AN: this originally was meant to be 2 separete chapters,
RWBY BELONGS TO MONTY OUM
Chapter 4
Yesterday it had to be the worst first official night in Beacon for teams JNPR and RWBY especially for the former 3 of them had been kidnapped and none of them could help Drake in anything.
After they had reached the academy they were interrogated by Professor Ozpin and the police, it looked like the story the maverick hunter gave them was the truth, the man he had eliminated during the day were indeed mercenaries or even killers, both Faunus and humans, they were gonna keep everything as confidential so that the targets didn't freak about it, and the media didn't attack them, making Weiss feeling relieved.
Ruby had asked how was Drake, he said he was save in his room resting from the exhaustion, a good night of sleep and he will be as good as new. They all got to bed after that the worst part is that they still had to attend to Professor Bartholomew class in the morning.
It was 8:00 AM and both teams eating on the dinning hall, neither Drake of nor lambert were around.
They all sat and began eating their pancakes in silence except for Nora who was using her fork as a plane.
"So… is anyone gonna say anything? This silence is uncomfortable." Said Jaune not liking so much silence.
"I do not want to talk of what happened last night, none of use will talk about that event ever." Said Weiss not wanting to remember that she wasn't able to do anything to defend herself, she didn't want to cause her father any kind of problem.
"Not about that specifically, lambert been a Grimm, the fight between the 2 and- "
"Wait. You saw the fight?" asked Blake as the whole RWBY looked at JPR while Nora was just eating while moving her head.
All of them just nodded.
"And you didn't help us?" asked Yang getting angry.
"In our defense" said Ren as he drank some water.
"We were told not to." At that the rest of JNPR just nodded.
"What?! By who?" asked Weiss.
"Both professor port and Bartholomew, we got there right when they were taking out the invisible guys, plus even if we had intervened in the fight between the two, we wouldn't have been of much help." Said Ren as het put his hands in the table and put both hands together above his mouth.
"As a gunslinger, I can tell you, that man would have kill us he wanted to at any moment had we intervened, plus that wind semblance would have end us immediately, so do not just us, we would have been in Drake`s way." Said Ren as Nora put a hand in his shoulder to comfort him.
All of RWBY could see the guilt and fear Ren had in his eyes; none of them dare to say anything.
"It is alright guys we understand, the positive view of the whole thing is that none of got hurt." Said Ruby with a smile trying to cheer everyone up.
Everyone smiled at that and finished eating and began to stood up.
"I wonder where is Drake?" asked Jaune.
"He probably is in the classroom vomit boy, yesterday he was here even early that the time we got here today talking with professor ozpin." Said Yang as they headed to their classroom.
"Now that I thing about it, I wonder how it is to be Ozpin`s apprentice his parents must be so proud of him." Said Ruby wondering the kind of training he got from one of the best huntsman in remnant.
Weiss meanwhile remembered the words she got from professor Port.
"I don't think it is as good as you may think Ruby." Said Weiss as BY looked at her suspiciously.
They got to the classroom and saw that Drake wasn't there.
"He could be still sleeping, can you really blame him?" said Blake as they took their seat and the class started.
It was now lunch time and both teams were heading back to the dinning hall, they were surprised when he saw Drake with one hand covering his face and the other one on the table, next to him was lambert who was on the table with a new black collar with a case in the side that contained some kind of dagger, all of the other tables were busy except for his whole table.
All of them got their plates of food and headed there to keep him company.
"What? Covering your face since you don't have any more glasses to cover your eyes." Said Yang playfully as she sat in front of him.
"Please not so loud miss Xiao long." Said Drake with a tired voice
while Blake noticed that some student were looking at him except for team CRDL was looking at him rage as she noticed that Cardin had a purple eye and a little cut in his neck.
"Did you do anything to gather this much attention?" asked Blake as she sat down with Weiss and Ruby while everyone saw that she was right.
"That is for 2 things, one of them happened before you got here." Said Drake not looking at them
"And the other one?" asked Yang as team JNPR were gonna sit next to him. Ren sat to his right with Nora next to his childhood friend, while Pyrrha sat one spot next to him that it was where Jaune was gonna sit, but Drake raised his free hand stopping him.
"What is it?" asked Jaune wondering why he was stopped.
"That is the second reason, someone else has that sit."
"Who?" asked everyone simultaneity.
"That would be me." everyone's eyes widened in recognition of a very familiar like robotic distortional voice. They all looked at the direction of the voice to see none other that the masked maverick hunter, wearing the uniform of beacon lazily still wearing his mask, since he didn't have his cloak it could be seen that he had spiky hair with an spiky ponytail, the color of his hair was brownish orange like one of the blades in his guns.
"Sup." Said the hunter as he sat next to Drake, putting the plate in front of him while Jaune sat next to Pyrrha, "Thanks" as he started eating with both hands revealing his eyes.
Everyone was surprised when they saw cold emerald colored eyes surprised since they remembered they were crimson yesterday, they also noticed they looked rather tired and had small bags on his eyes.
"What the hell happened you? And why is he here?" asked Weiss as Drake just sighed.
"Wow chill Ice queen I am one of the good guys remember." Said the hunter
"It all started 5 am this morning…" said Drake with the same cold demeanor but this time it sounded a little tired.
Drake's POV (bet you weren't expecting that huh?)(Some hours ago)
I stared at he bed celling on my room, I didn't remembered how I got here, I looked that o was still wearing my usual attire, and then it hit me, the incident that happened, the abduction and the fight, I looked at the clock next to my bed and saw that it was 5:01 am.
Next to it I saw that the yellow point of my scroll was blinking, my hands felt a little numb for some reason.
I opened my scroll and saw that I had a message from ozpin, it said 'Come to my office as soon as you can. '.
'Such a wonderful timing.' I thought as I stood up from my bed and saw lambert sleeping next to my bed in his own little personal bed, I began walking to the bathroom wondering why my whole body felt so numb, then as I undressed and entered the shower and felt the cold water hit me, I didn't felt anything and I realized why.
I had electrocuted my whole body during the incident yesterday, and when I say my whole body, it includes my brain meaning that the charge must have affected the part of my brain that controlled the tact, then I remembered something when I touched the scroll I didn't felt anything, meaning that I was right and even if I am an early riser I would still prefer to sleep at least another hour plus I felt tired but didn't want to sleep, the only other thing that could be affected was my taste, since I can see and ear clearly and of course speck.
I got out of the shower and changed quickly in my usual attire, I opened the fridge and pulled a slice of bread, I eat it and nothing, it seems that it also affected my taste.
I was about leave when I saw lambert standing in front of me, I was gonna tell him to say but he decided to jump behind my head and then he felt sleep in the headgear.
'You have no idea how jealous I am of you right now' I thought as I reached the table to pick up my glasses, then I remembered that the replacement Ozpin gave me were cut in half, meaning I will have to get new one.
I went out of my room and locked the door and headed my way directly to Ozpin`s
Office, I was in the elevator waiting to open the door to his office.
"You better have a good…. Reason to call me." I said as the door opened as I noticed that besides the coffee addict there was also another person, the masked hunter I fought yesterday.
"yeah… please take a sit…. Would you like some coffee?" I have never been one to show surprise or any kind of emotion, but my eyes widened at the words that came out of my mentor, he never offers me coffee just when there is something I wont like about to happen.
"What happened?" I asked not liking were this was going.
He just sighed and began to talk, "After the incident that happened yesterday against the live of miss Schnee, this man over here have decided to enroll in the academy and in exchange he would tell us all the information regarding the incident."
"What does he have to do with me?"
"I cant afford to put another single unit, therefore you are no longer a solo unit but two."
"You promised."
"Yeah I know I did, but look at the bright side this young man over here, have a combat abilities at the same level as you plus more experience in combat, besides I will let the two of you take dangerous contract, you couldn't do this in the past because no matter how exceptional you are that kind of job it was dangerous for only the you to go, and neither teams RWBY and JNPR have the experience to do them."
He do have valid arguments.
"Ok, but I wont share my room."
Ozpin just smiled knowing I was gonna said that "Already ahead of you."
I looked at the hunter who was resting against the wall, he then walked to where I was sitting, he extended his hand for a handshake.
I stood up and took it, "You already know my name but I don't know how to call you sir? "
"Do not call me sir, like you I am also 17 and for the name call me Axl."
I was slightly surprised at the age.
"No last name?"
"No, just like you."
He looked at my hand for a second.
"are you alright? You arm seem a little numb."
"Now that you mention it, you look rather pale." Said Ozpin.
I explained what happened, I told them that with my aura it should be fixed later in the day.
"By the way do you have any other spare glasses sine my last were sliced last night."
"Sorry but you are gonna have to wait for the new goggles to be finished, what are you gonna do now since your brain wont let you sleep?"
"I am gonna go to the lab to finish lambert`s weapon then in the afternoon I was thinking in going to Vale."
"I see, Axl would you please help him with his project the way his body is right now I am afraid that something might happen."
I would have counter that, but then again my body is not in it`s best state right now.
Axl nodded and both of us got out of the elevator and headed to the lab.
"so, who is Lambert?" asked Axl still using the robotic voice of his mask
I just pointed at my headgear as he looked to see lambert sleeping peacefully.
"I am gonna take a wild guess and say for the collar that he is the Grimm that stood for Schnee last night?"
I just nodded as we reached the lab.
"So what is this project about?" asked Axl as reached a cabinet in one of the table with a safe on it, I put the combination of the box and opened to reveal it had all the dust crystals I was using the last time I was here and a knife which consisted in black handle with little white lines and in the part that reached the blade was a little hole that had a very rare type of dust crystal of color reddish-black and lastly the edge was made of none other thing that White gold.
I explained him that the Crystal was meant to activate at the presence of Grimm energy making an energy beam appear where the edge is and since the energy would be so strong I used the white gold so it wouldn't brake, but I still needed to calibrate the amount of energy it would take from lambert so it wont kill him.
We started working as lambert woke up and met with Axl I was surprised since the only times that lambert was nice to someone it was either me or a woman.
As much as I hate to admitted Axl helped al lot, it looked like he had experience with had it not been for him I would have expended the whole day trying to calibrate the damn thing, also in that time I hade made a black new collar of the same material as the last one and added a case that fitted the knife perfectly.
"Let go to the dinning hall, you may not feel hungry but your body need to eat even if you don't have the taste."
I nodded.
"Fine, but can you please do something about that clothes and cloak of your, I don't wanna drag any attention."
"You are right." He raised his arm and put a gauntlet on it, it looked like it had some kind of keyboard on it, he tapped a few keys and then his whole body began to glow, after the glow died down, Axl was still wearing his mask but his clothed changed to the uniform of beacon with no tie and shirt out and his hair was in a ponytail.
The maverick hunter really have interesting tech.
We headed to the dinning room as he asked me something.
"So what name are you gonna put?"
I raised my eyebrows looking at him.
"The knife."
"Oh… Rubens Mors, what do you think lambert?" I asked lambert who was in the head gear.
The just gave a woof in affirmation as we entered the hall.
"Crimson Death, I like it, looks like there is a lot people here, let-" Axl`s voice was cut as both of us looked to see a guy and other 3 pulling the ears of a rabbit Faunus.
"Winchester." I said as I felt my anger built, it has been 2 days since the last time I saw the guy.
"What are you gonna cry, I am still amazed that animals like you are allowed in beacon." Said Cardin as he kept pulling the ears harder and harder.
Third person POV
"I wonder if I ripped them of they would grow back, up le-" Cardin stopped as he saw something white flying in front of his eyes at great speed, he looked at the direction it went to see a white energy knife in stabbed in the wall.
He looked at the other side and his eyes widened as he saw Drake with crimson eyes and various white knives in mid air.
"Let her go Winchester, now." He did as Drake said as the girl ran behind him and hid behind Drake and the knives disappeared.
"Oh cute of you freak lover, you know that knife could have killed me." said Cardin while the whole time Drake was asking the girl if she was alright.
"Hey don't ignore me you son of a-" once again he was interrupted by a knife but this time it went to his throat slicing it just a little.
Drake motioned the girl to go and did so as she thanked him. Drake took an empty can of 'People likes grapes' that was already empty.
"Let me tell you something Cardin, right now this can here is 10 times more worth of my attention than you and that pathetic excuse of a team, so I suggest you to leave. "
At that the whole CRDL charged at him just as Axl snapped his fingers making a wave of air send them flying to the wall.
They stood up and were ready to attack back as they saw that the knives returned but this time they were black.
"Do not made me repeat myself mister Winchester."
At that Cardin and his team did as such and sat in their table.
Axl touched his shoulder getting his attention making the knives disappear, he looked at Axl and then around to see everyone looking at them with wide eyes.
"So much for not gathers attention huh? Sit I will bring you something to eat, now you really look like shit." Said Axl as Drake sat in the table and lambert jumped on it looking at his owner with worry.
He put one hand covering his eyes trying to calm down successfully turning his eyes their usual color, he looked around to see that teams JNPR and RWBY came in the hall and saw him.
'Great.'
"And that`s what happened." Said Drake as he was slowly eating his breakfast/lunch.
Everyone looked as they were processing that it was told to them.
"So, you can feel anything huh?" asked Yang as everyone looked at her with a deadpan faces even Nora.
"Really Blondie, you heard all that and that's the only thing you ask?" asked Axl as he was preparing some kind of liquid with something he got out from his "Uniform".
"You should have broken his legs." Said Nora gaining some affirmative nods one from Blake happy that he stood up from one of her own while Ren just sighed.
"We agree on that 100%." said Drake eating still not feeling a think.
Everyone was eating except for Ruby who had the biggest of doubts something everyone overlooked.
"Drake can you please tell me how lambert is able to turn into a Grimm?" asked Ruby in a very quite voice but loud enough for everyone in the table heard and stopped eating.
"I know he is not gonna attack us but…" she said as she looked at lambert who was looking at her with sad eyes. Al of the sudden lambert was trapped in a death hug from said leader.
"I need to understand how something this cute can become in a big bad wolf." Said Ruby as everyone even Drake sweat dropped at the scene.
"Ruby you are suffocating him." Said Blake as lambert was changing from blue to purple.
"Sorry" said Ruby as she let go of lambert that looked at Drake telling him he could trust her, which he did a motion with eyes looking at everyone questioning the same about the others. Which he gave a woof in affirmation?
"Fine, but this does not leave this table and we never talk about this ever again, and no interruption." Everyone`s eyes widened since they were expecting a no, this make Ruby gave a quick nod and a smile.
"It happened when I was 6 years old, I as you might know, was learning under the tutelage of Ozpin, I asked when could I be able to get a weapon, the guys said and I quote "You are gonna have to build your own weapon, every great hunter does it and that also means get the material yourselves." He said, he also said that I would have to wait a certain amount of time before that could happen because I was too young, but that didn't stop me.
I heard a rumor from one of the teachers in that time that there was a cave in the forest that had very rare quality of dust crystals."
In that moment the eyes of Jaune and Pyrrha widened "You didn't?" asked Jaune making Drake replied with a nod and said "In my defense I was six." while everyone else was wondering what were they talking about.
"One night I decided to venture myself in the emerald forest and look for that cave, thanks to a map that I had "Borrowed" from that teacher I was able to know where to go. In my way there I saw from the distance a pack of Beowulf attacking something, I was surprised when I saw they were attacking one of their own, a young Beowulf that looked more like a puppy and couldn't stand in his 2 feet's."
Everyone saw lambert that was looking down with a sad face for the memory, Blake took him in her arms and began to pet him while Drake looked and then continued.
"In that time I didn't knew the difference between an animal and a Grimm except that the former were dangerous, so I decided to help, thanks to the early teaching of professor port I knew some of the most feared Grimm in existence, and I used that same knowledge and a little of my semblance to create an illusion of the white part of a king taijutu, of course something so big would exhaust me which it did but in the end I made the other Grimm around ran in feat, leaving the pup.
I got closer slowly and tired to the pup he had a wounded leg, I decided to get closer as he looked at me for a second, I saw directly at his eyes and he saw though mines, I ripped a part of my shirt and bandaged him with it. I then began to walk as I heard a woof I turned to see the pup trying to walk at me, I asked out loud if he wanted to come with me which he just moved his head in affirmation, so I took him."
"So that`s how the 2 of you met?" asked Yang while looking at lambert who was in Blake`s arms.
"Wait that still doesn't explain how he is like this and able to transform?" asked Weiss wanting to know more.
"He was going there Ice queen." Said Axl gaining a glare from her.
"I and the pup kept walking deeper in the forest whenever he made a sound it was to alert me that there was a pack pacing by, had it been not for him I would have been found out several times, we finally reached the cave and began an stopped at the entrance, it was a beautiful sigh, dust crystals everywhere of all colors. Until I stopped in front of a very beautiful white metal, and there were a lot of them."
Now everyone else widened in realization what this metal was, even Axl since he had already heard of it.
"You didn't?" asked Blake wondering if he took a piece.
"As I said, I was a child, young and stupid. It was because the pup began to move irrationally signaling that taking it would be very bad so I backed away, saving my life once again without me even realizing it." Drake smiled at the memory as he then returned to hos serious demeanor.
"I kept walking in the cave until a I found 2 great sets of Crystals, one of color crimson red and the other one Azure blue. I decided to pick those a bunch of those in the bag path I was carrying, soon after that I heard something crawling from behind, I turned to see 2 pairs of red eyes looking at me and lambert barking at me signaling to run, I used my aura to enhance my legs and began to run back to the cliff."
He eyed Jaune and Pyrrha for a second and then continued.
"Instead of a death stalker, we were being stalked by a king taijutu, I ran as fast as I could but it eventually caught me, I threw the pup away and shouted to run while I was being suffocated by the snake."
Everyone stayed quiet until Yang decided to end it "So, don't throw us a cliffhanger." Said Yang rather excited as if she was watching a suspense movie.
"I don't know."
"Huh?" was the collective thought of everyone.
"I lost consciousness at that moment, but when I woke up I saw the a destroyed terrain and on it the taijutu cut by the half and in the other side a wounded pup. I don't know what it was, my body was moving on their own closer to him as a black light appeared in my hand resonating with the pup, while this was happening the black fur turned blue and the mask disappeared leaving a normal pup instead. I was about to pass out as I saw some huntsman and huntresses ozpin among them, and that's the story."
"Wait, how did they know you were in the forest?" asked Weiss with a little bit of curiosity.
At that Drake began to leak some killer intent on the table "The emerald forest have always had cameras installed, Ozpin saw from the beginning as I jumped from the cliff, when I woke up in the academy and found out about that little detail he said "It was your own decision to go there, you have to learn to be more responsible". He was scolded by someone after that, it looked like he didn't want to admit that it was a bad call. After they saw what happened to the pup they let me keep it, and I named him lambert after a dog from one of my favorite stories, some time later I found out he could transform don't ask my how it works because I don't even know."
He stopped the KI and smile at the memory of summer beating the living crap of hot Ozpin and Qrow because he was the teacher he had eardrop about the cave.
"You never found out about your black out?" asked Yang wanting to finish her suspense movie.
"No." said Drake disappointing her.
"Hold it." This time was Axl who spoke, "You named after the dog that was killed in the book "The brightest star in sky: the first strike." "
That surprised Blake since it was a book that she hasn't read yet.
"Then by any way you wouldn't be a Nitoryu user for the same reasons as the protagonist of the book "Forging the path of justice"?"
Drake didn't say a word until he looked at Axl with the same monotone voice "I was 5 when I decided to be a Nitoryu user, so do not judge me"
Axl just laughed while Blake just wondered what book they were talking about. She was about to ask about them but she had a better question
"I have a question now" said Blake with lambert still in her arms.
"Shoot." Said Drake but she shook her head.
"No, not to you but to him." Said Blake as she looked at Axl.
"Huh?" asked Axl, which he then nodded.
"Why are you here really? Yes Drake already told us, but you didn't gave any answer as I recall in what Drake told us."
Everyone looked at him with suspicion while Drake just finished eating and cleaned his mouth.
Axl just looked at her not losing his composure and just said, "To recruit him."
"Huh?" said Blake not expecting that answer.
"You knew?" asked Weiss seeing how calm Drake was, but then again he always looked calm.
"It crossed my mind."
"Will you accept?" asked Ruby not wanting him to go.
He looked at her and smiled to her "relax, the fact that I join, if I want to join, it doesn't mean I would stop attending here." Said Drake gaining an smile from Ruby as Axl put a bottle with a…. glowing liquid on it.
"Drink it."
"Why?" wondering what this was as he looked at Axl.
"Family secret, it will heal your nerves including the brain, relax it tastes delicious, drink it all."
Drake decided to trust Axl much to everyone surprise as he drank it all of the sudden in one zip.
He put down the now empty bottle and saw Drake with his eyes closed.
"That was the most delicious thing I have ever taste in my entire life."
Every one saw as Drake began to pinch every part of his body so see if he felt anything.
"And it also works."
"Well since you are fine now you can attend to combat class this afternoon." Said Yang wanting to see if she had luck in the first class to fight Drake.
"I am afraid that wont be possible. I need to head to vale for personal issues, plus I don't think Miss goodwitch will care." Said Drake knowing full well that was a lie.
"I am going with you I need to meet a contact in vale." Said Axl as he also stood up.
"Have a good day." Said Drake as he was about to stood up.
"Hold it, there is something else I wanted to ask you?" this time was Weiss who asked.
"Why is that your eyes change color, do not say that it has to do with your semblance because yesterday, we saw after the fight that you still had them and now the are emerald."
He looked at Weiss straight at the eyes and decided to answer knowing full well it would bring him trouble.
"I don't know, at the beginning thought it was whenever I am angry or any kind of negative emotion making me act impulsive at times like the time in the hall, making this one of the main reasons why I act this way since I have to be calm not to trigger it since it also affects my semblance.
but during the fight with him, I didn't had any kind of negative emotion during it more like the excitement of battle, which made me believe that it is connected directly with my emotions in general."
That shocked everyone, mostly Yang since she had a similar problem.
"If that is all I will take my leave. Have a good day." Said Drake ignoring everyone's look in the hall after Cardin`s incident.
After they left Ruby put her arms in her mouth in terror.
"Oh no!"
"What is it sis?!"
"I forgot to ask how he build the Rubens Mors!" at that everyone fault from their seats anime style. Everyone except for Ren that kept looking at the door they had exited.
"So the guy that sells you the books you read, it is also one of my informants. How small is the world huh?" said Axl as he and his partners stood in front of the bookstore 'Tukson`s booktrade', thanks to Axl air manipulation Drake was able to avoid the airships since he used his powers to made him fly, something that Drake will forever be grateful.
Drake entered first as he saw Tukson in the counter.
"Oh… it has been a long time Drake, you too lambert looking for the book… you reserved." Said Tukson as he saw that behind Drake entered Axl, he wasn't wearing his cloak but he would recognize that mask everywhere.
"Long time Tukson, meet my new partner in crime. Relax he is not one of the MH, yet." Said Axl as he entered and hit a switch that blocked the view from outside and then locked the door.
"It has been a long time Axl, although I never expected to see you with a partner especially someone I know. Come with me"
They entered the door behind the counter and stood in front of a big bookshelf, he pulled one of the books and then it moved to reveal a metal door with a lock that needed fingertip.
Once inside there were a lot of technological things from computer, to giant radars, it was an small circle room but It was decent enough.
Tukson opened a file in the big computer as Axl began to explain.
"Some months ago, I heard of a group of man that had assaulted one of the laboratories of the Schnee dust company, they were developing some kind of air dust that was used though the smelling. I got that contract to tract and recover it, my first guess it was that it was the white fang, but thanks to Tukson here I quickly discard it."
Drake looked at Tukson "You are a member aren't you?" asked Drake not accusing him.
"Yes, but how things have changed I am waiting the right moment to escape, I joined the old one not this." Said Tukson as he looked at the ground.
"Anyway… when I visited that time he told me there had been a disappearance of Faunus in the area, that started to happen about the same time after the assault in the laboratory, so I decided to investigate, I disguised myself as a Faunus and let myself get caught. They took me and other Faunus to an underground lab. What I saw there was terrible, they were using the dust to create an different type that would kill only the Faunus and made the cause of death untraceable, I decided to act in that moment and took care of thinks I recover the sample, but I never found out who was paying for anything or the person making the altered version."
"That is until now." Said Tukson as in the big screen showed the pictures of 7 Faunus death.
"In the past 10 days these were found, all of them at night and all of them registered as an unknown cause. Coincidence I don't think so. It is obvious they perfected the dust, now the only question is where are they?" said Tukson as they heard the door from the library open.
"I thought you locked the door." Said Drake as lambert jumped out of his head gear unsheathing his new knife.
"I did." said Axl as he put his guns from his sleeves (If Ren does in it cannon so can he)
"Relax, I called someone for help and I gave him a key." Said Tukson gaining a look from Axl.
"What? You were without a partner and this was very dangerous, plus the white fang knows about these deaths and wanted to clear everything."
Both turned around to as in the room stood a man with red hair, horns wearing a Grimm mask covering his eyes, and all black as his election of clothes along with a few designs on them. And in his hand was a sheathed blade and it looked like the case was modify to be a firearm.
"Adam, glad you made it." Said Tukson.
"Tukson." Said the now known Adam who then proceeded to look the rest of the room, he gave an scowl behind his mask as he stopped looking at Axl.
"So you are the one that saved those Faunus huh? Thank you so much for you assistance but I will take it from here." Said Adam
"look at this brat, listen pal I am a MH, it is my job to stop these kind of things so drop it."
"It is gonna be a cold day in hell before I start working with a human. So I suggest you to leave now." Said Adam holding the case tighter ready to unsheathe his blade while Axl already had both guns in hand ready to point and shot at him.
"Enough! Adam this mission is to dangerous to go alone, these 2 " lambert barked, " 3 are more than capable to help." Said Tukson including lambert since he knew the dog have good senses. "Besides it is for this kind of attitudes that your previous partner decided to leave without you." Those words made Adam look at the ground not wanting to remember that.
"Fine but you better not get in our way."
"That's my line."
"So how are gonna do this Axl, how do you plan to find them, since I don't think the same trick will work twice."
"Trick?" asked Adam, "He disguised himself as a Faunus." Said Drake who was looking at the screen of the bodies thinking in something, while Adam just looked at him just noticing him, he then looked at Axl.
"what if we ask the Faunus in the area where they disappeared it is a long shot but it is worth something" said Adam trying to think in a way to find them, Axl was gonna say that it was a bad idea but.
"Can you show me a map of the places the bodies where found?" said Drake gaining a look fro everyone, while Tukson just nodded slowly.
"What are you looking up?" asked Adam not seeing the connection all the bodies were found in alleys of a different areas.
Drake raised his finger and created a white energy line that connected all the points forming a half circle from the left.
"I don-" Drake raised his hand and interrupted Adam not looking at him.
"Look at the circle, all the alleys must have been near the place we are looking for, since it is just a half circle in would be hard to think in a certain position, but look at the east of the circle." All of them did as he said and then Adam and Axl realized what he was trying to say.
"At the east of that circle there is only the docks." Said Adam as Drake nodded and then asked something.
"can you tell me if someone have rented one of the warehouses in the docks, look for something about the time the deaths started."
Tukson did as such and his eyes widened in revelation.
"Someone paid for the use of a warehouse for a month for the price of 1000000 lien."
"Nice one Drake." Said Axl as he began to exit the room.
"We will be back after we are done." Said Axl as he exited while there only stood Adam looking at Drake impressed at his analytical skills, he reminded him to his previous partner.
"Tukson, I want the books I reserved when I get back." Said Drake as he exited with lambert.
'Yeah, a lot like her' thought Adam.
"Are you sure this is the correct one?" asked Adam irritated by the fact that they stood in the warehouse and there was nothing there, literally nothing.
"For the third time Jetstream yes." Said Axl who was now wearing his cloak while Drake and lambert were walking around the warehouse trying to find something.
"And for the third time stop calling me that!" said Adam ready to draw his blade.
"Hey, if you have stopped making out… come here lambert found something." Said Drake with his usual voice that it making it sound like if they were seriously doing it giving shivers to both persons.
Lambert smelled a certain section of the floor, there were a lot of blocks in the place and lambert stood in one specifically smelling every corner of the square until he just nodded his head.
Drake pulled hell and put a little energy on it making the edge of the blade glow a little.
"Stay back." Said Drake as he slashed the square in x motion, leaving a glowing X in the ground. He walked back where the others were, receiving questionable looks from both of them, until the floor exploded.
Drake got closer and saw that there were stairs leading down, it looked like a long fall.
"Why didn't you use that on our fight?" asked Axl.
"It was raining so the ignition for the explosion wouldn't have work." Said Drake as lambert jumped in the head gear and then he jumped down.
Axl stood there for a full minute, "I want a rematch." Said Axl he jumped after him, while Adam questioned was just happened.
Right now they were walking a metallic hall, it was really cold at the moment there was no security until Axl stopped them in a very long and stretched hall.
"This looks like the kind of hall that from the movies that it is full of traps." Said Axl as Adam began to walk, just to be stopped by Drake.
"It wouldn't kill to test." Said Drake as he took a coin from his jacket and threw it, just to see the coin be cut in various parts as it kept going.
"Call it" said Axl as he raised his hand and began accumulate air on it plus adding something on it as Drake saw small particles on it and the shot a wind blast revealing a great number of lasers but avoidable.
Adam looked at Axl for a second and then said to Drake, "I bet my mask that those goggles have some kind of special vision."
"Fools bet."
They reached another room; it was big enough to store a lot of vehicles or something as big, and in the end a giant door.
"To what do I own the pleasure of this visit." Said a high-pitched voice as everyone looked around to see from where the voice came from.
"The celling." Said Adam, all looked up to see a little camera on the celling.
"You know the usual, getting rid of the trash, so why don't you come here and made a job easier Dwarf"
"HOW DID YOU CALL ME! YOU PEST"
'Totally a dwarf' were the thought of everyone, as the door began to open reveal a great number of one eyed humanoid robots holding blades or machine guns.
"Lambert." Said Drake as lambert jumped and transformed in his Grimm form surprising Adam.
"Relax he is well behave so don't attack him" said Axl as he took out his guns.
Lambert unleashed Rubens Mors and activates it as the little knife became as long as long as the blades Drake used, while said person prepared his own blades as little by little his hair hanged color.
Everyone was waiting for the robots to made until lambert heard something and looked up making everyone do the same, the ceiling opened to reveal flying machines with machine guns in their tails.
Not wasting any more time Axl began to shot in the air to take care of the flying enemies, as the other 3 charged at the robots, which they did the same.
It was a war zone 4 vs many, Axl was shooting while jumping in the air and when landed began to spin both of his guns at high speed while shooting while doing in it hitting in the head various robots around him.
Lambert was running at high speed avoiding bullets and jumping in the air while doing 360 degree vertical spins destroying various robots in the air.
Adam was waiting for incoming attack in stance slicing every single one coming at him as he took his handle a shot to the ones coming at him, he then ran in front of various robot slicing every single one of them and avoiding every bullet until he reached the 3 that were shooting at him, he made an horizontal slash and then turned around and adjusted his mask as the robots head fell from his body.
Drake was copying Axl by rotating his blades at high speed and running with one in front of him and one in the side taking everyone in front of him, he then saw 2 flying one ahead of him ready to shot Adam from behind, he threw both blades stabbing them, he used one of the robots as platform to jump at his blades, he made a 180 vertical spin and used some of his energy to stick his blades to his feet.
Still in the air he began to spin as he landed in the ground creating and sphere energy surface above his head to keep the motion of the spin as he touched the ground, and kept spinning cutting everything until he was close to the door and used his hand to jump up and released the energy in his feet freeing his blades and catching them with his hands And landed as 5 robots were about to strike form behind just as Adam jumped though them in the air landing back to back with Drake.
"We are even now." Said Adam, to which Drake only nodded as he putted his blade in X motion an put energy on them as he slashed the air creating a familiar X shaped red and blue projectile that cut thought incoming robots.
"Axl go on ahead there is no end to these things, lambert!" as soon as he said that lambert shot himself in the air though the door flying, while lambert was running at the door at high speed as Drake and Adam hoped in following Axl.
They were in a long corridor with Axl in front them in drill motion with the wind protecting him from the impact as he destroyed the incoming robots.
When they reached the other side the looked at what it was a factory of mass production of robots creating more and more, activating them in immediately.
"Fuck this, do not move and inch." Said Axl as he jumped in the middle of the room and stood in the air as he began to fall backwards with his guns spinning in a faster motion that ever while shooting a great quantity of energy bullet, "Areal Assault" said Axl as he gave another 180 spin and landing on this feet.
As soon as that happen all the machines began to explode along with the robots in the room, and it looked like he also hit the main computer since the robots that were behind them just dropped death.
Axl looked at his teammates "How about that?" asked Axl as he saw that none of them nor even lambert being able to look him at the face.
"What?"
all of them were trying not to laugh as they covered his mouth.
"What?!"
"Areal assault, really it is the first time I ear someone name an attack an even so which such a cliché name" said Adam trying to breath.
Drake was giving him the back trying to do the same "You know for someone that criticize me, for the reason I chose to do Nitoryu, you name you attacks like in the character of the books"
"Oh shu-"
"enough, you destroyed my precious robots, my dear inventions." Said the annoying voice as the ceiling opened an a platform came down.
Everyone eye widened especially Adam's, not because of the giant machine with filled with shiny purple smoke connected to the ceiling but the man next to it, a tiny chubby man wearing a lab coat, he was small, had a big head for such a tiny body, had a hamster face with small glasses in the middle of his big nose, and the creepiest smile that a pedophile would give a little kid, both what shocked everyone it was that the guy had a rad tail.
"One of my own, is doing this?" said Adam not wanting to believe what it was in front of him.
"Allow me to present myself, I am professor rattrap (I know I have heard that name from a tv show, but I don't remember where, a not I am not confusing him with claptrap.), I was one of the scientist that worked under the white fang."
"Why, why are you doing this to your own?" asked Adam.
"Simple really" he said as his face twisted "I hate the Faunus"
"What?" asked Axl
"It doesn't matter if we are different from normal humans, even among us, discrimination exist, I mean look at me, my own parents abandoned me, and even the white fang treated me like a freak, discrimination exist even among is, that is why I am doing this, I paid a group of mercenaries to bring me the air dust prototype so I could use it for my own, I would have been done a long time ago if it wasn't for you red visored bastard." Said the man with a sickening grin.
He snapped his fingers as a timer appeared in the machine with only one minute on it.
"This gas Is made to kill every Faunus that smells it and paralyze every human who does the same." Said the man as he took a mask and putted on as the timer started to run.
"If you destroy the tank the whole dust would leak I this room, but if you don't then it will leak in the whole vale. So how is it gonna b-"
The sounds of a gunshot and glass breaking was heard, it wasn't Axl who shot but Adam himself.
"What are you doing you fool, do you have a death wish?!" asked the man panicked since even if he was wearing a mask, he didn't thought Adam would take the shot.
"I protect my own, plus the next time made sure one of us have semblance as air." Said Adam as he looked at Axl as he nodded.
He raised his arm as an sphere appeared in in the air as it began to suck the smoke when he was done Drake who had charged hell with his energy released the energy in the blade creating a fire wind blade that entered the sphere burning everything, making disappear as if there was never anything.
Rattrap tried to run but was intercepted by lambert that took him by the collar and threw him where the others were.
He looked up to met Adam`s blade in his neck.
"Mercy." Said the man pleading.
"Sorry, but there is no salvation for that who threatens his own." Said Adam as he decapitated the man.
time: 6 pm
pm they all sat in the hidden room of Tukson`s library as they told him what happened, after Adam killed rattrap they decided to blow the whole underground complex and the buried using Axl`s earth manipulation by creating a tiny earthquake.
"I cant believe it, one of our own." Said Tukson not believing it.
"He wasn't one of use." Said Adam with enough conviction to convince Tukson.
"Well as much as we would like to keep talking we gotta go." Said Axl while Drake nodded as he stood up.
"I have to admit, it was a pleasure to work with you two, you were not half bad for humans, I wish more of them were like you." Said Adam
"You are actually a very skillful fighter Adam, I have no doubt that if you keep your anger under control you will be without a doubt one of the best, the again I am the last person who should be telling you that." Said Drake not losing his cold demeanor but smiling a little.
"You sound, just like my previous partner, even act more colder than her in some things but the was always he brains, it was this same attitude one of the reasons that drove her away."
"I am sure that person is worrying about you even now, if you describe he like that then I am sure she is waiting for you to change."
"I am afraid that wont happen any time soon, with the new white fang we are doing progress but even I am starting to see how things are going out of control, but still there is no other way to get respect from our own" said Adam as he looked at Tukson.
"I heard rumors about you wanting to leave, I wont sell you out, but you better start doing that soon." Said Adam-making Tukson smile seeing his friend supporting his idea.
"well I guess that it all." Said Axl as he made a punch and raised it.
"Lets hope we meet in the battle field again as partners once again." Said Axl as he and Drake and Adam put their fist together, as the lambert barked and also put his paw with the others.
"All 4 of us." Said Adam.
Tukson smiled as he remembered something.
"I almost forgot, Drake here is the books you wanted, some of them weren't easy to get." Said Tukson as he handed Drake a bag with various books.
"thanks put them on my tap." Said Drake as lambert jumped in his favorite place and began to exit the library while saying his goodbyes, Axl was about to do the same when he threw a card to both Faunus, that is my personal number, call me when you move I will be more than pleased to help with your escape, and you when there is another situation that involves mast genocide, see ya, Tukson, Jetstream.
"I hate that nickname" said Adam as he smiled, but that smile faded when he thought In Drake`s words about his anger
'lets hope I can control it, because soon I think it will get out my worst side.'
Omake: the pain of good literature. 8 pm of the same day
Drake with lambert in his shoulder were reading in the library the third installment to the series battle of crowns the third in the series, when Axl saw the collection of book he got from Tukson he told that after getting the groceries to their rooms, he should read the book immediately.
After so much insistence he accepted, so while him and lambert were reading, Axl was watching intensively waiting for something to happen.
In that moment came team RWBY, they spotted the 3 and the got closer.
"Hey guys what are you doing here?" asked Axl still watching at Drake whose eyes were becoming crimson for some reason.
"Professor Bartholomew asked for an essay due in 2 days, so we decided to get the books necessary for it now, what about you?" asked Ruby as her eyes widened.
She pointed at Drake which eye had a small tear while lambert was doing the same from both eyes.
It was then that Blake saw what he was reading
"Oh no." said Blake gaining a questionable look from them as Drake closed the book.
"I feel like a part of me just dies." Said Drake in his usual voice as he cleaned his cheek.
"keep reading, justice is met further in the book." Said Axl
"It does not matter my favorite character just day with most of his family in the worst way possible."
"What is he talking about?" asked Weiss a little worried at the scene in front of them.
"In past books in that series there was a character that everybody loved, so much as the love for that character that the author killed him and most of his family and kingdom and his loyal wolf, impact was so strong that every fan wanted the head of the author, but some people change of idea when in the same book h-" Blake`s mouth was shit by Weiss "Never spoil a book. Never." Said Weiss with a serious glare.
Blake nodded knowing what it felt, it also looked like Weiss was a fan herself and haven't gotten to read the book
"wow if you get like this, wait until you read the end of "A tale of 2 worlds: time paradoxes."" As soon as he said it, Drake sent that Axl out of the window of the library.
"Nor tease." Said Weiss gaining a nod from Weiss.
While both sister had a similar thought 'being a hardcore fan mist be hard.'
AN: ok summary.
It was explained how Drake met lambert, he really doesn't remember what happened in the black out but saw though the recordings of the forest but lets leave that for another time in the future.
I threw a lot of references here, from both metal gear rising and the tales of series, speaking of references I took the design of the villain from a recent enemy from a manga.
I took a risk with Adam`s character, since there is not much know about him, just like since he is based after beast then I guess he has some serious angry issues.
Romance yeah, I am gonna leave it for the future don't want it to be so simple and much of you would agree with me on that.
And I wonder what Ren is thinking hmm
I am gonna made another chapter before jumping to jaunedice.
Hope you enjoyed everything see ya