It was something of a comfortable silence that Ruby was sitting in, it was just her and her team, everyone else was off doing something or other, so it was just them sitting around on the grass, taking in the beautiful day.

"Sooo..." Yang said.

"Sooo..." Ruby repeated, lying back on the grass as she did so.

"I guess owe you an apology then." Yang chuckled awkwardly. "You know, for thinking that you've been crazy for the last few years."

Ruby shook her head. "No, you don't need to apologise I mean, I guess the whole thing does sound a little crazy."

"You should probably tell dad then, he's away getting flowers and gifts as an apology." Yang chuckled.

"You know, I have some questions about this whole thing." Blake said.

"Shoot." Ruby made finger guns at her.

"That thing where you... combined with them, what was it like? And can you still do it now that their real people now?"

"Well, it felt weird so it did, like it was more listening to a voice that was really in my head." Ruby explained. "Could it still happen? No idea."

Pyrrha spoke up. "Well, what are they like? They seemed like decent people in the meeting."

"Yeah, their the best." Ruby said. "Wash is like a strict, but cool uncle. Caboose is the nicest person ever and Sarge is awesome! And while I haven't known Church for as long as the others, he's like a perfect mix between Qrow and dad."

"Cool." Yang said with a nod and they returned to watching the clouds in the sky.

"What happens next?" Ruby asked suddenly, not really thinking about the question itself.

"No idea." Yang shrugged.

"Same here, it seems like things are going to change, so we might as well wait for them to settle down before anything happens." Blake suggested.

"All I know is that my new leg arrives next week, and it will be a long road to recovery." Pyrrha said.

"But you know that we're here for you, right?" Ruby asked.

"I know."

Tex watched the kids from the balcony, wishing that she had lungs to smoke with.

"Doing well?"

Tex didn't turn around at the sound of Qrow's voice, the huntsman walking over and standing right next to Tex on the balcony.

"Well enough." Tex said shortly. "How did the meeting go?"

"It went fine, that Wash fellows in with Ozpin now. They're talking about making a place for you and your friends here at Beacon." Qrow said, watching the kids as he did so.

Tex shook her head. "I'm not really one for staying in the same place for a long time."

"Well if that's your attitude, I'm going out on a mission for Oz as soon as I'm all healed up. I could use someone to watch my back." Qrow offered.

"Careful, I just might take you up on that offer." Tex said teasingly. "But I'd have to make sure Church and the others are safely set up first."

"Beacon's a good place, they'll do well here." Qrow assured her.

"But you know what the weirdest thing is?" Tex asked rhetorically. "It's seeing agent Washington being this take charge leader, when back in Freelancer he was the guy known for having a grappling hook stuck to his balls."

Qrow laughed. "Are you serious?"

"Yep. I might still have footage of the incident let me tell you, it was hilarious back in the day." Tex said, a rare air of nostalgia surrounding her words. Story time with everyone had brought back up quite a few memoires.

"Well, if you do end up deciding to join me, I should probably let you know that I'm something of a bad luck charm." Qrow said, still looking off into the distance.

"Same here Qrow, same here."

"Hey."

"Hey."

Ruby didn't turn around to look as Wash returned, he looked at her team lying on the ground and joined them at lying down on the ground.

"So how did it go?" Blake asked Wash.

"It went well I'd say, I won't bore you with the details, but once all the documents go through by the end of the winter holidays Beacon will have itself a new teacher." Wash revealed.

"What are you teaching?" Ruby asked.

"P.E aka Physical education." Wash said before elaborating. "While the majority of Beacon students keep in shape, far too many rely too heavily on their Semblances and Aura. My job will be to train up the body and teach both weaponless and Semblanceless combat."

"I don't know." Yang said sceptically. "It sounds too similar to combat class."

Pyrrha shook her head. "I can spot the different and I think it sounds like a grand idea."

"You poor deluded soul." Sarge said as he walked onto scene, Church and Caboose behind him. "Am I right that you plan to do the same thing you did with the armies of Chorus?"

"More or less, they might not be fighting a war, but they'll still be facing the Grimm which can be just as dangerous." Wash confirmed.

"Poor souls." Sarge chuckled.

"It can't be that bad." Blake said reasonably.

Sarge chuckled again and shook his head. "Poor, poor souls."

"What about he rest of you guys?" Ruby asked. "What will you be doing while Wash teaches?"

"Teachers assistants." Church said, sounding distinctly unhappy about the fact. "Cause being a nerd in high school wasn't nearly enough."

"It won't be that bad Church." Caboose reasoned. "We can get matching lunch boxes!"

Church's following rant would be heard through out the entire school.

Ozpin rubbed his forehead tiredly. Giving the visitors from the other world physical form had been hard work and taken a lot out of him, but it was done.

They complicated things.

Many of his plans would need to be reconsidered on the basis that perhaps there were even more visitors from this alternate universe out there.

He'd have to send word out to his contacts to keep an eye out, for them and for anymore sigh of the Meta.

Now there was a dangerous foe.

They had their own agenda and weren't afraid to bend the rules to achieve it.

On their own they wouldn't be the biggest problem, but should Salem find them and form an alliance...

That was an inadvisable scenario.

Then there was Felix. The mercenary was clearly already working with Salem's pawns, but it was unclear if Salem was even aware of his existence. Even if she wasn't, she would be soon. And depending on how much information he gave her...

That was another scenario to avoid.

But not counting the visitors from the other world, other events were equally as concerning.

The Grimm inside the city, the alliance with the White Fang, the capture of Roman Torchwick.

All of these events made Ozpin uneasy, it was like seeing only a third of the full picture. Even Ozpin's plans regarding the fall maiden where in jeopardy.

Miss Nikos' unfortunate injury complicated the matter severally and some fall back candidates would need to be chosen.

But still, in spite of all of this. Agent Washington and the others could provide invaluable allies in the fight against her.

Ozpin opened up his computer and began typing the first of several emails.

It was time to start planning.

"Wash?"

"Yes Ruby?"

"Do you think everything will work out in the end?"

"Of course, why do you ask?"

"It just seems that a lot of bad things have happened and I'm not quite sure if everything will be alright."

"Of course they will be. We have each other and as they say..."

"There's nothing to fear..."