Chapter 5

"Man, they're losing badly against Pyrrha." Said Jack as he observed a Beacon Academy team called team CRDL being beaten soundly by Pyrrha.

"What do you expect?" Asked Yang as she observed the fight with a grin. "She's a four-time champion of the Mistral Regional Tournament."

"I know that, Yang." Said Jack. Momentarily forgoing the match to look at Yang. "I just thought they would put up a better fight. Considering how your team fared against that Paladin."

"Aww. You do know how to talk with women." Said Yang with a smirk. Jack just laughed nervously before resuming to watch Pyrrha destroy team CRDL. After a few minutes of watching CRDL get their butts handed to them by the Mistral-originated huntress-in-training, Glynda announced Pyrrha to be the winner and asked for volunteers for a sparring match.

"Miss Belladonna." Upon hearing her name, Blake ripped her eyes off her book and looked at Glynda. Seeing that she had her attention, Glynda continued. "You've been rather…docile for the past few classes. Perhaps you…" She was then interrupted when someone yelled "I'll do it."

Everyone then looked to see Mercury Black, a student from Haven academy, raising his hand. Jack also noticed he was one of the three he bumped into some time ago.

"Mercury, correct?" Asked Glynda. Seeing him nod, she accepted his request. "Very well. Please select someone to spar with."

"Hmm…I'll choose…her." Said Mercury, pointing at Pyrrha, who looked surprised.

"I'm afraid Miss Nikos has just finished a match, therefor it will be an unfair battle. I recommend you choose a different partner." Said Glynda, unwilling to allow this to happen.

"No! It's fine." Said Pyrrha. She then smiled at Mercury. "I'd be happy to oblige." Seeing that Pyrrha accepted the request, Glynda reluctantly allowed this to happen. As the two fighters got into fighting stances, Jack looked to see Blake was back to reading her book. He scooted over to her to sneak a peek on her book. Upon seeing it, he was surprised to see that it was full of notes about the White Fang. He then saw her nearly dozing off a bit before she caught herself. This concerned him. Enough that he nudged at Weiss, who then looked at him in annoyance.

"Miss Schnee, is something going on with Blake?" Asked Jack as he nudged his head at Blake. Understanding what he was asking, Weiss sighed before answering.

"It's about the White Fang. She's been up all-night for the past few days, studying what we gathered." Explained Weiss. "She's obsessed with figuring out what the White Fang are doing." Jack nodded his head in understanding. He then looked at Blake with a sympathetic look. He had seen something similar to this before. Not exactly the same, but similar in how obsessed he was. During his first year in Atlas academy, Jack was acquainted with a fellow student that was obsessed in being recognized. He would go to great lengths to achieve it by any means necessary, even if it means sabotaging other people's work or cheating on exams. Things took a turn for the worse, when Jack was personally chosen out of the entire freshmen class of his year by Winter Schnee, a well-known individual, both for her skills and her name, to partake in a retinue mission with her. While he was getting prepared to go with her, the student confronted him and threatened to hurt him for getting such recognition from such an important induvial and he promised to hurt him if he got any more recognition, which happened when Winter commended him for his efforts and skills to his teachers, which eventually made it to the student's ears.

He then confronted Jack when no one was around and proceeded to fight Jack. He brought his combat gear with him, forcing Jack to run as he didn't have anything with him to help defend himself. He was soon cornered and was forced to fight hand-to-hand, a poor decision as his opponent had close-range weapons. He didn't last a full minute before the student kneed him in the gut and proceeded to beat him up. He would have killed him if Winter, who came to inspect the academy and see Jack again, intervened. She defeated the student effortlessly and carried Jack to the infirmary. After that incident, the student was expelled and Jack was given shore-leave for his injuries. Now, he wasn't thinking Blake was going to hurt anyone just for having information about the White Fang and not giving it to her, but he believed that this obsession will be her downfall. Just like that student a year ago. He then heard the bell that signified the class ended.

"That is all students. Now, the dance is this weekend, but you all have your first mission on Monday. I will not accept any excuses." Said Glynda as everyone was leaving. As Jack was leaving, he noticed Mercury talk with the tanned girl that he bumped into along with Mercury that day. He raised a brow when Mercury looked excited with a smile, but he brushed it off when the tanned girl rolled her eyes. It was probably something he loves to do with that girl. Get her annoyed and enjoy the reaction. He had seen it before. Once he was outside, he noticed Sun was looking glum with his team giving looks of sympathy. Concerned, Jack marched up to them.

"Sun, what happened?" Asked Jack as he walked to the group. Neptune then looked at Jack.

"Blake." Said Neptune simply as he patted Sun on the back. "He asked her out to the dance, but she rejected him. Rather coldly too."

"Yeah, and she left with some nasty parting words." Said one of Sun's other teammates, who had red hair and reminded Jack of a pirate.

"I thought that was the job of the Schnee girl." Said Sun's fourth teammates, who was tanned with green hair. His vest was opened, showing his muscular abbs.

"Really?" Asked Jack incredulously. Seeing Sun nod, Jack decided to comfort him. "Well…she'll turn around eventually. You know how she is. Maybe she's just tired and wanted to get some rest."

"I guess." Said Sun with a down casted expression. "I never thought she would say something like that."

"*Sighs* Don't let it get to you, Sun. Like Jack said, she'll come around. For now, let's just get to working on our teamwork for the tournament." Said Neptune as he guided Sun back to the dorm with the others in tow. As the five were walking, Neptune introduced the other members of his and Sun's team. The red head was Scarlet and the green haired one was known as Sage, both expressed greeting to Jack, who returned in kind. Once the group was near the dorm where team SSSN was staying, Jack left them. As he was walking he couldn't help, but think on who to ask for the dance. He considered Coco, but she and her team was out on a mission. He wouldn't mind asking team RWBY or JNPR, but that would end badly for him most likely. Nora seemed to be attracted to Ren, despite denying it. Asking Yang or Ruby would most likely have his genitals being ripped off violently. And Weiss and Blake were out the window since Neptune and Sun held feelings for them, respectively. He was considering asking a random girl, when he bumped into someone.

"Sorry, about that." Said Jack as he saw the rather short girl. She wore gothic clothing that was black and white. She had black hair that was in twin tails with white bows and she had green eyes. Her clothing was a sleeveless black blouse with white frills on the chest and collar and a black ribbon bow hanging from front of the collar. The blouse exposes her midriff, and she wears medium-length black armbands on both of her wrists. Along with the blouse, she wears a knee-length skirt fastened with a white belt. She wears black shoes with a triple tomoe emblem on the soles, with white legwarmers. He rose an eyebrow at the girl. If he didn't know any better, this girl was that the same girl that helped Roman escape, but that was impossible. There was no way a criminal like that girl would have been able to infiltrate a huntsmen academy so easily. There were so many background checks made for each applicant to determine if they were qualified for the place at an academy. At least for Atlas. Besides, even if she was the same girl, team RWBY would have given Ozpin her description, so he would know all about her. He wouldn't allow a criminal to be allowed on campus ground, right? In either case, he needed to apologize because it was his fault for bumping into her. "Are you okay?"

The girl simply smirked, placing a hand on her curvy hip. "I take it that's a yes?" Asked Jack. Creeped out that she wasn't talking. She simply nodded her head and walked up to him, making him uncomfortable. "Uhh…what are you doing?" Asked Jack as she got uncomfortably close. She soon got so close that her chest was lightly touching his stomach, making him even more uncomfortable. She then tackled him and proceeded to straddle his waist. As Jack was blushing, her face got near his, he can feel her breath crashing down on him. She then gave him a peck on the cheek and giggled. She then got off and left, swooshing her hips as she did so, while also leaving Jack a mumbling mess. Team SSSN later found him on the floor, still a mumbling mess.

Few days later

As Neptune and Sun were walking down a road on campus, intending to talk to team RWBY, who were preparing the dance as the original that volunteered for the job haven't arrived yet, they were suddenly grabbed by Jack.

"Hey guys! We need to talk!" Yelled Jack as he led them to a bench. A few minutes later, they were all sitting on the bench and waiting for Jack to talk what he wanted to talk about.

"Okay. You guys know about finding me on the floor as a mumbling mess, right?" Asked Jack. Sun and Neptune nodded in response. It was a funny scene to be honest. "Well, I was left there by this short chick. She went and straddled me and kissed me on the cheek." Neptune and Sun's mouths were now wide open.

"Is she hot?" Asked Sun. Jack then nodded. "Then you are one lucky, dude. You got to teach me how you do it." Neptune nodded in agreement.

'What do you mean?" Asked Jack. "Are you saying that women are attracted to me?"

"*scoffs* Yeah. You got to touch the privates of Winter Schnee and lived. 2nd, you got Coco, a popular 2nd year student to like you. And now, you got some random hot chick to kiss you." Said Sun, counting down the list of women.

"First off. Winter proceeded to beat me up after that incident. Second, I'm pretty sure Coco did that, just to rile me up. Same thing with that girl too. Anyway, we're getting off topic. Point is, ever since that kiss. I thought of nothing, but that girl. I couldn't even concentrate on my homework. Do I have a crush on her?" Asked Jack. The two other boys then grinned.

"Sounds like you do." Said Neptune. "Believe me, I've seen it happen."

"But it doesn't make any sense! Why would I have a crush on a girl I never meet before!?" Asked jack, not understand the lapse of logic here.

"Beats me." Said Sun. "I fell for Blake the first time I laid my eyes on her. Don't know why. I just did."

"Then love is a strange thing." Commented Jack with Sun and Neptune nodding their heads in agreement. "So, what do I do? Ask her to the dance."

"Oh! You are bold." Said Neptune with a surprised look. "If you want and she doesn't have a date, I don't see why not."

"Yeah, and besides, you don't have a date to the dance. And if she doesn't have one either, it's a win-win!" Said Sun.

"I guess." Said Jack. "What about you two? Your respective crushes going out with you two?"

"Until she stops acting all…blakey, no." Said Sun with a dead-panned look.

"And uh…I'm not planning to ask Weiss out." Said Neptune, surprising Jack.

"Why not?" Asked Jack. "You said you liked her and wanted to date her? What changed?"

"I know what's wrong." Said Sun. Neptune then made a pleading look at Sun, who ignored it. "He can't dance and he doesn't want to embarrass himself with people finding that out. So, he usually just acts all cool and rejects any offers to the dance."

"Seriously, Neptune?" Asked Jack with a disappointed tone. "That's your reason?" Neptune then nodded slowly. "C'mon man." Said Jack while raising his hands up in a disbelief pose. "I couldn't dance during my first year, yet I still went and did it. It's not hard. You've just got to not step on your partners feet and follow their movement. It's that easy."

"Well, I tried, but I could never figure out how to do it." Said Neptune with an exasperated tone. "Eventually, I gave up trying to learn how to dance and just reject any offers to the dance."

"Which is a lot." Said Sun, causing Neptune to glare at him. Jack just shook his head before speaking.

"So, you're willing to break so many hearts, just because you can't dance?" Asked Jack. Seeing Neptune nod, he sighed. "That's just pathetic and you know it." Neptune nodded his head again in shame. "Look, just have a good time. Even if you can't dance, you can still have a date. Just tell Weiss you can't dance or don't want. She'll understand. Heck, she might even not want to dance either. Just…take her out."

"He's right, Neptune." Said Sun as he saw his friend's uncertain look. "It about time for you to forget your inability to dance and just have a great time with someone, even if it's with the ice queen. I'll even get embarrassed with you if it meant for you to have a great time with her."

"And same here." Said Jack, placing his hand on Neptune's shoulder. Neptune then smiled at the support from his friends.

"Well…might as well give it a shot." Said Neptune before giving a smirk. "Besides…it's not cool to leave snow angel without a date." Sun and Jack then laughed at cheesy remark. They then got up and walked to where team RWBY was. As they were walking they heard someone yell out.

"Excuse me! Do you know where the dance will be?!" Yelled out a woman. They all turned around and instantly their jaws went down in shock and their eyes widened in shock as well. A rather appropriate response as the woman that was approaching them was drop-dead gorgeous. Her hair was a raven black color that reached all the way down to her thighs. Though most of it was kept in a braided pony-tail, some strands were free and were in front of her shoulders. Her eyes were yellow-brown and had silted pupils, a clear indication she was a Faunas. And if that wasn't enough to indicate her heritage, she also had a single white fox tail and fox ears that protruded from her head that were the same color as her hair. Her chosen attire was a red kimono with a white skirt that was dangerously short, though it did cover her nether regions. The kimono also gave exposed the upper part of her generous breasts, which surpassed even Glynda Goodwitches. She also wore arms sleeves that were the same color as her kimono. Finally, she wore red footwear and white socks with red as a secondary color. All in all, she was very beautiful. So, beautiful in fact, that most models will look at her in both envy and jealousy. The woman, seeing their reactions, smiled in amusement.

"What's wrong?" She asked in a serene and seductive voice that caused the boys…'things' to react positively. "Fox, got you tongue?" Sun then attempted to speak, but he couldn't even get any proper words out as he was too mesmerized by the women's beauty. The same thing was occurring to Jack and Neptune, who were deeply entranced by the women's beauty. She was so beautiful, that even a human, who treated Faunas like dirt, would want her. The woman was about to talk again when another voice yelled out.

"Knock it off, Ahri! We're on a schedule!" Yelled a woman as she approached. The woman, now known as Ahri, pouted and got out of the way of the three boy's visions, though they still followed her movement. It was only when someone slapped them all hard that they snapped out of it. As they held their cheeks, they looked at the person, who slapped them. The person, another Faunas, had purplish-red hair with goldish eyes that were silted as well. She had two long, pointed ears that protruded out of the hood, which had holes for her ears, she wore. Her bangs covered her right eye fully. She had face marks on her face, one for each side. Her outfit was…strange to say the least. She wore a long cloak that made entirely out of purple feathers. It was also attached to her hood. The cloak only went down her left side, covering her entire left side, but only in one angle. If one was to see her in the front, back, or the right, they could see her left side. Her right side had a skull of a species on her shoulder that none of them could identify, which had two yellow feathers on it. The skull looked like it was from a bird with a sharp beak. It was held on by a piece of rope that hugged around her cloak in the neck area. Her right arm had several purple feathers on the vambrace she wore. Though they could barely see it, there was another vambrace on her other arm. She wore a corset-like piece on her body with a waist band holding it together. All her clothing was dark in color. Finally, they saw that she wore purple wrappings on her feet that went all the way up to waist. All in all, while she wasn't as beautiful as the other woman, she was still attractive. The woman then snapped her fingers.

"Hey!" Yelled the woman, getting the boys attention. Seeing that she had their attention, she spoke. "If you're done drooling over my friend, can you please tell us where the dance is being held?" The woman said with annoyance. The boys then looked at each other, wondering if they should tell them, before Jack spoke up.

"It's in that building over there." Said Jack, pointing to a large building some distance away. "If I may ask, why do you want to know?" The woman looked like she was annoyed at the question and was about to make a nasty response, when Ahri stepped in.

"Forgive my friend here. She's not good with people." Said Ahri, stepping in the boy's view again. The other woman looked annoyed at the comment, but kept quiet. "As for why we're asking. We're here as entertainment for the dance." The boy's mouth were wide as shock at this. Seeing this, the other woman rolled her eyes.

"We're not strippers, you hormone-driven idiots." Said the woman. This caused the boys to glare at her. "My friend and I, along with two others, are just bodyguards. For her." She then pointed to a woman close by. The woman had a flowing blue dress that fully covered her, except for her shoulder and upper chest. Her hair was light blue and was in twin tails that seemed to float. Her eyes were a similar color. What she carried, though, was something that caught their attention more. The instrument on her hands was unlike anything they had ever seen. It was a string-based instrument that looked it was from Mistral with how beautiful it was, but it didn't have as many strings, only having three. They chalked it up to a personal preference. "See that woman?" The boys nodded. "She's performing. And to do that, we need to know where the dance is. So, would you kindly show us or do we have to find someone else?" Asked the woman rudely, making Jack and Sun glare at her.

"Look lady. How about you, get whatever thing is in your butt, pull it out, and ask more nicely." Said Sun. "What's your deal? Got a problem with us?"

"Yeah, I got a problem." Said the woman, jabbing a finger at Sun's abbs. "Three teens wasting my time."

"Well, you got what you wanted. So, why don't you just leave us alone?" Demanded Jack. The woman then glared at Jack before leaving. Once she left, Ahri made an apologetic smile.

"I'm so sorry about that. She's normally not like this." Said Ahri.

"What's her problem?" Asked Jack, scowling at the retreating woman. "We gave her what she wanted, yet she continued to be rude to us."

"Well, we had some troubles along the way." Explained Ahri.

"Humans making fun of you?" Asked Jack, thinking that a couple of humans made racist comments on them.

"Yes. She also caused some problem herself when some Faunas made some…advancements on her and me. And then picking fights with random Faunas when they made…comments she didn't like." Said Ahri.

"What, she doesn't like Faunas?" Asked Sun incredulously. "Why? She's a Faunas too!?" Hearing this, the woman marched back to them and glared at Sun.

"Listen here, kid." Said the woman. "I. Am. Not. One. Of. You. GOT IT?!" With that she stomped away, eager to find something to calm her down. Seeing this, Ahri sighed to herself in frustration.

"I have to go. Help her calm her down." Said Ahri before giving a kind smile. "Hope to see you all in the dance. It'll be great." With that, Ahri chased her friend, who was talking to the blue-haired woman. With their distraction out of the way, the boys left the area.

"That woman was harsh." Said Neptune.

"Yeah. What's her problem? We gave her what she wanted and she still was a bitch." Said Sun, angry at the woman's attitude.

"At least Ahri was nice." Said Jack, also angry at the woman's attitude. Hearing her name, Neptune stopped.

"Hold on." Said Neptune. "Ahri is a name without any association with a color, right?" Sun's and Jack's eyes widen in realization.

"You're right. It isn't." Said Jack.

"Guess there was some people that wanted to break the whole 'name your kid after a color' tradition." Said Sun.

"Yeah." Said Jack. After this realization, the three began to walk away.

Later

"*Sighs* Okay, Jack, just ask nicely and carefully. She'll go out with you." Said Jack as he was near the approaching the dorm room where the girl from before was. It took him several long hours of digging up and pleading, but he managed to figure out where the girl was living in. She was, to his surprise, the same team Mercury was in. While that rose an eyebrow, he brushed it off. After taking another sigh, he knocked on the door and got out the bouquet of flowers he bought. As he was waiting nervously, he began to question what he was doing.

"This is stupid." Thought Jack as his legs were shaking. "I should just forget all this and just go alone to the dance. After all, nothing wrong with going alone. Neptune is probably doing it too." As he was second guessing himself, he didn't hear the door open until someone coughed. He was then brought back to his senses and saw Mercury, who was smirking in amusement.

"Something you need?" Asked Mercury.

"*coughs* Yes. Is the short girl in your team here?" Asked Jack before mentally slapping himself. "Short girl!? You idiot!" As he was mentally scolding himself, Mercury was laughing at the description of his teammate. He then yelled in his room, and soon, the girl Jack met before appeared a hand on her hip. Seeing her, Jack looked at her.

"Excuse me, miss, but can I ask you to the dance?" Asked Jack, offering the flowers to her. The girl rose an eyebrow, before smirking and taking the bouquet. She then smelled the flower before smiling at the boy. "So, is that a yes?" The girl then smirked before throwing the bouquet at Jack. While he was shocked by this, she pounced on him again and kissed him. She then held a finger and went back inside. After a few minutes of waiting and enduring Mercury's laughter, the girl came back in a modest dress. She then grabbed Jack's arm and began to drag him along. Meanwhile, Mercury was laughing.

"Oh man." Said Mercury, holding his stomach. "That was something I needed to see." With that he went back inside to get his tux. After a few minutes, the pair was soon at the dance, drinking punch with Ruby and Jaune. The four were standing idlily when Jaune spoke.

"You guys came to the punch bowl to skip the dance?" Asked Jaune.

"Yup." Said Ruby.

"Nope. She just dragged me here." Said Jack, nudging his head at the girl drinking punch before him.

"Well, at least you got a date." Said Jaune.

"You don't?" Asked Jack.

"Nope. That went down when Neptune asked Weiss to the dance." Said Jaune, pointing at Neptune making a joke and Weiss laughing at it.

"Oh. Sorry about that. I kind of helped with that." Said Jack, feeling sorry for his friend.

"Eh. It's alright. You didn't know. Besides, after a few rejects, you get used to it." Said Jaune, acting nonchalant on the whole thing.

"Still." Said Jack. "What about your team? Ren and Nora went together?"

"Yup." Said Jaune, pointing to Ren holding Nora back from eating candy, who was protesting at this.

"What about Pyrrha?" Asked Ruby.

"Eh. With her rep, she's bound to have tons of dudes after her." Said Jaune. Jack then felt a nudge. He looked to see his dance partner pointing at Pyrrha, who was walking up to the next floor, looking all glum.

"I don't think so. Look." Said Jack, pointing at Pyrrha. Seeing his partner like that, Jaune felt worry.

"Hold my punch." Said Jaune, giving his glass to Ruby, who hen proceeded to drink it.

"So…want to dance?" Asked Jack, looking at his date. She simply smirked before dragging him to the dance floor. "Just so you know, I can't dance well." The girl simply smirked again before making the first step. The two first did slow-dancing with Jack careful at not stepping on her feet. Soon they increased the rhythm. Eventually, they were at the pace with the rest of the dancers. As they were dancing, the girl was smirking, obviously enjoying this. As Ruby watched her friend have a great time, with a smile on her face, she left the punch bowl, wanting to meet up with Yang, who she saw on the 2nd floor. After reuniting with her sister, the two shared a conversation. They laughed, giggled, and had a great time talking with each other. They soon retired to watching the people dance.

"We needed this." Said Yang.

"Yeah, you did a great job planning all this." Said Ruby, praising her sister.

"Aw, thanks." Said Yang, grabbing her sister by the neck, who protested by flaying her arms up and down. "But the boys helped out too. They deserve some credit." Yang then sighed. "I guess after this. We'll go back to investigating the White Fang."

"Yeah, but we'll be ready for anything thrown at us." Said Ruby with a smile. They then heard laughing coming from below. They looked down and what they saw shocked them. "Except for that." Commented Ruby as Yang tried her hardest not to laugh.

"Oh my god." Said Jack as he saw Jaune walk to the dance floor with a dress. Meanwhile, his date was giggling to herself, amused at what she saw. Jack then saw Pyrrha holding Jaune's hand. The two then looked at each other before beginning to dance. Soon, Nora and Ren joined in. Soon after that, everyone else with a partner, san Weiss and Neptune began to dance. Ozpin, upon seeing all this, smiled at the joy and happiness before him. He then soon felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see a blue-haired woman before him. He rose an eyebrow at the woman, she wasn't on the guest list. He was about to ask her a question when she held a piece of paper with writing on it. Curious, he took it and read it. After finishing the letter, he looked back at the woman and nodded his head.

"Why not." Said Ozpin. "It would be terribly rude of me to not allow you to play, just because you were a last-minute hire." The woman then smiled before bowing her head in thanks. She then proceeded to the DJ stage with another woman with black hair in red and silver armor in tow, who strangely carried a large blade with her and had a strange metal object on her back. The black-haired woman then asked the DJs to leave, who looked confused, but complied. She then took a mike and spoke into it, catching everyone's attention.

"Excuse me." Said the woman. Seeing that she had everyone's attention, she spoke. "I'll keep this brief, we've been hired to provide entertainment for you all. Before any of you ask, I don't mean that." Said the woman. She then saw Ahri, at the upper floor, smirking at her. She rolled her eyes before continuing. "My friend here," She then motioned the blue-haired woman to step forward, which she did. "will be playing for you all. I'm sure you all will enjoy her music very much. Her name is Sona and she will be playing a song she made called 'the Song of Celerity'." With that the woman got off stage, leaving Sona alone. She then brought out her instrument, which piqued the interest of several students of Mistral, upon seeing the music piece. She then took a deep breath, before beginning to play. Almost instantly, everyone was amazed at the incredible music coming from the string instrument. It was like hearing your favorite smoothing sound, but multiplied by a thousand. The music she was playing was like heaven. As she was playing her song, Ruby and her sister were staring at her in awe like everyone else.

"It's so beautiful." Said Ruby as she heard the music. Yang nodded her head in agreement. "So, did you hire her?"

"No." Said Yang. "I guess, Weiss did. This looks like something she would do." They were so entranced by the music that they didn't hear the clicking of heels approaching them, only doing so when they heard a woman's voice.

"Yes. She is talented. Is she not?" Asked a woman. They turned around and saw a woman with long, dark hair that framed her beautiful face and went down to her lower back. Her eyes were silted and were violent. Her skin was flawless pale color. Her ink black dress went all the way down to her knees, showing no skin. They did see that she wore high heeled boots, though. They also noticed that she had a tattoo of a snake swallowing it's tail below her collarbone. The dress she wore was hugging her buxom figure in ways that would stoke the fires of the lust of men while also giving a generous view of her cleavage. Speaking of her breasts, Yang was looking at them in jealously as they were larger than hers. Seeing this, the woman laughed. "Something caught your attention, miss?" Asked the woman, placing her arms under her bust.

"Not really." Said Yang with a forced smile. The woman chuckled at this. She then smirked at the sisters.

"So, what do you think of, Sona?" Asked the woman.

"Her music is just so…magically." Said Ruby, her eyes widen in excitement. "How does she do it?"

"Yeah. It is." Said Yang, looking back at the musician before looking at the woman. "Are you her manager or something?"

"No." Said the woman. "Just a friend that helps protects her whenever she's in trouble."

"So, a bodyguard." Said Ruby.

"Along with several others." Said the woman. The three were silent for a moment until Ruby broke it.

"So…what's your name?" Asked Ruby.

"Solaris." Said the woman.

"That's a pretty cool name. The name is Yang." Said Yang, eyeing the woman carefully as something about her seemed off.

"Ruby." Said Ruby. "Did you come here to talk with us?" Solaris simply shrugged.

"Maybe. I'm just waiting for someone to finish whatever they were doing, so we can dance." Said Solaris.

"Your date?" Asked Yang, silently congratulating what sap managed to land a date with this lady.

"Among other things." Said Solaris with a smirk. "He should be done soon."

Meanwhile

Blue one

Atlas ship

In the large confines of an Atlas ship's bridge. The woman that caused some trouble for Sun, Neptune, and Jack was currently accessing the bridge's central computer. As she was hacking into the database, she heard the sound of a door being opened. She then spun around, a glowing purple feather appearing in her hand that came out of nowhere, and was about to attack until she saw who it was. The person was an armored humanoid being. Easily seven feet tall and fully, completely clad in power armor. The armor was dark green and pure black, alternating in smooth yet bulky plating that covered the chest, arms, legs…basically everything. There were little light green lights here and there on its armors chinks and edges. Its helmet was covered with the same, green plating, but its visor was golden. If one didn't know any better, they would think this was a machine, but the woman knew who it was. Upon seeing the person, She sighed before getting back to what she was doing, the feather disappearing into thin air.

"Are you done, yet?" Asked the person in armor. "We got two minutes. Tops." The woman, upon hearing the military talk, rolled her eyes.

"Relax, I'm almost done." Said the woman as she finally finished hacking the terminal, smirking when she did so. She then got out a small data disk, inserted it into a slot in the computer. After hearing a beep, she took it out and walked away from the bridge. "We're done here. Let's go to that boring party." With that, she went into the air, her cloak covering her entire body, before going disappearing into a flurry of feathers. The armor-wearing person just stayed silent before suddenly disappearing.

Back at the dance

Few minutes later

Meanwhile, as that was happening, Solaris and Yang were talking with each other. Ruby, having have enough of the party, decided to leave, but not without telling Solaris that her friend was wonderful. After she left, the two remaining females began to converse with each other. "Well, it's been fun with you and your sister, but I have to leave." Said Solaris when she saw a large man entering the building.

"Your man is here, I take it." Said Yang with an insufferable grin. Solaris simply smirked before leaving. As she was leaving, Yang looked at the woman in jealously.

"Man." Thought Yang as she watched Solaris walk. Her hips swooshing in perfect tandem with each other. "She's got everything. I feel like I'm losing here. Then again, I'm still growing. Who knows how…'mature' I'll get." Thought Yang with a grin. Meanwhile Jack was telling a joke to his date, who was giggling to some of the things he said. He was about to get refreshments when he bumped into someone.

"Okay. This is getting annoying." Though Jack as he looked at the large man he bumped into. "Though, this is new." The man was intimidating. He was taller than everyone in the room, even Ironwood. People would be looking at him, if it weren't for the music happening right now. He had several scars on his face, some larger than others, with one large slash mark on the right side of his face. It went down from his cheekbone to his lower jaw. His blue eyes were hard and cold. Like that of a soldier. His brown hair was a bit messy, but was still acceptably well-kept. The man looked at Jack for a moment before speaking.

"Something wrong?" Asked the man in a deep voice. Hearing the voice, Jack snapped at of his fear and stood attention.

"No, sir. I'm just…surprised at your height." Said Jack. "I'm sorry for bumping into you. It won't happen again." Said Jack. He then saluted the man before leaving for the refreshment table. The man looked at the retreating boy before walking away. He didn't even take a few steps before a woman's voice called him.

"Scaring kids again, John?" Asked Solaris as she went up to the man. John then looked at her.

"It's something that can't be helped." Said John simply as he looked away. Solaris smirked before offering her hand. John still didn't look at her for a minute, but he eventually took her hand when people were beginning to dance with others. They then began to dance with the other dancers. Sona, upon seeing this, began to play dance music.

"How'd it go?" Asked Solaris as she led.

"We won't know until we get through all the data." Said John as they danced.

"That boy, though." Said Solaris, nudging her head to Jack, who was dancing with the one called Neo. Nothing got past her. Even someone as slobbery as that one. "Should we worry for him?"

"No, yet. The girl seems to like him." Said John, watching the two with discretion. "If she does do anything to him, it's not up to us to deal with it. We have a mission to do."

"Really?" Asked Solaris with a raised eyebrow. "You sure about that?"

"No, but we have a job to do. Besides," John then looked at the members of team RWBY, JNPR, and SSSN. "He's got enough back-up."

"That he does." Said Solaris in agreement. She then smirked. "Although, they could end up like us. After all, we weren't best buds at first, after all."

"Perhaps. And there is no us." Said John. Solaris then gave him a fake hurt look before smirking and giving him a peck on the cheek.

"Whatever you say, John." Said Solaris as the two continued to dance. As they were dancing, John noticed the one called Mercury dancing with a woman with black hair. The one identified as the one that took the Fall maiden's powers, Cinder Fall. "Looks like they succeeded in what they wanted." Thought John. "But the question is, do they know what's coming?

Mountain Glenn

Meanwhile, the White Fang were watching in awe as the machine was repairing itself on its own. They had just managed to dig it out, clean it, and then tie it up when the thing suddenly became active. A wire soon emerged from the machine and attached itself to one of spare crates of dust they have. Incredibly, the thing was absorbing the dust crystals, sucking them dry and leaving them empty husks of what they used to be. As this was happening, Roman grabbed one of the dust crystal the machine absorbed of it's energy. The crystal used to be a glowing red crystal. Now, it was a dull white, as if the life in it was sucked out of it. He then noticed the machine was done using the dust crystals when the wire went back inside the machine. They then heard a rumble and soon a red optical camera appeared out of the black visor of the head. It camera looked around it's surroundings before the machine got up, ripping apart the binding that held it down. As it did this, the White Fang grunts aimed their weapons at it with the Paladins they had aiming their guns as well. Though Torchwick suspected that none of their weapons would scratch the armor of this thing. The machine then stared down on the people surrounding it, noticing that a great deal of them were afraid. It then look at the leader, afraid, but in control. It then scanned the man with a red light, bathing him in it. The White Fang, seeing this, got ready for a fight, but Torchwick ordered them to stand down. Upon finishing this, the machine kneeled down at Roman. The two looked at each other before Roman spoke.

"Welcome to the living, robot." Said Roman in a cheerful voice. The robot then tilted it's head in confusion. Roman then smirked upon seeing this. "I know you're confused and all, so I'll try and make this simple. Me and these people," Roman gestured toward the White Fang grunts. "Helped saved you. We dug you out of a hole in the ground and helped brought you back to life because it didn't feel right for such a thing like yourself to go to waste. And now, you're here, back in the living. What do you say?" The robot still tilted it's head, unsure of what to do. After sometime passed, the robot held out a large hand in thanks, which Roman then slapped. "I'll take that as a thank you." Said Roman with a smile. "Now, I don't know about you, but from where I come from, someone, who was saved by another, owes that person that saved them a favor." As Roman was walking along, the robot was nodding it's head in understanding. "So, since I saved you, you owe me a favor. Got it?" Seeing the robot nod, Roman made a smirk. "This is going better than I thought." Thought Roman as the robot was looking at him. "Well, I'm cashing that favor now. And I want you to help defend this place from whatever that attacks it while also ensuring that whatever I'm doing goes smoothly. Got it?" Seeing the Robot nod again, made Roman smile. "We have a deal then?" The robot then nodded again. "Excellent!" Said Roman with a cheerful tone. "Now, I got this little...pest problem over there." Said Roman, pointing to a large cave entrance that was blocked off by large crates and debris. "These pest have been hindering my operation, lately. Would you kindly go and take care of them. All of them." The robot then nodded.

It then went to it's full height and, to everyone's shock, a gun appeared in it's hand from out of nowhere. The machine then walked to where Roman was pointing to, tremors being made with each step it took. After Roman shook off his shock, he grinned and lit his cigar. "This ought to be good." Said Roman as he watched the machine go into the cave, surprising him that it fit, given it's size. "Well, if it dies, we could always seal it off. If it lives, then we got ourselves a secret weapon." Said Roman before inhaling the smoke of his cigar.