Okay, so I lied, I will be putting another chapter out today. I had my coffee, and I just needed to put out another chapter. As you can see, I am not having the team go to Jem right away this time, because I wanted to do things a bit differently. And while I had a good idea of what I wanted RWBY and JNPR to do before they meet Jem, it was a bit difficult to figure out what I wanted Jem to do in his free time, considering most of the events of the original out of place only happened after they arrive.

So yes, there will be filler.

"Oh my Oum, this is boring as hell." Yang said as they had holed up in an abadoned structure and would told to stay put.

Winter had gone out on a leaders recon with Team JNPR, leaving Team RWBY to pull security until they got back to report. Only problem was that because none of them had any forms of entertainment to pass the time. They were either stuck trying to talk to each other, or cut the blades of grass in front of them.

"1,123." Ruby counted another blade of Grass.

"Hey! At least we still got to come." Weiss said just happy to be there.

"But your sister is taking this pretty seriously for a simple mission." Blake added in as she wasn't a big fan.

She had gotten over her hatred of the Schnees because of the SDC's treatment of Faunus after realizing that Weiss and Winter were not like their father. That being said she was starting to grow a new resentment for the Schnees on account of how bored she was getting. It didn't help that the bag that Winter made Nora take back to her room also had some of Blake's tuna in it. That was what REALLY got her pissed.

You could beat her and insult her, but don't fuck with her tuna.

"I'm sure she'll lighten up once she gets back from her recon." Weiss said with confidence.

"Will you listen to yourself? You're making it sound like she's treating it like a military exercise!" Blake said being disgruntled over the fact that she was forced to eat some of the prepared rations.

She picked this one MRE because it said 'Tuna Chunks' all it had was a pack of Lemon Pepper tuna and some Mayo, that wasn't a meal, if anything it was what you gave a stray cat on the street because you took pity on it. Not something meant to help you survive.

"You realize what our job is right? Protect and serve? This isn't much different from the military, so she's just taking control of it and helping it run in an orderly fashion!" Weiss would not tolerate any insults to her loving big sister.

"Well orderly military fashion is hella boring! Don't try to say otherwise, I saw you falling asleep because of her stupid 'safety brief' when we were flying here." Yang said as Weiss shut up.

Okay that part was true, but she still stood by what she said. It was important they take this matter serious. Then again, she did remember she was looking forward to a nice relaxing day too. So maybe her love of her sister was overriding her need for relaxation.

"1,247…." Ruby was still counting.

"Look Weiss, if it was any other huntsman or hunttress who was shadowing us for this mission, and they were doing the same thing, wouldn't you be complaining?" Yang said as Weiss looked away.

"I'm not going to dignify that with a response!"

"So that's a yes!"

"I said I wasn't going to-"

"Yeah yeah, you also pretty much admitted that I'm right! If you have to use 'I'm not going to dignify that.' That usually means you have no ground to stand on!" Yang had no idea why Weiss was being so stubborn about this.

"Okay, well, I'm sure she'll let loose once she comes back." Weiss said trying to defend her sister.

"Oh please, it took us forever just to get you to stop being so frigid, I don't even want to know how long this one will take."

"HEY!"

"I'm back." Winter said as she walked back with Team JNPR.

Jaune looked like he was ready to kill himself out of boredom. Pyrrha's eyes while attempting to show here positive outlook on life couldn't hide the fact that she was dead inside from the sheer boredom that was overtaking them. Nora looked ready to explode in anger because she had been forced to hike with nothing to do. She enjoyed hiking, but you want her to be QUIET and not point out all the fun things that nature offers? That's some cruel shit.

Ren however seemed completley unaffected. But everyone knew that was just how the boy was.

"After careful consideration, this area is clear, meaning we can drop full security and go 20% on with 80% off." Nobody had any idea what she meant.

"That means two up and seven can relax." Everyone then shrugged.

It wasn't much, but it was better than nothing. Although it did kind of suck that two people would have to be bored out of their skulls staring out and making sure things were still secure.

"Alright! Finally I was getting bo-" Ruby was about to finish her sentence until Winter cut her off.

"Ruby and Weiss, you'll take the first shift."

CR-ACK!

You could hear Ruby's world shatter as she realized she was getting screwed with the first shift.

"The rest of you can relax as soon as I check to make sure your weapons are still in working order." Everyone groaned.

They needed something exciting to happen soon or else there would be a mutiny.

On Earth

"Say Jem, we're doing a group 'boot camp' fitness class in one of the rooms, maybe you could help us with some of our customers?" Sally Mae, the owenr of the local gym Jem trained at asked him.

"Boot camp fitness camp?" He asked.

"Yeah, you know, its an aerobics course with a military theme, it will be fun!" She said as they had t shirts.

"…Why is it called boot camp then?"

"Oh you know, because it's meant to make you sweat!" She was too positive for her own good.

"Uhm….I reallllllyyyy don't think I should be involved, I'm just going to go back to my weights." He said as he really didn't want to be involved in that.

"Come on, surely you can share some of the things you did in the military with us?" Jem thought back to it.

He remembered one time when some guy in his unit lost his NODS, and as punishment, the whole company was forced to lunge to a stop sign a mile down the road, sprint back, and then lunge back, then burpee long jump back again, and then lunge again, and then sprint again. It was fucking miserable.

He remembered Constantine threw up when he went to go take a sip out of his water bottle, only problem was some of his puke landed in his water bottle, and because he didn't have another water source, he said fuck it, and drank it anyways.

And then to top it all off, turns out the lost NODS actually belonged to the CO. And to make matters worse, they were never lost, he just forgot to turn them back into the arms room after the field problem was over.

Needless to say, everyone in the company thought about killing him.

"Yeah, I really shouldn't…..I kind of need this job…." Jem said as he ran away before she could ask him again.

Usually he would find any excuse to delay more exercises for leg day, but this time he was attacking leg day with gusto just because he didn't want Sally Mae to ask him again. She was way too chipper for her own good, don't get him wrong, he liked positive people, but for gods sake, it was like talking to a cartoon character.

He took a sip of some pre workout he got from Sweden. He couldn't pronounce the name, and he wasn't even sure if it was from a Legitimate business or not, but one thing was for sure, it was potent. And he was loving it.

"Uhm, Mister?" He took his earbuds out to see a cute girl was talking to him.

Oh boy! This was great! A cute girl coming up to him in the gym! This was good news! You see, when you're a guy, its generally difficult to hit on a girl at the gym, because you don't want to look like that creepy dickhead trying to pick up a girl when they're focused on their workout. But when a girl approaches you? Suddenly you're in the clear?

"Yes miss?" He asked trying and failing to be suave.

"I was just wondering…" She was looking nervous to ask him the next question.

"Yeah?" He felt butterflies in his stomach, maybe she wanted his phone number?

"Well, if its okay with you…." She was playing with her hair as she seemed unsure of how to proceed.

"I'm sure I'll be fine with it." He was trying to reassure her.

She gave a smile in return, and he knew he was in.

"Okay, well do you think you could help my boyfriend get bigger?"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed internally as she pointed her thumb back to someone.

He looked to where she was pointing, and he saw a very weak and decadent man standing with the pink dumbbells struggling to lift those. His eye twitched as he saw her boyfriend had long hair down to his shoulders, a very petite frame, and was wearing a shirt that said 'The future is female.' On it.

"…..Jesus…..Christ…" He thought to himself.

But he forced a smile onto his face.

"Sure, I'll help him….." He said as she smiled.

"Good! All the other boys in his college class pick on him!" She said as she went over to her boyfriend to bring him over.

"Yeah…..theres a reason for that…..How is he dating her? He either has a great personality….a great sense of humor….or a giant cock…..or all of the above…..goddam it." Jem was trying not to be a dick and end up like one of those incel neckbeard pussies.

That being said, he still did not like this guy.

"Uhm…..thanks mister…." The feminine guy said in a light voice as he played with his hair.

"…Jesus, we got a lot of work to do on you boy." Jem said as he looked him up and down.

"First thing is getting yourself a new gym outfit…."

"And also maybe a haircut…." His girlfriend spoke up at that.

"I love his long hair!" Okay scratch that.

"Okay…..hey can you leave us alone together?" He said as she nodded.

"Bye sweetie! I'll be back to pick you up after work!" She said as she walked out of the gym.

And then Jem glared at the twink in front of him.

"Okay, so first things first, and I mean this with no disrespect, but how the fuck are you dating her?" He needed to get that out of the way.

"Oh, well, we met at school, and we were lab partners, she liked how I was more an intellectual instead of a brute….no offense." The boy said as Jem face palmed.

"None taken, anything else?"

"Well, I also have a rather large-"

"Say no more, anyways, why are you wearing that tank?"

"Oh, well, I don't own any gym clothes, so I borrowed this from my sister, why whats wrong with it?" He asked as it fit him.

"…..So much….okay, first off…." Jem reached into his bag and pulled out a tank.

"Go in the bathroom, put this on, and then meet me by the dumbbell racks over there."

"But…..I can't lift those…" The boy said.

"How do you know?"

"Well….I've never tried those."

"Exactly, you've never tried, and now you're going to try." Jem said as he shooed him into the bathroom.

Jem then went over to the wall and put his head against it.

"Well, despite the fact that this still kind of hurts, at least I have my own little brotege." He felt a tap on his shoulder.

"I'm ready!" The boy said as Jem's Ulfhedinn Tank top looked too big on him.

"…..Whats your name?"

"Alex!"

"Okay, lets get to work." Jem decided to just go along with it.

A FEW HOURS LATER

"I'm back and….is he okay?" The girl asked when she saw her boyfriend sitting on a bench drinking water slowly.

Needless to say, Jem had shown no mercy, while he did have to help Alex lift even the 20 lb dumbbells, he still made him do a basic upper body workout with bench, shoulder press, dumbbell bench press, curls, reverse curls, and tricep pushdowns.

During the workout, Alex turned out to be a nice kid, but goddam, how did he still look like a 12 year old when he was 21?

"I did it!" Alex weakly said as his girlfriend swore she could see his soul leaving his body.

"Same time tomorrow?" Jem asked as Alex nodded.

"I'll be there." He got up to walk with his girlfriend.

"Ooooh, I hope you have time for our cardio session." His girlfriend whispered in his ear.

"Oh stop it!" Alex giggled as Jem watched them walk away.

"…..He gets a hot girl, and I get stuck with all the cougars in here…..did I do something to piss off the gods?"

He wasn't asking for a woman to fall out of the sky, but goddam would it kill the gods to throw him a fucking bone?