Team ENDD sat patiently. They had each been assigned individual cell's until their probation officers arrived. Each room was uniform in that it was colored a dark green tint,and were virtually empty minus the heavy metal table each member was chained to,and the single bulb lamp that descended from the ceiling. Allister scooted himself as close to the wall to his right as possible.
"Hey! Max." Allister attempted to call through the wall.
"WHAT!?" Came Max's muffled reply.
"What's new?" Was Allister's poor attempt an an innocent question.
"Nothing if fucking new ass hat. All we've done is lay in hospital beds for 10 days waiting for our bodies to heal enough that we could finally get started on this deal bullshit."
"Yeah I feel." Allister answered.
"I just hope we get off of probation, soon these clothes suck." Allister started fighting in the Beacon academy uniform he was currently wearing. Zade called out from the cell to Allister's left.
"We can't get out of these clothes. These are the Beacon uniforms, which you would know if you ever payed attention you ignorant ass. we will have to wear them most days for the next few years."
Zade and Max fell into a hard laughter as Zade's comment was greeted with a chorus of tears combined with a harmony of lengthy Why's. Meanwhile Darron just sat in a meditative trance listening to the laughter of his team.
"What a trip this is going to be." he mumbled to himself as his teammates grew even louder. Team RWBY was bored. Unfortunately, It's hard to top stopping a highly wanted dust thief, as well as saving vale from the subsequent Grimm invasion. Especially when you're trying to top it with another one of Professor Port's tales of his supposed gallantry as a young lad. Ruby managed to fall asleep without being noticed. Weiss and Blake were listening semi-intently hoping anything of actual value and merit would come out of listening to the story. Yang stared at the clock with a severe look of
concentration,as if she would by sheer will power force the clock to strike four. even though it was only 3:55. The girls continued to hold pattern until Professor Port was interrupted by a new guest. Professor Ozpin walked in and gave a small wave as the entire room moved to look at him. Even Ruby had woken up to respond to this new event.
"Don't mind me professor, please continue." Ozpin encouraged as he took a seat at the very back of the lecture hall. Port cleared his throat and nodded before returning back to his tale of the days of olde. A few short minutes later the bell finally rang and the students cheered before filling out of the room. Team RWBY was packing up when Yang leaned forward to address them.
"Man I thought that class would never end."
"Well maybe if you'd pay attention to what he was saying rather than staring at the clock you might just learn something." Weiss quickly responded.
"I'm sorry princess, but not all of us are quite so enthusiastic when it comes to listening to another story about Port's adventures." Yang defended earning her scoff from Weiss.
"C'mon guys stop fighting we're finally done with classes and we're free tomorrow also." Ruby spoke trying to defuse the situation.
"Now let's go I'm sure Zwei missed us and we can go hang out with team JNPR." Ruby
turned and tried to take off using her semblance but stopped suddenly as she ran straight into stumbled back and looked up to Ozpin smiling down at her.
"Sorry Professor I didn't see you there." Ruby apologized. "
It's quite alright " Ozpin reassured. "I was actually hoping I could talk to you and your team."
"Of course professor what did you have in mind?" Blake asked as the rest of team RWBY joined their leader. At that moment the last of the students vacated the room and team JNPR was not far behind. As Jaune reached the door he looked back and oblivious to the situation asked.
"Hey, You guys ok?"
"Yeah Jaune we're good. we'll catch up with you later." Ruby answered with a wave. Jaune nodded as he turned around and rushed after his team as Ren and Pyrrha were being dragged behind Nora for
whatever godforsaken reason this time. Ozpin walked up the stairs and shut the door.
"Professor Port would you please be so kind as to allow us some privacy?" Ozpin asked the professor who was standing against his desk obviously curious as well.
"Why of course headmaster." Came Port's confirmation of compliance as he made his way into the office at the far left corner of the room before shutting the door behind him.
"So Professor what can we do for ya?" Yang asked. Opin motioned for the team to sit, and answered as they did so.
"A new team has... transferred to Beacon recently and I was wondering if you would keep an eye on them since you are one of, if not the best of the freshman teams this year."
"Thank you for your kind words professor but why do they need us to look out for them? I mean, if you accepted them into this school shouldn't they be able to take care of themselves." Weiss responded obviously skeptical of the headmaster's proposal. Ozpin nodded in understanding.
"I can see why you feel that way but I assure you that is not why I am asking you for this. All four of them have proven themselves to be full of talent and they passed their entrance exams with unnaturally flying colors. Unfortunately, They are a misguided group of individuals and I believe that being with your team will help to… realign them into much more respectable people." Blake immediately caught on to what the headmaster was talking about.
"So you want us to act as basically parole officers for them and make sure they don't do anything wrong." The other three members of team RWBY gave Ozpin accusatory glares. Ozpin began
to sweat slightly before breaking down.
"In essence yes, but i do believe you could be an invaluable influence on them and that the two of you could learn wonders from each other."
"Why should we! They could just be a group of-" Weiss's flash in a pan was quickly snuffed as Ruby stated bluntly.
"We'll do it."
"WHAT!" Weiss yelled out incredulously.
"I said we'll do it. This is one of the reasons we chose to become huntresses was so that we could help make people's lives better whether it be by slaying monsters or by simply setting a good example, so yes, we will help this new team out." Wiess spun to look at Blake and Yang who seemed rather
impressed with Ruby's answer. Weiss groaned before finally admitting her defeat.
"That's wonderful to hear." Ozpin said. "Follow me." Team RWBY followed behind Ozpin as he began to provide them with more details on their "assignment".
"While you oversee them as a team you each will be provided a specific individual on the
team whom you will be personally responsible for. Now you don't have to spend every minute of every day with them but do try to spend time with them frequently."
Ruby and her team made sure to take note of everything he said as he led them down into the detention hall. They found themselves in front of a large pane of glass covered fully by blinds.
"We're here." Ozpin announced to the team.
"Alright, Team RWBY gets to help some more people,as if we didn't do that enough during the
breach." Ruby yelled excitedly at the prospect of making some new friends.
"Ok then." Ozpin said.
"Ruby this person will be the one under your personal watch. Allow
me to introduce you to Max."
Ozpin pulled the blinds open to reveal Max. The girl's looked on curiously as Max gave them a smile and a cheerful wave after hearing the click of the blinds opening.
"Step inside and get yourself acquainted," Ozpin said as he motioned towards the door leading into the cell. Ruby bounced over to the door and stepped into the room. Max stared at her curiously as she took the seat across from him at the table. Max leaned in close and looked at her closely.
"You… have silver eyes." Max stated curiously.
"Well at least their cuter than those silver bracelets you're stuck in." Ruby countered with while gesturing to the handcuffs Max had on. Suddenly laughter erupted from the cell to Ruby's right.
"Man, Max you really got a salty one didn't ya buddy." Allister called through the wall.
"Al, Shut the fuck up." Max snapped back before returning to Ruby.
"You will have to ignore him he's an idiot. so what brings you here?"
"I'm here to help guide you and make you a better person. I've heard you were misguided and i hope to help put you on the right path." Ruby concluded. Max raised an eyebrow.
"Misguided? Yeah that's a word for it. Well it's good to know that some people are still around to help others. I hope we can be great friends." Max held out a fist and Ruby immediately bumped it with her own fist.
"So Max tell me something about yourself." Ruby inquired eager to learn as much as she could about her new friend. Ozpin grinned as he saw Ruby and Max bump fists.
"Let's move on now." Ozpin led the remaining members of team RWBY to the adjacent cell.
"Alright who's behind curtain number 2?" Yang asked jokingly. Her team sighed at her bad joke but Ozpin just gave her an answer.
"Behind curtain number 2 is your personal responsibility Yang. I have a feeling the two of might get along quite swimmingly." With that Ozpin pulled open the blinds of the cell to show allister with his head down napping on the table.
"Idiot." Ozpin muttered before slamming the top of his cane on the window. The loud noise caused Allister's battle instincts to kick in. Allister tried to shoot up in a defensive stance but the cuffs on his hands and ankles ran out of length and sent him tumbling to the floor. Ozpin shook her head in disappointment while Yang laughed and made her way into the room. Yang grabbed a chair and spun it around before sitting down and asking.
"Hi, I'm Yang and your are?" Allister peeled himself off the floor and sat himself down.
"I'm Allister,but the pretty ones call me Al." Al winked at Yang causing her to chuckle.
"Well, Al… I'm curious what did a bad boy like yourself do to get yourself locked up?"
"Sometimes… I tend to get a little… yangry." The bad pun cause a noticeable flinch to course through the group outside while Yang just laughed harder.
"So I do consider myself a bit of a troublemaker Allister. I have been fortunate enough not to get caught though. so what's it like being a prison bird?" Allister smirked.
"Well it's fine. The food is not half bad. The bed's are relatively comfortable. The group showers are a little uncomfortable but nothing to get too Yangxious about." another visible flinch sent through the group. Yang laughed so hard tears started to form in her eyes.
"Man! I like this guy." She yelled back at Ozpin.
"Worry not his ass is just getting warmed up." Zade yelled through the wall on Allister's left.
"Then we're gonna be best friends." Yang confirmed. Ozpin motioned Weiss and Blake further down the hall to the next cell. The duo followed him as he opened the blinds to reveal Zade sitting respectfully.
"This is your stop." Ozpin said. Weiss looked hesitant but walked into the room. Zade looked at her as if he was inspecting her and she took her seat.
"White hair, pristine dress, undeniable air of superiority. You must be a descendant of the Schnee family." Zade stated rather frankly.
"Your rather observant aren't you. I can appreciate that." Weiss acknowledged. " But you I'd rather you not make any assumptions because of it I like to be seen as my own person." Zade raised an eyebrow.
"I understand…You're not the only one who doesn't like to be judged by their heritage. Though I am quite pleased to make you acquaintance." Zade gave a little mock bow as he took weiss's hand and placed a chaste kiss upon it. Weiss quickly snatched her hand back.
"The feeling is mutual but the formalities are unnecessary." Zade laughed.
"Anything for you Ice queen."
"Goddammit! Even you." Weiss cried out only learning more laughs from Zade. Blake watched the two curiously for a moment before turning to Ozpin.
"So, who do I get to be in charge of?" Ozpin motioned for her to follow him to surprise,surprise yet another adjacent cell.
"You get the joy of keeping track of their leader. fortunately he's probably the most compliant of the four." With those words Ozpin snapped open the blinds. Before Ozpin could even blink, much less say anything Blake had entered the room and stormed up to Darron before placing a rather strong backhanded slap right on his face. Darron fell back out of his chair and landed on the floor and yelled.
"Shit! What the fu-." Darron was interrupted as Blake jumped over the table and placed a punch straight into his nose. Blake grabbed Darron's hair to hold his head in place as she continue to litter his face with blows as she yelled out with each hit.
"How. Dare. You. imitate. Him. You. Son. Of. A. Bitch." Ozpin rushed over and wrapped an arm around her pulling her away from Darron.
"What is the meaning of this!" Ozpin scolded her as Darron began to rise while covering the left side of his face with his hand. Darron looked towards his attacker and came to a complete stop as the realization of who she was set in.
"Blake? Is that you. What the hell are you doing here?" Darron called out to her.
"SHUT UP!" Blake yelled now being restrained by Yang and the team as they came to check out all the commotion. Blake continued yelling.
"You don't deserve to speak in that voice! You goddamned rip off. I should kill you myself." Darron's expression softened into one hurt. As he went to respond he was cut off by Ozpin.
"What is the meaning of this? Do you to know each other?" Darron went to answer but was drowned out by another round of screaming from Blake.
"I used to know someone similar to him! I don't know who this damned poser is!"
"BLAKE!"Everything immediately stopped as every eye in the room turned to Darron and his clenched fists.
"Blake… It is me. It's Darron. Yes It's the real me. You have to believe me. I miss my favorite kitty." Yang,Weiss,and Ruby stiffened at the mention of Blake's faunus heritage. Blake finally wrestled her way out of Yang's grasp and made her way over to Darron. Darron began to retreat slightly expecting another series of blows but was pleasantly surprised when he felt Blake wrap her arms around him. Blake buried her face into Darron's chest while muttering.
"It can't be you. It can't be you. You're dead you've been dead for years." Darron returned her hug and leaned down to whisper to her.
"Sorry to disappoint but I'm the real deal." Blake took a step back and looked up at him her eyes evident from the tear she just shed. The two continued to stare at each other in remembrance before Ozpin cleared his throat.
"Well know that that touching moment has concluded, and I'm assuming you three have gotten to know the other three a little better let's move this show along." Ozpin left the room and quickly returned with a medium sized case. He set the case on the table and opened it to reveal that it was full of large Black and green bracelets with mixed style designs. Ozpin removed four of the Bracelets from the case and attached them to Darron's wrists and Ankles before removing the basic handcuffs Darron was wearing. Darron rubbed his sore wrists as he followed Ozpin and Team RWBY out of the cell and into Zade's. Ozpin repeated the same process to Zade who thanked him for releasing him. The same story went for Allister who of course had to make another joke out of it(send me your best Allister Joke), and Max who was just happy to be able to move again. Ozpin then led team ENDD and team RWBY out of detention hall and through a series of hallways. They ended in a large locker room type area with an unnaturally large locker on the right wall. Ozpin turned to face the two teams behind him.
"Now it's time to explain what exactly 'Maximum Probation' means." The two teams looked at him.
Team RWBY looked very curious as this wasn't even a term they knew existed in the disciplinary handbook of Beacon and Team ENDD looked more concerned at the level of punishment they would receive.
"Let's start with the basic's." Ozpin continued. "Team ENDD. You will not be returned your weapons or anything that was on you when you arrived here. All basic amenities have been provided for you. You will only be permitted to wear the school uniform while on Beacon campus and not in combat class." Allister gave a slight hiss but that did nothing to deter the headmaster. "Furthermore, you will be provided with only standard level armor." Ozpin motioned to one of the nearby lockers and removed a pair of jeans and a white T-shirt. Ozpin also pulled out green leather button up jackets with metal plates sewn onto the chest areas and forearms. All four members of team ENDD looked at the gear with horror while team RWBY eached tried to deal with the rising laughter in their own way. In the end team RWBY failed earning them less than warm glares from team ENDD. Ozpin returned the gear to its locker before pressing onwards. "Now let's talk about weapons." Ozpin walked over to the unnaturally large locker and opened it to reveal a wide variety of basic weaponry." You will only be allowed to use the weapons of your choice from this locker. they have absolutely no special function other than compacting for storage, and they are completely incompatible with dust." As Ozpin finished Zade, Darron, and Max fell to their hands and knees in defeat. Allister just walked to the locker and pulled out a lance about the same length of his diabo. Allister compacted the lance and attached it to his belt. Zade chose a belt filled with 5 inch daggers and throwing knives. Max reluctantly grabbed a dual bladed battle axe muttering something about missing his baby. Darron eventually decided that it was time for him to sharpen up his dual wielding skills and as such grabbed a matching pair of swords about three feet long a piece and sheathed them on his belt. Once they finished their decision Ozpin walked over to them with a metallic box. The box opened to reveal 4 .44 magnum pistols.
"This is the only gun you will be allowed to hold. Dust-infused bullets are prohibited for you and any
rounds you do receive for them must be signed off by either myself or Professor Goodwitch. And it should go without saying that you are not allowed to buy weapons,dust or ammunition in town as well as forging your own weapons or ammunition in the student forge here at beacon nor can you have team RWBY buy any for you." Ozpin's statement triggered a pained groan to echo throughout all of team ENDD. "Oh, I almost forgot. You are also prohibited from leaving Beacon's campus for any reason unless you are accompanied by your specific partner." Ozpin's latest addition to the rules seemed to finally break team ENDD.
"Geez, Oz what are we allowed to have?" Max asked sarcastically. Ozpin grinned
"In lighter news the four of you will have full access to your lien account and none of the lien in it has been moved so it's just as you left it last."
"Whoop dee fucking doo." Came Allister's less than enthusiastic response. Ozpin glared at Allister for a moment before turning to team RWBY.
"Now girls, those are special bracelets. They have reduced the aura of each member of team ENDD down to 15% of what it normally would be as prevents them from using their semblance in any fashion." Ozpin ignored another round of Groans and complaints from team ENDD as he continued on. "Even better though is that the bracelets are infused with 80% refined lightning dust. Should they ever step too far out of line do not hesitate to give them a reminder." Blake held a mischievous grin as she showed Ozpin her scroll which now had a large red button on it.
"You mean like this professor?" Blake asked as she pressed her finger on the button. Her question was answered as Darron let out a yell of pain and a string of words that were jumbled by the electricity coursing through his body. Ozpin sighed.
"Yes just like that."
"Wh-why?" Croaked the slightly charred body of Darron lying down.
"I guess she just wanted to give you a shocking experience." Came Yang's punny reply. Everyone in the group sighed disappointedly at the bad joke except for Allister who just cheered Yang on and gave her a high five.
"Sorry Darron Consider this making up for lost time." Blake told Darron in a faux sympathetic voice.
"Bullshit." Was the only thing Darron responded with before standing back up. Ozpin surveyed the group and decided that he was done with them for now.
"Well, now that we appear to be done here, team RWBY please escort team ENDD to the dining hall and then to their room. I've had it conveniently place next door to your's RWBY to help you keep a better eye on them. Then you may go about your day as you chose. Oh and Team ENDD don't forget you only have one day to learn your surrounding before classes start so I hope your an adaptable bunch."
"Yay, C'mon guys let's get going to dinner or Nora's gonna take all the good stuff again." Ruby called from the doorway while using excessive hand motions to gesture the remaining people to follow her. The rest of her team followed without hesitation. The members of team ENDD looked at each other mentally conveying the same message. 'Fuck it.' Team ENDD then followed a rather excited Ruby to the Beacon cafeteria on what would be the first of many adventures sure to come.