(Chapter 5: Rummaging for answers)
The elevator made its way down the vault. The elevator bell rang and the door opened and they walked out of the elevator. "Now we just got to wait on the rest." Said Ruby. Yang looked around the vault and admired it. "This place is huge. It's pretty cool." Said Yang. The elevator door closed and went back up for the rest. Back at the office Jaune was trying hard not to overthink what Jac had said.
Weiss saw Jaune taking deep breaths and walked up to him. "I know we haven't been getting along for quite sometime. I just want you to know. That I am sorry for acting bitter towards you like I have in the past. But I will always be here for you like you did for me at Haven. And I will never forget that." Said Weiss. "Thank you. Right now I'm just trying to shake things off." Said Jaune. "I understand." Weiss replied.
The elevator made it to the office and the door opened. Then everybody else went in the elevator and Jaune presses the button to the vault. The door closes and made its way to the vault. Meanwhile Ruby and Yang were looking around while they are waiting for the rest to arrive. Then the elevator bell rang and the door opened. "Alright, that should be everyone." Said Qrow. Ozpin nodded. "Follow me." He said.
Both teams were looking around as they were walking down the hall of the vault. The green flames lit up the hall and everyone followed Ozpin to see the Grimm. "So this is where you had the spring maiden right?" Ruby asked Ozpin. "Yes but it serves a different purpose now. This is where we have classified items including some of the most dangerous weapons that cannot be in the wrong hands." Said Ozpin.
Qrow took out his flask and took a quick sip. "Well let's see what this Grimm has in store." He said. Ozpin finds the door that has the Grimm inside. He took out his keys and unlocked the door and inside was a bulletproof chamber that has the Grimm. Parts of the Grimm were laid out and stored in containers. Team JNPR were shocked to see the Grimm.
Team RWBY looked right at the Grimm and saw parts taken off the Grimm. "This is something that I've seen in one of my comics." Said Ruby. "Well this isn't science fiction." Said Blake. "Indeed it isn't. As you may see. The Atlas scientists have managed to remove parts from the Grimm. They are still being tested to see the capabilities of each one. The Grimm is still dead so there is nothing to worry about." Said Ozpin.
"The Grimm is giving me the creeps big time." Said Jaune. "So this is the Grimm you four dealt with." Said Ren. "Yep. When we killed the Grimm it reattached itself and then we killed it again." Said Ruby. "My brother is smart when it comes to technology. He would find ways to make a deadly weapon with whatever he can find." Said Jac.
"I'm assuming that you might know how he made the shadows." Said Ozpin. "Not really. All I know is that he creates things." Jac replied.
"Was there anything in this Grimm that can lead us to clues Professor Ozpin?" Asked Ruby. "There is no luck. Not even the best scientist in Atlas can find any clues." Said Ozpin. "But your Professor Ozpin. You got to at least have something here." Said Jaune. "Jaune, he said he tried. I know we need to find clues but how? That's the question." Said Weiss. Jaune looked at all of the parts and the Grimm.
"Professor Ozpin, since we are pretty much apart of all of this. Can you give us a chance to find something in these parts to find anything? Maybe there is something the scientists probably overlooked." Asked Jaune. Ozpin gave them permission and both teams began to search each item that was taken off the Grimm. Jac decided to look inside the Grimm itself for more clues.
Everyone was taking their time to find anything that could have information and location of Dread. "C'mon guys we got to find something here." Said Ruby. "As long as we work together we will be okay." Said Weiss. "Wow. That's a first time in a while that you want to work together." Said Blake. "Hey. At least I'm being honest." Weiss replied. "Guys less talking more searching." Said Jaune.
Both teams were still looking for clues that could lead to Dread. "Anything yet?" Asked Jaune. "Nope. Just some hunk of junk thingies here." Said Nora. Jac had put on rubber gloves and a flash light then he began to look at the Grimm's corpse. Qrow looked on as Jac was find what could be clues inside the Grimm.
Jac had an idea. He grabbed the Grimm's head, grabbed some surgical utensils and started to check it's brain. He looked around the brain and notice right away that there was a scar underneath the brain. Jac cut open the scar and found a chip inside. He grabs the chip with forceps and placed it on a metal tray. "Everyone. I might have found a clue." He said.
"What is that? It looks like a micro chip." Said Ruby. "It is. But I wonder what it might have." Said Jac. "We have to see what this chip is capable of and if it can find Dread's location." Said Ozpin. "Right. Do you have anything that we can connect the chip to?" Asked Qrow. "Yes. Make sure the chip is clean too." Said Ozpin.
"Good eye Jac." Said Ruby. "Thank you." Replied Jac. Jaune was confused about the chip and wondered why it was not found. "How come they couldn't find it? Did they scanned it or took x rays or anything?" Asked Jaune. Jac look at the chip closely underneath a microscope. "This chip has a material like no other. Dread has made a chip that can't be seen or scanned. There was a very faint scar beneath the brain. It seems that I was lucky enough to find it." Said Jac.
The chip was then placed in a slot and it began to show codes and files. "What is that?" Asked Jaune. "It seems that this is the data that can control the Grimm." Said Ozpin. "Let's see what we can uncover." Said Blake. Ozpin was trying to decode the chip and collected ones that can possibly lead to further clues.
"There has to be something in the chip that can give us more information about the Grimm and how they disappear and reappear." Said Jaune. "I know there will be something to help us out. Let's just see what Professor Ozpin can do." Said Ruby. "I agree with Ruby. This could take time." Said Weiss. "That's the first time you ever agreed with Ruby." Said Blake. "Hey. At least she has a valid point." Weiss replied back. Ozpin was trying to decode the chip for answers, then looked at everyone. "This might take a while." He said.
The day fades into a red sky and the moon is full. The area was filled with dead Grimm and metals. There were some Grimm that were alive but stuffed inside giants cages. The building that was dead center was barricaded and there were two bionic Grimm with a special chains holding them down in front of the building on each side. The building was old and it was converted into a hideout lab.
The inside of the hide out was decent and had lighting in the hallways. A big bright light was shining down on big table in the middle. There were eight henchmen sitting down on wooden chairs waiting. The sound of a door smacking against the wall from the second floor sound throughout the building. "Everyone the boss is coming!" Said one of the henchmen. The sound of footstep was getting closer and closer.
A man walked slowly and peaked from the balcony. More lights turned on revealing the man from the shadows and it was Dread. He had dark colored hair and had one eye on his left and a robotic eye on the other. He looked a bit old and had scars on his face. He wore a torn lab coat with dark colored pants and boots. His left hand was robotic as well. Dread walked down the stairs and sat on his chair and looks at everyone.
The henchmen were silent as Dread was about to speak. "So. Did you find anything from Vale?" Asked Dread. One of the henchmen spoke up. "Well. We didn't find anything and the Grimm was destroyed." Said the henchmen. Dread stood from his chair and began to walk around the table. "Of all my creations this one has to succeed Benjamin. I cannot allow my Grimm to fail much longer." Said Dread.
He hung his head in disbelief. "But Dread. We got plenty of experiments that we can do." Said another henchman. "We do. But we need to do more and to take over all of Remnant." Said Dread. "Magnus. Did you find an faunus body?" Dread Asked. "Yes I have." Said Magnus. "Good. I still have more Grimm to take care of, then I will start on an new experiment."
Everyone looked at Dread as he was about to examine the body. His robot eye was taking note as he was searching. Dread took his time to look and to see if there was any major damage done to the body. "This one is good for my next experiment. The current experiment will have to wait. I finally got what I need." Said Dread.
Dread walked to his lab and began to work on another experiment. Dread put on a glove for his right hand and he began find his blue print for his new experiment. The body was lying on a lab table and Hooked up to tubes. "I've been waiting long enough to take what's mine. I want Remnant to bow before me when I become the highest leader in the WORLD!" Dread boasted.
"Benjamin! Gather your crew and use your micro portals! All of you are going on a hunt to get me some more Grimm!" Yelled Dread. "Yes sir." Benjamin replied. Benjamin walks out of the lab to get the others while Dread was working on his new experiment. "This world will be mine. And no one will stop me." Dread said to himself and began to laugh.