"Talking"
"Radio talk"
"Sentinel/Computer"
"thinking, weapons names, and flashbacks"
Disclaimer: I do not own either Beast wars or RWBY
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Chapter 39
New world
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Vale, Beacon
Professor Ozpin has lived long enough that he can say this without any doubt. Politics is the greatest evil that has ever happened on Remnant. It feels as though as the years go by more and more politicians care more about themselves and their images then the people they swore to help.
But at the same time Ozpin never wanted to see what would happen if the government collapses and what could happen in the aftermath. But at the same time there were some politicians he wouldn't mind shooting or leaving them to the Grimm.
Currently Ozpin was talking with the other headmasters of the other school via video conference. The point of this meeting was to discuss what's happening in their areas. Though one thing that's happen in all their areas was that their governments wanting to expand while the Grimm levels are low.
"I'm sorry. I think there was a communication error on my side. What did you just say Ozpin?" Asked Theodore the headmaster of Shade Academy.
Theodore has a well tone, peak physical body. He has dark skin with a buzz cut hairstyle. He wore a checkered vest to show off his frame. On his back he wears a grey-blue cape and on his hands, we wore red gloves. Not much else could be seen since he was sitting behind is desk.
"There is no error, Theodore. I suggested we go through with the Vytal festival." Repeated Ozpin in a calm tone.
"I thought so. But can I ask why? We have enough going on in our kingdoms right now as it is." Stated Theodore as he was stretched thin on his huntsman right now.
"I know. But after the reckoning, as people are calling it, we need something to show stability." Countered Ozpin as people were still worried and scared.
"He does have a point Theodore. We need to show people we have the situation under control." Agreed Ironwood.
"But what if the Grimm come back?" Asked Lionheart the headmaster of Heavan Academy.
Lionheart was an older man with tan/grey hair and a matching beard. He has tan skin. He wears a brown greatcoat with a white dress shirt and dark drown vest under it. Around his neck he wore a western necktie.
"Lionheart they will be back. That you can count on. So lets use this chance to make sure we're ready when they do." Stated Ozpin as the others agreed with him.
"On that topic how should we get ready for them?" Asked Theodore as he looked at Ironwood knowing he'd answer first.
"We need to get our huntsmen trained up and organized." Started Ironwood as they all knew he would say that.
"And I hear that the Schnee dust company has something big in the works. But they won't say anything." Finished Ironwood as this caught Theodore's attention.
"Any ideas what it is?" Thoedore asked him curiously.
"None." Lied Ironwood as he knew exactly what it was but stayed quite for now.
"Why am I not surprised with that man." Said Theodore as he never like Jacques.
"Actually, I hear that Willow is leading this." Corrected Ironwood as that caught Theodore off guard.
"Gentleman we are getting off topic right now." Reminded Ozpin as they agreed.
"But other then training what can we do, because I doubt she'll stay quite for long." Said Lionheart with fear in his voice.
"Your right on that Lionheart. But her hold has been weakened. Something we can hopefully take advantage of." Stated Ozpin as he brought his hands together.
"What do you mean 'hopefully'?" Asked Ironwood confused. Hearing that Ozpin sighed before answering.
"The future is an unknown thing. There will be those who will try to take advantage of everything that has happened. There will be those who believe they know better. And most importantly those who are angry. She can use any of these things to her advantage." Said Ozpin as no one said anything.
But Ozpin made sure to look at Lionheart when he said that, while making sure he didn't get seen. And what he saw made his heart break. Lionheart couldn't look at any of them, while he had a look of fear and regret in his eyes. And a thin layer of sweet was forming on his skin.
'Oh Leonardo.' Thought Ozpin sadly as his fears were confirmed by this.
"I know this is a lot gentleman." Started Ozpin. "But we need to show the people that things are fine and under control. And with Amity we can do that. I know I'm asking a lot of you all to do this. But if we do this, I believe that we will calm many people down."
The other headmasters thought about Ozpin's word.
"I agree. We need to keep the population in check." Said Ironwood.
"You don't have to say it like that. But I agree too." Said Theodore as he gave Ironwood a dirty look.
"So do I." Said Lionheart though he didn't sound too sure about it.
"Thank you all. I then suggest we end this meeting and look into getting the festival going again on our own ends." Suggested Ozpin as they agreed with him as they hanged up.
Ozpin was alone as he sighed. He had one more major meeting today and that was with the Maximals. And in this meeting he was going to tell them the truth. And experience has shown him that he was going to lose trust today and probably some allies.
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Vale, Patch, Axalon
Blackarachnia was working in her lab. She still can't believe that they gave her a lab to work in.
'But calling this a lab is a stretch right now.' Thought Blackarachnia as she it was an empty room right now, expect for a computer terminal to work on.
Optimus and Rhinox told her to fill out a request form for everything she wanted. But the problem with that was right now other than the basics, she didn't know what else she wanted. She had one project, but it was pretty much down and needed testing.
"What to focus on." Mused Blackarachnia as she looked at her research on the new trans-metal transformers and thought about working on that. But she doubted Optimus would allow her to.
That was when there was a knock on the door.
"Yes?" Asked Blackarachnia as she already knew who it was.
"Hello Blackarachnia." Said Silverbolt as he walked in.
"Silverbolt." Said Blackarachnia with a smirk.
She knew there was something going on with him towards her. And to he honest she was enjoying his attempts.
"I just wanted to let you know we are about ready to go to the meeting." Said Silverbolt as all the Maximal bar Tigatron and Airazor will be there.
"I see." Said Blackarachnia as she doubted being in a room full of former enemies will be fun.
"But you could have used the comms you know." Said Blackarachnia as she got up and looked at Silverbolt.
"I just wanted to make sure you were informed." Said Silverbolt as he was trying to sound convincing and failing.
"I'm sure the others have told you about me already?" Asked Blackarachnia with no doubt about that.
"They have. And they warned me not to get too close to you." Answered Silverbolt as he listened to their warnings.
"And you're not going to listen to them?" Asked Blackarachnia curious.
"I have. But I wish to learn about you first then make my mind up." Stated Silverbolt.
"Well be careful then, cause I am a bad girl." Blackarachnia told him but Silverbolt still looked sure.
"I don't believe that." Said Silverbolt firmly. "If you really are the bad girl that you think you are you wouldn't be here. Instead you'd probably overthrow Megatron or something. No I believe that your Maximal spark is still within you and is telling you to reach out to us."
Blackarachnia just stood there as she blinked a few times, before laughing.
"Oh my god! Do you think those lines up on the spot or do you write them down?" Asked Blackarachnia laughing as she then stopped and waked over to Silverbolt.
"Let me make myself clear on this bozer boy. I look out for myself. If I have to chose between you and myself, I'll pick myself every time." Warned Blackarachnia as she then brought out her gun and placed it under his chin. "You forget that, and you might die."
"I see." Was all Silverbolt said. He saw the gun wasn't loaded, so he wasn't worried about that. But he also knew when not to push something and he felt he was on the edge with Blackarachnia. So with that in mind he left the room.
"He's going to be fun." Said Blackarachnia with a smirk.
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Vale, Beacon
In Beacon's weapon forge Ruby worked alone as most of the staff and students were out of the building today helping where they can. But in truth Ozpin set things up that way so they could have the meeting there without distractions.
Ruby looked at her weapons Crescent Rose, Silver thorns, and her Ion cannon as they laid on the table before her.
She had just given then a thorough tune up and inspection and was happy they were all in top form.
She then looked at them all again and chuckled. If you told her a year ago that she would have three weapons she would have told you, 'Really what are they' and such.
"Ruby what are you doing here?" Asked Weiss as she marched into the room.
"Giving my gear a thorough check-up." Answered Ruby as she put her gear away.
"And do you know what time it is?" Asked Weiss with an annoyed look on her face.
"The meeting going to start soon isn't it." Answered Ruby as she lost track of time.
"In 30 minutes." Said Weiss with a frown.
"Sorry. But I needed to unwind a little bit." Said Ruby as she need some after the last little bit.
"I understand that." Said Weiss as she needed some too.
"Shall we." Gestured Ruby as the two left the forge and headed to the meeting room.
As the two walked Weiss couldn't help but think about something.
"Ruby, what do you think will happen?" Asked Weiss confusing Ruby.
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked her trying to understand what she meant.
"What I mean is, what going to happen to everything going forward?" Clarified Weiss as Ruby thought about it.
"I don't know." Admitted Ruby. "Everything is up in the air right now. With Grimm at an all-time low people are venturing out more. But Megatron is still out there and there's no telling what he'll do."
"But I'm sure we'll figure something out." Added Ruby as she smiled at Weiss making her smile, as the two headed to the meeting.
A little while later nearly everyone was sitting in massive conference room as their numbers were around 38 people. But the only ones not there were Tigatron, Airazor, Qrow, and surprisingly Ironwood weren't there.
"I guess we should get started." Said Optimus as he stood up.
"What about the people not here?" Asked Clover curious.
"Tigatron and Airazor called in saying they couldn't make it as they found a deposit of raw and stable energon in the same location. They're making sure it's safe." Started Optimus.
"How dangerous is that?" Asked Willow curious.
"Very. It's like having a flammable liquid next to an open flame." Answered Rhinox as he didn't need to say more.
"And Qrow already stated he might not make it." Continued Optimus.
"And why not?" Asked Harriet annoyed.
"Qrow worried about the settlements in Vale right now. While the Grimm levels are low, there are other problems out there and he wants to make sure he gets as much ground covered as possible." Answered Ozpin as he gave him his full support.
"How bad is it?" Asked Pyrrha as she was lucky her family was ok.
"Bad." Said Qrow as he entered the room and sat down near the teachers.
"How bad?" Asked Clover curious.
"Not in front of the kids." Said Qrow as he even felt sick to his stomach with what he saw.
The older people including the bots knew what that meant and agreed with him. While some of the younger people were annoyed hearing that.
"By the way where's Ironwood. I thought he'd be here?" Asked Qrow as he was the last person he thought would skip something like this.
"We're not sure." Answered Ozpin as he had a bad feeling about this.
"Sorry I'm so late, but I needed to bring someone up to speed." Said Ironwood as he entered the room with two others.
The first was an elderly man with dark skin and short white hair that showed signs of balding. The man wore red vest over a cream shirt and has a pink bowtie. He also had on dark mustard color pants with leather boots. Finally, he wore some glasses on his head. But what stood out the most was what he was walking in. It was a chair with four legs, one on each corner, that was white with green and yellow on it.
The other person surprised Ruby though.
"Penny?" Said Ruby surprised to see her of all people here.
"Salutation friend Ruby." Greeted Penny as she then looked at the Maximals.
"Amazing." Was all Penny said looking at them.
"You can say that again my dear." Agreed the other man.
"James." Said Ozpin sadly as he did it again.
"Who is this man?" Asked Dinobot as he glared at Ironwood.
"He's Dr. Pietro Polemdina. He's Altas's leading researching on artificial limbs and machines." Answered Blackarachnia confusing everyone.
"Yes that's right. But how do you know me?" Asked Pietro confused.
"Megatron looked into all top field researchers in Atlas. Your name appeared a few times catching his eye." Answered Blackarachnia making the man pale a little.
"Ironwood…" Started Optimus as he tried to right words only for someone to say what he was really thinking.
"Oh for booting up cold! Why can't you be a team player?" Asked Rattrap as he faced palmed.
"The general can be a team player." Countered Harriet with a glare.
"Really? Cause lately he seems to do what he wants when he wants." Said Speedclaw as those who were around when he got caught agree with him at various levels.
"What do you expect with his semblance." Said Blackarachnia confusing everyone.
"What does his semblance have to do with this?" Asked Ren confused.
"His semblance is called Mettle. It supposedly reinforces his resolve making him follow through with his choices." Answered Blackarachnia as some were more curious why she knew that then what Ironwood's semblance was.
"And why do you know this?" Asked Winter worried.
"Megatron did his research on the four schools. From the students, to the teachers, to the ones running them." Said Blackarachnia as this didn't surprise Ozpin and Ironwood.
"How many plans does Megatron have for the schools?" Asked Ozpin curious.
"For here around 12 but for Atlas 32." Said Blackarachnia as all the people from Atlas where shocked to hear this.
"32." Said Marrow in shock.
"What sort of plans does Megatron have?" Asked Winter as they needed to make counterplans.
"One is allowing Adam to kill all the Schnee's. The resulting void would cause the SDC to go bankrupt from the projections we did. From there lack of dust supplies would affect the world." Said Blackarachnia as this caused the Schnee's worry.
"But my favorite one is causing a civil war between Atlas and Mantle." Said Blackarachnia.
"A civil war? Why? How?" Asked Clover confused.
"That's the best part. We don't have to do much, the sparks for it are already there." Answered Blackarachnia with a smirk.
"Sparks!? What are you going on about!" Demanded Ironwood as he didn't like her games.
"If you can't figure it out on your own, why should I help you?" Stated Blackarachnia as Ironwood growled.
"Enough!" Said Optimus as he stood up. "We called this meeting to discuss the future not to pick fights with each other."
Hearing that caused Ironwood to clam down, but only slightly.
'32 plans!?' Screamed Ironwood in his head as that was unacceptable.
"Ironwood, why did you bring Dr. Polemdina here?" Asked Optimus as he was curious and was trying to change subjects.
"Please Optimus call me Pietro." Said Pietro with a friendly chuckle.
"Dr. Polemdina is one of Atlas's smartest minds, as proved by Blackarachnia, having him aboard will be great help going forward." Said Ironwood.
"And his…" Trailed off Optimus as he looked at Penny usure what she is to him.
"Penny here is my daughter." Said Pietro with proud smile.
"Daughter? You don't have a daughter." Said Blackarachnia as his file showed no sign of that.
Hearing that caused Pietro to laugh.
"Good then that will keep Penny safe then if this Megatron comes for me." Said Pietro as he felt great relief hearing that.
"Your half right there." Said Ironwood as Pietro quickly turn to Ironwood in fear. But before he could say anything the general spoke.
"Penny here is Atlas first fully independent android with an aura of her own." Finished Ironwood shocking everyone in the room.
Penny and Pietro were shocked that Ironwood would so causally reveal such a top-level secret. And they weren't the only ones thinking that as Clover, Winter, Qrow and Ozpin looked at Ironwood but for different reasons.
Winter and Clover were shocked that they were never informed about this until now. Qrow glared as he never liked that Ironwood was doing these things behind everyone's back, while he had no problems calling others out for the same thing. But for Ozpin he knew something was wrong here, like it was a smokescreen.
"Penny is that true?" Asked Ruby curious.
"Yes." Answered Penny worried.
"That so cool." Said Ruby excited as she was like a proto-type transformer.
"Oh, can you fly?" Asked Nora excited.
"No." Admitted penny as she turned to her father. "But can I one day?"
Hearing that Pietro chuckled. "Maybe one day dear." He told her.
"Ok everyone can we get back to the reason for our meeting." Said Optimus as he had at least a dozen questions about Penny.
"I agree with Optimus." Said Ozpin as some of the others agree with them.
"Well to started off with I would like to know the state of the world." Said Optimus curious and scared.
"Like I said earlier it's not pretty in Vale." Started Qrow with a sigh.
"Many of the smaller towns and villages are gone. Some of the people were smart and found cover, but…" Trailed off Qrow as they knew what he meant.
"And those who survived?" Asked Skyshooter worried.
"Some are heading to new locations, while others are rebuilding. But the biggest problem is bandits." Answered Qrow as they knew what that meant.
"Can't we send huntsmen out to protect them?" Asked Pyrrha hopeful.
"Pyrrha it's not that simple. Some of those people don't trust huntsman and wish to live away from the current government systems. And some these places are far apart so it will take time to get there." Answered Jaune with a sigh.
"Well said Mr. Arc." Said Glynda impressed.
"What about Atlas?" Asked Optimus curious how they're doing.
"We're better off since we don't have as many settlements as the other kingdoms do. But right now the Atlas and Mantle governments are arguing about how to expand since the Grimm levels are so low." Answered Winter as she tried to ignore the smirk on Blackarachnia's face.
"Wow governments fighting over who gets what. Shocker." Said Rattrap with a blank face. "I guess some types of governments are universal."
"That is sad." Said Ozpin as he had hoped the transformers government was better.
"Ok, but it I think we've all waited long enough for this answer sis. What happened with the aliens?" Asked Yang as they still haven't gotten the whole picture yet.
"Optimus I'll take this." Said Ruby as Optimus nodded at her.
"I know this will sound crazy, but it the two brothers." Explained Ruby as this confused everyone from Remnant.
"As in the two brothers from the stories?" Asked Blake as she was having trouble believing her as did everyone else. Expect for Ozpin.
"I do." Said Ruby.
"You can't be serious." Said Elm as that was a story book.
"I am. I know it sounds crazy, but they admitted it themselves." Said Ruby as she questioned her own sanity.
"Why did they do it Ruby?" Asked Ozpin serious making everyone confused from his tone.
"They said we failed their second test." Said Ruby further confusing everyone.
"How we do that?" Asked Nora confused.
"They said that they left Humans and Faunus's here together and left us with a common enemy. To see if we could live in peace together. They even said they'd give us everything we need to survive." Explained Ruby.
"I can see how we failed." Said Blake as she gave the Schnee's in the room a look, out of bad habit. Though they couldn't argue with that.
"But that's not all they said." Said Ruby.
"What do you mean kid?" Asked Qrow curious.
"Apparently there is someone controlling the Grimm." Answered Ruby shocking everyone in the room, but for some of them it was for a different reason.
"They said someone woman they cursed to never die as long as the world exists is controlling the Grimm. And apparently, they sent someone called Ozma back here to deal with her." Explained Ruby.
"Then this Ozma guy doing such a wonderful job then." Growled Yang sarcastically.
"Did they saw anything else?" Asked Ozpin as no one saw the look of defeat and sorrow in his eyes.
"That they seemed sad that we failed their test. And that they almost didn't want to do it." Ruby told him.
No one said anything as this was a lot to take in.
"I wonder though." Siad Optimus as he had a hand on his chin in thought.
"What are you thinking Optimus?" Asked Skyshooter as he knew that look.
"I think they wanted us to stop them." Said Optimus surprising a few of them.
"What?" Said a few people in the room at the same time.
"What are you saying Optimus?" Asked Ozpin curious.
"We've seen their power before. They could have easily destroyed this world without giving us time to prepare." Said Optimus as he thought about the tower on the floating island.
"But why?" Asked Yang confused.
"They said we were part of the blame. So maybe they wanted to see how far we would go to fix our mistakes." Suggested Optimus but since only he and Ruby meet and talked with them they had no idea if he was right or not.
"I think we should on." Suggested Ozpin as they had no idea if Optimus's theory was right or not.
"Agree." Said Optimus.
"Um actually." Stated Marrow only to get cut off.
"Shut up Marrow." Said Harriet with a glare.
"No let him speak. We're all equals here." Said Optimus as gave Harriet a disapproving look.
"That energy wave that hit us, why did only some of you change and the rest stayed the same?" Asked Marrow as he was curious about that and happy for Optimus standing up for him.
Hearing that question no one knew what to say from the bots as they were in the dark.
"I have a few theories." Blackarachnia told them.
"You do? What are they?" Asked Rhinox genuinely curious.
"My first theory is energon build up on our bodies." Said Blackarachnia as the bots looked at their bodies confused.
"But I thought we scrub the build-up off when we're in the CR chamber." Said Cheetor confused.
"Yes, but that's just the base layer. For a stronger clean we have to stay in the chamber longer." Said Rhinox seeing where Blackarachnia was coming from.
"Yeah, but after that energon explosion me and the kid got a through cleaning, remember. So our levels can't be that high." Stated Rattrap.
"That bring me to my second theory. There could be something in Remnant's atmosphere that when triggered by the energy wave caused your bodies to mutate." Said Blackarachnia as she thought of that too.
"But what about Quickstrike he looks like a trans-metal too, but we were both in pods when the blast hit us?" Asked Silverbolt as he wasn't sure if he was a trans-metal or not.
"Proto-forms are more accessible to different forms of radiation. So it wouldn't be too far stretched to say what affected the others affected you." Stated Blackarachnia as Rhinox agreed with her.
"I see where you're coming from with those theories Blackarachnia. They're quite sound." Praised Rhinox as he agreed with her.
"Then Blackarachnia I would like you to lead the study into our new bodies." Said Optimus as this caught her off guard.
"Just like that? You're giving me this task?" Asked Blackarachnia confused.
"That's right. You clearly have a head start on this compared to Rhinox. So it makes sense to let you continue." Said Optimus as Blackarachnia was shocked by this. If this was Megatron he would have given the task to Tarantulas.
"Ok." Said Blackarachnia unsure what else to say.
But out of the corner of his optic Optimus saw Ironwood glaring and fuming at Blackarachnia. Seeing this Optimus did nothing as he really didn't want to put up with Ironwood right now.
"Now then going forward we're going to be making some changes." Said Optimus getting to the point he wanted to for the meeting.
"What sort of changes?" Asked Qrow curious.
"First off we're changing our command structure." Started Optimus making everyone wonder what he had in mind.
"I'll still be in command with Ruby as my second-in-command. But we're going to have one person whose focus will be on the bot side of our operations and one on the organic side." Finished Optimus as everyone thought about what he said.
"Can you explain that better Optimus, I'm having a hard time understanding it." Admitted Blake as it sounded confusing.
"Of course, Blake. Let's say you need some resources for your gear. You would go to the person in charge of the organics for approval for it. Or you can't help out for a while you would talk to them. And other things like that." Explained Optimus.
"So they're in charge of the day to day of their side?" Asked Clover as that made sense since there were so many in the room.
"That's correct Clover." Said Optimus.
"Then who's in charge for each side?" Asked Ironwood as this was important.
"For the bot side I would like Skyshooter to be in charge." Said Optimus as he looked at his friend.
"Of course." Said Skyshooter as he agreed with his course of action.
"And what about us? Will uncle Qrow be in charge?" Asked Yang curious.
"No I thought about him, but I know he's more of a field leader then this." Said Ruby.
"You know me." Agreed Qrow as he couldn't be that type of leader.
"Then who?" Asked Coco as she doubted it was her.
"I would like Winter to be in charge." Said Ruby shocking everyone.
"Me? Why me? Why not someone else?" Asked Winter a bit in shock.
"I want someone with experience, so that takes out teams RWBY, CFVY, and JNPR. I thought about the teachers here, but they're busy enough. And the Ace ops don't have the experience in the beast wars that you do." Explained Ruby as what she said made sense.
"That does make sense." Said Glynda as she was extremely busy as were Port and Oobleck.
"And we've only dealt with the Predacons once." Agreed Clover as experience can be a huge factor.
"But what about my duties in Atlas?" Asked Winter as she wasn't sure. Hearing that everyone looked at Ironwood as they knew he had a say in this as well.
Ironwood sat there as he thought about it. He weighed the Pro's and Con's before speaking.
"I'll allow it as long as it doesn't affect your duties too much Winter." Said Ironwood as that caused some of like Ozpin and Qrow were shocked to hear this.
"We can discuss duties later, but our next topic is a new base." Said Ruby.
"A new base? But what's wrong with the one you have?" Asked Nora confused.
"The Axalon isn't in good shape Nora. With all the damage it's taken, a few rough battles and that will be it for it." Explained Ruby.
"That can't be true, right Rhinox?" Asked Cheetor in fear.
"I'm afraid so Cheetor." Said Rhinox sadly as everything that happened to the Axalon was piling up.
"Then where will we set up shop mates?" Asked Boomer curious.
"Maybe in Atlas?" Suggested Marrow as they be closer to the Atlas military if they needed it.
"Or maybe Mistral since it's basically neutral territory?" Suggested Speedclaw.
"Actually, I have something you might be interest in." Said Ozpin as he brought out his scroll and displayed it on a big monitor.
Everyone was shocked at what they saw. It was a huge base. Various levels and entrances/exits.
"What is this?" Asked Optimus in awe.
"Project safehouse." Answered Ozpin.
"What's that?" Asked Wiess as she never heard of it.
"A tragic tale really." Started Dr. Oobleck. "Project safehouse was to be the greatest in civilian protection. The project was to build a massive base near Beacon so if there was a massive Grimm attack, people could find safety there. The base would have various safeguard to slow down or stop Grimm if they breach the base."
Everyone was shocked to hear this. But there was one question everyone had.
"Why is this the first we're hearing of this?" Asked Clover as it was a good idea.
"Because of the age-old problems Politics and Lien." Answered Dr. Oobleck with a sigh.
"Should have known." Said Qrow with a sigh.
"What were the problems then?" Asked Weiss curious.
"Politicians changed and so did agendas. They saw the project as a waste of resources and Lien." Said Oobleck as the older people in the room understood completely.
"But if you told the people about it I'm sure that would have changed their minds." Said Yang thinking that would have solved it.
"Yang you can't be serious." Said Ren with a frown. "If they told the people that they were building a safehouse from the Grimm people would get nervous and worried fearing something was going to happen. And when that happens, their emotions would summon the Grimm. So not telling them was much safer."
"But…" Started Yang as she saw most of the people in the room agreed with Ren.
"How far is the base done?" Asked Rhinox curious.
"About 50ish% was built." Said Ozpin as he changed the image showing what was built.
"About 45% for the structure was built. With the power grid running in those sections. This also includes the command centre. But the defence systems aren't up and running. Also, around three or four entrances were built." Said Ozpin as everyone looked at what was built.
"Ozpin I have some question before I say anything." Started Optimus as he looked at the base.
"Of course." Said Ozpin as he had a good idea what they were.
"Why not finish the base?" Asked Optimus as it looked like it would be a good investment.
"I'd tried Optimus. But it feels like all some politicians care about these days is themselves and Lien. Every time I started to make headway something or someone stopped it." Said Ozpin with a sigh. A sigh Glynda shared as she tried to get the project restarted too.
"Big surprise." Said Rattrap as he did his best to avoid political situations.
"Ok. Where is this base then?" Asked Optimus as that made a lot of sense about why it wasn't restarted.
"It's in the emerald forest. We needed a location near the school, but not too close that any attack on the school could risk it. In fact, one entrance is by the cliff where the student's initiation started." Said Ozpin as the location made sense.
"Last question how can we just take this base without anyone asking questions?" Asked Optimus curious.
"One of those things that made restarting the project so hard was it was forgotten. Not many people remember it. If you hack the government systems and erase the files including the paper ones, no one will know about it." Siad Ozpin as Oobleck nodded his head in agreement.
"Is that all?" Asked Rattrap smugly as he could do that in his sleep.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves Rattrap." Said Optimus. "We still need to see the place before we decide to take it."
"But that's mostly everything we had to say. Is there anything else any one wants to share?" Asked Optimus curious.
"I do." Said Dinobot in a serious tone.
"And what's that Dinobot?" Asked Optimus wondering what he had.
He then got his answer as Dinobot tossed both golden discs onto the table.
"Are those…" Trailed off Cheetor in surprise.
"How did you get them?" Asked Ironwood as one could see the fury in his eyes.
"After the transwrap explosion I snuck into the Predacon base with the assistance of Blackarachnia." Answered Dinobot as he then put an odd looking device on the table as pushed it towards Ruby.
"Ruby see if you can translate the golden disk Megatron stole." Ordered Dinobot as Ruby looked at the device.
"Why?" Asked Ruby curious.
"The disk holds many secrets. I believe it's time we solve some of them." Said Dinobot.
Hearing that Ruby agreed and loaded the disk into the device. A screen popped up showing the information to Ruby.
"I see." Said Ruby as she read the information.
"What's on there?" Asked Weiss curious.
"It's an old langue from Cybertron. From before the war started. I can only read it because Optimus Prime used it as a form of communications when the war started." Said Ruby as her eyes widened.
"Oh my Oum." Said Ruby in shock.
"What is it?" Asked Dinobot curious.
"This is an instruction manual on how to change the outcome of the great war." Said Ruby in shock.
"What!?" Said every bot in the room.
"It's all here. Where the Arc is located, to when everyone wakes up. To every major fight and how to change it. It's all here." Said Ruby as she the noticed something.
"Wait, that not right." Said Ruby looking at the screen.
"What isn't right?" Asked Blake curious.
"The coordinates for Earth, they're wrong." Said Ruby as she took the disk out and checked it.
She then started to laugh confusing everyone.
"What's is so funny Miss Rose?" Asked Oobleck confused.
"There's a chip right here. It must have affected the coordinates on the disk." Said Ruby as she looked at Dinobot. "You traveled to the wrong planet."
Hearing that shocked everyone, though Dinobot started to laugh.
"I knew it." He said with grin.
"Do you think you can convince Megatron to stand down with this information?" Asked Marrow hopeful but doubtful.
"No there's to many resources here to make him stop just like that." Said Dinobot.
"Then what should we do with the disk then?" Asked Speedclaw curious.
"I'm not sure to be honest. It has no power here, so it's kind of worthless." Said Ruby as the information could only work on Earth and at certain times.
"That is true, but if Megatron regains the disk and finds a way off world then he can use it's power." Stated Dinobot in a grave tone.
"Are you suggesting we destroy it? Cause there's a lot of people back on Cybertron who would be pissed at us for doing that." Said Rattrap as the fuss it would cause back home would be huge.
"Then you suggest we leave it. If Megatron can use the disk's power, then there is no telling the damage he can do!" Explained Dinobot.
"Destroy it." Said Ruby shocking everyone in the room.
"For booting up cold why would you say that?" Asked Rattrap confused.
"Because this affects more then just you. It affects all of us." Started Ruby.
"The original Megatron focused on Earth because of it's resources and easy access to. But if our Megatron changes history so the Autobot's lose then Megatron and his greed with sweep the universe and affect every world he finds. And what do you think giant robots will do here for the dust?" Explained Ruby as she had a point.
"Do it." Ordered Optimus as Ruby and Dinobot were right. If their Megatron ever got his hands back on the disk the timeline would be in danger.
"Are you sure Optimus?" Asked Skyshooter as he understood why. It was the fallout that could be dangerous in more then one way.
"I am. The knowledge on that disk can change everything we know. Letting it stay in one piece would be deadly." Said Optimus as what could happen was far more dangerous than the fall out.
"Are you sure? The data on it could be irreplaceable." Said Oobleck as his desire for knowledge was showing.
"Oobleck, I understand what you are saying. But sometimes the past needs to stay in the past." Said Port as Oobleck sighed.
"You're right. But the thought of destroying knowledge hurts." Admitted Oobleck as those who knew him understood where he was coming from.
"May I do the honors?" Asked Dinobot looking at the disk.
"Do it." Said Optimus as Ruby took the disk and tossed it to Dinobot who caught it.
"To think something so small hold such huge power. But it's power can only be used once and only at certain times." Started Dinobot as he looked at the disk.
"Then is it really power? After all true power stays with you, this on the other hand is more like a one-time weapon." Interrupted Yatsuhashi as Dinobot looked at him.
"You are right." Was all he said as he then tossed the disk up. Dinobot then fired his eye lasers at the disk destroying it.
"What abut the other disk then." Said Blake as she looked at the alien disk.
"We need to study it." Stated Ironwood.
"He's right. There might be more secrets hidden in it." Agreed Rhinox as he grabbed the disk.
"Alright anything else?" Asked Optimus curious.
"I have something." Said Willow as all eyes landed on her.
"After the attack, we reviewed the footage and recordings from some of the experiments we were running on the energon. And we figured it out. How to activate energon without it exploding on us." Said Willow shocking everyone.
"You have!?" Said Optimus surprised.
"Yes. We have ran numerous tests and have been able to use energon as a power source each time." Said Willow excited.
"Then what's the next step mother?" Asked Weiss excited too.
All the Schnee women knew that with Energon unlocked getting rid of Jacques was that much easier.
"For the next step I need Blake's help." Said Willow confusing everyone.
"Why my help?" Asked Blake not understanding.
"I want to build Remnant's first energon powerplant on Menagerie." Stated Willow shocking everyone.
"I'm sorry what?" Said Marrow shocked.
"Mam are you sure that's a good idea?" Asked Vine.
"Why there?" Questioned Jaune.
"Because I want to show the Faunus that it's time to bury the hatchet and start a new chapter in the history of Remnant." Said Willow as she knew the risks.
"Are you sure about this Willow. Building the plant at Atlas is much safer." Said Ironwood.
"It would be, but it's time to show the Faunus that not all Schnee's are like Jacques." Willow told him.
"You know it will be dangerous." Said Ozpin as he understood why she was doing this.
"To make the world better you have to take a step out of your comfort zone." Said Willow as she was terrified about doing this.
"If we can help in anyway let us know." Said Optimus as some of the other bots nodded in agreement.
"Not to sound like a wet blanket, but what about the White Fang?" Asked Yang as that was a good question.
"I can get you to speak to Seinna Khan?" Said Blake as this shocked everyone in the room.
"Who?" Asked Silverbolt as he was still catching up on some things.
"Seinna Khan is the current leader of the White Fang." Answered Blake.
"I thought Adam was the leader?" Admitted Silverbolt.
"No, he's in charge of the Vale branch." Blake told Silverbolt.
"But how can you get her of all people to meet with my mother?" Asked Winter as Seinna was a high value target.
"With help from my father, Ghira Belladonna." Said Blake as this shocked the people from Atlas.
"Ghira… didn't he start the White Fang?" Asked Skyshooter as he was more focused on the current leader.
"He did. He tried to reach out with peace, but after so many failed attempts people stared to lose faith in him. That was around when Sienna started to use force to get her point across. And it worked. So many of us felt like people were finally listening to us. My father stayed true to his ways, but he knew he was losing control of the White Fang. So he did the only thing he could, he stepped down and let Sienna take control."
Hearing all that no one knew what to say.
"Blake violence is not a way of getting people to listen to you." Said Silverbolt, but not in a scolding or disapproving way.
"I know that now. But at the time you have no idea how it felt, after being ignored for so long." Said Blake with her head hanging low.
"I do." Said Dinobot. "The feeling like you're finally getting what you deserve. That things are finally going your way."
"Yeah, something like that." Agreed Blake.
"Blake getting back on topic are sure your father can get Sienna there and not try to kill my mother?" Asked Weiss worried for her mother's life.
"This is what my father wanted Weiss peace between humans and Faunus. If I know him, he will do everything in his power to make it work." Said Blake as this could change everything for the better.
"When can you talk to him to set things up?" Asked Willow excited and nervous.
"Once our mission is over." Answered Blake as this raised some eyebrows.
"What mission?" Asked Optimus curious.
"It's more of recon then anything." Said Ruby as she saw nearly every adult giving her the 'go on' look.
"Teams RWBY and CFVY are just looking into a few things. Yang knows a guy with underworld connections and is taking Fox and Yatsuhashi with her for muscle." Started Ruby.
"What are you looking for?" Asked Qrow curious as he was even more curious that Yang knew someone with underworld connections.
"Roman. I remember seeing him there once. So maybe I can get lucky and find out a few things." Answered Yang.
"Just be careful." Was all Qrow said as that sort of information could be costly and deadly.
"That's why I'm brining the boys with me." Said Yang with a grin.
"And Blackarachnia told us a safe house the White Fang have in Vale. So me, Coco, and Weiss are going to check it out." Said Ruby.
"What do you expect to find?" Asked Ozpin curious.
"Hopefully some good intel, but realistically probably nothing." Said Ruby as that was the most likely outcome.
"Then may I join you?" Asked Penny out of nowhere.
"Dear are you sure?" Asked Pietro worried about her.
"Yes, it's a simple recon mission." Stated Penny as she looked at Ruby.
Ruby looked at Coco and Weiss for their thoughts on it. They both gave Ruby unsure looks but didn't dismiss her.
"Ok." Said Ruby as Peny was excited for her first mission.
"And what of Blake and Velvet?" Asked Optimus as he had a bad feeling in his spark about this.
"We're infiltrating a White Fang recruitment drive." Said Blake shocking everyone.
"For booting up cold! Are you trying to kill yourselves?" Asked Rattrap in disbelief.
"We won't allow it." Said Glynda as she put her foot down. That was when Ozpin held up a hand to quite everyone.
"I'm sure you two know the dangers you're putting yourselves in. What I want to know is why are you doing this?" Ozpin asked them.
"Sir, we know that only one branch of the White Fang is with Megatron. By going to this event, we can hopefully find out some things." Answered Blake.
"Such as?" Asked Ozpin wanting to know what they're looking for.
"What they're goals could be. If they're telling people the truth or a lie. And how many are willing to join them. And other facts like that." Blake told them as Ozpin thought about it.
"You make some goods points. But I would be lying if I said I was ok with just you two going there alone." Said Ozpin as it was too risky for just the two of them.
"I can go with them." Offered Marrow.
"What are you saying Marrow?" Asked Hariet confused.
"It's a dangerous mission, but we could use that intel. And I'm the only other Faunus in the room. And above all else we do owe them for rescuing us." Marrow told them
"Do it." Said Clover surprising his team.
"Are you sure Clover?" Asked Vine as this was a dangerous mission.
"He's right undercover work can be deadly." Agreed Elm.
"I know, but Marrow is right. We can use this intel and above all else we do owe them for rescuing us." Said Clover as he looked at Blake.
"But sir I don't feel comfortable with this." Said Winter as there was too many variables here.
"I agree. Is there anyway to scout the area before hand or something like that?" Asked Optimus as he wanted to cut down the danger.
"You can't. We gather in one area then get transported to another." Said Blake as that was a new feature.
"What if we keep a transmitter on at all times? That way you can track us and if need be get us out of there?" Suggested Velvet as she had doubts about this too.
"It would work, unless they jam us. But without a reason I don't see them doing that." Said Rhinox as Optimus thought about it.
"Do it." Said Optimus as he had a bad feeling about this but he trusted his team.
"But at the first sigh of trouble or danger, get out of there." Ordered Optimus as he left no room for debate on it.
"What about us? What can we do?" Asked Nora gesturing to herself and her team.
"I think time spent learning about the war and practicing your skills would be time well spent." Said Ruby making Nora frown.
"That sound like school work though." Whined Nora.
"Knowledge can be greater than any weapon or semblance." Said Rhinox.
"He does have a point Nora." Agreed Ren.
"Besides I'll have Dinobot here get you up to speed. One way or another." Said Ruby as Dinobot grinned at them making JNPR gulp in fear.
"Nice knowing you." Said Rattrap with a smug look on his face.
"Rattrap." Said Cheetor in a scolding manner but did nothing to get rid of Rattrap's smug look.
"Anything else?" Asked Optimus as he shook his head at that.
"I have something." Said Ozpin as he took a big sigh.
"What is it?" Asked Optimus curious.
"I want to tell you this all now. What I'm about to tell you is the truth no matter how far fetched it sounds." Started Ozpin confusing everyone expect Ironwood, Glynda, and Qrow.
"To start of with my first name was Ozma." Said Ozpin surprising everyone.
"Ozpin what are you saying?" Asked Optimus confused.
"It all started like this." Said Ozpin as he told them his tale.
Long ago he was once a man called Ozma. A simple adventurer. One day he heard of a princess being held in a castle against her will and he rescued her. He found out this princess name was Salem. The two fell in love with each other. But then one day Ozma fell ill and no cure could be found, resulting in his death. Wanting nothing more then to bring him back Salem went to the god of light and asked him to bring him back. But the god of light refused.
But that didn't stop Salem. She then went to the god of Darkness and asked the same thing, but without telling him that she went to the god of light first. The god of Darkness granted her wish only for the god of Light to appear. The two fought as the soon realized they were tricked.
He then reawakened in front of the god of Light telling him that he must stop Salem. Ozpin then found himself in a body that wasn't his own. In a world so different from the one he left. He then found Salem, but she didn't seem like a danger to anyone other then herself. They rekindled their love and started their own kingdom.
But soon Ozpin saw why he was sent back as he started to see Salem's true colors. When he tried to slip away, he died. But he soon woke in another body as an unknown amount of time had passed.
This led to their war. But Salem had several advantages over Ozpin. The biggest ones were the Grimm and Salem's magic. Ozpin had magic too, but it was slowly decreasing with each new body.
He even told about four powerful relics that are hidden beneath under each school. And about the maidans.
"Wow." Was all Cheetor could say. Something others agreed with.
"How can that all be true." Said Jaune in disbelief.
"It matches what we heard." Said Ruby things were making sense now. The way the Grimm acted, what happened on the flying island.
"Are you kidding me!" Yelled Yang as she slammed her fist on the table.
"This whole time you've been fighting this secret war and you never once told anyone about it!" Continued Yang as her hair looked like it was smoking.
"Miss Xiao Long there was a time everyone knew about her. But as time went on, she became a story that was then forgotten." Said Ozpin.
"And you allowed that!" Countered Yang.
"Because ignorance is bliss in this situation. If we always made sure that everyone knew about Salem then none of us would be here right now. And if we were we wouldn't be us." Ozpin told her.
"When did people start to forget about her?" Asked Skyshooter curious.
"It was after the battle of Menagerie I believe." Said Ozpin as then then sighed and said. "And one of worst loses I've had against Salem."
"What do you mean?" Asked Ruby as she knew that look.
"We found Salem there. So after being convinced by my allies we launched an all out assault on her. Thousands of warriors attacked her including myself. She killed every one of us. When I came back I also learnt that two thirds of Menagerie became dessert because of that fight." Ozpin told them making Blake gasp as no one knew that about Menagerie.
"My Oum." Said Clover in disbelief how powerful was Salem.
"Sir did you know that?" Asked Winter curious.
"He did tell me that story." Said Ironwood.
"And yet you still want to launch a full-scale assault on her." Said Qrow with a glare.
"What?!" Said Marrow as he was willing to die for his kingdom, but that sounded like a suicide mission.
"Our weapons are different then back then." Stated Ironwood.
"Is that why you've been so focused on AI's lately?" Asked Pietro as things started to make more sense.
"Yes. We sent in the drones first to soften her up then we send in the main force." Said Ironwood.
"Yeah and all those dumb bot will do to her is annoy her." Said Qrow as they weren't that impressive.
"I've seen her." Said Blackarachnia as she held herself in fear. "The air around her. The power she showed. She's not someone we can take lightly."
"Do you know where she is right now?" Asked Optimus curious.
"The current theory is she's on the dragon shaped continent. But where is the question." Said Ozpin as that was a lot of land to cover.
"Is that why no one tried to claim that land?" Asked Jaune as he always wondered why no kingdom tried to claim it.
"Yes. There are countless Grimm there so no one can get inland enough to scout it." Said Ozpin.
"I should know." Said Qrow as he tried once and nearly died.
"But what about us?" Asked Cheetor as Grimm avoid them.
"I case you forgot spot's, the Grimm normally avoid us. But they seem to ignore that when ordered to." Said Blackarachnia as she then smirked.
"You have something don't you." Said Ruby.
"It's still just a prototype, but I believe I have found a way to track the Grimm." Blackarachnia told everyone as her smirk turned into a full-face grin.
"But how?" Asked Pietro as no one from Remnant could believe her.
"Using the data about the Grimm from both sides, I noticed an energy form coming from them. I didn't know what could have been till now. But it could be a form of communication between them all. But scanning for this energy should allow us to track them." Explained Blackarachnia as everyone was speechless.
"How accurate is this scanner?" Asked Ironwood as this could be what they needed.
"I'm not sure. I haven't tested it out yet." Blackarachnia told him not liking the look on his face. It made her think of Megatron.
"James." Started Ozpin. "I know what you're thinking. With a way to track the Grimm is a huge advantage, it's not one that will change the course of the war."
"He's right Jimmy. Knowing where someone is, isn't that powerful." Added Qrow.
"Really?" Asked Yang with a sneer.
"Yang." Said Ruby surprised by her tone.
"No let her talk." Said Ozpin as he's dealt with this before.
"How, why are you all ok with all this!?" Demanded Yang.
"What do you mean Yang?" Asked Blake as a lot had come out.
"The fact Ozpin and all of them have been hiding this from us this whole time. Heck them telling us about the brothers might have stopped the reckoning!" Said Yang annoyed.
"We didn't join in until after the signal was sent. By then I doubted there was anything we could have done." Countered Ozpin as he wished he could have done something.
"He's right Yang." Said Optimus as they had made up their minds long ago.
"And you're all ok with the fact that he lied to us about his history, about the Grimm, about Salem!" Yelled Yang as she stood up and glared at Ozpin.
"I hear what your saying Yang, but how's that any different then us with the Beast Wars?" Asked Ruby as Yang didn't have an answer.
"Yang." Started Ozpin as he surprised her by using her first name. "I don't like lying to everyone about this. But sometimes we need to hide the truth from the public to keep them safe."
"Safe? How is lying to the world keeping them safe?" Demanded Yang.
"Because I've seen it all before. People say they grew and changed but I've seen it so many times before where it is all talk. How when they come face to face with Salem their true colors come out. There are those who stand up to here and then there's those who beg her to spare them. And as the years have gone by more and more people beg her. So to answer your question I've seen what happens when people know the truth with mixed results." Said Ozpin with a sigh.
"We're not those people." Countered Yang with a frown.
"I've heard that many times before." Countered Ozpin with a sigh. "Just today I confirmed a traitor in our ranks."
"Who?" Asked Glynda fearful of the answer.
"Lionheart." Said Ozpin sadly.
"Not him." Said Glynda sadly.
"How can you be sure?" Asked Skyshooter curious as that was quite the claim.
"It was when your three mysterious people got those histories in Mistral. Something like that can only happen with Lionheart's clearance level." Started Ozpin.
"That's not a lot to go on." Stated Skyshooter.
"True. That's where Qrow came in." Said Ozpin.
"I was watching over a maiden when she got attacked. I couldn't see their faces, due to a semblance. But after seeing the reports on the three with the pred's they match up pretty good. But that not the only thing I have." Said Qrow as she brought out his flask and took a drink.
"What else do you have?" Asked Clover worried.
"When we started to suspect Lionheart, I reached out to some contacts over in Mistral. When I got no response I went there, only to find out they're all dead. Somehow Mistral's huntsman death count had exploded." Said Qrow sadly.
"What? That's news to me." Said Clover as he looked at Ironwood who was also surprised.
"Same to me." Said Ironwood gravely as while he and Qrow butt heads a lot he knew he would never lie about this.
"But falsifying death counts to the other kingdoms is a capital crime." Said Port bitterly as they didn't know that either.
"Again, only someone at Lionhearts level can do that." Said Ozpin grimly.
"But today when we spoke whenever she came up he looked fearful more then usual. And he kept looking of to the side like something was there." Finished Ozpin as Ironwood realized he was right.
"What will you do?" Asked Pyrrha as she meet Lionheart. He seemed like such a good man.
"This is a rare chance for us. We never found a mole of Salem's like this before. We can use this to our advantage." Said Ozpin as he had to move carefully.
"A dangerous gambit." Said Dinobot as he understood where he was coming from.
"So your just going to use him?" Questioned Yang with a glare.
"What would you do then?" Asked Ozpin curious as Yang stopped.
"This is bigger than you realize. Headmasters are beacons for their kingdoms if one dies suddenly or is arrested the fallout would be gigantic." Stated Ozpin as even he wouldn't know what could happen.
"Crikey mates talk about a mine field." Said Boomer as he never thought of it like that.
"Ozpin…" Started Optimus unsure how to word his question. "How long have you been at this for?"
"Too long." Admitted Ozpin as he didn't tell them everything. That he was extremely tired too. Tired of not being able to do anything, tired of taking innocent people's lives, tired of people always judging him for keeping his secrets when they do the same thing.
"And maybe that's the problem." Said Ozpin suddenly confusing people.
"What are you talking about Ozpin?" Asked Ironwood as part of him was hoping he was going to give control to him.
"Me and Salem have been at this for far too long. Maybe it's time to give control to someone else." Said Ozpin as he looked at Ruby.
"Oh hell no!" Growled Yang as she understood where he was going.
"Ozpin what are you doing!?" Demanded Ironwood shocked.
"We have no idea how long the war with Salem will go on for. We need a leader who can stand up to the tests of time." Said Ozpin as Ruby understood.
"You want the Matrix of leadership." Stated Ruby as it made sense.
"Yes. The Matrix and me are similar but vastly different. While I merge knowledge, the Matrix pools it. And with that difference I believe who ever holds the Matrix should lead the war against Salem." Said Ozpin.
"You can't expect Ruby to fight two wars at the same time!" Stated Weiss as that was too much.
"I pray that it stays two wars." Responded Ozpin.
"What do you mean?" Asked Optimus.
"I fear it will only be a matter of time before Megatron and Salem meet. And while I doubt they'll become allies I can see them uniting against us." Said Ozpin as that was a scary thought.
No one said anything after that as Ozpin reveal was a lot to take in a process.
"I think we should end this meeting here." Said Optimus as no one disagreed with him.
Everyone started to get up and leave. Ozpin saw Yang glaring at him as he was used to that look as he went over to Optimus and Ruby.
"Optimus, Ruby can I talk with you two in private?" Asked Ozpin as two shared a look confused.
"Why?" Asked Ruby unsure.
"Not here." Was all Ozpin said as he walked away.
The two shared a look and followed him to his office.
"Ozpin what's this about?" Asked Optimus confused.
"I need you two to spy on James." Said Ozpin out of nowhere.
"Wait what?!" Said Optimus baffled by the request.
"He's up to something big, otherwise he wouldn't brought in Pietro and Penny like that." Explained Ozpin as the two were still unsure.
"That's not a lot to go on though." Said Ruby.
"I never knew about Penny." Stated Ozpin shocking the two.
"You didn't." Said Optimus.
"No this was the first time he ever said anything." Explained Ozpin.
Optimus and Ruby looked at each other as they thought about it. Ironwood hasn't been the most corporate person especially since he wants people to be corporate his way.
"I can ask Blackarachnia to make a virus to look into things." Said Ruby as she was hoping Ozpin was wrong.
"Thank you. And I pray I'm wrong about this. But if I've learnt one thing it's to trust your gut." Said Ozpin as his gut was saying Ironwood was hiding something big.
"That makes three of us." Said Optimus as this was something they've all feared.
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Atlas
Later that day Ironwood was walking down a hall in a secret research lab. So secret only a select handful knew about it. He soon reached his destination as he entered a viewing room.
He then looked out the glass window as he looked down at five perfectly fine Stasis pods and the people working on them.
He was lucky he found them intact after what happened. Though he wished he didn't give up Pietro, so he could work on them. But he knew the doctor wouldn't help him with the project. As these five transformers would be Atlas's new protectors, loyal only to him. Once they reprogram them.
Though the reports he got state that three of them would be ready in a matter of weeks if things continue the way they are.
He then looked at the alt forms he had chosen for them, as they weren't animal forms. On three screens next to him was a tank, a jet, and a bike. These would be their alt forms once they were ready.
Ironwood grinned at the thought of his transformer army.
And done. This felt like one of my longer chapters. And I'm sorry if not everyone spoke in this chapter. It was hard keeping track of everyone. And I'm sorry if I made Yang look bad here. But I remember her reacting pretty badly to Ozpin's story in the show. And for those who wonder why the others didn't react like her. That's because they're already in a secret war in the Beast Wars. So it doesn't give them much room to stand on because of that.
And with this chapter I have set up serval other chapters. Some I've been waiting for since the beginning.
But the biggest thing here is Ironwood is going behind everyone's and making his own army. And can anyone guess who these new bots are based off of?
Until next time.