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Mission 6:

The Badge

Voices, several of them echoed around the empty plane, he couldn't understand anything of what is being said and the number of voices echoed around him did nothing but confused him, even when he tried to focus on a specific voice, he couldn't block out the others…

"Subject is clear and ready for extraction…" a robotic voice echoed… he didn't recognize this voice at all…. But for some reason, he felt…pity to it…

"Can't you see what we are at a sight off…a survivor…" another voice, a female voice echoed "My project was a success"

Voices started to echo throughout the empty plane, like a hurricane storm, voices just bombarded around him…

"Subject is starting to be erratic, suggesting drastic measures to tame it" said the assistant…

"Don't bother yourself…it's just another failure that's needed to be fixed" said the doctor…

"He is alive…" said the woman…

Pain. He could only feel pain surge in his body. His arms, his head, everything…

"Can't you see what we are trying to do here?! We are changing the world!"

"I am shutting this thing down!" the voice felt protective, one he is familiar with and feels a sense of loss.

Voices, familiar and unfamiliar rained around him, no matter how hard he tried to focus or block them out, the voices bombardment intensified by the second…

"Your orders are clear! Execute it or be tried for disobedient!" said the Captain…

No….

"Between you and me…we are all killers here, just with a fucking badge" said the soldier…

NO….

"You preach about peace and everything but did look at the mirror lately? You're no different from me…." Said the lover…

Shut up….

"There is no justice here…" said the Partner…

SHUT UP….

"You are destined for great things my child…You are the future!"

SHUT UP!

….

….

The voices dwindled…going further and further away from him….becoming nothing more than a distant memory… and silence greeted him…

He floated in the darkness…finally left alone with his thoughts…

….

….

…

"How far can we fly?... Close to the sun..."

…..

Beacon Academy – Vale – TIME: 07:00

His eyes snapped open, feeling startled and tensed at the dream.

And it takes a lot to startle JC Denton.

That and the loud alarm bells sounding off all over his augmented brain.

Staring at the bed above, JC remembered where he is now after some seconds of trying to remember.

'Beacon…' he remembered. The exam, the initiation, and eventually being named as a leader of his own team… yeah, that's definitely something to not forget. "Alarm off…" he ordered his alarm to turn off, JC was thankful that the HUD has an alarm function installed and that only he is able to hear it ringing through his brain, saving anyone from the loud alarm but in consequence it gave him a headache whenever he wakes up from how loud it was.

A sacrifice he is willing to take.

'These dreams are starting to be a headache… and not in the alarm blaring kind of way' Sitting up on his bed, JC massaged his head before shaking it off, the dreams were becoming more confusing, some of which were either memory of his days before… 'Why now?...' he shook his head, now it's not the time to think about it.

He sat up on his bed and surveyed the room "HUD On" he ordered and his eyes glowed to life, scanning the room entirely as numbers and bars began to appear as it finalized syncing.

"Ehm…" he shook his head, feeling his eyes flare up a bit 'HUDs acting funny…' he thought as the bars and numbers started scrambling in some parts, so not a full malfunction 'Need to have it checked, burned my augs way beyond I am supposed to…'

The doctor was right, six months of recovery isn't enough, but he can't complain now that it's in his brain "HUD Off" he ordered and his retinal augs turn the HUD off, going back to normal.

Looking around, he surveyed the dorm room where he and his team share together. The others unpacked their things when he was coming back from his meeting last night with Ozpin, he didn't bring much except for essentials like clothes, hygiene tools and some tools for his augmentations. The room itself are somewhat cramped, so he had to think of a way to organize it for them to actually move around without any trouble, so making bunk beds gave them a lot of space. With the boys taking one side and the girl taking the other.

Good thing Nora had strong ropes to hold the beds up.

The one thing he did not expect was that the dormitories are co-ed, with the males and females sharing the same building and room for the next three years. He wasn't exactly against the idea, but he was so used to Atlas system of putting the boys and girls in separate dorms that it might take a while to adjust, even if they were on the same team.

'Well… it's still early and I got enough time to get ready…' JC looked ahead to the girl's side of the bedroom, Nora Valkyrie was still sleeping soundly, snoring as loud as eyes veered downward, looking down on the other bed below Nora's, he found Pyrrha's bed, unoccupied.

'Early bird aren't we' standing up and stretching his arms a bit, JC turned and entered the bathroom to prepare himself, they had still two hours before their first class starts, enough time for him to at least get a breakfast.

Half an hour later, JC finished his preparation after using the cramped up bathroom, wearing the Beacon uniform they left for them to use, he didn't expect them to actually find his right size when he told him his measurements. Black blazer and pants with golden linings on the blazer, white button shirt, a red tie, and a blue vest. It looked catchy at the eye, but he ditched the white shirt and the blue vest for a black button up shirt, as catchy as it looked, he always preferred something simple and one that doesn't make him sweat at how much clothes he is wearing.

Plus, he needs to give his augmented arms some space and preferred black.

He turned his head upon hearing the door creaking open, Pyrrha Nikos entered the room wearing some kind of sports attire, simple black gym pants, and a red shirt. Wiping her hair off some sweat until she noticed the tall man standing near the bathroom fixing his black shirt.

"Oh! Good morning" Pyrrha greeted quietly, making sure to not wake the others up. To any other person, they would admit to themselves that Pyrrha is a very beautiful girl, even JC would do, but he didn't say it out loud "Didn't expect you to be up early" she eyed the augmented man, realizing this was the first time she saw him not wearing his sunglasses, showing his light blue eyes to her.

"Thank my alarm for that, the thing can give a massive headache," said JC as he finished buttoning up his shirt. Beacon's regulation when it comes to the uniform is rather laxed, not Vacou level laxed and neither Atlas strict, just wear the blazer and the pants, everything else is fair game "Morning exercise?" he asked as Pyrrha picked up a red towel.

Pyrrha nodded "Yep! It helps keep the mind sharp and body ready" she wiped the sweat off of her head, looks like she's been running for a while "Thinking to do a morning jog together?"

"Only if I want to clear my head, but I still feel sore from the Deathstalker fight yesterday. So maybe next time" he said in his normal tone, he can't tell her he has been having these weird dreams of his past that might weird her out more than his augmentation "Grimm managed to make me lazy somehow"

Pyrrha laughed lightly, finally understanding his humor even if he says it in a rather dry tone before stopping herself upon seeing his exposed hands.

JC quickly wore his leather gloves to cover up his augmented hands, Vale's view on augmentation is different compared to the rest of Remnant, some even were against its development a few years ago when companies tried to establish themselves in the Kingdom, but oppositions from others like the Order and Humanity's Front made things difficult for them to make a place in the city.

The peaceful morning turned awkward as silence came. JC will be the first to admit he is not exactly a conversationist, not like his brother who somehow can maintain one for hours even to strangers, but it takes a while for him to do so. Added with the fact that he is sure that Pyrrha wants to ask him about his augmentations, or some other questions he isn't sure how to answer without delving into uncomfortable details.

"So… leader huh?" Pyrrha said with a happy tone, trying to alleviate the awkward silence, breaking the silence as the red-head walked up and picked a fresh set of clothes from a cabinet nearby, quietly closing the wooden door "It must be overwhelming for some people but I am sure you'll do great"

JC stopped fixing his shirt, his hands closed tightly as the sound of leather tightened.

'Guess that makes one of us…' he thought. After meeting with Ozpin, he couldn't get a good night's rest as all he has been doing is thinking over his current predicament and how this development might interfere with his 'other' occupation.

"Can't say it's overwhelming, it's just…" JC stopped for a second, which made Pyrrha curious "Complicated. It just made things complicated…"

Pyrrha titled her head in confusion, she probably expected him to be happy in being named as team leader, but he is not most people.

"Oh… so… that's why you went to Ozpin?" she asked.

JC nodded. After his little meeting with Ozpin 'Which went well like a fart…' he found Pyrrha waiting for him outside the dormitory, probably wondering where he disappeared to after the ceremony. It didn't take that long for her to realize he went to Ozpin, he never said the reasons behind it to her personally, but she can take a guess for what his reasons were in keeping it.

Done in getting his uniform on, JC took a seat by his bed as Pyrrha got ready to enter the bathroom. The redhead stopped and turned her head to her augmented partner with a curious look.

"We still have time before class starts," Pyrrha said "So… what do you think we go for Smith? I want to pick up something there and you can ask for them to fix your armor" she eyed the destroyed armor set he wore yesterday, clamped together on his bag "I can give you suggestions for which material to choose from"

JC raised a lone eyebrow, not expecting an offer like that, but considering they are both partners now, she is looking out for him.

Denton smiled thinly "If you can afford it, I can't say why not" he replied simply. Beacon, for all of its facilities made available for the students to use, they don't have augmentation support, well, not at the level of his augmentation, just simple ones as there hasn't been an Ogre class aug to ever join Beacon.

But he'll make do when he meets one in the city, probably a LIMB clinic.

Pyrrha smiled, despite the awkward start, its still early morning, so they have enough time to get to know more about each other.

As the red-head entered the bathroom to get ready for the day, JC went ahead and wrote a note for Ren and Nora to read when they wake up. The classes start at nine, so there is enough time for them to look around the school and the smith.

Grabbing his sunglasses, JC put them on, feeling complete with the pair on him.

'Good morning, Team JNPR…'

{DXR}

TIME: 11:07

"Monsters! Deeemons… Prowlers of the night! Yes, the Grimm have many names, but I refer them as prey, my prey, Ha-ha!" Professor Peter Port said jovially, which earned him nothing but silence. The board behind him shows various pictures of different Grimms, ranging from Beowolfs to King Taijitus. Peter Port appears to be a man early in his old age, wearing a red suit with golden highlights, the Professor large mustache moved as he spoke "And you shall too! Upon graduating from this prestigious academy, you learn that Vale, as well as the other three kingdoms are safe haven in an otherwise treacherous world!-"

Yang Xiao Long leaned against her chair as she listened in Port's boring lecture, or tried to. His little lecture eventually turned into him talking about his past exploits, about how young and handsome he was.

'Oh god… he just winked at me…' She groaned internally, not the first time an older guy would do that to her 'Yeesh… and people call me too much of a tease…' she and the others in Team RWBY as they sat on the front row (Schnee's grand idea, Yang herself wanted to take a seat in the back but arguing with someone like Weiss is like talking to a wall) and paid attention, or tried to pay attention.

The events in the morning weren't exactly what you call as 'great' first day. When they decided to unpack and tidy their dorm room to suit their needs did they realize they had a few minutes left before the first class, and it's a class taught by one Glynda Goodwitch, someone you cannot be late in your first day, after all, first-time impression is always important.

The blond-head looked around the classroom, or lecture hall as Schnee corrected Ruby, most of the students were either half-asleep or half-paying attention. A bit further on their right sat Team JNPR, each member either paying attention, asleep, or just staring far off the distance. Nora was of course sleeping, Port would wake her up every once in a while before she went back to sleep. Pyrrha and Lie Ren were paying attention with their best of their abilities, with Ren eating a bag of chips quietly. Denton… looked like he was paying attention? Yang couldn't guess because he sits stiffly and straight, and hasn't moved his head much to say whether or not he was listening.

Looking at her teammates. Blake, her partner, was paying attention every once in a while before going back to reading her smut book 'Ha! She thought I wouldn't notice' Yang turned her head to the side to see her sister Ruby, who was in the camp of not-paying attention as she played around with a pencil and a paper. Ice queen herself is trying to pay attention, trying in quotes. She can't pick on either focusing on the lecture or eyeing Ruby.

Weiss didn't hide the fact that she isn't too happy with Ruby being the leader, for someone like her, a silver-spoon girl raised in a life of high position, might have her pride broken when Headmaster Ozpin announced Ruby as the leader. Yang was very happy for Ruby, really she was, but deep down she wondered if Ruby was ready to take on such big responsibility as there is a big difference between leading in a fight, and keeping things together for a team.

And whatever Ruby was doing, it was getting Ice Queen angrier by the minute.

"Ah-heh-hem!" Port called for their attention "In the end, the Beowolf was no match to my sheet tenacity and grit, and I returned to my village with the beast in captivity and my held high" Port said in a jovial voice "Celebrated as a hero!"

Port walked forward, his body rigid. Out of the corner of her eye, Yang could see Schnee's frustration rising, whatever Ruby was doing (Balancing a pencil held by her finger while making faces at her).

Port continued "The moral of the story? A huntsman must be honorable! A huntsman must be dependable! A true huntsman must be strategic, well-educated, patient, thoughtful and wise!"

Port walked to the corner, where a giant sheet stood, covering something underneath it.

"These traits define everything a huntsman! It represents them! As well as it represents their sense of duty! And their willingness to carry on a burden!" Port said as he grabbed the sheet "So, who among you believes themselves to be the embodiment of these traits?"

It didn't even take a second for the words to sink in as Weiss Schnee quickly shot her arms up "I do, sir!" she shouted, her eyes filled with intensity and pride to her abilities.

"Well then! Let's find out!" Port removed the sheet off, revealing a giant cage where a Grimm was kept inside. A Boarbatusk, a boar-like grimm, whined as its head slammed into the cage, nostrils huffing out smoke "Step forward and face your opponent, Miss Schnee!"

Weiss strode confidently into the floor, her heels clipping at each step, not intimidated by the Grimm at the slightest.

"Yeeeah! Gooo, Weiss!" Ruby cheered loudly for her partner, which in turn caused Weiss to twitch in annoyance.

"Ten liens that Ice Queen would lose…" Yang whispered to her partner, who shook her head at the bet.

"Represent The Team!" Ruby shouted in support.

"Will you be quiet?! I am not ready yet!" Weiss shouted back in anger.

Blake leaned to the blond-haired girl "Ten on her winning"

Yang grinned "I'll take that bet"

{DXR}

TIME: 16:00

"Hey! JC! Got a sec?"

Denton, who was talking(listening) to Pyrrha about something as he turned his head to Yang with a raised eyebrow, after the little fight Weiss had with the Boarbatusk which went longer than expected, Port ended the class early. But the events that have happened during and after the fight still fresh in her mind.

Weiss, while a good fighter, lacks the patience, gets too riled up quickly. Even with their support to her, Weiss seems to still hold a grudge to her sister being named as leader. She didn't exactly hide that fact, but biting her anger on Ruby wasn't right, Yang herself wanted to intervene but Blake advised against it.

'Ruby needs to earn Weiss's trust, acting like a big sister isn't going to help her' As Blake advised.

For a cynic, Blake sure has some sound advice.

She hated that Ruby needs to prove her worth to a girl like Weiss, a silver-spoon noble girl who got everything from her daddy-

"Xiao Long?" JC's dry voice brought her back from the memory, nodding to his teammates to go ahead, today's lessons ended early so the students have enough time to explore a bit before heading back to their dorm "Everything alright? Schnee looks like she was about to throttle Ruby"

"Yeah…" Yang sighed "I think all Ice Queen normal expression is being pissed or being whiney. But she can sometimes cross the line…"

"So I've heard…" he replied dryly, no matter what Yang does, she can't get a read of him, almost like Blake now she thinks about it "I wouldn't worry about it though, those two will get along eventually and it's still the first day"

"Feels like forever..." Yang muttered before eyeing the augmented man from top to bottom "Wow, you look weird if you aren't wearing that big coat of yours"

"Thanks for your honest assessment to the school uniform…" JC cited, tightening his leather gloves to hide his augmentations.

"Why hide your augs?" Yang asked curiously "Is it… is it because you don't want people to give you weird looks?" she remembered reading up some stories of augs being treated differently compared to Faunus in Vale because of the Kingdom's more older mindset, and with Humanity Front screaming about how 'Wrong' people are if they become augmented, it can reach even the dumbest of them all to make something stupid.

She will be the first to admit to not understand a lick of politics, but the things she heard what has happened to augs in Vale and how Faunus are treated in some parts in the world, and it honestly makes her sick.

"No, not for me" JC shook his head as he stared at the blond-haired girl, seeing her reflection from his shade, Yang could see his eyes glow behind it for a second before disappearing "It's to not make people uncomfortable around me, I can walk around with my aug just fine, but here? In Vale? I know the limit where and when I should show my augs" he turned to his left and Yang followed and saw what he saw "Sometimes I need to remind myself that I am not in Atlas"

Nearby, Yang saw some students whispering amongst themselves as they eyed him with a questionable look, one of them being Cardin Winchester, a guy who made it a habit to throw paper at Denton's direction but the augmented student opted to ignore him instead of retaliating.

Back in the classroom, Yang heard the students seated behind her that wondered of JC's augmentations and how much augmented he is when word spread around that he is from Atlas, the motherland of all modern technology. People wondered if he was even human, or how extensively modified he was because honestly, Yang can't remember the last time she saw someone like Denton as most augments she met had some small change, an arm or a leg, a mark on their head, nothing extensive.

But even a blind monkey can see he is extensively modified, his arms, his eyes and the blue vein-like pattern around his neck are a giveaway. His speed is way above the norm and his strength is close to her own power.

She wondered what his semblance was like if he didn't use it yet.

Yang took a deep breath, she didn't call him to ask him for his augmentation, Ruby wanted to do first, but never had the chance because of Schnee, so she won't take that chance.

"I wanted to thank you"

JC raised a lone eyebrow.

"For?" he asked curiously, clearly not expecting to be thanked randomly.

"For helping Ruby these past two days" she explained "I know I wasn't the supportive sister she wanted me to be when we first came to Beacon, I ditched her instead of helping her because I thought she can learn on her own, you know, the bee's knees or whatever? So I owe you a lot for helping her and saving her at yesterday's exam" she confessed, waiting for Denton to comment on it but he remained silent. Seeing it as her chance to continue, Yang's brows knitted, angry at herself "I have to admit, I first thought you were just some guy trying to take advantage of Ruby… but after seeing you risk your body to help her yesterday convinced me that you are an alright guy with a weird taste in clothing" she grinned, giving him a small fist pump on his shoulders "So again… thank you for helping out my sister when I couldn't be there to do the same"

JC simply shrugged in response, guessing he wasn't the type to get thanked at all "No need to thank me Xiao Long, but you are right that Ruby doesn't need a hand to hold her, she needs a guide and someone to advise her" the augmented man advised "With her being the leader of the team she needs to know the burden and the duty. So don't blame yourself for a mistake, just try to be there for her, not just as her sister, but as her fellow teammate"

Yang's smiled, before widening it at his advice

"Wow… for a guy who wears black, you sure are optimistic, Ruby rubbing off of you?"

"Nah, it's just me..."

Yang laughed, Ruby was right that Denton's tone will get less robotic the more you spoke with him, but he still had his dry tone.

"Mister Denton"

Both students stiffen at the voice before slowly turning. Professor Glynda Goodwitch fixed her glasses as she stared sternly at the tall student, her eyes cold as steel just as her stern look.

"Professor Goodwitch…" JC greeted.

"I'll leave you to it. I pray for your survival…." Yang whispered to tall man before giving him a light fist pump on the shoulder, she had to check up on Ruby and see how things are going and will go on between her and the Schnee Heiress.

'Wait… last I checked the Headmaster was talking to Ruby? wonder what's that about'

{DXR}

Throughout his life, JC has met many of those of authority who would intimidate even the meanest of them all no matter what. An acknowledgment that the person they are speaking to is someone not to be trifled or joke with, as they demand respect, and expect from those to give it to them.

Glynda Goodwitch represents one of them, a teacher with an aura of stern and sharpness. Someone JC has come to respect in just a few minutes of conversation.

And getting scolded for being armed explosives is all the convincing he needs.

"I see you are getting well-adjusted in Beacon" Glynda noted as they walked through the gardens. The sun was beginning the set, which made the running lake more beautiful from the orange sunlight "The Headmaster believed that you would take how things work here… quicker than your previous home"

"Place's cleaner I'll give you that" JC cited, he expected to get scolded at for being late for class earlier. When he and Pyrrha arrived at the weapons smith, the red-haired girl gave him some bits of advice and tips on which material is better suited for his armor, but time passed by quickly as they browsed, and in the end he never gave the smith his armor to fix "And less crowded compared to Titan"

Glynda eyes sharpened "You know what I mean, Denton. You are still unsure of your place in this academy and in your team considering your… other duty"

"Ozpin told you that?" Denton asked, he wouldn't shock him that Ozpin told her about their meeting yesterday.

"Headmaster Ozpin" Glynda corrected him "And no, I've seen students like you, unsure and confused in their place in the world"

JC raised his eyebrow "I don't believe I am confused"

"That's what you think, not how you feel. You are here base on duty, but Ozpin presented you something more than just duty, to learn to be yourself, your true self" said the Professor "The Headmaster believes you are fit to be a leader"

Denton stopped walking, his brows furrowed "I already made my problems known to the Headmaster and what a mistake he made in picking me as the leader"

"Then you would have preferred if Pyrrha Nikos was the leader instead?" Glynda asked sharply.

JC kept quiet, thinking over his words before taking a deep breath "No. I can't put this burden over her"

Not Pyrrha, while he doesn't read any tournaments or tourneys for schools, he has heard the name Nikos popping up in the newspaper, 'The Undefeated' 'The Invisible Girl' and other fancy names the press would give to a national champion. It didn't take him that long to realize his partner was that national hero.

But to put this responsibility on her would be against his ideals… she didn't deserve to carry his burden

'Become a shield to the people, to protect them…'

His brother's advice to him before he joined Tarsus… and before the incident…

"No," he said with a firm tone.

Glynda's eyes softened "I am not telling you to not do something you have no joy over, but this is still the first day, being a leader isn't a title that may compromise you, it's a badge to be carried, a daunting task I know considering your circumstances, but give it some time and I would like to see what Ozpin sees in you"

Time.

Ozpin said the same thing to him when he argued, give it time and he might accept his role.

He wonders how long before duty comes knocking him back to reality…

She put a hand on his shoulder, giving him a warm look "Even with your special circumstances, you are a student in Beacon Academy. And as your teacher, I will be here to give you advice whenever you are lost"

JC internally smiled, while he doesn't show it to the blond professor, she quickly realized his acceptance to the idea to give it time and effort for everything to sink in as a student in Beacon.

BEEP
BEEP
BEEP

Their conversation was suddenly interrupted a the tone of a scroll resting is his pocket started beeping, while Glynda thought it might be his team calling to check up on him, Denton's expression quickly changes from curious to deadly serious.

Taking the scroll out, Glynda saw a far different scroll than the ones the Academy gave to the students.

Contrast to its usual appearance of a white, holographic tablet, this one was colored black and looked like a small device instead of a tablet.

"Duty calls…" JC's said with a dry tone as he read the message. Glynda's eyes closed in acceptance, is one of the few aware of his real occupation before coming to Beacon "Thank you for the advice, Professor. I should be able to think on a couple of things these next few days" pocketing his scroll aside, he took his leave before Goodwitch called for him.

"Mister Denton"

"Hmm?" he turned back, gone was her warm look and return her stern and sharp eyes.

"Even if you have a duty, don't forget you are a student in Beacon academy, so I expect you to come on time and avoid being punished like what happened earlier"

JC couldn't help but chuckle before nodding "Noted, Professor" he bowed his head before leaving the area, leaving Goodwitch on her own in the garden to contemplate.

As he was sure a fair amount of distance was made between them, JC brought out the black scroll once again and read the message he was sent.

[Problems coming up. Might need your skills. Send in the passcode for Jock to pick you up]

"Job…" he read the messenger's name. Punching in the passcode, it send back green in the ok. Sighing, JC looked back at Beacon dormitory, he can go and change quickly and tell the others he has business to conduct, but knowing Jock he'll be here in a couple of minutes.

And Lieutenant Greenhorn was not one to go late on a job.

Removing his Beacon scroll, JC typed in a message to Pyrrha before sending it. Its sudden change of plans because he promised her they would visit the weapons smith again and check on other possibilities on his armor.

He felt guilty on planning another time despite promising earlier, but he has to do this.

{DXR}

Watching his retreating form from afar, Glynda sighed to herself after a long silence has come, today started off like any other day in Beacon. A few late students coming to her classes here and a few sleeping off there, nothing out of the ordinary.

But she could not keep her mind of JC Denton and to what he represents. She was the first who Ozpin told about his... Occupation outside the Academy and there may come a time where they will call him for duty.

She argued, of course, if such a thing would be made public it would ruin many involved, even if Ozpin assured such a thing wouldn't come to pass. In an age of advanced technology, anything is possible.

Glynda sighed once more before fixing her glasses, she had a few papers to fill and thinking over this problem wouldn't solve anyone by just standing there.

"He is as stubborn as you are, Paul.." Glynda murmur to herself before walking towards the teacher's building "I hope he isn't as foolish as you were back in the day..."

{DXR}

Beacon Dormitory – Team JNPR Dorm Room – TIME: 16:30

[I'll be visiting the city to check up on a few things, don't wait up on me]

Pyrrha read the message a few times before sighing 'Can't he have told me personally?' she still kept the armor of his after leaving the weapon's smith. They made a plan to make another visit and if it wasn't satisfiable, they can visit one in the city 'Maybe next time…'

Seating by the couch in the dorm room, she examined the gauntlets of JCs armor. It not only looked worn, it was worn, possibly from years of usage and abuse it took, yesterday's exams must have been its breaking point. Pyrrha wondered if JC made this armor or he was given by it.

Her fingers wrapped over the wings emblem on the gauntlets, she was right when she recognized the brand being 'Seraph', an old weapon's manufacturer company in Atlas, she doesn't know much of it other than its name and that it was in Atlas until it's closure.

Which happened ten years ago.

How did JC get his hands on a set of armor made by them?

'Hmm?' she noticed something on the gauntlet 'There is a carving here…' she studied the carving that was made at the corner of the gauntlet's plate, an initial was carved on the plate behind the scratches.

"P.D…" She read the initials "What does that stand for?"

"Pain and Domination!" Pyrrha yelped as Nora's loud voice caused her to nearly drop the gauntlet, realizing she was so focused on the plating she didn't realize that Nora was behind her "You know, when dishes out a beating on those meany Grimms he gives pain and dominates them! Or as I like to think he does it"

Pyrrha couldn't help but smile nervously at how close Nora was to her as she expected the plating "Cool! I am wondering why he even needs these cool arm armors, JC has those awesome arms of his! They are armor-like, right?"

"It's augmentation" Ren voiced out from the corner, seating on a moving chair beside the table as he worked on something on his scroll "And I think he wears them to hide his arms. Vale isn't the most reasonable place when it comes to augmentation, and can't exactly hide those arms of his with all those dermal armors…"

Pyrrha sighed, she read enough of the news to know how the Kingdom of Vale opinion of augmentation, while not as… violent as Mistral, Vale's more traditional in a sense where some are still unfamiliar when it comes to bio-augmentation and other advanced technology Atlas has created and helped the other kingdoms throughout the years.

People always fear the unknown as her brother once said.

She also just found out that Lie Ren is a bit of a tech expert, says he picked it up as a hobby.

"Oooh! Working on something again!" Nora hopped toward Ren's station. Peering over his shoulders and expecting something amazing but instead saw numbers and data on his scroll "Ahh… you are doing the confusing stuff…"

"These confusing stuff is the reason why our scroll is working as it is. And don't touch that Hammer Nora, I need it for the Multitool"

Pyrrha giggled as she saw her teammates talk amongst themselves, even without their leader around, it's still the first day, so everything will come together in due time.

{DXR}

He was back where he was when he first came to this academy. The walk took five minutes for him to reach, while he could have run faster, he couldn't waste a good couple of energy bars on something when he can just walk there.

"Mister Denton! Fancy seeing you here"

His pilot wasn't here, but the one person he didn't expect to be here first was one Headmaster Ozpin.

"Professor Goodwitch told you about the message I got?" he wondered.

"Oum, no. I was simply curious as to why a bullhead was headed this way at this time, and the fact I received a message from your superiors" Ozpin cited, facing the large opening ahead of them as he stared at ocean ahead, both hands resting on his cane "Having a CCT tower has their benefits"

"Same goes with your cameras and invasion of privacy" JC accused, even if it was the first day, he still kept his eyes on the cameras that were littered around the Academy "For a reclusive guy, you sure do like to watch people"

"It's to keep the academy safe. I am sure a man of Atlas such as yourself would understand of having tools at our disposal, or is it Mantle? I got a few of those too"

JC's eyes narrowed behind his shades, he wasn't shocked that Ozpin managed to get a hold on his past, he is a Headmaster after all, but one who seems to watch over everyone.

"If you are worried that I might have all the students scrolls tapped I would like to say that I haven't made such actions"

"Yet"

"Mister Denton" Ozpin sighed "I am simply looking out for my students, we don't have enough security to keep watch in case something may happen on the academy, and I like to be prepared" he explained.

"You are still making an invasion of privacy"

"And you are keeping secrets from your team, Agent Denton" Ozpin responded calmly "It is unwise to keep such important information from those who trust you," said the Headmaster.

"What has that got to do with any of this?"

"Wonderment, Agent Denton. I may ...keep an eye out of danger because it's my duty as both headmaster of this academy and a Huntsman in keeping the peace, even if the means to it is against protocol, but its a necessity and I am willing to answer to those questioning my methods" he eyed Denton boredly "Although I can't say much on your part, keeping secrets can be dangerous, especially from those who trust you. so I wonder how would they react to such a revelation, and what will your answer be when they ask your occupation"

Pyrrha and Ruby smiling faces suddenly flashed through his mind.

"When that time comes I'll tell them" Denton answered

"Right time? Or the right people to tell your secrets?" he asked, which earned the headmaster a glare from the augmented agent. Eyes still watching the horizon, Ozpin caught something approaching "Ahhh, it seems your pilot is here"

Looking ahead, JC saw a black Bullhead approaching them. Its sleek appearance reflected from the sunset the closer it got.

"The famous black bulls, I wonder how long we would see one in Vale" Ozpin wondered as the Bullhead landed in front of them "I do hope you have some clothes for your mission or are you fighting in your uniform? They are stylish of course, just not built for combat"

"I already have my gear set up in veetol" said the augmented man as the bullhead's doors opened, Jock always had gears, weapons, and armors set up before missions. Turning to the Headmaster, JC gave him a nod "Headmaster"

"Agent" he nodded back "Don't please come early, Professor Goodwitch is merciless when it comes to lateness in her classes"

"Noted…"

JC entered the veetol aircraft, a few seconds passed before its doors sealed up and prepared itself to take off. Contrast to the other common Bullheads, this one was far advanced. Built as a stealth craft, its important to use in military missions with its far superior range and lack of sounds that other Bullheads usually gives out. Truly the peak of modern technology Atlas has created.

'The golden age of technology knows no bounds'

Ozpin stared at veetol as flew off into the city, sending JC into whatever his task force unit want him to go to.

{END}

Entry: Bullheads

Bullheads are a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL or veetol for short) aircrafts built for travel between cities as its fuel will not allow it to travel between kingdoms unless you have at least seven fuel tanks saved up for the long travel. Bullheads are used for various task in transporting passengers and cargo, recent years has made it possible to create variations of Bullheads to carry more cargo and passengers as the trade center in Atlas and Vale has grown rapidly with technology (In Atlas) and food and crops (In Vale). Recently it was used more often to deliver medical supplies to Mistral due to the plague, but recent problems have made it difficult to travel.

In military usage, Bullheads are frequently used in deploying soldiers and supplies, with the aircrafts having built-in turrets in some of its modified versions. There are rumors of a special variation of aircrafts called 'Black Bulls', which are often used for 'covert operations', but many high ranking officials in the Council has debunked such claim, citing how ridicules the idea of using such a thing and it is simply made by their enemies in the White Fang and The Collective.

Author Note:

Been a while since I last posted, and just in time for the two year anniversary since I first posted this story (Which started differently than this) but here we are, still doing this as a hobby.

Anyway, next chapter will be completely original (As in a Deus Ex chapter instead of a RWBY chapter), with the recent episodes revealing more info on the word and showing how Ozpin really is (Which I am glad they called him out of it) has gave me some stuff to use to world build on (I already have things set up but the info recent episodes gave out has helped me in building)

Many of you have guessed, yes JC Denton is acting as both student of Beacon and an Agent of a Task Force. There is a reason for him joining the school, it's not just JC decided to join up for the hell of it as I have made that clear in the last chapter and in this chapter, the reason would make sense in the context of the world I have created.

So the next chapter will be... An introduction to the Deus Ex side in the world

Titled "Back In The Saddle"... probably not

Any questions you guys have I will always be available

As mentioned above, I am looking for a beta writer, I can honestly say that my writing isn't the greatest of them all but I am glad I am improving in some parts.

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Constructive criticism is always welcomed and appreciated.