(Chapter 4: Behind the mind of a mad man)

The girls decided to wake up early to get a head start before Qrow arrives. They got dressed, and they were attempting to make themselves breakfast. Ruby was trying to cook eggs the way their dad made it while Yang was making pancakes. "Ruby those eggs looks good. Could you put some pepper on mine?" Asked Yang. "Sure." Replied Ruby. Ruby was trying so hard not to over cook the eggs.

Yang was about finished with the first two pancakes. She put them on a plate and placed it next to Ruby. A minute passed and the eggs were nice and cooked. "Wow Ruby the eggs look good." Said Yang. "Thanks. I've been learning just by watching dad." Said Ruby. They finished cooking and they sat down at the dinning room table eating.

Taiyang walking in the dinning room and saw the girls eating breakfast. "Morning dad." Said the girls. "Good morning girls. Seems like I don't have to cook for y'all today." Said Taiyang. "Yeah. We are about to see uncle Qrow after we finish eating." Said Ruby. "Okay girls. But before you go. I just want to say that I love you two. What ever your uncle Qrow is doing that involves your help. Please give a good solid one hundred out there." Said Taiyang.

"Don't worry dad. I know we got this." Said Ruby. "Yeah. We will do our best and we will be okay." Said Yang. "I know. Just be careful please." Said Taiyang. "We will." Ruby replied. The girls finished eating and put the dishes in the sink. Then they grabbed their belongings and they headed out the front door and got on bumblebee. "Bye dad!" Shouted Ruby as the girls waved to their dad. "Bye girls!" Shouted taiyang as he waved back at them.

The girls were on their way to meet with Qrow, team JNPR, and both Weiss and Blake. As they are riding down the trail Ruby was looking at the area where she saw the shadow. "Let's hope we don't come across that today." Ruby said to herself. They soon arrived back to Vale and they waited for Weiss, Blake, and team JNPR on a sidewalk. A few minutes passed and first came team JNPR.

"Hey guys." Said Jaune. "Hey Jaune how are you guys doing?" Ruby asked. "We are doing good. How have you guys been?" Jaune Asked. "Good. Just waiting on Weiss and Blake." Said Ruby. Weiss and Blake then arrived and saw every one there waiting. "Hello team JNPR." Said Weiss. "Hey Weiss." Said Jaune. "Great. Now everybody is here and now all we need is uncle Qrow and Jac.

Both teams waited for a little bit until both Qrow and Jac arrived. "So this is every one?" Asked Qrow. "Yep. We have everyone here." Said Ruby. "Alright." Replied Qrow. "Who is this guy?" Asked Nora. "This is Jac." Said Qrow. "He's the guy we ran into to yesterday after we killed the bionic Grimm." Said Ruby. "The what?" Nora asked with confusion.

Jac took a couple of steps forward and looked at the four and talked to them in an inside voice. "The Grimm they had dealt with wasn't like any other Grimm you see around here. This Grimm in particular had bionic parts and they are stronger and faster. Pretty much a reinforced Grimm in other words." Said Jac. "Jac here has things that requires help. But I didn't ask for help exactly." Said Qrow. "Then who did?" Asked Ruby. "I'll tell you a little later but for now let's go sit some where. But not here." Replied Qrow.

"What's going on? I mean why can't we talk about it here?" Asked Jaune. Jac walk up to Jaune and started talking to him in his inside voice "This is something that people can't handle. The public can't know about this. If they know then we will be at war. Not a war between nations. But a war worst than the Great War." Said Jac. Jaune stayed quiet and he gulped down his own spit.

"Does Professor Ozpin know about this?" Asked Ruby. "I knew you might Asked that. Change of plans we are heading to Beacon." Said Qrow. "Wait so does this mean that we are all going be apart of a mission or something?" Asked Nora. "I'll let ozpin do most of the talking. I don't think it's an option to talk about it right now. Said Qrow.

Everybody soon made it to Beacon and both teams took a good look of the school. "I just love this whole view of Beacon and it still got nothing on Vale." Said Yang. "Well, it feels nice being here again." Said Weiss. "The sight seeing can wait. Right now we go things to uncover. Said Qrow. They made it inside the school and in the elevator and up to Ozpin's office.

Ozpin was sitting down on his chair as looking at the view of Beacon from his office. The elevator bell rang and out comes both Jac, Qrow, and team RWBY. "Hello Professor Ozpin." Said Ruby. "Hello Ms. Rose. How have you been?" Asked Ozpin. "I'm doing good. Thank you for asking." Said Ruby. "That's good." Ozpin replied.

Then the elevator bell rang again and Ozpin sees team JNPR exit out of the elevator. "Hello you three." He said. "Hi Professor Ozpin." Said Jaune. "So now everybody is here. What is it that you want to tell us?" Ruby asked Ozpin. "As you may know. You and your teammates have stumbled across a Grimm that appeared to have some sort of.. "Upgrades". Ozpin stood up from his chair.

"Though it's very unusual to see a Grimm with such terrifying things put on the Grimm." Said Ozpin. "But why would someone do something like that?" Asked Nora. "Well that's why we have Jac." Said Qrow. "Jac enrolled here to several years ago. But he knows who the person is and he is willing to give you the details." Said Ozpin. Jac nodded. He took a deep breath and he began to talk.

"The Grimm you saw was made by a man name Dread. He's actually my brother." Said Jac. Both teams looked each other in shock. "I used to bond almost everyday in the past. But overtime he was starting to grow bitter towards me. He was starting to think differently and act differently. He always assume I get everything thing I want when in reality I have to earn it just like him." Said Jac.

"He was blinded by his own ego. One night he ran away and I caught him and confronted him about it but he just stood there.. And never came back home the next day." He said. "Why is he making Grimm stronger? There has got to be a big reason why he is doing this." Said Ruby. "The main reason. Is because he got fed up with the way Remnant is. He got tired of being treated like such he claims." Said Jac.

"So he thinks that the world owes him everything thing?" Asked Jaune. "You said it kid. He left a book that I found and thought it would be a good time to open it. It's all his plans to destroy banks and dust shops so people can fear him. He even planned an attack on one of the CCT towers to corrupt the communications so he can get away with most crimes he would commit afterwards. But he was caught by the police and was sentenced to prison but he escaped as soon as he was inside his cell." Said Jac.

Jac shows everybody the book that belonged to Dread. Jac flips the pages that revealed the plans Dread had drawn in his book. Both teams looked in shock as they see that each one has a plan more deadly than the others. "That is just sick. He has no soul." Said Blake. "Dread has no remorse for what he is doing." Said Jac. "He's sick in the head alright. But he made himself this way." Said Qrow. Jac nodded. That's true." Jac replied.

"So how was he able to catch a Grimm and put upgrades on it?" Asked Ruby. "He has people who are loyal to him. They capture the Grimm for him and they bring it to his hiding spot. But that's all I know." Said Jac. He was livid but he was trying hard not to show his expression towards Dread. Ruby looked a Jac and she placed one hand on Jac's shoulder. "I know you tried your best to be a good brother to Dread. But I know it's not your fault." Said Ruby.

"Would you believe me when I say that we have the Grimm here?" Asked Ozpin. "You have the Grimm?" Asked Ruby. "But how did you manage to get the Grimm?" Asked Weiss. "I had General Ironwood bring it to my vault. It was supposed to be in Atlas's possession but I thought we would rather have the Grimm here and get further details that having to spend time in Atlas." Said Ozpin.

Everyone was silent for a bit until Ruby spoke up. "Let's go see the Grimm. What ever Jac's brother is putting on the Grimm we must know what it has inside out." She said. "That's my pipsqueak." Said Qrow. "She's right. We can have at least an advantage." Said Blake. "Plus I know where the weak spots are at too." Said Jac.

Ozpin smiled and nodded. "Let's go to the vault shall we." Said Ozpin. He pressed the down button and the elevator door opened. "Qrow, Ruby, Yang, and Jac. You four will go first down the elevator with me. The rest of you wait until the elevator comes back. And Jaune make sure you press the very last button on the bottom" Said Ozpin. "Yes sir. Said Jaune. "The rest of you come with me." Said ozpin

The elevator door closes and they were on their way down to the vault underneath the school. "I can't believe we are going to see the Grimm again." Said Ruby. "Relax pipsqueak. We're going to be fine." Said Qrow. "I know we will and I know we got this." Said Ruby.