As Team RWBY walked back to their dorms, Ruby kept looking around furtively. Weiss groaned. "Why-"

"I'm trying to find White! I just gotta know how the hell he did that!"

Yang chuckled. "So do I, sis, but hunting him is not the right way to go about it."

Blake looked at Yang. "Really."

"Nope. We just beat the crap out of him."

Blake rolled her eyes. "Should've figured…"

"Is that a challenge, Yang Xiao Long?"

The four whirled around to see White and his team. Yang frowned slightly and stepped forward, hitting her knuckles together. "Hell yeah it is! I wanna see just what you're made of!"

White smiled slightly. "I like your zeal, truly. But if you'll remember from earlier, you won't fight me. You'll probably fight Quick."

The runner stepped forward and smirked. "Lucky me."

Yang frowned more and turned back to White. "Why?"

"Four on four. Each of us fight our own person. I fight Ruby, Long fights Weiss, Short fights Blake, Quick fights you. Simple."

Yang blinked. "You've got this all figured out, haven't you…"

Long shrugged. "He has his ways."

Blake rolled her eyes and looked at Short. "I'm supposed to fight a boxer?"

Short hit his gloves together. "What, afraid you'll shoot me? Trust me, you won't."

Blake's frown matched Yang's. "Cocky much?"

Short chuckled. "When we've been through what we have, we're allowed to be. We can beat most anything."

Weiss rolled her eyes. "Oh, please. Could you beat an Atlesian Paladin?"

Long thought a moment. "A big enough electric shock, maybe…"

Weiss chuckled, and Long continued with "Or maybe a few seismic hits…enough pressure could cause the whole thing to quite simply break into pieces."

Weiss blinked. "Uh…maybe. It's possible."

White sighed. "Look, we all have better things to be doing than standing here bickering."

Ruby nodded and turned to her team. "He's right. If we're gonna be working with the Revivers, we have to deal with their quirks."

Yang, Blake, and Weiss all huffed, and Yang muttered, "Still think I could take him…"

White stomped up to Yang, getting right in her face. "You know what? I'm getting tired of your attitude." And with that, he uppercut her so hard she went flying straight up about ten feet, crashing back onto the sidewalk and cracking it slightly.

Yang stood, her lilac eyes flaring to red. "Oh, you asked for it!"

She went to punch him, but Quick deflected her punch with a kick and started to whale on Yang, kicking her all over, no place twice in a row. After a minute, Quick let up, and Yang fell to a knee and looked up at Quick, smirking. "That all you got?"

White called to Quick, "End it fast. You know her Semblance."

Quick nodded and stomped the ground, shaking it to keep Yang off-balance, and dropkicked Yang about five feet back, almost hitting a wall. Yang stood weakly, but fell just as fast.

Ruby looked at White. "What did you do?!"

He looked at Ruby. "Me? Nothing. She wanted a fight, she got one, end of story."

"But she could be badly hurt!"

"She's not."

Ruby fumed. "How do you know?!"

"Because I know healing as well."

Ruby looked in her sister's direction, then turned back to White. "You sure she'll be okay?"

White nodded. "Sore, definitely, but nothing broken or anything." He turned to his team. "Let's go."

He turned, but Ruby said, "Hang on."

He turned back, and Ruby asked, "What did you do? Back in the lecture hall."

White paused a moment. "I purified a Grimm. What aren't you getting…?"

"Cardin fell unconscious. What happened to him?"

White smirked. "Nothing that wasn't expected."

"What?"

White sighed. "Miss Rose, if you're that curious about my methods and about myself in general, then I cordially invite you to our dorms. Tonight, one hour." He smiled. "Don't be late."

The Revivers walked off, and Ruby ran over to Yang, who was trying to get back up. "Don't strain yourself; you took a big beating."

Yang stood again, still weakly. "Eh…I've been through worse."

"You still lost. Majorly."

Yang turned to Weiss. "Well, Ice Queen, maybe I wouldn't have lost if I'd have some backup!"

"Excuse me?! I wasn't the one who wanted a piece of the action so much!"

Blake stepped between the two of them. "Both of you stop! There's no use fighting; what's done is done."

Yang huffed. "Still think I could've won…"

Weiss and Blake both sighed and, in the same tone, replied, "Not really…"

Ruby knocked on the door, and she heard White call from within, "One second!"

Ruby looked around nervously, tapping her foot against the ground, until White opened the door, grinning. "Hey, you're a little early. Eh, no matter. Come in."

He moved out of the way, and she walked in. The other members of the Revivers looked at her, and Ruby suddenly felt very self-conscious.

She turned to White. "So…"

White nodded and sat on one of the beds. "So. What do you wanna know?"

Ruby sat on a nearby chair. "I…I don't know where to begin."

White shrugged. "I understand. There's a lot to ask."

"How the hell'd you purify that Grimm?!"

White recoiled slightly at her sudden increase in volume. "Easy, Ruby. I'll tell you even if you don't yell…"

Ruby looked down, then back at White. "Sorry, but…you're different." She looked at the others. "You all are."

Short chuckled. "Well, no dip, Sherlock. We're not exactly your typical nutjobs."

Ruby blinked. "Huh?"

Long sighed in exasperation. "Forgive his lack of humor. He tends to be…dry sometimes."

Short looked at Long. "Hey, I'm still funnier than you."

Quick piped up. "I beg to differ. Eo-uh, Long has his moments."

Long facepalmed. "Nice."

Ruby's eyes widened. "Eo? Is that your actual name?"

Long shook his head. "No, it's not. Don't worry about it."

Ruby looked at White, who chuckled slightly. "We'll tell you in good time, alright? Now, that Grimm…it's actually quite simple."

Ruby nodded, and White continued. "That melody I played on the leaf is something called Oracion. It's quite important back where we come from. A friend of ours taught it to me and told me that it could be used to purify evil. Basically…I can turn every Grimm into a flesh and blood animal."

"What happened to Cardin?"

"Side effect. With his natural state of jack-assery, the song affected him like it affected the Grimm, just not on as big of a scale."

Ruby blinked again. "So…will Cardin be nice now?"

White shrugged. "No clue. It's possible, but I can't remember the last time I used it on a human, if I ever did."

Long said, "You haven't. We would remember that."

White nodded to him, then turned back to Ruby. "What else?"

Ruby thought a moment. "That levitation thing with Weiss. How'd you do that?"

"I have psychic powers. Next."

"Wait, psychic? Like, ESP and all that?"

Whtie nodded. "Yeah."

Ruby stood. "Uh…the only psychic I know is Professor Goodwitch."

"That's her Semblance. See, we don't have Semblances, per se."

Ruby chuckled, then turned back to serious. "Wait, really? Then…how did you do any of that? The strength, the ice…"

White stood as well. "Simple." He held up his left wrist, and Ruby finally noticed a solid white band, with a circle on the wrist. "What…"

White twisted the circle, and it opened, revealing another circle. "Pressing this circle switches me between human and superhero."

Without hesitation, Ruby pressed it, and White cringed. "Damn…maybe that wasn't the best idea…"

He began to glow, and he ran into the bathroom. Ruby went to follow, but Long thrust his staff between her and the door. "Why would you do that?!"

Ruby looked at him. "I was curious."

"Don't you know curiosity killed the cat?!"

Short piped up again. "Blake's still fine, though…"

Quick chuckled. "She's held her curiosity. Unlike this rose."

Ruby looked around at the three of them, about to defend herself, when White called from the bathroom. "Back off, guys. And…go ahead and transform. This was gonna happen sooner or later."

Long sighed. "You sure?"

"I'm sure."

Long shrugged. "Alright, man." He started glowing pink, Short began glowing orange, and Quick began glowing light-blue. Within a minute, they had changed into three normal-looking people, all around the age of sixteen or so. Long wore glasses, had black hair and green eyes, Short had blue eyes and blond hair, and Quick had brown eyes and brown hair.

Ruby blinked. "Whoa…you are human."

'Long' nodded. "Yeah. And if you've seen us…we might as well tell you our names. I'm Eoniai."

'Short' waved a hand. "Tardon."

'Quick' smiled. "I'm Alyssa."

Ruby turned to the bathroom. "What about you?"

'White' walked back into the room, and Ruby took in his brown eyes and brown hair. "My name's Redoni. I lead the Revivers, as you know, and now I need a favor."

Ruby nodded. "Yeah, sure."

Redoni took a breath. "No one can know about this. No one. Not our identities, not our vulnerability, nothing. They're secret for a reason. Understand?"

For one simple second, Ruby considered just ignoring that and telling her team. But then she looked into his eyes, and she noticed something, besides the obvious semi-pleading. She noticed that even though there was a soft spot, it seemed…rough, like Redoni had seen things, things that few others had. Like he'd lived a life before.

Ruby nodded. "I understand. I won't tell anyone."

Redoni nodded. "Thanks. And whenever you see us, call us by our hero names, not our real ones. Try to be smooth if you mess up, unlike Eoniai."

Eoniai huffed. "Meh."

Ruby smiled and nodded again. "No problem!"

She turned to go, but Redoni said, "One other thing."

She turned back to him, and he continued. "We're not alone. There are others…the Revivers have a total of eight members, but due to the limitations of Beacon, they've delayed. They should be here tomorrow, so don't be too surprised."

Ruby nodded, and Redoni took a breath. "Understand something. This is important stuff you've found out; if you tell anyone, you all will die."

Ruby's blood ran cold. "You…you'd kill us for telling?"

"No. We have enemies, enemies that you may think you can handle but you can't. We have to be extremely careful, which is why I'm still kicking myself that you did what you did…"

Ruby gulped. "Sorry…"

"Don't be. Like I said earlier, you would find out one way or another. So…unless you have anything else to say, you may go."

Ruby nodded and opened the door, and she looked back once more. "We'll help you however we can. Even if not as involved as we may hope."

She walked out and closed the door, and Redoni let out a breath he'd been holding. "Nice girl…too bad she's involved now."

Eoniai shrugged. "It's not bad now, though…with all we've done, there's not much left against us."

Redoni turned to him. "True, but that's why it's dangerous…cornered rat."

Tardon sighed. "They better be ready…"

Redoni laughed wryly. "We'd better be ready…"