Reaction time (All the good names are taken (sigh))

by spart1339

Spart, having seen the future of the RWBY decides that a change is needed and wishes to bring in that change. So, he brings RWBY, JNPR, Beacon teachers and parents to change their fates and to show them the multiverse of Jaune Arc. From hero to villain, hunter to humble shop owner, secret agent to ladies man. The realities of Jaune Arc are infinite.

3. Chapter 3

A/N: I'm back with another long chapter. So the reason why this chapter took forever to come out is due to the fact that my family suffered two deaths and dealing with everything just sapped all of my creative writing.

I had to sit myself in front of the computer and force myself to write until that creative feeling came back and I was able to write this chapter. With that in mind this chapter may not have the same feeling as the previous ones. I apologize if that is the case.

With that out of the way. Thank you to everyone for supporting this fic even though there are many far better ones. Thank you again. I can't say it enough.

You guys are awesome.

Also any mistakes are mine and mine alone.

Inspiration: Various Trailers.

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"Everyone, the next showing won't be a full a viewing. But rather small snippets that show what the universe is about." Spart told the group as they stretched in their seats. "Think of them like trailers for an upcoming movie."

"Are we going to be viewing these universes in the future?" Nora asked with her hand raised.

"Some yes and others no." Spart told her getting the energetic ginger to deflate. "There are thousands of worlds in the multiverse. It would take years to view them all."

"So how do you choose which universe for us to view?" Jaune asked curious.

"Honestly? Randomly." Spart informed them bringing up screens of the many universes. "There are good and bad ones and sorting through them can be very tiring. So I use a machine that picks out which universe to view."

"That sounds very lazy." Weiss commented looking to Spart surprised that a being of such caliber can be lazy.

"Ok." Spart said before summoning a large book that landed in front of Weiss scaring the young heiress. The book is comically large in that the front cover can't be seen from their perspective. "This is a record of all the known universes in the multiverse. Now would you like to start from the beginning and see which universe suits you?"

Weiss craned her head upwards and tried to spot where the book began but couldn't see it. Shaking her head Weiss settled in her seat before the book grew larger surprising everyone.

"That means another universe has been added to the records." Spart informed them before the book grew again and again. "Ok, you get the idea." Spart said before a flash of light engulfed the book and it disappeared. "Keep in mind that other Authors such as myself have a different representation of the multiverse. This is mine."

"So, we are going to see snippets of some of these universes correct?" Ozpin asked interested in seeing one where Salem never was created.

"Yes, after which dinner will be served then you'll have free time to mingle and converse with each other." Spart told them. "I imagine some of you would like to clear the air and talk."

Some in the audience look to each and agreed with Spart, especially those that are reunited with their loved ones that they never thought they would never see again.

"The first in the showing will be a sort of character intro that will introduce you to what they do." Spart said before taking his usual spot above the audience as the screen came to life and the lights dimmed.

In a wide open room stands a man wearing a white mask that is the signature of the White Fang terrorist group. Surrounding the man is explosives and drums with explosives attached to them, wires can be seen connecting them to various hidden explosives throughout the room. The man is holding the detonator for the explosives in his right hand.

"Is the White Fang truly beyond the point of no return?" Ghira asked looking to Sienna with disappointment and anger at the Tiger Faunus for steering the once peaceful organization onto a more violent path.

Ghira felt a hand lay gently on his and turned to see his wife giving him a gentle smile that said to leave it. Taking a deep breath Ghira calmed himself down in time to see Blake lower her head in shame at the sight of the man willing to die for the White Fang and their radical ideals. A path she herself was on before seeing the truth about Adam.

James and Winter scowled at the sight wondering why the Hunters or Police aren't doing anything.

"GPS satellites, unmanned drones, fuckin' laser sights."

The sound of pin being pulled can be faintly heard in the background, something rolls toward the man and stops underneath his feet.

"That sounds like Qrow." Ruby pointed out and everyone who knows the drunken scythe wielder nodded in agreement.

"Sounds like your Army Jimmy." Qrow turned in his seat to better see the General of Atlas.

"The use of drones in combat has proven effective and they limit human casualties." James defended the use of drones in the Atlas Military.

"Have you already forgotten what the light bulb showed us earlier?" Qrow asked bringing up the memory of Atlas drones being hacked and attacking everyone they see. James didn't respond much to the satisfaction of Qrow who went back to watching the screen.

"The more crutches you have."

The object flashes blue before emitting an EMP pulse rendering all electronics in the area useless including the lights bathing the area in darkness.

"The more they hurt when they're kicked out from under you."

"A sentiment that is all to true and has been responsible for felling most Hunters." Leon said getting nods from his family and even Glynda.

"What do you mean?" Ruby asked.

"In the early days of mechashift weapons, a lot of people relied on them. As a result Hunters grew too dependent on them and all the advantages they offered. But, a Grimm can damage the internal components making shifting impossible or a criminal can jam the weapon with a well placed hit. This led to a lot of Hunters dying in the field when their weapon seized up on them." Emilia explained looking to RWBY and JNPR. "Now Hunters always carry a second weapon that isn't a mechashift as a backup. The Hunters of the past had a crutch in relying too much on the mechashift and not taking any backup weapons just in case."

Ruby recalled all the times that she became defenseless when she lost Crescent Rose, remembering MountGlenn when the White Fang took her weapon away and how useless she became without it. Yang and their dad tried to teach her some hand to hand techniques but she never could get a grasp on their teachings. Had she really relied on Crescent Rose too much that it could be considered a crutch?

James thought back to what Spart showed them when he first appeared. The Atlas drones being hacked and going berserk, the many soldiers, Hunters and civilians that lost their lives because Atlas relied too heavily on the use of drones. James vowed to look into the issue when they get to the new world line to reduce the numbers of drones in the military.

The sound of a blade being drawn and flesh being cut can be heard. The White Fang grunt falls to the ground as man wearing black and a gas mask holding a small knife appears behind him.

"If there's one thing I know for sure. Is that a six inch blade never loses reception."

Qrow puts the knife back in it's sheathe located on his forearm as the lights come back on.

"It would seem that Qrow is in the military." Bart said earning a groan from James and Winter who both shuddered at the thought of Qrow in the military.

"You wouldn't last a day in the military." James said looking to Qrow who nodded in agreement.

"If it means turning into you then I agree." Qrow replied sipping his drink.

"It seems Qrow in this universe doesn't rely on technology." Tai spoke adjusting his sitting position.

"I know some hunters who are like that." Emilia said looking to her husband who shrugged in response as the next intro started.

Pyrrha is in a firing range wearing black and a flack vest with the words FBI stitched into the back of the vest. She is wearing a black cap and sunglasses; her red hair is tied into a pony tail and set off to the side. She is holding a custom made grenade launcher and takes a knee, grabbing a grenade round from one of her vest pouches and loads it into the grenade launcher.

"There are a lot of universes that don't have a lot of Hunters in them." Saphron said noticing how this universe also doesn't have Hunters.

"Indeed, yours is just a page in the ever expanding multiverse book." Spart told her from his spot.

"What's FBI?" Pyrrha asked seeing the logo stitched into the back of the vest.

"Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was created in Mistral to help combat the rising crime wave and have branches throughout Remnant."

Ruby meanwhile is eyeing the weapon, mentally taking it apart and putting it back together, figuring out how the weapon works and what type of ammunition it fires.

"When I was little my mother told me that silence is a woman's best garment."

"My mother never told me such a thing." Pyrrha said crossing her arms.

"Something tells me that you didn't listen to her." Yang said looking to the grenade launcher in Pyrrha's hands.

Pyrrha aims at a cement wall downrange and fires. The grenade round flies through the air and flaps open on the sides of the round. Pyrrha designed the grenade round to help in breeching so the grenade round has a drill like tip and serrated edges to help it bury into walls. The grenade rounds also feature a delayed fuse so it detonates after a few seconds.

"But I admit. I never took her lessons to heart."

"No shit." Yang said impressed by the size of the explosion. Tai was about to reprimand Yang for using foul language until Summer stopped him with a warm smile.

"Explosions!" Nora yelled throwing her fists in the air and jumping in her seat getting some of older audience to chuckle at the hyper ginger. "We should get a version of Magnhild for you to use." She suggested to Pyrrha who chuckled nervously.

"It would take a while for me to use it effectively in combat. Not to mention it would throw off my aim carrying the extra weight." Pyrrha told her teammate causing her to deflate before perking up again.

"I'll train you in the art of explosions, young grasshopper." Nora said doing a pretty good impression of a sage.

The grenade round impacts against the cement wall and digs into the wall and explodes after a few seconds. Pyrrha shields her face from the flying debris.

"Such a weapon would be useful to the police and to the Hunters assisting them." Ozpin said ordering another cup of coffee.

"Indeed, it would have been useful to have when I came across a hostage situation in my youth." Port said before drinking some water and looked at the screen without saying another word which surprised everyone expecting him to go off on another two hour story that seemed exaggerated in certain parts. "What?" he asked noticing that everyone is staring at him.

Everyone focused back on the screen after being caught by Port.

"I was trapped for a long time."

Jaune is using a custom made cutting torch and is cutting something as sparks fly around him. He is wearing a dark brown hat and clothes that are suited for desert climate. He also is sporting a light beard.

The girls of Beacon had to admit that Jaune looked good in a light beard, especially those that have a crush on the blonde knight. Sun and Neptune see the appreciative looks the girls are giving on screen Jaune. The two looked at each other and nodded in agreement to grow a beard since they seem to attract the attention of the ladies.

Emilia looks to her husband remembering when they first met and the light beard that he had at the time which she admits looked good on him. Looking to her son now on screen it is amazing how much to two look alike.

Summer ran a hand through Tai's stubble and remembers how he had a beard after Raven left him. She wouldn't admit it to him at the time that she loved the beard and briefly wondered if he would be open to the idea of growing it out again.

Kali leaned over and kissed Ghira on the cheek thankful that she managed to convince him to keep the beard after they started dating. She loved the way beard would feel against her skin, not to mention she would reenact her favorite scene in her favorite book Soldier's Passion. Which is about an Atlas soldier and a Faunus captive.

"I take that all the intros are about soldiers?" Winter asked while crossing her legs.

"Yup, all of the intros are members of an anti-terrorist unit that recruits from different branches of the military and the police." Spart informed them peeking James' interest. "The unit is called Rainbow and the person in charge is called Six for security reasons."

"Interesting." James said looking back to the screen.

"So Jaune is a soldier?" One of Jaune's sisters asked holding Adrian who giggled in her hold.

"Yes, in this universe Jaune is a member of the Delta Force and was captured." Spart told them earning gasps from the Arc family. "He escaped using a make makeshift cutting torch that he crafted using spare parts. He still uses the torch to help in breeching defenses. He's made some modifications to it over the years."

Everyone breathed easily at the news of Jaune escaping and from the looks of it now a member of Rainbow.

"Lived and seen things you couldn't imagine."

Jaune finishes cutting and turns off the cutting torch as a slit of light hits his face.

"Now I see things in a different light."

Jaune stands in front of a wall metal with a opening that he cut with his cutting torch allowing him to see outside.. Drawing his pistol he aims out of the opening before quickly moving to his left and firing two times as the screen went black.

"Good reflexes." Winter said looking to Jaune and vaguely remembering how Weiss described him as a "bumbling idiot". As a policy Winter never judges a person on their appearance or a hunter until she's seen them fight and at the same time she trusts her little sister. 'I'll judge for myself.'

"Have you considered a career in the military, Mr. Arc?" James asked the blonde.

"Not really." Jaune answered looking to his team and wouldn't trade them for anything. "It's my dream to be a Hunter."

Leon and Emilia lowered their heads in shame at the mention of Jaune's dream again. Leon especially felt guilt for not training his son. He plans to explain his reasons for not training him after the dinner and hopes that Jaune won't be angry with him.

Everyone focused back on the screen as it back to life showing another intro.

A green light can be seen under a closed door. The camera moves under the door revealing multiple cylindrical objects standing upright with a glue like substance keeping it in place. The green glow is emanating from the green lights on the devices.

"It's a brutal, dangerous world out there."

"Weiss?" Ruby asked looking to her partner who is shocked that she is in the military like her sister.

Winter meanwhile is proud that her little sister is away from their father and with her in the military. Willow isn't sure how she feels about her youngest daughter in the military; she didn't know that Winter had joined the military until Jacque told her that Winter is no longer the heiress and no longer living with them. Willow responded by drinking more and secluding herself from the rest of her family. Now she has the rare opportunity to reconnect with her daughters and maybe be the mother they need.

"Understatement of the century." Qrow said leaning in his seat referring to what on screen Weiss said about the world.

"A lesson we all learned the hard way." Glynda said recalling her first mission as a Huntress and seeing just how cruel the world really can be and how no one is spared from it. All of the adults in the audience nodded in agreement, including Coco and Velvet since they've been on missions that haven't always ended well.

Ruby wasn't sure she believed what on screen Weiss said. Sure the world can be dangerous but brutal. She didn't believe it, couldn't believe it and remembered her vow she made when she was young at her mom's grave that she would make the world a better place. And with her team and JNPR be her side, she will see that promise fulfilled.

Spart shook his "head" at Ruby's thoughts, at her naiveté. In time she will see that no one can change the way the world works. People are just to set in their ways for them to change and maybe things will change but not in their lifetime. He wouldn't dash that for Ruby, he would let her have her dream for just a while longer.

The camera moves past the cylindrical objects causing their green lights to turn red with a whining pitch.

"But I found my way."

"Everyone does eventually." Ghira said looking to Blake sitting with her team and happy. Kali leaned against him and shared his thought happy that their daughter left the White Fang and redeeming herself for her past actions.

A pair of legs can be seen hidden in the darkness of the room. The camera pans up to reveal a woman with short hair in a bob cut; she is wearing a black cap with a pair of goggles resting on top of them and a headset. In her hands is another cylindrical object which she pulls a pin from as a green light illuminates her face.

"Chaos is my home. And I'll make sure you'll never escape it."

Weiss looks directly at the camera and smirks as the green light shifts to red and the screen fades black.

"Weiss, you're a badass." Yang said impressed at how much her teammate is different than the one sitting next to her. "Also showing off your legs." She told the white themed girl who didn't say anything but tried to pull the hem of her dress lower to hide her legs. She is surprised that her on screen self would wear such tight pants in the military before looking to her sister who outfit is tight in certain places.

"She also cut her hair." Blake added while wondering what her on screen counterpart role is.

"Short hair for the win!" Nora shouted jumping out of her seat and high-fiving Ruby before embracing her in a signature Nora hug that JNPR insist can kill an Alpha Ursa if she put her back into it. "Together we are the Sisterhood of Short Hair!"

"Can't breathe…" Ruby said trying to wiggle out of the hug before being dropped to the floor when Nora released her and went back to her seat. Ruby staggered back to her seat while gasping for breath and collapsing into her seat upon reaching it making her sister smile.

Winter is impressed at her sister who is obliviously a defender with those traps that she recognized as Atlas make. She also recognized the symbol on her jacket sleeve as the symbol of the Specialists. She is proud of her sister for making the cut to begin training as a Specialists, knowing how difficult the selection process and training can be from experience.

In plain room with a flickering overheard light, Winter is standing behind a table that is emanating white light that shines off her face giving her a gentle glow. She is wearing a black beret with sunglasses that are lowered so her eyes can be seen over the top of the frame with a headset under the beret. She ditched her white outfit for clothing suited for urban combat.

"Having some color suits you, Ice Queen." Qrow told Winter gesturing to the screen where Winter is wearing something other than white and she does admit that it does suite her.

"She looks like you, Coco." Velvet said getting her team leader to scoff.

"No one can surpass the original." Coco said gesturing to herself to further prove her point. "Besides, I hate knock offs."

Velvet didn't know how to respond to that and just focused back on the screen.

"I decide when to restrain."

Winter grabs a grenade casing and begins assembling the explosive shell.

"And when to kill."

"A true Specialist." James said with pride which made Winter straighten up in her seat.

"How do you decide that?" Ruby asked and none of the adults had a right way to answer that question since they all have different answers and some may upset the Hunters in training.

"In time, you'll discover the answer." Summer told her daughter and she accepted the answer for now.

After tightening the cap she sets the explosive shell next to the others revealing her custom made grenade launcher fully disassembled and the individual pieces of the weapon are neatly placed on the table.

"Only the best call the shots."

Winter places her hands on the table and leans forward as the camera pulls back revealing two walls that have a decent sized hole in them.

"That's right." Raven said agreeing with what Winter said. A belief she has always had and something that her team disagreed with. Especially Summer who saw everyone as equal. At the start of their friendship the two would always get into an argument until they decided to settle their difference in a fight that ended in a tie.

After that Raven saw a strong leader in Summer and slowly became her friend despite their different views and opinions.

No one said anything in response to what Raven said and chose instead to watch the next video.

In the middle of the room standing still is Emerald aiming her weapon at something that can't be seen. The camera circles around Emerald to reveal two identical copies in the same pose.

"Isn't that Cinder's teammate?" Weiss asked recalling the few times she's seen Cinder and her team around Beacon.

"That means she's working for her and wants to bring down Beacon!" Yang shouted angry at the green haired girl.

"Actually, Emerald is misguided." Spart spoke up getting their attention. "She was orphaned at a young age and had to suffer growing up on the streets where she learned to survive. Then Cinder appeared and offered her a way out. Since then she's been loyal to Cinder."

"Is it possible to change her mind and have her switch sides?" Ren asked being reminded of his youth and how easily his and Nora's life could have turned out like Emerald's.

"In some World Lines, yes. In others no." Spart told them as some nod their heads in understanding. "In fact in one World Line, Jaune and Emerald end up married."

"What!" All the girls that have a crush on Jaune yelled devastated at the news.

"It's actually a funny tale that involves alcohol and a drunken proposal."

"That's even worse." Emilia said disappointed that her son got into a drunken marriage even though it's in a different World Line. Meanwhile Leon found the scenario humorous and feels slightly proud that his son is able to get into a drunken marriage with many different girls it seems.

"Actually there are many world lines where Jaune ends up in different drunken marriages."

"Note to self. Never take Jaune drinking." Yang whispered and Tai, Ghira, Emilia and even Qrow agreed on. Not wanting Jaune to be drinking so young in his life or anywhere near their daughters or nieces when he does drink.

"Are we going to see any of them per chance?" Nora asks innocently.

"Perhaps." Spart said before focusing back on the screen as did everyone.

"Illusions can be fatal. If you waver, you're mine."

The camera continues to circle around the Emerald's.

"If you pick wrong. You're mine."

The camera stops on Emerald as someone off screen shoots one of the duplicates making them disappear in a flash of blue while the real Emerald quickly shoots them.

"In this universe, Emerald never lost her parents and she went into the police force and became a member of an anti-terrorist unit. Eventually she was recruited by Rainbow."

"Amazing how one choice or decision can affect a person's life." Ozpin said looking to Sienna who was wronged early in her life and as a result harbors a hatred for humankind.

"Yeah." Blake said looking down recalling her decision to join the White Fang and how that one decision led her down a path of hardship and revelations.

The camera shows two people sitting in chairs on a cliff overlooking a valley. In between the two is a small table with a radio that is playing a song and motor bike helmet. Behind them is an armored SUV and a dirt bike. Ruby leans in her chair bored while Yang sits comfortably in hers, her once luscious blonde hair cut short to avoid being grabbed. Yang is wearing a tan cap backwards with sunglasses resting on them. Both are dressed for combat and waiting as per their orders.

"Another universe without my luscious locks!" Yang cried out holding her blonde hair for comfort which caused Weiss to roll her eyes. Tai smiled at the action recognizing the gesture as something Raven would do from time to time.

"It makes sense to cut your hair, Miss Xio Long. An opponent can grab it and throw you of balance or it can get caught in something and hinder you." Winter told the blonde brawler getting her attention. "I would suggest putting your hair in a bun since you're against cutting it."

"Miss Schnee is correct." Glynda said pushing up her glasses and going into "lecture mode" as the student body called it. "Having long hair in a fight is of no benefit to you. It can obscure your eyes, making you lose track of your opponent and makes it easier for opponents to grab a hold of it. Hence the reason why most Huntresses put their hair into a bun or have them cut short."

Velvet, Pyrrha, Blake, Weiss and Yang considered their teacher's words and consider them. Yang looked to her mother and saw that she didn't have her hair in a bun but free. She'll have to ask Summer for advice about it later.

"That looks like some areas in Vacuo." Sun said recognizing the landscape after Glynda finished her lecture. "Southern region from the looks of it."

"So they're both in the military?" Tai asked worried for his daughter safety since being in the military is just as dangerous as being a Hunter.

"I think it's safe to assume that almost everyone here is in the military or police in this universe." Willow said adjusting her position in her seat.

Ruby leans forward in her chair. "It's uh… quiet, yeah?" She asks Yang looking to her who is drinking from her canteen.

"Mmm – hmm." Yang agreed taking another sip from her canteen. Ruby groans out of boredom and leans back in her seat before leaning over in her seat towards Yang.

"It's like really… really… really."

"What, quiet?" Yang asks turning in her seat to face Ruby who hangs her head down.

"Quiet." Ruby finishes with a sigh.

"Never thought Ruby would be the restless one." Tai said holding Summer's hand recalling how in Yang's youth she would always be on the move, never standing still always going from one place to the next. It always gave him a heart attack when he couldn't find her and had to run around the house to find her.

Ruby on the other hand was always the quiet one and always stayed in place. Of course that all changed when she started to walk and followed Yang around everywhere much to her delight as she got to be an older sister and lead Ruby around the house.

"Yang also seems to have matured." Summer said having been worried about the blonde brawler being similar to her mother who was always reckless. Just seeing her act calm, the exact opposite of Raven which brought a smile to her face.

"Attention, convey entering the sector in five minutes."

Ruby quickly jumps out of her seat the moment the radio comes to life and grabs her helmet before sprinting to her bike. Quickly putting on her helmet Ruby hops on the bike and revs it to life before driving off leaving behind a tail of dust.

"Whoooo!" Ruby cheers as she drives off.

Yang sighs as she puts away her canteen and rises out of her chair and stretches her muscles before grabbing her shotgun and pumping it before going to the armored SUV and chasing after her younger sister as the screen goes black.

"Yang acting as the big sister again." Summer said fondly remembering how Yang was always protective of Ruby.

Yang straightened in her seat at Summer's praise.

Ruby on the other hand felt annoyance at Yang's over protectiveness and wished that Yang would give her some space. Something that Yang would do years later.

"I wonder who is going to be next?" Blake asked while wondering what her role in the Rainbow unit is.

"Onto the next and we shall see!" Nora yelled existed to see more of this universe.

In a white room sits Blake wearing her combat gear, her raven hair is tied into two braids and she is wearing a black beanie with a cat holding a fish stitched into the side. Two holes are cut into the beanie for her ears to breathe and move around. In her hands is a tablet that she is using and swipes something across the screen before pressing something on the screen.

"Now, that's a cat suit." Yang gently elbowed Blake earning a blush from the raven haired girl who looked at her on screen counterpart. On screen Blake wore a form fitting suit that clung to her legs and arms showing off her curves, she also wore a vest that covered her torso. Blake would never be caught wearing something like that, of course her fantasies on the other hand have a different plan in mind for when she goes to sleep.

Sun wiped away a nose bleed and crossed his legs to hide his growing erection at the form fitting suit that on screen Blake wore. Mentally saving the image for later, Sun looked to Blake and imagined her wearing the suit before getting hit in the face with a popcorn kernel. Looking in the general direction that the kernel came from revealing an angry looking Ghira and Kaili Belladonna.

Smiling awkwardly Sun quickly focused back on the screen when Ghira clenched his fists so hard that his knuckled popped.

Ilia on the other hand saved the image of Blake in a form fitting suit for later.

In the background a melody can be heard.

"You're scroll is ringing.

Blake sets her tablet down and grabs her SMG switching the safety off and aims it with one hand to her right.

"Here, let me get that for you."

Blake pulls the trigger and fire a quick burst before setting the weapon back down and smirking.

"So, I'm a hacker." Blake said surprised that her role on Rainbow would be that of a hacker and not an infiltrator. Like her own role when she was in the White Fang.

"Got to admit, it's strange seeing Blake as the hacker type." Yang said agreeing with Blake though she didn't know it.

"I can kind of see it." Ruby said looking to Blake. "You spend most of your time away from other people and prefer to read in private. As a result you tend to overhear a lot a personal conversations." She explained to her teammate.

"If people choose to gossip around me and fail to notice me then it's their fault." Blake said defending her habits for eavesdropping.

"Yeah, but you don't announce yourself. Instead you just choose to listen in on their conversation." Yang added making Blake shrink into her seat in an effort to hide herself. "I thought you knew that curiosity killed the cat?" Yang teased her teammate knowing that she won't retort since it's not in her nature.

"And satisfaction brought her back." Black retorted with smirk that only grew when Yang tried to come up with a comeback but failed. What she wasn't prepared for was Yang slapping her on the back and giving a thumbs up and a toothy grin before focusing back on the screen as another intro appeared.

In the center of a white room is multiple monitors displaying different angles of man walking.

"You never saw me coming."

The man stops in front of the monitors and looks at the many screens projecting him on screen. One of the screens shows only the side profile of the man, the only noticeable trait that the man is a single strand of pink hair.

"Ren, it's you!" Nora yelled pointing to the screen while holding his arm. "You're like a ninja in that no on can see you. Just like you are now!"

"Thank you, Nora." Ren simply said having grown used to her antics. Looking to himself on screen, Ren had to admit that the outfit he wore suited him since it seems to be geared toward being light and maneuverable instead of bulky and heavy.

"Don't feel so bad."

The man looks at the ballistic face mask that he is holding in his left hand.

"Nobody ever sees me."

As the man puts on his mask the screens distort and show nothing but snow on the screens.

"I'm in everyone's blind spot."

The man looks over his shoulder before the screen glitches and he disappears.

"Maybe you should take some lessons from Ren." Yang nudged her partner who didn't respond and just focused back on the screen. Blake was perfectly happy with her skills and according to her, already had all the knowledge and experience from her time with the White Fang and couldn't learn any more.

A statement many of the teachers at Beacon don't share as there is always something new to learn and see. Such as a floating orb that wields power they could only dream of and the concept of the multiverse and world lines.

"That's so awesome, Renny." Nora exclaimed happily holding onto her childhood friend. "You can disappear and reappear at will."

"It only works on electronics." Spart informed Nora making her deflate slightly before perking up.

"We'll make it happen in the real world!" Nora vowed making Ren and Jaun nervous recalling the last time she vowed to make something happen, they got a month's worth of detention.

"We'll consider it, Nora." Jaune said hoping to dissuade Nora from doing something that would land them in detention for the entire year. Luckily for them the next intro started getting their attention and Nora's.

"You mix fuel, metal oxide, and metal powder in just the right way."

A woman's voice can be heard as a rectangular shape is being cut into a metal wall.

"Nora?" Jaune asked surprised that the energetic bomber is a member of an anti-terrorist unit. 'Then again, she is a Huntress in training and managed to get into Beacon.'

"Is she making a bomb?" Pyrrha wondered as she knows Nora likes to make her own ammunition. "They don't know that Magnhild is quite picky about the ammo she eats." Nora once told her when she asked why she makes her own ammunition instead of having them made and brought to Beacon.

"I don't think so. It looks more like a breaching device." James said mentally taking notes so he could have the R&D team make the device. Such a thing could help in breaching hard to access areas.

"I've no recollection of such a formula existing." Penny said holding a cup of tea.

"It burns at 2,000 degrees Celsius, hot enough to cut through any known barrier, known to man."

The shape is finished being cut before it explodes inwards with the debris flying inwards.

"Throw some fire Dust and explosives into the mix and you've got one hell of a combination."

A soldier steps through the open hole in the wall with their weapon raised.

"I need that upgrade! And I need it now!" Nora shouted with glee that made JNPR nervous at the notion of Nora having a grenade that could melt through any known barrier. Ren especially was nervous since Nora could use the new grenade to break into the military grade safe that holds the pancake mixings.

Ruby and James took note of the mixture that on screen Nora said. Such a combination could be used to benefit human and Faunus kind in their fight against the Grimm since not all ammo types are capable of piercing the strong bone armor that covers the Grimm. A grenade or bullet with the right mixture of Nora's formula could melt the bone armor of the Grimm and give them an advantage in the fight against Salem.

Before Nora could speak the screen moved on to the next showing.

VALE TRAINING CAMP

Qrow enters a room wearing his gear and gas mask, his pistol is raised as he clears the room before going to a side door and slowly opening it and checking to see if it is clear before moving on. Blake follows behind him checking any corners that he missed and hanging back to provide cover for him.

"Ok, starting off good." Yang said channeling her inner critic.

"Are they looking for the White Fang?" Ruby asked adjusting her sitting position.

"Attention, all operators. 30 seconds remaining in this scenario." A voice announced over the intercom system as Qrow and Blake take cover on either side of a door where Blake gives the 'Hold' gesture before holstering her SMG and grabbing her tablet and starting her hacking program.

"There's your answer, Miss Rose. They are in a training scenario." James said recalling some of the scenarios he underwent in basic.

"Something tells me that Qrow is going to wait." Yang said remembering how impatient her uncle can be.

"Such a trait can be reckless to a Hunter and their teams." Winter said thinking back to some of the students who were impatient in their studies and as a result only ended up harming themselves and their team.

Weiss and Blake looked to Ruby and Yang when Winter mentioned how being impatient can lead to harmful situations. The two didn't see the look that their partners are giving them, if they did then they would have defended their actions.

"Fuckin' hell." Qrow said holstering his pistol and grabbing his EMP grenade and pulls the pin. Blake looks up just in time to see him throw the grenade in the room and enters just as the grenade goes off plunging the room into darkness.

"See." Yang said while Ruby shook her head slowly at her uncle actions.

"Such recklessness." Ozpin said also shaking his head recalling the times Qrow and his sister would always rush into situations. As a result Summer and Tai would always have to bail the two out of trouble.

Once again Weiss and Blake look to Yang and Ruby along with JNPR who have heard of their exploits.

Summer recalled all the times she had to wrangle in Qrow and Raven, with the help of Tai of course.

In the armory Qrow removes his mask and lowers his hood, his salt and pepper hair finally getting fresh air after two hours of wearing his mask. Walking over to one of the gun cages he types in the code to unlock it and opens it only for Blake to come up behind him and shut the cage door closed.

"Someone is angry." Yang said stating the obvious.

"I imagine anyone would be if their partner didn't tell them what they are doing" Pyrrha said looking to Jaune who looked away knowing that she is referring to him not telling his team about his transcripts.

"Don't worry, maybe we'll get it right next time." He tells her remembering when he was a recruit that always wanted to win.

"Two more seconds and we would have had eyes in the room." Blake says letting go the cage door allowing Qrow to open it and enter and close it behind him. Grabbing the door again she looks at Qrow.

"If they were already on cameras. That's two seconds two slow." Qrow responds holding up two fingers to emphasize his point before closing the cage door.

"He brings up a good point." James said having been in similar situations.

"At the same time, he could have been wrong." Kali said defending her daughter. "This is why communication is important between partners."

Everyone agreed with Kali, especially those that are married since communication is important to keeping their marriage going.

Blake holds up her own two fingers in a mocking gesture to Qrow before leaving to his thoughts. Sitting on the bench Qrow runs a hand through his hair wondering why Six paired him up with Blake instead of his normal team.

"A true Hunter can adapt to any situation. Even if it's being assigned to a new team." Port said getting nods from the veteran Hunters and Huntress's.

"You need to be able to cooperate with any Hunter you meet in the field." Leon said getting more nods of agreement.

"Perhaps we should have a week or two where we have teammates switch teams." Glynda suggested to Ozpin as a way to switch things up in their lesions.

"Agreed." Ozpin said taking a sip of his coffee.

Ruby grew pale at the notion of switching teams.

"Piece of advice."

Blake looks up from an article on her tablet when she hears Qrow speak behind her. Looking up she sees Qrow holding a knife which he shows her.

"No lag, that." He tells her setting the knife down on the shelf behind her before leaving Blake alone who goes back to reading the article.

"Hate to say it, but he's right." Leon said as he himself uses a simple great sword that isn't a mechashift weapon.

Ruby crossed her arms and slouched in her seat pouting at the slander of a Hunter not using a mechashift weapon.

"It's a delicate balance between old and new." Ozpin said thinking of himself and all the times he's been reborn to see new technology emerge while he himself is a relic of a bygone age.

"He has no respect for anything. If it doesn't fire a bullet or explode, he dismisses it!" Blake says now talking to man who has short green hair, round glasses and wearing a dress shirt with a yellow stripped tie who is sitting down and listening to Blake vent.

"Oobleck?" The staff said surprised to see the energetic professor.

"Dr. Oobleck!' The green haired professor yelled correcting his colleagues.

"Look at this!" Blake holds up the knife that Qrow gave her. "No lag."

"Oh, careful. My wife has a strict policy about knives in the house." The man says getting out of the chair and taking the knife from Blake. "And I have a strict policy about not pissing off my wife" Setting the knife down on the table next to him.

"A good policy to adopt." Leon said and every married man agreed. All of them shivering at the memory of their angry wives and having that anger directed at them.

"I know Qrow is supposed to be the best, but he's a hammer and I'm—I'm just a nail to him!" She yells in frustration while the man turns around and gestures to the chair that he was sitting on.

"Sit. Sit, it won't bite." Gesturing to the chair again Blake sighs as she sits in the chair cross legged. "You're angry, that's good." The man turns off the recorder that one would see in a therapist's office before facing Blake. "Anger—anger can be a powerful tool, but we're terrified of losing control, of embracing it." The man tells Blake sitting on the edge of the table.

"And that's why I envy Qrow."

"Wise words." Raven said knowing how well anger can turn a fight your way. It can also save a person with life threatening wounds. Like Oobleck said, "Anger can be a powerful tool".

"Never thought that someone would be envious of Qrow." Tai said to his wife earning a giggle from her while Qrow ignored him and focused on the screen wondering what he is like in this universe.

The sounds of the ocean waves crashing against the beach can be heard before the body of woman floats towards the beach. Splashing can be heard as a person enters the water and grabs the woman, lifting her out of the water.

"Raven?" Summer said surprised to see her partner floating in the water.

Raven didn't say anything as she too focused on the screen wondering just what happened to her. From the looks of it she isn't the feared bandit here like back in her world line.

"Qrow faced his demons."

Upon hearing that, Ozpin looked down at the coffee to see his reflection looking back at him. The difference is that the face looking back at Ozpin is the face he was born with. Brown eyes looked back at him and he felt a wave of nostalgia wash over him upon seeing his original face looking back at him. Ozma then shifted to a look of disappointment before snarling and changing. Ozpin looked back at his reflection in horror as Ozma shifted into the Salem.

Closing his eyes Ozpin took a moment to calm his nerves before looking back at the coffee to see his current face looking back at him. 'How long has it been since I've faced my demons?'

Qrow lifts the woman up and carries her to rusty ship that has seen better days.

"He knows how to channel his anger."

Qrow hammers a board in place while the woman sleeps and is awoken by the sound of the hammer. Turning over the woman shows a bruise over her right eye.

"Qrow?" The woman asks recognizing him. "Your retirement plans come to shite?"

"Who beat ya?" Qrow asks holding the hammer tightly.

Qrow upon seeing the bruise on his sister's face clenches his fists tightly. Raven may be a shit mother and ex wife but she is still his sister. They may not always agree with each other but they are still family.

Tai like Qrow felt anger rising in him at the sight of Raven with a black eye. She may have left him and Yang behind to resume her old life but she was his first wife and the mother of his oldest daughter but that didn't mean he hated her.

Yang also felt her anger rise at the sight of her mother clearly having been beaten.

Suffice to say the Xio Long and Branwen family are not happy with the sight of Raven with a black eye.

"Come on, leave it alone." The woman says now sitting upright. "It was a misunderstanding."

Qrow walks over to the woman and lifts her up. "Who beat ya, Raven?" He asks again.

"It was Junior and his boys." Raven tells him causing him to sigh as he lets go of her and walks over to the side rail. "It's just them bending me elbow a bit."

"Junior…" Yang whispered recalling the information broker/gangster/bar owner that didn't know where her mother was and as a result she trashed the bar and put all of his men in the hospital.

"What's with the accents?" Ruby asked thinking that their accents are a little weird and funny to hear.

"That was our original accent, kid." Qrow said slightly going back to his original accent. "Over time we lost it 'cept for when we get drunk."

Ruby chuckled at Qrow's original accent that came out slightly earning a chuckle from Tai and Yang.

"How much this time?"

"Five large."

Qrow sighs as he leans on the rail and looks at the hammer in his hands.

"Oh, now, come on, Qrow." Raven pleads holding her side in pain. "Don't do this."

"So, the roles are reversed." Qrow mumbled thinking back to their childhood where Raven was always looking out for him and playing the big sister even though she was born two minutes before him. According to Raven that made her the big sister and he the little brother.

Raven felt disgusted with herself for being weak and relying on Qrow for help. Her onscreen self even told Qrow to not get involved. 'I can handle it myself.'

Qrow enters the bar that Junior owns after hours and locks the door behind him.

"Someone is getting an ass kicking." Yang said excited at seeing her uncle in action again.

Everyone is anxious to see how Qrow fights without his trusty scythe.

"I need you to pay Roman a visit and remind him of the debt he owes." Junior tells one of his men before the bartender gestures to the entrance. Looking over his shoulder Junior and the rest of his goons see Qrow reaching into his jacket and pulls out a small roll of Lien.

"Here's the money me sister owes ya." Throwing the money at Junior, Qrow moves to the pool table and runs his hand over the wood finish. "But what comes next, my good sons, is from the God's mouth to your ears, and I will make it hurt."

"Here it comes." Summer said recognizing Qrow's body language and how he tenses up before a fight.

One of Junior's men leaves the bar and approaches Qrow who grabs a pool ball and throws it in the air before catching it. "For the rest of your miserable fucking lives." Throwing the pool ball at the goon which impacts him in the face and breaks his nose. The rest of the goons spring into action and charge Qrow.

Everyone in the audience wince at the sound of the pool ball impacting against the nose of the thug.

"Been a while since I've had a good bar brawl." Qrow said relaxing in his chair and taking in the sight of him kicking ass.

Junior leads the charge and throws a punch at Qrow who ducks under the swing and punches him in the throat. Disoriented, Junior runs into the pool table and falls to the ground as another goon throws a haymaker which Qrow blocks with his arm and quickly moves behind the man and wraps his arm wound his stomach. Lifting the man up Qrow slams the man into the bar knocking over the bottles of liquor.

"He has no proper form." Glynda said internally analyzing the fight so she could point out useful lessons to her students.

"In a bar fight, no form is needed." Leon said just as Qrow was about to say something surprising everyone, including his wife who looked shocked to hear such a thing. "I was young." Leon simply said shrugging his shoulders. "Everyone is focused on ending the fight quickly so they will use everything in reach to achieve it. That doesn't leave a lot of time to fight properly."

"What he said." Qrow added.

The first guy that Qrow knocked out gets back up and reaches for a pool cue and uses it as a weapon. The man hits Qrow in the back breaking the pool cue, unfazed by the attack Qrow approaches the man who holds the remaining pool cue who swings again and again,Qrow ducks under the swing and hits the man in the kidney. The man holds his sides in pain giving Qrow an opening as he punches the man in the face knocking him out.

"See what I mean." Leon said nodding towards the screen. Yang recalled her fight in the bar thinking how many of Junior's thugs used makeshift weapons on her. Of course, she wiped the floor with them and got arrested and had to be bailed out by her father who was not happy with her.

"Come on." Qrow tells Junior when he gets to his knees and charges Qrow knocking him into the bar and punches him in the stomach which doesn't faze Qrow as he uses his elbow to hit Junior in the back and drags him off by the collar of his shirt and punches him in the throat before kicking him back onto the pool table. Grabbing his feet Qrow pulls Junior off the pool table and onto the floor.

"Hello, Junior." Qrow kneels next to Junior now brandishing his hammer that he had hidden in his coat. "How's your mom?" Twirling the hammer in his hand before slamming the hammer into the ground a few inches from Junior's head getting a shriek from the information broker. Rising to his feet Qrow leaves the hammer buried into the marble floor as he unlocks the front door and leaves the club and Junior behind.

"Would have been easier to kill him." Raven said crossing her arms.

"Do you always deal in absolute?" Ghira asked curious to hear her answer.

"Strength rules the weak and fear controls them." Raven said turning in her seat to face Ghira. "Hunters protect the weak from the Grimm while the kingdoms use fear to control the populace. It's how the world works, no matter how much you try to dress it up or ignore it. It will always be there."

"We can argue the issue later." Ozpin said silencing the two from getting into a yelling match about who is right and who is wrong.

"This isn't about how Qrow's been treating you is it?" The man asks Blake who sighs.

"It's—I'm just tired of trying to prove myself." Blake uncrosses her legs and leans forward.

"It'll take time for some, but you are nobody's nail." The man explains pointing to Blake. "You're much too sharp for that. Rainbow needs people who will challenge the future of the unit, and—and those who are reminded of it's roots." Pointing to the knife before grabbing it. "It needs people who can be the scalpel and the hammer." The man said before handing the knife back to Bake.

"Truer words have never been spoken." Ozpin said while looking to RWBY and JNPR. RWBY could be considered the Hammer with them always running into dangerous situations. JNPR is the Scalpel with them always providing support to RWBY and always carrying out their assigned missions with precision.

"Thank you, Six." Blake takes the knife back and holds it in her hands as Six passes by her.

"Six. She left some very large shoes to fill, didn't she?" Six says removing his glasses and looking at a board that has a map of Remnant and different information pinned to the wall as well as some yarn connecting thumbtacks together. "I'll tell you what." Turning around to face Blake, Six puts back on his glasses and smiles.

"For now, please call me Bart."

Rainbow Six: Siege

"I would like to see more of this world." James said interested in some of the training that the counter terrorist Operatives go through and if he can take notes on their tactics so they could incorporate them into their world' military.

"I would too." Winter said wanting to see more of her sister in action and to see what their relationship is like.

"I might show more in the future." Spart told them earning nods from them as they watched the next trailer for the next universe.

A man is running from gunfire but is shot in the back while another is taking cover behind a tree truck and returning fire when he can.

In another scene two men are inside a helicopter that is spinning out of control. One of the men has a blonde stubble and is wearing a baseball cap in reverse with a headset over it. He is wearing a red shirt with tan cargo pants and his wearing a vest. The other is wearing a black shirt and has a bandanna covering the lower part of his face.

"That's Jaune." Ren said worried for his team leader who appears to be in a bad situation.

"What's going on?" Leon asked worried for his son's safety.

"in this world Jaune is apart of a elite military unit named Ghost Recon." Spart told them earning James and Winter attention.

"So Ghost Recon is similar to the Specialists." James said wondering how these Ghosts fair compared to Atlas Specialists.

"In some ways yes, in others no." Spart said getting James' attention once again. "Ghost Recon operatives don't announce themselves, nor do they wear any identifying emblems to show that they are a Ghost. Their motto is "Credit is failure"."

"Impressive." Ozpin said drinking his coffee as he focused back on the screen wondering what Jaune is capable of in this universe.

The next scene shows the flaming helicopter wreckage in the jungle. A figure wearing a long olive drab hooded coat and a mask that is hiding their face. The figure is aiming a revolver at another person on the ground who is holding their hands up in surrender.

Jaune watches from the shadows as the masked, hooded figure kill the man on the ground. The flash from the gun momentarily lights up their mask.

"Wonder who's under the mask." Yang said leaning forward in her seat.

"Maybe we'll see by the end of the trailer." Weiss said.

"They wouldn't reveal the main villain in the trailer. That's just dumb." Yang said leaning back in her seat and crossing her arms.

'BVS, Terminator: Gensys. To name a few.' Spart thought to himself and remained silent as the trailer resumed.

The scene changes to show an island before transitioning back to the jungle where Jaune is hiding behind a tree and holding a soldier by his mask with a knife pulled out. Four soldiers dressed similar to the masked hooded figure patrol the jungle looking for Jaune. Once the group passes, Jaune lets the body of the soldier fall to the ground before looking up and seeing a drone above the trees.

"Oh, no." Ruby said worried for her friend.

On a screen the lead masked hooded soldier sees Jaune's heat signature running through the jungle from the drone before it loses sight of him. Looking up from the tablet the masked hooded soldier gestures for the others to move out.

Two squads of soldiers move through the jungle with ease and precision looking for Jaune.

"I am a Ghost. An elite soldier."

Three masked soldiers look at the river stream for Jaune but don't see him. Under the soldiers feet is a small alcove hidden by the tree roots and Jaune is hiding there. Looking up Jaune scowls before retreating back in the darkness to hide until the soldiers move on.

"Trained to strike my enemies before they know I exist."

The lead masked hooded figure kneels down next to the soldier that Jaune killed and turns the head to better see the dead soldier before rising to their feet and drawing the knife from the sheathe on the front of their vest.

Ruby squints her eyes to better see the knife and spots a small rose engraved on the blade near the handle. Feeling a sense of dread she doesn't voice her concerns after all she isn't the only one who uses a rose as their emblem.

Jaune clenches his fist in pain while lightning lights up the area around him.

"Death stalks me."

Raising his left leg reveals a piece of metal embedded in his thigh. Taking several deep breathes before grabbing the metal shard and pulling it out of his thigh; Jaune grits his teeth to keep from screaming.

"But I survive."

No one speaks as they watch the trailer. Summer frowns at what Jaune says on screen about being stalked by death. A Hunter's life is always stalked by death and not all of them are lucky enough to survive.

The Arc family feel the familiar urge to protect their son/brother.

The lead masked hooded soldier strangles a prisoner killing them before moving on to the next.

"Overcoming an obstacle."

Jaune is now climbing a hill covered in snow while a snowstorm is raging. Finally reaching the top Jaune sees a cabin and walks towards it before falling to his knees in exhaustion. Behind him is a soldier with red hair tied into a pony tail with a single strand loose, she is wearing a black shirt with a light combat vest and black and grey cargo pants. She sees Jaune and helps him stand up and helps him walk to the cabin.

"Pyrrha, it's you." Nora said pointing out the obvious. "I wonder if we are going to see our friends as well."

"Never surrendering."

The doors to a facility are blown open allowing the masked soldiers to enter the building killing the security personal with efficiency, directly behind them is their leader carrying their revolver and is flanked by three more soldiers wearing gear similar to the leader with some difference.

"And with my brothers and sisters at my side."

Jaune and his teammate Pyrrha enter a small armory, opening a weapons case Pyrrha grabs an assault rifle and throws it to Jaune. Catching the rifle Jaune checks over the rifle before loading a magazine and aiming at an imaginary target to test the sights.

"There is no fight we fear."

"Hunters are the same." Bart said drinking his coffee and holds the mug out. A droid appears and refills the mug before leaving. "Hunters are dangerous when they work together in teams of four. Sadly most chose to operate solo thinking themselves capable of tackling any foe."

Summer thinks back to her last assignment and how Tai offered to help. She declined the offer telling him that she can handle it and in the end, she died because she forgot the basic rule for every Hunter. "Never hunt alone".

In clean facility a drone is being outfitted with an assault rifle before being activated. The drone flies out of the facility followed by many more combat drones. The leader of the masked soldiers is standing on a platform overlooking the island with their arms crossed over their chest looking to the distance.

A combat SUV is driving down a dirt road with Jaune at the wheel while Pyrrha and Nora, another one of Jaune's new squad provide cover from the combat drones pursing them. Nora wields a LMG and is doing her best to hit the drones and so is Pyrrha but she gets shot in the shoulder. Screaming in pain before drawing her pistol and manages to shoot a drone but doesn't destroy it as it continues to pursue the SUV.

"We are Ghosts. We aren't afraid of death."

Ahead of the SUV are two unmanned drones that are designed for ground combat blocking the road. Two panels rise up before sliding back as two large caliber turrets rise from the body and fire at the SUV.

Jaune swerves to avoid the incoming fire as Nora fires at the combat vehicles in front of them. Reaching into his bag Jauen pulls out a block of C4 and places it on the dashboard before jumping out of the SUV as do the others. The SUV drives into the drone combat vehicles throwing off their aim. Jaune and Pyrrha recover and draw their weapons and fire upon the flying drones while Nora grabs her rocket launcher and fires a rocket at the SUV detonating the C4 and destroying the ground combat drones in the explosion.

"Take that dumb machines!" Nora yelled throwing her fist in the air. "Team JNPR for the win."

Jaune smiled at Nora's outburst already used to it.

"So when you take the life of my brothers."

On the platform a helicopter lands and the rest of the elite soldiers step out and stand behind their leader.

The scene transitions to show Jaune, Pyrrha and Nora walking across a volcanic landscape to meet with their last teammate.

"When you provoke me."

Ren hears them approaching and turns around to see them and gets to his feet carrying his sniper rifle. Jaune and Ren shake hands.

"What are you wearing, Ren?" Nora asked before giggling at what onscreen Ren is wearing. "You look like a fluffy sheep."

"It's called a ghillie suit." Emilia said from her seat. "They are still used today in the military by snipers. They did see plenty of action in the Faunus Rebellion as a way of hiding from the eyes of the Faunus. They are also surprising comfortable."

"Did you serve in the military?" Jaune asked his mother.

"Yes, I'll tell you later." Emilia told her son.

"It doesn't matter how powerful you are. I will burn your world to the ground."

Jaune and the rest of new team look to the distance where the drone manufacturing facility is.

Meanwhile the leader of the masked soldiers removes their hood and their mask as do the rest of the elite soldiers. Removing the lower half of the mask reveals a feminine pair of lips before removing the top half of the mask to reveal a pair of silver eyes.

Everyone in the audience looks to both Summer and Ruby as they are the only ones with silver eyes. No one said anything as they wanted to see who it is.

One of the elite soldiers removes their mask to reveal amber eyes.

Another, blue eyes.

And finally, lilac eyes.

The leader holds the mask under their arm and steps forward. The leader is a woman in her late thirties, her short black hair with red tip is in a bob cut and offset.

"Ruby?" Yang said surprised to see her sister all grown up and looking so much like their mother. Not to mention that she is the bad guy in this universe since she's leading her own military force. "Does that mean?" she asked suddenly remembering all the eye colors that match their own.

One of the elite soldiers is woman with blonde hair that is tied into a low ponytail, her lilac eyes hold rage.

Another has snow white hair that is cut short to just below her shoulders, the most noticeable trait is the scar running down her left eye.

The last has black hair that is pulled back into a ponytail and she has two cat ears perched on top her head.

"I'm a Ghost too. I would expect nothing less."

Ruby's voice says as her team and Wolves stand beside her.

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

"So we're the bad guys." Blake said sloughing in her seat and her bow drooped as well. Weiss was speechless upon seeing herself looking so… so… badass. She looked so cool in full body armor and with short hair. 'Been hanging around Yang too much.' Weiss thought and shook her head to clear her thoughts.

Winter felt conflicted about her sister being the bad guy in this universe. 'Does that mean Jaune and his team have to fight them?'

"Every universe is different from the others. No two are exactly the same." Spart told the group. "In this universe Ruby and her team are former Ghosts that have gone rogue. Jaune and is new team have been sent in to find and eliminate Ruby's team, The Wolves."

"So, we're enemies." Ruby said saddened by the news.

"Cheer up little sis. Here the two of you are best friends." Yang said throwing an arm around Ruby and brought her into a one arm hug instantly cheering her up. Just in time as the next trailer appeared.

"There are six Sirens in the universe. I used to be one of them."

A woman walks through the shadows; the only light is coming from the glowing blue tattoos on her left arm and across her chest. Her orange eyes glowing in the darkness.

"My name is Pyrrha and I need you."

Pyrrha steps out of the shadows, she is wearing a dark green tank top with a small leather vest that has a fur collar, the left sleeve is attached while the right is removed. Her red hair is cut short to the nape of her neck and combed to the right. The tattoos that are glowing are no longer visible on her body and Pyrrha points to the camera as the screen changes to show an aerial view of a desert that has rock formations.

"That looks like some area in Vacuo." Sun said recognizing some of the rock formations.

"What's a Siren?' Wiess asked.

"I'll explain when we get to this universe." Spart told her before focusing back on the screen.

The camera flies down to the ground to show five vehicles that are armed and driving through the desert. The cars drive over a small gap before the meet armed bandits charging a group of four holding them and their backup off.

The four split up and fight.

One of the four is a short woman wearing a combat helmet and a leather jacket that has a large pauldronover the right shoulder runs at a group of bandits before leaping into the air and pressing a button on her gauntlet. A metal frame materializes around her and soon a large mech complete with dual machine gun arms forms around the girl. The machine gun arms spin up and open fire on the bandits killing them and destroying their combat vehicles.

In the cockpit seat is the girl who has silver eyes and black stripes under her eyes. Stands of black hair with red tips can be seen from under her helmet.

RUBY, "The Gunner."

"I want the mech!" Ruby and Nora shouted at the same time eyeing the mech with stars in their eyes. Everyone who knows the girls are glad that they didn't have such a mech in their possession.

Ironwood eyed the design of the mech and say that in some areas it's a definite improvement over their own Paladins.

"The gunner?" Yang asked wondering why her little sister is named "The Gunner".

In a different location a figure is wearing a large overcoat that runs at the enemies and fires his sniper rifle. The figure points at the bandits before three wild animals decloak from being invisible and charge the bandits mauling them to death. The figure kneels in front of the camera as the animals nuzzle him affectingly. The figure is revealed to be a robot with a glowing blue middle "eye" in the middle of its head.

IRONW00D, "The Beastmaster."

Everyone looks to General of Atlas surprised to see him as machine. Penny is intrigued by the design of Ironw00d.

"Huh?" Qrow said shaking his head.

A man with blonde hair and a robotic eye over his left eye is fighting the bandits. The man fires his weapon in short bursts before dropping the rifle and grabbing his pistol and resumes killing the bandits with efficiency before moving on to the next, assisting the man is a small drone. Activating a button on his gauntlet deploys a hologram that takes his place as he disappears just in time as a larger bandit appears and attacks the hologram. The man kills the large bandit from behind.

JAUNE ARC, "The Operative."

Pyrrha looked to her teammate and wonders if he would be open to the idea of growing a beard. Twice now she has seen him with facial hair and she has to admit that it suits him.

Jaune saw Pyrrha looking at him and he smiled at her making her heart rate up and a blush to appear on her face that he couldn't see thanks to the low light in the theater.

"So we have a Gunner, Beastmaster, and now an Operative. Who's next?" Yang asked curios as to who is going to be shown next.

In the middle of large crowd of bandits is a woman with blonde hair tied back into a high pony tail and purple tattoos running down the length of her left arm fighting a bandit in hand to hand combat. The woman dodges a punch before retaliating with her own knocking the bandit out. Moving on to her next opponent she comes face to face with a large bandit that has a prominent beer belly that absorbs her punch and pushes her back into another bandit that hits her from behind.

On her knees the woman wipes the sweat from her face before the tattoos on her arm glow blue similar to Pyrrha in the beginning.

YANG, "The Siren."

"I'm a Siren?" Yang asked surprised as they don't know what a Siren entails except for having cool glowing tattoos.

A blue explosion of energy explodes form Yang knocking the bandits back and killing them in the process. When the dust settles Yang is floating in the air, her yellow hair glowing bright yellow and six yellow glowing floating beside her, three arms on her left and on her right.

"I want that power." Yang and Raven said at the same time both for different reasons.

Ozpin eyed the power of the Siren with awe having not seen something in their world even when magic existed.

'Such power.' Raven thought looking at the powerful display of power that her onscreen daughter holds.

SHOOT

Ruby is shooting at a group of bandits that are running at her with melee weapons.

LOOT

A chest opens and many weapons are on display for the group to see and use.

UH…

Jaune now shoots a gun that shoots guns.

"Ruby!" Yang shouted holding her sister who passed out upon seeing the gun that shoots guns and fanning her face. Meanwhile Ruby kept repeating the sentence.

"Must find a way to get that gun."

SHLOOT?

Weiss is with a teenage girl with purple hair. Holding her palm out Weiss creates a glowing purple orb roughly the size of a medicine ball. The teenager tries her hardest to recreate the ball but can't as she lowers her hands in defeat.

Weiss closes her hand getting the purple orb to disappear as she puts a hand on the teenager's shoulder to cheer her up which works as the teenager smiles at Weiss.

Winter looked to her little sister and couldn't see her as a teacher since her patience isn't exactly her strong suit. Maybe that changed in this universe she thought to herself after all in one universe she is the bad guy.

A large woman with short black hair and red eyes wears a welding hood before lowering it with a wrench that she is holding in her hand and doing a twirl. Further from the woman is a man wearing nothing but his underwear and a pair of boot along with a white cape that appears to be a bed sheet. The man is holding two pistols that he is shooting in the air in joy before holding his arms out. The man has grey hair and a pair of black glasses perched on his nose.

Qrow attempted to hold in his laughter at the sight of Raven being overweight but failed and clutched his sides in pain as laughter shook his body. Even Summer joined in on the laughter at the sight of her teammate.

Raven on the other hand didn't find the situation humorous and looked at her on screen self with loathing wondering how she could have become so large.

Glynda looked away embarrassed at seeing Ozpin wearing nothing but his tighty whities and boots, she didn't question the cape.

Ozpin looked at himself and saw himself decades ago when he lost his mind after being reborn and secluded himself away in a cave.

A rifle is running on two small legs before jumping on stairs and climbing them. Following the running gun is a small orange and white robot that has two arms and a single wheel for legs, a blue lens rests in the middle acts as the eyes. The robot sees the gun running up the stairs before turning around and throwing its arms up in frustration.

"****! No!" The robot screams in anguish.

Once again Ruby passed out at the sight of the gun walking on two legs and vowed to make such a gun that can walk on two legs..

Everyone else chuckled at the sight of the gun running away from the robot and wondered why the robot doesn't simply climb the stairs.

Two people a man and woman hold a piece in each hand before they bring them together and the pieces click together. The two look to the camera and smile, the man winks.

In the next scene two men are fighting the local wildlife. One of the men has a large hat and a white handlebar mustache; white hair can be seen under his hat. The other man has untamed hair that is sticking out in various directions and is wearing a charcoal suit.

The Schnee family is surprised to see Whitley again fighting alongside another unknown man. They can't help but wonder what his role in this universe is.

A tiger faunus wearing a leather jacket punches a bandit in the stomach making him fall over before kneeling beside the bandit and making a finger gun which she aims at the bandit's head before pulling the "trigger".

Ilia looks to Sienna who not surprised to herself not with the White Fang, especially after the last universe that they watched. Like the Schnee family Sienna can't help but wonder what her onscreen self is like and what her role is in this universe.

Ruby, Jaune, Ironw00d and Yang stand in front of a gold chest that opens and golden heavenly lights shines from the chest as the light dies down it is revealed that the chest contains guns that the four can use.

On a distance planet are hundreds of bandits are cheering for two people as they appear on stage above them.

"The Children of Salem is a psycho cult."

The two step onto the stage carrying guns which they shoot into the air stirring the crowd up as they cheer for the two. One is a male with grey hair and the other is a female with short black hair and bright amber eyes. These two are known as the Salem Twins.

"Ten trillion followers demand that we join or die."

"Holy shit." Tai said surprised at the number of followers the Children of Salem has and is glad that such a cult doesn't exist in their world or they would all be worshiping the self-proclaimed mistress of the Grimm.

Ozpin thinks back to one of his lives where he did witness a cult emerge that did worship Salem but they never reached the number of followers such as the one in the universe being shown and is thankful that they died out long ago.

The Twins sit in their makeshift throne as their followers enjoy themselves by acting crazy and other such debacle.

"We got another proposal for them."

Pyrrha is on the outskirts of the cult compound where she faces the camera and blows a kiss before throwing a middle finger at the camera. The gesture is blocked out by a black square.

"My kind of message." Raven said approving of the message that on screen Pyrrha is displaying and used the same message herself on different occasions.

"We should deliver the same message to Salem." Qrow said over his shoulder to Ozpin who smiled at the suggestion and imagined Salem opening a package with a middle finger popping out like a jack in the box.

"I will deliver the message personally." Summer said with a edge in her voice which many in the room could understand. She did die because Salem ordered her minions too and as a result missed out on seeing her daughters grow up and other important milestones in their lives.

Pyrrha is walking into the compound with the four behind her. She turns around and throws her fist in the air giving them the single to let loose which they do and engage the cult.

Running down a street Jaune fires his rifle while he is moving and calls in his hologram just in time as a enraged behemoth jumps on the hologram ignoring the real Jaune. Yang calls upon her Siren powers and summons the six glowing arms that fly at the giant behemoth and hit him square in the chest making the behemoth fly back before exploding. With the way clear Yang and Jaune continue to run and gun while Ruby leaps onto a stack of crates and leap off.

"Break their legs!" Nora shouted at the screen with glee at the all the action that is happening on screen.

Glynda is watching the four work together and is happy to see them working well and watching each other's back while they fight and wonders who trained them.

Everyone else is caught up in the action and rooting for the four to kick the Children of Salem ass and put down the cult for good.

Summoning her mech in midair, Ruby sits in the cockpit as the heavy foot of the mech crushes a bandit under its weight. Ironw00d leaps onto the back of mech and takes control of the turret on its back.

Working together the four clear a way to the main fortress for the cult.

Yang jumps in the air summons her arms again before slamming into the ground causing a shockwave that blow away the other bandits in the area.

Standing on top of the stairs the four look at the massive walls of the fortress.

Yang summons her arms beside her to prepare for the coming fight.

Ruby exits her mech as it stands behind her. She reaches into one of the pouches and pulls out a stick of gum and throws it into her mouth. Grabbing her rifle Ruby checks the magazine before blowing a bubble made out of gum.

Ironw00d calls upon his beasts which stand beside him. Petting one of them while the others pee on the dead bandits.

Jaune summons his hologram and drone as he looks upon the fortress and the army of bandits standing in their way.

BORDERLANDS 3

"We are badass!" Yang shouted at the top of her lungs and posing in her seat which made the others laugh at her antics.

"I admit that was fun to watch." James said fondly recalling memories of his youth when he was reckless.

"This will be the last one before dinner is served." Spart told the group as they focused back on the screen as the next trailer is starting.

On a bus sits Jaune looking a little on the thin side. In the seat in front of him sits a child looking bored. Jaune covers his face with his hands before opening them and making a silly face making the child laugh. Jaune makes more silly faces making the child laugh before the mother of the child turns in her seat to face Jaune.

"Can you please stop bothering my kid?" The mother asks giving Jaune a look like's he's crazy.

"Sorry." Jaune apologizes sitting back in his seat.

"Jeez, some people." Tai said recalling how some parents are with their children.

"Missing some meals there Jaune." Yang said commenting on how Jaune looks in this universe.

The Arc family is worried about their son/brother since he's so thin as are the girls who have a crush on him.

"Jaune, I have some bad news for you."

Jaune enters a hospital before the scene changes to show Jaune tightening his shoes too tight for his feet. The scene shifts again to show Jaune walking down a corridor buttoning up his shirt before laughing.

Everyone in the audience is put off by the sound of Jaune laughing. To them it sounded forced and painful to do added to that they just saw him tightening his shoes way to tight.

"What is happening to you." Velvet whispered to herself at the sight of her crush.

"This is the last time we'll be meeting." Jaune's therapist tells him as he looks at her sitting behind her desk.

"You don't listen do you?"

Jaune now at his job wearing clown makeup and holding a sign before a person knocks it out of his hands.

"What a bunch of jerks." Ruby yelled at the screen and at the men for picking on her friend and crush.

"You just ask the same questions every week."

Jaune chases after the people who knocked his sign out of his hands into an alleyway where he is hit in the face with his own sign before getting beat up and left on the ground in the alley.

Those that know the knight feel anger building up in them at the sight of Jaune getting beat up. Jaune himself thinks back to when he first entered Beacon and wondered if that's how weak he was compared to now.

"in this universe Jaune was never accepted into Beacon and didn't want to go back home as it would mean admitting defeat. So, he stayed in Vale taking any job that was offered to him. Over time he slowly lost faith in his abilities to be a Hunter." Spart said giving them a little backstory on this universe that they are watching.

The Arc family and both teams felt sorrow at the notion of Jaune not getting into Beacon and being forced to do jobs that he doesn't enjoy. What got them was hearing that Jaune is losing his dreams of being a hunter.

Jaune lowered his head and wondered how close this universe was to being his reality in the main world line.

Ozpin wondered what could have led to his counterpart in this universe to reject Jaune and briefly looked to Glynda knowing that she must have screened the applicants a second time and a red flag must have appeared on mister Arc's transcripts.

"How's your job? Are you having any negative thoughts?"

Jaune is now shirtless in his apartment kitchen, his upper torso is covered in bruises before the scene changes back to the therapist's office to show Jaune smoking.

"All I have are negative thoughts." Jaune tells his therapist who isn't surprised at the news.

"Jaune…" Nora said thinking back to her own childhood when she contemplated ending her life after having negative thoughts for so long. Even after meeting Ren the thoughts persisted and continue to whisper in the back of her mind that she is worthless and a waste of space like the children of her past repeatedly told her.

Feeling something engulf her hand, looking at her Jaune showed it to be Jaune's own hand holding her own.

"Are you okay?" He asked concerned when he saw tears appearing in the corners of Nora's eyes. Nora gave a shaking nod that didn't convince him as he brought her into a hug that Nora cherished as they always chased away the bad thoughts much like Ren did only different.

Everyone looked away from the hugging teens back to the screen to give them privacy.

Jaune is now sitting a hospital room next to a patient as the TV plays in the background. The announcer of the program comes on and talks to the audience.

"And finally, in a world where everyone thinks they can do my job. Check out this guy."

Jaune recognizes the announcer and goes to get a better view of the TV where the screen changes to show Jaune in the spotlight.

"When I was a little boy, and told people that was going to be a comedian. Everyone laughed at me. Well, no one's laughing now."

Jaune looks back at the screen as Nora continues to hug thinking back to his second dream of being a comedian after being a heroic Hunter.

The clip ends and the screen goes back to the announcer who looks back the audience.

"You can say that again, pal." The audience laughs at the jab at Jaune and Jaune in the hospital room just looks at the TV screen.

"That meanie." Ruby said frowning at the man who made fun of her friend. Everyone wonders how Jaune is going to respond.

A train passes by the station before showing a person throwing a clown mask in the trash. Changing again to show Jaune wearing a red suit smiling at something in the distance. Another scene shows a man exiting a building on the TV before switching to show a large crowd holding signs in protest. One of the signs says 'We are all clowns'.

Jaune is now in a elevator with a woman holding a large paper bag in her arms leaning against the wall in boredom. "It's so awful isn't it?" She asks before the screen changes once again to show Jaune applying his clown makeup. Opening his mouth to stick out his tongue Jaune licks the makeup brush still covered in white makeup.

Exiting his apartment Jaune is now wearing a red suit with a orange waist coat and his face is painted like a clowns. The face paint is different in that it's slightly askew and his blonde hair is dyed green. The scene shifts again to show Jaune dancing on stair steps.

"Jaune…" Pyrrha whispers concerned for her crush and slightly scared of him embracing his inner madness and also for his new clown look. The blonde hair that she loves are now dyed green combined with the make up is covering all the aspects that make Jaune who he is.

"For my whole life, I didn't know if I even really existed."

Jaune is now in a club smiling as the spotlight is now on him. The woman from the elevator is also there and smiling. The scene changes to show Jaune looking at a drawing of clown with sharp teeth snarling, Jaune does an impression of the drawing before something catches his attention.

In the back of a taxi is a person wearing a clown mask, Jaune smiles at the person wearing the mask as the taxi passes.

Nora lets go of Jaune and looks at the screen when she heard Jaune saying the same thing that she told herself many times throughout her youth. "You do exist." She said speaking to Jaune on screen and to herself.

"But I do. People are starting to notice."

Jaune is now in the middle of a protest wandering through the crowds enjoying himself judging from his smile. The scene changes to show Jaune kissing the woman from the elevator before changing again. Jaune is in front of the mirror shirtless and only wearing the white makeup on his face.

"You think this is funny?

Jaune's laugh can be heard as different scenes appear. Jaune slamming his head against a cage and running down a hall.

"This a joke to you?" A young blonde woman asks Jaune who is laughing at her before getting punched.

Everyone looks to Yang surprised that she would assault Jaune. Ruby knows that she has some – okay, a lot of anger issues but she isn't one to just punch someone for no reason.

An ambulance crashes into a car before showing Jaune wearing his new clown makeup and smoking as he watches something.

Police are trying to contain a riot of people wearing clown masks in a train station and Jaune is in the middle of it putting on a clown mask.

"Edin Murray, one small thing." Jaune address the guy from the TV program that made fun of him earlier now looking older. Jaune is now wearing his red suit with his new clown makeup with his green hair.

"Yeah?" Murray asks looking to Jaune.

"When you bring me out. Can you introduce me as Joker?" Jaune asks putting his hands in his pockets while Murray looks to his producer before the scene changes again to show Jaune in what appears to be a hospital wearing a doctor's coat and his old clown makeup before changing to show Jaune kicking a wall repeatedly and changing once again to show Jaune in his Joker appearance walking down a tunnel while police officers run in the opposite direction.

Another scene shows a person running down a hallway carrying a gas grenade that is spewing green gas.

Jaune is in the restroom wearing his Joker makeup and slowly dancing to a tune that only he can hear.

JOKER

Backstage of the show that Murray is hosting Jaune strikes a pose as the curtains pull apart and the spotlights hit him bathing him in light.

The lights come back on as the screen fades to black. Everyone in the audience doesn't know what to think about the Joker universe since it depicts Jaune embracing the madness within him and projecting that onto the world around him.

Ozpin can't help but wonder that if by denying Jaune the chance to enter Beacon that he just created a villain that would shake the foundations of Vale and Remnant. Shaking the thoughts away, Ozpin back to his own world line where he did accept Jaune into Beacon.

All of the girls that have a crush on the blonde knight are slightly scared of the Joker Jaune and everything he represents. All the hopes and dreams dashed by the reality of the world around him and not getting into Beacon.

"Well, if you'll all follow me. I'll show you the dinning hall." Spart said floating to the front of the audience knowing that they want to discuss what they have just seen and to talk about things weighing on them.

Spart floated past the audience as they rose out of their seats and followed him out of the theater.

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A/N: Another chapter done. Thank you to everyone who is enjoying the story. The next chapter will be the dinner and talking chapter then the next showing which will be one chapter on its own.

I can't guarantee when the next chapter will be out as I have college classes and work eating up all my time. Plus Death Stranding will be coming out soon but it will come out when I finish it. So please be patient.

Thank you.

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