BACK IN THE CITY OF VALE, WITH RUBY AND PENNY, RUBY'S POV

"Penny, I-I don't understand" I said as I stood in front of Penny, I was still surprised at what she had told and shown to me, did she lose her arms and get them replaced? Or is there something else?

"Most girls are born, but I was made" Penny said as she looked at her own hands.

"I'm the world's first synthetic person capable of generating an Aura, I'm not real" Penny said sadly, her gaze lingered on the metal beneath the layers of synthetic skin she was covered with, I felt bad about her saying that and wanted to comfort her.

"STATEMENT; I am afraid your statement is incorrect, metal meat person" came a familiar voice from nearby, Penny and I turned to see HK47 walk out of one of the alleyways, his Blaster Rifle placed on his back as he approached and stood with us in the alley.

"STATEMENT; You are as real as any other being alive, the fact you have a physical presence and are recognised as more than machinery or furniture prove that" he said as his glowing eyes focused on Penny, she seemed a little taken aback by what he had said.

"What are you talking about?" I asked curiously.

"EXPLENATION; It is a common conception that Droids such as ourselves are overlooked, or seen as mere property, I should know, it is this very thing that allowed me to kill several of my meat-bag targets, believing that I was merely property up until a blaster bolt burned their brains from their sloshing heads!" HK said, I felt a little nervous about him saying that, it's a good thing I think of him more as a friend than like those other robots, is this what Penny is worried about, that I wouldn't think of her as a friend anymore because she was a robot?

I reached out to her hands and looked at the metal beneath the 'skin' of her hands, after a second I closed Penny's fingers over her hands.

"He's right, you're real" I said as I held onto Penny's hands gently, causing her and HK to focus their attention on me.

"You think just because you've got nuts and bolts instead os squishy guts makes you any less real than me?" I asked her.

"I don't, um..." Penny said, looking very confused.

"CONFUSED STATEMENT; Your taking this extraordinarily well, little red meat-bag, much more than most meat-bag's would have in this situation" HK said as he walked closer to us, until he was standing right next to us and looking at me.

"STATEMENT; However, your obession with being 'real' is rather unhealthy for a Droid such as yourself, why you would want to subject yourself to the constant sloshing of water in your body, as well as... eugh, other meat-bag related functions?" HK asked Penny, she looked a little sad at the question.

"I-It's not that I want to do, those things... it's just that, if I'm not a normal meat person then people will just treat me like those Robots in the square, they won't want to be my friends..." Penny said sadly as she looked down, I put my hand on her shoulder to help her feel better.

"Your not like those things we saw back there, you've got a heart, and a soul, I can feel it" I said as I tapped Penny on the chest with my finger, then I turned my attention to HK.

"I feel the same way about you HK, you've definately got heart and soul, even if it's mostly for killing things..." I said, giving a slightly nervous smile to him.

"PROUD ANSWER; Indeed I am little red meat-bag, I have far more personality than those buckets of bolts, it is appreciated that you noticed" HK said.

"Oh! Oh ruby! You're the best friend anyone could have!" Penny said excitedly as she grabbed me and crushed me in a hug, this was even worse than hugs Yang gives!!

"I can see why your father would want to protect such a delicate flower!" I said as my face was pressed into Penny's chest, I was very surprised my neck or head didn't go pop.

"OBSERVATION; I believe you should disengage your embrace, unless you wish to crush the little meat-bag's skull?" HK said, Penny let go pretty quickly and I was finally able to breathe again.

"Oh, sorry! But yes, he's very sweet, my father's the one that built me! I'm sure you would just love him!" Penny said happily.

"Wow, he built you all by himself?" I asked, kind of impressed that someone could build someone like Penny all by themself.

"STATEMENT; It would be most difficult to build such a complex machine alone, I would hazard to guess that he had assistance with the endevour" HK said.

"He's right, my father had some help from Mr. Ironwood" Penny said, this caught me by surprise.

"The general? Wait, is that why those soldiers were after you?" I asked as I remembered those two soldiers that were chasing us earlier.

"They like to protect me too!" Penny said happily.

"Pfft, they don't think you can protect yourself?" I asked pointedly, I mean she could take down a lot of White fang soldiers alone, and even took down two Bullheads!

"They're not sure if I'm ready yet" Penny said as she looked down.

"One day, it will be my job to save the world, but I still have a lot left to learn, that's why my father let me come to the Vytal Festival, I want to see what it's like in the rest of the world, and test myself in the tournament" she said, this confused me quite a bit since Ozpin and everyone else had said that the world was in a time of peace.

"Penny, what are you talking about? Save the world from what? We're in a time of peace" I said, wondering if she meant the Grimm.

"CONFUSED QUERY; If that is the case, then why are you investigating a conspiracy against Vale? Surely having a terrorist organisation such as the White Fang operating in Vale, as well as the Grimm would not be considered peaceful?" HK said, suddenly he turned and pulled the Blaster Rifle from his back.

"What are you doing Mr. HK?" Penny asked curiously.

"STATEMENT; My sensors detect two unknown meat-bags approaching, I shall assume hostilities and begin firing at once" HK said as he aimed down at the alleyway.

"WAIT! You can't just shoot people for no reason HK!!" I said in shock, I didn't want him to shoot someone, it might just be a normal person!

"Check down here!" came a voice from the alleyway.

"You've both got to hide!" Penny exclaimed as she grabbed my shoulders, we looked over to HK only to find him gone again, how is he so fast!? Suddenly I was lifted off of the ground above Penny's head as she walked somewhere.

"Gah, Penny! What are you doing? You don't have to go with them I can help you!" I said as I tried to get myself free from Penny's grip on my waist, but she didn't seem to have any trouble keeping hold of me, then she tossed me into a dumpster and the lib slammed shut on top of me, I wrinkled my nose in disgust from all of the trash I was sitting in, and the disgusting smell!

"It's okay Ruby, they're not bad people, I just don't want you to get in trouble" Penny said as she lifted the lid of the dumpster to talk to me.

"Just promise me you won't tell anyone about my secret, and get Mr. HK to do the same please" Penny said.

"I promise" I said, weather HK would do the same I'm not too sure, I'll have to talk with him later on and hopefully he would agree, Penny closed the lid and I was left in the dark.

"There she is!" came a voice from outside, I got worried and decided to open the lid of the dumpster, but just enough so I could listen to them and not be seen.

"Salutations, officers!" I heard Penny say as the two soldiers ran up to her and stopped in front of her.

"Why were you running? And what happened to the other girl?" one of the officers asked her.

"What girl? I've been by myself all day" Penny lied, followed by a quick hiccup, then she straightened herself up and put her arms behind her back.

"You shouldn't cause such a scene, are you okay?" one of the soldiers asked.

"Just a scratch" Penny said, showing them her hands, which made both soldiers flinch back in worry.

"Penny, your father isn't going to be happy about this" the soldier scolded, I guess she was right, they do just ant to protect her.

"Please, just come with us" the second soldier said in a tired voice, I guess all that running must have worn them out.

"Yes, sir!" Penny said before she followed the two soldiers out of the alleyway, at least she isn't in trouble, suddenly I hear squeaking at my feet, I looked down only to find a huge Rat on my shoes, I squealed and jumped in fright, causing the lid of the dumpster to slam shut on me!

AT THE HIDDEN SITH BASE, (Y/N)'S POV

I stood in the field in front of my base, the bodies of the Grimm I had taken control of that the Jedi killed were now completely gone, I had been fighting the Jedi Knight and her Padawan for a while now, entertaining myself with their struggling, the Jedi's Padawan was dead on the ground, sliced in half by my lightsaber, he was so easy to kill it felt like a waste of my time, only the Jedi Knight was left and she was heavily wounded.

"Your victory means nothing, the damage has been done, this act of death will expose who you are to the people of this world, so deal the deathblow, Sith, I am at peace knowing that all your plots will be unravelled" the Jedi Knight prattled, it was funny that she thought she had exposed me so easily.

"Your a simpering fool, your masters have done nothing but send you and your student to your deaths, they know they cannot defeat me, and if you try anything I will simply show them that you attacked first, so try as you and your Jedi might, you will not stop what is to come" I said proudly.

"Gloat all you like, it means nothing, I remain at peace, and I know that the Jedi Masters will still defeat you, I am resigned, strike me down, I offer no further resistance" the Jedi said calmly, with some pain laced into her voice as she held her side.

"I will savour your destruction, it shall be the first of many" I said with a savage grin on my face as I ignited my double-bladed lightsaber and slashed her across the chest, she gasped in pain and fall down onto her back as I stood above her.

"There is no death, there is... the... Force..." the Jedi said as her voice weakened and her eyes finally closed, I felt disgusted at how resigned she was to dying.

"Fool, standing there and accepting death, life is about fighting, if you will not fight to live another day, then you deserve death" I spat as I extinguished the blades of my lightsaber and clipped it back onto my belt, as I looked down at the two dead Jedi more of my controlled Grimm appeared, a pack of Beowolves waiting for orders.

"Grimm, dispose of this refuse, leave no trace of them having been here" I said as I used the Force to take both of the Jedi's lightsabers and walked away, leaving the Grimm to eat the bodies, or whatever it is Beasts do to the carcasses of the weak.

I walked back into my base, directing the soldiers to begin their work for our operation, tonight we're going to strike a blow against the White Fang, and swell our own numbers at the same time, it'll be fun to break these Faunas to my will...

"Commander, have the men load up onto the truck and prepare for transport, while we're there we should gather more vehicles to use for now, we'll need to bring our 'new recruits' here fast" I said as I looked to Zerzek.

"Of course my Lord, I will be sure to look out for suitable transport for the new meat, it would be good to increase our numbers for future battles" Zerzeks said as he calibrated his Blaster Rifle, I walked away from him and the men towards my private quarters to meditate and focus my emotions, as I entered my quarters my communicator beeped, I took it out of my robes and activated it, a holographic projection of HK47 appeared on the disk.

"Hello HK, have you reached the location of the White Fang's meeting place?" I said as I looked at the hologram intently.

"STATEMENT; I have yet to arrive at the location of the meat-bags meeting place, but I have uncovered some useful information, Master" HK said, I was curious to see what he had learned.

"What have you learned, my friend?" I asked curiously, I would take any opportunity to gain an advantage over the Jedi and my enemies.

"STATEMENT; Today the leader of the meat-bag kingdom known as Atlas announced their newest batch of droids, and how they are decomissioning the older models, perhaps they could be of use to your plan?" HK said as he played a recording of the robots kicking over and stepping on the older models, I put my hand on my chin in thought, they would be useful as a labour force, since they don't need to sleep or eat they could work to expand the base and produce weapons, armour and droids for my forces to use in battle, and perhaps they could work on my personal projects and get them finished faster.

"Indeed, they could be useful, I'll have to remember that for a future mission, for now remain focused on finding the location of that White Fang Meeting, I want to deal a blow to the White Fang, and swell our own numbers" I said, those robots could indeed be useful, but for now these White Fang require more attention.

"STATEMENT; Understood Master, I shall endevour to reach this meeting and assess the situation, HK47 out" HK said before the hologram faded away, I sat down in my room and began to meditate on the Dark Side of the Force, however my scroll beeped from a text message, I opened it and saw an unknown number on my phone.

{The plan's in motion, she will be in your hands by tonight} the message said, I smiled to myself as my plans were moving along nicely.

A FEW HOURS LATER, AT JUNIOR'S CLUB, YANG'S POV

It had been some time since we had left Beacon, I had been forced to drive around Vale with Neptune, I had to theaten to punch him off of my Bumble Bee when he grabbed me around the waist and wouldn't let go, only (Y/N) could touch me like that.

I turned a corner and pulled into a familiar parking lot, it had changed to night time by now and I knew that my 'friend' would be open for business now, I drove into the parking lot and parked my Bumble Bee in front of the club I could hear the music from the club out here, I took off my helmet and hook my hair free to get rid of helmet hair.

"C'mon, my friend's right in here" I said as I climbed off of my bike and set my helmet down.

"Cool... and where exactly is... here?" he asked as he too got off of my bike, almost knocking it over as he climbed off, luckily for him he caught it before it could fall to the ground and scratch the paint job, I shook my head at Neptune and walked back over to put the kick stand down.

(Damn pretty boy, he better not damage my bike! I really wish I had (Y/N) here with me, stupid Jedi, causing problems for all of us!) I cursed in my head as we both walked towards the club, as we got closer the music got louder and I saw two of Junior's guards at the doors, they seemed to freeze as they saw me approaching.

"Hurry, close the door she's coming!" one of them yelled as they ran inside and shut the door behind them, did they really think that would keep me out?

"Umm... they don't seem to want us to come in, what do we do now?" Neptune asked, I simply extended Ember Celica over my hands and cocked in a shell, I pulled back my fist and punched the door, causing an explosion and a cloud of smoke to appear, I walked into the smoke and saw Junior and all of his men.

"Guess whose back!" I said with a smile on my face as I closed my eyes, I heard the sound of guns clicking, and annoyingly the sound of the club music cutting out over and over again, I opened my eyes and saw all of Junior's men in front of me aiming guns at me, my smile slowly faded into a glare as the music was really starting to get on my nerves, finally the DJ took the needle off of the record and shut off the music before hiding again.

"Yeah, so could you define friend for me?" Neptune said as he hid behind me, obviously nervous as the thugs aimed their guns at him too, why did I have to bring him again?

"Stop, stop! Nobody shoot" I heard Junior say before he pushed his way to the front of his men, stopping in front of me while fixing his red tie.

"Blondie, you're here, why?" Junior asked, obviously not wanting me here but too afraid to say anything, since I beat up all of his security and him by myself.

"You still owe me a drink" I said as I walked forwards and grabbed Junior by the arm, dragging him to the bar so I could get information out of him, and maybe have a strawberry sunrise for the trouble.

AT THE WHITE FANG MEETING, THIRD PERSON'S POV

Blake and Sun walked through a darkened alleyway, at the end she found the mark that leads to the meeting place, three claw marks which she ran her fingers along, her memories of her time in the White Fang going through her mind before she refocused on the mission, she peeked her head around the corner and saw two Faunas being ushered in by a man in a red suit.

"This is it" Blake said as she turned her head back to Sun, who was leaning against the wall.

"You sure?" he asked, making Blake glare at him angrily.

"Y'know, I'm just gonna take your word for it" Sun said as he held his hands up in surrender, they both turned the corner and walked to the meeting with Blake removing her bow to show her ears.

"I don't get it, if you believe what you're doing is right, why hide who you are?" Sun asked as they walked towards the meeting.

"The masks are a symbol, Humanity wanted to make monsters out of us, so we chose to don the faces of monsters" Blake answered in her usual, monotone voice as she looked at the mask Sun was holding in his hand.

"Grimm masks, that's kinda dark" Sun said in an unsure voice.

"So was the guy who started it" Blake said as she started to walk further down the hall towards the meeting, putting the mask on her face as she walked.

"Always sunshine and rainbows with you" Sun said as he put on the mask, however as the two walked into the meeting they failed to notice a certain rust coloured Droid above them observing the warehouse through the scope of his blaster rifle.

"STATEMENT; Master, I have arrived at the location of the meeting place, I shall await your arrival" HK47 said quietly as he observed Blake and Sun walking towards the meeting.

"Aknowledged, we shall arrive shortly" came (Y/N)'s voice through HK's communications anttenae, the rust coloured Droid continued to silently observe the meeting through a window.

Blake and Sun followed the other Faunas into a large storage room, inside the room a stage had been set up with a large cloth with the White Fang's emblem painted on it in red, surrounding the room were balconies where White Fang soldiers patrolled, a large number of White Fang soldiers were standing at attention in the room while the new recruits stood together to the right of the stage.

"Thank you all for coming, for those of you who are joining us for the first time tonight. allow me to introduce a very special comrade of ours" said a White Fang Commander who was pacing on the stage, he wore a mask the fully covered his face.

"I can assure you, he is the key to obtaining what we have fought for, for so long" the Commander said as none other than Roman Torchwick walked out of the shadows, when the new recruits of the White Fang saw him they instantly started to jeer and shout angrily at him.

"Thank you, thank you! Please, hold your applause" he said smugly as he walked to the middle of the stage to address the gathered Faunas.

"What's a Human doing here?" a girl with orange hair and a pair of small, Deer antlers said as she pointed at Roman on the stage.

"I'm glad you asked, dearie, now I'll be the first to admit, Humans are the WORST, case in point" Roman said as he tried to win over the Human hating Faunas.

"So I understand why you would love to see us all locked away, or better yet: killed!" Torchwick said, as he spoke a girl with brown and pink hair with white highlights stood a few feet away, she was quite short and her eyes were a chocolate brown colour, and she wore a rather unique outfit, on the other side of the stage stood the familiar Sith Apprentice, Zack Marek, watching over the assembled Faunas with a look of boredom on his face.

Meanwhile, outside the meeting, two trucks pulled up to the warehouse before they opened up, letting out a squad of men in black armour holding blaster rifles, after the men exited the truck they gathered together as a familiar young man wearing black robes emerged from one of the trucks, he took in a deep breath of fresh air as he stretched out his limbs.

"GREETING; Hello Master, it is a pleasure to see you once again" HK47 said as he approached the Sith and his soldiers.

"Hello HK, what do you have to report of the meeting?" (Y/N) asked as he turned to address the assassin droid.

"STATEMENT; The entire space is infested with enemy meat-bags, they are all grouped so close together than a few well thrown grenades would kill if not cripple most of them, I would suggest using Sonic Grenades, their enhanced hearing would make them especially vulnerable to such an attack" HK said, sounding somewhat excited at the prospect of killing or deafening a room full of Faunas.

"EXCITED MUSING; Or perhaps poison gas grenades? So many meat-bags packed into such a confined space, would allow for maximum casualties, then again possibly any type of grenade would work, or perhaps a Thermal Detonator!" HK said excitedly, (Y/N) actually felt a little bad about having to spoil his fun.

"As much as I would love to watch that happen HK, I will need at least most of those Faunas alive to serve in my army, so we'll have to keep the grenading to a minimum I'm afraid" (Y/N) said, trying to not upset his friend.

"HORRIFIED EXCLAMATION; B-But Master! The opportunity for such mass death and disfigurement does not come along too often! It would be a crime to not take this opportunity to inflich such pain and misery on those pathetic, sloshing meat-bags!" HK said in a horrified way.

"I understand what your saying HK, but like I said, I need at least a good number of them alive, we cannot go on a massacre just yet" (Y/N) said, trying to let his friend down easy.

"DEPRESSED ANSWER; *sigh* Very well Master... I understand..." HK said dejectedly, (Y/N) actually did feel bad about denying him the chance, the Sith let out a sigh and pulled out two Sonic Grenades and held them out to HK47 who looked at them before looking to his Master.

"If there really are as many hostiles as you say, then I suppose two Sonic Grenades won't hurt too bad, just try not to take out too many of our potential recruits" (Y/N) said as he passed the two Sonic Grenades to the Droid, suddenly HK seemed to perk up at the prospect of inducing pain and mayhem.

"JUBILATED EXCLAMATION; Oh Master! I knew you couldn't resist the chance at seeing such mass death and debilitation! You make me feel proud to have you as a Master!" HK exclaimed loudly as he took the two Sonic Grenades and set them on his hips, ready to throw when the battle begins, (Y/N) smiled to himself at how excited HK appeared.

"Zerzeks, I want you to place charges on that wall, HK and I will go inside and start the fight, when you hear those Sonic Grenades go off, blow the wall and use those Adhesive Grenades to apprehend the Faunas inside" (Y/N) said in a serious voice.

"Understood sir! You heard him men, time to set those charges!" Zerzeks said, the men stood at attention and went to pace the bombs while others passed out the Adhesive Grenades, while (Y/N) and HK climbed the wall and entered the building through a window.

"Fortunately, I'm the best exterminator around, no offence to any rodents in the room" Roman Torchwick said with a smug grin on his face, (Y/N) and HK stood above the gathered Faunas listening in and watching the meeting, as they did this Zack turned his head sensing the disturbance in the Force.

"ANNOYED RESPOSE; We shall see about that, impudent meat-bag!" HK47 said as he took out one of the Sonic Grenades and held it in his metallic hands, ready to throw it into the massed Faunas below, however before he could begin the attack (Y/N) held the Grenade down and pointed towards the room.

"Hold on HK, let's see what we can learn before we begin the attack..." (Y/N) said, HK silently complied with his Master's order, holding onto the Grenade for now.

They saw the sheet with the White Fang emblem fall away, revealing an Atlesian Paladin, which had been repainted with White Fang emblems, the crowd below cheered loudly while (Y/N) raised a brow, Blake and Sun stared at the large robot battle suit in disbelief.

"Uh, that's a big robot" Sun said as he looked at the marge machine on the stage.

"How did he get that?" Blake said as she looked at Sun.

"As some of you may have heard, this right here-" Torchwick said as he knocked his knuckles against the robot's knee joint.

"is Atlas's newest line of defence against all the scary things in the world" Torchwick continued, walking closer to the middle of the stage as he addressed the White fang, unaware of the two pairs of eyes watching him from above and on the floor.

"And thanks to my employer, we've managed to snag a few before they, uh, hit the shelves" Torchwick said, as he said this Zack carefully walked away into the shadows, leaving the pink and brown haired girl on the stage alone.

"Now, many of your brothers have already moved down to our new operation in the south east, if you'd rather stay within the city, that's fine" Torchwick said as he paced the stage.

"But if your truly ready to fight for what you believe in, this is the arsenal I can provide you, any questions?" Roman said, a smug smile on his face as the assembled Faunas cheered and applauded loudly, pumping their fists in the air at the news.

"It seems that our enemy is more resourceful that I thought, bold as well, it's time to make our move" (Y/N) said darkly.

"Hey you, freeze!" came a voice from behind the two, (Y/N) quickly turned and made a clutching motion towards the White Fang Soldier, who started to gag and gasp for air before his throat was crushed by (Y/N)'s Force Choke, suddenly the sound of a lightsaber igniting rang through the room and Zack walked out of the shadows.

"(Y/N), so good to see you again" Zack said with a grin on his face, his red lightsaber active while the black bladed one remained on his belt.

"Zack, what a pleasant surprise!" (Y/N) said as he twirled the hilt of his double-bladed lightsaber, igniting the red blades as he settled into a combat stance.

"So, you switched to a double-bladed saber? That won't make any difference" Zack said before the two rushed each other and clashed blades, the sound of the lightsabers clashing alerted the Faunas below, including Blake and Sun.

"What the heck!?" Sun said in surprise as he and Blake looked up at the duelling Sith, Blake's eyes widened in fear at the fact that (Y/N) was here, she remembered what had happened at the docks and knew she had to try and evacuate the Faunas, then she heard something activating and saw HK47 above them holding a Sonic Grenade in his hand.

"Sun, we've got to go now!" Blake said as she grabbed Sun and pulled him away, they pushed through the crowd who were watching the fight above, grabbing Roman Torchwick's attention before they jumped up onto the balcony, suddenly a blaster bolt flew past Blake and Sun, burning a hole in a White fang soldier's chest who was aiming his gun towards (Y/N), Blake looked back and saw HK47 holding a smoking blaster as he tossed the grenade into the crowd below.

"Stop them-" yelled one of the White Fang soldiers, when the grenade hit the ground, bounced once, then detonated, the sonic waves rang through the room, leaving a loud ringing noise in the air, a group of Faunas that were closest to the blast fell dead with blood oozing from both sets of ears, and their mouths, their bodies like jelly from their bones being pulverised from the sonic waves, all the Faunas in the room fell to the ground clutching their ringing and bleeding ears, crying out in agony from the sensory assault.

Blake hissed in pain as she clutched her cat ears, her eyes screwed shut from the ringing in her ears, Sun groaned in pain as he held his ears, the two staggered as they tried to reorient themselves, Blake opened one eye just in time to see HK47 pull out his blaster rifle and start shooting, as well as Zack and (Y/N) continuing their fight, suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder, she quickly turned her head and saw Sun saying something to her, indication the window next to them, Blake nodded her head and they both jumped from the window into the night.

The two half deaf Faunas ran across the open space and jumped onto the rooftop, the ringing in their sensetive ears slightly fading when a loud explosion came from behind them, Blake looked back just in time to see those same, black armoured men from the docks standing beside a large hole in the wall of the warehouse, readying their blasters while some pulled out blue grenades, nearby to those men were a few large trucks with more men in the driver seats, before she could intervene the stolen Paladin smashed out of the hole, surprising the men before chasing after her and Sun.

She wanted to stay and help her fellow Faunas, but she knew that Roman Torchwick was inside that Mech suit and was going to kill her and Sun, she had to call in the rest of her team to deal with the Paladin, then come back and have them stop (Y/N) before he massacred the misguided Faunas at the meeting!

(Y/N)'S POV

https://youtu.be/gIFNS6ZdT8g

As I fought with Zack a loud explosion came from the wall, I looked over and saw the wall crumble as Zerzeks and his men got ready to breach and detain the faunas below, most of them were still writhing in agony from the Sonic Grenade HK47 had thrown.

Suddenly the sound of a machine powering up came, then I saw that massive robot rush out of the warehouse, smashing an even larger hole in the wall my soldiers had blown up, then came yelling as the soldiers rushed inside holding their blaster rifles to the White Fang soldiers and recruits, they started to grab and detain the Faunas who tried to resist but were met with the blunt end of the Blasters, I then saw some of the men pull out and throw Adhesive Grenades into the crowd, the grenades burst covering the area with a gooey, glowing blue bio-adhesive that stuck the Faunas to the ground, making them easy prey for the men to capture.

"You bastard (Y/N), you've been planning this for a while haven't you?!" Zack yelled as he clashed blades with me once again, I spun my double-bladed lightsaber to deflect his attack before thrusting the blade for a stab, which he dodged before I followed up with a rapid slash of the blade, slicing through a barrier for the ledge.

"I always like to plan out an attack before hand, but some free intel is always appreciated, this meeting is over!" I said, suddenly gunfire came from around us, several White Fang soldiers had managed to recover and started to shoot at the men, and myself.

"Open fire! Kill any who resist!" Zerzeks yelled as he shot back with his blaster rifle, a few of the men started to shoot back at the White Fang soldiers, while others continued to grab the disabled Faunas and secure them before dragging them outside to put them in the trucks to take back to the base, this would be much easier if we has ships to fly them back.

While the men fought below I continued my fight with Zack, our lightsabers clashing with one another as we tried to outmaneuver each other, we clashed weapons as Zack backed up along the balcony, a bullet flew between us as a White Fang soldier shot at us, I reached out and electrocuted the fool with Force Lightning until he fell, smoking to the ground below, suddenly Zack attacked, almost landing a blow which I managed to just avoid by jumping back.

"What am I thinking? I must not let myself get distracted from this fight" I said to myself as I refocused myself to fighting Zack, who seeing that the balcony was too narrow jumped down to the floor below, I jumped after him, swinging my lightsaber in my hands and landing with a powerful downward slash that clashed with his lightsaber blade loudly, as Zack and I glared at one another blaster bolts and bullets flew around us as the White Fang and my own soldiers shot at each other.

(This is quite a thrill, fighting in the middle of a shoot out, almost as fun as fighting in a weapons factory, or a Droid foundry) I thought to myself as Zack and I separated and clashed blades again, he kicked me off of him and stood up, suddenly I was hit in the back, I swung my lightsaber at the source of the hit, instead I killed two trapped Faunas with one of the two blades of my lightsaber, I turned back to Zack only to see a young woman stood beside him with a cocky smirk on her face.

She had long, pink and brown hair with some white highlights in the pink half, her eyes were two different colours, one was pink and one was brown and she was really short, she was wearing a white jacket with a pink interior, brown pants, black and white boots with heels, a brown corset which exposed her hips and a lot of necklaces that hung around her neck.

"Stay out of my way Neo, he's mine" Zack said angrily as he glared at the shorter woman, she gave him a dirty look before she opened up an umbrella and rested it on her shoulder, looking at me with a smirk on her face, she showed a lot of confidence, so perhaps she was skilled for the people of this world, she gave a wider smile and bowed at the hip towards me.

(She's quite a confident one, I wonder how well she'll hold up against me one-on-one?) I thought to myself as the fight went on around us, suddenly Zack rushed at me and our blades locked again, we fought ferociously with each other while our attacks also cut up any unfortunate Faunas that were too close at the time, as well as them being cooked alive by my Force Lightning, suddenly Neo jumped up and kicked me in the side making me stumble as she rushed in with her umbrella folded up, I swung my lightsaber at her but she jumped above the swing , however I turned and blasted her with Force Lightning, only for her to shatter like glass.

"What the hell?" I said before I was kicked again, I looked and saw her smirking at me before Zack shoved past her and attacked me again, I guess that must have been her Semblance, it's somewhat similar to Blake's shadow clones, only more like a mirror.

"Hmm, interesting girl, and an interesting power..." I said as I looked at her closely, she would indeed be useful on my side, then the fight went on, with her dodging blaster bolts and bullets as well as swings from my lightsaber, however I managed to blow her back with a Force Push sending her back before she landed gracefully on the ground, one of the men's Adhesive Grenades landed close to her, she gasped and used her power again to escape just before the grenade detonated, showering more of the blue bio-adhesive over the ground and trapping more of the Faunas.

Zack and I clashed our lightsabers together again, the blades hissing as they clashed against one another while Zack and I tried to overpower each other, suddenly Neo tried to kick me in the head only for me to hit her with Force Lightning which shocked her pretty badly, Zack and I moved slowly through the room as more of the Faunas were caught and dragged away into the waiting trucks to be brought back to my base, meanwhile Zack and I continued to clash blades, suddenly I was Force Pushed back into another wall and crashed through the wall and outside, Zack yelled and Force Jumped towards me with his lightsaber ready to stab me, I cast Force Lightning at Zack and hit him with a powerful shock that knocked him off balance and made him hit the ground close to me, Zack quickly got back up and went to use Force Push on me, but I gathered the Force into my hand and Pushed back, the two forces collided with one another and cancelled each other out.

I quickly slashed at him again, with him blocking the blades as I spun the weapon skillfully to try to land a hit, during one of the spins he blocked I quickly lunged the blade at him in a stab, the attack managed to graze Zacks shoulder making him yell out in pain and growl angrily as he held his burnt shoulder, suddenly Neo rushed in and attacked me with a series of kicks and blows from her umbrella, however I managed to block all of her blows and kicked her back before slashing at her with my lightsaber, the blades burned through the concrete ground like butter making her eyes turn white suddenly, before they shifted back to pink and brown.

"So, your still as skilled as ever (Y/N), maybe even better since you don't have those children to distract you, so I think I'll start fighting seriously now!" Zack said as he reached to his belt and pulled out his second lightsaber, he ignited the blade which was a solid black colour.

"Fine by me, let's see if you've improved at all while still under Thanaton" I said as I spun my lightsaber in a flourish while I got into a combat stance, Zack rushed at me and swung his red lightsaber but I sidestepped the attack before blocking his black bladed lightsaber with one of the blades of my own lightsaber, then I kicked Zack in the stomach making him go back before I rushed in after him and rapidly swung my lightsaber, my blades flashing through the air as we duelled each other, suddenly I felt a presence moving behind me and I unlocked our lightsabers and dodged a stab from a long, needle-like blade, I saw that it was Neo again and she seemed surprised that I had dodged her stab.

"Stay out of this little girl, it's between me and Zack over here" I said with a smirk of my own, her cheeks puffed up and she stomped her foot on the ground as she gave me an angry glare, I chuckled at her attempt of showing her displeasure before I blocked an attack by both of Zack's lightsabers, we went back to attacking eachother, with Neo tryong to join in sometimes, until her scroll started ringing and she jumped back to answer it, while I continued to fight Zack she listened to someone on the other end of the scroll, suddenly she appeared beside Zack, holding her scroll in front of his face.

"Are you serious!? He just had to get in trouble now, of all times!" Zack said angrily, while he wasn't paying attention to me I quickly gathered some Force Lightning into my hand and blasted the bolts at Zack, he flew back onto the ground screaming in pain as the electricity coursed through his body.

"That's right, scream for me!" I said as my lips drew back in a sadistic smile as I laughed, suddenly Neo jumped in front of Zack using her umbrella to try and absorb my lightning, I heard Zack panting slightly as he pushed himself into a standing position.

"Damn you! If you hadn't distracted me this wouldn't have happened!" Zack roared at the girl angrily, she didn't even react while I stopped the stream of lightning, Neo folded up her umbrella and smirked at Zack before she turned her head and winked at me, I rushed towards them and swung my lightsaber only for them to both shatter to pieces, I looked around expecting an attack when I heard the sound of an engine going, I looked and saw a Bullhead flying away with Neo and Zack on board.

"HK!" I called out, he walked out of the warehouse with his blaster rifle in hand as he walked beside me.

"ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; Yes Master, is there someone you wish to be killed?" HK asked me as his swivelled his head around, seeming to be searching for targets.

"Oh I have so many... but not right now, I will be pursuing Zack and the girl, I leave you in charge here, load these scum up and prepare them for transport, we'll have to move fast if we are to have this plan work" I said as I extinguished my lightsaber and clipped it back onto my belt.

"STATEMENT; Understood Master, we shall have these simpering meat-bags ready for transportation very soon" HK said before he turned and walked back towards the warehouse, I could hear the Faunas inside begging for mercy and some gunfire, as well as some return fire from my men, I knew they had this situation under control, I went to pursue Zack and Neo until I heard sirens approaching the warehouse, I looked and saw several Vale Police cars screech to a halt and armed officers quickly get out of the cars.

"Hmmm, I should deal with this before I leave, actually this might just help me with any questions, hehehe..." I said as I approached the Police Officers.

WITH TEAM RWBY, THIRD PERSON'S POV

Meanwhile with team RWBY, Roman had chased after Sun and Blake, causing chaos on the highway only to be attacked by Neptune and Yang who approached with Yang's bike, however Roman had sent cars flying towards them before Neptune attacked him with his weapon, then Sun went to help his friend only to get thrown off of the road, Weiss had then frozen the road causing Roman, and the Mech suit to fall to the ground below, where the girls were now fighting Roman in his suit.

The fight had started with Weiss and Yang making a cloud of mist using a combo attack called FreezerBurn, Roman had searched for them using sensors that were built into the mech suit, hiwever he was then attacked by Weiss and Blake in a combo called Checkmate where the two girls attacked the suit's legs, however they were forced to retreat when Roman fired missiles at them, then Weiss used a special power to enhance Blake's speed, allowing her to skillfully slice apart the oncoming missiles.

Then Ruby rushed past, calling out Ladybug as her and Blake's combo came up, she and Blake attacked the mech suit's legs again, until they both jumped up into the air and cut off one of the mech's arms, as this happened Yang rushed at the Robot and jumped onto it's back, punching at the space where Roman was piloting the suit until Roman had the suit jump backwards, smashing through a pillar then smashing Yang into a second pillar, then Roman morphed the Mech suit's arm and punched her through another pillar, causing her to take quite a lot of damage.

"Yang!" Blake called out worriedly as she saw her teammate fall to the ground after taking a massive hit.

"Don't worry! With each hit she gets stronger, and she uses that energy to fight back! That's what makes her special" Ruby said, as she said this Yang pulled herself up onto her feet, she clenched her fist as Roman went to punch her again only for her to block the punch with both arms, then Yang looked up at the suit with her hair starting to burn with fire as her eyes changed from lilac to crimson, she then let out a loud yell as she threw her fist forward and punched the robot's fist, shattering the entire arm, Roman was angry at how the girls were destroying the mech suit so easily and kicked Yang away, sending her flying past Ruby and Blake.

"Bumblebee!" Ruby called out, Blake turned and threw her Gambol Shroud towards Yang, who caught the weapon as she flew past Weiss, who was getting back up from the ground, Blake gave the ribbon on her weapon a tug stopping Yang from flying back any further and used the ribbon to swing herself back towards Roman and the mech suit, she used shots from her Ember Celica to speed herself up and gain momentum for the attack, however Roman saw it coming and jumped back to avoid the attack.

"We have to slow it down!" Ruby called out.

"And how do you propose we do that?" Weiss asked in a snarky voice, as she looked at her team leader for instructions.

"IceFlower!" Ruby said, the girls twirled their weapons before Ruby dug the blade of her sniper-scythe into the ground, while Weiss summoned Glyphs in front of the barrel of the gun, Ruby shot her sniper and the bullet was infused with Ice Dust as it passed through the three Glyphs, when the bullet struck the mech suit ice crystals formed where the bullet struck the suit, Ruby kept on firing her gun at the suit until both of it's legs were encased in Ice, trapping it in place.

Blake grabbed hold of the ribbon for her Gambol Shroud and swung the ribbon, while yang ran and jumped and shot her Ember Celica again, turning herself into a flaming projectile as she swung towards the trapped mech suit, then with a loud yell she threw a final, powerful punch right to the suit's cockpit, sending the robot flying, it bounced on the ground once then broke apart, leaving Roman exposed as he stood up.

"Just got this thing cleaned!" Roman complained as her tried to brush dirt off of his white suit, yang saw him standing there exposed and threw another punch, shooting one of her projectiles at the man who thre his arms up to protect himself, however, before the projectile could hit him Neo jumped down and blocked the shot with her umbrella, after the flames from Yang's projectile faded away Neo rested the umbrella on her shoulder, smiling at the girls as she looked at them while Roman grew a smirk of his own.

"Ladies. Ice Queen" Roman said as he stepped around beside Neo, giving the four girls a smug grin.

"Hey!" Weiss exclaimed at the nickname that everybody seemed to be calling her lately.

"Always a pleasure, Neo, if you would" Roman said, Neo bowed towards the girls with her left arm held wide, her smirk still present on her face, team RWBY watched the new arrival intently to see what she would do, when suddenly Yang charged at the two, she let out a loud yell and pulled her fist back as she came closer to the two criminals, she then threw a punch which Neo seemed to move to block, however when Yang's fist connected with her umbrella both Roman and Neo shattered like glass!

Yang looked around to try and find the two criminals, then the sound of engines whirring came and the girls looked up, they saw a Bullhead flying past them with Neo, Roman and surprisingly Zack, the Sith (Y/N) fought a while ago! The aircraft flew past them and the doors closed.

"So I guess he got a new henchmen" Yang said as she watched the aircraft fly away towards the highways.

"Yeah, I guess mshe really made our plans... fall apart" Weiss said, trying to make a pun like Yang did, Ruby snorted in laughter at Weiss's attempt to be funny.

"No. Just, no" Yang said, shutting her down quickly.

"What but you do it!"! Weiss retorted angrily.

"There's a time and a place for jokes" Yang said.

"Was this not it?" Weiss asked, with her hand on her hip.

"No, it just wasn't very good" Yang said as she walked away after Blake.

"Well at least I'm trying!" Weiss said in an annoyed voice as she followed after her teammates.

"Wait, you guys you need to follow me, quickly!" Blake said in a frantic voice.

"Why, what's wrong?" Ruby asked as she rushed over to her.

"It's (Y/N), he and that Robot HK attacked the Faunas at the rally, we've got to get there quick!" Blake said before she took off in the direction of the meeting, her teammates rushed after her, calling her name and for an explanation, while Blake smiled to herself, she could finally expose (Y/N)'s evil!

Meanwhile on the Bullhead that was flying away from the battleground, Roman was still mad about the destruction of the Paladin, Neo sat in the corner with her usual smirk on her face while Zack stood with his arms crossed, a scowl aimed towards both Roman and Neo.

"So Roman, you got foiled by four children, again" Zack said in an annoyed voice.

"Hey, I'm doing the best I can overe here! Maybe if you 'Sith' got more involved in the plan, and killed that psycho rogue of yours, I'd have an easier time doing this!" Roman said angrily as he took out his lighter and lit up another Cigar, Neo shook her head at the two and took out her scroll to play a game, Zack went to respond to Roman's retort when he suddenly felt a familiar darkness close by, suddenly the air ship lurched to the side as loud noise came from outside, making Roman, Zack and Neo stumble around the shaking aircraft.

"Hey! What the hell is happening!?" Roman cursed as he grabbed hold of a handle inside the ship, trying his best to stay on his feet.

"Some kind of electrical interference! It's overloading the controls!" the pilot called out in a panicked voice, sparks flew from the console as electrical power surged through the machinery, causing alarms to blare through the passenger space and the cockpit, the pilot tried to regain control of the ship but the electricity was messing with all of the controls.

Outside of the vessel (Y/N) stood atop a nearby rooftop with his hood covering his face, casting Force Lightning towards the Bullhead, revelling in the power he felt surge from his fingertips, he laughed as he electrocuted the airship to disable it, when he saw the airship stall he stopped casting the Force Lightning and smiled to himself.

"I love using that power, now, time to have some fun!" he said in a manic voice as he backed up a few feet, crouched low and ran towards the edge of the building, then when he reached the edge of the building he used Force Jump to leap towards the Bullhead, clearing the distance quite quickly with a loud yell of exhilaration before he hit the side of the Bullhead and clung on.

The Bullhead shook again as alarms blared, making the people in the air craft stumble slightly, they three looked around in question, with Roman taking the cigar out of his mouth and tossing it aside.

"What the hell was that?" he asked worriedly.

"I think we're about to have company!" Zack said, before Roman could ask what he meant the sound of a lightsaber activating came from the door, suddenly a long, red blade stabbed through the metal door, making Roman Jump in surprise, Neo quickly stood up and got in front of Roman with her umbrella held ready, the lightsaber blade hissed as it was moved through the metal door as easily as a knife through butter, until a circle was made in the door, outlined by melted metal, suddenly the metal was pulled away and air rushed through the cabin as a figure in dark robes jumped into the passenger hold, his facial features, apart from his lips which were formed into a cocky smirk, that took on an eerie appearance from the red light from his lightsaber, were obscured by the shadow of his hood.

"Hello, boys and girls!" (Y/N) yelled as he ignited the second blade of his double-bladed lightsaber, twirling the blade skilfully, Zack ignited his own lightsaber when (Y/N) swug the lightsaber and they two Sith locked blades, they started fighting while inside the Bullhead with their blades slicing and cutting the inside of the airship, and having many near-misses with Roman and Neo who avoided the blades like the plague.

"Holy-! Zack, take it easy, AAH!! Your gonna cut the ship apart!" Roman yelled as he tried to avoid being cut by the lightsaber blades, he growled when the Sith didn't listen and the two kept on duelling, he rushed into the cockpit and grabbed the controls for the airship to try and shake (Y/N) out of the Bullhead, the two Sith continued to duel one another when they were thrown apart by the Bullhead swinging and lurching, suddenly Neo rushed in and attacked (Y/N) with her umbrella, however (Y/N) managed to avoid her attacks while she too avoided his own swings.

"Grrr, Roman! Keep this rig steady!" Zack yelled angrily as he held onto one of the handles to keep himself steady as the airship violently lurched.

"Just get that maniac out of here! We're going to crash if you two keep fighting!" the pilot said as he and Roman tried to shake him out of the vessel, Zack then smiled as an idea came to him, suddenly Zack went behind Neo and Force Pushed her towards (Y/N), the sudden move surprised the Sith and she crashed into him, sending the two falling from the aircraft!

"Problem solved, let's get out of here before he tries to attack us again!" Zack yelled towards Roman and the pilot.

"Alright, good job!" Roman said as he and the pilot levelled out the airship and they made hast back to their hidden base, as this happened Zack looked back and smirked at how he had managed to get rid of both (Y/N) and Neo.

"All according to plan..." Zack said as the Bullhead flew away.

(Y/N)'S POV

I was falling through the air, trying to make sense of my surroundings until I looked down and saw the ground coming to meet me very quickly! I gathered Force Energy into my hands and used Force Push to slow my decent, until I hit the ground in a super hero pose.

"Damn, that's hard on the knees..." I groaned as I stood up on shaky legs, I watched as the Bullhead flew away and I started to seethe, healing damage I suffered and restoring my Force Powers, as I did this I felt a presence approaching me, I looked over my shoulder and Saw Neo floating down towards me with her umbrella.

"Alright, time to stop holding back!" I said as I reignited my lightsaber blades, Neo smirked at me before we rushed each other, she attempted to kick me but I simply Force Pushed her back before I cast Force Lightning at her, her eyes turned white as she raised her umbrella and my lightning was blocked by the umbrella, I rushed towards her and swung my lightsaber at her, she went to block the attack only for my lightsaber blade to slice through her umbrella so easily it was laughable, she fell back in fear and went to use her Semblance to escape.

"Oh no you don't!" I growled as I reached towards her in a clutching motion, she suddenly grabbed her throat as she was lifted from the ground, she was gasping and gagging as she clutched at her throat, I walked towards her until I was only a foot away from her.

"You don't know the power, of the Dark Side..." I said as I clutched tighter, she struggled frantically until her movements started to slow down, her arms fell limply to her side as her eyes closed and she passed out, I released the Force Choke and she dropped to the ground, taking breaths in her unconscious state, I smiled down at her as she lay on the ground before I knelt down and picked her up and hoisted her over my shoulder.

"But you will, very soon..." I said as I walked away with her hanging limp over my shoulder, a smile on my face at the prospect of another new follower to add to my side, an entire meeting of White Fang recruits and now this girl, this was shaping up to be a very good night...

BACK IN THE SITH BASE, THIRD PERSON'S POV

(Y/N) stood in his base, overlooking his new 'recruits', as they were fitted with shock collars to ensure their obedience, he watched as a few tried to resist and were beaten into submission for theitr troubles, while others were crying and begging to be set free.

"Please, please let me go! My mom and dad will pay you if that's what your after!" cried a Faunas with Goat Horns growing from her hair, the Sith looked at her before he walked over and stood above her, glaring down at her from withing the shadow of his hood.

"Be silent scum! This is the punishment you will all recieve for you traitorous acts" (Y/N) said in a dark voice, the girl was pulled to her feet and she whimpered as a shock collar was clamped around her neck.

"T-Traitorous acts? B-But we were just going to-" she stopped talking and screamed in pain as (Y/N) used the controller to cause a painful shock to pass through her body, the Faunas that were close by either started whimpering in fear or gave nasty glares towards (Y/N).

"You are all, traitors and sympathisers to a terrorist cause, a movement that wished the death of humans, so you will be reeducated, you will all serve me and my cause, or you will die, that's your only choice" (Y/N) said as he sneered at the gathered Faunas, handing the control back to one of the soldiers before he went to his chambers.

When he arrived he looked over manifests for shipments to Atlas that HK47 had sent to him, looking to acquire the outdated models of robots from Atlas, to be used as a new labour force for his efforts.

"Excuse me sir" came a familiar voice from his right, (Y/N) looked over and saw commander Zerzeks standing at attention.

"Yes Commander, what is it you need?" (Y/N) asked as he set down the holopad containing the train schedules.

"There's a guest here to see you sir, he said he wished to join in your efforts to establish your rule" Zerzeks said, the Sith was equal parts confused and cautious, this could be a trick from the Jedi, or his former Master to destroy his building power base.

"Where is this, guest? I would like to meet him" (Y/N) said as he walked away from the console.

"Right this way sir, we have him just outside the doors" Zerzeks said, if it was a trap from the Jedi or Thanaton, then (Y/N) decided that he would deal with it accordingly.

(Y/N) walked out of his chambers and walked towards the tunnel, passing the despairing Faunas before he walked into the tunnel to the outside, he then passed the turrets and he reached the doors to the outside, the doors opened slowly, the cool night air filling the tunnel as (Y/N) stepped out of the doorway, in front of him was a figure wearing brown robes, which looked suspiciously like those of a Jedi.

"Your the guest my Commander mentioned? Identify yourself" (Y/N) said as his hand reached for his lightsaber, the figure started to shift nervously before he reached up to his hood and pulled it down, two long, fin-like protrusiond dropped down from the hood, his eyes were on short stalks anbove wide nostrils, were a swamp green colour and had a slitted pupil, he had a long bill-like mouth with flat teeth, his skin was red and white and beneath the robes he wore a brown tunic, held together by a brown waistband, and brown pants with orange patterns at the bottom of the legs, he also has purple fabric wrapped around his arms and hanging across his chest.

"Meesa Representative Jar Jar Binks, and I is hoping to join you" said the newly identified Gungan, all (Y/N) did was raise a brow with an amused smile on his face.