Students looked onward at the arriving 5 people that made their way toward Beacon. They recognized the four girls as Team RWBY, but were bewildered to see the man they had brought with them. He was barefoot, wearing only torn up jeans and a large cloak to cover himself with. Professor Ozpin and Professor Goodwitch walked outside to greet the group as they came closer.
The four girls stood before the headmaster and professor and bowed.
"Professor, we have brought Doctor Bruce Banner as you asked." stated Ruby.
"A job well done Team RWBY. I am proud of your success in bringing Doctor Banner." said Ozpin.
Bruce kept a small distance from the group trying to keep cautious of the man the girls were going to introduce him to. Ruby walked over to him pointing toward Ozpin.
"The Headmaster would like to talk to you Doctor. I promise you he wants to help you just like we do."
Bruce was skeptical of him but he trusted Ruby's better judgment and walked over to Ozpin.
"Um…hello sir…I am Doctor Bruce Banner…" He held out his hand to shake the man's hand.
Ozpin took Bruce's hand and shook it giving him a friendly smile.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Doctor Banner. I am Professor Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon Academy. I welcome you here and hope you can put your trust in us to keep you safe." stated Ozpin.
"T…Thank you sir…I…I don't know how I will be able to repay you…but I will find a way." said Bruce.
"No need Doctor Banner. You have no reason to pay us at all. We only ask that you cooperate with us and allow us to help you. We want nothing but your assistance in our plan." said Ozpin.
"What exactly is your plan…Professor…?"
"Simple, the government turned to us to find you and turn you over, but I have heard much about you and what you are working to achieve. So we want to help get you somewhere safe instead of hand you over to the government." stated Ozpin.
"Y…You'd do that for me? A dangerous man as myself? You're willing to help me stay free and safe knowing the military might retaliate against you in response to letting me go free?" questioned Bruce.
Glynda was next to speak up next, "I assure you Doctor Banner, we already have a plan set in motion to deal with the government when they arrive. They will be here in about 5 days. That gives us time to work on our escape plan and help you adjust to being here at beacon for the time."
He nodded his head understanding what Glynda had to say. He looked up at her with a serious expression on.
"Just take me to a laboratory so I can conduct my work and I will cooperate with you all."
Ozpin smirked to himself as her adjusted his glasses.
"There is a special science lab I had set up just for you Doctor. I will have Team RWBY take you there immediately. There will also be a change of clothes there for you as well seeing as…I expected that the Hulk was going to make an appearance sooner rather than later."
Bruce lowered his head taking in the words. Ever time he is told the hulk was released, part of him dies inside thinking of the death and destruction he may have caused as the beast. But he shook it off and followed the girls to the laboratory that Ozpin set up for him. It was well equipped with the advanced military technology and gamma radiation equipment he needed to continue his research and experiments for a cure to his mutation.
"Wow, Ozpin really went all out getting all this tech ready for the doctor." said Yang.
"Well he is a renowned Gamma Scientist. So he needs to be equipped with the best technology that can help him with his work." stated Weiss.
Blake looked around the room and outside. The room was set in a little small area outside the school but close by so that it was easy to walk to without any danger of Grimm attacking.
"I have to hand it to the professor, it was a good idea to make the lab far but yet close to the school incase of a real accident were to accrue." stated Bruce.
He had changed into his new clothes inside of the bathroom and came out with a lab coat on ready to work.
"Thank you girls, but I can handle myself from here."
They all nodded and headed toward the exit. Ruby turned back toward the Doctor.
"I left you a communicator so that you will have access to talk to me, any of my team, or Professor Ozpin himself if you need anything."
He took the device in his hand activating it and seeing the contacts that were listed in it.
"Thank you Miss Rose. I really appreciate the help you have given me." said Bruce who smiled at her.
She smiled back at the doctor, "It's no problem at all. Well, I'll see you later Doctor. Remember, contact me or the others if you need anything at all or assistance."
He gave her a thumbs up and she left closing the door behind her.
He turned back to his work station and started to work at the computer that was left there for his use only.
"Ok…now…to continue where I left off."
He pulled out a small disk drive from in his pants pocket. Luckily it wasn't destroyed when he became the hulk. It contained his current research notes and data that needed in order to conduct the experiments to creating a cure.
As he looked over the data, he looked around to see a suitcase sitting one the large work table in the middle of the room. He walked over and opened it up find found a few bottled full of different colored powder and a card inside it. The card was from Ozpin and it read, "This Material is called dust. I have a feeling it could maybe help you with your experiments so I had some placed in the lab for you. Please do be careful for dust is very dangerous material to use. I wish you luck Doctor Banner."
He put the note down and picked up one of the bottles with red dust inside of it. He took it back over to the table and opened it placing some into a small paltry dish. He pricked his finger and placed the blood sample in another dish and used a small dropped to suck up some blood.
"Now…I need to look over my DNA sample and see if this substance called…"Dust" has any affects on it…"
He poured the blood into the little bit of dust and examined it for a reaction.
The mixture of the blood with the dust resulted in the dust bursting into small flames causing Bruce to fall back in shock as the flame grew on the table. He took a fire extinguisher and put out the fire before it spread over the room. He took out a tape recorder, reviewing his notes and examinations.
"Ok…the red dust material affects the radiated blood negatively causing an explosion of fire. Need to conduct more research on dust and the different capabilities of it. With the different vials of the material Professor Ozpin has given me, I will be able to experiment with them and see the different properties these materials have. It will take me some time to adjust to my surroundings, but I feel comfortable that a lot of work will be done and I will be able to make a lot of progress for my research."
He ended the recording and returned to his work as he turned back to the computer and began looking up any and all information there was about Dust in Remnate.
Later that Evening
Team RWBY was in the Mess hall eating dinner with their friend Team JNPR. They had discussed the mission the four girls went on and their experience fighting the hulk and helping him kill the nevermore.
"So wait…he was strong enough to grab the Nevermore by the tail and smash it against the ground rapidity?!" asked Jaune Arc, Team JNPR's leader.
"Yeah! He just grabbed it and beat on it over and over till the nevermore stopped moving! It was so cool! Yet…terrifying..." said Ruby.
"It must have been so exuberating to have been face against such a beast. But I am glad that you were able to befriend him Ruby." said Pyrrha Nikos, second member of Team JNPR.
Nora Valkrie spoke up next. "OH! OH! What if we could get Doctor Banner to show us the Hulk?! I'd love to see that!"
Lie Ren put his hand on her shoulder to calm her down. "Nora, that would be a horrible idea. If Doctor Banner was to turn into The Hulk in the Academy, it would be a mass panic and the other students would try to kill him, though from what Ruby and her friends have told me, he isn't easy to take down at all."
As they talked, Bruce walked into the Cafeteria looking to get some dinner and take it back to the lab with him if he could. Ruby noticed him and smiled.
"Hey! Doctor Banner! Over here!"
Bruce noticed the girls and walked over to them hesitantly but with a smile on.
"Um…hello everyone…" said Bruce.
"Hello Doctor. We'd like to introduce you to our friends from Team JNPR." said Blake.
"Hello I'm Jaune Arc, Leader of Team JNPR. It's a pleasure to meet you Doctor…"
"Hello Doctor Banner. I am Pyrrha Nikos. It is a pleasure to meet such a renowned Scientist such as yourself."
"Hi! I'm Nora Valkrie! I'd totally love to see the Hulk sometime!"
Ren sat Nora down before she got in over her head and Spoke next.
"I am sorry for her Doctor. Don't take her too seriously on what she says. I am Lie Ren, it a pleasure to meet you."
"It is a pleasure to meet you four…Unfortunately, I can't really talk long for I need to continue to work on my research…but if I ever do get free time I would enjoy getting to know you all."
"Are you sure you don't need any help at all? I'm sure we can provide you with any information." said Weiss.
"Thank you Miss Schnee, but it's late and I don't want to hold you kids up if you need to do anything important. Maybe another time when you are all free. Until then have a goodnight everyone…" said Bruce.
They said their goodbyes and the doctor went to get his food and hurried back to his lab. Jaune watched him as he left frowning at the man.
"Jaune? Is something wrong?" asked Pyrrha.
"…I don't know. But, when I look into Doctor Banner's eyes…I can see the pain, sadness, and loneliness in them. I can't imagine what he must have to go through just so he could have a normal life again…" said Jaune who looked down at his food feeling his appetite go away slowly.
"Yeah…I can imagine it's hard for him to be himself when everyone thinks of him as a monster…poor man…" said Blake.
Ruby thought for a minute and stood up grabbing the group's attention.
"Well I for one think Bruce is a kind man. He deserves to have some friends, and I know for a fact that I'll definitely be one of his friends and help him anyway I can!"
Her friends stood up in agreement. They wanted to help bring happiness to Banner's lonely life and give him some enjoyment for the first time in a long time.
"I like your idea Ruby. It could really do the doctor well if he had some people to talk to and get along with without being scared of them finding him to be a threat." said Blake.
"Well if we are planning to get to know the man, we should at least go help him with his research tomorrow. That would be step one in gaining his trust." suggested the heiress.
"Then tomorrow we will and go assist him on what he is researching! It may be fun to learn about Gamma Rays and….stuff like that. Yeah…" said Ruby.
"I'm not one for doing a lot of reading and research, but if it's to help Bruce then I'm all for it." stated Yang.
The two teams walked back to their dorm rooms as they plotted how to help the doctor. They soon parted ways into the night with the intent to help bring some joy to Bruce Banners life starting tomorrow.
Declaimer: I do not own RWBY or the Incredible Hulk. RWBY is property of Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth and The Incredible Hulk is property to Marvel Comics.