Back At TheBeginning

Gray was running through a hallway with team RWBY and his friends Andrew and Wendy, about to fight a giant robot. The hallway was huge and seemed to be in perfect condition except for the occasional hole or scorched wall. Gray was having a hard time staying conscious though. All the injuries he had were catching up with him. As he ran he started to notice how much he was bleeding. He guessed that it could take maybe five more minutes before he collapsed from blood lost. In fact it was a miracle he was alive! He had been shot, punched, stepped on, thrown, blown up and stabbed with shards off metal that flew off the robots. If the situation weren't the way it was he would have gone to the hospital or let himself lose consciousness but he couldn't risk losing someone else. What if Blake was put into a wheelchair again, or worse? Gray shook his head and kept running, trying to ignore the searing pain that shot through him every time he moved. "So what's the plan Gray?" Andrew was getting worried they didn't have a plan.

"How should I know?" Well his fears were confirmed at least.

"Well you are kind of our leader."

"What do you mean "Leader"? I've only known you guys for like four days!"

"Well you were the one that gave us orders until you got stuck on one of the robots and crashed through a building."

"Fine. Okay here's the plan. Beat it's ass until it stops moving. That good enough?"

Andrew gave him a dirty look and he sighed. "Okay fine, here's a decent plan. Bounce the missiles back at Roman while Wendy uses her semblance to teleport the hostages, if there are any, or anyone that's badly hurt to safety. Meanwhile I'll try and cut it's weapons and limbs off."

"What about the rest of us?" Gray turned to Ruby and sighed. "Help me kick the giant robot's ass."

"Works for me!" Yang said as they continued to get closer to the robot.

Gray sighed as they ran through another room, how big was this place? As they passed a room Jaune went flying out of it. He got back up and charged the room again, but went flying back another time. Gray walked over to Jaune and helped him up. "Can you still fight or...?"

"I'm fine, just a few bruises... and broken ribs." Gray nodded and headed towards the room Jaune had come out of, trying to catch up with the others. "Let's get this over with."

Andrew ran in first with an arrow ready in his bow but he slowly came to a halt, just realizing how big the robot really was. He looked up at it and saw that it was just like the smaller versions but it had two more arms and legs, plus there were giant TV screens on the front with Roman's face on them. "Seriously, why did Shnee Co. even make this thing?" Andrew pulled up his bow and started letting out a barrage of arrows. The robot seemed to be holding someone and Roman was talking to him through a speaker. The man was trembling as Roman began to become more intense. As Gray got closer he began to pick up on what he was saying. "So, Jeff was it? So Jeff, I'm sorry to say but my employers aren't very happy with you. Remember that law you tried to pass a few years back? The one about separate bathrooms for Faunus, or how about the separate schools for Faunus? Yeah, they are not a fan, and I'm afraid the new law you're trying to pass is a no go. Bye~" Roman said as he squeezed the man and he popped like a grape. Everyone seemed to be a little green, or at least shocked. Adam, Pyrrha Yang and Gray on the other hand were emotionless. Ren, Blake and Jaune don't count though because they were currently unconscious. The robot turned around and Roman seemed to be happy to see who was there. "Ah, Red you and your little band of misfits made it! Now I can finally finished what I started." He snarled as he shot missiles towards them. One headed straight for Yang. Andrew jumped in front of it and time around him slowed down as he steadied his aim. As time slowed down numbers and lines started appearing, drawing out were his next arrow should go. He let it go as it bounced off the second missile and hit the other, sending them flying to the sides. Andrew looked over his shoulder at Yang and winked. "Andrew Hood, at your service."

"Get any ideas and I smash your head in."

"Noted." Andrew said still looking at her as he loaded another arrow and deflected a few bullets. "So, any chance you could thank me by letting me take you out for dinner?" Yang responded by just barely missing his head with a bullet. "I'll take that as a no." Meanwhile Wendy had been teleporting anyone that was unconscious or that had been taken hostage to the hospital. The overuse of her semblance was starting to take it's tole as she teleported for the fifteenth time. She fell to her hands and knees as she tried to catch her second wind. There was no way she could get everyone else out of here. There were still a ton of hostages and a few hunters left and if she tried to get them out the old fashioned way Roman would notice. She sighed as she looked at the remaining hostages but stopped and heard something banging against the door next to her. She opened the door and a boy fell out and he was tied up and had duck tape over his mouth. She ripped the tape off and he looked like he was screaming, but no sound came out. She cut the ropes off him and he jumped to his feet. "Um, are you okay?" The boy move his hands frantically in response. "Uh, what?" The boy face palmed and took her kunai and used it to carve words into the wall next to them. "I'm a mute, I can't speak. I was trying to use sign language to communicate with you."

"Oh, well do you have a name?"

The boy started carving words into the wall again and stepped to the side when he was finished. "Of course I have a name! It's Felix. Oh and thanks for untying me I guess, jeez, I don't know about you but this is really awkward for me."

"Well, do you have a weapon or are you another hostage?" Felix responded by taking out his two Noriega swords. "Good to know. So think you could cause a diversion while I move these hostages?" Felix grinned and ran into battle. "If all the guards here were like him then no wonder this place got taken over so fast." She turned around at the last of the hostages and clapped her hands together and smiled. "Okay, mute button over there is gonna buy us some time while we go for a little jog. Okay lets hop to it!" Everyone looked at each other and shrugged. This girl may be crazy, but it was either her or a giant robot. They got up and ran after Wendy as she led them to safety. Roman saw what was happening and started to move towards them. "Oh no you don't!" Gray saw what was happening and jumped towards Roman, but he turned around immediately and punched him, sending him flying across the room. He fell to the floor and coughed up some blood. His ears were ringing and he could barely over as he rolled over, trying to pick himself up. As he picked himself up he fell back down and the edges of his vision started becoming black. "... Ow..." He looked up to see the robots fist again and then everything went black.

Gray woke up after what felt like forever. As he got up he noticed he wasn't in the mansion anymore, he was in a forest and their was snow covering the ground. He looked up and saw the sky was red and four figures. They all seemed familiar, but only one stood out among the others. He reached for his scythe, but it wasn't there and he swore under his breath. "Wow, we look familiar so you try to kill us? Andrew's right, you are a ray of sunshine." The boy lent him a hand and he excepted it. "Am I... dead?"

"If you were dead we would all be burning in Hell right now."

"Then were am I?"

"You're inside your own mind, that's what happened to me whenever I went unconscious or fell asleep. Of course, mine was just an endless void."

"Wait, what?"

"Nothing, so I bet you're wondering who we are."

"Oh no, I definitely wasn't wondering why I'm in my own mind, talking to a random ass hole." Gray's tone was oozing sarcasm.

"Wow, at least you got my sarcasm. Well I'm your "brother", Firestarter. These other three are Dan, Grim, and Arthur. After you wake up you'll never see us again. I finally figured out how to "detach" myself from you and the others."

"Good riddance." Dan mumbled as he continued reading the book he was holding.

"Wait, why are you leaving?"

Fire sighed. "Because I want you to have a chance, to do what I couldn't. You're gonna start the way I did and I don't want you to mess it all up like I did."

'Wait what? What do you mean mess it up?"

"Well, you're one of my multiple person-." He stopped for a moment and decided to start again. "I woke up in an infirmary at Beacon, with no memory of who I was, like you're about too. I wanted you to have a chance to have a life, to have a family and friends. I had all of that once but then..." His eyes filled with pain, but he shook his head and kept going. "Listen, just don't make the mistakes I did. Protect your friends with your life. Oh, and stay away from the White Fang, I'll deal with them."

"So that's it, give me some crap advice and leave?"

Fire shrugged. "Maybe I'll see you again at some point. Who knows. Anyways, I'll see you around, you're about to wake up."

"Wait, were are you going, why can't I remember anything before my train ride, how are you even going to leave?" Gray took a step forward, but his leg sunk down into the snow. He took another step but he sunk even further and as he was about to reach Fire he was completely covered in snow. Gray gasped as he shot up from his bed. He was sweating and felt sore all over. He reached up at his head and felt bandages wrapped around it as well as his torso. "You're awake." Gray looked over and saw a man and a woman. They looked... familiar. "So, Mr. Wolf, do you now who I am?"

"Monty Oum?

"No."

"The Riddler from DC Universe Online?"

"No."

"Agent Washington?" At this point Gray didn't understand why he was saying these things. In fact he didn't even know who any of those people were. As he finished speaking he could have swore he saw a small flame come out of his hand and go out the window. He must have lost a lot of blood, he was hallucinating and saying nonsense. The man sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, he was one of those students. "No, my name is Professor Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon Academy." Gray stayed silent and nodded. Andrew had blabbed about Beacon so much he was surprised he didn't know who he was at first. "Well, I saw you and your friends little performance at Remington. In fact the news went viral, apparently someone recorded the whole thing. Anyways, your friends received the same offer I'm about to give you. I would like you to-"

"Join Beacon?"

Ozpin's eyes widened slightly, but he nodded. "I'm sorry but the answer is n-" Before Gray could answer, Fire's voice rang in his head. "I wanted you to have a chance, to do what I couldn't." "I mean... yes."

"I'm surprised your friend Andrew said he was almost positive you'd say no. Well you can report to dorm 356, you are the leader of team GAWF." Ozpin saw the look he was giving him and sighed. "Not the bad GAWF that as on the internet. It's pronounced goth by the way."

"It's not that it's just that I woke up a few seconds ago and now I'm leader of a team."

"What did you expect would happen if you said yes? You're the one that lead your friends into battle and you're the strongest. Plus you're the only one that isn't insane." Gray sighed and put his shirt and hoodie back on as he left, GAWF, what a stupid name. As he left he forgot to ask Ozpin what had happened after he went unconscious. He turned around to go back, but realized he was already lost. "Great, just my luck." Gray stuck his hands in his pockets and trudged forwards, for once he actually wanted to talk to Andrew.

Well I finally finished another chapter. School for me starts tommorow but I'll probably still upload at about the same speed. Heck if I felt like it I could finish a chapter before I go to school if I planned it out ahead of time. Anyways Camp Fire out.