Hello everyone and welcome back to HellFall!

Sorry it's a little later in the day, because of Family Day I'd gone on a long walk with my family, and I wasn't feeling particularly willing to do anything afterwards. Oh yeah, Happy Family Day! Hope ya'll have a great day with your families, or watch a really good movie or something if you aren't with your family

So the new RWBY episode came out yesterday. I thought it was pretty lame. While I liked a few parts of it, some of the fights were super lackluster and disappointing, and Velvet's weapon kind of really sucked in my opinion. I won't go into it because next week when volume 3 ends I'm planning on writing a spoiler-full review of the volume at the end of the chapter (for those of you who are interesting in my opinion. I just like writing reviews anyway). By my comments thus far you can probably guess what my overall opinion will be, but who knows? Maybe the last episode will change that.

Anyways, this chapter is important, so let's get on with it!

I called Roy, asking where he was. He told me that the military, as well as Gazini's team, PHGG, was already after them.

"I want to meet you," He said, "and the rest of the team, if they're able"

"They're in the hospital." I replied, "What's this about?"

"Meet me back in our military quarters" He said before hanging up.

I altered my course and started towards the military base. When I arrived I was welcomed by a flurry of people pacing about the lobby, phone ringing, and people talking. I pushed past them and got to the elevator. Down on my floor, everyone still sat the table, but no one ate.

"Did you hear, Mr. Coal?" The man at the head of the table asked.

"Yes." I replied, "I was there when he escaped" I made a beeline for my quarters, making it clear to everyone that I wasn't interested in talking at the moment.

I arrived at the door to find Roy waiting outside. "My handprint hasn't been registered" he said simply.

"What's this about?" I asked.

"Can we go inside?" He replied.

I opened the door and shut it behind us.

"So?" I asked, "What's up?"

He pulled off his torn vest and shirt, then pulled open the flesh where he'd been cut. Behind the skin was a mess of metal pistons, bars, and other things that I couldn't even identify. Everything was constantly moving.

"What?" I asked, almost running away in fear. "What are you?"

"That's exactly what Rain asked." He replied, "In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm an android. More specifically a RoSowIne, Robotic Soldier with Intelligence. I was part of a project created to mass produce androids with human-like intelligence. I'm sure you've heard of Penny, the military's secret weapon?"

I nodded, still shocked "Yes, I know of Penny"

"Well," Roy started, "I was the first part of creating an army of Penny's, and unfortunately I was a failure, so I was cast aside"

"What do you mean?" I asked, "A failure?"

"I can't generate an aura." He replied, "Which means that I have no semblance. It was required that I'd be able to simulate an aura of my own to be an effective RoSowIne"

I sat down on my bed, "So the not eating thing was-" I started, trying to put it all together.

"Because I can't consume human food." He replied, "I do require a daily dose of android fluid to be able to continue functioning each day. But otherwise I can never get tired or run out of energy"

I sighed, rubbing my face with my hands, "What is this android fluid?" I asked.

"It was provided by the military when I was denied" He replied.

"Why didn't they just throw you out?" I asked, "I don't mean to sound rude, but why keep you if you're of no use to them?"

"They did throw me out." He replied, "But I fought back, so they let me out with enough fluid to last several years and try to lead a normal life." He paused, "Of course, when you're born with the fighting abilities of a professional and a sword in your back it's really hard to do anything but hunt"

"So that's what you did" I said, looking back at his gut, then looking away. It was too weird.

He closed it, seeing my discomfort. "I'll get it sealed up, then when the team returns I'll explain it to them"

I nodded, "Sounds like a good plan" I said.

He turned around to leave, but stopped before he could open the door. "It has just occurred to me that I have no place to live." He turned and looked at me, "Mind if I stay here?"

"Of course." I replied, "It's really not up to me"

"I just wanted to be polite" He said.

"By the way," I started, "So you're an android. Does that have anything to do with your voice? Sorry if I sound rude, but it's just so monotonous. Same with your facial expression"

"Yes." He replied, "That was another failure of mine as a RoSowIne. I couldn't simulate human emotion, but my creator told me that that wasn't nearly as big a deal as the aura"

"I would think not" I said.

"How do you think I'll be able to store my fluid in here?" He asked, looking around the room.

"Well, first of all." I started, "You'll have to see if there's even any left"

He stared at me for a second, "I just remembered, Rain destroyed the container"

"Well, let's go get some more"

"That won't be so easy." He replied, "You'll have to talk to my creator, and I know that he never wants to see me again"

"I'm sure we'll be able to squeeze some out of him" I said.

Roy stared at me blankly.

"We'll be able to get some from him" I clarified.

"How?" He asked.

"I have a reason that he can't resist." I replied, "Where can we find him?"

Roy's creator ended up living just a few floors above us. We arrived on his floor relatively quickly and walked in. Some of the men there cast us curious glances, then gagged when they saw Roy.

"Who are we looking for again?" I asked.

"Krystyn Pistachio" Roy replied.

"Thanks." I said, then faced the whole room, "Krystyn Pistachio!" I called.

All eyes fell on us.

"Yes?" One man asked, stepping forward, "What can I-" He stopped when saw Roy, "You!" He pointed a gloved hand at him, "You filthy little – I told you never to return!"

"He's out of android fluid" I said.

He turned to me, "Well that's of no concern of mine." He said, "It's his fault for wasting it all"

"Mr. Pistachio." I started, "You aren't aware of who we are, are you?"

"Why, should I be?" He asked, laughing as if I were making a joke.

"I'm operating a few floors down." I replied, "On a particularly important case"

"Why the heck should I care?" He asked.

"Because guess who else is working on the case?"

He looked over at Roy, "Oh no," he groaned, "You enlists this failure's help?"

"I don't think the military will be too happy if you don't provide, Mr. Pistachio"

He spat, "Pah! I told you, he's not my problem. I don't give a Grimm's foot what happens to him"

I took a step towards the man, "Please, Mr. Pistachio." I said, "Like I said, do you even know what we're working on?"

"Did you hear me, you Nalakian scum?" He asked, "I said I don't care. So buzz off!"

"Is the name Fall familiar to you, Mr. Pistachio?" I asked, ignoring his racist remark.

"Obviously" He replied.

"Well," I started, "did you hear the news? There are two of them now, and they both have big plans for us"

He didn't reply.

"So," I started, "I assume that you realize the seriousness of this case now." I paused, "Give Roy the android fluid, or you'll endanger the entire case, and all of Remnant for all I know. Do you really want to be responsible for the deaths of who knows how many?"

He didn't move for a while.

"Get the android fluid" I demanded.

"Fine." He replied, "I'll have it delivered to your estate. Assuming you'll need a lot of it, considering out quickly you used it up"

I was about to say something, but realized that it wouldn't accomplish anything.

"Where do you currently reside?" He asked.

I told him the floor number, then explained the problem with space we had in the room.

He sighed, "Alright, I'll get it all sorted out. And here, let me get you some for until we deliver it" he turned and left, reappearing moments later with a bottle and needle full of brown fluid. He handed it to Roy, "Hopefully that'll last you more than a day" He said.

"Thank you, Mr. Pistachio" I said.

He groaned, waving his hand at us as he walked away, "Just don't let us all die" He said, returning to work.

So there you have it. Roy's a robot. And yes, I've had this idea since I first thought of him as a character, it's something that I just decided to throw in at the last second.

Him as an android certainly explains a lot, doesn't it? His monotonousness, unwillingness to eat, and (although this isn't explained in the chapter) his inability to understand certain sayings or things that people do. He wasn't programmed to know what they meant or why people do them. Also, I might write a side story on Roy. Maybe, maybe not, I'm not sure. And the RoSowIne thing, I know it's not particularly original or cool-sounding, but I wanted to make it sound somewhat like Roy Sho, his full name, so that he'd have a source of how he chose his name. I was originally thinking of just calling them RoyShoGuns, but then realized that that wouldn't really mean anything, so I altered it.

Anyways, other than that the chapter doesn't have a whole lot else, so as usual, favorite, follow, review, tell your friends, tell your enemies, or don't if you don't want to, and I'll see you all in the next chapter!