Beacon (After Ruby finds the White Fang)
Jaune Arc was sleeping in his team's dorm room until he was awoken by his scroll. He picked it up and saw it was Ruby.
"Hello?" called Jaune but all he got was static then it cut out. He was weirded out by the call and tried to go back to sleep but kept thinking about it through the night.
Morning(August 20)
Morning came and JNPR was heading out to the Bullhead to head to their assignment mission.
But all Jaune kept thinking about was the call. It sounded like she was trying to say something important from the tone in her voice but he couldn't hear her.
Pyrrha saw that Jaune was still worrying about Ruby so she assured him saying "I'm sure they're fine. They've got Rex. I'm sure that they're good" trying to take Jaune's mind off of them.
"You think so?" asked Jaune as he thought about Pyrrha's words.
"Probably a butt dial..." commented Nora as she skipped along the way.
"Team RRWBY has always performed exceptionally in the field. And like Pyrrha said they have Rex. And he's incredibly strong. We should be focusing on our own mission" said Ren as he followed alongside.
"We're gonna be deputies!" exclaimed Nora as she jumped for joy.
Jaune knew that he teammates were right but he wasn't sure as he said "I just got this feeling... I don't know."
Pyrrha tried to persuade him to try and not think about it. But then, they heard alarms ringing as they looked over into the distance and saw that the city of Vale was up in smoke.
The team was surprised by it all and looked to their team leader to decide what to do as Jaune gained a determined look and said "We're changing our mission. Everyone on board!" as they all headed to the airship.
Elsewhere
As the team headed out, Mercury, Cinder, and Emerald watched what was happening before they looked over at the Town of Vale.
Emerald saw the grim creatures crawling around Vale as she said "You don't think..."
"Sure looks like it" said Mercury as he interrupted Emerald.
"That's still days away!" exclaimed Emerald as she knew
Mercury turned to Cinder and asked "So? What do we do?"
All Cinder did was look out the window and she pondered at what to do.
Vale
Team RRWBY had managed to shake off the explosion force that they went through when the train exploded.
"Everyone alright?" asked Rex as he helped Ruby up.
"Yea, we're good over here" said Yang as she helped Weiss up.
"Me too" said Blake as she then unsheathed her weapon.
"Right, we've got to think of a plan" said Rex as he looked around and saw that they were now surrounded in the middle of the pavilion by Beowolves, Ursai, and a massive King Taijitu.
When Rex looked at the grim, he grunted as he was angry at himself that he didn't stop this from happening. But he then remembered that Ironwood had left him his contact info.
"Crap, gotta get him here now" said Rex as he quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out his scroll.
Weiss noticed this and said "This is no time to check your email!"
Rex grew an annoyed face as he then yelled to Weiss "Shut up, I'm contacting help. Until they get here, we've got to stand our ground and clean up this town" as he finished contacting Ironwood and then kept his eyes on the grimm ahead of him as he then donned his goggles.
"Right. Let's show these pests how we do things in our town" yelled Yang as she readied her gauntlets.
"Right. Then let's show these grimm their five ways of going down" yelled Rex as he formed his hands as gained a determined smirk.
Blake and Weiss just sighed at his speech as they thought it was silly but Yang and Ruby both said "Heck, yea. Lets do some clean up work" as they were now pumped up and ready to fight.
"Our team is a bunch of crazies" said Weiss as she unsheathed her sword.
"With you as the prime example" said Rex in a mocking way, which made Yang and Ruby snicker, but as he said that, The King Taijitu unleashed a mighty roar, signaling the Grimm to attack.
"Oh just shut up and slash them up" said Weiss as she summoned a fire glyph and blasted her way over and cut through some grimm.
Rex just sighed as he ran forward and said "Alright, uglies. Your crazy train missed its station so now its coming to a stop" as he launched off the ground by punching the ground with his fists and flew into the air and swung his fists around and smashed into the grimm horde ahead of him crushing them to dust.
"Now that's what I'm talking about!" said Yang as she too launched herself by blasting her way to the grimm horde. She unleashed a hail of bullet punches, sending the grimm flying through the air.
Ruby planted Crescent Rose on the ground before kicking away the Grimm, Yang propelled herself upward, performing aerial bombardments with her gauntlets on the Grimm before three Giant Nevermores sent her crashing to the ground.
"Yang" yelled Rex then formed his wings and chased after the Nevermores.
He flew in close to the one of the Nevermore's as he then deactivated his wings and formed his sword as he yelled "Didn't your mama tell you no flying before breakfast?" as he then swiped his sword as he and as he could and cut the nevermore in half.
He activated his wings again and flew off after the other two Nevermores.
Back on the ground, Blake was slashing at the Beowolfs with sword before she switched it to her gun and fired at the other approaching Grimm.
With Weiss, she slashed three Beowolves, before summoning a glyph to conjure up an ice blade as she then did one big slash and cut the Grimms in half.
With Yang, she jumped off the ground and fired several shots, which sent several cars flying towards the Grimm and ramming into them. She then looked up and saw Rex pummeling the last Nevermore and thought "Man, what a fighter."
As Ruby finished slashing at a Grimm, she noticed the King Taijitu ready for the attack as it then swing its head near her and Ruby saw it was trying to cut her so she tried to block it with her scythe.
But she soon heard a buzzing sound and a blue line flew right past her and cut straight through the grimm, turning it into dust. Ruby blinked at the sudden defeat as she turned around and saw that Rex had formed his Sky Slyder and his brand new build, again consisting of two glowing round packs on his back, with 5 long wire ropes sticking out of them all, which had cylinders at the ends of them, and part of the build had formed across his chest.
"Sorry, stupid snake. Red's not on the menu for today" said Rex as he landed near the ground and deactivated both builds.
Ruby just stood in amazement as she was still surprised at the new build that Rex had made as she had stars in her eyes.
"Cause then, no one could bake awesome cookies like her again" said Rex in carefree way as she shrugged his shoulders.
"It's true. I am the best" said Ruby as she shrugged her shoulders as well.
"If you're just bickering about cookies, I could use some help here" said Blake as she tried slashing at a Beowulf.
Suddenly Nora came flying out of nowhere as she then smashed the Beowulf with her hammer saying "Nora Smash!"
They all turned and saw the rest of Team JNPR joining in the fight as they began helping RRWBY fight the grimm.
"Let's move!" yelled Pyrrha as she began slashing her sword at the grimm as Ren and Nora did the same thing but Jaune seemed nervous but he then remembered what Rex had trained him for.
So he gained back his determined face and said "Okay, who's first!"
He turned around to notice a giant Ursa standing behind him. Pyrrha was fighting several Grimm nearby, as she impaled a Beowolf, and then a Creep before seeing the Ursa advance on Jaune. She became worried but she then saw Jaune charging towards the grimm the Ursa with a mighty scream. He then slashed the Ursa several times at its belly and mills before it fell to the ground. Pyrrha smiled at this as she noticed his improvement and she knew she had Rex to thank. Jaune and Pyrrha continued their fights near by Rex until Rex heard two familiar voices come into the scene.
A few feet from the fallen Ursa, Sun Wukong and Neptune Vasilias arrived, flashing their badges.
"Nobody move! Junior detectives are on the case!" yelled Sun as he flashed his badge.
"We have badges so you know it's official!" continued Neptune.
Rex groaned at them and said "They do realize that that is doing nothing to help right now."
He then heard a jet noise behind and saw a fleet coming from the Atlesian Military, consisting of dropships deploying the Atlesian knight 200 units and the flagship of James Ironwood.
Sun and Neptune reacted in awe of the fleet as Sun dropped his badge to the floor. But Rex simply smirked as he said "Good thing he got my message" as he then formed his blaster caster and wrapped it around an Ursa Major and swung it over his head and slammed into onto the concrete.
As the rest of Team RRWBY looked up in the sky, an Ursa took the opportunity to attack Ruby from behind. However, it was gunned down by a dropship's machine gun. As the robotic Knights deployed out, they started gunning down the Grimm. Two of the Knights are stampeded on by a Boarbatusk , but a separate group of three Knights fired on an Ursa and another Ursa had fallen from a Knight's punch.
Sun and Neptune reacted in awe of the fleet as Sun dropped his badge to the floor. Rex just snickered at what was happening before him.
As Team RRWBY looked up in the sky, an Ursa took the opportunity to attack Ruby from behind but it met its end by the hands of Rex's giant hands as he grabbed the grimm, pulled it towards him and knocked the grimm away, turning it to dust.
"Sorry Fido. You've just been met with a crushing defeat" joked Rex as he and his team separated and began tackling grimm from different spots.
From a distance, Cinder and her gang were watching the battle from a far as Cinder then nodded her head, signaling Mercury and Emerald to attack the Grimm as she walked off. As an Ursa received the business end of her weapon, at least half a dozen assorted Grimm now stood in front of Emerald.
She then drew her guns from their holsters, revealing them to be dual pistols. The Grimm pack learned this the hard way as she opened fire and all but a single Ursa fell to a barrage of Dust shots while charging at Emerald. Emerald quickly transformed her pistols into kopis blades, flipping and slashing at the rampaging Ursa to kill it.
As more Knights managed to subdue the Grimm, and as team RRWBY kept fighting grimm, Rex looked towards the train hole, and out of the opening came Zwei, followed by Dr. Oobleck in a damaged Atlesian Paladin. The dog jumped off to headbutt a Beowolf. He then heard a Bullhead near him and saw it drop off a certain team that he was familiar with.
It was Team CFVY and Professor Peter Port.
Rex smirked as he knew that they would be very helpful in this endeavor. Team CFVY was one of the few teams that liked Rex. When Coco had heard what he did for Velvet and how he defeated the White Fang, she grew a liking to him and didn't mind his powers.
She knew that he was a good person and one that they could depend on if the situation got bad. The other members didn't mind him either and knew not to make him mad. As to not get crushed by his builds. The only thing Coco didn't like about him was his choice in fashion. She wasn't exactly fond of what he wore.
Rex soon swiped at the grimm and formed his punk busters and jumped over towards the group.
The group was surprised by sudden entrance but soon changed this minds when they saw who it was.
Rex moved his goggles up as he said "You're late to the party" in a teasing way.
Coco could tell what he was doing so she decided to play along as he said "Well, we got lost on our trail. We do have good food with us. Would that suffice?" as she leaned her head down for him to see her eyes.
"Depends" said Rex as he heard an Ursa behind him and formed his new build again and then turned all 5 lines to his back and then slashed the Ursa with his lasers as he finished saying "What is it?" as he kept his smirk.
The gang was surprised by what they had seen as never seen this new build that was on his back. Coco too was surprised but still kept up the act as she said "They're rich with iron" as she held up her handbag while Yatsuhashi held up his sword, and Fox held up his wrist swords.
Rex smiled as he said "Welcome to the party, though please try not to scuff up the floor with your shoes. Just had them polished" as he then formed his Boogie pack and flew off.
Coco just giggled slightly as she said "That kid is a dork. But a fun dork" as she turned to see some grimm creatures were charging towards them but Fox jumped towards them and cut them down to size.
Coco walked forward as she Fox a light pat on the butt saying "Nice hustle, Fox. Good job."
Coco then approached a large Beowulf as she pulled down her glasses in slight annoyance. saying "You just destroyed my favorite clothing store.
She then said "You just destroyed my favorite clothing store. Prepare to die" and gave that grimm a swift kick in the crotch and slammed her bag onto its head.
She effortlessly swatted away three more Beowolves, then leaped back to avoid a Death Stalker's tail. Velvet stepped forward, and moved her hand toward Anesidora and was about to open the box until Coco said "Hey, come on, you just spent all the semester building that up. Don't waste it here."
Coco then transformed her bag into a giant minigun, and started firing, slaughtering the advancing horde of Grimm, including a Death Stalker and three Nevermores.
As Rex sliced more grimm away, he still managed to catch Coco's weapon transformation as his eyes grew in shock and thought "How heavy is that bag exactly?"
Port and Oobleck regrouped at the opening, and fired their weapons at the approaching Grimm, while Glynda Goodwitch mopped up the remnants and immediately closed the opening using her Semblance.
It took forever but finally all the grimms were exterminated. And Roman was escorted by Mercury and Emerald towards an Atlesian airship.
"Oh, I can't believe that you caught me, you've really taught me the error of my ways" joked Roman as the robot kept pushing him as he said "He-hey, watch the hat!"
Emerald and Mercury then approached Ruby and they smiled at each other. Everyone else was exchanging smiles with each other and were glad to know that it was all over.
Later
Afterwards, Team RRWBY and Zwei soon walked back to Beacon and sat on the edge of Beacon's landing platform, overlooking the City of Vale from across the lake.
"Well, we did it" said Rex in a sighing manner.
"Yea, we did it" said Blake as she sighed at how tired she was.
"If we don't get extra credit for that, I'm gonna be seriously disappointed" commented Weiss in a slight annoyed tone.
"We saved an entire town from being eaten or mauled and that's what you're worried about?" said Rex in an annoyed tone as well.
"That and a two-headed snake literally crushed a bakery. I wouldn't count on it" said Yang.
"Plus, I mean, we didn't solve everything. A lot of people were hurt, and we still don't even know why they did this, or who that mystery girl was" said Ruby in a worried way.
"Well, not every story has a neat and tidy ending" said Weiss in a slight defeated tone.
"I would know that the most" thought Rex as he hung his head down but not to where the girls noticed.
"We might not have all the answers, but we do have a lot of dangerous people behind bars. And I think that's something we could be proud of" said Blake.
"Yeah! And if anyone tries something like this again, we'll be there to stop them. Especially with you, Rex" said Ruby as she hugged him
"Yay, teamwork" said Yang as she hugged Rex too.
"Speaking of which, Rex. I saw how you saw those big birds hit me and how you chased after them" said Yang in a teasing tone.
"I-uh-I-I w-ell of course I chased after them. I'm the only one of us that can fly so that job was best suited for me" said Rex trying not to be embarrassed at how close she was being.
Yang smirked at what he said and said " You were mad that I got hurt and decided to hurt those who hurt me cause you care about me so much you don't want me hurt" she said in a teasing way.
Rex soon calmed down and tried to lessen his blush as stood up saying "Will you stop that already? I'm the only one that can fly as fast as those big birds so of course I had to be the one to do it."
"Keep telling yourself that" said Yang as she and the others began getting up. But as they did that, Ruby then remembered something she wanted to do when the fight was over. She then zoomed over to Rex and clung to his right arm.
"REX. Show me that new build again. I never got to be in 'awe' at it" said Ruby as she jumped up and down.
This caught the attention of the others as Weiss stood up and said "Rex, what is she talking about?"
Rex grew a little nervous as he knew how suspicious she was and every time she asked him a question, he felt a little bit worried.
"Yea, what exactly does Ruby mean by new build?" asked Yang.
Rex sighed as he knew he should show them. Ruby knew about it so it was only fair that they see it too. Rex then gained a smirk as he stood up straight and said " Prepare to be amazed" as he then started to activate his nanites and then made the new build he made on the train, and soon created his new build.
The gang, minus Ruby, were in awe as they saw a new build that they had never seen Rex make before.
There, out of his back, were two glowing round packs on his back, with 5 long wire ropes sticking out of them all, which had cylinders at the ends of them, and part of the build had formed across his chest.
"WOW. SO COOL. Even seeing it up close, its still cool" said Ruby as she climbed on his back and began playing with the wires.
"Woah" said Yang as she was amazed by the new build that Rex had made.
"What is this?"asked Blake as she too was amazed by this new build of his.
"Yea, I've never seen this before. Have you been hiding this from us" said Weiss as she pointed at him, objectively.
Rex just sighed as he said "No, I didn't. It was something that I thought of when we were on the the train."
"On the train?" asked Blake.
"Yea, when we were battling those big mech suits, I just sort of saw a blueprint for a new build and out came this" said Rex as he pointed to his new build as he moved the wires around a bit.
"Blue prints?" asked Blake.
"Yea, didn't you remember. I told you the metal inside is alive and they sort of make designs of these new builds. They're the builders and I'm the director" said Rex as began playing with Ruby by wrapping the wire around her and set her back on the ground.
"If that is the case, then what does this one do. We all know that your builds have different functions, so what does this do" asked Yang as she placed her hand on her hip.
Rex then moved the cylinders to the side as the wires then glowed blue and out came the lasers in the cylinder and Rex began craving in the ground as the girls just watched in awe. Rex then moved the wires back and saw the had craved a gear image in the ground.
"Its like a laser light show, this build" said Rex as the wires moved around as Rex was messing around with them.
"WOW. Thats so cool" exclaimed Ruby as she jumped around in excitement as Rex then deactivated his new build, making Ruby pout that the new build was gone.
"Thats pretty cool. Can you make a build that makes its own lava?" asked Yang.
"Please don't do that" said Blake as she didn't want to know what Rex would be like if that were to happen.
"I don't know if that's possible. But what I do know is that I'm tired. I think a good nights rest is the best thing for us" he said as he turned and walked away as the girls followed him.
"It's morning actually" said Yang as she pointed at the sky.
"Shut up. You know what I mean" said Rex in an annoyed manner. The team began walking back to their dorms to get some rest after the crazy things that happens today.
"I suggest training for the tournament, but I guess we have that covered at this point" said Weiss.
"No. Sleep now" complained Ruby as she lazily walked to the dorms with her team, but she then did another 180 and began saying "*gasp, We should think of a name for your new build, Rex" as she grabbed his coat and shook him around a little.
He groaned as he held her wrists and pushed her off as he said "Alright, sure we'll think of something" as he began to think about what sounded good.
Yang heard what Ruby said and joined in as well as she thought of names that they could call his name build.
"Ooo, how about Laser Snakz?" asked Yang.
"Nah, doesn't sound right" said Rex as he kept thinking of ideas.
"OOO. How about Laser Light show" said Ruby.
"Too on the nose. No, its gotta be something clever. Something that really kicks" said Rex as he shot down Ruby's idea, making her pout.
"Just call it Slashlight" said Blake in her monotone voice, which made the others face her.
"Huh?" asked Yang.
"Well, those cylinder at the end reminded me of flashlights in how the light up something, and since its like a laser, well lasers cut things or slash things. And slash rhymes with flash, so I thought Slashlight" as she had explained her answer.
Rex soon grew an intrigued thought and began thinking more on her words as he said "That's not bad. Clever, unique, plays with the word 'light'. Yes, I dub thee, Slashlight" in a slight deep voice as he held his hands on hips and formed his new build again.
"Slashlight is thy name now" joked Rex as the wires spread out like a peacock and its back feathers.
Ruby's eyes just twinkled the name as she too liked the name as well as Yang just smirked as she didn't know the Blake was a word wizard for naming such a cool name.
Weiss just groaned as she said "If we're all done with our little spelling bee, can we get some sleep? It's been a long day" as she walked away.
"Alright, party pooper. We're coming" said Rex as he deactivaed his build and followed Weiss into the school.
They walked in the direction of their rooms but on their way, Rex saw out of the corner of his eyes the elevators to Opzin's office. He then began to think about if he should go talk to him about what happened. After all he had done for him, he should at least tell him about what Rex saw on his journey.
So Rex stopped and began turning towards the elevators, to which Yang saw and said "Rex, where are you going?" making everyone else look towards him.
Rex turned around and said "I'm going to go talk to Ozpin about our little trip. I'll meet you guys later" as he turned back around and walked towards the elevator.
"Uh, ok. See you later" said Yang as she waved goodbye to Rex as she and the others walked to their rooms.
Ozpin's office
Vale's Government Council called on Ozpin, who responded in his office. The headmaster aloofly stared outside his window.
"Ozpin?" Said a voice in his computer.
"Ozpin!" yelled the voice again.
Ozpin turned his chair towards his desk and said "Yes, Councilman."
A video feed of the councilmen showed up on a holographic screen with Ironwood's video feed in the corner.
"You've left us no choice! The Vytal Festival tournament cannot be broadcast, let alone held, if we are unable to ensure the safety of the citizens. Your choice to move it has caused some problems for us but we still went along with it because your description of how the parents want the kids to resign from Beacon made us all worry. I tell you, that boy is doing more harm than good at Beacon. I thought you said you would send him back to where he came from. He caused us all a lot of headaches" said the councilmen.
"No, I said I would think about it. I never said I would do it. Besides, that boy has actually done more than you would possibly know. He's been a great asset to us here at Beacon" said Ozpin, tying to reason with the councilmen.
"Battling the White Fang and doing reckless stuff is considered being a "good asset" said another councilmen.
"He's been trying to stop the White Fang and their evil plans whenever they come across each other. He's actually made the Faunas students here stop being bullied and even the headmaster from other kingdoms said that their students actually liked him. Yes, he can be reckless, but he does it for the right reasons" said Ozpin, trying to change their minds.
"And due to all that boy has done, we decided to reach out to the Atlas Council and together have decided that the best action is to appoint General Ironwood as head of security for the event" said another council member.
Ozpin sighed as he said "I see. Thank you, Councilman. Our Kingdom is happy to lend as many troops as it takes to ensure that the event runs smoothly and safely as possible" replied Ozpin.
"And we thank you, General" said the councilmen again.
"Will that be all?" questioned Ozpin.
"For now. But after this festival comes to a close, we are going to have a serious discussion about your position at Beacon Academy. General Ironwood's reports over the last few weeks have left us somewhat... concerned as well as curious. I am sure you understand by what we mean by curious" said the councilmen.
"If you're meaning the boy, then don't worry about him. Ironwood knows as well that Rex has been an exceptional student here. His grades have been fine so far and he's manage to stand up for the Faunus at our school. He's made many friends here and some seem to like him" said Ozpin.
"And he's also made some enemies. The White Fang aren't a joke. Even if he can do all of these amazing feats, there's no way he can defeat the whole White Fang army..." said the councilmen but before he could continue, James spoke up.
"He is a interesting student and he's shown that he's more than capable to fight powerful people and grimm. He could still be a great help for us, Oz. He has the power to fight giant grimm on his own. If we convince him to help, that could ensure the safety of the Vytal festival and the students" said James.
"I agree with James. We've seen what he can do. And if he can stop massive grimm like the ones today, then he could easily handle being a part of our security committee. He could be of great help and value" said the councilman.
Ozpin sighed as he said "Yes I understand what you mean but as long as he's here he will..."
"Not be a part of these dangerous missions. I get that Oz. But we're running out of options" said Ironwood as he sighed at his stubbornness.
"There is always options. You just have to find them" said Ozpin.
"And Rex is that option. You know that he's here to protect the people so why not let me talk to him and have him help us, so we could use him..." said James.
"USE HIM" yelled Ozpin as he slammed his hands on his table.
"And what do you mean by that?" said Oz as he sat up. "If you're still thinking about doing that whole experiment thing then forget it."
"You know that's not what I meant. I thought about what you said last time and I know it's not a good idea but he could still help. On his own" said James.
"At least consider what he's saying Oz" said the councilman until his video feed disappears, leaving Ironwood's video feed alone with Ozpin. They silently stared at each other for a moment.
"He trusted us with the truth of who he really is, so I know that trying to do something like experimentation would jeopardize whatever partnership we've already made. We need him Oz. He could be the key to our... little predicament" said James.
Ozpin sat alone in thought at what he said and said "He may be all that but he's still a kid and I still hesitate to think about making him inherit Amber's powers because that would make him an even bigger target for Salem so I'm still thinking of a possible alternative" said Ozpin.
"Well whatever you decide to do, you have to understand, we are running out of time. And if we don't convince him to help, then things might get worse" said James as he hung up the video call. Ozpin then turned his chair around to look at the large Atlesian Ariship outside his window as James looked out his ship window at Beacon tower saying "You brought this on yourself."
Ironwood then walked toward a heavily guarded cell with Roman in it.
"Leave us" said Ironwood and the soldiers did so leaving James alone with Ironwood.
"I've been informed that so far you've refused to co-operate with the authorities" said Ironwood.
"I know this might be hard to believe, General, but uh... I'm not the biggest fan of local law enforcement" said Roman in a joking matter.
"How about the world's strongest military power?" said James in an intimidating manner.
Roman gave it a thought and said "Hmm.. first impressions... not great."
Ironwood sighed at his annoyance and said "I'm going to give you one chance. Who's really behind all this?"
Roman smirked and said "Isn't it obvious? You're looking at him."
Ironwood groaned at his incompetence saying "Hm.. Very well then" and shut the cell door. Roman just chuckled at James and knew that things were going according to plan.
Ozpin's office
As the call ended, Ozpin heard the elevator ding and he turned around to see Rex stepping out into his office.
"Ah, Rex. Good to see you're still ok" said Ozpin as he spun around to face him.
"Of course I'm fine. It'll take a lot more than trains and giant snakes to take me down" said Rex as he smirked at his skills as he took a seat.
Ozpin took a sip from his mug as he said "So I take it you wanted to talk about what went down in Vale today" as he set his mug down and leaned forward on his desk.
Rex sighed as he said "Yea, figured it'd be best to let you know about it. After all, me and my team were the ones that got caught up in it all" as he scratched his head.
"Very well. What exactly went down when you left for your huntsmen shadowing mission?" asked Ozpin.
"Well, when we made it to Mount Glenn, nothing happened but last night, Ruby disappeared and when we went to search for her, we found out she fell into a pit, which lead to an underground city that I think Oobleck said was suppose to be something great but ended up failing" said Rex
"I see. Yes, I remember. It was an expansion of Vale that was inevitably destroyed by creatures of Grimm, previously home to thousands of people. Mountain Glenn was suppose to be Vale's first serious attempt at expansion. It worked for a short period of time, thanks to an aggressive perimeter defense, and unique transportation; the city developed an elaborate subway system to carry citizens safely from the new territory into the main Kingdom, but sadly without the many natural barriers Vale had to protect its borders, Mountain Glenn was doomed from the start. As the end drew near, the citizens of the territory made one last attempt at survival: They took up shelter beneath the city! In massive caves that they had cleared out for the subway. And they had cut themselves off from the surface but it didn't even work since an explosion opened the mouth of another cavern, filled with subterranean Grimm. After that, the Kingdom officially sealed off the tunnels, creating the world's largest tomb" said Ozpin as he recalled the story of Mount Glenn.
"And that tomb was where the White Fang were hiding. And they used those tunnels to drive a train into Vale along with exploding carts which made several grimm crawl into the tunnels and that was what caused all the grimm to get into the city" said Rex as he rubbed his neck.
"I see. So that's what they meant by south eastern area" said Ozpin, understanding what happened with Rex and his team.
"Yea, I managed to stop the train in time but it exploded as we stopped at the end and that was what made that big hole in the ground, leading to us fighting them off" finished Rex as laid back in his chair.
"I see. So that's what happened. Anything else that happened" asked Ozpin.
"Well I did make this new build" said Rex as he stood up and backed away from the desk, to which Ozpin raised his eyebrow at what Rex had meant by that but had an idea about what he was talking about.
Rex then gained a smirk as he said " Prepare to be amazed" as he then started to activate his nanites and then made the new build he made on the train, and soon created his new build, newly dubbed, Slashlight.
Credit goes to Crystalmoon101 on deviant art. I just redrew it and added the omega colors. Not mine. It's their artwork.
Ozpin was in awe as he saw a new build that he had never seen Rex make before.
"What is this?"asked Ozpin, still in amazement.
"Well, I didn't think about what to call it but Blake gave me a name that fits it, Slashlight" said Rex as he played around with the 5 wires.
"Slashlight?" asked Ozpin as he soon was curious about what it could do as he asked "And what can this build do?"
"Well, I can't show you since I don't want to get detention for breaking your office but their basically lasers, these wires and cylinders" said Rex as he moved a cylinder to his hand.
"I see, but where did you come up with the idea?" asked Ozpin.
"Well, in the tunnel, we were fighting Ironwoods giant robot suits and in a short moment, I thought about wishing I had several swords to cut them down and in that short moment, I recalled Penny having several swords and soon I saw a build that had several things to cut things down, and out popped this build so I guess I have her to thank for this" said Rex, as Ozpin was still surprised at the new build.
"I see. Well I appreciate you telling me what happened. Is there anything else you have to say?"asked Ozpin.
Rex deactivated his build and began to think on if he had anymore things to talk about as he then remembered something he did want to talk about with Ozpin. So he faced him and then said "Not that I can think of with what happened recently, but I have been wanting to talk to you about" as he sounded serious now as he took a seat.
Ozpin took notice of this and said "What is it?"
Rex began to think on his thoughts as to why he wanted to talk to Ozpin. It was something serious to talk about so he needed to talk with Ozpin about it.
Rex took a deep breath and said "What are we going to do about Salem?"
Hearing this made Ozpin internally flinch but he kept his stoic face as he said "In what regards are you meaning with Salem?" as he was curious about what Rex wanted to talk about since they hadn't talked about her in a while.
"I mean, what are we going to do about her? I can't stay here forever, Ozpin. Like you said, she's planning something and that has been on my mind for a while now and if its something big, then I don't want to be stuck here or be around my team. I know you said that as long as the maidens are on our side or at least away from Salem, then the vaults will be locked away and will keep the relics away from her but what if they're not. I need to get out there and try to stop Salem's plans. We still don't know if Raven has the Spring maiden's powers or not, and if its no, then we've got to find the spring maiden" said Rex as he rubbed his forehead as his mind was being flooded with other things that concerned him.
"That and...the more I spend with my friends, the more it hurts me inside because of what I'm keeping from them. I know its bad to lie but I'm doing this to keep them from getting wrapped up in this whole mess with Salem. I'm not saying they're not strong but I don't know how strong she is. So much so that I can't guarantee that they'll make it back to their families. Which is why I have to know if I can leave this place sometime. I can't stay here forever, Ozpin" said Rex in his serious voice as Ozpin sighed while looking to the side of him.
"I already ended up making myself known to the world and theres no doubt that whoever she works with has shown her the news clip of me. Meaning she's either going to kidnap me or kill me. And if she's as bad as you've told me, then I've got to go somewhere away from my team and my friends. Or anyone for that matter" said Rex as Ozpin still didn't face him.
Ozpin then took a deep breath as he said "If I'm being honest, I've thought about the same thing, Rex. Salem would send people after you in order to get their hands on your powers or kill you from ever using them on her, but she hasn't and that has me concerned and relieved at the same time" as he then stood up and walked over to a window and stared out at the school.
"These students are still far too young and you've had more experience on the battle field, if I had to take a guess. So it would be ideal to send you out and try and find the maidens, whoever they are, because it would keep Salem and her goons on you and away from all the students. But i ask that you at least stay until after the Vytal Festival. I still want to prove to others that you're not a threat, Rex. That you are on our side" said Ozpin as he sat back down in his chair.
"By having you compete in the Vytal Festival, we can show the people that we are strong and that we can defend the students from threats such as the White Fang, since that's what started this whole thing, you battling the White Fang and ending up on the news" said Ozpin, trying to reason with Rex.
"I think that it would be a good idea to move you away from the students for their own safety but we still need to show that if you're gone, we are still strong. So I'll make you a deal. When the Vytal Festival is over, I'll have you go with Qrow and scour Remnant to find the maidens and then perhaps work your way to Atlas. Their military power is great so they will be safe there. James will make sure of that. But if this is what you want to do, you'll be leaving your friends behind. Are you sure this is what you want? Because I've seen the kind of friendship you've made with the students and teachers here and are you sure you want to leave that all behind?" asked Ozpin, as Rex began to think on what he said.
Yea, it would suck to abandon his friends and this school and leave behind all the memories he made here. Not to mention all the fangirls he'd leave behind. But he also knew it was for the best since he didn't know how powerful Salem was or what she could do. He didn't want his new friends to possibly die on his watch. He knew they had families to go back to so he wanted to make sure that they did make it back by keeping them there and not bringing them on his journey to stop Salem. If she was hiding then there was no way for him to know how strong she was but he knew one person that would know.
"Ozpin..." said Rex, making the headmaster pay attention.
"...How powerful is Salem?" asked Rex, making the headmaster flinch a little.
He knew he might ask a question so he knew that he had to say it, mostly, truthfully.
"She can use more powerful magic than the maidens themselves. She can create giant grimm creatures from her hands and is so powerful that bringing your friends into it would be a bad decision" said Ozpin.
Hearing that gave all the confirmation that Rex needed. He couldn't let his friends know, for fear of losing them and keeping them away from her.
"I see. Then I guess I continue as I was" said Rex with a hint of regret and sadness in his voice. He hated lying to his friends but to keep them safe from Salem's power, he had to lie to them as so they won't try and follow him to stop Salem. Oum knows what she could do to them.
"Well that was everything I wanted to go over. Guess I'll see you later" said Rex as he stood up from his chair and walked to the elevator. But before he went down, Ozpin said "I know this hurts you, Rex. To lie to your friends, but its the best way to keep them safe" as Rex just simply hung his head as the elevator went down.
Meanwhile
Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald were currently on a rooftop over seeing Vale.
Cinder smiled and said "All in all, I call today a success."
Emerald groaned saying "Those stupid kids really made a mess of things. Especially that Rex"
Mercury threw in his two bits saying "Yeah. A lot of Faunus didn't make it out the tunnels. You still think the White Fang's gonna listen to us?"
"No, but they'll listen to me" said a voice. They all turned around and saw a man with red hair, horns, and a black suit walking toward them. This man was Adam Taurus.
"Aww Adam. So great of you to join us" said Cinder.
"Yea Yea. Listen I'm not pleased at some of my men dying but the plan is almost done" said Adam.
"But I was promised that you would be able to get rid of our new problem. One that has ruined some of our plans and hurt some of my men and could possibly ruin what we're doing. So tell me, what exactly do you plan to do know to kill...
...Rex Salazar
Later that night
Night fell in Beacon and Rex and the others were taking some much deserved rest and sleep. After all that happened last night made him and the girls very tired so they had crashed early in the morning.
Rex was sleeping peacefully until something hit him the tip of his nose, leaving a bruise on his nose
"Oww" said Rex as he looked on his blanket and saw that a rock was the culprit of hitting his face but he also saw that there was a note tied to it. He looked back to see the window was open.
"Did I leave it open or did they leave it open?" he thought as he then took the letter off the rock and read it.
"Come to the court yard" it said.
Rex found it weird that the person would throw a rock into their room but he was also cautious as to who this person was. He decided to investigate as to who the person was. As to not wake his team, he walked through the campus and made his way to the fountain but when he got there, the person he thought he would've seen wasn't there. He looked around but they were gone.
He was about to leave until he heard a familiar voice "Ah, Mr Salazar. Good to see you old friend. How have things been at Beacon?"
Rex turned around and saw Professor Paradox standing behind him. He hadn't changed at all since the last time they spoke but then again it was only two months ago.
"Paradox. What are doing here?" asked Rex in a surprised tone.
"Well my boy. I'm here because I have some to give you that can save a life. I wish I could stay long because we have much to talk about but once again, I am short on time" said Paradox as he reached into his lab coat and pulled out a piece of folded paper.
"What is this?" questioned Rex.
Paradox looked down at his watched and made a deep sigh. As he began to turn around he looked back at Rex and answered in a grave voice saying "Something even Ironwood doesn't want to tell you. But also, don't push your luck with that. You've already started a connection with him. Don't ruin it" and he disappeared in a flash of light.
Rex held his arms up to block the bright light. As he disappeared Rex just sighed as he said "Could he be any more cryptic?"
Rex then began to head back to his dorm room. When he made it, he sat down on the floor and opened the letter. Out of the letter fell a folded piece of paper. Rex saw this and opened it up carefully as to not wake the others up.
He looked at the paper and it was a sketch...
...of Penny?
"Huh, what's this?" asked Rex as he looked closely at it but soon realized something.
"She's a robot?" thought Rex as he looked through the papers as he then saw another piece of paper which he figured to be a letter as he then began to read the letter.
"Dear Mr Salazar, I'm sorry that I couldn't stay and chat with you but I'm currently dealing with some issues right now but what you're going to find out can save the lives of Academy but not the place itself. I am afraid you can't tell your friends because your future as well as all of Remnants rests on you. Now, what I have to tell you, as well as show, is this..."
Meanwhile
While Rex was reading the letter, a raven had been perched on one of the lamp posts and had been watching Rex the whole time. After witnessing the boy talking to the mysterious man and then watched as he made his way back to his room, the raven then descended towards the ground as it began to transform back into the masked swordswoman, who was smirking as she finished observing the metal boy fighting in full action, who we know as Raven Branwen.
She was determined to find out the source of this boy's power and once she finds out his secret she will have him as a perfect bandit of her "family," the Branwen Tribe.
However, her thoughts were cut off short when she dodged out of the way avoiding a familiar looking long cane with its patterned handle and gray-black shaft. Raven looked towards the direction of the cane as it was pointed at her throat and its wielder, Ozpin.
"Why am I not surprised you were able to spot me and caught me off guard..." said Raven as she looked at her former Headmaster while removing her Grimm mask showing her black hair and red eyes.
"You were never able to get past me and do the same thing... Raven" said Ozpin as Glynda arrived with her riding crop pointed at her.
"I would appreciate it if you didn't try to observe one of my new students, Raven. Now, what is your reason for following Mr. Salazar here? You seemed to be interested in him for a good reason, your brother mentioned that to me" asked Ozpin while keeping his cane at Raven's neck.
Raven slowly backed up as she still kept her eye on Ozpin as she kept her distance while Ozpin's cane was still close to her throat as the boy and Glynda followed. She did not want wish to fight here and now.
And despite being raised by the bandit tribe that she and her brother Qrow grew up and both are equally matched with each other in combat, Ozpin, however, was a different story.
"That's much better. Now tell me, why are you here Raven?" asked Ozpin to his former student.
"Take a guess, Oz. You're always good at figuring things out" replied Raven in a slight annoyed tone.
Ozpin stared at her over his spectacles with a glare that could kill a Creature of Grimm, or anyone that dare to cross him.
"I will not ask again Raven. Tell me your reason" replied Ozpin with a cold edge in his voice.
"That is none of your business" said Raven to her old headmaster while gripping her sword.
"I do believe it is, old friend. I already know that you're interested in Mr. Salazar, though mainly his 'abilities', and you considered him to be and I quote on your brother's words: 'A perfect candidate in your 'family' comprised of thieves and murderers.'" replied Ozpin, antagonizing Raven as she tried her best to keep her cool.
Raven glared at him again before she lowered her gaze, as she held on to her mask.
"Ever since that day, before his news debut, I was exploring Remnant like usual, I felt a source of power I had never felt before out in Mount Glenn. Soon I saw the news clip of him battling the White Fang, so I immediately investigated out of curiosity," Raven said as she continued to speak.
"And once I reached the site of the source of unknown power, that's when I witnessed everything that impressed me. That boy has the power to grow metal out of his body and he is able to take down three bullheads to the ground without breaking a sweat. I still wish to know his powers, but if I had to take a guess, you know more about it than me. You wouldn't just let someone like him into your school without asking questions. But until I can find them out, he will be useful to me as he would make a perfect tribe member" smiled Raven as she finished as she pointed her index at the window of RRWBY's room.
"I'm afraid that's never going to happen, Raven. I will not have you harm one of my special students. And the boy and his power is off limits," said Ozpin as he kept his cool.
"Why would you need this boy anyway Oz? You know damn well that Salem will bring down Beacon and the rest of the Huntsmen Academies, and you know that you'll fall and continue to live throughout your cursed life, and that boy will fall into her hands. You know it well that with her power and connections, she will eventually find them out. You know that that boy would be safer in my hands" said Raven, feeling confident that she could get Rex to join her, if he was persuaded right.
Ozpin, however, was feeling quite annoyed that Raven was pulling up very personal things.
"I'm only going to offer you a chance Raven... Leave Mister Salazar alone and go back to your tribe in Anima, you will stop bringing up Salem and my personal status that is suppose to be classified or else!" said Ozpin as he threatened the bandit leader.
"Or else what, you old fool?" asked Raven in a condescending tone. Ozpin tried to find a way to respond to her question but while he was distracted, Raven grabbed a smoke bomb and threw it to the ground.
When Ozpin and Glynda cleared the smoke, Raven was gone. They searched around but they saw she had disappeared.
Ozpin sighed at he began to get lost in thought at Raven's words. She did make some good points but not all of them. He did know that he needed Rex's help and it might be soon. He then turned to Glynda and said "I feel it might soon be getting time to tell Mr. Salazar."
"I don't know about that Oz," said Glynda to the headmaster.
"Are you sure Rex will be useful against Salem. Not to mention we still need to figure out who will be Amber's candidate" continued Glynda.
"Have hope Glynda, I know Rex Salazar will do the right thing and because of his heroism, he will help us in the battle against Salem and protecting the four Relics from her" replied Ozpin as Glynda grew worried.
"I mean, you did say that he reminds you of that old dream you had so you have to have faith in the boy" said Ozpin as Glynda still kept her worried face.
"You better know what you are doing Ozpin, Not only has Mister Salazar gained the attention of Raven and the White Fang, but he's no doubt caught Salem's attention. It's only a matter of time before she sets her plan into action. We can't keep waiting" said Glynda, afraid of what would happen to their new student.
"Have faith in yourself Glynda" replied Ozpin in a calmly manner to his second in command.
"Rex will be ready to face the secrets for when I have to tell them to him, but for now, lets all get some rest." Ozpin finished while Glynda and himself began to walk back to the school.
Further away from the academy
The same raven was franticly flying through the air and landed on the ground and it changed back into Raven Branwen. She stood back up and turned around to face Beacon Academy as she then said
"Mark my words, Rex Salazar, you will join my tribe, and you shouldn't believe in Qrow and Ozpin as they're both fools as Beacon will fall, I know this" said Raven as she began heading back home.
"Until we meet again, Rex Salazar...," said Raven as she put her Grimm Mask back on and used her semblance to create a swirling red and black portal with her sword. She then gave one last look at Beacon Acamdey, as she walked inside portal and it completely dissipated.
