Author's Note:

Well, I've got some reading done. Most of what I read isn't technically officially canon as I believe only the show itself is canon and none of the outside material is. That being said, I wanted some references for what could be introduced during this arc.

This also being said, feel free to comment on stuff you'd like to see or think would be possibly interesting to add. If I think it has merit and could fit into the story, I may include it.

For those curious, I read the "Official Manga Anthology" or at least the first four volumes of it.

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

Remnants of a Courier

Chapter 19: First Day

And here he was, Courier Six, looking after a child. Said courier sighed as his charge exited the vehicle.

He had spent the night in a hotel and she went back to her Signal academy dorms. The Courier thought it was unreasonable to put her in a situation where she had to gather what her belongings in one night. Six had done it before and it was never fun to leave items you can't feasibly bring.

Still, the fancy limo-like vehicle that had picked him up was nice. Then it moved to pick up Ruby before dropping them off to be picked up by the transport to Beacon. Overall, a costly if effective process.

The ride there had been relatively quiet as it was obvious that Ruby was a little bit intimidated by him in his current armor.

The Courier had been issued a Beacon security uniform. It was grey bordering on white with teal accents. A Beacon Academy badge was splayed across his heart and it looked very official. Something Six wasn't used to. The only thing that would actually offer protection was the arm and leg armor. It was heavily padded with some material that resembled plastic to the touch but was probably harder to dent. It even came with gloves.

However, this left his entire midsection and head exposed which wasn't okay for Six who set about changing that.

The police vest of the Burned Man now covered his midsection. It would have to be painted to match his uniform but for now, it didn't stand too far out with the near-white outfit.

The last piece he added to it was the helmet he used with his modified stealth suit. The Mk. II Stealth Suit was already a work of art. But after the Courier had gotten to it, well he considered it as close to perfection as such a thing could get.

The suit featured state-of-the-art nutritional supplements, meaning that it would automatically inject nutrients into the bloodstream which cut out the need for food. Its Sink Personality module was made to link right into the wearer's eardrum which made her speech noiseless except to the user.

And finally, he took a helmet from a Sierra Madre security set before modifying it and syncing it with the suit and its personality. It featured in-built gages and even a radar that could pick up nearby movement. Useless for him thanks to his in-built compass but it coupled nicely with the infra-red mode and night vision module.

The last addition to the helmet was thanks to the Sink's personality itself. The Sink personalities were what he would consider "dumb" AI. They didn't truly have their own consciousness but could be given tasks to perform on their own and mimicked human behavior. This meant the personality could scan what his helmet saw thanks to the small camera on it. It could scan faces, the environment, and even test for foreign substances in the air.

This was by far the most advanced armor that he had. Maybe not as durable as power armor or versatile as his riot armor but it was great for stealth.

And he had placed that helmet on his head to provide total protection in his new uniform. It was a security helmet anyways so it somewhat fit the uniform. The color was off but that could be solved later.

Unfortunately, since it was separated from the suit, it couldn't provide the Sink personality functions but it was still an advanced helmet with radar and night vision.

His thoughts were interrupted as the transport landed on a platform above him and his charge. Six's head swiveled to Ruby to get a better look at her.

She was currently ahead of him and ascending the stairs towards the transport. She looked a bit nervous but moreover excited now that she was out of the limo.

"Ulysses, you coming," Ruby asked as she turned back to him.

There was a look of annoyance from "Ulysses" as he responded, "call me House. I need to be taken seriously by the students."

There was a look of mild disbelief and humor that came from Ruby but she didn't say anything as she turned away. It was obvious she thought what he said was silly.

Six sped up his climbing of the stairs, soon passing Ruby as he said, "just be glad I don't tell you to call me mister House."

"You know, you aren't nearly as scary as I thought you'd be," the girl replied as she moved past him. The girl had too much energy to be running up the stairs.

Still, the youthful vigor did remind Six of Carmine. He needed to visit her soon. It had been two months or so since he had last seen her.

In fact, as Ruby got to the top of the stairs and ran for the transport, he couldn't help but wonder how long he'd been in this world.

It had been roughly spring when he had gotten in, probably late spring. Then he had spent two months with the Spring family. After that was his two months with Torchwick and his terrorists. So, he'd guess roughly four months and it was going into fall now.

As he stepped on what equated to a flying cruise, Six couldn't help but gaze up at the clear blue sky. It was so much more vibrant than back in the Mojave. It looked more full of life.

In the moment he had been distracted, the ship had taken off and was ascending towards Beacon. His attention turned to Ruby who was currently being embraced by a blonde girl. Wait, what?

"I'm so proud of you," the blonde girl said as she pulled away from the hug. The Courier walked over and spotted Ruby's excited look had disappeared.

It had been replaced by what could be described as embarrassment, horror, and disappointment as the red-themed girl responded, "really sis, it was nothing."

Ah, so they were sisters. It was quite a coincidence that they both happened to be attending this year. Especially since one was obviously older than the other. What were the chances that Ruby would skip a year or two to be placed with her sister?

The blonde one hadn't even noticed him yet and continued to ecstatically exclaim how amazing her younger sister was.

Six's eyes turned to a screen on the side of their transport. It looked like a news channel was on and showed the picture of his employer. That orange-haired conman looked smug even in his mugshots. What a bastard.

Then the broadcast switched over to another news anchor. "In other news, the White Fang protests have grown increasingly violent after the past incident at the Grimdale Park. Some even saying that the SDC is to blame for the violent acts committed that night. The Schnee family has given no comment."

That was interesting. Who was going to take over after Jacques' death?

"In fact, reports say that Weiss Schnee has stepped down from the position and the Whitley Schnee will be taking over SDC… After the untimely passing of their father thanks to the Mi-,"

The woman was cut off as the monitor switched to a new channel. A projection Glynda Goodwitch appeared and began speaking, giving the introduction to Beacon that most students expected. Why wasn't Ozpin doing that?

"Hey, who're you? And why're you following my sister?"

The question brought Six out of his thoughts and back to the two sisters. The blonde one was looking up at him with an accusatory expression.

"Call me House, I'm security for Beacon, and I was told to escort your sister to campus and orientation." Joshua's response was quick and to the point. He wouldn't be intimidated by some girl barely going into what equated to college.

"How did you know she was my sister, huh." Her accusation made Six sigh.

Ruby cut in. "Because he was listening to us talk… And because it's his job… Please don't be mean to him Yang."

The angry look in Yang's eyes immediately dissipated as she turned to ruby. "You know I could never stay mad at you. I just need to make sure you're safe."

But she hadn't been mad at Ruby, she had been irritated with him.

"Well listen here, "House," if you do anything to hurt my sister. You'll answer to me," Yang said as she turned back to Six.

"Right," he responded, not really paying attention. She was a non-threat at the moment. "You realize I serve as security and discipline students who step out of line at Beacon right? That includes disrespect to staff."

A smug look crossed Yang's face as she responded, "good thing we aren't at the academy yet huh?" Oh, she was going to be trouble.

The two turned as they heard Ruby squeal and practically glue herself to the window of the transport.

The trio could finally see Beacon as the ship approached. It was located at the edge of a cliff and looked like something straight out of science fiction novel. Massive towers, huge campus grounds, and the top of it was practically glowing for some reason. It looked pretty at least.

And the view was ruined as a student behind him puked; not a strong stomach apparently. Motion sickness was not a problem for Joshua due to his modifications.

As it turned out, the kid puking did turn into Six's problem. Some kid named Jaune had puked right on Yang's boots. And since Yang was Ruby's sister, he had to deal with it.

Well, more accurately he had to call over a worker to clean up the mess. It wasn't much of a hassle but he was supposed to be maintaining a low profile while he was here. This was not low profile.

Still, as the newfound trio stepped off the shuttle and onto campus grounds, even Six took in the view. There was nothing quite this beautiful in his own world. And he even figured out that the light he saw before was coming from the top of the tallest tower.

Then Ruby pulled him out of the view as she began drooling over every weapon that passed her. It appeared that the girl was a gun fanatic. While he admitted that the weapons were artistically gifted and probably effective, simple designs often worked best for the most efficient gun. When it came to weapons, Six was of the utilitarian mindset.

Then the younger sister talked about her gun. They named their guns huh? Ruby described how she liked Crescent Rose—her scythe—but that she "liked seeing new ones." Six wasn't one to name his guns. The only named guns he had were named by other people.

"What about your gun House?" Ruby's question was now directed at him.

In response, the Courier pulled out the weapon he had used during the fight with Torchwick's goons.

"This is Maria," he replied holding it up. It had a lot of intricate grooves and designs which he hoped would help him fit in with the Beacon crowd since they all had over the top weapons.

Ruby looked it over before commenting, "does it transform?"

"Nope, it shoots Grimm," Joshua replied as he stepped past them.

"Oh, come on, what kind of Huntsman doesn't have a weapon that transforms?" Six turned back to shoot the blonde a look for her words.

"I think it looks nice," Ruby interjected, doing her best to compliment the gold and silver gun.

The Courier, in turn, looked down at it and frowned under his helmet. Memories of being shot in the face by Benny surfaced and were quickly crushed as he holstered the weapon.

Six lost himself in thought… He could still remember what Benny had said to him that night. "From where you're kneeling it must seem like an 18-carat run of bad luck. Truth is... The game was rigged from the start." This incurred memories of Logarius and a ping of guilt he had to suppress.

Six didn't see what happened next as both the girls were behind him and he was deep in thought. But one moment Yang was there, and the next she was with a group of people and running away at a pace he didn't think was possible.

He turned back to notice that Ruby had fallen into the luggage of another student. Quite a bit of luggage at tha-

He could feel his heart rate pick up as he recognized that white hair.

"What do you think you're doing," asked an irritated Weiss Schnee as Ruby sat up.

The red-clad girl gave a sheepish look before replying, "sorry."

Joshua had killed this girl's father.

"Do you have any idea of the damage you could've caused. You idiot!" Weiss was irritated and even bordering on upset at this point.

Ruby went to pick up one of the containers before it was yanked out of her hand by the Schnee. "This is Schnee Dust, what are you braindead?"

He had killed her father right in front of her…

Weiss began explaining the properties of Dust as she waved a vial about from the container she was holding.

Six was going to have to look after the daughter of the man he killed.

The Courier clenched his fist together as he came back to reality. He needed to keep his focus and not lose his cool this soon. This was always a possibility; he was just going to have to deal with it.

And then Ruby sneezed.

The resulting explosion somehow only managed to hit the Schnee Heiress and thanks to her Aura she was unharmed. Unphased even.

"Unbelievable! How did a failure like you ever get into Beacon?!" It was obvious that while she was irritated, Weiss's sheer anger was coming from a different place. Well, this was awkward.

"I said I was sorry, Princess," Ruby said now getting a little indignant herself.

"You think I care about that!" Weiss shouted back before seemingly realizing she was losing control. The Schnee seemed to stop and slowly compose herself as a new face skulked over.

"It's Heiress actually," said a girl with black hair, a bow on her head, and… And… Was that Blake?

Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit. Thank God for the helmet otherwise they would've seen his look of complete panic that crossed his face for a moment.

"Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest producers of energy and propellant in the world." Blake's words only confirmed to Six that he needed to leave this conversation now.

Luckily, he was able to take a few steps back as the attention seemed to be on Weiss. The girl was currently sulking as she looked down at the ground.

"Former Heiress," Weiss muttered before grabbing what looked like the vial from earlier from Blake's hand and turning away. The Schnee walked off with attitude in her step as she seemed absolutely livid. Was she just going to leave her luggage here?

"I'll make it up to you," Ruby called out as Weiss stomped off. Then the girl seemed to deflate at her failure to make a friend.

Six even managed to spot Blake already leaving the area, practically disappearing into the quickly shrinking crowd around them.

When Ruby turned to talk to Blake, all she found was air. Dejectedly, the girl turned to him with tears practically in her eyes.

"I can't make any friends Ulysses, and Yang left me all alone, and, and," she said in a tone that bordered on crying out her words.

It was then that yet another new arrival greeted Ruby. "I'm Jaune," the blonde boy greeted while extending a hand forward and Six instantly recognized him.

"Ruby. Aren't you the guy that threw up on the ship?" Ruby the always tactful. Six could only wonder why she wasn't making friends.

The two began walking off an all Ulysses could do was sigh. He quickly placed Weiss's luggage on her carrier before pushing it after the two teens.

Joshua was getting more suspicious of the boy as they walked on. Not only was he clumsy but he wasn't Huntsman material either from the way he handled that sword. And neither of them were keeping track of time. Ruby was a bit more excusable because he might as well call her a child. Jaune should be on top of it.

Through the two's conversation, that Six did not totally and creepily listen in on as he trailed behind them, he learned a few things. One, Jaune was a bumbling buffoon. Two, Jaune had hand-me-down weapons. Three, he knew next to nothing about being a Huntsman or even interacting with other people.

How the hell did he get into Beacon?

"Wait, I was following you," Jaune said to Ruby before turning back and continuing, "and he was following us for some reason."

"Oh, that's Uly-House, he likes House. He's new here too." Ruby's words did little to actually explain why Six was following her.

Which Jaune made abundantly clear as he asked, "he's a student?"

"No, no, he's part of the faculty here. He's supposed to make sure I don't get into trouble until orientation." After she spoke Ruby turned back to look at him. A few seconds later and she turned back to Jaune. "He doesn't talk much."

There was an awkward silence that descended over the trio as both Jaune and Ruby tried not to annoy him and failed.

The Courier sighed before saying, "you're both going to be late at this rate." Six had spent a good chunk of time before the operation memorizing the public maps. "Follow me."

Both the kids looked at him like he was a godsend as he stepped in front of them and led them towards the auditorium while pushing the luggage. Was it hypocritical to call them children when he was barely in his twenties?

And his task was finally over. Six let out a small sigh of relief as he stepped into the auditorium. There were a lot of students here but luckily they had made it on time.

As soon as they entered, Ruby spotted her sister, turning and saying, "oh, hey, I gotta go. I'll see you after the ceremony."

The girl darted off much to Jaune's dismay who turned to Six. "Great, where am I supposed to find another nice quirky girl to talk to?"

"Why are you asking me? Go hang out with some other students or something." Joshua wasn't here to babysit Jaune now that he was rid of Ruby.

"Fine," Jaune replied as he turned away and grumbled to himself. The kid stomped off irritated.

Well, that gave Six room to look for Weiss. It also gave him some much needed quiet time.

Now that he thought about it, that explosion Ruby caused earlier, was that technically under his list of things to take care of? Ah, whatever. He didn't get his job details until after orientation anyways.

It took a bit for everyone to enter the large room. But once everyone was inside, Ozpin approached the microphone on stage.

"I'll make this brief," Ozpin began and Six immediately tuned it out. This was addressed to the students, not him. As long as he caught the important bits, he was fine.

Ozpin's speech started off relatively normal. Knowledge, honing skills, learning, all the basics. Then it took a sharp dive into negative as he told them that knowledge alone wasn't enough.

Well, that didn't bother Six. He had already been taught knowledge needed drive and ambition to be made useful. Speaking of…

The Courier pulled up his Pip-Boy before using the holographic screen he had installed to type out a message to his contacts.

"I'm inside, sitting through orientation. Will await further instructions."

By the time he looked back up, Ozpin was gone. In his place, Glynda was giving information. Students would be sleeping in some big room and would have orientation tomorrow.

His Pip-Boy buzzed as he looked down. He had received a message from the woman who was currently walking off stage. How had she done that without pulling out her Scroll?

"There's an employee conference room on the second floor, west wing, room 268."

And he assumed that meant he was supposed to be there. He had one thing to do first.

The Courier watched kids start leaving orientation and waited for the inevitable white hair to enter his vision. Soon enough, the former Heiress was heading for the door.

The new security guard walked forward at a brisk pace to catch up to her.

"Ma'am," he said in his best official voice as he strode up behind her. "You left this outside."

The girl turned around with a surprised expression on her face. "O-Oh, right, thank you," she said while taking hold of the carrier.

"No problem ma'am," Six replied before immediately turning and walking away. Part of him wanted to look after her for what he did to her father but another part screamed to run away. He'd follow the latter for now.

Room 268. It didn't officially exist. Joshua didn't know if it was a test of some kind or if the faculty here loved playing games. When he had walked down the hall, he had done a double-take.

Room 266, room 267, room 269. Yeah, the room just wasn't there. So, Six had flipped on his compass markers and quickly found that there were people nearby. In-between rooms 267 and 269 was a plain wall and on the other side were people.

After a few long moments of hesitation, Six knocked on the wall. The wall, in turn, seemed to slide away. Of course, secret doors.

On the other side were two individuals only one of which he recognized. Glynda and an unknown woman.

Both women had the same relative build; that being a slender figure and sharp face. But while Glynda's hair was obviously blonde, this new woman had hair that was bordering on white with her skin matching her hair. Professional looking sunglasses covered her eyes and her arms were crossed over a uniform that looked identical to his minus the vest and helmet.

His eyes wandered down to the badge on her uniform. Six had a similar one over his heart but hers had a more intricate design to it.

The most peculiar sight was on the woman's head. Two grey dog-like ears twitched as he stared at them. So, she was a Faunus.

Glynda spoke first, "mister House, may I introduce miss Friede Huey, head of the security division here at Beacon. She will be your direct superior for your duration working here."

House's eyes wandered from Glynda to miss Huey as he spoke, "nice to meet you."

There was a slight frown on his superior's face and she spoke in a quiet almost imperceptible volume. "I find it disconcerting to work with someone whose face I've never seen."

Luckily for Six, he had far superior hearing to regular humans.

"Well, it's not really something I'm willing to budge on." His response didn't seem to please his new boss so Joshua removed his helmet to expose the bandages underneath. It wasn't exactly convenient to wear bandages under his helmet but Six refused to reveal his face.

There were a few moments of staring between the two in the rather dim room before his boss tilted her head to the side.

"I didn't know you were a Faunus." Her words caused the Courier's anxiety to spike. Why would she say that?

Glynda seemed as surprised as he was. The professor flipped through the notes on her scroll as she said, "none of his files indicate that."

A frown formed underneath House's bandages as he responded, "I don't really make it public. It's bad for business."

His hands moved up to his head and quickly placed the helmet back on. It made him feel more in control of the situation.

"It was the eyes," Friede began as she uncrossed her arms; seemingly relaxing. "They glow in the dark like a Faunus'."

That was good to note for future reference. At least he had an excuse for his abnormal eyes. Now that he thought about it, Carmine had said something similar in Rhyt.

"Moving on." As she spoke, his new boss pulled out her own scroll. "I'll be sending a file to your scroll…" She paused to take a look at his wrist. "Or whatever it is. It has important information on it—like your schedule—so read it over."

Friede took a breath in before continuing, "you'll be serving as general security for the campus. This includes hall monitor duties. You'll make sure that no suspicious persons access the premises and stop all violent behavior. Your file indicates you're capable of this."

There was a pause from her as she seemed to open a new page and read it for a moment.

"Likewise, any violent behavior or untoward interactions between the students will be handled by you as well. As this is a Huntsman Academy, your current firearm will suffice."

Six looked down at his Pip-Boy and opened the file she had just sent to him. It contained plenty of specific information such as dress code and violations of duty.

"In the attached file is the information about your living quarters on campus. It's located near the other staff rooms. You'll set up a passcode for your room when you get there." Her words seemed almost completely monotone; like she had done this a million times and was bored.

She scrolled to a new page again before continuing, "finally, if there is an emergency or special case, you will be called upon to act as guidance for the students. These are your official roles here. Any details I've left out are in the document. Any questions?"

"Yeah, when do I get started and when do I get paid?" Six's question was both genuine and a disguise. He was genuinely curious as they hadn't actually said what his pay was but it also served to reinforce his mercenary persona too.

There was a small chuckle from the doorway behind him. That doorway had never been closed? Did he have to manually close the sliding wall door?

Standing there was Ozpin with the same soft smile as ever and a coffee cup in his hands. "You'll start tomorrow morning at o-nine-hundred. And the pay is generous I assure you, it's in the file miss Huey sent you." The older man's response was a little too smug for Six's taste.

Joshua couldn't quite figure Ozpin out. Maybe because in his own world it wasn't as peaceful. The problem was the guy was either too nice for his own good or an expert manipulator. Six was leaning towards the latter.

At least the Legion were honest enough to stab you in the face. Ozpin reminded Six of the NCR leaders, all honeyed words. Though they weren't trying to be the "kind old man" which added a layer of creepiness to the headmaster in Six's mind.

Hell, even the real House was usually upfront and direct with you though he wasn't one for manners either. If he thought you said something stupid, House would say so.

"Great, what will I be doing tomorrow specifically?" Six got the general idea but he also knew that tomorrow wasn't going to be a regular school day.

The older man took a sip from his coffee before replying, "you'll be watching the students go through their initiation. You won't have to do much except ensure no one interferes. After that, I imagine miss Huey will fill you in on all the details for your first day. My apologies, second day."

The Courier glanced back at said person who looked at him with a neutral expression. She was a hard one to get a read on.

"So, anything else I need to know or am I free to go," Six asked while turning back to Ozpin.

The man in question glanced towards Goodwitch before shrugging. "I imagine you are. Be sure to stay out of trouble and let us know if you need anything to perform your duties."

No reason to stay around here now. Six made his way to the door and stepped through it before stopping.

Ulysses turned his head back before asking, "I get to use all the Huntsman facilities on campus correct?"

The headmaster nodded his head while replying, "of course. Oh, but raw materials will need to be provided by you."

There was a slight nod from the Courier as he thought it over. The equipment in Roman's base was definitely a step above Richter's but it was probably nothing compared to Beacon.

The Courier smiled while replying, "have a good night," and closing the door. He idly watched it slide closed before walking down the hall towards his room. He'd have to sweep it for bugs.

Maybe this was going to be easier than he thought… Still, Adam's words rang in his head. He needed to find out more than what Cinder wanted.

Six needed to know the entire plan. He needed to know exactly what Cinder wanted. That likely started with the headmaster himself if he wanted information.

Author's Note:

Well, this was sooner than I expected. My goal was April 6th and here we are. I'll likely be slower to upload for this arc as I'll have to constantly be referencing the show to make sure I don't make any canon errors when introducing characters. But you can also be rest assured, Six will most likely change canon as well and affect the very world of Remnant.

Current Gear:

Burned Man's Armor

Elite Riot Gear

Modified Stealth Suit Mk. II

Beacon Uniform

Mysterious Magnum

Rebreather

Maria

Survivalist Rifle

Modified Anti-Material Rifle.

YCS/186 Gauss Rifle variant.

C4 – Plastic explosives (4)

Detonator.

Frag Grenades (4)

Frag Mines (0)

Combat Knife.

Plasma Grenades (10)