Author's Note:

Hey readers! I realized for one of the chapters I forgot to update the chapter number so it's mislabeled. My apologies for that.

Also, we've got one more chapter after this one and the second arc of this story will be over!

I do have a favor to ask the viewers. I've only seen the main show of RWBY but I know the Chibi and RWBY books/manga exist. One, what RWBY books are the ones I should get to really get information to expand on this story. Two, should I watch Chibi to get a better understanding? I'm not into the style at all but if it's important I will.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Fallout, RWBY, or any associated characters.

Remnants of a Courier

Chapter 17: Possibilities

It was good that Adam and Six had found that Huntsman when they did. The Courier was going over the information he gathered and Kestrel had come uncomfortably close to vital information. In fact, the dead Huntsman knew some things that even Six hadn't realized.

Kestrel had gotten word from some unnamed informant that part of the plan was to get the Atlas military riled up so they would send forces in.

More importantly, the Huntsman not only figured out that Roman wasn't working alone but that Ozpin was the one who sent Kestrel to investigate who was really behind these recent attacks.

The good headmaster of Beacon was aware of Cinder or at least a third party involved. This probably meant that Six was on this guy's hit list now.

Social media and the news channels were covering him still as well. The Huntsman Killer, the Human Grimm, Mimic. It was all outrageous, the public got upset over every little death.

Six clicked his tongue as he wondered how long it would take for someone from Rhyt to recognize his armor in the news. Then they'd probably figure he made Logarius disappear too.

Still, it had been a week since the last incident and two weeks since the train and nobody had said anything. His secret was safe for now and even if they did find out they still didn't know who he actually was.

"Hello my second favorite employee," Roman said as he entered Six's room. Six was about to respond when the conman continued. "We need to have a conversation, in the briefing room if you would."

Torchwick disappeared before the Wastelander could get a word in. He was being pretty evasive about something.

The Courier turned to Neo who was currently laying on his bed. She had been playing with her Scroll but when Roman walked in she stopped. The grin on her face didn't comfort Six in the least.

On top of that, everyone kept coming into his room unannounced because of her. He had installed better electronic and physical locks on his door. She still managed to find her way in. At this point, Six figured nothing short of a vault door would stop her.

Joshua became even more worried when he stood up and Neo quickly followed suit. The girl even followed him out the door before he closed it. Normally it took him forcing her out.

It had been roughly a month that he had started working for this group now and he still couldn't quite get a read on what Neo wanted most of the time.

With his room locked up, he made his way to the briefing room to find nearly everyone waiting for him. This couldn't be good.

"Take a seat," Cinder said as she extended her hand. There was one seat in the center of the room. Of course. He didn't panic though. If they wanted him dead, they would have attacked already.

Six strode past Mercury and Emerald before passing by Adam as well. Neo parked herself next to Roman to Joshua's left and Cinder was directly in front of the chair.

The Courier took his seat and found Cinder looking down at him. Her eyes looked like they were on literal fire for a moment and Six had to tilt his head to the side. Did he just imagine that?

"We know you've been snooping around where you don't belong." Cinder's words were icy cold but she wasn't stabbing him yet so that was good.

Out of the corner of his eye, Six could see Neo sticking her tongue out at him as Roman approached.

"We can't have that. You're useful and we have plans for you. However, this is basically your one and only warning." The conman tapped his cane on the ground as he continued, "stop or we take you out of the equation. Not that I'm a math guy but I think your odds against us are… Less than favorable."

"Okay, done," the Courier replied. He had to keep his cool at the moment. An agreement now could be broken later and he wouldn't mind. Whatever got him out of this situation. He doubted that was all they brought him in here for.

Torchwick clapped his hands together as he took a step back. "Good, however, we still have other issues."

After speaking, Roman waved his hand towards Adam who said, "how did you punch through that Huntsman's Aura? One bullet? You'd have to be packing a cannon to do that."

"I have special bullets," Six responded, trying to be as vague as possible.

"Bullshit, it's got to be whatever your semblance is," Mercury cut in as he stepped towards Six. His finger was aimed directly at his mask as he spoke. "I can't detect your Aura and you hit me through mine."

In response, Joshua crossed his arms. "I can't reveal all of my secrets. How am I supposed to land my next job?"

"Oh come the fuck on!" The grey-haired teen was practically shouting at Six now. "That's not going to cut it here. Against all of us, you're nothing, so you're going to tell us or we kill you."

A fit of familiar anger flared up in the Butcher of House. "Cinder," he began as he could feel the anger radiating off him, practically heating up the room. "Tell your bitch here to back off unless he wants a repeat ass kicking. And this time he'll leave in a body bag."

The situation took a turn against him. Instead of metaphorical heat, literal heat started up in the room. Actual flames began forming on Cinder's dress. Even his Terrifying Presence couldn't do that.

Mercury and Emerald seemed actually scared at the moment. The two backing up while Roman stood behind Neo. Meanwhile, Adam stood there, clenching his fists.

"Talk to my subordinate again in that tone and you won't have a tongue to speak with." Cinder's words were pretty clear as she made a point to tower over Six. "Make another comment I don't like and you're charred ash."

Still, Six kept his cool as he leaned forward. "Fine, fine, I just don't appreciate his tone," Joshua replied though he did clench his hand together. He wasn't sure if he could take all of them in a fight but he bet he could snap Cinder's neck before anyone got to him.

"And I'm not lying, it's the truth," the Courier continued as he leaned back. The air seemed to cool down as everyone's emotions settled.

He pulled out an anti-material round from his pocket before saying, "I've custom made these bullets to pierce damn near anything. Even Aura. And before you ask, no I won't be showing you how to make it. Trade secret."

Cinder frowned but seemed to accept his answer as she asked, "as for your own Aura?"

"Don't know, never had one for as long as I've remembered. Makes it easy to hide." Six didn't exactly lie, he just… Didn't tell her he was from another world most likely.

"That's impossible, everyone can unlock one. No one has unlocked yours is all." This time it was Emerald who spoke as she stepped towards him.

"Cinder, may I," the green-haired girl questioned as she held a hand towards Six who looked at her curiously.

The amber-eyed girl nodded her head seemingly curious herself.

At Cinder's confirmation, Emerald closed her eyes and seemingly channeled energy into her hand and at him. Joshua wondered what exactly was happening?

"I'm just sad you don't do the whole speech," Mercury taunted from behind Emerald.

"Quiet," Emerald replied as she concentrated. "You don't have to do it and I need to focus."

The girl's brow furrowed as she poured more and more energy into her task. Beads of sweat slowly began forming on her forehead. This lasted for a few long moments before Emerald finally gave up.

"I… He's right… I can't unlock his Aura at all…" Her breathing was coming in hard now as she seemingly winded herself.

Her grey-haired partner chuckled for a few moments before saying, "wow, you really are like a Grimm. No Aura, black armor, red eyes, and no soul."

Technically his eyes weren't red under his mask but that was beside the point.

"Satisfied," Six asked as he leaned back in his chair, getting comfortable.

"For now…" It was obvious Cinder still suspected him but had no proof. Joshua would have to be on his best behavior for a while.

"For now, everyone except Six and Roman leave," the woman in the red dress said as she looked around expectantly.

Emerald and Mercury immediately obeyed, heading for the door. Adam seemed to pause for a moment before shrugging his shoulders and leaving. That left Neo…

The girl turned and pouted at Roman who sighed.

"Neo, leave," both Six and Roman said at the same time before turning to each other. A look of understanding seemed to cross Roman's face along with a smirk.

The ice-cream themed girl pouted harder while putting a hand to her chest. She turned in an exaggerated and hurt manner before making her way towards the door and leaving.

Six knew that everyone would keep asking questions about what he had done and his Aura. It was the first time someone didn't have even a possibility to unlock an Aura. For now, he'd focus on the new topic.

"With that out of the way, we've got new information on your next mission," Roman said as he turned the holo-projector on.

On the screen was his bandaged face splayed across it. "Ulysses House," Roman began as he pressed a button and the image changed to an ID.

"From a now destroyed and forgotten town in Vacuo, you grew up in poverty before being taken in by a local group of criminals, the "Splinters." Known for being really annoying."

Another slide flashed and it showed a small group of relatively armed people. They were wearing outdated and run-down military gear.

The conman pointed his cane towards the projection before continuing, "after the Splinters fell apart, you sold your services as a private contractor. Taking whatever dangerous and well-paying job you could get. A mercenary for short. And that's what you do today."

"Seems straightforward enough," the Courier responded as he crossed one leg over another. "But how am I going to get hired at Beacon."

"Hold your Dust I'm getting to that." Roman sighed before muttering, "no one has patience anymore"

Roman's mood improved however as he tapped his cane on the ground and continued, "we're going to need a week or two to secure everything and get the scenario set up…"

A smirk crossed the conman's face. "I'm going to be helping with that. We're going to rob a Dust store. Whichever one. We don't really need the Dust anymore as we have most of what we need but it does give Mr. House here a moment to intervene."

The Courier could see where this was going as he cut him off. "I swoop in as House and save the day. I look good to Beacon and I'll have the background for it."

Roman nodded his head at his words as he said, "true. We'll also have your application put in a few days prior so you're already in the system. We may also tamper with the application process to ensure you get hired."

"What will be my job once inside?"

Six's question was met by Roman saying, "reconnaissance mostly. You'll tell us where security is and what the general schedules are as well as gather any information you deem important." He paused for a moment before continuing, "other than that… We'll give you tasks to do on the inside via a secured Scroll that you'll bring in."

The conman chuckled for a moment. "Plus, you'll get paid by them as well."

That was all the information Six needed. "Just let me know when it's happening then. Anything else?"

Cinder shook her head before saying, "no. You're dismissed."

At least he made it out of this alive. The Courier stood from his seat before making his way to the door. Once he opened it, he spotted Neo standing outside and waiting for him.

"Jesus Neo, do you always have to pester people?" Joshua's question got a smirk from the girl before she gave him a quizzical look.

With practiced hands, Neo typed out a message on her scroll before presenting it to him. "Who's Jesus?"

Oh, this was not a question he needed at the moment. "Nobody, I'm assuming you want more ice cream?"

Six's diversion seemed to work on Neo who's face lit up as she shook her head up and down.

All this girl did was think about ice cream. Neo was currently eating a spoonful of the stuff as Six sat in silence across the table from her. Some White Fang grunts were in the room but they seemed to mostly ignore the two.

This gave time for Six to reflect on the transportalponder. He hadn't made much progress so far other than finding out some of the compounds that the Think Tank had used. Of course, Uranium and other highly toxic materials were used.

None of this helped Six to find a replacement for the energy source though he was able to rebuild some of the destroyed pieces now.

A combination of Ice and Wind Dust seemed to react best to the equipment so far. By react best, he meant made the smaller explosions. He was still far away from getting this thing working. Maybe the equipment at Beacon could help.

That was when he noticed Adam standing at the door to the kitchen area, motioning for him to come over.

Six glanced towards Neo before saying, "gotta go, someone wants to chat."

The girl made a small whining noise but didn't move from her ice cream as he left.

"What do you need Adam," Joshua asked as he approached the Faunus.

The White Fang leader held up a hand before moving out into the hall. The Courier followed, closing the door to the kitchen behind him.

"I wanted to say that I don't like this situation." Adam's words didn't surprise Six though he was curious as to why tell him now.

The Faunus leaned against a wall before continuing, "I need to get out from under Cinder's thumb and I think you do too. I know we don't have the greatest track record but I'm willing to forget that protest incident if you hear me out.

The Courier shrugged before nodding for Adam to continue.

"I think you should keep digging. They don't have nearly as much oversight of you at Beacon. I say you find the reason for them wanting it to come crumbling down." Adam seemed to put a lot of trust into him to tell him this. After all, this was technically confidential.

"Then when we figure out their entire plan and we make some changes so that they go down with Beacon," the Faunus continued as he looked at Six. "What do you think?"

There wasn't a moment of hesitation before Six responded, "I'm in. But I think we should try to get Neo and Roman in on it. I don't think they like Cinder anymore than we do."

"You can try if you want but I'd say no. The guy treats Faunus like any other human would, as trash." What Adam said wasn't incorrect though Six suspected Torchwick treated everyone like trash.

There was a short lull in the conversation as the two sat in thought.

Then Roman pushed himself away from the wall before saying, "for what it's worth, I'm sorry to hear they've got you by the throat with that family. You shouldn't bring children into these sorts of things."

With that said, the Faunus walked off down the hall and out of sight. Leaving Six to frown as he realized Adam knew about the Spring family. Things were never simple.

"Shit," he muttered to himself as he made his way down the hall in the opposite direction. He could go work on the transportalponder some more and think about how things were progressing.

Author's Note:

Alright, some news. There's technically only one chapter in this arc left. However, I don't really want to go into it without doing some more research. So, this story will be going on hiatus for a bit. Not sure how long but no longer than my usual gaps.

I still very much want to continue this story but there's material I need to cover first.

As for other stories, no my other stories are not abandoned yet. However, I've enjoyed writing this one the most. This means that I want to get this one relatively finished before I work on my other ones. This means a very long hiatus for those.

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