Chapter 11
Glynda
While she understood that he felt bad about being bullied, then she saw the Scars, and the story behind them, then he got angry. He stood up and was shouting before long, then wings unfurled from his back, the room darkened and his armor turned black and shifted into something….different. She back away and kept backing up until she ended up in a chair in the back of her room. "I apologize, I should not have taken it that far." He said softly putting his wings back and setting his armor to light combat mode. "I will be talking to Ozpin about leaving if you want me to." He finished. She stood back up and came back to her chair and sat down again. "I will not tolerate an outburst like that again. But everyone gets a second chance." She said.
"Now you need to contain all of your anger, and keep those wings to yourself." She said "Now leave, talk to professor Ozpin about your actions. Do not mention our encounter. I intend for you to stay, we may need your help." She finished lost in deep thought. "Understood." Came his succinct reply. He bowed and left her office. She opened her scroll "Professor Ozpin, I am sending Colin to your office, he needs to talk with you. He has some things he wants to talk to you about." "I hope they are good." He replied. "He attacked a student and then he nearly lost his temper with me. Ask him about it."
Colin
He walked to the elevator in shame. He had lost his temper and control, he took the elevator to Ozpins office. It opened and he walked in. "Hello, how are you today Colin." "I attacked one of your students and nearly did the same to professor Goodwitch, I lost my temper. I was reliving something from my past, and almost took it out on professor Goodwitch. "He said quickly taking a seat at the front of Ozpins desk. He was done, knowing that a ship would be there in 6 days and now his past was coming back to haunt him again. "I know this must be tough, but I need you to tell me what happened." So Colin recounted his story, from his encounter with Cardin, to lashing out at Glynda. At the end of it he felt better getting it all off of his chest.
"Sounds like you have an interesting past. Now would you like to study here at beacon?" he asked Colin. "I am going to be staying on this planet for 5 more days, then I have a date with death. But after that I can spend some time here." He said. "Sounds like fun. Now the Yvtal festival is now too far away, so I am going to put you into dorms with another team, but you will be your own team. Is there any teams you would like to stay with." Ozpin asked "I do owe a considerable debt 'to team RWBY I would like to stay with them, that is if they are alright with it." He responded. "I will make the necessary arrangements." Ozpin said "Now you can go ask them, and I would like to talk to you later tonight." "I might have some stuff to do, but I will get back to you on that one." Colin replied.
Ozpin nodded and Colin bowed and walked out of the room. He walked down to Ruby's dorm room and knocked. "Oh hey Colin how's it going?" she asked "I'm doing fine, can I come in?" he asked "Sure" she said opening the door. "Hey" Colin said to everyone. "I have a question for you. Since I am going to be here for a while, would you mind if I stay with you guys. I will set up my stuff in a corner and stay away from you guys." He said "If not don't worry, I can go make myself a place." He added quickly. They all looked at each other in thought. "I don't have a problem with it." Yang said shrugging. "Neither do I, as long as you don't mess around." Weiss said giving him a suspicious look. "How about you Blake?" he asked. "I don't mind." She said quietly. "Yeah I know it's weird that the guy you. ya know, shot. Wants to be anywhere near you, but you helped. Just remember that I owe you a great deal, all of you. Saving my life and all that jazz." Colin finished. "Well it looks like team ruby gets a new member!" Ruby shouted. "Thank you guys. I'll set up my stuff tomorrow, for now I'll keep the noise down." He said as some nanites formed a hammock from the door frame to the other wall at about chest height. "We have a field trip tomorrow, so everybody get some rest." Ruby said, then she walked outside to get something. Colin got in his hammock and set his alarm for 6:00 and went to sleep.
The next morning he woke up and everyone else was still sound asleep. He quietly got out of his hammock and realized he didn't have any of the essentials for a longish stay. So he took the gold bars out and left for town. He also got a couple school uniforms. When he came back it was around 8:25, and he realized he couldn't get in. He knocked and ruby opened the door. They were all dressed for the field trip. "Hey Colin, where were you this morning?" "Just grabbing some stuff before I go out on my own field trip." He responded shimmying past her and setting his stuff on the floor. He also had grabbed an axe, which he slung over his shoulder. "Well we have got to go. Have fun with your field trip." Ruby said "bye, bye, bye" came the voices of Yang Weiss and Blake as they left for their field trip. "See ya." He replied
He set off back towards the drop pod. Intending to use it as shelving and to make a fusion reactor. Many gave Colin a very curious glance as they saw a man, in strange armor carrying a big metal pod towards the campus. He looked at the doors and realized it would not fit. So he set it down and walked around the campus until he found their tool shed. An old man with a working clothes was outside, grabbing some tools. "Hello sir." Colin smiled waving at him. The man turned around and waved back. Colin shook the man's hand. "So son, what do you need?" he asked Colin. "Well I need something that can cut metal. Lots of metal." He said. The man opened the barn doors and looked around, then walked around some machines and equipment till he came to a metalworking bench. "Here you go." He said grabbing the dust powered welder and handing it to him. "Thank you, can I have some more dust to use this with, I have a lot of metal to cut." Colin asked looking warily at the welder.
"Here." The man said handing him some red dust crystals and powder. "I owe you one, thank you." Colin responded shaking the man's hand and walking back to the drop pod. He spent about an hour cutting it in half, then into quarters. He got more weird looks form the staff as he carried four large pieces of metal to his dorm. Which was again locked. So he pulled the door off his hinges, and left it propped against the wall in the hallway. He put some pants on and went to work, the nanites were on a recharge cycle, acting as a solar panel in the window. He took some tables and chairs and made them into a workbench. He was working through the entire day.
