Author Note: Hello guys! I'm sorry for not uploading at all, like nothing at all. I've had a busy schedule these past few weeks. I was kinda too tired to write, but hey, I'll try to write againI do not own Dauntless or RWBY so pls no sue...

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Paint the town Red part 2

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The darkness was suffocating...

Either that or his lungs were punctured by broken ribs, Jaune didn't know. Either way his sight was getting darker and his breathing, heavier.

He had been paying attention to his Aura and Aether, they were both on an all time low. This was the first time he's ever felt powerless ever since he won that tournament that Lady Luck made.

"-AUNE" He heard as a familiar voice called out to him.

It's Pyrrha... Jaune opened his eyes to see Pyrrha holding his head into her bosom and worrying for him.

"Jaune? " she asks with teary eyes

Jaune coughed up some blood "Hi Pyrrha"

Jaune tried to stand up but Pyrrha stopped him "Pyrrha? "

"You're hurt! You can't go back out there" she says as she wipes away a tear.

"Pyr lift me up"

Pyrrha looked at him as if asking him what he just said "Don't worry I won't fight" Jaune answered her look.

Pyrrha nodded and put Jaune's arm around her shoulder and carried him off the ground. He saw team RWBY along with Percy fighting and it was epic.

"FREEZERBURN! " Ruby shouted as she flew back with Blake and Yang and Weiss covered the area with fog.

Jaune could see Percy navigating the fog as if it was nothing. Ruby and Blake struck the Mech from the fog.

"What the hell? " Roman let out a confused sound as his Paladin was knocked forward by a heavy blow.

Percy jumped back into the fog but the automatic missle system on the Paladin managed to hit Yang. Percy ran over to catch her and he did.

"Checkmate! " Ruby shouted as Weiss and Blake ran forward and dished out multiple attacks and were even able to disable the targeting systems.

Unfortunately this didn't stop Torchwick from firing at will. Through what seems like sheer luck, Roman hits Weiss. But not before Weiss uses a Time Dilation Glyph on Blake. That glyph allows her to move faster and register things faster.

She was able to cut down the missles before they reached their target, Ruby commanded.

"Ladybug! " As she and Blake flew in to hit the mech which was all in vain as they were swatted away by the mech.

Ruby and Blake were thrown into concrete pillars, Yang rushed back in.

The mech had no problems dealing with her blows. Though they were heavy, they didn't cause much damage to the Paladin, because firstly, Ember Celica was running low on ammo and second the Mech was armoured with Atlesian Steel, which is very durable.

Roman was able to knock Yang out easily, afterwards.

"Ha, you girls should've stayed home and played with your little dolls instead! " Roman laughed as he pointed the Mech's Cannon at Ruby.

Ruby, was fearing for her life. This was the first time she had actually been in a situation like this, she didn't know what to do. She was panicked and she wanted to go back to the academy and...

The Cannon shot, Ruby closed her eyes. There was and explosion but Ruby didn't die.

"Don't close your eyes in a fight kiddo"

"Uncle Qrow? "

Ruby opened her eyes to see Qrow Branwen, he had just came back from a scouting mission for Ozpin.

Roman groaned and shot another missle but the Branwen was able to avoid it while leading Ruby away.

"Are you going to take it down Uncle Qrow? "

"Nah kiddo, Percy and his group can handle it. "

As if on cue, Percy jumped on the Mech with his dual chained scythes. He cleaved out two of the back launchers before backing up.

"An-! " Percy was cut off as a woman with blonde hair and grey eyes ran up and cut the arm off the mech with a massive axe.

"I got it" the woman said

Percy smiled as he rushed back in but with a sword this time, he slashed at the Mech's legs and managed to cut one of the hydraulics which made it hard to move.

"EAT THIS! " Suddenly a man with black and curly hair, and quite the great build smashed into the Paladin with his hammer knocking it into a pillar.

They rushed to attack it but the driver ejected. Torchwick was caught by a Bullhead that flew past as they disappeared into the night.

Percy came up to Jaune "Hey bro, are you ok? " he asked Jaune who was being carried by Pyrrha

"Yep totally fine" Jaune answered

The blonde woman smacked Percy's head. "OW Annabeth why???? "

"That's for asking the boy an obvious question, here Jaune" she gave Jaune a Slayer Potion.

"Thanks" Jaune took it graciously and was healed for most of his wounds.

Team RWBY came up to Jaune too, Sun was in a better condition already. Still out cold though, he was taken by Neptune to a nearby hospital.

"Jaune who are these people? " Ruby asked

"Oh they're-" Jaune was about to answer but Percy beat him to the punch.

"This is my team, my wonderful girlfriend Annabeth and my bestfriend Grover" Percy said as Annabeth waved at the girls while moving the Mech with Grover. Grover smiled and waved too.

"Woah you guys are awesome" Ruby told Percy.

"I know" he replied, promptly getting another smack from Annabeth.

Jaune went and sat with Pyrrha while they waited for the police and hunters to retrieve the Paladin.

"Sir, if you excuse me, how did you manage to do that? " Weiss asked

"Do what? " Percy returned the question. "How did you manage to fight the Paladin without talking to each other? "

"Oh well, we... practice and hunt together a lot I guess? "

At this point Annabeth and Grover were done cleaning up. Annabeth went over to Percy "Sorry, he's bad at explaining things. We have been together for a long time, so we know a lot about each other. Due to that we could take guesses on what others will do and-"

"What she's trying to say is that we trust each other" Grover smiles as he tells the girls.

Team RWBY nodded and took notes. Over to Jaune, who was getting bandaged by Pyrrha.

"Why didn't you call us sooner? " Pyrrha asked

"Well... I tried, it just didn't work I guess? " Jaune hissed as he felt another wound getting disenfected.

"Well, it's ok but be more careful next time ok? " Pyrrha told Jaune as he smiled but winced again with pain.

"Don't worry Pyrrha, if it means it won't worry you. Then I'll try to get hurt less next time." Jaune laughed but coughed and groaned in pain.

It was quite comical and Pyrrha laughed a bit as she continued first aid.

The night was drawing to a close and the students would be taken in for questioning but all in all, nothing bad after that happened and they all went back to their dorms.

Author note: I am so very incredibly sorry for not uploading at all. I really do apologize for that, I'll try to upload more