Grimm's New Leader – Chapter 4
The Heist
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Chase Young was looking at the Grimm that were resting peacefully outside of his lair, like there was far more peaceful than the residences of this world gave them credit for. If anything, Grimm only attacked when their territory was invaded, so now that they had a leader in the shape of Chase Young, they had a home to call their own.
However, not every Grimm had been found by Chase Young as of yet, so he truly didn't know just how numerous they were or how powerful some of the really were. He was more than willing to wait it out before finding out more information, or for the Grimm to reveal themselves to him. He could also get the Grimm under his command to seek out the Grimm that was still out there, and bring them under his leadership.
With a decision made, Chase Young grabbed hold of the Eagle Scope and the Tongue of Saiping and using the Tongue of Saiping called over the leader of the initial group of Grimm, the Ursa to join under his leadership. It was there that he decided to explain his plans to the Leader of the Grimm.
"Are you sure that this will work?" The Grimm itself sounded unsure by the idea that Chase had thrown in its direction.
"I've used it in the past on T-Rex, and she not only gained the ability to speak, she also managed to gain the ability to think for herself and knowledge of everything that she needed to know." Chase told the Grimm. T-Rex choose this moment to wave at Chase, while sipping on a cup of tea.
"I see… I won't gain any unusual traits like T-Rex did will I?" While the idea of actually being able to speak the human language without having to resort on using the artefact that Chase was using was a nice idea, the Ursa was concerned that it might change for the worse if this worked.
"From what I can tell, T-Rex only gained those abilities because she had been fed sugar cubes of all things by my former partner, who had betrayed me to try and use T-Rex to cause chaos and mayhem." Chase answered, looking annoyed just remembering about Wuya. He had hoped that after he had helped her obtain her human form again that she wouldn't try to betray him, but in the end, her greed and desire to rule the world just got too much for her to control.
It truly was a shame that he had to put her down in the end. At least he wouldn't have to worry about his greatest enemy Hannibal Roy Bean coming back to try and cause him problems. That would just make things needlessly complicated.
"Very well, do it." The Ursa gave Chase its answer, causing the soulless man to smirk evilly.
"Eagle Scope!" A bright light filled the room, drawing the attention of all of the other Grimm in the room. The Ursa blinked a few times in surprise, before it turned to Chase and spoke a human language.
"Well, that was interesting."
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Jack glared down at Robo-Jack as he repaired his battered body. Somehow the robot had managed to piss off a girl so badly that she literally sent him flying for miles, and he still had no idea just what he had said to her. All that he did know about the girl in question, was the fact that he had given her his name, and if she needed to, she could now pretty much tell everyone that he was on the side of evil and was going against the law.
It was understandable just why Jack Spicer was upset.
So it was because of this that Jack decided that he needed to lie low for a while, sure he had already made sure that Roman was going to be getting his robot army, but that didn't mean that Jack himself needed to actually be there to deliver the robots to the criminal mastermind. It was one of the many benefits of making your army yourself, you could always send someone else in your place.
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"So, you're the one that he's sending this time." Roman looked at the robot in front of him. It had a plain appearance in general, but Jack had told him that this robot was his masterpiece of a creation, simply because it could transform into other people. "I suppose it's because of what happened at the nightclub with that blondie."
"Indeed it is…" Chameleon-Bot answered, in a mechanical monotone, before it transformed in a copy of Roman Torchwich, who could only smirk in response.
"There truly is nothing like seeing yourself in the mirror to let you know that you're doing things right." Roman simply couldn't help but admire himself.
"You're going to be using the Henchman-Bots for the first time when you try to steal the dust from the 'From Dust Till Dawn' store, correct?" Chameleon-Bot asked.
Roman nodded. "It'll be nice to see know that my money is actually being well spent. If, and I'm hoping that it's a big if here, the robots being provided are defeated, will you be able to handle anything that comes our way?"
Chameleon-Bot transformed into Jack Spicer, and gave a cocky smirk. "Do you even have to ask?"
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Raimundo sighed as he looked up at the ceiling. They still had two days before the start of Beacon Academy, and with that in mind, Chase had told them all to not just do some research on the powers that he had seen (somehow sending a video of the footage he had obtained from the incident), but to also scout out Vale in the meantime. So they could get acquainted with the location.
Raimundo just wished that Chase actually did some of that himself, but knew that as long as the Grimm were out there, the soulless man would continuously try to convince them to join him and his army. It was after all the same way he had gotten to Omi after all, and through Omi, them.
There was also the fact that his minions (or fallen warriors) were transformed into other animals like crows and ravens to actually scout Remnant for him, meaning that he could literally do nothing but hone his skills all day and find perfect his flaws, if he even had any at this point.
While training sounded good and all, he didn't feel comfortable with the idea of doing any of that in a city, where he could accidentally cause property damage. Having the power over wind meant that he wasn't too careful, then even the smallest burst of wind could cause incredible damage to his surroundings.
It was also why Omi, Kimiko and Clay were avoiding training in their elements for the time being.
Still, Raimundo could appreciate the peace and quiet that living in a place like Vale could provide. It was just a shame that crime still happened, and that they were actually relying on Jack Spicer of all people to provide them with some Lien for the time being. He couldn't wait to actually earn money on his own with his team and not have to rely on their former enemy to provide them with support.
Despite everything that they had done to each other, Raimundo did think of Jack as a friend, like the other Xiaolin Monks did, and if anything did happen to him, then they would probably attempt to rescue him. Omi was particularly fond of the other teen, perhaps due to the fact that he was the first person that he had a true rivalry with, even if they treated each other as enemies at first.
"Rai? What are you doing on the couch?" Kimiko suddenly appeared in his view, looking almost concerned about him. He smiled.
"Not much Kim." Raimundo sighed again. "There's nothing interesting on the TV, we've done as much scouting as we can, and we're kind of limited on how much training we can do." A look of displeasure appeared on his face. "So I guess I'm kind of bored."
"Really? The great Raimundo Pedrosa is actually bored?" Kimiko sounded amused.
"Yeah, so what of it? You got anything better to do?" Raimundo raised an eyebrow.
"In fact I do. Clay's found this place in town that apparently does some really nice food, and wanted to see if we wanted to come." They both smiled, good old Clay. "So, are you interested?"
Raimundo smiled. "You don't have to ask me twice." He flipped off of the couch and landed behind his girlfriend, wrapping an arm around her waist. Kimiko rolled her eyes playfully.
"Wait until we get back, we'll have plenty of time then."
"When Omi is sleeping then…"
"… Right…"
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Robo-Jack stretched his arms carefully, and grabbed air to get used to his fingers again. He looked at Jack, who looked unimpressed by the antics of his robotic counterpart. This took more time than he was really happy with wasting just to fix the robot, and quite frankly, after having recovered the footage from Robo-Jack's cameras that were installed in his eyes, he now knew that he needed to avoid going anywhere near that blond-haired girl if he could help it. Seeing her transformation when Robo-Jack threatened to cut her hair was absolutely terrifying.
Though he did catch sight of another girl that had been outside of the nightclub when Robo-Jack had been sent flying, and using the cameras, which for some reason had zoom-in features that Jack couldn't help but want to install, he found that they were on friendly terms.
It really was for reasons like this that Jack wished he had actually been at the scene where they talked to each other, to learn more things about the woman who had forced him to operate on his robot in order to keep him running. The more he learnt about her, the more he could use in order to get revenge on her.
"Robo-Jack, you're planning on going with Roman to the Dust Raid tonight?" Jack asked the robot, who looked up at home cheerfully.
"You got it Jack! Once I get the feeling back in my legs again I'll be good to go!" Robo-Jack declared cheerfully, causing Jack to stare at him.
"You've never had feeling in your legs…" Jack felt to need to remind his robot counterpart, who paused in thought.
"Well I do now!" Robo-Jack pouted, causing Jack to cringe. There must have been something else really damaged to have cause this sort of personality twist, something that he never implemented in Robo-Jack.
"Right… Let's see what's wrong with you." Robo-Jack's eyes flickered, before he was turned off, allowing Jack to work on the robot's main connectors without damaging anything.
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"Oh! This is such a wondrous place! I cannot wait to see more of it!" Omi couldn't contain his excitement of seeing more of Vale, yes they would be leaving Vale soon, but they at least they could come back to Vale during the weekends.
The other Xiaolin Monks were busy keeping an eye on Omi, paranoid that they end up accidentally lose him like that did once in New York when they were looking for the Serpent Tail Shen Gong Wu. The fact that the Shen Gong Wu was the only one that constantly move and never stopped moving made the whole keeping an eye on Omi, who was using the Falcon Eye, a Shen Gong Wu that allowed the user to see through objects, at the time to chase it through the busy streets of New York didn't help.
So it was understandable that the older Xiaolin Monks were at least slightly paranoid about losing the kid that they considered their little brother, since they had already done it once before.
"So where about is this place anyway Clay?" Raimundo asked his Texan friend.
"It's just round the corner if I remember correctly." Clay replied, rubbing his hands together in anticipation. Omi in his excitement ran round the corner, only to yelp as he ran into something. The other Xiaolin Monks ran around the corner to make sure that he was okay, only to find that he had managed to knock over someone.
"I am so sorry! I didn't mean to run into you!" Omi looked extremely, if there was one thing that was drilled into him by Master Fung when he was younger and the other Xiaolin Monks, it was that if he was at fault for running into someone, then he needed to apologise immediately.
The person he had run into was a girl with long, brown hair and brown eyes. She also has a pair of long, brown rabbit ears, making her easily identifiable as a Faunus. She was wearing a short, long-sleeved brown jacket with a golden zipper, brown pants and black. She also had golden spaulders and vambraces on both arms.
The girl in question sighed, looking almost like she had been expecting like this to happen. She paused when Clay held out a hand to help her up, she looked up at the Texan Cowboy, looking somewhat surprised by his offer.
"Let's help you up, little missy." Clay grabbed hold of her hand and helped the Faunas to her feet. Omi kept shouting out his apologies, while Raimundo covered his face in embarrassment at the attention that Omi was drawing, Kimiko could only smile sheepishly, trying to pass it off as another one of those days as they called it.
"I-It's alright…" The girl looked really embarrassed by the constant apologies and the attention that it was drawing. The Xiaolin Monks could hear some whispers of disgust, some people wondering just how the filthy Faunus was making the young child apologise to her. It made the four of them feel disgust by the blatant disregard to the personal feelings of the girl in front of them. It wasn't helped by the fact that the girl was trying to hold back tears.
"Hey! Leave us alone or we'll really give you something to complain about!" Raimundo shouted at the people whispering behind the girl's back. There were a few rather angry expressions, but considering that the four of them looked like that had weapons and knew how use them, they left them alone.
"You didn't have to do that." The girl muttered, but they caught it anyway.
"If we didn't, then they would have continue saying mean stuff about you. You hardly seem like the type." Kimiko told her.
"Yeah, you seem way too cute to do that." Raimundo supplied, only to get elbowed in the ribs by Kimiko. "Ow! I was just saying."
"I can't help but feel like this is my fault. If I hadn't run into you then they wouldn't have said anything about you." Omi looked guilty, kicking the ground like he had been told off by Master Fung.
"I'm sure they would have found another excuse anyway." The Faunus muttered miserably under her breathe. They understood what she was implying with those words. People controlled by their hatred would do whatever they could to make the subject of their hatred miserable. It was just one of the reasons why racism was such a nasty topic for them. The fact that even Chase Young hated racism told the monks just how much of an issue blind hatred was, something that Remnant had.
"Well they're stupid." Kimiko huffed in annoyance.
"Can't argue there." Clay nodded in agreement.
"Hey, do you want to come with us? We're always looking to make new friends." Raimundo suddenly offered, causing the girl to look at him in surprise. "You live in Vale right? Well we're rather new to the area, perhaps you could help us out after we have some food at the place that Clay's been looking to go to."
"I… Well…" The girl looked somewhat uncomfortable by the attention she was getting from the four of them. Raimundo suddenly had a look of realisation. The four of them, complete strangers were asking a random girl to join them as they went for food. Sure he had asked the question in an attempt to make her feel better, but he didn't mean to go down the potentially creepy route.
"Right, sorry. The cowboy is Clay Bailey." Raimundo started to introduce the group to the girl. "This is Kimiko Tokomiko." He pointed to his girlfriend, who waved at the Faunus. "The little guy is Omi." He ignored the cry of 'I'm not little!', before he pointed to himself. "And I'm Raimundo Pedrosa, I'm the leader of the group."
"I should be the leader."
"Shut up Omi. You're ruining the moment." The girl giggled at their interaction. "So what's your name?"
"Ah! I… I'm Velvet Scarlatina," the girl, Velvet said softly.
"So, do you want to hang out?" Raimundo asked Velvet, who nodded happily. It was always nice to make new friends after all.
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Chameleon-Bot waited patiently for Torchwich to finish getting the dust from the store. It was the first time that the man was using the robots that Jack had created for him and Jack wanted him to keep an eye on what happened. So here was the robot standing just outside of the 'From Dust Till Dawn' store, waiting for Roman to finish stealing all of the dust inside.
Then it happened.
He heard a crashing sound from inside the store, before suddenly one of the Henchmen-Bots were sent crashing outside by a girl with a red cloak. Chameleon-Bot instantly recognised the girl as the one that was talking to the blond girl that had damaged Robo-Jack. Jack was still feeling rather irritated by the damage, so told Chameleon-Bot that if he ever saw either of the girls, then he would have to take them out.
So that was what Chameleon-Bot decided that he would do. When one of the Henchmen-Bots got destroyed by 'Red' as Jack decided to call her by, Chameleon-Bot decided to enter the fray, transforming into one of the Henchman-Bots. He tried to kick the girl in the back of the head, only for the girl to speed away, trying to dodge bullets being fired at her by another Henchmen-Bots.
He could just feel Jack looking at this footage and wanting to scream about super-powered idiots being everywhere. However, Chameleon-Bot just kept his eyes on 'Red' and transformed into something quicker, a cheetah. This time he charged at the girl and was able to match her for speed quite comfortably, but unfortunately for him, the girl swung her scythe and smashed it into his face.
Chameleon-Bot went flying into one of the walls nearby, and slid down. The girl was able to take out the rest of the Henchmen-Bots with ease, leaving a watching Jack Spicer simmering with rage. He could just see the money that he was making just fly out of the window for this damn failure, and he wasn't happy in the slightest.
Chameleon-Bot stood up easily, and opened his mouth to speak, only for Jack's voice to come out of his voice box instead.
"Activating Super-Henchmen-Bot Mode!" Jack snapped angrily. Roman, who was about to complain about the lack of quality help, paused when he spotted all of the robot limbs start moving by themselves. Roman smirked, knowing that 'Red' couldn't see the movement behind her.
"Well, Red, I would say that it's been fun to stick around, but I would be lying." Roman raised his cane at her, an eyebrow raised as he watched the transformation happening behind her. "But, it looks like that you've got bigger things to worry about. Like big, bad and ugly behind you." 'Red' looked behind, and her eyes widen in shock. It appeared that the Super-Henchmen-Bot Mode was just a bigger Henchmen-Bot, only bigger and tougher looking.
"This is where we part ways." Roman shot a flare from his cane, causing 'Red' to have to jump away from the attack that had blinded her, but also giving Super-Henchmen-Bot the perfect opportunity to grab her, which it did.
Roman ran towards the ladder in an attempt to get away from the girl, who was currently getting crushed by the giant robot, he didn't even know that the Henchmen-Bots had another transformation to them. Quite honestly, he didn't particularly care that they did have another one, as long as he got away without having to deal with any Huntsmen or Huntresses. If this sent a message that they weren't playing around, then all the power to Jack Spicer and his army of robots.
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Ruby Rose didn't know just how she ended up in this situation. All she had wanted to do was look at some weapon magazines for the afternoon. When it became evening she had no idea, but quite honestly, that wasn't the problem at the moment. Getting crushed by this giant robot was the important thing right now, because it really, really hurt!
It wasn't her fault that the store was being robbed by a criminal. She wanted to be a huntress when she grew up so she could protect people, she couldn't help but want to stop the bad guys that were trying to rob the store. She didn't know that most of the people robbing the store were robots, nor did she know that they could transform either. The most important thing right now was to escape from the grip of this giant robot before it actually did some damage to her.
She noticed out of the corner of her eye that one of the robot that had transformed into a cheetah was transforming again, this time into a beowolf of all things. It howled as it prepared its claws for something. When she noticed that the robot holding her was lowing her down and revealing her throat to the transformed robot, she started struggling as much as she could, despite it being to no avail. The transformed robot leaped towards Ruby ready to slash her throat out, and the young girl could see her life flash before her eyes.
Suddenly, a short girl with black hair jumped in, kicking the transformed robot in the face, sending it flying across the street. "Wudai Mars! Fire!" Before she sent fireballs at the robot, causing several explosions to ring out when they connected.
Suddenly, a small bald boy appeared, kicking through the robot arm that was holding Ruby, causing it to release the grip it had on her allowing her to break free from the robot's grasp. "Wudai Neptune! Water!" He suddenly jets of water was slammed into the robot itself, causing it to start flying in the air.
"Wudai Star! Wind!" Suddenly a teenaged boy with brown hair appeared behind the robot, floating behind it with ease. He stomped down into the robot, using wind to power his attack and send it rapidly towards the ground.
"Wudai Crater! Earth!" Finally a blond haired teenager with a cowboy hat slammed his foot into the ground, causing pillars to rise up and crush the robot with ease.
As Ruby finally landed on the ground, but couldn't help but look back at their attacks in awe. It was like they had manipulated the very elements of the earth itself to bend to their will. All of this being done without any weapons.
"Are you alright there little missy?" It was the guy in the cowboy hat that asked the question.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Suddenly a thought came to her. "Wait! What happened to that guy leading the robbery?!"
"Don't worry, we're going to stop him." The brown haired teenager answered, before he threw his hands down. "Wind!" Suddenly, all of them were lifted into air using by a powerful gust of wind, they landed on the rooftop that the thief had taken.
"Hey!" Ruby called out to the thief after she spotted him on the roof.
The man stopped when he heard her. "Persistent." He turned around and paused, a look of confusion on his face. "There wasn't as many of you before…" A look of irritation appeared. "Why do you kids keep appearing like unwanted cockroaches?!"
"Just give up. You might as well turn yourself in." The cowboy told him.
"The ones who needs to surrender are you, Xiaolin Losers!" They could hear the sound of propellers in the air, and before they knew it, a pale skinned teenager with red hair and eyes appeared before them, flying in the air thanks to a backpack with twin propellers. He laughed evilly as he made his appearance.
"Jack Spicer! What are you doing here?!" The bald boy shouted at him.
"I'm here for business purposes Omi, to make money. It's why you need to turn away and run, Raimundo, Clay, Kimiko. You're just getting in the way." Jack crossed his arms with arrogance, a cocky look appearing on his face.
"Oh yeah! You and what army?" Raimundo asked, already in a fighting stance.
Jack started laughing evilly again. "This one." Suddenly, hundreds and hundreds of Jack-Bots appeared, filling the skies with robots ready to battle. Ruby couldn't help but take a step back in shock at the sheer numbers around them. "I've been rather busy building up my contracts. I'm not about to let you ruin that now."
The thief looked around with an amused expression. "You know kid, I like your style. You may have given away our position, but you certainly like to leave an impression. I can respect that."
"Well Roman, you know what they say. If you don't do things with style, then you're not living at all." Jack smirked at Roman, who could only smirk back. "Now! Jack-Bots! Attack!" The robots charged at the five people trying to stop them.
"So true." The roar of a bullhead and a spot light shining on the roof told them that Roman's ticket out of there had arrived. The Xiaolin Warriors and Ruby were easily destroying the Jack-Bots, but there were merely performing the part of a distraction, which would allow Roman Torchwich and Jack Spicer to escape from the scene of the crime. As they got onto the bullhead, Roman pulled out a red crystal and threw it at Ruby and the Xiaolin Monks and proceed to shoot in in the crowd of Jack-Bots, creating a massive explosion.
Jack smirked when he saw the explosion, he knew that the Xiaolin Monks would survive that, the shout of 'Wudai Fire Shield' told him that much. Whether the other girl survived it or not he wasn't too fussed about quite honestly. However, when the smoke cleared, he realised that all of his Jack-Bots had been destroyed and that someone had actually appeared and blocked the blast.
It was a middle aged woman with light blond hair tied back into a bun with a curl hanging down the right side of her face, bright green eyes, and ovular glasses. Her outfit was made up of a white long-sleeved top, a black business skirt with buttons going down the front, dark stockings, and black boots with brown heels. Attached at the shoulders was a tattered cape that was purple on the inside and black on the outside. On the back of the cape was a brown tiara above a row of diamonds. She had a stern look on her face as she glared at Roman and Jack.
In her hand was a riding crop, which appeared to be her weapon. In front of the woman was some kind of purple glyph that was acting as a shield.
"That… doesn't look good." Jack uttered, trying to hide his panic as he got ready to use his Shen Gong Wu.
"No, it's not…" Suddenly, the woman summoned several streaks of energy to attack the bullhead to attack the bullhead, causing Jack to scream like a little girl as he tried to take cover. Roman ran into the cockpit and within moments, a woman in red came out and turned her attention to the huntress attacking the ship.
Not for the first time, Jack wondered why he even got onto the ship. However, he knew this was the time to get off of it.
"Serpent's Tail!" With that, Jack turned into a ghost and flew out of the ship and into the direction of the woman attacking the ship, hoping to cause a distraction. It worked, for the woman's eyes widen in surprise at the sight of him charging at her, tried to stop him, only for the teenager to fly through her like he was a ghost, laughing evilly as he did so. The woman in red use the distraction to create multiple blazing circles beneath the blond woman, Ruby and the Xiaolin Warriors.
"Look out!" The Xiaolin Warriors were able to jump away easily, while the woman used her riding crop to hurl Ruby out of the way as she dodged the pillars of fire that engulfed the space that they once stood.
With the distraction doing its job, Roman took this opportunity to fly away as the hatch to the bullhead closed.
They could still hear the sound of Jack Spicer's evil laughter as he flew away.
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Chase Young groaned in annoyance when he heard the news from his spies. Jack Spicer was now a wanted criminal in the eyes of Remnant, not just Vale, but in Remnant in general. The entire world wanted the nitwit for his part in the latest Dust robbery, because he helped the well-known criminal Roman Torchwich. If it wasn't for the money that his robot army was bringing in, he would have simply dispose of him.
However, Jack did provide some rather useful information for him during the incident. The woman in the red dress that had gotten his attention was in Vale, and was working with Roman Torchwich of all people during the heist that Jack himself had made an appearance for in order to help his client and showcase more of a reason to hire him for the future.
Sometimes, his moments of idiocy did prove to be more useful than expected, but he really wanted the self-proclaimed 'Evil Boy Genius' to limit his appearance in public for now on. He really couldn't do much on the open, especially now that he had gone ahead and revealed himself to the world as a criminal, like an idiot.
"I say Chase, this Ursa is proving to be a worth adversary." Chase turned to his left and watched at T-Rex was playing Chess with the Ursa, providing perhaps one of the strangest images he could ever bear witness to. All he needed to do now was make sure that he got more people on his side, be it Grimm, Human or Faunus. He would do whatever he needed to do in order to take over this world. No matter the costs.
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"You know, we've really got to stop meeting up like this." Raimundo smirked in the direction of Ozpin, who sat across him in a questioning room again. It was a major case of Déjà vu as far as Raimundo was concerned, but he wasn't complaining, he liked talking to the headmaster of Beacon Academy, it was always interesting.
It was just unfortunate that this meeting wasn't all pleasantries this time, especially with the emergence of Jack Spicer.
"I take it that you've got history with Jack Spicer." Ozpin wasn't going to sidestep the issue this time, what happened tonight was extremely serious. A huntress-in-training was nearly killed tonight because of the robots created by the young man who called himself an 'Evil Boy Genius', it wasn't something that could be ignored.
"Us having history with Jack Spicer? Yeah, if you call fighting him for as long as I've been training to protect the world from evil 'having history with Jack Spicer', then yeah, you can say we have history." Raimundo didn't look or sound proud of having to admit this. It was like talking about a dark mark in his record that would never go away.
"What can you tell us about Jack?" Ozpin asked him, causing Raimundo to snort.
"I can tell you pretty much everything I know about him, and trust me, it's a lot." Raimundo rolled his eyes. "He believes himself to be an 'Evil Boy Genius' because his amazingly talented at building robots. Admittedly these robots can be defeated rather easier if you're trained enough, but in the end, they serve their purpose of being a distraction if he ever needs to make a break for it." Raimundo paused. "Jack Spicer though, is a coward who has absolutely no skill in fighting whatsoever, he relies on his better robots to do the fighting for him."
"So if we were to find his location, we'd only have to worry about fighting his robots and not the teenager himself." Ozpin mused.
"That's only part of the problem. He's so good at creating robots, that he could create robots to impersonate himself and be in a completely different location altogether. If there is one thing that Jack is good at, it's either running away or hiding when he has the tools at his disposal." Raimundo explained the potential problems. "From what I can see in our last encounter with him, he can now turn himself invisible and/or turn himself intangible, meaning he is untouchable by pretty much everything."
Ozpin didn't make a comment, he knew just as well as Raimundo did, just how dangerous it was for someone to have that sort of ability.
"The main issue with Jack though, it's his goal in life." Raimundo sighed, almost looking embarrassed by what he was about to say. "He wants to become the ruler of the world and will do anything in order to achieve it."
Ozpin could only stare at Raimundo after he said those words. It was one of those moments that the headmaster of Beacon wished that the young man was joking, but he could tell that he was not. There was genuinely someone who was barely the age of someone attending Beacon that was actively going out of his way to try and conquer the world by any means necessary.
Ozpin sighed. "Tell me everyone you know about Jack Spicer, from his robot designs to the type of schemes he's come up with in the past. Any help is better than going into a situation blind."
It was just a shame, that Jack Spicer wasn't the person who they needed to worry about the most.
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"So let me get this straight, you want me to unlock your aura?" Roman Torchwich stared at Jack Spicer, who looked slightly uneasy at the thought of getting something like this unlocked. Sure he hadn't wanted to do something like this at first, but in the end, Jack could see the benefits of doing this. He had seen some of the weapons that people in Vale used, and it absolutely terrified him. He'd rather avoid being sliced up by a sword or scythe because he didn't know how to defend himself.
What? That girl with the scythe scared him, what of it? He didn't know what kind of person she was, and if she attacked him with his scythe like she attacked his robots, he'd be cut to pieces, and it would be 'Goodbye Jack Spicer' and no-one would be able to put him back together like Humpty Dumpty. He got scarred by that as a child.
"Yeah, I've never had it myself, so I've been hoping to get it unlocked if it's possible. If only to survive attacks like the one that the woman from before sent our way." He was also scared by that other woman, who had no problem with trying to take the bullhead down. It was only due to that scary lady in red that he even had a chance to escape in the first place.
"Alright, since I like you kid, I'll help you out with this problem. The robots you sold to me weren't the best, but they did what they were tasked to." Roman conceded. "Though I do hope that the next batch you send me will be better. I don't like spending my hard earned money on poorly made goods."
"You're a criminal."
"Exactly! Hard earned money!"
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Raimundo smiled as he looked out of the bullhead window, seeing the beautiful landscape. It was a nice change of pace. Sure they were going to a school where they would be forced into a school uniform, but quite honestly, it couldn't be any worse than what it had been like at the Xiaolin Temple, where they had been forced what their friend Jermaine had once called it (pyjama robes) in broad daylight and forced to sleep on mats instead of beds every day in the smallest rooms possible.
"You know, you kids have been rather lucky that Ozpin look out for you, you couldn't gotten in serious trouble had it not been for him." Dojo interrupted Raimundo's thoughts, the green dragon resting around the Brazilian's shoulders.
"Yeah, I know." Raimundo looked over to see Kimiko, Clay and Omi discussing something. "I just wish we didn't have to work for Chase."
"I know kiddo, but you can at least make some friends while you're in Beacon, try to make a good impression, you're going to be around here for at least four years after all." Dojo gave Raimundo some advice.
"Yeah, I'm just hoping that the others do the same." Raimundo had Omi in mind when he said those words, and Dojo knew what he meant.
"Hey Rai! We've found Ruby. You want to say hello?" Kimiko called to him, causing a grin to a find its way onto his face. She seemed like a good kid, even if she just happened to be a little unlucky on the night they met her when it came to Jack's Robots.
When the group of four made their way towards Ruby, they could hear her talking to a blond haired girl who seemed really excited for her, though Ruby seemed to be concerned by something.
"Ruby! Hey!" Kimiko called out to her, causing both of the girls to turn towards them. Ruby's eyes lit up when she saw them.
"Hey!" Suddenly it seemed her worries had disappeared in flash. "Yang! These are the guys I told you about!"
"Really?" Yang looked almost surprised, before a smirked appeared on her face. "So you're the guys that my little sis has been talking about non-stop for the last two days. Thanks for helping her out by the way."
"No problem." Raimundo looked somewhat pleased. "We would have helped out no matter who was in danger." Even Jack Spicer, though he wasn't going to admit it out loud. "You looking forward to Beacon?"
"You bet! It's made even better now that my little sis is coming with me!" Yang pulled Ruby into a hug, causing the young girl to try and push her away. Suddenly their attention was drawn to a nearby newscast.
"The robbery was led by nefarious criminal Roman Torchwich, who continues to evade authorities." A mugshot of Roman appeared on the screen. The Xiaolin Monks looked at each other, Chase Young had told them that the man was working together with the woman in the red dress that had caught the Heylin Warrior's attention.
"He was aided in his escape by a new criminal by the name of Jack Spicer." An image of Jack Spicer laughing evilly replaced Roman's mugshots. "He has been known to create robots to do his bidding and cause mayhem wherever he goes. A warrant for his arrest has been posted and if you have any information on either his or Torchwich's whereabout's please contact the Vale Police Department. Back to you, Lisa."
"I can't believe that's the same guy I punched out of the nightclub a few days ago. It feels like an age." Yang looked surprised.
"Didn't you beat him up because he tried to cut your hair?" Ruby glanced at her sister.
"Yeah, but hurting you was one of the biggest mistakes of his life!" Yang punched her palm ominously. Raimundo and Kimiko were glaring at Yang though, while Omi was pulled away by Clay, who could see what was about to happen.
"THAT WAS YOU?!"
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So that's chapter 4 completed.
I've managed to make Jack Spicer into an actual threat despite the fact he is really bad at fighting and is a coward. Guess miracles can happen.
Still in scene where the Xiaolin Monks met Velvet, I honestly considered having that met Weiss at one point, but felt that having them meet Velvet served the plot a bit more.
I also feel that some of the scenes were not brilliant, but helped move the story along as well.
I've also noticed that my chapters are increasing in length in every chapter. I doubt that trend will continue for too long however.
Let me know what you think about this chapter, it'll be nice to get some feedback.
Until next time goodbye and goodnight.