex as he began to turn around.

"Here. At least let me help you till you get better" said Yang, trying to be helpful, as she grabbed his other arm and put it over her shoulder.

"Thanks" said Rex as he accepted the help.

The team began walking away until Ruby said "Hey. Where's Sun and Neptune?"

Rex then stopped as he said "I don't know. When we fell off the highway, they just disappeared. But I'm sure their fine."


At another side of town

"They'll be alright, right" said Neptune.

"Probably" said Sun as he ate his food.