Hey fellas, hoping you're doing well. I forgot to mention, the cover art isn't mine. I forgot who it belongs to, but I'll let you know once I figure it out. Also sorry for the slow updates, I've still got school and I finally got Red Dead Redemption 2 and I've been having a blast. Anyway, apology or not, enjoy.

Jason was right. Some sleep did wonders for his thinking. He was currently eating some pancakes and eggs with bacon for breakfast at a nearby restaurant, watching the news on one of the T.V.s. They didn't have sound playing but there were subtitles, though they were very delayed. And he was very interested in the current story.

"I'm Lisa Lavender with the VNN and I'm currently at the scene of a violent crime in the south side of Vale. Unfortunately we can't show the scene itself due to the brutality of the crime, but images will be posted to our website later today. Now, the scene was discovered by police late last night when a boy called saying he had witnessed the brutal murder of his mother and two men. As of this moment there are no suspects, but due to the woman being a Faunus and the bodies missing any valuables, authorities believe racism and money to be possible motivations." Jason stopped listening at that point. So the kid listened. Good. There's one problem dealt with. He thought to himself as he finished his breakfast.

He paid for his meal and left the restaurant. He had left his mask at the hotel room as not to raise suspicions. But before he went back though, he had things he needed to do. My second day on an alien world and I'm already running errands. Trevor would never let me live this down. He thought to himself as he started walking to the nearest Scroll shop. He counted himself lucky that everything was in English, or he wouldn't know what to do. As he entered he saw Scrolls out in glass displays, in much the same way Phones would be on Earth.

He walked up to the woman at the front desk. "Welcome to Scrolls of Knowledge, how can I help?" Diamond, according to her name tag, said, with a classic corporate smile.

"Hey, could I get a scroll?" Jason said, leaning on the counter a bit.

"Sure, let me get some models from the back and I'll show you your options."

"Sounds good."

1 hour later

Jason finally left the store with a brand new Scroll. Turns out the process of getting one was a lot more complex than he thought, especially since he had to get it hooked up to his Aura. I still don't understand how the hell that works. He thought as he checked the map. He found an art store only a few blocks away and headed there.

By the time he had gotten back to the hotel room, he had everything he needed. Before he went all out though, he needed to test something.

He took out a black marker and grabbed his mask. He drew a few lines on it and put it on. He was relieved to not see the lines. Then he took it off, wiped the marks off, then pulled two cans of spray paint out of the shopping bag, a black one, and a red one. He went into the bathroom, put on the medical mask he had gotten as not to inhale the fumes, and went to work. Once he was done, the mask was no longer green. It was black with a large A emblazoned on the front. He had taken the design from the Anarchy villain from Batman, and since neither of them existed on Remnant in any way, he figured a little logo theft couldn't hurt. He just left the circle that was supposed to be around the A out, he thought that looked ridiculous.

He'd also replaced his blue hoodie and sweats with a black hoodie and jeans. He wanted to look the bad guy part while not going full edgelord, so he thought this was enough. Then he went back on his Scroll and looked up the location of that fateful store.

Dust Before Dawn, 11:27 PM

Jason was currently on the roof of a building right across from where the target should be and had been there for hours. He was currently distracting himself with some random game he found on the app store. Then he heard the sound of a group of people walking into the store, and knew it was almost time. He put his Scroll away, checked his ax to make sure it was extra sharp, and waited. Then one of the criminals went flying out the fucking window at the speed of sound. Holy shit, I thought Ruby didn't kill people. He thought, quietly laughing to himself. Oh wait, Aura. Then Ruby herself flew out of the window in the middle of the street. He watched as she activated her scythe and got into a combat stance as Roman Torchwick and his men poured out of the store. God, I can practically hear the intro music.

Then the fighting started. Jason waited until Ruby had dealt with Roman's guys before she stopped right underneath Jason. Huh, convenient. "Whelp, guess it's now or never." Jason whispered to himself as he got himself into position. He then jumped off the building with his ax raised. Ruby somehow didn't hear him and took an ax to the skull for her mistake. Unfortunately, her Aura protected her. But it did smash her into the ground and knock her unconscious. "Aw shit, I was hoping your Aura would be weak enough but I guess not. Ah well. At least she's out." He looked up and noticed Roman was staring at him in disbelief. "Hey buddy, noticed you might need some help."

Roman finally spoke up. "Did-did you just-?"

"Yes I did, and I'm very surprised it worked." Jason said, examining his handiwork. Just to make Ruby even angrier, he decided to take her cloak with him. Due to it being a gift given to her by her mother before her death, she should be really angry. At least I hope so. He looked back up at Roman, who was starting to ascend the ladder to the roof. "Hey! Since I helped you out, mind if I come with you?" Jason asked.

Roman paused. "Uh-"

"Great, thanks for the hospitality." Jason said, cutting him off. He started running towards Roman, holstering his shotgun with the cloak wrapped around it on his back and picking up two of the suitcases full of dust on the way there. He started climbing the ladder with one hand, holding the suitcases with his other. He got to the roof and the bullhead was already there. He sprinted towards it and hopped inside. He dropped the suitcases on the floor and sat down on one of the benches. Everyone inside, which was only Roman and Cinder Fall, was staring at him. Oh yeah, I forgot she was here. "So. This is the man you asked me to wait for?" Cinder asked Roman in her sultry voice. Always hated that voice. Not as much as Ruby's though. God I hope I don't have to listen to any damn monologues or anything from that little shit. Jason mocked in his head.

"Yep." Roman said, looking a little nervous.

"Would you care to tell me why?" Cinder was starting to look a little frustrated.

"Well, the short version is some Huntress attacked me and my guys, and once she was done with my men, big boy over here jumped off one of the damn buildings and knocked her out cold with one hit of his ax." Roman explained in one breath. Cinder's frustration turned to slight surprise as she turned her attention to the masked man sitting opposite them. "Really?" She said with a raised eyebrow.

Jason laughed a little. "Yeah, I still don't believe I got her in one hit. I even took the bitch's cloak to piss her off." He said, laughing more.

"Well, we're going to have a little chat when we get back to base, won't we?" Cinder said with a smile.

Jason had finally calmed down from his minor laughing fit. "Yeah, whatever you say." He extended his ax head and started cleaning it with a rag he'd brought, lifting up his mask enough to spit on it before scrubbing it down some more. And so it begins. He thought with a large smile splitting his face.

Meanwhile, back on the ground, Ruby was being woken up by someone. She finally opened her eyes and found herself being shaken by a random woman. "W-what happened?" She asked? All she remembered was fighting some bad guys that were robbing the store she was in, winning, then feeling something hit her on the head extremely hard and blacking out.

"I should be asking you that young lady. I came when I saw Torchwick and that man running away, but I couldn't go after them due to you being unconscious on the ground." The woman said, scornfully.

"Wait, why would you-" then it clicked and her eyes widened and any head pain was gone. "Are you a Huntress?!" She asked, jumping to her feet with stars in her eyes. "Can I please have an autograph? Wait, where's my cloak?" She said, realizing it was gone and starting to panic.