Yo, yo, yo everybody. ArkAngel here with another chapter of Team ASceND.

Aionion was jolted from his sleep as the ship settled on its dampers. He moved his hand away from the weapons on his hips and settled back as he waited. He stood from his chair and exited from the ship. He could see Dantos already striding away from him and the Bullhead. Aionion could hear the rapid thudding as he jogged to catch up. It echoed in his head and reflected the beating of his heart. Once he caught up to Dantos, who was already half way to Malcom's office, he slowed down, twisted his helmet to the side, and pulled it off. It came off with a hiss and a small click. The lights were nearly blinding after being in the helmet so long and he put an armored hand over his eyes.

"Too bright in here for ya?"

Dantos bit off an insult before ducking under the half-hearted punch Aionion threw at him. He took off laughing down the hallway and Aionion gave chase. The people didn't move out of Dantos' way but once they saw Aionion chasing him they fell apart into chaos, causing Dantos to be stranded in the middle of them. Aionion picked him up by the cloak he wore and carried him like that down the hallway. The cloth was smooth and Aionion nearly lost his grip on it several times. He finally decided to just punt him down the hall to Malcom.

Dantos screamed like a little girl as he flew through the air and Aionion chased after, about to kick him back down the hall. Dantos rolled to the side and Aionion pulled back from kicking the door in. The two stood up and brushed off any dust they picked up along the way. Once they were presentable, Dantos pushed open the door.

They came upon a sight they never thought they'd see. Malcom was not typing for once and there was another person sitting in the office. He had grayish-white hair and the oddest weapon they'd seen. It looked and functioned like a cane but had a hand guard near the top. The most colorful thing on his person was the green scarf he wore.

They ignored the man doing a double take of Aionion and stood at the desk. Malcom gave the man a we'll-talk-about-this-later look and turned to the two standing at his desk.

"What do you want this time?'

"Mission."

Malcom sighed and leafed through a small folder before looking back at the man. They had a silent conversation between them then Malcom shut the folder he had.

"There's been a personal request that has been brought to my attention. Professor Ozpin here has need of another team to attend Beacon to keep an eye on the students coming in from other schools. He believes there will be or there is a spy on campus. He needs you two to gather two others and arrange for them to join you at Beacon. This mission will run for an undefinable time period and has to be handled covertly."

He pointedly looked at Dantos for emphasis on the next piece. "That means no terrorizing the other students and certainly no going after the spy. Are we clear?"

Dantos rolled his eyes as he replied. "Yes. Your words are as clear as water." He paused for a second to think. "Where are we gonna get two others to join us? None of the others..enjoy... our company."

"And that is why you two are perfect for this mission. No one will miss you and its less paperwork on me if you fail and end up dying." Both inhaled sharply at this. "There is a high chance of you failing and dying. Now get out of my office and find two others." When they didn't move he added on. "NOW!"

Both hurriedly left the room to avoid Malcom's wrath. They hadn't seen it personally, but they did see the full body cast the last person who did was in. Aionion felt a prodding in his head and focused on following Dantos as he listened to what Nebula had to say.

'I can make a body for short periods of time so you'll only have to find one other.' Aionion narrowly avoided a door when Nebula continued. 'It'll look human and function as a human, but there is one side effect.'

'Is it life threatening?'

'No.'

'Will it hinder my ability to fight?'

'No.'

'Then I don't care.'

'Fine. Just find another person and we'll be good.'

Aionion made a show of typing on his scroll to a number he knew didn't exist. Quite handy when you have to fake this type of thing.

'I have a person prepared for the mission. He just needs me to meet him at the weapon area. I'll be back soon.'

"Okay..." How did he find someone that fast, he thought.

Aionion split from Dantos at the next intersection heading in the general direction of the meeting point. He faced little resistance as he walked as they heard him coming down the hall and moved to a different one immediately.

He shook his head while talking to Nebula.

'What weapons can you use? I'm pretty sure you've never touched a weapon before besides mine.'

'Exactly. I've dug through your memories and collected all the weapons training ones. I think I'll use a bastard sword and a huge gauntlet in place of a shield.'

'How the hell did you get that from my memories? I've never wielded either of those. They sound really bulky and unnecessary.'

'My body, my weapons.'

'But I'll be the one carrying them. Whatever. Now me separating from you is gonna cause some major pain the first few times. Just don't scream, hehehehehe.'

Then the excruciating pain started; it felt like someone was ripping his arm off. He could hear a low grinding sound like two rocks being rubbed against each clenched his hands and looked towards his arm. He had removed his armor in preparation for the separation but it still felt like his arm was being crushed against a hard surface. It took him a moment to realize it was.

An entire arm was splitting from his and he could see the beginning of a head and torso. It was made of rough crystal near his arm but he could see what appeared to be skin appearing at the end of the appendage. The entirety of the procedure was painful and exhausting but after a few minutes the split was done and Nebula had his own temporary body.

Nebula had taken the appearance of a man slightly larger than Aionion in size but well below his height so as to not arouse suspicion. He stood at a modest 5' 9'' and had long swept back silver hair, the same color as Aionion's hair. His bright blue eyes gave him away though. The eyes matched Aionion's left eye and that could become a problem later on. Clothes slowly arose from the skin, transforming from crystal to cloth in a few moments.

'Can you still hear me?' Aionion fired into the blank space that filled his head now.

"Yeah but I have to reply verbally now. Since I have my own body now I can hear your thoughts but I cannot reply, if you know what I mean."

'When did you suddenly become less of an asshole?'

"When I figured out you can kick my ass."

'Let's just grab your weapons and go.'

They dug through the heaps of weapons left behind from the deceased until they found something Nebula liked. He stood tall and strapped a leather vest on that had a sheath attached at the back that could fit the absolutely monstrous blade he wanted. The blade was nearly 4' 6" tall and the handle rounded it off at 5'. The gauntlet he grabbed covered the entirety of his arm and more. It was more of a shield then anything. It was strapped to his arm in several critical areas and those were covered by metal plates to resist disarmament. It was made of overlapping plates of metal that were layered to provide maximum flexibility without loss of protection. Even his wrist and fingers were armored. Nebula then grabbed some paint and a brush and added a blue gem shape to an open area of the gauntlet.

'That's your symbol? I thought it would be flashier than that.' In response, Nebula stuck his tongue out at Aionion. He shrugged off the taunt and began reattaching the armor he took off.

'So how long does this,' he gestured to Nebula's body,' last. A few days, I hope?' Nebula shook his head negative.

"No it only lasted for about twelve hours. More or less depending on how much aura you allow me to take." Aionion nodded sagely and began walking in the general direction of where he left Dantos. Nebula followed behind, moving his arms to get used to the weights attached to them.

"There you guys are! I've been waiting forever. I can't seem to find another guy that would come with us."

"Get a girl then you idiot. We need someone to scream at us when we get lazy...Some knockers wouldn't hurt either eh?" Nebula chuckled and suggestively waggled his eyebrows at the other two. Aionion punched him amicably, sending him into a wall before turning the corner. Nebula pulled himself from the crater and sped up to catch up to the other two.

Several hours of searching later...nearing Nebula's expiration date

"Whelp, I've got to leave guys. I'll meet up with you later." Aionion nodded like he knew this would happen. Dantos looked suspiciously between the two before shrugging it off. The two went to a nearby bar and sat down near one of the screens that were displaying the news.

'Breach in the Wall', the caption said. The news reporter went on to begin talking about the competition being held in Vale.

"Think we should do it? We just need one more person. We can enter in the tournament to get a scope of all the different teams here and see which one holds the spy."

'That would be logical. Maybe we should get back to looking?' They stood from their seats and Aionion threw down enough money to cover the drinks they got. They left the building, located on the decidedly shadier part of town, and began walking with no general direction to go. They passed several hunters who carried weapons but all of them sooner or later joined a team.

Discouraged, the two were about to give up for the night before they saw three White Fang members chasing a woman with vibrant red hair. The woman ran into a nearby alley and the three White Fang followed. One immediately flew back out before standing back up and racing back in. Aionion and Dantos jogged over to the alleyway to see the girl fighting off the White Fang members, but she was slowly losing steam.

Aionion raised a fist into the air before firing a single round from his gauntlet. The shot echoed loudly in the suddenly silent alley as all eyes turned to the newcomers. One of the White Fang members hissed at him before taking advantage of the girls shock, leaping at her for a finishing blow. Aionion moved to intercept the overhead strike on his arm and the blade slid down it with a shower of sparks. The faunas growled at its failed attempt and steps back to regroup with the others.

Aionion glanced over at Dantos who was slipping the girl out of the alley and out of the blast radius. While distracted, Aionion felt a thin blade cut a fine line across his skin. He danced back in pain before suddenly getting exceedingly angry. His hands became coated in a thick layer of crystal and he tried to punch one of them. The three leapt away when a large blade flew at them from the crystal covering his hands. It struck the ground and coated it in the same material.

He fell into a flurry of attacks that completely coated the alley in the crystal. It had sealed shut the exit and jumping only made them a target for the blades of crystal. One of the three was dead and the other two were slightly cut because they didn't move fast enough. Their backs were to the wall and Aionion was still rampaging.

Aionion then threw his hand at them and the walls began shooting thin spikes that struck the two men. Their bodies hung limply and blood slowly rolled down the thousands of spikes. Dantos arrived once the impaling began and Aionion, still in his berserk state, sent a crystal blade at Dantos. Dantos narrowly avoided the attack before seeing the crystal that normally only touched Anion's eye now covered more than half his face. Dantos grimaced at having to fight an enraged Aionion who didn't hit softly even when not trying.

"Well, it's a good day to die... Oh who am I kidding, it's never a good day to die."