"Ruby?" Jaune asked confused about what was going on
"Yep now come on we need to head over to Ozpin's office about the mission coming up in a month" Ruby said
'The mission, the one where she died, is in a month' Jaune though before looking at his hands before realising they were both flesh unlike his future arms which one of them was a cybernetic one.
'MY ARMS! How could I have both my arms and Ruby's alive unless TIME TRAVEL!' Jaune thought back to the light violet crystal 'could that have been a catalyst for time travel?' Jaune asked as Ruby helped him up before walking off, but Jaune looked back to where he was sleeping under the shade of a tree out in the courtyard trying to figure out why exactly he chose this time and not a different one. That question would have to wait to be answered right now he needed to go to the mission briefing and find out what the heck went wrong in the first place.
When Jaune and Ruby entered the headmaster's office, Jaune saw the other hunters that made p the two teams waiting for them
"Mr Arc, did you enjoy your nap?" Ozpin asked
"huh what, um yeah I did" Jaune said taking his place next to his second in command Pyrrha.
"As you know Byrne Cybernetics have made a new range of robotic hunter assistants called the Cyber-Grimm. These will be online in one month and we have the opportunity to field test these attack drones in a month, so study up on the manual app on your scroll to see how these things work and how they interact with hunters" Ozpin said before dismissing the teams.
'Byrne Cybernetics, I heard of them but they were the first one attacked in the devastation of Vale' Jaune thought looking up the company on the Info-network of his Scroll.
'Here we are; Byrne Cybernetic is a company that deals with defence, military and security projects. The main product is that of the Ronin Battle-suit that is used today to fight against large Grimm and insurgences of all kingdoms. They have decided to branch out and help Huntsmen and Huntresses with the creation of our exciting upcoming Cybernetic Grimm hunters, robotic versions of those they hunt to help them deal with their organic counterparts. C.E.O . Arkham Byrne was a former tech supporter for the Schnee Dust Company leaving to start his own company to help defend the world from evil' Jaune read
"Okay so where are the foundries for the Cyber-Grimm?" Jaune asked looking at the locations.
'The closest one is in Vale's industrial section' he thought looking at the map. 'maybe I have to have a chat with them' he though heading to the sky dock.
Once Jaune got to the Vale foundries he looked around the massive warehouse where the machines were being made, this one made the Beowolf model,
'SO this is where bastard came from, not if I can help it' Jaune thought before entering.
"Hey you there boy!" a voice called out; making Jaune jump
"Yes?" Jaune asked hesitant about who called to him
"What are you doing here boy?" an important man asked.
"I'm Juane Arc, one of the volunteers for the mission next month" Jaune said
"Ah, come to inspect the Cyber-Grimm?" the man said "Oh where are my manners, I'm Arkham Byrne" Arkham said smiling at him before walking off with Jaune following
"So here we are the Cyber-Grimm Beowolf Class produced on your front door step. We've been studying Grimm to make sure ours are accurate, but controllable through the use of highly advanced technology. With this new technology we are able to analyse a situation from anywhere and decide our to act. However in three months we expect to allow them to go fully independent through the use of artificial intelligence" Arkham said smiling
'And that's what worries me somehow the Cyber-Grimm gains that AI and decides that humanity and faunus-kind will be better targets than the Grimm, which somehow are wiped out in a single week while tearing apart Vale' Jaune thought. "Is there any chance of their programming could re-write itself to hunt humans?"
"Impossible the programming we gave them is linked into a server which updates the software and repairs any damaged coding" Arkham said smiling
'I'm not sure how but they overridden that server and created their own coding' Jaune analysed the situation.
"So there is not a single thing to worry about my dear boy" Arkham smiled as the owner of Bynre Cybernetics escorted him out
"Oh and say hello to Victor for me" Arkham said
"Victor?" Jaune asked
"Your headmaster Victor Ozpin" Arkham smiled as he walked off.
"So they have safeguards against harming humanity, but why then did they?" Jaune asked on the airship back to Beacon "Not to mention how am I suppose to stop Ruby's death at their hands?" he pondered wondering how exactly they did it, an outside source maybe, that's when he remembered the rumours of a talented hacker somewhere in Vale and that was what Jaune feared was that someone had the hacker reprogram the Cyber-Grimm to attack humanity.
"I better ask Ozpin about the hacker" he said getting off the plane
"A hacker, I knew of one, but he's gone now" Ozpin said
"Where did he go?" Jaune asked
"He died, three days before you finished your initiation" Ozpin said
"You're kidding" Jaune slapped his head
"I wish I wasn't, but his work really did help us in the long run. He was our security manager and last I heard he had a job with Byrne Cybernetics as a programmer" Ozpin explained
'A programmer for Byrne Cybernetics; so the Cyber-Grimm program must have been in the works for a while now'
"Hey Professor how long has Byrne Cybernetics been working on the Cyber Grimm?" Jaune asked.
"The Mark I prototype was completed five years ago" Ozpin answers "Why"
"I'm just doing my research on them" Jaune said leaving
'Now that Mr Arc has left I can look over this weird anomaly that has formed' Ozpin said looking at his scroll "Time Dust has been used at my school"
"Good response Miss Rose, now while we have been studying basic types of dust, there is one type of dust that has been claimed to be forbidden for use by everyone expect a few, can anyone tell me about this dust?" the teach asked making Weiss raised her hand. "Ah yes Miss Schnee?"
"Time Dust" Weiss answered
"yes, now can you tell the class about its properties?" the teacher asked
"Through an unknown chemical reaction in certain dust type, usually exposure to time related semblance. It enables a person to travel through time on their personal timeline, however even then there are set boundaries" Weiss said
"Which are?" the teacher asked
"the points of travel have been limited to five years after you were born to five years before you die, giving around eighty years to travel between, plus you have to be asleep for the time travel to work, but even then you will travel back to where you started from once you fall asleep where to travelled to" Weiss said
"Why is this stuff forbidden?" Jaune asked feeling nervous.
"Because it could be used to change a person's natural fate, a poor person could travel back with knowledge of the future and alter it so they could come out on top, a person who made a mistake could correct it" Wiess said
"Could a person somehow stop a war?" Jaune asked
"Possible but highly unlikely, why?" Weiss responded as the bell rang
"Study your textbooks people" the teacher said
'Shit! I have to stay awake!' Jaune panicked 'I haven't done enough to stop the war opf Vale!' he thought not hearing his name being shouted out by his girlfriend
"Jaune, are you okay?" Pyrrha asked worried
"I'm fine" Jaune lied
"Why the questions about Time Dust in class today?" Weiss asked appearing out of nowhere
"Just curious" Jaune said
"Jaune, please level with us, do you have any time dust on your person at the moment" Weiss said
"No, why what would happen if I did have any on me?" Jaune asked unsure
"You would be expelled from Beacon, and blacklisted making it so you are unable to be a Huntsman ever again" Weiss said
"And then if you use it a second time you will be arrested, with the crime of using banned substances" Pyrrha asked
"So I ask you again, as you friend do you have any time dust?" Weiss asked
"Jaune, please if you do have any hand it to Weiss and you will not be punished" Pyrrha begged
"I don't have any" Jaune said angrily which translated into his mind 'I'm not handing over my future just yet'
"I believe him Weiss" Pyrrha said
"So do I, but if I find out you lied, well then let's just say that they police won't be able to find you" Weiss growled out "Understood?"
"Crystal" Jaune said
"Good, look Jaune I know that I appear toi hatre you, but I see you as a good friend" Weiss said walking off.
'As do I, that is why I've selected you as my advisor' Jaune said
That night Jaune looked absolutely tire. He sighed looking over at his bed.
"I guess it can't be helped" he said grabbing the crystal and going to bed. This dream instead of dreamless sleep he was stars of a teal colour falling vertically to the ground, fading in colour from teal to red. Next thing he knew the buzzing of his alarm clock went off.
"Oh man that is going to get old soon" Jaune said reawakening in the future and in the middle of the Grimm war.
"Morning honey" he heard someone say as he felt soft skin drape over his arms.
"Morning" Jaune said kissing his wife Pyrrha asked. "Did you sleep well?"
A/N okay now this is just a note to tell you that through out this story there will be Easter eggs, not relating to the X-Men but other things as well/. At the end of the series I'll do a list detailing where and what they were, just in case you miss some
So review and what not, but until next time catch you on the flipside