Jeff paused in utter shock at this reveal.
His tough demeanour crumbled away like the aging walls of a great castle.
Ozpin smiled, apparently pleased that the true Jeff McLoser had shown its's cowardly face.
"So, are you surprised that we know that you lied to us?"
"I don't care, how did i come here?"
Jeff was stuttering, and only wanted answers now. He wanted to go home, and get out of this horrible place.
He leapt forward across the antique table
"BRING ME THERE!"
The principle reached for his mug of coffee, and calmly replied
"We certainly will. But we need to bring a guard to protect you."
"A GUARD?!"
"Yes. A guard."
A horrible, cold sense of dread crept up Jeff's body.
"Not…not…"
Ozpin leant in, his face inches from Jeff's. His mouth seemed to move in slow motion. Alpha could guess what he was going to say millions of seconds before he uttered it.
"Teeeaaammmm…."
His heart dropped into his feet, and he could feel vomit crawling up his throat like a gross sickly mutant slug monster.
"RRRRRR"
His eyes bulged, his nails digging into the tough wood beneath it with a sickening crush.
"WWWWWWW"
A array of jaw dropping and ear blowing swear words crouched behind his teeth, ready to jump into battle.
"BBBBBB"
Jeff's head felt heavy, like a giant metal weight had suddenly grown in his frontal lobe, straining on his neck, threatening to snap it.
"YYYYYYYYYYYY!"
His back arched, mouth screaming a loud and proud f-word, the veins on his forehead popping.
"Why team RWBY!? I don't like any of em! I hate all of them! I'd rather go with a zombified hippo!"
Like a flash, Ozpin's hand had latched on to his stick and whacked it on the lips of the student infront of him.
"Watch your mouth Mr Alpha! You are going with team RWBY, and that is FINAL!"
He had been in his chair the whole time, but he had a powerful aura of firmness and immovability that expanded forth like shockwaves, something that Jeff could even feel impacting on his smooth skin. He didn't want to test his luck. Ozpin was an old man, but a mighty one, reminding everyone that met him of an old wizard with incredible power, full of impossibly old and mysterious stories of dark and bright times, someone that had been at every important event in history, silently watching.
Ozpin's eyes were kind, but had seen a great many things, both bad and good, resulting a massive library of knowledge that he could put to use anytime he pleased. He had reasons for every single solitary choice he made, this one included.
Jeff caved in and numbly nodded, in resign, arms behind his back like a naughty school boy cornered.
The old man nodded and gave instructions for him to leave immediately for an unknown location with Team RWBY.
Alpha left the grand office with a heavy heart, feet feeling like a lump of beaten iron, dragging on the shiny tiles of the massive hallways. Ozpin had told him to get to the first floor, where he would find his guard and a ship, along with an explanation of what the heck is going on.
Once he reached the ground floor - which was really a floating platform of thick concrete, since the entire school was planted on it, Beacon hovering high and majestic in the air with the fluffy clouds - he had a team of highly annoyed teenage girls and a futuristic metal plane in his sights.
Piloting the plane were two exasperated looking men in full metal and kevlar gear, covering them head to toe, but with a dark, shady visor over the eyes and a gap where the mouth was. And arguing with them was team RWBY.
"I don't get why WE of all people must go with him!"
"I don't even like him."
"No be fair, no one does."
"Yeah, I'm going to be missing the one on one match of the Vytal Festival! I think Penny might be in this round!"
"Let's hope team JNPR gets another crack at it, i'd like to see Pyrrha fight somebody!"
The men seemed to be trying to convince them to get on the plane, but in vain. Weiss was waving her hand at one of the men's face's in a bossy ( and annoying ) fashion.
"You can't just make us do this, i am a Schnee, and i don't want to-"
The stuttering of the man cut in
"Please, we're just following orders, please…AH!"
He had found Jeff walking hesitantly to him, and pointed his hand towards him, as if he was a solid reason why they should get on the plane.
They turned in unison to glare at Alpha, who resembled a rabbit before the jaws of a python.
"YOU!"
Yang had her arm outstretched, pointed at him, trembling with rage, growling at one of her most hated persons of all, who was also growling at her, but more wary than the naive boy a few hours ago who thought he was bullying a dumb blonde.
"This isn't my fault, i didn't want to come with YOU people!"
"You people?! What do you mean, "you people?" Weiss called shrilly. "We saved Vale once you know!"
The two men were at their wit's end, screaming that if they didn't have them in the ship by sundown, they would both lose their jobs, something they treasure equally much, as a job at Beacon, no matter how small was prestigious enough to be a bragging topic.
Reluctantly, they climbed aboard the ship, much to the relief of their guards, and decided to resort to staring.
The awkward tension in the high tech aeroplane was even worse then in the mess hall, worse than anyone them had ever seen or heard of before. In the cockpit, the sorter man was leaning on the beaten and torn leather drivers seat where is friend sat, both panting. He took off his helmet, pressing the buttons on the side, releasing steam from under it, and placing it under his arm.
"Hey Joey, those kids are a pain, am I right?"
Joey twiddled at the steering wheel. " Yeah, but i hate that one in the white dress the most. What a whiner. What about you, Bob?"
Bob swiped his sweaty forehead. "I don't really care, i just wanna get my pay check and get the hell out of here. But yeah, i hate that girl too."
A sudden beep from a large faded round red button on the roof of the ship took them both out of their conversation.
"Ahhhh, we're here," Bob muttered. " Make sure to tell the kids."
Joey sighed and groped for the grey speaker on the dashboard. " Alright people, we're here. Get ready."
At the back, Jeff broke his angry stare at all of his companions. " Where is here?"
Yang continued to glare at him. " Why don't you wait and see?"
The ship lowered down into a dense forrest, it's wings brushing against the massive dark green leaves, connected to humongous tree thunks, as tall and as thick as buildings, infested with slithering vines and uncannily big critters with large, blank eyes and gaping holes for mouths.
Lowering its rusted landing legs that had been damaged, destroyed, repaired and then destroyed again millions of time, resulting in a ship that the look of a battered metal box with wings, the legs landed on the hard dirt of the floor of the jungle, spreading the weight of the bulky machine above it and allowing the humans inside to disembark.
The doors slid open roughly, presenting the damp, green environment to RWBY and Jeff.
Jeff watched a bubble grow in the murky swamp on the ground and pop. "Where the hell is this?"
Joey stepped out, a large cumbersome gun in his arm with a blue glowing streak across the sides.
"The unexplored area of the Emerald Forrest. No one knows what lives here," He grinned at Alpha as Bob came out holding a weapon similar to his friend's. " We think your entrance to this world might originate from here. If we can find out how you came here, we'll be able to send you back."
Ruby poked her left leg out and dipped her boot into a dirty puddle. "Ew ew ew ew ew!" She quickly pulled her leg out, but instead of the water of the puddle dripping off, it stuck to her red boot like chewed gum.
Weiss screeched at the less than clean environment. " Can someone please tell me why we are here?!"
Bob hefted his gun over his shoulder and grit his teeth at a metre long centipede that was snaking around a tree thunk. " Actually miss, i have no idea. But Ozpin wants team RWBY to come, and Ozpin the boss. But i disagree…" His voice trailed off, annoying the snow angel to great lengths.
"What do you mean? Finish your sentence!"
"Well…you just…don't seem like the brave type, you should stay at home and get someone else to do it for you…"
Bob expected her to flare up and soldier through the jungle head held up high, eliminating the possibility that neither he or Joey had to deal with her constant whinging, but he was wrong.
"EXCUSE ME?! ARE YOU CALLING ME, A SCHNEE, WEAK? DO YOU THINK I'M SOME DAMSEL IN DISTRESS?"
"Um…no miss!"
"MY FATHER WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS!"
"No! Please no! I take it back!"
But she huffed past him in a massive rage. Joey chuckled and patted him on the shoulder.
"Sorry dude, you crossed the line."
Together, and as a team, disgruntled and angry team mind you, they stepped out into the vast and seemingly never-ending void of monster insects and Grimm known as the "unexplored area of the Emerald Forrest" and the leaves that formed a roof over the jungle below were dipped in the warm pink and yellow light of the setting sun…