"Penny... I... I don't understand" Ruby said.

"Most girls are born... I was made. I'm the worlds first synthetic person capable of generating an aura" Penny explained.

"Soooo... A robot Huntress?" Jacob asked and was confused.

"Sort of..." She said and looked at her hands. "I'm not real..."

Ruby walked closer and touched her hands before she closed them.

"Of course you're real Penny! You because you have some nuts and bults instead of squishy bits makes you any less human than me or Jacob?" She asked and smiled at her.

"I don't... um... Y-You're taking this extraordinarily well" Penny said and was at a loss for words of what to do.

"Oh Penny. You're nothing like those things back there" Jacob said and crossed his arms. "You've got your own free will... just like anyone else with a soul"

She smiled big. "Oh... you guys! Thank You!" She said and pulled them both in for a tight hug. "You're the bestest of friends anyone could ask for!"

Ruby smiled slightly but was mainly in pain from the hug. "Oh, I can see why your dad would wanna protect such a delicate little flower..." Penny let them go, letting Ruby gasp for air.

"Oh, my father is very sweet. He's the one who built me!" She said.

"Huh. Built you all by himself?" Jacob asked.

"Well, almost. He had help from Mr. Ironwood" She said.

Jacob raised a brow. "The general...?" He mumbled.

"Was that why those guys were chasing you?" Ruby asked.

"They like to protect me too" She said.

"What? They don't think you can handle yourself?" Jacob asked.

"They don't think I'm ready yet..." Penny said and sighed. "One day, it'll be my job to save Remnant. But I still have a lot left to learn before I'm ready... That's why my father let me come here to the Vytal Festival. I want to see what it's like out in the world, and test my experience in the tournament-"

"Wait wait wait wait!" Ruby interrupted her. "What are you talking about 'saving the world'? We're in a time of piece" she said.

"That's not what Mr. Ironwood says" Penny said and tilted her head.

"Ironwood said that?" Jacob asked. "Why would he-"

"Check over there!" They all heard someone yell.

"You two need to hide" Penny said.

"Already ahead of you... See you guys back in beacon" Jacob said and grappled his way to the roof quickly. He looked back and chuckled as he saw Penny picking up Runy and putting her in the dumpster.

He got a little far away then picked up his scroll. "I should call Edward" He said and called him.

"Hey buddy! What's up?" Edward asked.

Jacob opened his mouth to say what he saw, but he couldn't. He made a promise to Penny, so why would he just go off and tell people? Pennys a nice girl, and isn't capable of being mean. So why would Jacob screw her over?

"Hello?" Edward asked.

Jacob shook his head. "Uh yeah... yeah, sorry about that" he said. "I just called to let you know everything's going well"

"How's your Faunus disguise coming along?"

"I'm going to get it soon" He said. "Bye Edward" He said and hung up.

Vale Swarm hideout - 7:40PM

Jacob was sitting on the chair and getting the last touches put on his Faunus wolf ears by the designer.

"Explain to me again... Why must these ears to be precise? It's not like they'll tell the difference" Jacob said and looked at David.

"Faunus have the unique sense to spot any other Faunus through other things than looks. But good designers like this guy can make these fake animal parts in a way where the Faunus won't be able to tell you're a Human... That's why these things are illegal" David said. "Don't think about it too hard. Point is it'll get you inside... the rest is by chance if anyone will recognize you or not"

Jacob nodded. "Aaaaand it's done!" The guy said and got up. "Now, these ears will only work for about 2 hours. After that, it loses its effect"

"Thanks" He said and stood up. He had two black wolf ears on top of his head now.

"Good look on you" David said. They left the room and meet up with Simon in another room. "He's ready"

"Good" Simon said and put a map on the table. "The meeting, as you know, is here" He said and pointed at a building. "Aidens gonna be somewhere in there... you just gotta find him. I don't care if you gotta kill everyone in that warehouse. As long as he dies... And so help me Jacob, if you don't kill him, it won't be pretty for you"

Jacob nodded. "I'll give you a cloth with his blood on it"

"Weird..." He mumbled and walked away.

When he left the room, David turned and faced Jacob. "So... You're going to a building full of almost every White Fang soldier in this Kingdom... nervous?"

"I'd be lying if i said I was completely confident. But I'm not afraid" Jacob said.

"And you're still going on this treasure hunt, huh..." He said.

"Absolutely." He said and looked at the map. "In fact... I'm wondering while you're here, you can help me with something"

"Oh god... It just doesn't end with you. Does it" David said and laughed. "What now?"

"If you can, I need you to take a look at these other warehouses for me" He said and showed him the locations. "These all are filled with all the stolen Dust the White Fang has... All this dust is the key to the first part of getting that relic"

"Right here, in Vale?" He asked and looked at them. "How do you know this?"

"I have my ways... Now can you help me with this?"

He shrugged. "Sure. I'll take a look at the places for you" He said. "Now get going to that meeting already" He said

"Right... Thank you David" Jacob said and walked away.

White Fang Warehouse - 8:40PM

Evie ziplined her way to a platform on the back side of the building. She let go of the cable and landed on top of the guard on the platform then stabbed him in the neck. She made her way to the wall where there was a closed vent.

"Hm..." Evie mumbled and walked over to the White Fang corpse. She started lootong the body in hopes to find something to open the vent with. She grabbed a switch blade out of his pocket. "This should unscrew the screws

She walked back over and was able to unscrew the vents screws off. Once it was open, she got inside and started crawling.

She picked up her scroll. "Jacob. I just started my approach. How are you?" She whispered as she crawled.

Other side of the warehouse

"I'm with Blake and Sun now, and we're about to enter... good luck" Jacob said and hung up.

"So, uhhh... How did you get such realistic looking ears? I can't even tell there fake" Sun said and looked at them.

"I know a guy" He simply said.

"Here" Blake said and gave them both White Fang masks.

"I never understood these... You guys picked Grimm masks of all things?" Jacob asked

"Humans always viewed us as monsters... So that's what we based our masks off of" Blake said and put it on. "You better hope nobody finds out your secret in there. Everyone in that building hate Humans"

Jaune nodded and put the mask on. They walked into the building and walked down the hall. "By the way Blake... Off the top of your head, how many soldiers would we be expecting in here?" He asked.

"Depends" Blake said. "There's normally about 20, or more if its an important meeting"

They walked with the group into the main area where the place was completely packed with White Fang soldiers, and all the new recruits on the side.

"Holy shit..." Sun mumbled and looked around. "Is this considered an important meeting?"

"Absolutely..." Blake said with a slightly shocked expression.

With Evie...

Evie kicked the vent cover open and got out of the vent. She got on the ground of a small office in the warehouse third floor. She got into cover behind the wall and peaked her head out the window. She widen her eyes and covered her mouth before she gasped in shock at how many soldiers there were on the ground floor.

"Good god... I'll need to plan my approach accordingly" She whispered to herself. She used her eagle vision and saw a locked door down the hall. "Only 3 guards in my way... no problem"

She went invisible as she crouch walked out the office and down the hall.

"Pretty good turnout this month" One of the guards said as he looked down the railing. "All those Humans will soon regret oppressing us"

"They sure will... I hear Adam has something real special planned" The female guard said back.

The two laughed slightly before Evie wrapped her arms around the females head and covered her mouth. She stabbed the male guard in the throat then the same to the female guard. She choke on blood before falling on the ground dead. Evie got behind a few crates as the third guard came by and saw the other two dead.

"Dominic? Sheila?" The guy asked and narrowed his eyes. When he got closer, Evie grabbed him and brought him down onto the ground before she stabbed him in the back.

She got back up and walked to the door and started picking the lock.

With Jacob...

"Who's that big looking guy?" Jacob asked Blake. They all watched and listen to a large man, with a Grimm mask covering his whole face, on stage speaking about the White Fang.

"Don't know his name... but that's Adams Lieutenant" Blake said.

"Soon you will all get the privilege to meet the man who will lead us to greatness" The guy said. People in the crowd cheered.

'Enough of this…' Jacob thought. 'Time to find this Aiden fellow…' He went into Eagle Vision and looked around. He saw alot of people in red, which were all White Fang soldiers. 3 in green, which was Blake and Sun next to him and Evie up in the third story still picking the lock. And finally one in gold, which was his target. Aiden McTann.

'There you are… second floor, catwalk' He thought as he tagged him. He gently pushed a few people out of the way as he made it to a door on the side. He went through the door and now was in the hallway on the side of the building, away from the main room on the other side of the wall where everyone else is.

"Hey you!" A guard yelled. " Stay where you are! What are you doing here?"

"Shit…" Jacob whispered and turned around. "I just got lost, I'm… looking for the bathroom"

The guard narrowed his eyes and walked up to him. He saw the ears and couldn't sense that he was Human. "All recruits are supposed to be in the other room"

"Right… apologies" He said and looked around and saw they were the only ones in the hallway. "Screw it" He said

"What was tha-" Jacob covered the guys mouth and stabbed him in the neck. He widen his eyes and put his hands on his neck while Jacob walked away. He slid on the wall and fell on the ground dead.

With Evie…

Evie finally got the door open and walked inside.

On the ground floor, She saw Roman, a short brown and pink haired girl next to him with one brown eye and one pink eye, and a White Fang soldier who Roman is talking to.

"You are one of the men I trusted with the secret location of something that's more valuable than you and your families life. So why is it that I wasn't able to trust you enough to kill ONE! SIMPLE! BOOK STORE CLERK!?" Roman asked and glared.

"I apologize Mr. Torchwick… Tukson was never alone throughout the whole time I tried to get to him" He said.

'He was ordered to kill Tukson… But it seems he wasn't the one who succeeded' Evie thought as she listened. 'Also sounds like he knows where the vault is'

"Ugh… forget it. It's over now. Just don't piss me off again!" Roman said.

"Roman! You're on!" A soldier whispered. Roman and the girl turned around and went to the stage while the soldier walked away.

Evie went invisible and followed the soldier.

With Jacob...

Jacob found a staircase and went up to the next floor. Aiden was leaving the catwalk and walked on a platform that was connected to the warehouse next to this one. "Where are you going now…" Jacob whispered.

Jacob walked down the catwalk to catch up with Aiden until he heard the crowd yelling.

"What's a Human doing here!?" A woman recruit shouted and pointed.

Jacob looked down and saw Roman on stage. "Hm…" He crouch down and watched him from the catwalk.

"Now now people. Settle down..." Roman said and looked around. "Yes. I'm a Human… However! I'm not your enemy. In fact. I'll be the first to admit that Humans are just the worst…" He said as he walked around. "I'm sure you all want to see us all locked up in chains, or better yet, killed! And who can blame you? It's those filthy rotten Humans who are in control! Pulling the strings!" People started cheering for him now.

Jacob rolled his eyes and had enough of this. He got up and went back to Aiden.

With Evie…

Evie got to the second floor where the guy went. She ran up to the soldier and punched his side before pinning his arm behind his back and holding it firmly behind him. "Don't try to get out or I'll kill you" She said.

"What the… what is this? Who are you?!" He asked.

"Quiet" She said as she brought him to another room where there was a window to the stage. "what are you and the others planning?" She asked.

"Fuck you! I'm not saying a thing" He said.

She smirked. "Don't worry… I enjoy a challenge" She said.

With Jacob...

Jacob went across the platform to to the other building then hid behind a pillar. He saw Aiden standing at the ground floor facing away from Jacob.

Jacob jumped down a few feet away from him. "You made my job easier for the both of us McTann" He said and smirked as Aiden turned around. "I have some questions for you"

"I'm afraid you'll never get those questions Human" Another voice said. Jacob looked around and didn't see anyone, until a Faunus in a red and black suit walked to the railing from the second floor. "Those fake ears aren't enough to fool me" He said. He had dark red hair, a Grimm mask covering his eyes, and two bull horns on his head. Jacob and Evie know this man as…

"Adam Taurus…" Jacob said and narrowed his eyes. More soldiers went to the railings and surrounded Jacob.

"So... this is the Human who ruined my mens dockyard heist?" He asked.

"Ahh... so I'm known to you" Jacob said. "If you're looking for an apology about that, I'm afraid youll never get it any time soon"

"No need to apologize. You won't be alive for much longer to learn from your mistake" He said and glared through his mistake.

"A mistake huh?" Jacob asked. "I call it more of a... successful takedown of your dust robberies. Pushed your operation back from getting that map"

"So you know what we're after? Well if you really must know, it was nothing but a minor setback. In fact, that map will be ours within the next short weeks... Ill be sure to thank the man who tipped me off about you" Adam said and turned around and walked away. "Kill him" He said before leaving the building.

Jacob hummed and looked at everyone at the railings. "I'll give you all one chance… let me go, and you all live" He said casually.

That made all the men laugh and aim there weapons at Jacob. "You're not in much of a position to make threats kid. The rest of your Swarm asshole friends will learn that eventually" Aiden said and backed away. He looked and one of the men and nodded.

"Very well then…" Jacob said. He shot his grappling hook out at the guy Aiden nodded at. The hook latched onto his arm, and Jacob jerked the cable to the right. The guys arm moved to the right as well, making him pull the trigger on instinct. He fired his weapon and managed to kill 3 of the 8 soldiers. Jacob quickly reeled the hook back into his gauntlet, then threw a throwing knife at the guys chest killing him.

Before the other 4 soldiers could fire, Jacob took his pistol out and quickly fired at all of the men with one shot each, all with a boost of his aura to make sure it hurt.

One of them fired a bullet our before fallng down. Jacob deflected the bullet using his gauntlet as a shield. The bullet went to the side and impaled Aiden in the stomach. He shouted in pain as he backed away to the wall.

Confession (or whatever you wanna call these things)

Aiden groan on the ground holding his bleeding wound.

Jacob crouched down to him. "I said they had one chance to live" He said.

"So you did…" Aiden said and now was standing when he talked. "If I knew what we were being tipped off to, I would've had more men here taking you down… No matter. Once Adam finds out you're still alive, you won't have much time left-"

"Yes yes. He'll hunt me down and kill me. I've heard it all before" Jacob said. "Now then… the vault… where is the vault?"

He scoffed. "You come all this way to kill me, and you want ME to give you answers? I'd rather be slaughtered slowly, and painfully, than give up my brothers secrets"

"Try me. I can patch you up, bring you all the way to Simon, and he'll do just that" He said.

Aiden looked away and sighed. "If you must know… you'll find the vault in the southeast" he said as he pulled something out of his pocket without Jacob noticing.

"Southeast of where?" He asked and narrowed his eyes.

"Find out yourself!" He yelled before he grabbed a knife and stabbed himself in the throat.

Jacob widen his eyes and backed away as Aiden chocked on his blood and died. "Damn…" He said. He took the knife out and wiped a white cloth over Aidens bleeding neck and tucked it back in his pocket.

With Evie…

Evie punched the guy again one more time. He groan and spat out blood as he was all beaten up.

"I'll ask this one more time… Where is the vault? And what are you planning?" Evie asked and flicked her blade out.

"Alright… Alright… I'll talk" He said. "I don't know where that vault is… I don't remember where they told me it was! I swear" He said.

Evie sighed and pinch the bridge of her nose. "Then what are you planning?" She asked.

He breathed heavily and pointed over to the stage. She looked at the window and saw them moving a curtain to reveal an Atlesian Paladin, but it's different from the model Jacob saw. This one was dark grey, with a White Fand logo on it.

"These babies are Atlases new line of defense against those big scary things outside the Kingdoms" Roman said. "Thanks to my employer, we snagged a few before they hit the shelves" He said.

Evie looked back at the guy.

"They're planning to use those to attack the city… After they open the vault... a-and I think a train getting rammed into the city has something to do with it" He said. "Come on, I said all I know… Now let me go" He said.

"Very well" She said then punched him in the face to knock him out.

She got up and left the room.

With Jacob…

As he was headed back to the other building, he got a call from Bkake. He answered it and could hear all the people in the background chanting.

"Jacob where did you go?" Blake asked loud enough for Jacob to hear, but quiet enough for everyone else not to hear.

"A long story Blake… what's wrong? Is everything ok?" He asked.

"All recruits are walking up stage… Roman might recognize us. We need to get out if here!" She said.

"Don't worry Blake. Just hang tight, I'm on it" He said and hung up.

As he ran back to the building, he meet up with Evie when he got in.

"Jacob. Where were you?" Evie asked.

"Just got enough information I could get… you?" Jacob asked.

"Same here" She said. "I didn't get the maps location, but the White Fang are planning to ram a train into the city and attack the place once they get the map"

"I found that the maps location is somewhere in the southeast. I don't know where exactly though" He said. "We'll worry about that later… Blake just called. We need to get her and Sun out of here" He said.

Evie sighed. "No point of doing this stealthy anymore I guess… I got an idea. Get all your smoke bombs ready" She said.

Jacob nodded and did that. "Blake. Get to the wall, and be ready to run" He said then hung up.

They went to the railing and saw the recruits were going on stage. They both got all there smoke bombs out and tossed them all throughout the crowd, soon filling the place with smoke by surprise.

"GUYS! THROUGH THE WINDOW! HURRY!" Jacob shouted.

They did just that and broke through the window and ran off.

Roman growled and soon got inside the Paladin and used it to break through the wall and chase the two.

Jacob and Evie quickly got to the top of the warehouse and saw the Paladin run off. "Shit… we need to help them!" Evie said.

She was about to run off before Jacob stopped her. "Forget it. We'll never make it to that thing on foot" Jacob said. He called Ruby Weiss and Yang. "Everyone! Blake and Sun are being chased by a large robot in town!" He said "They need help ASAP!"

"Just when I thought this wasn't gonna get interesting" Yang said. "where are they?"

"They're headed to the highway" Jacob said.

"We're on it!" All three girls said then hung up.

Jacob hung up and showed a map of the city to Evie. "Look here. I think the vault is somewhere here, in the industrial district" Jacob said. "The girls can handle themselves, but we need to get there and check it out"

"Seriously? That's alot of ground to cover… Are you even sure that's it?" Evie asked.

"Not at all. But we have no choice but to look around" He said.

"Alright then. We'll check the place out… let's go!" She said and ran off.

Jacob stayed behind and took his scroll out again, and called David. "David! Aiden's dead. How did those warehouses look?" He asked.

"Empty. They were all Empty" David said.

Jacob widen his eyes. "What?! Nothing?!"

"Yeah. I just finished checking the last one… if there were anything in these warehouses, they were all cleaned out before I got to them" He said. "Sorry to break it to ya"

He sighed. "It's ok… thanks for checking anyway" He said. "It'll meet you at the hideout"

"Sorry man, I got stuff to do. I'll see you tomorrow though" He said. "The bartender will let you in the place… see ya" He said before hanging up.

Jacob put his scroll away and ran off.