Metro tunnel - 6:05PM
A White Fang soldier looked out the side of the train car when he heard a few thuds in the back of the train. He took out his walkie talkie. "I think they're on the-" He then yelp when Jacob pushed him from behind with his foot off the train. Jacob watched his body roll when he hit the ground. After that, he climbed back up and ran down the cars back to the caboose where everyone else were.
"What would Torchwick gain for doing this? He's only going to ram into a wall" Jacob said.
"That's exactly why we gotta stop whatever it is he gains from this" Blake said.
Weiss opened the top of the train car. "Uhhh... Professor-"
"Doctor!" Oobleck corrected.
"What's that?" She asked and pointed inside. Oobleck looked down at the metal object inside, with red and blue wires connected to it.
"Huh... That my dear... Appears to be a bomb" He said casually while the rest freaked out.
Ruby looked up and saw a couple train cars ahead of them, White Fang soldiers were climbing up on the top of the train making their way towards them. "We got company" She said and pointed to the enemies.
Everyone quickly ran off the caboose to the next car, Oobleck however stopped Evie. "Evie! Detach the caboose! It'll kill us all!" He said.
"On it!" Evie said. She jumped down in between the two cars. She then bent down at the connection between both cars, and repeatedly punched it. She then yelp when she was about to punch it again, but the caboose was disconnected on its own so she just punched air. She got back on her feet and looked up. "It just decoupled itself!" She said.
As she climbed back up top, Oobleck watched as the caboose that was slowing down on the tracks suddenly exploded. "Jeez... These guys really don't want us on this train" Yang said.
"That can't be good" Oobleck said.
"Neither is this..." Ruby said as she and Weiss looked inside the next car.
Blake ran over and saw it. "Another bomb?!" She asked.
Jacob narrowed his eyes curiously. He ran to the next car and opened the hatch. "They all have bombs!" He shouted.
"What?!" Yang asked shocked some more. They all felt the next car got detached, so they all jumped to the next car to meet up with Jacob. "This doesn't make any sense!" She said. "Why would they have bombs on all these cars?"
"Guys! They're getting closer!" Evie said and pointed to the soldiers walking down the train closer to them.
"Hold them off!" Jacob yelled. The twins and RWBY all ran off to fight the soldiers. Jacob jumped over one of them to get the soldier in between him and Evie. As the soldier turned around, Ecie hit him over the head with the blunt end of her cane sword then shoved him towards Jacob. Jacob punched him right in the face, making him fall on the ground and roll off the train.
Two soldiers ran up behind Jacob and held both his arms back. Jacob just charged Aura into his left arm and managed to throw the one solder into the metro tunnel ceiling. He then turned and stabbed the other soldier in the gut, picked him up and slammed him into another hatch.
Meanwhile, Evie unsheathed her cane sword and threw the sword at another soldier. It went into the guys skull, and Evie swung her blunt part of the cane into another soldiers jaw then shoved him off the train.
As the students fought off the White Fang, Oobleck watched the second train car explode. The explosion blew a hole on the top of the metro tunnel. Hundreds of Grimm jumped down from the hole and chase the train.
"My god... IT'S THE CARS!" Oobleck yelled.
"What?" Blake asked.
"He's not trying to get us off! He's leading Grimm to the city!" He said. "The cars explode and create openings for the Grimm to come through!" He said.
"That's insane!" Yang said.
Another train car detached from the train. "WE HAVE TO HURRYYYYYYYY!" Oobleck shouted and ran up to the rest as they finished with the soldiers. "You four! Go down below and try to disarm those bombs!" He said.
"What about us?" Ruby asked as she and Evie looked at him.
"We are going... to stop! this! train!" Oobleck said.
"Uh yeah. I already said that..." Ruby said, which made Oobleck frown.
Jacob, Weiss, Blake, and Yang all jumped down into the train car, while Evie, Ruby, Zwei, and Oobleck were still on top fighting their way to the front.
"Guess this is what we've trained for" Yang said.
Weiss nudged Blake and gave her an ammo clip with different Dust rounds. "Here. This should help you" She said. Blake smiled and loaded it in her katana pistol.
"Awe I'm hurt Weiss... don't I get one?" Jacob asked and smirked.
"You got enough bullets" Weiss said and poked his ammo belt around his body.
They all walked over to the bomb in the train car. "So... Does anyone know how to disarm a bomb?" Yang asked.
"What was it... don't they just... cut the red wire in movies?" Jacob asked. He's only dealt with powder kegs and boxes of dynamite back in Earth, but never something this complex.
"Don't be stupid!" Weiss said as she opened the panel and checked the inside. This is a state of the art bomb. It needs to be dealt with in a delicate manner..."
As she kept on talking, all Jacob did was go into eagle vision, and saw that it was the red wire that needed to be cut. He flicked his hidden blade out with one hand, took hold of the wire, then cut right through the wire. "There you go" He said.
The girls watched as the bombs lights turned off. Weiss just frowned and crossed her arms. "Lucky guess..." She said.
He picked up the bomb and tossed it out the window. "Let us head to the next bomb" He said.
[with Evie] Top of train
Evie, Ruby, and Oobleck all made their way further down the train when three atlesian paladin jumped onto the top of the train and ran towards them. "Doctor! Now would be a good time to demonstrate a Huntsmens power!" Evie said.
"Right you are!" He said as he held up his coffee canister bazooka. Zwei barked and ran over to him. Evie widen her eyes when she watched Zwei jump in the air, and Oobleck swung his bazooka right into Zwei like a baseball. He flew through the air at super speed right into a paladin, making it fall on the ground disabled. Zwei just got back up with his cute smile and barking. The second paladin walked up and was gonna step on Zwei but Oobleck shot fireballs at the paladin, then swung his bazooka at it multiple times.
"Did uhh... Did Doctor Oobleck just hit a dog with that thing? And did that dog just get up perfectly fine? Also... Why is there a dog?" Evie asked.
"Oh that's Zwei! My pet doggy" Ruby said.
"Ah" She said as they ran up to the third Paladin. "I'll take the top. You distract him" She said to Ruby.
She nodded and ran up in front of the paladin dodging attacks. Evie threw multiple throwing knives at the paladin, where some scratched the paladin, but one knife hit the glass where the soldier looks out from. She now knew where to attack.
She ran around the paladin and got behind. She shot her grappling hook out at a railing on top of her while the train was moving. She was lifted in the air then quickly let go so she would fall on top of the paladin. She took her cane sword out and slammed on the throwing knife that was in the glass so it'd go all the way in. She then took her pistol out and was about to shoot inside the hole but the soldier made the paladin shake around, making Evie lose her grip and fall on the ground. Ruby quickly helped her up.
"You ok?" Ruby asked and she nodded. "I got an idea. Can you use your grappling hook thingy around the legs?" She asked.
Evie looked at the Paladin. "Good idea" She said. She ran back over and shot her hook at one of the legs. She then ran around the paladin as fast as possible a few times, then backed away from the paladin while holding the cable that's successfully wrapped around the legs. Ruby took the chance and shot a few shots of Crimson Rose at the paladin. The paladin, unable to back up, ended up tripping and falling onto its back. Evie quickly reeled the cable back in while the paladin slowly slid off the edge of the train car before just falling off the train completely. Evie went up to Ruby, and both of them high fived over their victory.
[With Jacob] Inside train
The four in the train just finished dealing with their third train car bomb. Weiss groan since Jacob defused each one in just seconds so far. "Dammit Jacob! How are you so good at this?!" Weiss asked.
"Oh... I don't think you wanna know" Jacob said and smiled.
"Oh come on Jacob? What's your secret?" Yang asked.
"Really. It's a complicated topic... Perhaps after this mission" He said. They went into the next train car and looked around.
"No bombs... Looks like we did it" Weiss said. "Now we can go back up top and help out Ruby"
"Not yet. We need to keep going through the cars and find Torchwick" Jacob said.
All the girls looked at him. "Are you crazy? They need our help" Weiss said. "Besides, Oobleck told us to just disarm the bombs and we did"
"My mission is to apprehend Torchwick. And I need help getting through the cars" He said. "The three up there can handle themselves"
"He's right. Now's our best chance to get torchwick while he can" Blake said.
Just then, the small pink and brown haired girl from the warehouse came out of nowhere and stood in between us and the next door. "You guys again... Oh boy. This is gonna be fun" Neo said.
"You..." Yang said and glared.
"You guys know her?" Jacob asked.
"She got Torchwick away from us back wen we were fighting that Paladin" Yang explained. "You guys go on... She's mine"
Jacob looked back at the other two and they all nodded. Yang started shooting her shotgun gauntlets at Neo while the three used the distraction to get by her and move into the next train car.
Neo looked at Yang and smirked. "Somebody's grumpy"
Yang just growled. "I am so gonna kick your ass!" She said.
Meanwhile, Jacob and the girls made it in the next train car. They stopped when they saw the White Fang lieutanant. He walked towards the group holding a large chain saw.
"Just great..." Jacob said.
"You two keep going! I'll handle him" Weiss said.
"You sure?" He asked.
"I'll be fine. Just go get Torchwick" She said.
Jacob and Blake made their way over the big guy and continued forward. The guy just laughed and readied his chainsaw. "Finally... I get to kill a Schnee" He said and charged after Weiss.
As those two fought, Blake and Jacob entered the next train car. That's when They saw Roman Torchwick. He turned around and smiled.
"You two again!" He said. "We all really gotta stop meeting like this. People are gonna talk" He teased.
"Shut your god damn mouth Torchwick!" Jacob said and pulled his pistol out. Roman Dodged every bullet that Jacob fired until he was empty. Roman fired back, and Jacob quickly jumped to the side while Blake left an earth figure of herself to take the hit. Blake jumped over to Roman, who was about to hit her with his cane, but at the last second she got out of the way and left a fire clone of herself in her place. When he hit the clone, it exploded, setting Roman flying. Jacob ran to where he was about to land and punched him while in the air. Roman grunted as he spun around from the impact of the punch, then fell on the ground. He groan and rub his head when Blake and Jacob aimed their guns at him while he was on the ground.
"Oh boy..." Roman said.
"It's over Torchwick!" Blake said.
He just smiled. "I saw you at that meeting... and I know you were once with the White Fang. Do you really think a little bow on your head will make people forget what you are? What you've DONE?" He asked.
Blake frown and looked away. Jacob narrowed his eyes and pressed his foot on Romans stomach. "Shut it! Now where's that brief case you had?" He asked.
Roman smirked. "You don't need to know..." He said. Just then, Weiss came through the door falling on the ground, groaning in pain. They both looked back seeing the lieutenant walk over to her. "What's it gonna be you two? Stay here and worry about little ole me, or-" Roman grunted and was knocked out when Jacob kicked him in the head.
They ran down the car towards Weiss to help her up. "I'll go find Yang" Jacob said. He ran towards the lieutenant next and tossed a voltaic bomb at him to stun him so he can get past. Jacob ran down the train car to get to the one Yang was in. When he opened the door inside, he gasped seeing Yang on the ground unconscious with Neo about to stab her gut. "YANG! NO!" He shouted and ran over to her while shooting his pistol at Neo. She quickly backed away using her umbrella to shield her from the bullets.
"Your blonde bombshell of a friend couldn't beat me, I'm not worried about you" Neo said smirking.
Jacob growled and charged after her with charged up arms. He kept on trying to punch her, but she's too fast, and kept dodging his punches. She ducked from one of his attacks and Jacob just punched the wall of the train car, managing to punch a hole through the metal train car. This, combined with all the charged punches he tried hitting her with, caused Jacob to drain so much Aura. Jacob tried stabbing Neos face with the hidden blade while she was on the ground, but she grabbed his hand. She pulled his arm over to her and put her foot in front of Jacobs foot. Jacob was pulled over and tripped by her foot, making him stumble a bit before running into a wooden crate, breaking through it, before falling on the ground.
Jacob groaned on the floor as he took his pistol reloading it as Neo made her way over to him. Just when he loaded the gun and aimed it at Neo, it was too late as she just knocked the gun out of his hand with the umbrella. She then extended a blade from her umbrella, and stabbed Jacob right in the gut since his Aura was low enough. Jacob shouted as the blade went through him, then soon came out. He put his hands over the open wound. "You bitch..." He managed to get out.
She smiled and crouched down to him and got up to his ear. "You're gonna be a good boy... and stay there while I go deal with your friend" She whispered then got up. Jacob didn't say anything. He just rolled over onto his stomach so he can try crawling his way to his gun.
Neo Just smiled as she walked back to Yangs body. "Where was I with you... Oh yes!" She said and got her blade back out, ready to kill Yang. She was about to succeeded too, but Raven Made a portal right in front of Neo and kicked her away from Yang as she came out. Neo backed away shocked as Raven, with her helmet still on, took her katana out from her side, and aimed it at Neo. "Uhhh... Fuck that" Neo said before disappearing from the fight.
Jacob stared breathing less heavy as his Aura slowly stared coming back and being able to heal the wound a bit, but not entirely. He was able to get back up as Raven walked up to Jacob and faced him.
"What?... You want me to apologize for what I said? make me get on my knees thanking you for what you just did?" Jacob asked her. "I don't owe you shit. I know you told Roman about me and Evies arrival"
There was a few seconds of silence between the two. In the end, Raven just sighed. "I have nothing to say to you now... but if you meet me by the Beacon courtyard, I'll tell you who really did rat you out" She said before walking past him and making another portal. "And trust me... You'll never find out who it is on your own" She said. Jacob faced away from Raven and watched her walk through the portal.
Yang slowly opened her eyes and looked to her side. She saw Jacob, and some other women before disappearing into the portal. "Wha..." Yang mumbled and blink a few times.
Jacob turned around and saw Yang was awake. He ran over and helped her to her feet. "it's alright Yang. You're safe"
She sighed holding her head. "Who uhhh... Who was that?" She asked.
Jacob looked away, not sure what to say to her. He turned back to her. "... A friend" He said. "Come on. Let's get back to the others"
Yang frown, knowing full well that Jacob was keeping something from her. She didn't question him about it... not yet at least.
Jacob and Yang both made it back to the train car where Blake and Weiss were. The two girls stood in front of the unconscious lieutenant. "That'll show him" Weiss said. She turned her head and saw the other two. "Holy shit Jacob! Is that blood on your shirt?" She asked. Jacob looked down and moved his coat to the side so he can see his shirt in the inside had bloodstains all over the stomach area.
"Well... long story short, I'm ok now" Jacob said. "Come on. Lets head up top with the others" He said.
"What about Torchwick? Don't we need him?" Blake asked.
Jacob went over to Roman, and checked on him. "Hm... He'll be out of it for a while" He said. "Me and Evie will come back down here once we stop the train"
She shrugged and nodded. The four made their way backup to the top of the train. They ran over to where Ruby and Evie were, which was closer to the front of the train.
"Took you guys long enough" Ruby said.
"Good to see you too sis!" Yang said waving.
Evie walked over to Jacob. "Did you get it?" She asked.
"He's still down in the car. I told them we'll go down there once we stop this... Uhh..." Jacob mumbled as he looked behind Evie, and saw at the end of the tracks was a stone wall in the way. "That's not what I think it is! Is it?!" He asked and pointed.
Everyone looked in front of the train. "Oh no... We're too late! That's the spot where Vale sealed off the metro tunnel!" Weiss said.
"What do we do?!" Yang asked. Ruby looked over at Weiss and nodded. When Weiss nodded back, she quickly formed a huge ice dome around the entire group before the train rammed into the wall.
Downtown Vale - 6:45PM
Jacob slowly opened his eyes and started hearing faint ringing, and then emergency alarms blaring. He looked around at the rest of his team, who were all just getting up as well. He then looked at what else was around him. People shocked and frightened, the town square, and the train that crashed and went through the ground and came out in the middle of town.
They all got up. Nobody had no words to say as they looked around, mainly because they didn't know what to say. They soon felt the ground begin to shake like crazy when a King Taijitu came out from the ground, letting hundreds of Grimm into the city. People started screaming and running away in fear as Grimm attacked the city.
"Well shit... What do we do now?" Jacob asked.
"What do you think?" Ruby asked as she readied her rifle. "...We fight" She said.
Everyone looked at each other before nodding, and taking their weapons out. They all charged after the Grimm, knowing full well that it'll be a long day for them.
Jacob ran up to a Beowolf and stabbed it from the bottom of its jaw with his hidden blade. He used it as a shield from the other Beowolves swipes, then he saw an Ursa Major roar at him. He picked up the Beowolf he had as a shield, then threw it on top of the Ursa Major, making it fall on its stomach. He put his brass knuckle into his fist then charged his arms up with Aura and managed to kill every Beowolf and Creep that came up to him, using only one punch for each of them. He kept on doing this as he walked over to the Ursa Major, just killing more and more Beowolves and Creeps easily. When he got to the Ursa Major, he punched it in the head so hard, its bone armor around its head popped off. He then proceeded to stab it straight in the head and kept in in their until the Ursa Major screeched until he fell on the ground dead.
A Creep ran behind Evie and jumped on her back. She grunted and tried reaching behind her to get the thing off when she saw an Alpha Beowolf charge after her. She quickly had to think on her feet and just bent over and ran to the side, where she slammed her back on a light post, causing the Creep that was on her back to fall off. Evie quickly rolled out of the way of the Alpha that charged at her, but ended up running into the light post instead. Evie shot her grapple hook at the back of Alphas neck, then grabbed the cable with both hands before yanking it towards her. When it stumbled backwards towards her, she took the good opportunity to stab it in the back of the neck, managing to kill it.
Jacob got in stance as a Boarbatusk rolled towards him. He ran after it as well but jumped over it when it got close. He then aimed his grapple behind him before shooting the cable at the Boarbatusk. He was able to hold onto the cable without getting dragged by it. And with that, he quickly charged up some Aura, then used both hands on the cable to get the thing off the ground and throw it into the sky, where it hit a nevermore right in the head. The impact was able to kill both of them. He then heard shouting. He turned his head and saw Evie on the ground, holding her cane sword up as an Ursa was biting on it, trying to get to her. "EVIE! CATCH!" Jacob called for her as he took his pistol out and tossed it over to her, and then quickly turned back around as dozens of Grimm started to surround him.
Evie caught the pistol and proceeded to shoot the Ursa a few times in the mouth, successfully killing it. She then got up and saw all the Beowolves attacking Jacob all at once. She took out some throwing knives and threw them at some Beowolves killing them quickly so she can make a path to Jacob. "JACOB! CATCH!" She yelled back and tossed both Jacobs pistol, and her pistol over to him.
Jacob caught both of them and reloaded them both with his signature Dust bullets. He began to shoot at the Beowolves all around him, using duel wielding pistols on them. He soon ran out of ammo as they just kept on coming. As he was trying to reload, he shouted when a Creep came up behind him and bit his leg. He was then brought to the ground, trying to hold the Beowolves back.
"Oh shit! Hold on Jaco-" Evie yelp when she was almost hit by a Deathstalkers stinger. She backed away as the Deathstalkers came up to her, but stopped backing up when she saw the King Tijitu behind her. "Dammit... Really gonna need a miracle right now" She said.
That's when she heard Noras voice. "NORAAAA SMAAAAASH!" She shouted as she came soaring through the air while riding on her own hammer. She raied it up and slammed the hammer down on the King Tijitus head, killing it. Meanwhile Jacob was still holding the Beowolves back when Ren shot all the Beowolves off of Jacob. Jacob sighed and got back up. "Took you guys long enough..." He said then smiled. "Thanks"
Nora jumped down from the dead King Tijitu and ran over to Evie. "Damn! That's a big boy... Ready to kill it?" She asked Evie as they looked at the Deathstalker.
"Always" Evie said back. Evie took a few of her throwing knives and threw them all at the Deathstalkers stinger until it popped off its tail and fell in its head. She then took out a Voltaic bomb. "Ready Nora?" She asked.
"Hell yeah! Hit me!" She said and jumped up and down excited. Evie threw the bomb at Nora and it exploded on impact. Nora shouted as she got hit with a ton of electricity. She held up her hammer as she absorbed the electricity. "Ooooooh yeah... THAT'S THE STUFF!" She shouted and jumped up high in the air. As she fell through the sky, she slammed her hammer right on the stinger, and it went right through the beasts head. The Deathstalker screeched as it soon died.
Evie looked back behind her when Jaune and Pyrrha landed on the ground. "It wouldn't be a RWBY mission without you guys starting trouble... but this?" Pyrrha asked her.
"To be fair, this time it isn't on us" Evie said and smiled. "Good to see you guys though"
"Always is" She said back and blush. "Evie, I wanted to tell you-"
Evie then grunted when a Creep jumped up and latched onto her back. She struggled trying to get it off and moving around. Pyrrha quickly ran off from Jaune to help Evie out.
"Alright! Who's first?" Jaune asked as he looked around, sword and shield in hand. That's when he yelp when a big Ursa growled behind him. It got on its back legs as it roared at him. "Oh... I guess it's you" He mumble.
Meanwhile, Pyrrha had just gotten the Creep off Evies back and put her spear through its skull. Evie looked back, thanking her, before noticing Jaune and the Ursa. Pyrrha looked back and gasped when she noticed too. She was about to run over to help, but Evie quickly grabbed her hand. "No... he needs to do this on his own" Evie said. "Just give him his chance alone this time" She said. Pyrrha frowned at her, before sighing and nodding.
"Alright... I can do this..." Jaune said and took a deep breath. He shouted and started to slash his sword at the Ursa, multiple times, nonstop. When he did stop, the Ursa didn't do anything from the first few seconds before falling on its back dead.
Pyrrha smiled as she watched. "I guess he can handle himself" She said. Evie nodded at that. The two then yelped when Sun and Neptune came up out of nowhere.
"Alright! Nobody move! Junior detectives!" Sun yelled with a badge in his hand.
"We have badges so you know it's real!" Neptune added, holding his up as well.
Evie rolled her eyes and looked away. She noticed the black King Tijitu head, then raised a brow. "Uh... don't King Tijitus have two heads?" She asked. That's when the second head popped out of the breach. Everyone backed away from it as it slammed its head into a store, managing to set the place on fire.
That's when two more students came into the battle. Evie and the others noticed a machete was thrown up in the air and it hit the thing in the face. David appeared on top of the Tijitus head, while holding his machete. The large snake hissed unaffected from the stab as it tried shaking David off, but Davis just held onto his machete that was still lodged in its scales. Arthur came sprinting from a building. He jumped of the edge and extended his Grimm claws out then stabbed them into the Tijitus face, right in between the eyes. "You think this things angry because his brothers dead! or because he can't fuck!" He yelled to David up top.
"Who cares man! This dudes not gonna be alive long enough to care" David said back.
Arthur laughed and took one of his hands out from its scales, and poked the thing in the eye. "You hear that bitch!" He said and then extended his claw to stab it in the eye. The snake screeched and shook around some more until Arthur yelp as he lost his grip and was thrown into the burning store. Davids machete soon lost its grip in the scales, and slid out. He shouted as he was high up in the air. He then saw below him was the King Tijitu with its mouth wide open about to eat him. That's when he teleported his machete to his hand. He had it out and was able to position the machete where the Tijitus bit into the machete, and it couldn't close its mouth. David was just holding onto one of its fangs to keep himself from falling in its throat.
"Arthuuuur! Now's a good time to do something!" He said.
Arthur came running out the store, managing to control all the flames with his semblance. He used his claws to climb up the building as fast as he could until he jumped off from the wall. "David get out of there!" Arthur shouted. David quickly pulled himself out of the Tijitus mouth and then jumped to the ground, while Arthur shot all the flames straight into the Tijitus mouth. When Arthur was done, he landed on the ground with David as the King Tijitus white head fell on the ground, dead, and with smoke coming out of is mouth. "Smell that? That's the smell of a job well done" Arthur said.
David laughed as he teleported his machete back to his hands. He then yelped and dropped his machete on the ground. "Dammit man! That shits so hot!" He said.
"Oops" Arthur said ans shrugged it off. He looked over to Evie and thew others watching them, so he smirked. "Ladies" He said before bowing slightly.
"So cooooool..." Sun and Neptune said.
Suddenly, everyone started heading dozens of bullheads flying into the city. They all looked up, seeing the Ironwoods Atlas fleet come into the city, dropping Atlesian Knights into the city and immediately firing at Grimm roaming the streets.
Jacob and Evie used the opportunity of this backup to meet up at town square. "Where's the briefcase?!" Evie asked him.
"I never got the chance to get it when the train crashed" Jacob said back. "I think it's still in there..." He said as he looked over at the breach.
"Dammit. We must get down there!" She said.
"No. I'll go get that map... you stay here and help out with the Grimm" He said. "I'll be back"
"Be safe" She said before running off to kill more Grimm. Jacob looked at the breach hole before running towards it and jumping in.
Metro tunnel / destroyed train - 7:30AM
Jacob made his way down to the metro tunnel, quickly tasking note of the messed up train that derailed on impact. He then noticed a few wounded White Fang survivors getting out of the train. One of them noticed Jacob but was too hurt to even try and fight. "Fucking human... come to finish the rest of us off?" He asked.
"Why bother?" Jacob simply asked as he just simply walked past them. "You're all assholes, but I wont kill someone who can't fight back"
He scoffed as he walked further down the train. "Typical... murder us quickly when we're healthy, but leave us to die slowly when we're wounded... Like all the other humans..." He said.
Jacob stopped then sighed, before looking back. "You want to live? go up that hole and surrender... You want to die? find a sharp piece of metal and cut your own throats" He said, then continued to walk.
Jacob made it into one of the train cars that was still in one piece. He got inside and then used his eagle vision. "Dammit... please tell me it's still here..." He mumbled as he looked around. He eventually found something glowing under some debris. He started to move the debris, and found the brief case. "Yes! He said before going out of Eagle Vision. He picked the case up and put it on a table on the side, and then opening it. That's when he saw it. The map that he's been searching for for almost 2 months. A golden map of all of Remnant. "Yes! We have it" He said, and then rolled the map up and put it in his coat. "Now To kill Roman" He said.
The second he turned around, he had Romans cane rifle in his face. Roman smirked evilly with a bruise on his face from the kick. "You know something kid? I've killed many people... I am one of the greatest hitmen you'll find in Vale... But I've never wanted to kill someone as badly as you" He said.
Jacob just looked at Roman blankly. "I have that impression on most people... You can wear all the flashy clothing you want. You're still nothing fancy to me from the others I've killed. " He said.
Roman glared. "You little shit!" He said. He was about to pull the trigger, but Jacob grabbed the barrel of the rifle and moved it away from his face, while also quickly stabbing Roman in the gut. Both Jacob and Roman shouted in pain. Roman, because of the stab. from the hidden blade. And Jacob, because when Roman did fire, it hit Jacobs left ear. Both of them backed away from each other covering their wounds while trying to stay on our feet. Jacob panted as he heard ringing in his ears while holding his bleeding ear.
When he eventually came to, he was about to turn back but he got wacked in the face by Romans cane. He grunted as he fell on the ground. "You wanna play the hero so badly boy?! Then do us all a favor and die like the rest of the so called heros who wanted to save the day!" Roman yelled and wacked him again. He grunted and moved over to the wall and spat out blood. "As for me? I'll do what I do best... Lie... Steal... Cheat! AND SURVIVE!" He shouted and raised his cane. Jacob closed his eyes waiting for the next hit but instead heard shouting. He opened his eyes and saw Roman was stabbed right through the leg with a machete. David, who was behinf Roman, used his one arm to hold the machete, then used his other to grab Romans shoulder. He then lifted him in the air and slammed him on the ground, making a loud bang noise. Roman just groaned in intense pain as he held his leg and slowly looked up. "You... You f-f-fucking shit..." He mumbled and just breathed heavily.
David looked back at Jacob sitting on the wall, still holding his ear and he had a few bruises on his face. He walked over and helped him up. "You alright man?" He asked.
Jacob panted and winced as he touched his face. "Nothing medicine and Aura can't fix..." He said. "What about you? How did you know I was down here..." He asked.
"I didn't. I was pushing the Grimm back in the tunnel when I heard a gunshot and shouting... boy, we gotta stop meeting like this. This is like the third time I saved you life" He said.
"Something tells me it won't be the last..." Jacob said and then looked at Roman still on the ground. "Could uhhh... could you leave me and him in private?" He asked.
David looked back and oh as he understood what he meant. When he left, Jacob went up to Roman and stabbed him in the gut.
Confession
Jacob got on his knee as Roman breathed heavily
"Don't look at me like that... Like you're any better than me. Like you're not as much of a killer as me" Roman said. "We are BOTH a little evil in life. Only I have the balls to embrace it!" He said.
"A lot of words for a madman such as yourself" Jacob said and glared. "Why? Why all of it? Trying to kill hundreds of people, and destroying a whole city... What do YOU gain from getting this map anway?" He asked.
Roman coughed. "It's not what I had to gain boy... It's what I can't afford to lose!" He said. "Or... Couldn't afford, seeing as how you already took what I had to lose... My life..." He said and blinked before laying on his back. "You think you can stop them... but you can't... That bitch... Salem was it? She will win whatever she has planned for that map. Better to be on her good side then... well, you" He said.
"You were being forced to, huh? Figured as much" Jacob said. "Who else is working for Salem?"
"That fuuucking bitch... Should've never dated her... I knew she was more trouble than I could handle but... b-b-but... She was a good fuck..." Roman mumbled and chuckled before coughing up blood.
Jacob grabbed his collar. "Tell me! Now!" He said. It was no use once Roman breathed out one last before he went dead. Jacob sighed and let go of him and stood up. He took a piece of cloth out and rubbed it on Roman to stain the cloth. After that, he put the cloth away and limped away from Romans dead body.
Metro Tunnel - 7:00AM
David was helping Jacob get back up the hole to the surface. When they got up top, they saw all the Grimm were taken out, and Atlesian Knights were bringing arrested White Fang members into Bullheads.
"You sure you'll be alright from here?" David asked.
"I'll be fine" Jacob said nodding.
"Alright then... Take care then" He said and walked away. Jacob sighed and just looked up at the morning sky.
"Jacob!" He heard Evie yell as she and Team RWBY ran over to him. "Good god Jacob. Your ear..."
"Oh my god! What happened!?" Ruby asked scared as she looked at the blood.
Jacob sighed. "Relax Ruby... I'll be fine" He said and smiled slightly.
Edward Peaches walked over. "Oh my... Mr. Frye, you should come with me. I'll get you checked out" He said.
"I'll help you Jacob" Yang said and walked over.
Evie walked over too. "He's my brother. I can handle him" She said. Yang looked at Jacob before sighing and backing away.
Evie helped Jacob over to a bench and he sat there as Edward looked over his face and ear. "Took a bad shot to the ear... But looks like the bullet only scrapped your ear. No permanent damage" He said as he began applying bandages. "With Aura, and medicine, you should be able to hear out that ear again by tomorrow"
"Thanks Edward" Jacob said and smiled.
Evie smiled and pat his back. She then looked back and saw Ironwood walk over. "Mr. Frye... Ruby just told me about your situation" He said and looked at him. "Aaaand I see that Edward already patched you up" He said as Edward just smirked and crossed his arms. "Anywho..." Ironwood said and looked around making sure they're alone. "Were you two able to get the map?" He asked.
"Jacob went back in the train to get it" Evie said and looked at Jacob.
Ironwood looked at him too. "Hand it to me Jacob. I'll see to it that it's safely secured for now" He said.
Jacob looked up at the people looking at him. He looked behind Evie and Irowood and noticed Edward shaking his head slightly. "Remember what I said about him..." Edward mouthed to him.
In the end, Jacob just sighed. "I was able to kill Roman... But the map was nowhere to be found down there in all the rubble" He told them.
Ironwood sighed. "Just great... I told Oz I can send actual trained soldiers into that city but he insisted on you two" He said.
Evie raised a brow and crossed her arms. "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked.
"I mean that I told him not to send two children to do this kind of work. I knew full well that this would go bad... and I was right" He said.
"Don't insult us and call us incompetent, General" Evie said. "You can't predict the future, and you couldn't predict all of this happening" She said. "But in the end, Roman is dead... His influence in this city for the White Fang is no more. And more importantly... Jacob almost died down there. Show him some respect" She said and glared.
Jacob sighed and stood up. "We'll get that map. I know it's down there somewhere... I promise" He said. "Right now we should get back to Ozzy. He'll know what to do next"
Ironwood scoffed. "Oz will no longer be headmaster of Beacon... I already talked to the Remnant council about it. They plan on dealing with him once the Vytal Festival is over" He said.
"You... What?!" Edward asked and glared at him. "You greedy son of a bitch. You've went too far this time!" He said. He only took two steps before Evie grabbed his arms and held him back.
"Edward. Stop... Not now" She said. Edward just glared at Ironwood until he stayed back.
"You won't get away with this one Irondick... I wont let you get Ozpin fired" He said and left.
Ironwood sighed as he watched him leave. He turned his head and saw Jacob and Evie glaring at him. "Forgive me for being in the middle of all this you two... But you must understand what's at stake here for Remnant" He told them. "The people of Vale were living safe without worrying about ever encountering the Grimm inside the walls... But after today, I'm sure alot of them will be afraid what might happen if something like this happens again. And Professor Ozpin isn't treating this issue with the proper attention it needs"
Both the twins frowned slightly at that statement. He made some good points that they can't disagree with. "You had best be right General... otherwise this will all be for nothing" Evie said. "Goodbye"
Jacob got back on his feet and left the bench. They made it back over to the others as they watched Atlesian Knights bring arrested White Fang members into bullheads. What caught Jacobs eye was one of the people who were being taken away was Neo. She looked around with concern as her hands were cuffed.
"W... W-Wait! Where's Roman!?" She asked.
"Where he belongs" Jacob said and glared at her. She looked at him shocked, as did the other people around him.
"Dammit Jacob..." Evie mumbled as she looked away from where everyone else was.
"You... You..." Neo said and started breathing heavily before going angry. She screamed before getting out of the knights grip and charging at Jacob. Jacob grunted as Neo tackled him on the ground with her hands still cuffed. "I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU YOU BASTAAARD!" She shouted. Jacob pushed her off of him and that's when soldiers quickly grabbed her again. "WHEN I'M OUT OF HERE! EVERYONE YOU LOVE WILL BE SLAUGHTERED! STARTING WITH YOUR SISTER!" She shouted and cried as she was dragged away into the bullhead.
Jacob sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Sheesh..." Evie said and helped him up.
Besides that little fiasco that just occurred, all the students looked around at each other. Smiling at each other, or giving hand gesters to one or the other. Only one thine was going though all their minds...
Beacon / cliffside - 6:49PM
"Well... we did it" Yang said as she, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Zwei and Jacob were all sitting on the edge of the cliff, watching the city in the distance in the sunset sky.
"We sure did it" Blake said and nodded.
"If we don't get extra credit for that, I'm gonna be seriously disappointed" Weiss said and crossed her arms.
"Weiss, a two headed snake crushed a bakery... I wouldn't count on anything" Yang said.
"Plus I mean... We didn't solve everything" Ruby said. "A lot of people were hurt... And we don't even know what was the point of all that... And even more, we still don't know who that mystery girl was" She said and looked at Jacob.
"We can only hope we get the chance to see her again" Jacob said.
"We may not have all the answers... But a lot of dangerous people are behind bars because of all of us... While others... well... won't be coming back to cause harm" Blake said. Jacob just looked out at the city and didn't say anything. "But I think that's something to be proud of" She said.
Yang sighed and laid down on her back and started cheering lazily.
"So... What now" Ruby said.
"That tournament isn't for another month, and I think we're all prepared for that" Weiss said. "Too bad you can't be with us during it Jacob... I saw you out there dealing with Grimm" She said and looked at him.
Jacob smiled and got up on his feet. "I'd say now is as good of a time as ever to go to bed" He said.
"Oh yes!" Ruby greed, as did everyone else as they got up and walked back to their dorm.
RWBY(J) Dorm - 7:15PM
Jacob was in the room while the other girls were taking quick showers down the hall. He took this opportunity to look at the map. He placed it on his desk and started looking through it. He very quickly realized a big problem. "It's blank... It only shows Remnant... but there's no markings... no destinations!" He said. "What the fuck... All this for nothing?!" He asked out loud. He tried using Eagle vision, and that's when he noticed some white writing written in the back of the map. "'The Third Crusade'... What is that? Some kind of message?" He said before sighing and rubbing his head. 'Now's not the time for this... I need a place to hide this for the time being... Ugh, son of a bitch. I don't know who to trust with this thing... Ironwoon seems like a good man... But even good people have bad intentions' He thought to himself. 'Fuck it. I'll hide it somewhere in here. Only where I'll know' He looked around for a good hiding spot where nobody will find it. He went in the closet, feeling around for any place good. And that's when he found a loose floor board. He lifted the piece and saw the spacious area underneath the floorboard; The right size for the map to go.
As Jacob gently put the map in the hole, he didn't hear the door to his room open. "Jacob?" Yang asked. Jacob quickly got back up and pulled a curtain to block the closet.
"Yang! Hello!" Jacob said and waved.
Yang raised a brow as she looked at him then the closet behind him. "What's going on Jacob?" She asked.
"Oh this? Oh it's nothing. Just fixing the floor that's all" He said and smiled.
Yang frowned and closed the door before locking it. "You're a shitty lier. I can tell you're up to something... even back in the caves, when you were talking about how you just happen to be there with us" She said.
"Oh... Uhhmmm..." Jacob said nervous. He's used to people calling him out in his lies, but when its Yang, it feels different.
Yang narrowed her eyes at him. "We're a team Jacob... you and I are..." She didn't finish the sentence and just sighed. "You can trust us with anything. Especially me... But I guess not"
Jacob frowned and sighed. "Yang... Of course I can trust you... I..." He said and and looked back at the closet. He hesitated at first before opening the curtain and showing her the map. "This is a very important map, Yang. This is what Roman and the White Fang have been after for months... Who they were working for is still a mystery to me and Evie. But they were after this" He said. "Yang, you just need to trust me on this... Nobody, and I mean NOBODY ELSE can know this map is here" He said.
Yang looked at him and the map. Many things were going through her mind, but she still nodded. "Yeah... I get it Jacob. You have some big plans that you seem more capable of handling" She said. She then got closer to him. "Just be lucky we all got out in one piece after all that, because if we didn't, I'd be really going off on you demanding you tell me more" She said. "But let me be clear from here on out. What you and Evie do with all that stuff is your business. But when your shit effects me, my team, or god forbid Ruby... You are going to tell me EVERYTHING that is going on whether you liker it or not. Got it?" She asked him.
Jacob nodded at her. "I won't let anything happen to you. Any of you" He said.
She smiled before kissing his cheek. "Good" She said then jumped up to her bed.
Jacob sighed after that, then proceeded to out the map back in the hole, then put the floor board back over the hole. After that, he left the room to meat up with Ozpin.
Ozpins office - 7:39PM
Jacob, and Evie both got out of the elevator and into Ozpins office, where he and Edward were standing in front of the window looking at the Atlas airship outside. "I told you. A guy with all that power can't be trusted with the secrets of the world" Edward said.
"He's not doing this out of bad intentions Edward" Ozpin said back.
"Ugh. You're still defending him?!" He asked. "After what he's done?"
"General Ironwood has been there for us when we need it. And if our enemies " He said. They then soon turned around and saw the twins. "Jacob. Evie. Good to see you both"
"I guess you heard about Ironwood" Jacob said.
Ozpin sighed. "The council says the tournament won't be held this year unless if Ironwood and his army stays as security... on top of that, I might be fired when the tournament is over"
"Oh my..." Evie said and frown. "We're sorry Ozpin. We should've tried harder to get that map. But we weren't good enough" She said.
"Oh Evie. We don't blame you or Jacob for not getting the map" Edward said. "After everything you two have done, nothing can be held against any of you"
They smiled at that and nodded. Jacob a little less of a smile as he was thinking of where the map really was. 'I'm going to talk to Edward about that later on' He thought. "We should talk about Roman" He said.
"Oh yes... what were you two able to find out?" Ozpin asked.
"Roman Torchwick wasn't working with Salem on his own free will" Jacob said. "In fact, he sounded like he never even meet Salem directly... He mentioned another woman before he died. One who he used to date, and was the one who brought him into the order... Not like he had a choice in the matter" Jacob said. "Anyway, he spent the last months here in Vale. keeping in charge of opening the Vault"
"The White Fang was working for Roman through this whole thing only because they were getting paid in Dust for this whole thing" Evie said. "That being said, I doubt they would work for a human even if the payment for the work was good. So Adam Taurus must be in the same boat as Roman; Being forced to work for Salem... She forces Adam to work in her side, and he orders his members to work with Roman"
Ozpin hummed as he listened to them both. "And with Roman dead, and the White Fang's Dust destroyed, the White Fang won't be causing anymore problems in Vale for a good while" He said. "We'll find that map in the tunnel. But all in all... Tremendous work you two. As usual"
They smiled and nodded. "We're grateful to help here... Remnant may not be our home, but we know how bad Pieces of Eden can be" Evie said.
"You two should head on to your dorms. I'm sure you and your teams must be tired" Ozpin said. "Good day you two"
They waved at the two before leaving. They went back in the elevator, and when the doors closed, Jacob sighed. "We have a slight problem..." He said to Evie.
Evie looked at him. "What kind of problem?" She asked.
"Well... Uhhh... Yang may or may not know that you and I have been lying to them about our real intentions..." He said.
"Excuse me?"
"Ugh. Look. It sounds bad. But she promised she wont say anything to anyone else. So long as we don't get them hurt"
"Well so long as she doesn't say anything there's nothing to worry about" She said. Jacob sighed and leaned on the wall waiting for the elevator to get all the way down. A few seconds later, Evie looked over at Jacob. "While we're on the topic of lying Jacob... You should know that I only went along with that lie of yours back at town square only because Ironwood was being an asshole to us both" She said and crossed her arms.
Jacob frowned and groan. "You too?" He asked. "Is my poker face not as good as it used to be?"
"Jacob... Where. Is. The map?" She asked.
He crossed his arms and looked away. "Under the floor boards in my room..." He mumbled.
"What?!" She asked. "Why did you put the map in there?! W-What if one of the girls find it?"
"They're not going to find the map" Jacob said and looked at her. "And if they did, They're not gonna find anything on the map. Other than showing the islands and continents in Remnant, there's not even the slightest marking on the map that shows where the Apple is"
"W... Wait what?" She asked when the elevator stopped. The doors opened and the two walked out the elevator. "What do you mean?"
"That map is useless to anyone who tries to read it. I'd throw it away if it didn't act as the key to the Apples vault... the only thing I found was some writing that's only visible through Eagle Vision... It says 'Third Crusade' and that's it"
"Third Crusade... No idea what that has to do with anything" She said. "Look, Jacob... Whatever you plan on doing with that map, make sure nobody else finds it" She said. "Now come on. Let's go to sleep already"
"Well said" He said and walked out of the building with her. The twins only got more questions than answers after today... But maybe Raven will shed some new information to Jacob later tonight. And after that... Who know's what'll happen next.
Rooftop in Vale - 9:00PM
Cinder smiled as she looked out in the town, where construction was being done in town square. "All in all... Today was a successful day" She said to Emerald and Mercury. "We're ahead of schedule. The whole city is terrified. And we know where the map has gone"
Mercury looked down in the city while Ember sighed. "We didn't get that map after all this time we wasted" She said.
"We'll get it back... I have a few more tricks up my sleeve" She said when she waved her arm around making fire dust appear then made it go away.
"A lot of Faunus died in that tunnel and Roman was a big part of this whole thing... you think they'll listen to us after what happened?" Mercury asked.
"No" Adam Taurus said as he walked up to them. "But they will listen to me. And this time, it'll work out better that I'm in charge. Instead of that fool"
"Roman was no fool Adam. The plan was that he would get arrested and stayed on Ironwoods ship. With him dead, we'll just have to improvise" Cinder said.
"Yeah. Starting with that map" Adam said back. "My people died spending all that time collecting Dust. I expect contribution for what I put them through"
"Patience Adam... We will have that map in no time" She said and smiled. "You think me Emerald and Mercury are the only ones disguised as students in Vale? I have one more spy posing as a student... And before the tournament, you will see why this spy is the greatest asset to our cause. I raised him myself after all"
Beacon Courtyard - 11:58PM
Saying that Jacob was annoyed would be an understatement. He only got less than three hours of sleep until he had to get up in the middle of the night. 'Whatever Raven has to tell me best be important' He thought.
When he got to the fountain, he saw her in front of the fountain, facing away from her. Raven turned and faced Jacob. "Jacob... We have a lot to talk about" She said.
"We sure do" Jacob said.
"First off, when you said you and Yang were close... I never thought you meant sleeping in the same bed close" She said and crossed her arms.
"What? Don't like the attention she's getting?" He asked. "What's your point?"
She sighed. "Just thought I'd point it out" She said. "So anyway... Have you ever lost someone you cared about? Someone who could still be alive if you hadn't got them involved with your Assassin group?"
Jacob raised a brow before he thought of the question a bit. He sighed. "I have... It's not a good feeling when you know you're responsible"
Raven sighed too. "Back when I used to go to this school I had a boyfriend. Before me and Yangs father, Tai Yang... I loved this man, and I thought it was a good idea to tell him all about how I'm from a tribe in Mistral... And because of that, I eventually lost him to an enemy tribe. All because i couldn't keep my mouth shut" She said. "When I was with Tai Yang a year or two later, and I found out I got pregnant, I knew I couldn't stay and watch as the same happened to him and Yang. So I made an agreement with Tai Yang; I leave and never contact her or the baby after I give birth, and they will stay safe in Patch without anyone ever using them against me" She said.
Jacob looked away, taking what she said in. He looked back. "Why are you telling me this?"
"Because I love my daughter. I really do... But I can't save her from danger forever" She said. "I don't want you leaving here thinking I'm completely heartless"
Jacob closed his eyes and nodded. "You're right... Leaving your loved ones behind is hard. But the best way to keep them safe is leave them" I said. "Now Raven, as much as I enjoy talking about family and such, I'm not here because of that... You said you'll tell m about someone who's been telling Roman about me and my plans"
"Ah... Yes..." She said. "There is a spy in this school. Who has been ratting on you for over a month now... I can't give you all the information, but I will say this... This spy is a student from Shade Academy" She said.
"What? That's it?" He asked as she backed away. "Hey! You can't leave by telling me only that!"
"Farewell Jacob. If you're really serious about taking Salem down, then best of luck to you" Raven said. "Tell Evie I said good luck to her as well" She said before turning into a bird and flying off.
Jacob groaned and rubbed his head. "This is just great. Even more questions" He mumbled to himself. "A spy from Shade... Lets see... There's team NDGO, BRNZ, Arthur, and-"
"Jacob!" He heard someone said. He turned around and saw David. "You seem a lot better than this morning man. Out walking around getting fresh midnight air too I see?" He asked and smiled.
Jacob looked at David with an unsure look. Not sure what to say to him, a Shade student. "Oh.. Uhh... Hey" Was all he said.