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It was nighttime at Beacon Academy, the students tired from the days lessons and combat training, most deciding to call it a day and get some well deserved sleep.

This, however, did not apply to one Ruby Rose, leader of Team RWBY, who was wide awake and currently standing in the team's shared room.

"My fellow teammates," Ruby began. "When I told you that we needed to go back and help the Reds and Blues and you all gave your support and aid, I have to admit that I knew it wasn't going to be an easy task. But I believed deep down, if we all worked together, we would succeed in this mission of ours and complete it."

"I know that there had been some bumps in the road, but we persevered. And now, after weeks of working, and trying and working again, we have finally done it!" She raised her right fist at this. "I say to you now, that we will go back, help Church and the others in what ever way we can!" She brought her fist down on the open palm of her other hand to emphasize her statement.

"This is the most important task that Team RWBY has and if we give the same energy and effort that we've given all these weeks, I truly believe that we can-"

"What are you doing?"

Ruby was immediately startled by the voice and, in her surprise, fell off the chair she was standing on.

"Ow," Ruby said. She looked up from the floor and saw Weiss, Blake, and Yang staring at her.

"I'm going to ask you again," Weiss said. "What in heaven's name are you doing?"

Ruby quickly got back on her feet. "I was practicing the speech I was going to give before we left."

The rest of her team stared at her for a few moments.

"...Why did you prepare a speech?" Blake asked.

"Because," Ruby said. "We've worked hard for weeks to get this done. I thought a little speech would keep the morale going up."

"We've," Weiss stressed the word as she motioned her hand and indicated to Blake, Yang, and herself. "been the one's doing the work."

"Oh come on," Ruby reasoned. "You're exaggerating."

"Actually, she not," Yang pointed out.

"Wait," Ruby said, eyes widening. "What?"

"I got the information on which storage facilities they were keeping any of the same experimental Dust that brought us there in the first place," Yang stated.

"I" Blake continued. "then went to the facilities and... acquired the Dust."

"You mean steal," Yang corrected.

"It's for a good cause," Blake defended, though she knew Yang was right.

"Which left me to find an engineer to analyze Wyoming's helmet and how his time unit functioned so we can use it," Weiss finished. "Furthermore, I had to pay that man a small fortune to keep him from telling anyone about this."

"Well, I guess all those are important," Ruby conceded. "But you're forgetting the very important role I played."

"Which is what exactly?" Weiss asked.

"I made sure all our activities were kept secret," Ruby stated proudly. "If anybody asked any questions, I was able to inconspicuously divert their attention somewhere else. You could almost say that I was the key to finishing this mission," she finished smugly.

"No, we wouldn't," Weiss said as she rolled her eyes.

"Hey, are we going to stand here and discuss who did what, or are we doing this now?" Yang asked.

"Right!" Ruby exclaimed. "Let's go!" She then dashed out of the room, her teammates looking out at the hallway.

"Do you think she'll realize that she doesn't know where we set everything up?" Blake asked.

In an instant, Ruby had dashed back into the room. "Quick question, where are we going to do this?"

Weiss just facepalmed.

After grabbing their weapons and packing several essentials, Team RWBY made their way out of Beacon and soon arrived at Beacon Cliff, the perfect location for no one to interrupt them, especially at this time of night. As they arrived, Ruby saw the set up that was placed in front of them.

There was a small metal box placed on the ground. It had the logo of Atlas on it, as well as a slot where a Dust vial could be placed.

"Is that it?" Ruby asked. "Seems small."

"Ruby's right," Yang agreed. "Are you sure this thing will work?"

"This 'thing' is a highly advanced equipment that I had to have customized with Wyoming's time unit and I had to pay a lot for, thank you very much," Weiss replied, slightly irritated.

"Guys, Weiss and I tested it," Blake said. "It works."

"Even if it does work, how do we know it'll send us back to Blood Gulch and not some other weird universe," Yang pointed out.

"Because of this," Weiss said, smiling confidently as she held up her Scroll. "Our Scrolls were all modified by Simmons to pick up the radio signals that they used. The machine should be tuned in with the same signals, bringing us straight to the soldier of the radio signal we connect with."

"Theoretically," Blake added.

"So this isn't a hundred percent sure thing?" Yang stated.

"It's the best we could do," Weiss admitted. "I already said in the beginning, we are taking a big risk in doing this."

"Weiss, you're not thinking of backing out, are you?" Ruby asked, a little worried.

"I've already spent a lot on this," Weiss said. "This will either work, or strand us somewhere we can't get out. But I'm still on board."

"So let's get this show on the road," Yang said.

"Everyone stand around the device," Blake said.

The four of them then made a circle around the box.

"Are you ready?" Weiss asked everyone.

"You bet," Yang said with a grin.

Blake simply nodded.

"Alright then," Weiss said as she pulled out a small switch. "Here we-"

"Wait!" Ruby shouted, startling Weiss, and almost causing her to drop the switch.

"What!?" Weiss shouted in a panic.

"I need to do my speech first," Ruby simply said. The rest of her team felt like face faulting at their leaders' ridiculous priorities.

"Please, don't," Weiss said, almost begging.

"Oh come on. It'll be fine," Ruby assured them. "Ahem," she started, dramatically bringing a closed fist to cover a fake cough. "My fellow teammates-"

Before Ruby could say anything further, Weiss pressed the switch. There was then a bright flash of light. A second later, Team RWBY was gone, the metal box the only object remaining.

Team RWBY had no idea what to expect when they arrived, but the last thing they expected was several shots of gunfire in their direction.

"Wahhh!" Ruby shouted as she and the others ducked from the gunfire. Weiss reacted by creating a glyph, shielding them from the assault.

"Not exactly expecting this," Blake said.

"And this place doesn't look like Blood Gulch either," Yang noted as she saw there surroundings. It was rocky terrain and there seemed to be a huge metal wall close to the group.

"It got us here didn't it," Weiss argued. Another shot was fired. "Who is shooting at us?!"

"I don't think we were the target," Blake said.

"What makes you say that?" Weiss asked.

Blake pointed behind the three of them. They turned and saw a Blue soldier standing still, the gunfire missing him by several inches. They didn't recognize the armor, but they did recognize the voice of the solider, as he was talking out loud.

"Caboose!" Ruby shouted in excitement.

"You brought us to Caboose?" Yang said. "Well, I guess that means it worked."

"Except the radio signal I set wasn't Caboose's," Weiss said. "It was-"

"Caboose?" A voice shouted from above the wall. "Caboose, is that you?"

"Yes!" Caboose shouted in reply. "Church, it's me!"

"Church," Weiss finished, realizing that she was right in her setting of the device.

The four of them saw that while Caboose was still talking to Church, Church continued firing at Caboose, still missing every shot.

"Yes, it's Church," Blake said. The rest of them agreed, seeing his usual marksmanship skill and irritation at Caboose as the most obvious indicators.

"Church, stop shooting this instant!" Weiss shouted as her glyph dissipated and the four of them stood back up.

"What the fuck!" Church shouted as his figure became visible on the wall and he saw who had spoken.

"Hi Church!" Ruby shouted as she waved at him.

"Ruby! Weiss! Blake! Yang!" Church shouted.

"Caboose!" Caboose added.

"Caboose!" Church growled. He then aimed his sniper at Caboose again.

"I said stop!" Weiss shouted. "You're just wasting your ammunition anyway."

"So," Ruby said. "What do we-"

"Don't move."

Team RWBY turned to the direction of the voice and saw another soldier behind them. His armor was a steel color with yellow trims all around it. What was more noticeable however was the Battle rifle he had pointed at the four of them.

"Um... Hi," Ruby said as she waved awkwardly at the soldier.

"I said don't move," the soldier repeated. "Now, here's what's going to happen. You're going to tell me who you people are and how you just showed up here all of a sudden."

"Wait a minute," Blake said as she listened closely to the soldier's voice. "Guys, does he sound a little like-"

"Professor Ozpin," Weiss finished, also noticing that his voice was similar to their headmaster.

"You're right!" Ruby said in surprise. This was the same thing that happened when they met Tex, who also sounded like one of the teachers in Beacon.

"I mean he sounds like Ozpin, but it doesn't mean he's anything like him," Blake said.

"Clearly," Weiss said, still looking at the gun pointed at them.

"Okay there buddy, calm down," Yang said, stepping in between her teammates and the soldier. "We can talk without the gun."

"Yeah, I don't think so. I don't know who you girls are, but I'm not putting down anything until I get answers," the soldier replied.

"Oh hey Team RWBY," Caboose said, looking at the four of them as if he just noticed them, which he probably just did. "When did you get here?"

"Caboose, you know these girls?" the soldier asked.

"Oh yeah, they're really nice," Caboose said. "The white lady is a little mean though."

"Caboose, you mind telling us who your friend with the firearm pointed at us is?" Weiss asked.

"That's Agent Washington," Caboose stated. "He's here with me to talk to Church about the A.I. game they play."

"Agent Wa-" Church suddenly said, as he listened in on their conversation. "You brought a Freelancer here!? What's wrong with you!?"

"Can we please have this conversation inside your base?" Weiss stated.

"Hey, you shut up, I still don't trust any of you," Washington said. He then turned to Church. "But yeah, open this gate."

"Uh, no can do bud. See this is a secure facility: nobody in, nobody out. Sorry, I guess you'll have to come back, never," Church said, not sounding sorry at all.

"Church, let us in," Blake said.

"That 'no' applies to all of you," Church clarified. "I don't know how you got back here, but I've managed to get by this long by avoiding anyone that had to do with my past. That includes you four. So, no one's getting in."

"Oh no," Washington said sarcastically. "Then I guess we'll have to just walk through the huge hole in your secure wall."

Team RWBY then noticed that there was a a entire section of the wall completely broken down, providing easy entry for anyone.

"How did we not see that?" Yang pointed out.

"Fine," Church groaned. "I'll open the fucking gate."

Once Washington, Caboose, and Team RWBY, who Washington still had his weapon aimed at, were inside the base, Church met up with them.

"Okay well, sorry the place is so messy," Church said sarcastically. They looked around and saw that that was an understatement. The base wasn't exactly looking good. The structures seemed deteriorated and everything else around seemed to be in disrepair. "I would have cleaned up if I'd known you guys were coming. But hey, no one called ahead."

"Nice to see you too," Yang replied with equal sarcasm. "Now can you get Mr. Finger-on-the-Trigger to put his weapon down?"

"Oh right," Church realized, seeing Washington's weapon. "Hey, you can put your gun down, they're cool."

"I don't even know who they are," Washington said, still not lowering his weapon.

"This is Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang of Team RWBY," Church explained. "They're from another dimension, and ended up in Blood Gulch for a while."

After Church spoke, Washington finally lowered his rifle. Team RWBY gave sighs of relief.

"So the rumors were true," Washington said.

"What rumors?" Weiss asked.

"It was never in the official reports, but there was a rumor that four girls suddenly showed up in the Blood Gulch outpost claiming to be from another dimension," Washington explained. "I never believed that other dimension story, but there was clear evidence of outsiders in the canyon, and it was supported by the soldiers there. So you're the famous Team RWBY."

"Well, I wouldn't call us famous," Ruby said, blushing.

"Hey!" Church shouted. "If you were gonna chat each other up, I wouldn't have let you in. I'm busy doing shit here."

"Have you tried doing some clean up," Weiss suggested.

"Church, what happened?" Ruby asked. "How long have you been here?"

"How long?" Church said. "Um, what day is today?"

"It's Tuesday," Washington replied.

"I've been here fourteen months," Church said.

"What!?" Everyone, minus Caboose, shouted.

"You've been here for over a year by yourself?" Washington said in shock. "Alone?"

"Yeah," Church said, as if it was normal, but was clearly a little distressed by that fact. "It's been um... it's been great, I mean just great. Really great."

"Real convincing," Blake said sarcastically.

Before Washington could ask anything further, he began to receive a transmission from Command.

"Hold on," Washington said as he walked away from them and began talking to his radio.

With the six of them alone, Ruby immediately jumped towards Church and hugged him.

"It's so great to see you again!" Ruby exclaimed.

"Hey, get off me!" Church said, feeling uncomfortable and trying to struggle out of the hug.

Suddenly, Caboose got in the hug as well.

"I don't know why we are hugging, but it looks fun!" Caboose said.

"Both of you get off, now!" Church shouted. The two of them did as he said. "You don't get to just show up here and expect me to be happy after you practically abandoned us at Blood Gulch."

"We didn't abandon you!" Ruby defended. "Wyoming's helmet started acting up together with the experimental Dust and we got sent back home. But we came back to help you."

"Well, you're a little late for that," Church said. "You disappeared, and we had to handle what happened next."

"What did happen anyway?" Blake asked.

"Well it was a wonderful time," Caboose said, apparently planning to tell the story. "After the huge explosion, Tex got on board the ship and took off. Then Andy started counting and then there were some big fireworks in the sky and the ship was gone. The End."

"Translation please," Weiss said to Church.

"The Reds blew up Tex's ship when it took off," Church said.

"Wait," Ruby said, realizing what happened. "Does that mean Tex is..."

"As far as I know yes," Church replied, with some sadness in his tone. "The ship was already gone when it exploded, so I have no idea what happened. We all just went back to doing our own shit, and after a while, everyone in the canyon got transferred to other bases, and I ended up here. And I was all fine with that until you all showed up and ruined my peace and quiet!"

"Church, we still came back," Ruby said sadly.

"Well, you suck at your timing," Church said bitterly. "You're late by at least fourteen months apparently."

"I don't understand," Weiss said, confused. "It only took us several weeks to get back here. How is it that it's been longer for you?"

"This is a different universe. Time must run differently here," Yang suggested.

"Either way, we're here now, and we still want to help," Blake said.

"Help with what exactly?" Church asked. "There's nothing to do. Tex is gone, her ship is gone, and there is nothing that will make me want to leave here."

"Well sorry to hear that," Washington said as he returned to the group. "Because I'll need you and Caboose to come with me because of your experiences with Omega."

"What about him?" Church asked. "And what do you want with us anyway?"

"There's someone hunting down other Freelancer agents with A.I.s," Washington explained. "Because of your experience with A.I.s, I've been tasked to get your help in stopping this threat. So, let's move out."

"Move out?" Church said in confusion. "At what point in this conversation did you think that we were buddies or something? I'm not going with you."

"Yes!" Caboose said in agreement. "You are not in our buddy club!"

"Shut up Caboose," Church said.

"Look, this is important," Washington argued. "Whoever or whatever this thing is it's killing our top agents, I'll need your help."

"We could help too," Ruby volunteered. Weiss then elbowed Ruby on her side.

"No, actually, we don't," Weiss said. "Now that we've seen that things haven't turned out as we expected, I think the best course of action is to go back home."

"That's not gonna happen," Washington said. "I'm going to need your help too."

"What?" Team RWBY said.

"According to the rumors, you were at Blood Gulch the same time that the Omega A.I. was active there, which means you've had some experience with the Omega A.I. as well," Washington said. "So I'm going to need your help along with these two Blues to stop this thing."

"Stop it? Why the hell would I want to stop it?" Church said. "If it's killing Freelancers I want to start a fan club, build it a website."

"And you can't just expect us to do what you say," Weiss said indignantly. "We don't even know you and you just had a gun pointed at us earlier!"

"Just know that if you refuse to help me, you might be seeing that gun again real soon," Washington said darkly.

"Is that a threat? Because if you've heard your rumors, you know that we can kick your butt," Yang said, cracking her knuckles.

Ruby and Blake sighed. It felt just like when they ended up in Blood Gulch the first time, people threatening to hurt each other. The two of them immediately pulled Weiss and Yang away from Washington.

"Excuse us for a second," Ruby said to Washington. She and the rest of her teammates were then pulled into a huddle.

"We have to help them," Ruby said to her team. "This is what we came here for."

"We came here to help the Reds and Blues in Blood Gulch," Weiss reminded them. "We're not in Blood Gulch, it's been over at least a year and they seem fine. So we should do the practical thing and go home."

"They don't sound fine," Blake pointed out. "You heard what Washington said. There's something out there killing people, and we have a chance to stop it. I say we help, it's the right thing."

Weiss then looked to Yang. "I suppose you're on board with this too."

"Obviously," Yang said. "These idiots need our help, and I'm pretty sure they'll survive longer if we tag along."

Weiss just groaned at hearing this. "Fine. But once we're finished with all this, we're going back home."

They all nodded in agreement and broke out of the huddle.

"We're all on board!" Ruby stated cheerfully.

"Good," Washington said. "I would've hated to have to hurt children."

"Like you could," Yang scoffed.

"This still doesn't change the fact that I'm not going," Church stated, still adamant on not helping Washington.

"Church, this thing is killing agents with A.I.," Washington said. "And now that the ship from your canyon crashed, it's more powerful than ever. It gains new abilities every time it kills-"

"Wait, you found Tex's ship?" Church interrupted.

"We believe so," Washington replied.

"Where is it?" Church asked.

"What about Tex?" Ruby asked as well. "Was she there?"

"Come with me and I'll show you," Washington said as he turned and headed out of the base.

"Okay, I'm in," Church said, finally agreeing to go.

"Yay!" Ruby shouted in delight. "Now we're all going together!"

"This will be the greatest road trip ever!" Caboose cheered as well.

"Okay, I can't take two cheery attitudes here," Church said. He then turned to Caboose. "Caboose, if you say anything positive, I will kill all seven of us right now."

Weiss then hit Church at the back of his head with the hilt of her rapier.

"Ow!" Church yelped.

"You try to do that, and I'll kill you first," Weiss said.

"I wasn't serious!" Church defended. "Probably only forty percent."

"Let's just go," Yang said.

The six of them then followed Washington and began to head out. However, before they did, Blake stopped for a moment and looked over her shoulder.

"Blake, hurry up!" Yang shouted, already far ahead.

"Coming!" Blake shouted back and ran to catch up with the others. She didn't know why, but she felt a concealed presence in the base, like someone was watching them. Blake shook the thought away and followed her friends.

Once Washington, the Blues, and Team RWBY had gone, the soldier hiding behind a broken wall stepped out of it. The soldier was wearing armor that was a purple shade of orchid with green trims.

As the soldier stepped out of her hiding spot, a small green soldier projected itself in front of, and addressed, the soldier.

"I still believe this course of action is dangerous," Delta pointed out. "If we are following Agent Washington, logic would dictate that others could be as well."

"Shut up," The soldier, a woman, said. "I know what I'm doing."

"Agent South Dakota," Delta said. "If I may point out, if you did in fact know what you were doing, we would not be shadowing Agent Washington."

"I said shut up!" South shouted at the A.I., growing irritated. "I'm following Wash because Command's still after me. The last place they would look for me is close proximity with another Recovery Agent."

"That strategy will not work forever," Delta said.

"It'll work long enough until I think of something else," South said.

"If I may-" Delta began to say.

"Switch to standby and wait for further instructions," South ordered.

"South-" Delta insisted on speaking.

"Program override," South said. "Acknowledge last directive."

"...Acknowledged," Delta responded and disappeared.

South then made her way to the direction of Washington's group, continuing to follow Washington, but now curious about the arrival of the four girls, who she also recognized as the rumored Team RWBY. She then headed off.

Unknown to South, someone had also been watching her, ever since she came out of her hiding spot. As she left, the figure became visible. It was a a hulking figure in white armor and brown trim. He gave low growl as he soon followed South.

A/N: Hello everyone, I'm back!

So tell me what you think of this first chapter.