Sweet, finally hit the 1000k mark on favorites. Celebrating it with a new chapter! This one's a bit short, but hey, short notice. The next chapter will be the end of the this Arc from the looks of it.

Just gonna put a notice, Team DSCO is not going to be another one that serves the Dragon Clan. I only put them in because I felt like it and had my beta help out. Team DSCO is more of a team that'll appear on and off. Like I said, they'll play something in the tournament but not on something you'd expect.
Also, for all those who caught the Easter Eggs, Congratz!

Team JNPR and CFVY were at Forever Fall, looking around for any hints of sabotage. So far, they hadn't found much, except wiping out a few Grimm.

"Hmm," thought Yatsuhashi out loud.

"What's wrong, big guy?" asked Coco as she looked up towards her teammate.

"Something feels... wrong," admitted Yatsuhashi.

"Really? I don't hear anything off," said Velvet.

"I don't know what's wrong," said Yatsuhashi, "But it feels like a storm is closing."

Fox closed his eyes before nodding in agreement. Velvet and Coco looked at each other. When Yatsuhashi had these gut feelings, they were usually right.

"JNPR!" yelled Coco, "Get over here. We're going to proceed with a bit more caution."

JNPR nodded, walking closer to the group. Jaune also had the same feeling as Yatsuhashi.

"So, any idea where to go?" asked Jaune as he began walking alongside the leader of team CFVY

Coco shrugged, "So far, there hasn't been anything off."

Jaune sighed, thinking this was going to be a long day until his Scroll suddenly rang. He picked it up to see it was Junior calling him.

"What's up, Junior?" asked Jaune.

"Jaune. I recently got word on the street that something fishy is happening at the edge of Forever Falls, near the shore. Just follow the train tracks that's near you, and there should be a make-shift dock there. Word is that it's being used now. Back in the past when I was still in some unsavory business, I used to have some of my shipments come from there, but it should've closed down, as too many Grimm were in the way," stated Junior.

"Got it. Gonna go check it out," acknowledged Jaune.

"Good hunting, my lord. If you need help, I'll have my men ready to back you up,"

"Not necessary, but thanks for the offer," grinned Jaune, "Jaune out."

Jaune hung up the call before telling them about the information he just received. They all agreed to check it out. A dock that was suddenly in use was something suspicious.

"Soo, who's your contact?" asked Coco, interested.

She had initially been surprised to see Jaune had been accepted to Beacon but didn't question it. After the Velvet incident, she personally went to Jaune to thank him. She repaid him by dragging him out on a shopping trip to buy the necessary clothes to look fashionable. Jaune was lucky that he didn't mention how much Lien he had, otherwise, he would've been stuck at the mall for the next two days.

"Just a friend," said Jaune, not willing to say anything more. Junior was now trying his best to have most, if not all, of his businesses to be legal. Jaune had given him some Lien to help out, to which Junior was very grateful. He promised to earn as much Lien with the money that Jaune had entrusted him with.

Before Coco could question Jaune further, they noticed Grimm incoming. However, these Grimm were not their usual Grimm. They were the Mutant Grimm Creepers, but team CFVY and JNPR didn't know about that.

"Interesting. They seem like Grimm, but at the same time, they aren't. It's like they've been... modified. And not by nature, but by artificial ways," said Lung Wang.

"Who would be insane enough to do such a thing?" asked Aryz.

"Let's see if they still remember to fear us," grinned Othim.

"What are these things?" asked Velvet in horror.

"Don't care, just open fire!" shouted Coco as she unleashed her machine gun and fired. JNPR quickly obeyed and fired. They were all surprised to see them all suddenly explode. No doubt that if they had engaged in close combat, it would've been dangerous.

"They explode!" shouted Nora with a certain glee. She was already thinking of how to use these new Grimm as make-shift grenades.

The Grimm were wiped out, but Coco decided to make a quick call to Port, wanting a Grimm expert on this.

"Ah, I see you've met the Grimm Mutant Creepers. Team RWBY already sent word of encountering some back at Mt. Glenn. However, the fact that you found some of these Grimm at Forever Fall is concerning. See if you can't find out where they're coming from," commanded Port.

Coco nodded before hanging up. She turned to them, announcing that their new objective was to find out where these new Grimm were coming from and destroy the source of it.

Jaune whispered to Ren, "Hey. Does your Semblance still work on them as Grimm, or are they something else?"

Ren concentrated for a bit before replying, "Don't know. They're definitely Grimm, but based on heavily modified they are, it's hard to tell."

Jaune nodded, "Then don't risk using your Semblance to find out. That's an order."

Ren nodded as the two continued walking forward.

The group walked through the forest, dealing with both regular Grimm and the Mutant Creepers. They were all about to enter a cave when a Beowolf attacked them. However, this Beowolf was just as mutated as those Creepers. Sickly green spikes could be seen all over its back.

"Mutant Beowolf!" shouted Pyrrha, drawing her weapon.

"Port would want to study it, but I say kill it!" shouted Coco. Everyone opened fire. Nobody could disagree with her on that. They soon found out this Beowolf was much stronger than it's counterparts and didn't even flinch under a stream of constant fire from Coco. Fox attempted to insert his Aura into the Mutant Grimm to blow it up, only to find his Aura repulsed, and his hand burning from contact. He quickly jumped back before finding his hand in intense pain.

"Fox!" shouted Velvet when she saw him on his knees, clutching his fist in pain. The Beowolf charged at Velvet, who dodged its claw before kicking it in the face. Using the recoil, she jumped back away from the Grimm. Suddenly, the Grimm slammed the floor, and green spikes came from the ground, going to where Velvet would land. Yatsuhashi saw this and pushed Velvet out of the way before putting his sword in front of him to protect himself. The green spikes slammed into his sword, sending him flying. As he landed, his body glowed before it shattered, showing his Aura barrier was down.

'That's it!' growled Jaune as he linked up with Lung Wang. Lung Wang was excited that he would finally be used in combat.

Jaune ran forward, dodging the Mutant Beowolf's claws, before lighting his sword on fire with his Aura. He began slashing at the Mutant Grimm, which roared in pain. It didn't seem to even recognize that a Dragon was fighting it. Truly, it lost its base instinct.

Jaune swiped its feet, taking its ground from under it. Nora was already in the air, her hammer swinging down into the Beowolf's head.

"BOOP!" shouted Nora as she crushed its head. Nora lifted her hammer before smashing it two more times to make sure it was dead before leaping back. Luckily, it seemed like this mutant variety didn't explode.

"Whew. That was close," said Jaune, "Is everyone alright?"

"My team might be outta commission," admitted Coco, "Fox's hands seem burnt and numb, while Yatsuhashi took a big hit, draining his Aura reserves. Seems like those spikes have some sort of poison in them, as he says his arm feels numb."

"All right, let's call a Bullhead over. Team RWBY is supposed to rendezvous with us. We can have your team head back while they come here," said Jaune, "We stop for the night."

Everyone agreed, and a campfire was set up. Fox and Yatsuhashi had their wounds carefully cleaned and bandaged just in case of further infection.

The next day, the Bullhead arrived with team RWBY and some supplies, while team CFVY took the ride back.

"Guess we're back on another adventure," grinned Jaune.

"It'll end in a Yang," grinned Yang, pounding her fists together. To which everyone groaned once again

"Let's just get this over with before we have to hear more puns," groaned Weiss.

They went ahead into the cave, dealing with even more mutant Grimm. Luckily, after learning from the CFVY fight, they had a better understanding of the mutant Beowolf and how to deal with it. They finally reached the shore that Junior had told Jaune when they saw a ship coming in with the Merlot insignia on it. They quickly took a video of it and showed it to Oobleck, who was temporarily in charge of their operation.

"Team! That is an active Merlot Industries ship! But Dr. Merlot hasn't been heard or seen in ages... I must inform Ozpin at once! This is worst than I feared," said Oobleck. Before he left, he gave one last command, "Investigate the ship, but keep a safe distance."

With that, Oobleck hurried off to find Ozpin, giving Glynda command for now.

As the two teams went further, trying to get nearer to the ship, they found a temple that was serving as a temporary storage for Grimm. Feeling it was safer, they eliminated all the Grimm inside before proceeding on. As they were about to leave the temple, a mutant Ursa appeared before them, with its many green spikes on its back and claws. The mask itself was highlighted in green marks.

"That's not normal," said Ren as everyone got ready for a tough fight.

"Take it down!" shouted Jaune, imbuing Fire Aura into his shots.

"Freezerburn!" shouted Ruby. Weiss quickly made an ice floor as everybody else leaped away. Yang punched the ice floor, causing the mist to rise and blind the Grimm. The Ursa looked around, trying to find its enemies. Frustrated, the mutant Ursa roared before smashing the ground, causing green spikes to burst from the ground all around it. Luckily, nobody was hit, but it gave them an opening.

"Napalm!" shouted Jaune. Yang and Nora came in smashing to stun the Grimm. Ren followed up with a spinning attack, hitting it several times before jumping up into the air. The Grimm looked up, distracted by this move.

"Scarlet Fever!" shouted Ruby as she dashed in with Pyrrha. Both of them slashed as fast as they could, Pyrrha wielding dual xiphos. At their last attack, Ruby spun as fast as she could to strike the Grimm, and Pyrrha followed the same move, but at the other side. Both attacks cut through the Grimm flesh, causing it to roar in pain and yet it was still standing. It was truly tougher than its original model.

"Shadow Storm!" called out Jaune. Blake had leaped into the air, next to Ren. She quickly made a shadow, letting both of them use it as a foothold before jumping straight down at the mutant Ursa. With their weapons, they slashed the Grimm's shoulders. The mutant Ursa was now really roaring in pain.

Jaune suddenly appeared in front of it, his sword blazing with fire. Weiss had a glyph beneath Jaune and activated the time dilation glyph.

"Flash Fire," grinned Jaune before rapidly slashing the Grimm, hacking it into pieces, With the last slash, Jaune roared and brought it down, directly bisecting the Grimm and incinerating anything behind it until it hit a wall.

"Whew, took me awhile to get the blade beam move down," said Jaune as he wiped off some sweat.

"We should rest a little before we go on," suggested Pyrrha.

"Na, we're almost there. We're just observing," said Nora.

"It might be better if we rest, Nora. If there is any trouble while we were observing, it would not do us well if we are tired," said Ren.

Nora pouted but agreed.

"Students, do be careful now," said Glynda in a worried tone when Jaune updated her on the situation, "It would not bode well if we lose our top 2 teams of freshmen year."

They all acknowledged and began to relax on some trees nearby.

They took an hour to rest before going nearer to the ship. There, they saw shipments being loaded into the ships, and androids that were loading them in.

"Good job, students," said Oobleck, as he had returned from his report, "Get in a little closer. I may need to see what type of cargo their holding. Be careful of security."

They nodded, taking random photos of what seemed to be important. Ruby found an open container and went in to find some chemicals and other stuff. Quickly taking those photos, the team tried another container, only to find it empty. Before they could go out, they heard the androids approaching. Seeing no other place to hide, they hide inside the container. Unfortunately, it was a mistake. The android closed the door and locked them inside. They were about to attempt an escape when they felt their cargo being lifted into the ship. Pyrrha quickly tried to open the front door, only to see another Cargo was blocking the door from opening. Still, at least they would have air. The ship's horn sounded, and it took off, taking RWBY and JNPR with them.

"Team? Where are you? Report in Students! Please!" yelled Oobleck into his Scroll, trying to get a connection. None of them were picking up for some reason.

"Oh dear, Ozpin's not going to be happy about this," sighed Oobleck, already imagining the pay deduction he was going to get. This would severely affect his coffee supplies.

"Well, we're stuck here for awhile," said Jaune as the ship set sail. "Let's just use this time to rest before continuing on. We can contact Beacon after we find out where we land." In reality, Jaune could've just sliced the plating, making a hole, but they decided to see where the ship took them.

"Sounds like a plan," said Ruby, starting to relax on a wall.

It was uncomfortable until Jaune drew out some futons from the depths of his bag. Eager for something soft, the teams quickly helped Jaune lay it down. They were soon all lying down on something that wasn't as hard as the cold metal plating. They began to take turns to nap, as they would need the energy to do so when they had the chance to escape.

During this time, Jaune decided to sit down next to Weiss and ask how her glyphs were going. She had mentioned about trying to summon, but had no real success with it, delaying her training with it and focusing on other aspects. Yang and Ruby were cuddled together napping, Nora's head was on Ren's lap sleeping. Blake and Pyrrha stood watch for the while.

"It's just not suited for me," said Weiss with a bitter voice as they started the conversation.

"Don't say that," said Jaune, "Just relax and think about what your sister said about summoning. What you're feeling when you're summoning."

"I've tried. I can't summon any stupid Grimm that I've defeated," said Weiss bitterly, "Not even a Creeper. My sister can do it easily."

"Does it have to be a Grimm?" asked Jaune.

Weiss opened her mouth for a second, then closed it. She opened it again and was surprised she had no real answer. At this, Jaune chuckled before putting his hand on her face, making her blush. He moved some hair to touch the scar on Weiss's face. She slightly flinched at this but allowed Jaune to continue.

"I never got to ask. Who or what gave you this scar?" asked Jaune tenderly, "I'm sure it wasn't there when I was at Atlas watching your amazing singing."

Weiss blushed and sighed before explaining how during training, she had been forced to fight a giant suit of armor. It was a specialized robot that Atlas had been developing to see if it could be on par with training Huntsmen. She had made a deal with her father when fighting it. If she won, she got to go to any Huntsmen Academy she wants to while keeping the Heiress position. If she lost, she would be forced to stay at home and work for the company if she wanted to keep the Heiress position. They already had one Huntress in the family, and Jacques Schnee didn't really think they needed another.

"That's just harsh," whispered Jaune, rubbing her cheeks. Weiss found that she really like the warmth of Jaune's hand, and leaned in closer to it.

"Do you talk with your father at all, now that you're here?" asked Jaune.

"No," admitted Weiss, "I've been ignoring his calls. I want to show him that I can do this."

Jaune raised an eyebrow at this, "Weiss... It's not my place to say, but I think you should at least say hi once. Hear me out. He's probably calling you just to check on how you're doing. It would ease his mind if he just saw your face or even heard your voice."

Weiss huffed at this, not wanting to admit that Jaune was right. Seeing that Weiss didn't want to talk about her family anymore, Jaune switched subjects.

"So, does that mean you can summon the giant suit of armor? Because I'll be honest, that would seem much more impressive," said Jaune. "Shame you can't summon some dragons."

Weiss chuckled before saying she would give it some thought.

"Just remember, Weiss. You and your sister are different. It doesn't mean you both will summon the same things," advised Jaune. Weiss nodded in reply before putting her head on his shoulder to take a nap. Jaune soon fell asleep, putting his head on hers.

The ship stopped, and a horn could be heard. Soon enough, the cargos were being picked up by a crane to be put on a truck. As soon as they had the chance, they busted out of the cargo they were in, quickly making it on land.

"This place... It looks... so very unfamiliar," stated Jaune, causing his team to snicker a little. Jaune couldn't help but grin back, glad to see some nervousness and tension was gone by his joke.

Jaune picked up his Scroll, dialing to Oobleck. All he got was radio static and mumbled noise.

"Dam, no signal." said Jaune.

"Look, a radio tower," said Yang, pointing into the distance. They all saw the tower.

"Maybe we can get our Scrolls working again if we head to the tower," suggested Pyrrha.

Everyone nodded, but before they even took three steps, they found themselves surrounded by what seemed to be red robots with glowing green double sided spears. They seemed much taller and bulkier than the Atlesian Knights.

"Oooh, robots," said Ruby, admiring their weapons and mechanics.

"This is no time to be distracted," scolded Weiss.

"Let's crush these buckets of bolts!" yelled Yang.

They all charged to attack. Upon fighting, they discovered that these robots were much more skilled and advanced than the Atlesian Knights.

"How!? The Atlesian Knights are supposed to be the best robotic forces! The pinnacle of Atlesian robotics!" yelled Weiss as she dodged a double thrust from the robot.

"Just smash them to pieces!" yelled Nora, swinging her hammer into one that Jaune had stunned with his shield.

"Lotus Spear!" shouted Jaune. Pyrrha and Ren nodded, getting into position. Jaune quickly channeled his Aura into his sword while linking with Fafnir. He stabbed the ground as hard as he could, upsetting the balance of the robots around him.

"Nordic Winter!" yelled Ruby. Weiss and Nora teamed up, with Weiss enchanting all of Nora's shot to give off ice explosions. The robots found themselves frozen. Ruby, Yang, Blake, and Jaune quickly hit them, slamming them and forcing them all in a straight line, just for Pyrrha and Ren.

Pyrrha threw Milo in its javelin form. Just as she threw it, Ren, who was behind her, punched the end of her javelin with an Aura burst, sending the spear flying right through the robots' head. Pyrrha quickly recalled her weapon with her Semblance before putting away, as did everyone else.

"Who made these?" asked Blake as she closely examined the destroyed robots. She saw no White Fang mark and was relieved, but couldn't help but shiver if they did manage to get their hands on it.

"Ooh! I wanna see how they're made!" shouted Ruby, before examining the robot parts and the weapons they used.

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT!" screamed Weiss as she started to drag her away from the robots much to Ruby's dismay.

"Whoever it is, doesn't want us getting closer to the towers," said Jaune, "We should see if we can't get in contact with someone to pick us up when we head to the tower."

Everyone nodded before running towards the tower.

After killing a few more robots and mutated Grimm, they found themselves at the tower, but still without any signal.

"Drat," sighed Nora, sitting on the control panel without care.

"Nora, please get off that," said Ren.

"Don't wanna," said Nora childishly, her legs in the air swinging as she childishly pounded the control panel with her hands. She accidentally activated it with her random button pressing.

"Nora!"

"Oops, my bad, hehe," Nora apologized as she rubbed the back of her head

"Wait, I'm getting a better signal now that the tower's working!" Yang shouted as she quickly dialed Oobleck's number, and finally heard his voice, although it was still garbled.

"Team... Whatever yo... id... Keep doing that! The radio... somewh... e island. You must...nd then... Understood? Do a... ncted."

"Anyone get that?" asked Ruby. Everyone shook their head.

"I think the towers can help boost the signal to our Scrolls," summarized Ren, "Activate the towers, and we'll have a better chance of contacting Beacon and getting a ride back."

"Sounds like a plan," said Jaune, quickly sprouting red scaled wings before flying up to the sky. He spotted another two in the distance before diving back down.

"I saw two more," he told them, "Not too far from each other. Activate those, and we should have contact back to Beacon."

As they went off to go to action gate the towers, they didn't know that they were being watched. A bird was sitting on a tree, tilting its head, looking all natural. Upon closer inspection, there were lenses for eyes that was zooming in on all of them.

A shadowy figure was looking into his security cameras to see 8 people on his private island. He was surprised to see them and sent his droids to take care of them. He was pleasantly pleased to see them actually be able to defeat his droids. Perhaps these people would be the perfect test subject for his newest creations. He was shocked when he saw Jaune suddenly sprout wings and fly up into the air, but he chalked it up as a Semblance or an undiscovered Faunus. His mouth slightly drooled at that and resolved to capture him. The rest could be eliminated without care. Jaune, however, was to be captured so he could experiment on him. Once he was done, he would throw Jaune away and commence to experiment on other Faunus, to see if he could transfer wings to others.

The group quickly made their way to the two other towers, quickly activating them. With the second tower down, they could hear Oobleck much clearer, but there was still some feedback. Though they did hear him say they would die if they couldn't get a clearer signal for them to send a Bullhead.

"Did he really have to add that?" sighed Weiss.

"He's only being realistic," said Blake, "Even if it's really blunt."

The third tower was also quickly activated, and Yang was about to call Oobleck one more time when her Scroll rang instead. Picking up, thinking it was Oobleck, she quickly told him that the signal should be good now. However, who she got wasn't Oobleck.

"Ahh. That's better," said a mysterious yet malicious voice, "Sorry, but reception there is always so bad all the way out there. I hope you're enjoying your stay on the island. You're the first visitors since...Well, you are the first." Everyone jumped back in surprise at this new voice. Yang immediately turned off her Scroll, but Merlot's voice went through the speakerphones that were located on the tower.

"Who is that?" asked Ruby surprised by the sudden call.

"How'd you get this number?" yelled Yang into the air.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dr. Merlot," said the voice. Apparently, he also had visual and audio recption of them all aright now. "You don't know me, but I most certainly know who you are."

"Eww, creeper much?" said Nora.

"Wait. Dr. Merlot? As in the head scientist who led Merlot Industries back at Mt. Glenn? The one that's supposed to be dead?" asked Weiss.

"I know each and every one of you," continued Merlot, ignoring Nora's comment, "After all, I have security cameras all over this place to observe you. And I must say, you might exactly what I need for an... important experiment. I see the 'Goddess of Victory' is even with you."

The team looked at each, shrugging off the doctor's creepy comments.

"Well, let's see how you do," said Merlot. Suddenly, robots of the same model and robots in white carrying machine guns with grenade launchers came forward, way bulkier than the red robots.

"Kill them. But leave the blonde boy and maybe the red headed one alive. I'm interested in them," said Merlot whimsically.

The robots opened fire at them, sending a stream of bullets. Jaune quickly linked with Fafnir and punched the ground to form walls to protect them. They didn't last long, as the guns broke them into pieces. But it was enough for team RWBY and JNPR. They had jumped to the top of the wall and were now shooting them as they were landing close to them.

"Arkos!" shouted Jaune to Pyrrha as he expanded his wings, grabbing Pyrrha. They swiftly dived in before Jaune spun. Both of them threw their shield in different directions, letting it bounce off robots, stunning them. While the shields were ricocheting off the robots, Jaune and Pyrrha were swiftly attacking the stunned robots. Pyrrha turned and controlled the shields to come back to them. Both of them caught their shields and put it forward to block a stream of bullets incoming.

"Crimson Lotus!" shouted Ruby as she grabbed Ren. She sped off, with Ren holding on to her for his life. She began spinning before tossing Ren towards the robots with Ren was also spinning. He became a green whirlwind that was shooting bullets all over the place. Since he had been thrown into a crowd of the enemy, there was little chance of friendly fire. He had loaded his bullets with specially made Dust explosive bullets, bought with Jaune's discount. Soon, there was just a wreckage of robotic parts laying about.

"You're such terrific students. Surely this was an easy test?" mocked Merlot as he opened a gate to reveal more Grimm spilling in.

Then, Jaune's scroll rang. He picked it up, listening to it before putting in on speaker for them all to hear while they all fought the Grimm wave.

"So, we meet again, Dr. Merlot," announced Ozpin from Jaune's scroll.

"Ozpin! Or should I call you Oz like old times, chum?" greeted Merlot.

"I thought you perished in the Mountain Glenn disaster, a tragedy you played no small part in," said Ozpin in disgust.

Merlot scoffed as he explained that it was mere speed bumps on his research and that he was onto something much bigger. Ozpin replied that the world would be much safer with him dead. The team cringed at that, as they had never thought Ozpin to have such a thought like that.

"It merely shows that your headmaster has gone through a lot more than you have, Jaune," explained Lung Wang, "He is willing to do what is necessary, and yet will only do it if he truly requires it. To have him admit that Merlot truly has done something horrible. Perhaps he will explain more about this 'disaster'."

"Trying to make the world a better place is wrong?" scoffed Merlot. "It doesn't change the fact you're powerless to stop me."

He signed off as more Grimm struck, this time with Alpha varieties. At this, Ren punched the ground and activated his Semblance, disguising all of them from the Grimm. They quickly ran past the Grimm until they were at a safe distance.

"What was that about, Professor Ozpin?" asked Jaune when he had the chance, "What did Merlot do?"

Ozpin sighed as he leaned back in his chair, "Dr. Merlot was a brilliant scientist, and one of my oldest friends who would sometimes teach at Beacon. He wanted to make the world a safer place, but he was also greedy. He was experimenting on Grimm back at Mountain Glenn, trying to find better ways to kill them, and even learn how they reproduced. However, he kept running out of specimens. So instead of hiring Huntsmen to trap Grimm, he lured Grimm into the city, so he wouldn't have to pay any Huntsmen to do the job. However, he couldn't control the amount Grimm he was luring in. And you know the rest. Grimm overran Mt. Glenn. Merlot went missing during the fall. It seems even today, he thinks his research will lead Remnant to the future."

"You mean, he condemned all those people just for the sake of his research?" gasped Pyrrha.

"That monster!" shouted Yang as her eyes turned a deep scarlet, showing off how pissed she was hearing this.

"We'll stop him," assured Ruby placing a hand on her sister's shoulder to help calm her down.

"That, I hope you can do. But we still have a problem," Ozpin began, "We've been trying to locate Merlot's island, but we've yet to obtain the coordinates. Explore his island some more. Find evidence about his whereabouts, and contact me once you have it. I'll be able to have my staff pinpoint your location and send a Bullhead to you. But please, do be careful. Don't rush this."

"Roger that, you can count on us Ozpin," said Jaune as he put his scroll away, "You heard him. We need to continue exploring. Let's find a place to rest for now before exploring some more."

They all agreed, especially Ren, and continued to explore the island. Ren had to be carried by Nora and Pyrrha, as he had used a lot of Aura to disguise 8 people at once and sustaining it. It was easier if they had all held hands when he did so, but they had no time, so Ren had to use the ground as the intermediate to connect to them all. Blake found a cave for them, and after having Pyrrha sweep the cave of any electronics, they went in. Jaune used Lung-Wang to start a fire, and they all hovered over it quickly. Jaune quickly created a wall over the mouth of the cave, leaving only some of the sides open so air could still get in. After that, he pulled out some food from his bag, giving everyone something to eat and drink. They all huddled together for warmth to get through the night. Jaune had pulled out the futons, but the howling night winds could be heard. They were lucky that they had a fire and a wall blocking the cave entrance, otherwise, it might've been colder.

Merlot was sitting in his chair, frowning. He didn't expect them to be able to pass through the Grimm so easily without fighting at all. He didn't expect Pyrrha to be able to detect and wipe out the cameras in the cave and near it.

"Perhaps they will be of more use to me after all. They will help see if my ultimate creation is... truly perfect." With that a malicious grin formed over the doctor's face.

Andd Cliffhanger. Hope you've enjoyed this new chapter. Remember to read and review!