Chp. 57: Change
Remnant
Somewhere in Eastern Solitas
Teleporting Dust Warehouses
Back on Remnant in Solitas, The Creatures of Grimm have been driven away and the White Fang soldiers are scattered around the area dead or unconscious. Winter, Clover, Robyn, and Alexey looked around as Atlesian soldiers, Russian soldiers, Penny, and the rest of the Happy Huntresses and Ace Operatives were apprehending the remaining White Fang soldiers.
"Thanks for the help. We really appreciate it," Robyn said.
"No problem. As soon as we saw you all in trouble, we chose to jump in and help you all out," Alexey said.
"Now that things are under control now, I think we can take the rest from here," Winter said.
"Feel free to call if you're in another jam," Alexey said.
"Will do," Clover said.
Before Alexey could walk away, a White Fang soldier wrestled himself free from two Atlesian soldiers and ran straight for a rocket launcher that was on the ground.
"Someone stop him!" Alexey shouted.
Penny flies over the White Fang soldier who grabs the rocket launcher. Just before Penny tackles him to the ground, the Faunus fires the rocket up into the air. The rocket flew up into the air and over the warehouses. The rocket exploded and from it, small little balls rained down onto the warehouses.
"What... are those?" Marrow asked.
The White Fang soldier who fired the rocket and is currently pinned to the ground by Penny began laughing.
"What's so funny? What did you do?!" Winter asked.
"Doctor Merlot and Doctor Watts designed that rocket to store small cherry bombs that will go off simultaneously in a few seconds once released from the rocket," the Faunus supremacist answered with glee.
"Then that would mean..." Vine stopped before turning his head towards the warehouses.
Everyone else turned their attention to the warehouses and within a second, the cherry bombs all exploded simultaneously. A moment later the smoke cleared and all that was left of the warehouses was all the teleportation Dust that was stored inside them. A moment of silence later, All of the teleporting Dust started to glow simultaneously. Everyone shielded their eyes from the light that quickly enveloped everything around them.
City of Atlas
Atlas Academy
Headmaster's Office
Meanwhile inside the headmaster's office of Atlas Academy, General Ironwood sat behind his desk, typing on a holographic screen. His screen beeped and displayed a message on the screen which read 'Access Requested.'
"Send them in," Ironwood spoke.
A moment later, the doors slid open and walking into Ironwood's office was Councilmen Sleet and Camila.
"James, we need to talk," Camila said.
"Let me guess, this is about Earth?" Ironwood asked.
"This new world has been a nonstop topic for the past couple days now, James. The other kingdoms have been asking more questions than we could count, including this pandemic that is plaguing that world," Sleet said.
"I understand your concerns, Councilman, but-" Before the general could finish, the room shook around them.
A bright flash of light flashed through the windows, engulfing everything around them which then followed with silence.
Beacon Academy, Vale
Headmaster's Office
Meanwhile in Beacon Academy, Professor Glynda Goodwitch sat behind Ozpin's desk, looking into a video feed of Vale's Council, two men and one woman, on a holographic screen.
"What do you mean Ozpin is not here right now?!" the first councilman asked.
"He's gone to Earth to investigate an attack there yesterday. the instigators of the attack happened to be from our world," Glynda said, looking visibly annoyed.
"Is Earth planning to retaliate against us for what had occurred?" the second councilman asked.
"Ozpin had gone to Earth to investigate the matter to make sure that it wouldn't happen," Glynda replied.
"And what if he brings back this deadly virus that is currently running rampid upon that new world?" the councilwoman asked.
"I'm sure Professor Ozpin would have been instructed on what to do to prevent himself from getting himself sick," Glynda answered.
Suddenly Glynda felt a tremor, rocking her. A bright flash of light flashed through the windows, enveloping everything around her.
Earth
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Three Minutes Earlier
Meanwhile back on Earth, American soldiers and police officers went around the settled, Grimm free battle zone, setting down body bags, keeping civilians away from the area, and arresting the remaining White Fang soldiers and Neo-Nazis. Keaton, Ozpin, and Qrow walked down looking at everything around them.
"Looks like everything is under control now," Keaton said.
"Are you sure you can keep Salem locked up?" Ozpin asked.
"I'm not one hundred percent sure, but the higher ups believe they can," Keaton answered.
"What about the ones that got away? That Hound thing? You and your brother's father? The remainder of The Crown?" Qrow asked.
"We're still searching for them," Keaton answered.
The three turned to see Watts, Corsac, Trifa, and a few White Fang soldiers and Neo-Nazis were all sitting on the sidewalk handcuffed with several police officers surrounding them. Adam was strapped to a stretcher as a couple paramedics were dealing with his injuries, while Tyrian was strapped down to a wheelchair as a paramedic tried to figure out how to deal with the stub on his tail from where his stinger used to be. Will stood in front of the captured terrorists as he read out their Miranda rights.
"You all have the right to remain silent. anything you say or do, can and will be used against you in a court of law. You all have the right to an attorney. If any of you don't have one or can't afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you," Will explained.
"If that will be fine, I will serve as my own attorney," Watts said.
"Noted," Will replied.
"You humans think you're so superior? The Faunus are the true dominant species and will bring humanity under our heals," Adam groaned, struggling to break free from the straps.
"Yeah, I'm sure you will," Will sarcastically said.
"What have you people done to our goddess?!" Tyrian shouted in fury.
"You 'goddess' will be locked up until we can officially decide on how she will answer for her crimes," Will answered.
A few feet away Teams RWBY, JNPR, CFDT, and CFVY, and Jacob, Allen, Kelly, Ilia, and Oscar all watched the arrests being made. They then notice Mercury, Emerald, and Hazel in handcuffs being taken in with the arrested.
"I do feel kind of bad for those three," Oscar said.
"Even though they did help us and defected from Salem, they still committed acts of terrorism," Robert said.
"So whether we like it or not, they still have to be arrested too," Allen said.
"But, they helped us stop them," Ruby said.
"A couple of good deeds isn't going to convince the world to let them off easy, Ruby," Yang said.
"I'm sure Ozpin and Keaton will figure something out, but I know it ain't going to be easy," Kelly said.
Everyone turned to see a comatose Cinder on a stretcher being wheeled into an ambulance by two paramedics.
"Her other arm was severed, her only good eye cut open, dislocated and broken jaw, most of her teeth missing, broken nose, multiple fractures on her skull, and several cuts and bruises," Coco said.
"And to top it all off, she's tested positive for COVID," Britney said.
"I've heard that due to the condition she's in, she may have a little bit of a week left to live," Blake said.
"So she got a double whammy. Sounds like she definitely won't be comfortable when she passes on, unless they decide to take her off life support," Rebecca said.
"That just leaves one more thing to worry about," Jaune said.
"Who's going to be the next Fall Maiden when Cinder dies?" Pyrrha asked.
"That's the million dollar question," Jacob said.
"Cinder saw me last before Ruby took her other eye," Pyrrha said.
"But she saw who attacked her last," Yatsuhashi said.
"But Ozpin stated that a Maiden has to be thinking of the last person in her thoughts before she dies and it has to be a young girl in order for her powers to be passed on to another. And I believe Cinder knew that Jacob was the one beating her senseless," Oscar said.
"And since I'm a boy and not a young girl and I was possibly the last person in her thoughts, I certainly ain't going to become the next Fall Maiden," Jacob said.
"Meaning the powers of the Fall Maiden could go to any young girl at random," Ren said.
"And that will be a problem when Cinder kicks the bucket," Ilia said.
"Something Professor Ozpin is not going to like," Weiss said.
"It's not just a problem for Ozpin. It might even be a bigger problem for our world," Allen said.
"What do you mean?" Velvet asked.
"If Cinder dies here on Earth, then any young girl on this rock will become the next Fall Maiden," Allen said.
"And in the wrong hands, people will want to use her for her powers as a weapon of mass destruction," Kendra said in realization.
"We need to talk to Professor Ozpin about this," Yang said.
Before they could walk over to him, everyone felt a tremor around them, rocking everyone.
"Earthquake?" Kelly asked.
As everything shook around them, the environment around them started to glow. Everything was engulfed by the light and then everything went silent.
Somewhere in Eastern Solitas
Teleporting Dust Warehouses
Meanwhile back in Solitas, all the warehouses containing the teleporting Dust had been destroyed and all that was left was rubble. Everyone was scattered on the ground as they began to get up.
"Could someone tell me what the heck happened?" Marrow asked.
"Why are we still here? Shouldn't we be on planet Earth or something?" Joanna asked.
"Something doesn't feel right," Vine asked.
"All the Dust in those warehouses are gone," Clover said.
"I'm calling General Ironwood," Winter said.
"Ой. Мой. Бог.: Oy. Moy. Bog. (Oh. My. God.)" Alexey said as he was looking up at the sky.
"What's wrong?" Robyn asked.
Alexey points up at the sky as everyone looks up at the sky to see what the Russian soldier was pointing at. They all widened their eyes upon seeing what Alexey was pointing at.
City of Atlas
Atlas Academy
Headmaster's Office
Back in Atlas Academy, the light had died away and everything had stopped shaking. General Ironwood, and Councilmen Sleet and Camila were on the floor and began to get.
"What... just happened?" Camila asked.
"I'm not sure," Ironwood answered.
The general's communicator beeped as he then put his fingers into it.
"Yes...? Wait... what?! What do you mean the... Look at the sky? What do you mean?" Ironwood asked through his communicator.
Iron wood walked over towards a window as Sleet and Camila followed him. They all looked out the window and looked up at the sky and looked in shock upon what they saw. Up in the sky the shattered moon was replaced with a fully intact moon.
"This may be a problem," Ironwood said.
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Back in the city of Knoxville, everyone was on the ground and began to get back up on their feet.
"What... was that?" Weiss asked.
"Rogers, talk to me. what's happened?" Keaton asked.
Cassandra pulled out an iPad and began tapping on some icons. Watts began to chuckle, catching everyone's attention. Keaton walks over to the scientist and grabs him by his collar.
"What did you do? What the fuck did you do?!" Keaton asked.
"As we explained to Ms. Rose and your brother before; some of the White Fang had been sent to Atlas to set all of the teleporting Dust off all at once," Watts explained. "And what do you think happened after that?"
"Sir... you need to look at this," Cassandra said, staring down at her iPad.
Keaton let go of the disgraced scientist and walked over to Cassandra. He grabbed the iPad from her hands and looked into it. Keaton gained a stunned look on his face when looking into the screen.
"My god," he muttered.
"Captain, what's wrong?" Ozpin asked as he and Qrow walked up to him.
Without saying a word, Keaton hands the iPad to Ozpin. The headmaster and the veteran Huntsman looked down at the screen and grew stunned, looking like Keaton.
"Professor, what's happened?" Ruby asked.
Ozpin turned the iPad around so everyone could see and upon looking at the screen gained shocked expressions. They saw a map of the globe, but noticed five other land masses upon it. They were Remnant's continents. Saunus was east from the United States, Solitas was north from the United Kingdom and east from Iceland, Anima was south of Japan and east from Taiwan, Menagerie was south of Australia, and the dragon continent was east of Somalia and south of Oman.
"Did... Remnant just... merge... with Earth?" Jaune asked hesitantly.
North Knoxville Medical Center
June 12, 2020
The next day at North Knoxville Medical Center, Teams RWBY, JNPR, and CFDT, and Jacob, Allen, and Kelly were all outside a patient's room with worried looks on their faces.
"Are you all ready to see him?" Jacob asked.
Everyone was silent and did not give an answer. Weiss opened the door and everyone entered the room. They all saw Ricky laying on a hospital bed wearing a hospital gown and had bandages wrapped around the stub of where his left arm used to be. Everyone approached their bed ridden friend as he opened his eyes and looked at his visitors.
"Hey guys," Ricky groaned with a smile.
"How are you feeling, partner?" Jacob asked.
"Sore and tired," Ricky answered.
"Ricky, I'm so sorry!" Yang said with tears in her eyes. "If I had turned at the last second Adam wouldn't have-"
"Yang, It's my fault. If I had-"Blake gets cut off by Ricky.
"Will you two shut up already and quit blaming yourselves? I chose to take the blow for you guys. Besides, if anyone should be blamed, blame Adam for this," he said.
Blake and Yang look down for a moment before looking back up at Ricky with a small smile.
"We're just glad that... most of you are in one piece," Pyrrha said.
"Might as well adjust to new changes once I get out of this hospital," Ricky said.
"We can try to convince General Ironwood and Doctor Polendina to get you a new prosthetic arm if you want," Weiss said.
"Thanks, Weiss," Ricky said with a smile. "So what do we do now?"
"All we can do now is wait," Jaune answered.
"And hope things turn for the better," Ruby added.
"Let us hope so," Ren said.
"We have so much to tell you about," Nora said.
"You miss quite a lot after you get hurt," Robert said.
As everyone surrounds Ricky, Britney grabs Jacob's arm and pulls him out of the room and closes the door behind him.
"Britney what are you-" Jacob gets cut off as Britney places her finger over his lips.
"Jacob, stop talking," Britney said with a smile.
She grabs Jacob by his shirt and plants a kiss on his lips. His eyes widen and he holds his arms out in surprise, but then he closes his eyes and kisses back. As he wraps his arms around her, she moves her arms behind his neck.
Unknown Location
Meanwhile at an unknown location, a couple of guards were in a surveillance room watching a screen in front of them. The screen showed a video feed of Salem pacing inside a small room with only a bed.
"Are you sure this cell will keep the prisoner contained?" the first guard asked.
"It's underground, air tight, water proof, and can withstand the power of several tomahawk missiles," the second guard answered.
"So what do they plan to do with her? It's probably not going to contain her forever," the first guard asked.
"I'm sure they'll figure something out," the second guard answered.
Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed RWBY and Earth II: Collision. Before I get to RWBY and Earth III, I will be writing a few other new stories that are tied in with the series. Coming up in Winter of 2022, a new story will commence. Enjoy the trailer for the next story!
Trailer
In the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil a young teen walked down a sidewalk.
The kid was being held by his arms by two boys, while a third boy shot some punches at him.
The kid laded in bed in the dark wide awake.
"I'm not sure what else to do at this point," the boy said.
A second boy sat on a bench together with the first boy.
"Just because you're autistic, doesn't mean that your life is gonna be shit forever, Watson," the second boy said.
"I just wish something good would happen to me for once," the first boy known as Watson said.
The two boys sat in front of a TV watching as Earth cities were being attacked by the Grimm, the White Fang, the Neo-Nazis, The Crown, and Salem's faction.
"Holy shit. Remnant's real," Watson said.
Everything in and beyond the city was engulfed in light.
One of the three boys that attacked him pulled out a gun and shot Watson in the chest.
As the boys ran out of sight, Watson sat up from the ground and looked down at himself to find that he was fine.
"I have aura," Watson said.
Watson pulled out a pair of karambit knives.
Two gangsters tried shooting at Watson as he was ducked behind a dumpster, covering his ears.
Watson jumps at a gangster about to stab him.
Watson points two pistols at someone as a girl hides behind him.
"I only got one thing to say about this... awesome," Watson said.
Watson
Winter 2022
